Show #4867 2005-11-08 (taped 2005-10-01) College Championship

2005 College Championship quarterfinal game 2.From the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Contestants

Alison Jenik — a junior at the University of Maryland from New York, New York

Jayanth Iyengar — a junior at Washington University in St. Louis from Madison, Wisconsin

Malisha Butts — a senior at North Carolina Central University from Durham, North Carolina

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Malisha	$-600	$400	$7,600	$2,045 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$7,600 10 R, 3 W
Jayanth	$2,600	$4,400	$7,400	$13,000 Automatic semifinalist	$8,400 18 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Alison	$2,200	$3,600	$12,400	$10,000 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$12,400 18 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

PANTHERS & BOBCATS	TOM HANKS MOVIE ROLES	U.S. CITIES	WORD HISTORY	THE STARS	ANAGRAMMED CABINET DEPARTMENTS
$200 [1] For the first 9 to 10 days of its life, a bobcat suffers from this ocular disability blindness Jayanth	$200 [17] Stranded FedEx employee Chuck Noland Cast Away Alison	$200 [2] This Texas port is the fourth-most populous city in the U.S. Houston Jayanth	$200 [7] Rav is Hebrew for "teacher" or "master"; an "I" sound to mean "my" was added to create this word we use in English rabbi Malisha Alison	$200 [20] These spinning neutron stars were named for the bursts, or "pulses", of radio waves they emit pulsars Malisha	$200 [12] A SURE TRY Treasury Alison
$400 [25] Taxonomists group cats into ones that roar & ones, including bobcats, that do this instead purr Jayanth	$400 [18] Airport resident Viktor Navorski The Terminal Alison	$400 [3] Its capitol building stands 5,280 feet above sea level Denver Alison	$400 [8] The word leech comes from an Old English word for this modern occupation doctor Malisha	$400 [21] The name of Rigel is from the Arabic for "foot"; it's the foot of this mighty hunter Orion Malisha	$400 [13] IRON RITE Interior Jayanth
$600 [27] When it's black instead of spotted, this cat is often called a panther; there are albino ones, too a leopard Jayanth	$600 [19] Death row prison guard Paul Edgecomb The Green Mile Jayanth	$600 [4] Believe it or not, Jerry Springer was once the mayor of this large Ohio city Cincinnati Alison	$600 [9] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows some Greek on the monitor.) The name of this typographical mark comes from the Greek words para, meaning "beside", & tithenai, "to put" parentheses Alison	$600 [24] This measure of star brightness is symbolized with a small m if it's apparent, a big M if it's absolute magnitude Malisha	$600 [14] NO PARTISAN TROT Transportation
DD $800 [28] Y acts as the only vowel in the name of this wildcat, a bobcat relative lynx Jayanth	$800 [22] Dying lawyer Andrew Beckett Philadelphia Alison	$800 [5] Founded in 1769, this city near the Mexican border is often called "The Birthplace of California" San Diego Jayanth	$800 [10] English words drawn from the Algonquian language include moose, terrapin & this other word for groundhog woodchuck Jayanth	$800 [26] In about 22,000 years, Thuban in the constellation Draco will hold this distinction now held by Polaris The North Star Malisha	$800 [15] AUDIT ONCE Education Alison
$1,000 [29] E.T. Seton referred to the "lithe & splended beasthood" of the New World panther with this 2-word name a mountain lion Jayanth	$1,000 [23] Mob enforcer & loving father Michael Sullivan Road to Perdition Jayanth	$1,000 [6] A campus for the University of Alabama is here, nicknamed "Rocket City, U.S.A." Huntsville Jayanth	$1,000 [11] The Latin mulsus, meaning "sweet", gave us the name of this chocolate dessert mousse Alison	$1,000 [30] The 3 stars of the Alpha Centauri system are Alpha, Beta & this, whose name means "the nearest" Proxima Malisha Jayanth	$1,000 [16] CURTAIL URGE Agriculture

