Show #2469 1995-05-04 (taped 1995-04-01) College Championship

1995 College Championship quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

Nancy Lishaa — a junior from Johns Hopkins University

Todd Konkel — a sophomore from Rice University

Sandra Cha — a junior from Harvard University

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sandra	$300	$100	$-500	$-500 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$-500 6 R, 4 W
Todd	$1,100	$4,600	$15,400	$16,000 Automatic semifinalist	$17,300 38 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Nancy	$800	$1,200	$6,200	$0 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$3,800 10 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC AMERICANS	DOGS	RONS & RONALDS	ADVERTISING	THE SUPREME COURT	FAMILIAR PHRASES
$100 [1] Fought on Jan. 8, 1815, the battle of this city made Andrew Jackson famous Battle of New Orleans Todd	$100 [26] A 1961 Disney film made this spotted dog even more popular Dalmatian Todd	$100 [16] Ronald E. Evans was the last man to orbit this heavenly body alone moon Todd	$100 [11] Vanna White, Nastassja Kinski & Naomi Campbell are among celebs sporting white moustaches in ads for this milk Nancy	$100 [2] Edwards v. Aguillard rejected a law that required the teaching of creationism along with this evolution Todd	$100 [21] When you're ad-libbing, you're speaking "off the top of" this body part head Sandra
$200 [6] In his teens this future traitor ran away from home to fight in the French & Indian War Benedict Arnold Todd	$200 [27] The Welsh Springer breed of this dog is smaller than the English Springer Spaniel Todd	$200 [17] In 1897 Ronald Ross proved this insect carried the malarial parasite anopheles mosquito Todd	$200 [12] This charge card's slogan is "Don't leave home without it" American Express Todd	$200 [3] In 1972's Furman v. Georgia the court invalidated all existing state laws calling for this punishment capital punishment, death penalty Todd	$200 [22] 18th c. statesman Edmund Burke said ungrateful people will do this to "the hand that fed them" bite Sandra
$300 [8] This famous interpreter was one of the Indian wives of trapper Toussaint Charbonneau Sacajawea Sandra	$300 [28] In its native Tibet, this dog is known as the Apso Seng Kye — "barking lion sentinel dog" Lhaso Apso Todd	$300 [18] In 1975 this former Faces guitarist joined the Rolling Stones Ron Wood	$300 [13] Whitney Houston is the voice behind this company's "True Voice" commercials AT&T Nancy	$300 [4] After earning her law degree in 1952, she began work as a deputy county attorney in California Sandra Day O'Connor Todd	$300 [23] The phrase "cool your heels" goes back to the time when this animal was the major means of transportation horse Todd
$400 [9] When he was shot in a Virginia tobacco barn on April 26, 1865, he was 26 years old John Wilkes Booth Todd	$400 [29] Some authorities believe the Scottish deerhound is a descendant of this wolfhound Irish wolfhound Todd	$400 [19] As secretary of this department, Ronald Brown might tell you to mind your own business Commerce Todd	$400 [14] This company's ads show replies to the question "What's on your Power Book?" Apple Nancy	$400 [5] This landmark 1954 case was brought by Oliver Brown on behalf of his daughter Linda Brown vs. the Board of Education Nancy	$400 [24] To be "pleased as" this refers to the puppet, not the beverage Punch Todd
$500 [10] This first Chief Justice later served as president of the American Bible Society John Jay Todd	$500 [30] The Earl of Malmesbury named these retrievers whose origins go back to Newfoundland Labrador retrievers Todd	$500 [20] He was the founder of Scientology L. Ron Hubbard Todd	$500 [15] Elizabeth Hurley has replaced Paulina Porizkova as the "face" for this cosmetics company Estée Lauder Sandra	DD $900 [7] His remains are interred at the University of Louisville Law School, not at the Mass. school named for him Brandeis Todd	$500 [25] M.O. is an abbreviation for this Latin phrase that means "manner of working" modus operandi Todd

