2020 College Championship quarterfinal game 4.
Xiaoke Ying — a sophomore at the University of Southern California from Arcadia, California
Beni Keown — a freshman at Northwestern University from Evanston, Illinois
Joe Coker — a junior at Hendrix College from Conway, Arkansas
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe | $3,200 | $3,400 | $15,200 |
$30,200
Automatic semifinalist |
$11,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Beni | $1,400 | $5,200 | $14,800 |
$15,800
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$20,800
24 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Xiaoke | $1,800 | $2,000 | $6,400 |
$12,800
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$6,400
10 R, 1 W |
| WHERE YA GOIN' FOR SPRING BREAK? | HOMOPHONES | COLLEGE LAW | SPORTS HISTORY | SHOPPING | RETURNS |
|
$200
[26]
Let's totally drive to this city that's perfect for snorkeling during spring break
Key West, Florida
|
$200
[5]
A military rank &a corn seed
colonel & kernel
Joe
|
$200
[6]
It's the P in FERPA, a 1974 law that says your parents need your consent to get your grades from your college
privacy
Beni
|
$200
[21]
Florida's Streamline Hotel is the birthplace of this auto racing organization
NASCAR
Joe
|
$200
[11]
This large retailer uses the slogan "Expect More. Pay Less."
Target
Joe
|
$200
[16]
In "The Two Towers" this wizard says, "Yes, I am white now... I have passed through fire and deep water, since we parted"
Gandalf
Beni
|
|
$400
[27]
Well, you're too young to drink in this city... can't hit the tables... but Lady Gaga Enigma is at Park MGM, so off we go!
Las Vegas
Beni
|
$400
[4]
Time of dawn &time of sorrow
morning & mourning
|
$400
[7]
More than 40 states have laws against this fraternity initiation practice
hazing
Beni
|
$400
[22]
On April 22, 1954 the NBA changed forever with the adoption of a shot clock with a time limit of this many seconds
24
Xiaoke
|
$400
[12]
Zorba was the original name of this retailer that started in Spain; it stuck with a "Z" name
Zara
Joe
|
$400
[17]
Landing on Leyte in 1944, Douglas MacArthur said, "People of" this country, "I have returned"
the Philippines
Beni
|
|
$600
[28]
With daytime temps from the 70s to 100 on its Pacific coastal strip, this country between Panama & Nicaragua will heat things up!
Costa Rica
Beni
|
$600
[1]
A way of behaving &a lord's estate
manner & manor
Beni
|
$600
[8]
Georgia State says it follows state law in banning hard liquor at these pre-game parking lot parties
tailgate parties
Joe
|
$600
[23]
This tournament was first contested in 1930 & won by host nation Uruguay, 4-2 over Argentina
the World Cup
Beni
|
$600
[13]
A follow-up to "The Devil Wears Prada" is called "When Life Gives You" these yoga clothes
Lululemons
Beni
|
$800
[19]
In an 1840s Dumas novel, he is falsely accused of being a Bonapartist & jailed at the chateau d'If; he returns for revenge though...
the Count of Monte Cristo
Beni
|
|
$800
[29]
Before we go to the beach, we'll check out the Bob Marley Museum in this world capital, on the site of a home the legend bought in 1975
Kingston
Beni
|
$800
[2]
To lift up &to tear down
raise & raze
Beni
|
$800
[9]
A 1940 statement on this status says it gives professors "freedom & economic security", but it doesn't mean they can never be fired
tenure
Joe
|
$800
[24]
It took 11 hours & 5 minutes over 3 days at this grand slam tennis venue in 2010 for John Isner to defeat Nicolas Mahut
Wimbledon
Xiaoke
|
$800
[14]
Tadashi Yanai, the founder of this chain of Japanese clothing stores, is the richest person in Japan
Uniqlo
Xiaoke
|
$1,000
[20]
In 41 A.D. Claudius banished Seneca, but Claudius' wife Agrippina called him back to tutor this son & future emperor
Nero
Beni
|
|
$1,000
[30]
We're off to Mexico! Check out Lover's Beachat this cape on Baja California's extreme southern tip
Cabo San Lucas
Xiaoke
|
$1,000
[3]
Gets ahead by the whole length of a track, ora slip-up in judgment
laps & lapse
Xiaoke
|
$1,000
[10]
The plaintiffs in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard say the school violates this amendment's Equal Protection Clause
the 14th Amendment
Joe
|
$1,000
[25]
Leading his team to a come-from-behind victory, this 24-year-old Kansas City QB became the youngest Super Bowl MVP winner in 2020
Patrick Mahomes
Beni
|
$1,000
[15]
Early on, this British brand belied its name by being in the basement of an Oxford Circus store
Topshop
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
After he returns in Luke 15, his dad says, "Bring hither the fatted calf and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry"
the prodigal son
Beni
|
| EUROPEAN HISTORY | PARTY IN THE USA | DON QUIXOTE | T OFF | MOVIE & TV ROMANCES | CHEMISTRY |
|
$400
[8]
Like many cities, this capital of Poland was almost completely destroyed during World War II
Warsaw
Xiaoke
|
$400
[14]
In 2000 Ralph Nader received nearly 3 million presidential votes for this colorful party
the Green Party
Joe
|
$400
[4]
As a knight-errant Don Quixote attacks what he says are giants but in fact are these
windmills
Xiaoke
|
$400
[19]
Remove "T" from a piece of dining room furniture & you get this word meaning competent
able
Beni
|
$400
[1]
This sequel subtitled "Here We Go Again" features ABBA's music & Lily James having summer flings with 3 different suitors
Mamma Mia!
