Show #2466 1995-05-01 (taped 1995-04-01) College Championship

1995 College Championship quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

Neal Vermillion — a senior from Illinois Wesleyan University

JL McHenry — a senior from Tufts University

Andrea Mazza — a junior from University of Missouri

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Andrea	$-400	$700	$400	$0 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$1,300 9 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
JL	$1,400	$2,300	$2,300	$4,600 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$3,300 15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Neal	$900	$4,200	$10,200	$5,200 Automatic semifinalist	$9,500 23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

LINCOLN	MEMORIALS	MATH	STAND-UP SITCOMS	THE 1800s	"G" WHIZ!
$100 [11] Abe once said, "I have never had a thought politically that did not spring from" this 1776 document Declaration of Independence Andrea	$100 [22] This memorial consists of 4 sculpted heads, each 60 feet tall Mount Rushmore Neal	$100 [26] This process will result in a quotient division Neal	$100 [1] Much of this sitcom takes place in Apt. 5A of a building on Manhattan's Upper West Side; Kramer lives in 5B Seinfeld JL	$100 [5] In December 1886 about 20 craft unions joined to form this organization that later joined with the CIO AFL Neal	$100 [9] Seneca said, "Fire is the test of" this metal; "adversity, of strong men" gold Neal
$200 [13] Abe married her November 4, 1842 Mary Todd JL	$200 [23] Mostly torn down after November 1989, a few segments of this divider remain as memorials Berlin Wall JL	$200 [27] The diameter of a circle is twice the length of this radius JL	$200 [2] On this ABC sitcom, Brett Butler plays a single mom trying to raise several kids Grace Under Fire JL	$200 [6] In 1883 the U.S. railroads adopted these 4 time zones Central, Mountain, Pacific & Eastern JL	$200 [14] The phrase "The moon is made of" this refers to a freshly made dairy product, not a colorful one green cheese JL
$300 [16] In 1837 Lincoln left New Salem, Illinois for this capital Springfield JL	$400 [20] A national memorial to this pair is located in North Carolina's Kill Devil Hills Wright Brothers Neal	$300 [28] It's a plane figure with 10 straight sides decagon Neal	$300 [3] This comedian's fix-it character always wants "more power" Tim Allen JL	$300 [7] Designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, it was dedicated October 28, 1886 Statue of Liberty Neal	$300 [15] Its state bird is the brown thrasher Georgia Andrea
$400 [17] Abe's 7 joint debates with this man ran from August 21 to October 15, 1858 Stephen Douglas Andrea	$500 [21] This D.C. performing arts center was built as a memorial, using materials donated by many countries Kennedy Center Neal	$400 [29] A circle with a line through it indicates this type of set null Neal	$400 [4] She's the Ellen of "Ellen" Ellen DeGeneres Neal	$400 [8] Europe's first transcontinental train, it went into service in 1883 Orient Express JL	$400 [24] In 1824 Lord Byron died of a fever in Missolonghi, now in this country Greece Andrea
$500 [18] Lincoln denounced this 1857 Supreme Court decision as part of a pro-slavery conspiracy Dred Scott Neal	DD $1,000 [19] At its headquarters you can find Barbara Hepworth's Dag Hammarskjold Memorial United Nations Neal	$500 [30] These 3 letters are used to designate the 3 axes in the Cartesian coordinate system X, Y & Z Neal	$500 [12] This stand-up comic became the "All-American Girl" Margaret Cho Andrea	$500 [10] In 1888 this coil inventor designed the first practical system for transmitting AC power Nikola Tesla	$500 [25] The Kloss's species of this smallest of the apes is endangered gibbon Neal

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT TIMES	BALLET	U.S. GEOGRAPHY	SPACE EXPLORERS	PLANTS & TREES	NONFICTION
$200 [6] In classical antiquity, a biga was a 2-horse type of this vehicle chariot Andrea	$200 [30] Serge Lifar's ballet "Icare" tells the story of this mythical figure who flew too close to the sun Icarus JL	$200 [1] This river reaches its widest point, 3 1/2 miles, just north of Clinton, Iowa Mississippi Andrea	$200 [16] In 1983 Karol Bobko piloted the first flight of this ill-fated shuttle Challenger Andrea	$200 [21] Calendula & orange tulip are the national flowers of this country Netherlands Neal	$200 [7] In "Couplehood" this "Mad About You" star offers his humorous views on love & commitment Paul Reiser JL
$400 [9] The first large tomb called this was built for King Mausolus at Halicarnassus in what is now Turkey mausoleum JL	$400 [29] In Balanchine's ballet "Jewels", Patricia McBride & Edward Villella represented these red gems rubies Neal	$400 [2] One of the USA's largest cities in area, it's Florida's largest in population Jacksonville Neal	$400 [17] She was the third woman to fly into space as well as the first American woman Sally Ride JL	$400 [22] This plant is the largest single source of vegetable oil in the U.S. soybeans Andrea	$400 [8] This Tibetan leader explains some of the concepts of Buddhism in "The Way to Freedom" Dalai Lama Neal
$600 [10] The city of Ashur, the first capital of Assyria, stood on the west bank of this river Tigris	$600 [27] Rasputin is a character in the 1971 ballet named for this mysterious grand duchess Anastasia Andrea	$600 [3] This scenic valley in Arizona & Utah is characterized by tall, red sandstone buttes & mesas Monument Valley	$600 [18] Pavel Belyayev commanded the 1965 Voskhod 2 mission on which Alexi Leonov became the first to do this spacewalk Neal	$600 [23] This group of plants that includes peas & beans gets its name from the seed pods they bear legumes Andrea	$600 [13] The first edition of his "Anatomy" book contained 750 pages; the 37th edition, issued in 1989, had nearly 1600 Gray JL
DD $1,000 [11] Mut, a sky goddess of this ancient African civilization, is sometimes represented as a vulture Egypt JL	$800 [26] Varvara Nikitina played the enchanted princess when this Tchaikovsky ballet debuted in 1890 Sleeping Beauty Andrea	DD $900 [4] Water from Lake Erie flows into Lake Ontario by way of this river Niagara Andrea	$800 [19] A statue of this first human in space stands in the Moscow square named for him Gagarin Neal	$800 [24] The coast species of this large tree ranges from California to Oregon's Chetco River redwood JL Neal	$800 [14] This bandmaster wrote instruction books for trumpet & drum, & a 1928 autobiography, "Marching Along" John Philip Sousa Neal
$1,000 [12] Nanna the moon-god was the patron deity of this 2-letter Sumerian city Ur Neal	$1,000 [25] Born in Kiev in 1890, this legendary ballet star was the son of celebrated Polish dancers Nijinsky	$1,000 [5] Springfield, MIssouri is the most populous city in these mountains Ozarks Neal	$1,000 [20] This Apollo 11 command module pilot wrote "Flying to the Moon and Other Strange Places" for kids (Michael) Collins Neal	$1,000 [28] The roots of this largest cactus may reach over 50 feet in length saguaro	$1,000 [15] This Scottish-born naturalist wrote "Our National Parks" & "My First Summer in the Sierra" in the early 1900s John Muir Neal

Final Jeopardy!

SCIENCE HISTORY

In 1317 Pope John XXII called these people evil: "They present a false metal for gold and silver"

alchemists

Andrea "What are metallurgists" — wagered $400

JL "What are alchemists?" — wagered $2,300

Neal "Whatisare bankers?" — wagered $5,000

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