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD FACTS	THE ELEMENTS	INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES	THE 20th CENTURY	MUSEUMS	AMERICAN LITERATURE
$200 [3] Because it grows so much wheat, Saskatchewan is called this country's "Breadbasket" Canada Nancy	$200 [1] Arsenopyrite is the most abundant mineral from which this poisonous element is extracted arsenic Sandra	$200 [26] This 16th c. German reformer wrote, "It is neither safe nor prudent to do anything against conscience" Luther Todd	$200 [16] The first of these institutions that store corneas for transplantation was established in NYC in 1944 eye bank Sandra	$200 [21] B'gosh! the public museum in this Wisconsin city has a large collection of meteorites Oshkosh Nancy	$200 [8] In this novel the father of Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy is an Army chaplain in the Civil War Little Women Todd
$600 [13] Queen Beatrix lives in Huis Ten Bosch Palace in this city, the seat of her country's government The Hague Sandra Todd	$400 [2] After WWII, batteries using compounds of this liquid metal were adapted for hearing aids, etc. mercury Todd	$400 [27] This founder of Methodism's "rule" begins, "Do all the good you can by all the means you can" (John) Wesley Todd	$400 [17] In 1929 this Soviet dictator published figures on the success of his first five-year plan Stalin Sandra Todd	$400 [22] The International Space Hall of Fame is part of the Space Center Museum in Alamogordo in this state New Mexico Todd	$400 [9] In this story a New Englander awakens to find himself at Camelot in 528 A.D. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Todd
$800 [14] This country in northeastern Africa was once known as Abyssinia Ethiopia Nancy	$600 [4] The Dead Sea is a major source of compounds of this element, symbol K potassium Nancy	$600 [28] In "Science and Health" she wrote, "Today is big with blessings" Mary Baker Eddy	$600 [18] He took the oath of office on Jan. 20, 1953, becoming the 36th U.S. Vice President Nixon Todd	$600 [23] This NYC museum publishes MoMA, a magazine for its members Museum of Modern Art Todd Nancy	$600 [10] After years of writing short stories, J.D. Salinger published this first novel The Catcher in the Rye Todd
$1,000 [15] In population, it's the largest city in the largest country in South America São Paulo Sandra Todd	$800 [5] Most living things cannot use this element as a gas though it makes up about 78% of the atmosphere nitrogen Todd	$800 [29] In "The Prophet" he wrote, "For life and death are one, even as the river and sea are one" Khalil Gibran Todd	$800 [19] U.S. destroyers Maddox & C. Turner Joy were the ships involved in this 1964 gulf "incident" Gulf of Tonkin Todd	$800 [24] Founded by a billionaire, this Malibu, Calif. museum is a major repository for Greek & Roman art Getty Museum Todd	$800 [11] His "The Long Valley" contained the short stories "Saint Katy the Virgin" & "The Red Pony" (John) Steinbeck Todd
DD $2,800 [7] It's the religion of 62% of the people of Belize Roman Catholic Nancy	$1,000 [6] This metal, symbol Bi, is one of the few metals that expand on solidification bismuth Nancy	$1,000 [30] This reputed founder of Taoism wrote, "He who is content can never be ruined" Laozi (Lao Tzu) Sandra	$1,000 [20] In 1978 General Pinochet lifted the state of siege instituted in this country in 1973 Chile Todd	$1,000 [25] New Hampshire's most extensive art collection is the Hood Museum of Art at this Hanover school Dartmouth Todd	DD $1,000 [12] This Emerson essay states, "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind" Self Reliance Todd

Final Jeopardy!

POLITICAL TERMS

In a 1906 speech Teddy Roosevelt said he agreed with their aims but their methods were sensational & irresponsible

muckrakers

Nancy "Who were Pulitzer and Hearst?" — wagered $6,200

Todd "Who are muckrakers?" — wagered $600

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