Show #7740 2018-04-13 (taped 2018-03-12) College Championship

2018 College Championship quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

Eric Thorpe — a senior at Dartmouth College from Laguna Niguel, California

Alli Ross — a sophomore at Worcester Polytechnic Institute from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

Patricia Jia — a senior at the University of Pennsylvania from Fremont, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Patricia	$2,400	$3,200	$1,600	$0 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$4,000 9 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Alli	$2,800	$6,600	$11,400	$19,601 Automatic semifinalist	$11,400 18 R, 1 W
Eric	$1,400	$0	$12,600	$11,800 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$14,000 16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE GREEK SYSTEM	THEIR DEBUT ALBUMS	SNACK CHAT	THE OCEANS	GIVE IT THE OLD COLLEGE "TRI"	WE MADE THAT THING
$200 [22] Of course, the system of harmonics devised by this triangle mathematician is based on ratios Pythagoras Patricia	$200 [5] 2008:"19" Adele Patricia Alli	$200 [10] For a healthy snack, cut up some veggies & serve with this Middle Eastern dip made from chickpeas hummus Patricia	$200 [27] Surface waters of this 2nd-largest ocean have the highest level of salinity, & changes can affect world rainfall the Atlantic Alli	$200 [14] Fossils of it date to the end of the Cretaceous period, making it one of the last non-avian dinosaurs to evolve the triceratops Alli	$200 [26] Let's get to the PowerPoint: Office 365 from this company includes Excel Microsoft Alli
$400 [23] The word draconian, as in punishments, comes from the Athenian Draco & his severe system of these laws Alli	$400 [2] 2011:"+" Ed Sheeran Alli	$400 [9] It's the rather less than savory 4-word name for the childhood favorite seen here ants on a log Alli	$400 [19] Crawling on the ocean floor are arthropods, like the sea this sea spiders Eric	$400 [13] It's a court of justice; some colleges have one for disciplinary hearings a tribunal Eric	$400 [25] The Venus Comfort Glide with Olay razor is cutting edge from this brand Gillette Alli
$600 [28] Aristarchus of Samos was one of the first Greeks to argue for this "-centric" system where the Earth is not the center heliocentric Patricia	$600 [1] 2012:"Night Visions" Imagine Dragons	$600 [6] A cocoa shortage following World War II led to the creation of this hazelnut spread Nutella Patricia	$800 [24] In the 1520s this man captained the first European expedition to cross the Pacific Ocean Magellan Alli	$600 [11] Robert Smigel is the voice of this dog puppet Triumph the Insult Comic Dog	$600 [16] Eyes on the prize! This megacompany makes Visine & Visine Johnson & Johnson
$800 [29] (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents a Greek number system.) In one Greek number system, letters represent basic numerals: delta for deca, eta for hekaton & this Greek letter for myriad, or 10,000 mu Alli	$800 [3] 2002:"Songs About Jane" Maroon 5 Patricia	$800 [7] The logo for this baked good brand was modeled after the founder's granddaughter, pictured here Little Debbie Alli	$1,000 [21] The Kuroshio is an enormous ocean one of these & equal in volume to about 6,000 large rivers an ocean current Eric	$800 [12] Cover sponge cake with custard & jam, then top with whipped cream to make this English dessert trifle Alli	$800 [17] They call me Mr. Potato Head! & this company makes me! Hasbro Eric
$1,000 [30] This 5-letter word means "city-state", a principal unit in the Greek political system polis	$1,000 [4] 2004:"Hot Fuss" The Killers	$1,000 [8] In addition to the dry ingredients, the original Chex Mix recipe calls for 2 tablespoons of this Lea & Perrins sauce Worcestershire sauce Eric	DD $1,600 [20] The Laptev & Barents Seas are parts of this remote ocean the Arctic Ocean Eric	$1,000 [15] If you're served this, know it means the first & second stomach of a ruminant, like a sheep or an ox tripe Patricia	$1,000 [18] This company keeps things neat with Scotchblue painter's tape 3M Alli

Double Jeopardy! Round

2008	A QUESTION OF FILM	SCIENCE LAB	INTERNAL RHYME TIME	5 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF THEIR AUTHORS	AARON, JUDGE
$400 [5] On January 1, 2008 Cyprus & Malta adopted this currency the euro Eric	$400 [6] In "La La Land" this actor asks, "Why do you say 'romantic' like it's a dirty word?" Ryan Gosling Patricia	$400 [11] Our tests have detected leukocytosis, an increase in the number of these in the blood, indicating infection white blood cells Alli	$400 [30] The U.S. code says it's first degree if it happens as part of arson or burglary murder Patricia	$400 [20] Atticus Finch Harper Lee Eric	$400 [21] As Judge Aaron enters court, the bailiff gives this 2-word command to those seated in attendance all rise Eric
$800 [4] The home team won exactly 100 medals as this city hosted the Summer Olympics Beijing Eric	$800 [7] Recounting a memory of his father, Heath Ledger as the Joker in "The Dark Knight" utters this 3-word question "Why so serious?" Eric	$800 [12] Our centrifuge spins samples rapidly to separate substances based on this, mass per unit volume density Eric	$800 [29] It's used of tasks not finished or laces not tied undone Alli	$800 [16] Elizabeth Bennet (Jane) Austen Patricia Eric	$800 [22] Jail awaits, as you disrespected Aaron in open court & the judge held you in this, a synonym for scorn contempt Patricia
$1,200 [1] More than 200,000 gathered in or near this Chicago park named for a president to hear Obama's victory speech Grant Park	$1,200 [8] Princess Leia snarkily asks, "Aren't you a little short for" one of these? a stormtrooper Alli Eric	$1,200 [13] A leading lab technique, Western blot helps us identify specific sequences in these chains of amino acids proteins Alli	$1,600 [27] To fire someone, or simply to tell him to leave your presence to dismiss	DD $1,400 [17] Gregor Samsa (Franz) Kafka Eric	$1,200 [23] The witness didn't see the incident directly, so Aaron rules it this, also defined nonlegally as gossip hearsay
$1,600 [2] After almost 50 years in power, this Caribbean leader stepped down as president (Fidel) Castro Alli	$1,600 [9] In a 2015 biopic this guy is told, "you can't write code, you're not an engineer, you're not a designer... what do you do?" Steve Jobs Eric	$1,600 [14] Also called electrodermal activity, this skin response bears the name of an 18th century Italian physicist the Galvanic skin response	$2,000 [28] To await someone & ambush him waylay	$1,600 [18] Antonia Shimerda Willa Cather	$1,600 [24] Aaron consults the clerk responsible for making this 6-letter schedule of upcoming trials the docket
$2,000 [3] Abbreviated LHC, this "Large" multinational experimental facility powered up near Geneva the Hadron Collider Eric	$2,000 [10] In "Raiders of the Lost Ark", Indiana Jones gazes into a pit & asks, "Why'd it have to be" these snakes Eric	$2,000 [15] A tokamak reactor aims to create fusion by heating this state of matter, basically ionized gas, to 180 million degrees plasma Alli	DD $2,400 [26] A boater in trouble needs to know this word to say over the radio mayday Patricia	$2,000 [19] Liesel Meminger Markus Zusak	$2,000 [25] Aaron accepts this Latin-phrased plea of the defendant not admitting or denying charges nolo contendere

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PLACE NAMES

It's the only state named for a woman & whose capital is also named for a woman

Maryland

Patricia "What is Wyoming???" — wagered $1,600

Alli "What is Maryland?" — wagered $8,201

Eric "What is... Virginia" — wagered $800

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