Show #2641 1996-02-12 (taped 1996-01-09) College Championship

1996 College Championship quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

Michael Musgrove — a senior from Georgia Tech University

Bryan Fagan — a junior from Southwest Missouri State University

Jenn Cunningham — a senior from Yale University

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jenn	$500	$1,100	$1,300	$2,600 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$1,300 10 R, 4 W
Bryan	$1,100	$5,100	$17,413	$21,613 Automatic semifinalist	$14,400 33 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W
Michael	$400	$1,500	$5,100	$10,200 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$5,100 14 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

ZOOLOGY	DECORATIVE ARTS	THE 1840s	5-LETTER WORDS	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	STARS ON CD-ROM
$100 [5] The kiwi is the only bird with nostrils at the tip of this beak Bryan	$100 [1] Nashiti, a laquerware technique developed in this country, features flakes of gold leaf Japan Bryan	$100 [6] This year lent its name to California gold rushers 1849 Jenn	$100 [13] Add a letter to knee to get this word that means to fall on your knees kneel Bryan	$100 [19] More than 40 peaks in this South American range rise above 20,000 feet Andes Bryan	$100 [3] This lunar word completes the CD title starring Margot Kidder & Brian Keith, "Under a Killing..." Moon Michael
$200 [30] If a glass lizard breaks off this body part, another one can grow tail Bryan	$200 [4] A popular type of 17th century woodwork was made to resemble this ocean vegetation seaweed Bryan	$200 [8] Discovered in 1846, this explosive liquid was later found to help symtoms of angina pectoris nitroglycerin Bryan	$200 [14] It's a small broom used a a clothes brush whisk Michael	$200 [20] This Scottish capital lies on a series of hills surrounding a valley called Princes Street Gardens Edinburgh Jenn	$200 [2] In "Slam City" you go one-on-one in this sport with Scottie Pippen basketball Bryan
$300 [28] Ctenocephalides felis is a flea best known for pestering these animals cats Bryan Michael	$300 [7] Valenciennes is one of the finest "pillow" types of this delicate openwork fabric lace Bryan	$300 [9] In 1848 a flock of these birds devoured the crickets threatening Utah's crops seagulls Michael	$300 [16] According to Longfellow, it's what Priscilla wanted John Alden to do for himself speak Jenn	$300 [21] This snowy eastern region of Russia makes up about 3/4 of the country's area Siberia Michael	$300 [11] This Belgian star of the film "Street Fighter" is in the Sony PlayStation game, too Jean-Claude Van Damme Bryan
$400 [27] Some female Indian elephants have extremely short ones of these called tushes tusks Bryan	$400 [15] This country's Capodimonte porcelain factory was founded in 1743 on the grounds of a royal palace Italy Jenn Bryan	$400 [10] Christoph Buys Ballot explored this mode of transportation to prove the Doppler effect train Jenn	$400 [17] It means a square of turf; if you create one on a golf course, you should replace it divot Bryan	$400 [22] The Sinai Peninsula & the tip of Arabia lie at either end of this "colorful" sea Red Sea Bryan	$400 [26] An ex-lifeguard of "Baywatch" & a star of "Under Siege", she plays twins on the "Panic in the Park" CD Erika Eleniak Michael
$500 [24] Typically, this flatfish whose name comes from the word "holy" has both eyes on the right side of its head halibut Jenn Bryan	$500 [25] From the Latin filum (thread), & granum (grain), it's delicate ornamental work done with fine metal wire filigree Jenn	DD $1,400 [12] Slogan used by U.S. expansionists in the dispute over the Oregon border 54-40 or fight Bryan	$500 [18] The first 5-letter cardinal number is three & the first 5-letter ordinal number is this first Bryan	$500 [23] The name of this island nation off the coast of India means "beautiful island" in the native language Sri Lanka Michael	$500 [29] In "Bloodwings: Pumpkinhead's Revenge", you can see this daughter of Monkee Mickey Ami Dolenz Jenn

