2005 College Championship quarterfinal game 5.From the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Nico Martinez — a junior at Stanford University from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Colin Brown — a senior at the University of Rochester from Milwaukie, Oregon
Anna Allie — a junior at the University of Michigan at Dearborn from Dearborn, Michigan
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna | $1,800 | $3,200 | $3,600 |
$1
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$3,600
6 R, 0 W |
| Colin | $5,000 | $8,000 | $9,000 |
$2,000
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$10,000
19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Nico | $2,400 | $4,600 | $16,200 |
$14,399
Automatic semifinalist |
$18,200
24 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| WEBSITES | MOVIE SONGS | MYTH-ELLANY | COUNTRIES NAMED AFTER PEOPLE | REALM OF THE SENSES | SILENT "K" |
|
$200
[26]
This online community where you can find a sofa, apartment or companion is named for Mr. Newmark
craigslist
Colin
|
$200
[11]
Smash Mouth covered "I'm A Believer" in this "ogrish" 2001 film
Shrek
Nico
|
$200
[1]
Now "ear" this: Centeotl was the Aztec god of this grain
corn
Nico
|
$200
[6]
This Latin American country is named for a man born in Genoa in 1451
Colombia
Colin
|
$200
[18]
Sounds can cause discomfort above about 100 of these units
decibels
Colin
|
$200
[12]
A finger joint
a knuckle
Nico
|
|
$400
[27]
The creature seenhereis a symbol of this employment website
Monster.com
Nico
|
$400
[17]
Colorful name of Will Ferrell's anchorman who harmonizes to "Afternoon Delight"
Ron Burgundy
Nico
|
$400
[2]
Tefnut, a goddess of this civilization, was called "the spitter"; she sent rain
Egypt
Nico
|
$400
[7]
It's named for the man who "liberated" it from Spain in 1824 & was its first president
Bolivia
Colin
|
$400
[19]
The lingual papillae are the main locale for this sense
taste
Nico
|
$400
[13]
To fold & stretch bread dough into a smooth, uniform mass
knead
Anna
|
|
$600
[28]
Created in 2003, this site where 27 million people have home pages passed Google in hits in 2005
Myspace
|
$600
[23]
The whole bus joins in to sing this Elton John song in "Almost Famous"
"Tiny Dancer"
|
$600
[3]
Thor had a "flash"y home called Bilskirnir, a Norse word for this phenomenon
lightning
Colin
|
$600
[8]
It takes its name from the mythological Kambu, from whom its kings claimed descent
Cambodia
Anna
|
$600
[20]
In the brain, the smell of perfume goes to this "bulb"
the olfactory bulb
Anna
|
$600
[14]
It's a British term for women's underwear
knickers
Nico
|
|
$800
[29]
The Amazon.com family includes this source of information on over 150,000 films, founded by Col Needham
IMDb.com
Colin
|
$800
[24]
In a "South Park" film song, this male figure skater "fought the evil robot king"
Brian Boitano
Anna
|
$800
[4]
Trying to get to Hades? Try this, the river of hate
the Styx
Nico
|
$800
[9]
The Tswana are its largest ethnic group, & the country is named after them
Botswana
Colin
|
$800
[21]
If yours is "absolute", you know your ABCs (& DEFGs) by ear
pitch
Colin
|
$800
[15]
The sound of a bell rung ominously
knell
Anna
|
|
$1,000
[30]
You can plan a trip using this site whose name combines words meaning "journey" & "speed"
Travelocity
Colin
|
$1,000
[25]
"Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies", croons Robert Shaw in this Spielberg splasher flick
Jaws
|
$1,000
[5]
This fiery goddess makes her home in the firepit of Kilauea
Pele
Colin
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
The name of this Mideast country comes from the name of the royal family that rules it
Saudi Arabia
Colin
|
$1,000
[22]
Planning prudently, or hyperopic
farsighted
Nico
|
$1,000
[16]
A backpack for a hiker
a knapsack
Colin
|
| RALEIGH PEOPLE | AMAZING SPORTS RECORDS | TECHNOLOGY | GIRLS GONE WILDE | HALF LIFE | STARTS WITH A PAST TENSE VERB |
|
$400
[30]
This "American Idol" singer from Raleigh lost to Ruben in 2003
Clay Aiken
Nico
|
$400
[12]
John Wooden coached this basketball team to 88 consecutive victories
UCLA
Nico
|
$400
