1993 College Championship quarterfinal game 5.
Jessica Sison — a sophomore from San Francisco State University
Ann Menge — a senior from Marquette University
Eric Biber — a sophomore from Harvard University
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric | $1,200 | $2,900 | $11,000 |
$10,799
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$11,300
24 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W |
| Ann | $1,200 | $2,800 | $8,000 |
$15,500
Automatic semifinalist |
$8,000
23 R, 1 W |
| Jessica | $700 | $1,800 | $5,600 |
$11,199
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$5,600
11 R, 2 W |
| MATH | NURSERY RHYMES | TRAVEL U.S.A. | HISTORY | VOCABULARY | EAT YOUR VEGETABLES |
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$100
[26]
An angle complementary to 43° would be 47°; one that's supplementary to 43° would be this
137
Eric
Ann
Jessica
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$100
[21]
It's the line that precedes "Baker's man, bake me a cake as fast as you can"
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake
Ann
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$100
[1]
At 26,000 square feet, the swimming pool at the Westin Kauai Resort is the largest in this state
Hawaii
Ann
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$100
[14]
On December 16, 1773 Paul Revere dressed up in war paint & feathers for this famous event
Boston Tea Party
Eric
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$100
[2]
It sucks blood or precedes "tock"
tick
Eric
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$100
[9]
This vine fruit eaten as a salad vegetable is called a cuke for short
cucumber
Jessica
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$200
[27]
Counting from 1, it's the first whole number you reach that isn't a prime number
4
Ann
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$200
[22]
"Some like it hot, some like it cold, some like it in the pot, nine days old"
pease porridge
Ann
|
$200
[3]
The house in which Jesse James was killed is a tourist attraction in St. Joseph in this state
Missouri
Eric
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$200
[15]
As a young lawyer, Winfield Scott witnessed this vice president's treason trial in 1807
Aaron Burr
Ann
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$200
[5]
"Pesky" is probably an alteration of this word for a nuisance
pest
Ann
|
$200
[10]
Like oranges, radishes are rich in this vitamin
vitamin C
Eric
Jessica
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$300
[28]
In the two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, the hor. axis is usually labeled this
x-axis
Ann
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$300
[23]
At the end of "Hey, diddle, diddle", this pair runs off together
dish & the spoon
Jessica
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$300
[4]
You can watch tarantulas being fed at the Nat'l Museum of Natural History, part of this museum complex
Smithsonian
Ann
|
$300
[16]
He said of his wife's family, "One 'D' is good enough for God, but not for the Todds"
Abraham Lincoln
Ann
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$300
[6]
Smaze is an atmospheric mixture of smoke & this, hence its name
haze
Jessica
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$300
[12]
To make cole slaw don't cook this main ingredient; just slice, shred or chop it
cabbage
Eric
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$400
[29]
Correct questions to 18 of the 30 answers in the Jeopardy! round will give you this percentage
60%
Eric
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$400
[24]
The one Lucy Locket lost had "nothing in it, but the binding round it"
her pocket
Ann
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DD
$300
[13]
You'll find Red Hill, Patrick Henry's last home & burial place, near Brookneal in this state
Virginia
Eric
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$400
[17]
The Orlov diamond, given to this Russian empress by a lover, was sort of a lovely parting gift
Catherine the Great
Eric
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$400
[7]
Umbra, Latin for "shadow", gave us this term for offense or resentment
umbrage
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$400
[19]
The white rose type of this is similar to the russet but has a thinner skin
potato
Jessica
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$500
[30]
2/3 multiplied by 5/8 & simplified would be this fraction
5/12
Eric
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$500
[25]
He rapped at the window & cried through the lock, "Are the children all in bed? For now it's 8 o'clock"
Wee Willie Winkie
|
$400
[11]
If you like to revolve while you eat, head for the Space Needle in this city
Seattle
Ann
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$500
[18]
She was a prisoner when her 15-year-old son James VI of Scotland was kidnapped by an earl
Mary Queen of Scots
Eric