Xiaoke
|
$400
[23]
A neutron has approximately the same mass as this other type of subatomic particle
a proton
Beni
|
|
$800
[9]
Pliny the Elder was among those who perished following the catastrophic eruption of this in 79 A.D.
Mount Vesuvius
Joe
|
$800
[15]
Historians paired this word with "Republican" in the name of an 18th & 19th century American party
Democratic
Joe
|
$800
[6]
Idioms abound in "Don Quixote", like "The haves & the have nots" & the rich being born with one of these "in his mouth"
a silver spoon
Beni
|
$800
[21]
Take "T" off a word meaning to cut & you get this edge of a crater
rim
Xiaoke
|
$800
[2]
This medical drama gave us the romance of Meredith & McDreamy
Grey's Anatomy
Beni
Xiaoke
|
$800
[24]
Of the 3 basic states of matter, this one has particles with the least kinetic energy
solid
Beni
|
|
$1,200
[10]
Beginning in 1455, the Wars of the Roses pitted the house of Lancaster against this royal house for the English throne
York
Joe
|
$1,600
[17]
In 2016 this party got Gary Johnson on ballots in all 50 states, the first time for a third party since 1996
Libertarian
Xiaoke
|
$1,200
[7]
Dreaming the impossible dream, this Broadway show about Don Quixote won the 1966 Tony Award for Best Musical
Man of La Mancha
Joe
|
$1,200
[22]
Remove "T" from a hiking path & you get this horizontal bar
rail
Joe
|
$1,200
[3]
Much to Constance Wu's surprise, boyfriend Henry Golding's family is very wealthy in this 2018 film
Crazy Rich Asians
Beni
|
$1,600
[26]
In a flame test, this element--atomic number 11--burns yellow; it's also often the basis of the yellow color infireworks
sodium
Beni
|
|
$1,600
[11]
Shortly before his death in 1524, this explorer was appointed Viceroy of Portuguese India
Vasco da Gama
Joe
|
$2,000
[18]
The Objectivist Party seeks to promote the political philosophy of this female novelist who died in 1982
Ayn Rand
Joe
|
$1,600
[13]
In "Don Quixote", this squire tells his donkey Dapple, "With bread all sorrows are less"
Sancho Panza
Joe
|
$1,600
[28]
Get rid of the "T" in the regular rises & falls of the oceans & you get this day in a Roman month
the ides
Beni
|
$1,600
[5]
In this comedy, Maya Rudolph is marrying Doug, but we see more of maid of honor Kristen Wiig's romance with Chris O'Dowd
Bridesmaids
Beni
|
$2,000
[27]
Known to early chemists as "oil of vitriol", this corrosive, colorless acid is found in car batteries
sulfuric
Beni
|
|
$2,000
[12]
In ancient Athens Solon's code of laws replaced the harsher one, said to be written in blood, by this lawgiver
Draco
Joe
Beni
|
DD
$5,000
[16]
Due to the participation of Bull Moose Teddy Roosevelt, this incumbent president finished third in 1912
William Howard Taft
Joe
|
$2,000
[20]
Don Quixote dedicates his deeds of valor to Aldonza, a peasant girl he calls this
Dulcinea
Beni
|
$2,000
[29]
Detach "T" from an edible fungus & you get this ornamental frill on a garment
ruffle
Joe
|
$2,000
[30]
He played Rory Gilmore's boyfriend Jess; now he plays Mandy Moore's hubby Jack Pearson
Milo Ventimiglia
|
DD
$4,000
[25]
The main products of the alcoholic fermentation of sugar are ethanol & this gas
carbon dioxide
Beni
|
Barely changed since a 1297 agreement, the border between these 2 countries is called La Raya on one side & A Raia on the other
Spain & Portugal