Double Jeopardy! Round

MISSIONARIES	GOVERNMENT & POLITICS	FRUITS & VEGETABLES	FICTIONAL CHARACTERS	WEIGHTS & MEASURES	HISTORICAL OPERAS
$200 [27] St. Augustine, the 1st Christian missionary to England, founded the abbey here, & that's no tale Canterbury Michael	$200 [11] The U.S. Mint & the Bureau of the Public Debt are divisions of this cabinet department Treasury Bryan	$200 [17] These are usually removed from Muscat grapes before the grapes are turned into raisins seeds Bryan	$200 [1] Last name of Poe twins Roderick & Madeline; their house fell Usher Bryan	$200 [16] It's the number of degrees in a circle 360 Jenn	$200 [6] Handel's opera about Julius Caesar & this queen is considered one of his greatest Cleopatra Jenn
$600 [29] This 1899 Chinese uprising began with the Righteous & Harmonious Fists attacking missionaries Boxer Rebellion Michael	$400 [12] In 1982 this Surgeon General called smoking "the most important public health issue of our time" Koop Michael	$400 [18] These are made by dehydrating plums in an oven prunes Bryan	$400 [2] Stephen Dedalus, the hero of this author's first novel, also appears in his second, "Ulysses" James Joyce Bryan	$400 [21] If a gallon of milk is too hard to handle, you can buy this many quarts; it's the same 4 Bryan	$400 [7] Andre Gretry composed a 1784 opera about this crusader king & his favorite minstrel, Blondel Richard the Lionheart Michael
$800 [28] In 1735 this English founder of Methodism traveled to Georgia as a missionary Wesley Bryan	$600 [13] In August 1995 this former NBA player & Senator from New Jersey announced he wouldn't run for reelection Bill Bradley Michael	$600 [19] Members of the laurel family include cinnamon, sassafras & this guacamole ingredient avocado Michael	$600 [3] Gregor Samsa experiences this title process in a 1915 Franz Kafka story The Metamorphosis Jenn Bryan	$600 [22] A hectare, a metric measure of area, is equal to 247 of these units acres Bryan	$600 [8] Though set in Ancient Persia, "Serse", Handel's opera about this ruler, includes some London street songs Xerxes Jenn
$1,000 [20] In 1539 Franciscan missionary Marcos de Niza came upon this septet of Zuni settlements Seven Cities of Cibola Bryan Michael	$800 [14] This current Secretary of the Interior received a b.s. in geology from Notre Dame Bruce Babbitt Bryan	$800 [24] The hydrogenated oil of this palm fruit has been used a margarine's primary ingredient coconut Bryan	$1,000 [5] When we experience "One Day in" his life, he's serving his 9th year in a Siberian labor camp Ivan Denisovich Michael	$800 [23] Barometers often measure atmospheric pressure in these units abbreviated mb millibars Jenn	$800 [9] In an 1837 opera by Donizetti, this queen loves the Earl of Essex but he love the Duchess of Nottingham Elizabeth I Michael
—	DD $1,600 [15] In 1973 Richard Helms, James Schlesinger & William Colby all served as director of this agency C.I.A. (Central Intelligence Agency) Bryan	$1,000 [25] This potato man discarded about 65,000 berry bushes to create his blackberry-raspberry hybrid Luther Burbank Jenn	DD $2,313 [4] Title assumed by Edmond Dantes, a Dumas hero who escapes from a prison Count of Monte Cristo Bryan	$1,000 [26] The explosive force of a nuclear bomb is measured in these units megatons Bryan	$1,000 [10] Massenet's opera about this Castilian hero is set in 12th century Seville El Cid Bryan

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS AMERICANS

This American general born in 1820 was called "Cump" by his siblings

William Tecumseh Sherman

Jenn "Who is [one letter crossed out] Sherman?" — wagered $1,300

Michael "Who is W.T. Sherman" — wagered $5,100

Bryan "Who is Sherman" — wagered $4,200

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