[16]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from NC State University in Raleigh, NC.) A man who was blind for 50 years can now see images thanks to adevicethat supplants damaged photo receptors in this part of the eye
the retina
Nico
|
$400
[1]
Oscar Wilde said, "If this is the way" this queen "treats her convicts she doesn't deserve to have any"
Queen Victoria
Anna
|
$400
[6]
Proverbially, if you "jump the gun", you "go off half-" this
cocked
Colin
|
$400
[24]
A lycanthrope
a were wolf
Colin
|
|
$800
[19]
This 2004 presidential hopeful got a degree from NC State & pushed papers at his own Raleigh law firm
John Edwards
Nico
|
$800
[11]
In 1997 this Packers QB threw a then Super Bowl-record 81-yard touchdown pass
Brett Favre
Nico
|
$800
[17]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from NC State University in Raleigh, NC.) Exoskeleton garments with their own muscles are being developed to help victims of this injury caused by impaired brain blood supply
a stroke
Colin
|
$800
[2]
As Wilde's only novel opens, this handsome title character is afraid Lady Agatha is mad at him
Dorian Gray
Nico
|
$800
[7]
Of the 7 continents, it's the one divided halfway up by the equator
Africa
Colin
|
$800
[25]
This is the most abundant order of mammals, including beavers & porcupines
rode nts
Nico
|
|
$1,200
[13]
This long-serving senator who switched parties in 1970 once worked as a Raleigh political reporter
Jesse Helms
Colin
Nico
|
$1,200
[3]
This Georgian's major league career batting average was .367--or maybe .366, still pretty good
Ty Cobb
Nico
|
$1,200
[18]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from NC State University in Raleigh, NC.) A cat born with a birth defect, whose model is seen here, is being fitted with this experimental device, from the Greek for "addition"
a prosthesis
Nico
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
The discovery of this title woman's fan in Lord Darlington's residence causes some craziness in a Wilde play
Lady Windermere
Colin
|
$1,200
[8]
A juryo is halfway to becoming a yokozuna in this sport
sumo wrestling
Nico
|
$1,200
[26]
This root becomes a green paste that's a condiment for sashimi
was abi
Colin
|
|
$1,600
[14]
Thomas Dixon, a minister in Raleigh, penned "The Clansman"; this director filmed it as "The Birth of a Nation"
D.W. Griffith
|
$1,600
[4]
Before retiring from the NFL in 2005, this man amassed 22,895 yards as a receiver
Jerry Rice
Nico
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from NC State University in Raleigh, NC.) Experiments are underway with North Carolina State University's rapid prototyper to create custom surgical bone plates using this strong metal, atomic number 22
titanium
Nico
|
$1,200
[21]
Reese Witherspoon wigs out over Rupert Everett & Colin Firth & their use of this fake first name in a 2002 Wilde flick
Earnest
Colin
|
$1,600
[9]
Half of Sakhalin island, Russia's largest, once belonged to this other country
Japan
Nico
|
$1,600
[27]
In the classic "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport", Blue is asked to play this trumpet-like Aussie instrument
a did geridoo
Nico
|
|
$2,000
[15]
She grew up in Raleigh & won a 1989 Pulitzer for penning "Breathing Lessons"
Anne Tyler
|
$2,000
[5]
In this key job, preparing horses, Ben Jones brought a record 6 horses to the Kentucky Derby winner's circle
trainer
Colin
|
$2,000
[29]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from NC State University in Raleigh, NC.)Thisdevice spreads an opening for surgical access; North Carolina State University developed a force-controlled one to reduce post-op pain in heart patients
a rib spreader
Nico
|
$1,600
[22]
This red-headed gal who had 2 Oscar nominations in 2003 spiced up Wilde's "An Ideal Husband" as Mrs. Chevely
Julianne Moore
Colin
|
$2,000
[10]
On a music score, a minim lasts half as long as one of these notes
a whole note
|
$2,000
[28]
It's a building where metal or glass casting takes place
a found ry
Colin
|
His mother, Louise, said, "I do not want my son to be president... his is a judicial mind and he loves the law"
William Howard Taft