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$500
[8]
The plural of this body part is pharynges
pharynx
Jessica
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$500
[20]
This onion relative that resembles a giant scallion is a national symbol of Wales
leek
Jessica
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| MYTHOLOGY | CATEGORY ON ICE | EXPLORATION | POLITICIANS | THEATRE | COLLEGE NICKNAMES |
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$200
[3]
Like Medusa, the 3 Furies had these instead of hair
snakes
Ann
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$200
[26]
Swiss scientist Louis Agassiz proved that these frozen masses move
glacier
Eric
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$200
[20]
When this Spaniard landed in Florida in 1513, he thought it was another island
Ponce de León
Ann
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$200
[8]
In 1972 this present New York governor lost a race for New York City mayor to Ed Koch
(Mario) Cuomo
Eric
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$200
[1]
"Tru", a 1-man show about this author, didn't premiere on Broadway but at Vassar College
Truman Capote
Jessica
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$200
[14]
The Hawkeyes
Iowa
Eric
Ann
|
|
$400
[4]
This monster of the labyrinth was the offspring of King Monos' wife & a white bull
Minotaur
Ann
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$400
[27]
In the U.S. during the 1880s, everyone took a turn at the crank at these "socials"
ice cream social
Ann
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$400
[21]
As a teenager he sailed on a Genoese galley against the pirates of Tunis
Christopher Columbus
Ann
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$400
[9]
This former H.U.D. secretary quarterbacked the Buffalo Bills to the AFL title in 1964 & 1965
Jack Kemp
Ann
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$400
[2]
Tovah Feldshuh played 3 of this king's spouses in the 1992 musical "Six Wives"
Henry VIII
Ann
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$400
[15]
The Bruins
UCLA
Eric
|
|
$600
[5]
In post-Homeric legend, he wanders several more years & is eventually killed by his son
Odysseus
Eric
Ann
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$600
[28]
Most icebergs in the Northern Hemisphere come from Greenland; in the Southern Hemisphere, they come from here
Antarctica
Ann
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$600
[22]
In 1769 & 1770 this British seaman charted New Zealand's North & South Islands
(Captain) Cook
Eric
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$600
[10]
In 1975 this Kansas senator married Elizabeth Hanford, who had been a fed. trade commissioner under Pres. Ford
(Bob) Dole
Eric
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$600
[13]
This musical takes place inside, below & on top of the Paris Opera House
Phantom of the Opera
Eric
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$600
[16]
The Jayhawks
Kansas
Eric
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$800
[6]
Gods often swore by the waters of this river, the most famous of the ones that surrounded Hades
Styx
Eric
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$800
[29]
When water freezes, the hydrogen bonds form crystals with this many sides
6
Jessica
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$800
[24]
Before marching into Mexico's interior, this Conquistador destroyed his fleet to prevent mutiny
Cortés
Eric
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DD
$800
[11]
In December 1992 Lt. Governor Jim Guy Tucker succeeded to the governorship of this state
Arkansas
Eric
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$800
[18]
Sharon Gless made a writer's life "agony" in the stage version of this Stephen King novel
Misery
Jessica
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$800
[17]
The Golden Gophers
Minnesota
Ann
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$1,000
[7]
To facilitate the birth of this goddess, Zeus' skull had to be split open with an axe
Athena
Ann
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$1,000
[30]
At normal atmospheric pressure, ice will begin to melt at this temperature
30 degrees Fahrenheit
Eric
|
DD
$900
[25]
In 1498 this Port. navigator enlisted the aid of ibn Majid a famous pilot, for his voyage to India
(Vasco) da Gama
Eric
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$1,000
[12]
As a military test pilot in the 1950s, this Ohio senator made the 1st transcontinental supersonic flight
John Glenn
Jessica
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$1,000
[19]
This extremely tall dancer with a "musical" name has won Tonys for directing, acting & choreography
Tommy Tune
Jessica
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$1,000
[23]
The Orangemen
Syracuse
Eric
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First published in 1732, its author said it sold "annually, near ten thousand"
Poor Richard's Almanack