Show #4873 2005-11-16 (taped 2005-10-02) College Championship

2005 College Championship semifinal game 3.From the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Contestants

Adam Pinson — a senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from Pinson, Alabama

Peter Ellis — a senior at North Carolina State University from Cary, North Carolina

Beth Cimini — a junior at Boston University from East Longmeadow, Massachusetts

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Beth	$600	$2,400	$2,400	$1 3rd place: $10,000	$2,400 12 R, 6 W
Peter	$1,200	$4,200	$11,400	$17,400 2nd place: $10,000	$11,200 12 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Adam	$3,800	$6,400	$13,200	$18,200 Finalist	$15,600 23 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

QUICKMOBY-DICK	PEOPLE	STOCK UP	COMPUTER GAMING	STATE INTELLIGENCE	HISTORY CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
$200 [7] Of the Monica, the Rachel or the Phoebe, the rescue ship at the tale's end the Rachel Peter	$200 [16] To mark his 18th birthday in 2002, this prince visited the sick & homeless to carry on the work of his late mother Prince Harry Adam	$200 [23] KO the competition with this "Classic" soft drink company, symbol KO Coca-Cola Adam	$200 [14] Installments of this controversial crime-based game include "San Andreas" & "Vice City" Grand Theft Auto Beth	$200 [2] Office of Strategic Services the United States Adam	$200 [1] "Memorable" battleship of 1898(5) the USS Maine Adam
$400 [8] Melville's subtitle for the first American edition The Whale Beth Peter	$400 [17] In 1996 he was "Livin' La Vida Loca" on Broadway, playing Marius in "Les Miz" Ricky Martin Beth	$400 [24] For the ultimate in geek chic, get the TI-89 Titanium graphing calculator from this company, TXN Texas Instruments Adam	$400 [15] In the '05 version of the EA title named for this ex-Raiders coach, Al Michaels does the play-by-play John Madden Adam	$400 [3] Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti Russia Beth	$400 [10] Dash-ing code creator born in 1791(5) Morse Beth
$600 [9] The harpooner from Kokovoko with the rad tats Queequeg Adam	$600 [18] The website of this tennis "goddess" told us that she's 6'2", loves to write poetry & wants to go to Croatia Venus Williams Beth Adam	$600 [25] Spokesman Jeff Gordon sprays the fastlane with Halston Z-14 from this company, RDEN Elizabeth Arden	$600 [28] In "God of War", PlayStation 2 lets you play Kratos, a Greek warrior whose final fight is with this Greek god of war Ares Beth	$600 [4] MI6 Britain Adam	$600 [11] Canada's fifth province(8) Manitoba Peter
$800 [21] Salem, Massachusetts author to whom the 1851 novel is dedicated Nathaniel Hawthorne Peter	$800 [19] Visitors to the Sundance Film Festival know that the Sundance Institute was founded by this man in 1981 Robert Redford Beth Adam	$800 [26] Buy books at this company, BKS, which also goes under the B. Dalton name Barnes & Noble Adam	$800 [29] It's Master Chief versus the Covenant in the first version of this Xbox game named for a ring-like space station Halo Adam	$800 [5] Mossad Israel Peter	$800 [12] "Swamp Fox" Francis(6) Marion Adam
DD $1,200 [22] The biblical prophet who's the subject of chapter 83 Jonah Peter	$1,000 [20] He wore a kilt when he married Madonna in a Scottish castle Guy Ritchie Peter	$1,000 [27] Originally named Sound of Music, this company, BBY, still offers sound electronics & music Best Buy Beth	$1,000 [30] This role-playing game out in 2004 returns to the "World" of Azeroth, where heroes like Leeroy Jenkins do battle World of Warcraft	$1,000 [6] Within the Oglaigh na h-Eireann:G2 Ireland	$1,000 [13] A "Dolley" house (home to the Madisons)(10) Montpelier Adam