Double Jeopardy! Round

CLIFFS NOTES: DRAMA	CELEBRITY ALUMNI	HE'S A REBEL	BEAUTY & THE GREEK	MEDICAL PREFIXES & SUFFIXES	STATE "NC"
$400 [6] Willy: "I'm tired."Howard: "Oh yeah? You're fired" Death of a Salesman Jayanth	$400 [26] Kenneth Branagh & Anthony Hopkins once trod the boards at this city's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art London Alison	$400 [21] After Mississippi seceded, he resigned from the U.S. senate and soon led the Confederacy (Jefferson) Davis Malisha	$400 [11] Her name comes from the Greek for "gift"; Zeus gift-boxed her for the human race as punishment Pandora Jayanth	$400 [16] Schizo-, as in an atom or a banana dessert split Alison	$400 [1] The College Board advises bringing 2 of the No. 2 types of these to the SAT pencils Malisha
DD $800 [7] Martha: "I'm drunk."Nick: "I'm confused."Honey: "I'm mousy."George: "I'm going to bed" Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Jayanth	$800 [27] This co-star of the film "Charlie's Angels" studied Asian languages & culture at the Univeristy of Michigan Lucy Liu Malisha	$800 [22] "Pickett's Charge" up Cemetery Ridge was the Rebels' last chance in this battle Gettysburg Jayanth	$800 [12] Cheating Zeus hung his jealous wife Hera by her wrists on this mountain Mount Olympus Alison	$800 [17] Glott- or lingua-; there's a mother one tongue Jayanth	$800 [2] Tell great-grandpa to teach you the Lindy hop, one of these a dance Alison
$1,200 [8] Laura: "You broke my unicorn!"Gentleman caller: "Whoops" The Glass Menagerie Alison	$1,200 [28] Regis Philbin knows that this co-host of his is a proud alumna of Camden County College Kelly Ripa Alison	$1,200 [23] In 1863 at Chancellorsville, Robert E. Lee famously sent this steadfast general to attack the Union flank Stonewall Jackson Jayanth	$1,200 [13] Plato said this Greek love goddess was actually 2 individuals: Urania & Pandemos Aphrodite Jayanth	DD $1,000 [18] -sclerosis, as in "of an artery" hardening Jayanth	$1,200 [3] High school math may include these, a term first used by Descartes in 1637 & involving variables functions
$1,600 [9] Act One, "Daily Life":Stage manager: "My God, is this place boring" Our Town Malisha	$1,600 [29] This actress who played Amidala studied psychology at Harvard Natalie Portman Alison	$1,600 [24] His Raiders burned most of Lawrence, Kansas in 1863 William Quantrill Alison	$1,600 [14] "Mourning becomes" this nymph who became one of the Pleiades Elektra	$1,600 [19] Tachy-, as in tachycardia fast	$1,600 [4] In the movie "Orange County", Lily Tomlin has this 2-word job & messes up Colin Hanks' transcripts a guidance counselor Jayanth
$2,000 [10] Estragon: "Is he here yet?"Vladimir: "Nope"(curtain) Waiting for Godot Malisha	$2,000 [30] This mystery novelist could tell us "E is for English"; that was her major at the University of Louisville Sue Grafton Alison	$2,000 [25] Nicknamed "Old Jube", he brought his forces within sight of Washington, D.C. in 1864 Jubal Early	$2,000 [15] Zeus allowed this underworld goddess to spend part of her time in the world above Persephone Alison	$2,000 [20] Leuko-, as in a hue white Malisha	$2,000 [5] Before you turned 18, you were this, meaning you couldn't vote disenfranchised Jayanth

Final Jeopardy!

CONTINENTS

This continent has the lowest high point & the highest low point, less than a 7,500' difference

Australia

Jayanth "What is Australia?" — wagered $5,600

Malisha "What isNEurope" — wagered $5,555

Alison "What is Antartica?" — wagered $2,400

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