Show #1093 1989-05-10 (taped 1989-04-08) College Championship

1989 College Championship quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

Monroe Roark — a junior from West Georgia College

Ann Danielson — a sophomore from Amherst College

Kristine Zaleskas — a sophomore from Harvard College

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Kristine	$1,600	$1,800	$8,600	$10,200 Automatic semifinalist	$7,400 18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Ann	$300	$300	$-1,300	$-1,300 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$-1,300 9 R, 7 W
Monroe	$1,700	$3,000	$9,800	$9,800 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$10,100 23 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHIC WORLD RECORDS	ROCK 'N' ROLL	MOVIE TRIVIA	16th CENTURY SCIENCE	WEATHER	SPELLING
$100 [7] The longest land gorge in the world is this one in Arizona Grand Canyon Kristine	$100 [6] Vanessa Williams & New Kids on the Block both had recent hits with this title "The Right Stuff" Monroe	$100 [1] You can see Dustin Hoffman watching "Jeopardy!" in this title role Rain Man Monroe	$100 [12] In 1557 Robert Recorde introduced this math symbol consisting of 2 parallel lines equal Monroe	$100 [16] A 1989 drought in this country caused dry fields in Tuscany & low water levels in Venice Italy Ann	$100 [13] Used in insecticides, it's the poisonous alkaloid found in tobacco N-I-C-O-T-I-N-E Ann
$200 [20] The deepest part of the oceans of the world is the Mariana Trench in this ocean Pacific Monroe	$200 [8] Her 900 phone number ends in "Foxx" Samantha Fox Monroe	$300 [3] Glenn Ford & Ronny Howard starred in the film version, Bill Bixby & Brandon Cruz in the TV The Courtship of Eddie's Father Kristine	$200 [24] Italian botanist Prospero Alpini was the 1st European to describe this plant whose beans are brewed coffee Ann	$200 [18] Hard pellets of ice larger than 5mm are the only true forms of these hail Ann	$200 [14] A 200th anniversary B-I-C-E-N-T-E-N-N-I-A-L Kristine Ann
$300 [21] Some say it's the world's largest island; all agree it's the smallest continent Australia Monroe	$300 [9] At the '89 Grammys she won "Best New Artist", "Female Pop Vocal" & "Contemporary Folk Recording" Tracy Chapman Monroe	$400 [4] She was on the wrong side of the law in "Ruthless People" & the right side as "Supergirl" Helen Slater Monroe	$300 [26] Bartolemeo Eustachio & Gabriel Fallopius have this type of body part named after them tubes Monroe	$300 [25] They heat the air in their paths to over 45,000° Fahrenheit lightning bolts Ann	$300 [15] The name of this dish is German for "sour cabbage" S-A-U-E-R-K-R-A-U-T Kristine
$400 [22] The world's deepest lake is Lake Baikal, in this country Soviet Union Ann	$400 [10] Title of Bon Jovi's 1988 hit album, it's named after the state in which Jon Bon Jovi was born New Jersey Kristine	DD $500 [2] 1989 summer release whose symbol is thefollowing: Ghostbusters 2 Monroe	—	$400 [27] To see one of these, you must stand facing falling rain with your back to the sun rainbow Ann	$400 [17] These blood vessels connect your arteries & veins C-A-P-I-L-L-A-R-I-E-S Kristine
$500 [23] Though about 19 miles from the sea, this city in the Netherlands is the world's busiest seaport Rotterdam Ann	$500 [11] People Magazine referred to this group backing up Mike Rutherford as "musical grease monkeys" the Mechanics Kristine	$500 [5] According to the film ads, this actor is "Her Alibi", "Her" being Paulina Porizkova Tom Selleck Kristine	—	—	$500 [19] The "picture writing" of Ancient Egypt H-I-E-R-O-G-L-Y-P-H-I-C-S Kristine Ann Monroe

Double Jeopardy! Round

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS	LITERARY CHARACTERS	FURNITURE	NEBRASKA	PUBLISHING	FILE UNDER "A"
$200 [1] After resigning from the Vice Presidency in 1973, he wrote the novel "The Canfield Decision" Spiro Agnew Kristine	$200 [2] This character who loved Daisy Buchanan was born James Gatz The Great Gatsby Kristine	$200 [26] A low bed designed to roll under a larger bed, it was also called a truckle bed trundle bed Kristine	$200 [21] Much of the 1983 film "Terms of Endearment" was filmed in & near this city, Nebraska's capital Lincoln Ann Monroe	$200 [16] Type of essay in which a newspaper expresses an opinion editorial Kristine	$200 [5] Lt. General Boris Gromov was the last Soviet soldier to be withdrawn from here Afghanistan Monroe
$400 [4] In '87 buildings of the new U.S. embassy complex in Moscow were found riddled with these (electronic) bugs Monroe	$400 [3] He saw Jacob Marley's face on his front door when he went home on Christmas Eve Ebenezer Scrooge Ann	$400 [27] The "roll-top" style of this has a convex cover that slides over the work surface desk Kristine	$400 [22] On July 12, 1861 this "Wild" West gunslinger killed his 1st man at Rock Creek Station near Fairbury Wild Bill Hickok	$400 [17] When Adolph Ochs bought the N.Y. Times in 1896, he adopted this motto which has been used in every issue All the news that's fit to print Monroe	$400 [6] This unattractive Hun was known as the "Scourge of God" Attila Kristine
$600 [13] It takes a 60% majority vote to end one of these talk-a-thons in the U.S. Senate filibuster Kristine	$600 [7] Jonathan Swift character who also visited the islands of Laputa, Glubbdubdrib & Luggnagg Gulliver Monroe	$600 [28] A chesterfield is a large, over stuffed one of these, often having scrolled arms sofa Ann	$600 [23] Closely related to the elephant, this "wooly" prehistoric mammal is the state fossil mammoth Monroe	DD $400 [20] Most of the mail addressed to Pleasantville, New York goes to this magazine Reader's Digest Monroe	$600 [8] To handle the trillions in our budget deficit, this bead calculator would need 13 columns abacus Monroe
$800 [14] 2nd to Walter Mondale for the 1984 Democratic presidential nomination, he tried again in 1988--didn't work Gary Hart Kristine	$1,000 [11] This grotesque Victor Hugo character was paraded through the streets of Paris as "The Prince of Fools" Quasimodo (Hunchback of Notre Dame) Kristine	$800 [29] A sideboard is most associated with this room of a house dining room Ann	$800 [24] One of the 1st of these 160-acre plots in America was claimed by Daniel Freeman in 1863 near Beatrice homestead	$600 [18] In 1982 Gannett introduced this national newspaper that sold for 25¢; it's now 50¢ USA Today Monroe	$800 [9] Lyndon Johnson popularized this phrase to describe job programs for women & minorities affirmative action Kristine
$1,000 [15] When a president is tried before the Senate, this individual presides Chief Justice of the United States Ann	DD $2,000 [10] Longfellow said John Alden didn't propose to Priscilla until he heard reports of this man's death Myles Standish Kristine	—	$1,000 [25] As its nickname indicates, Nebraska's main farm crop is this corn Ann Monroe	$800 [19] From time to time this magazine features "The Sexiest Man Alive" on its cover People Monroe	$1,000 [12] The only Alexandre Dumas line listed in the Penguin Dictionary of Quotes index under the "A"s All for one, and one for all Monroe

Final Jeopardy!

THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

1 of 2 current U.S. possessions acquired as a result of the Spanish-American War

Puerto Rico or Guam

Kristine "What is Puerto Rico?" — wagered $1,600

Monroe "What are the U.S. Virgin Islands" — wagered $0

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