1996 College Championship semifinal game 2.
Mark Schmidt — a freshman from Baldwin Wallace College
Bronwyn Bedient — a freshman from University of North Carolina
Bryan Fagan — a junior from Southwest Missouri State University
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan | $800 | $4,900 | $14,942 |
$14,955
Finalist |
$11,900
30 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Bronwyn | $2,300 | $2,200 | $2,800 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 |
$2,800
14 R, 4 W |
| Mark | $800 | $2,000 | $1,000 |
$2,000
2nd place: $5,000 |
$3,000
11 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| INVENTORS | MUSIC APPRECIATION | TV PERSONALITIES | 1995 | FOOD | COLLEGE HODGEPODGE |
|
$100
[21]
This duo became interested in flying after reading of the 1896 death of gliding pioneer Otto Lilienthal
Wright Brothers
Bronwyn
|
$100
[9]
va. is the traditional abbreviation for this member of the violin family
viola
Mark
|
$100
[1]
In 1995 this "Late Show" host published a new "Book of Top Ten Lists and Zesty Local Chicken Recipes"
David Letterman
Bronwyn
|
$100
[19]
In April the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in this city was bombed
Oklahoma City
Bryan
|
$100
[6]
These tiny fish are a traditional ingredient of Caesar salad & make a popular topping for pizza
anchovies
Bronwyn
|
$100
[8]
The academic costume worn at graduation is commonly called cap and this
gown
Mark
|
|
$200
[24]
As a child this light bulb inventor labeled his chemicals "poison" so his family wouldn't touch them
Edison
Bryan
|
$200
[10]
This "Nutcracker" composer's "Little Russian Symphony" includes Ukrainian folk tunes
Tchaikovsky
Bronwyn
|
$200
[2]
He's been nominated for Emmys 7 years in a row for playing Dan on "Roseanne"
John Goodman
Bronwyn
|
$200
[20]
In the Philippines, this former first lady ran for congress & won
(Imelda) Marcos
Bronwyn
Mark
|
$200
[7]
This chewy roll, often topped with lox & cream cheese, can also be made into chips
bagels
Bryan
|
$200
[12]
With more than 14,000 students, Lisbon University is this country's largest
Portugal
Mark
|
|
$300
[26]
An artist before he invented the telegraph, he once painted a portrait of fellow inventor Eli Whitney
Morse
Bryan
Mark
|
$300
[11]
A symphony for the refrain of a song, or the group of people who might sing it
chorus
Bryan
|
$300
[3]
Jonathan Brandis has spent a lot of time underwater as Lucas Wolenczak on this Spielberg series
seaQuest
Bronwyn
|
$300
[22]
In January the government began reintroducing the endangered gray species of these into Yellowstone
wolves
Bryan
|
$300
[15]
Shoyu is the Japanese name for this sauce popular in Japanese cooking
soy sauce
Bryan
|
$300
[16]
From the Latin for "sister", it's an organization such as Psi Psi Psi
sorority
Bryan
|
|
$400
[27]
We hope attorney Joshua Pusey "struck" it rich when he developed these in book form
matches
|
$400
[13]
This German known for his "Lullaby" composed his "Academic Festival Overture" in 1880
Brahms
Mark
|
$400
[4]
When "The Late Late Show" debuted in 1995, this star of "Murphy Brown" was Tom Snyder's 1st guest
Candice Bergen
Bronwyn
|
$400
[23]
In a Feb. address, Boris Yeltsin defended the Russian military actions against this breakaway republic
Chechnya
Mark
|
$400
[29]
The "German" style of this side dish contains bits of bacon & is sometimes served warm
potato salad
Mark
|
$400
[17]
Christopher Wren graduated from Wadham College at this university in 1651
Oxford
Bryan
|
|
$500
[28]
Born in the 1860s, he produced a plethora of peanut products, including ink & soap
(George Washington) Carver
Bryan
|
$500
[14]
As a musical direction, piano means "soft" & this longer word means "very soft"
pianissimo
Bronwyn
|
$500
[5]
In 1995 this member of Wilson Phillips became host of her own talk show
Carnie Wilson
Bronwyn
|
$500
[25]
Ian Ballantine, who founded 3 major ones of these in the U.S. passed away in March at age 79