Double Jeopardy! Round

AROUND THE WORLD	FROM PAGE TO SCREEN	A VERY SPECIAL PULITZER PRIZE	STATE OBJECTS & SYMBOLS	TRAIN-ING DAY	12-LETTER WORDS
$400 [10] Oskar Schindler is buried on Mount Zion in this city Jerusalem Adam	$400 [1] He's the funny man who played the title role in the movie version of "The Cat in the Hat" Mike Myers Beth	$400 [6] 1984:To this "physician", for his books of playful rhymes, nonsense words & strange illustrations Dr. Seuss Peter	$400 [26] This ditty about a pony-riding gentleman is Connecticut's state song "Yankee Doodle" Beth Adam	$400 [16] Catch an express train to the Algarve from the Barreiro Station in this Iberian capital Lisbon Beth Adam	$400 [21] A cntrctd. form of a wd. or phrs., frm. the Ltn. for "shrtnd." abbreviation Adam
$800 [11] (Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from outside a black brick edifice in Lubeck, Germany.) The elaborate use ofbrickin Lubeck, Germany began early in the city's history, partially in response to this disaster in 1157 fire Beth	$800 [2] This innovative Polish director brought Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" to life in 2005 (Roman) Polanski Adam	$800 [7] 1960:To Professor Garrett Mattingly, for his study of this 16th century Spanish fleet the Armada Peter	$800 [27] How sweet it is that this is North Carolina's official state insect the honeybee Peter	$800 [17] President Harding drove the golden spike at Nenana for this state's RR & died on the way home Alaska	$800 [22] Class of a pro boxer topping out at 160 pounds middleweight
$1,200 [12] This capital's Plaza Independencia has a statue of Jose Artigas, hero of Uruguayan independencia Montevideo Adam	$1,200 [3] "Zathura" is from a book by Chris Van Allsburg, author of this "cool" story, later a Tom Hanks animated film The Polar Express Beth	$1,200 [8] 1978:To Richard Lee Strout, for his body of work for this "Christian" publication the Christian Science Monitor Adam	$1,200 [28] The state motto of Pennsylvania is "Virtue, liberty, and" this, quite a declaration "independence" Adam	$1,200 [18] Commuter maglevs are still being tested in this country, so take a ride on the slower Shinkansen bullet trains Japan Beth	$1,200 [23] The walls at the U.S. one in Leavenworth are 40 feet high & 40 feet below ground penitentiary Peter
DD $2,000 [13] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from the Aswan High Dam in Egypt.) The Aswan High Dam gave Egyptians control over this annual event that dominated ancient agriculture the flooding of the Nile Adam	$1,600 [4] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the set of Zathura.) The heroes of "Zathura" meet up with one of these mechanical devices, not the helpful kind, butone with claw handsthat smashes through walls a robot Adam	$1,600 [9] 1952:To this Missouri city's Star newspaper, for its coverage of a series of natural disasters Kansas City Beth	$1,600 [29] This arthropod seen here, Delaware's state marine animal, shares its name with quadruped footwear a horseshoe crab Beth	$1,600 [19] The Eurostar chunnels from London to Paris & this other nearby capital Brussels	$1,600 [24] Luggage-based term for a war-profiteering Northerner in the Postbellum South carpetbagger Adam
$2,000 [14] Somalia is on the geographic projection usually called this "of Africa" the horn Peter	$2,000 [5] In 2004 Reese Witherspoon starred in the big screen version of "Vanity Fair" by this author Thackeray Peter	$2,000 [15] 1938:To this Alberta city's Journal newspaper, for its freedom of the press editorials Edmonton	$2,000 [30] This state gem of Washington was once a tree, or at least a piece of it petrified wood Adam	$2,000 [20] This country's royal trains will take you from a Jain temple city to the Arabian Sea India Beth Adam	DD $2,800 [25] Term for the fear or hatred of Gallic culture francophobia Adam

Final Jeopardy!

WORD ORIGINS

This word meaning "complete range" comes from the 3rd Greek letter, which used to be the low end of the musical scale

gamut

Beth "What is gamma range?" — wagered $2,399

Peter "What Gammut" — wagered $6,000

Adam "What is Gamut" — wagered $5,000

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