publishing companies
Bryan
|
$500
[30]
To hide discoloration, the shell of this nut is often dyed red
pistachio
Mark
|
DD
$1,500
[18]
The 2 Ivy League universities that you should file under the letter C
Cornell* & Columbia**
Bryan
|
| THE BODY HUMAN | EXPLORERS | LITERATURE | RELIGION | U.S. GEOGRAPHY | THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE |
|
$200
[24]
This long tendon helps the foot pivot at the ankle
Achilles
Mark
|
$200
[13]
On Oct. 12, 1492 he wrote, "This afternoon the people of San Salvador came swimming to our ships"
Columbus
Bryan
|
$200
[2]
This "Robinson Crusoe" author's novel "Roxana" is about the daughter of Huguenot refugees
(Daniel) Defoe
Bryan
|
$200
[1]
After this man's death in 632, Abu Bakr became the first caliph of Islam
Muhammad
Bryan
|
$200
[7]
This swamp region in southern Florida extends from Lake Okeechobee to the Gulf of Mexico
Everglades
Bryan
|
$200
[29]
The vote for independence happened on this date in 1776, 2 days earlier than most people think
July the 2nd
Bryan
|
|
$400
[25]
In 1921 researchers isolated this hormone used to treat diabetic patients
insulin
Bryan
|
$400
[14]
When he arrived at the Pacific Ocean Sept. 29, 1513, he named the site the Gulf of San Miguel
Balboa
Bryan
|
$400
[3]
"Wide Sargasso Sea", a 1966 prequel to this Bronte novel, tells the story of the first Mrs. Rochester
Jane Eyre
Bronwyn
|
$400
[9]
In 1882 the Japanese government divided this religion into state & sectarian forms
Shinto
Bryan
|
$400
[8]
The Dubuque Hills are in both Illinois & this state to the west
Iowa
Bronwyn
Mark
|
$400
[30]
This signer is quoted, "There! John Bull can read my name without spectacles"
John Hancock
Bryan
|
|
$600
[26]
This small triangular bone, also called the kneecap, protects the knee joint
patella
Bronwyn
|
$600
[15]
The first voyage of his ship the Calypso was a 1952 trip to the Red Sea
Jacques Cousteau
Bryan
|
$600
[4]
Nick Carraway is Daisy Buchanan's distant cousin in this F. Scott Fitzgerald novel
The Great Gatsby
Bryan
|
$600
[17]
On Oct. 19, 1512 he was awarded a doctorate of theology by the University of Wittenberg
(Martin) Luther
Bryan
|
$600
[10]
Philadelphia is a leading U.S. port because of its location on this river
Delaware
Bronwyn
|
$600
[21]
The number of the Continental Congress that adopted the Declaration
Second
Bryan
|
|
$1,000
[27]
Emphysema destroys the walls of these tiny air sacs in the lungs
alveoli
Mark
|
$800
[16]
Father Aguilar, who knew Spanish & Maya, & Dona Marina, who knew Maya & Nahuatl, served as his interpreters
Cortés
Bronwyn
|
$800
[5]
Wackford Squeers is the horrible headmaster of Dotheboys Hall in his novel "Nicholas Nickleby"
Dickens
Bryan
|
$800
[19]
The Mahayana form of this religion is dominant in Vietnam
Buddhism
Bryan
|
$800
[11]
At 6,643 feet, Clingman's Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains is this state's highest point
Tennessee
Bryan
Bronwyn
Mark
|
$800
[22]
Signers' first names included6 Williams,6 Georges,1 Button &1 of these, a Mr. Gerry
Elbridge
Bryan
Bronwyn
|
|
DD
$2,000
[28]
The name of these 4 large veins comes from the Latin for "collarbone"
jugular
Mark
|
$1,000
[18]
In 1497 Bartolomeu Dias accompanied him on part of his journey around Africa to India
da Gama
Mark
|
DD
$3,042
[6]
Flem Snopes' stepdaughter Linda is the heroine of "The Mansion", the 3rd novel in his Snopes trilogy
William Faulkner
Bryan
|
$1,000
[20]
Since 1179 popes in the Catholic church have been elected by this group
College of Cardinals
Bryan
|
$1,000
[12]
1 of 3 states bordering Nebraska's western panhandle
(1 of) South Dakota (Colorado or Wyoming)
Bryan
Bronwyn
|
$1,000
[23]
He said Jefferson wanted him to write the first draft, but Jefferson didn't remember it that way
John Adams
|
In 1947 Bernard Baruch told the Senate, "We are in the midst of" one of these "which is getting warmer"
a cold war