2020 College Championship semifinal game 1.
Beni Keown — a freshman at Northwestern University from Evanston, Illinois
Kayla Kalhor — a sophomore at the University of Florida from Longwood, Florida
Tyler Combs — a senior at Indiana University from Greenfield, Indiana
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler | $600 | $2,200 | $16,400 |
$32,800
Finalist |
$15,000
17 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Kayla | $4,400 | $6,600 | $13,000 |
$25,995
2nd place: $10,000 |
$13,000
17 R, 0 W |
| Beni | $5,200 | $10,600 | $20,600 |
$8,399
3rd place: $10,000 |
$17,400
22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| U.N. OBSERVANCES | LESSER-KNOWN COLLEGE SPORTS | ARTS & CULTURE | GREEK LETTERS | THE LION KING | CROSSWORD CLUES "P" |
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$200
[27]
The resolution naming 2020 the International Year of Plant Health recognized plants' role in fighting this global "change"
climate change
Kayla
|
$200
[30]
The Ladyjacks of Stephen F. Austin were queens of the lanes in 2019, rolling to the NCAA women's title in this
bowling
Tyler
|
$200
[28]
"Wait until the evening before opening night", said Rossini of writing these instrumental pieces played before operas
overtures
|
$200
[19]
This, this, this Greek letter, gently down the clue; it was "resh" in the Phoenician alphabet, now it's there for you
rho
Kayla
|
$200
[25]
This 12th century king of England was known as Coeur de Lion, or Lionheart
Richard I
Tyler
Beni
|
$200
[29]
Fuzzy freestone fruit(5)
a peach
Beni
|
|
$400
[26]
Read some Yeats or Dickinson on March 21, World this Day
Poetry Day
Kayla
|
$400
[6]
Columbia foiled, sabered & epeed its rivals to win this 2019 NCAA title
fencing
Kayla
|
$400
[21]
Male ballet dancers generally don't wear these on their feet; one exception is when men play the stepsisters in "Cinderella"
pointe shoes
Kayla
|
$400
[8]
Revelation 1:8 states, "I am" these 2 Greek letters, "the beginning and the ending", which really covers things
alpha & omega
Tyler
|
$400
[23]
Another 12th century lion king was William the Lion of this country north of England
Scotland
Beni
|
$400
[24]
South American cloak(6)
a poncho
Tyler
|
|
$600
[11]
In 2019 World Space Week commemorated the 50th anniversary of this
the Moon landing
Kayla
|
$600
[5]
In 2019 TCU fired on all cylinders to win the school's third NCAA title in this weapon, with air & smallbore competitions
rifle
Tyler
Beni
|
$600
[20]
This American dropped his drip style for one dubbed "Black Pourings"; a 1951 show of them sold none
(Jackson) Pollock
Tyler
|
$600
[7]
If you don't know it's the 2nd-to-last letter in the Greek alphabet, you'll let out a heavy one (with a different spelling)
psi
Kayla
|
$600
[22]
The Lion of Punjab, Ranjit Singh was Maharaja of a vast area mainly in these 2 current countries
India & Pakistan
Tyler
|
$600
[18]
Square, rectangle or rhombus(13)
a parallelogram
Beni
|
|
$800
[10]
2019 to 2028 is the "Decade of Peace" named for this South African
Mandela
Kayla
|
$800
[3]
The ACUI sponsors a championship in this billiards game, one higher than another named for stripes & solids
nine-ball
Beni
|
$800
[2]
10-letter word for your friend who wears outlandish colorful clothes, or for the showy late Gothic style seen here
flamboyant
|
$800
[12]
It's basic math! This is celebrated every March 14th
Pi Day
Beni
|
$800
[14]
The king of the African country of Eswatini, formerly called this "land", has the title ngwenyama, or "lion"
Swaziland
Tyler
|
$1,000
[17]
Social outcast(6)
a pariah
Kayla
|
|
$1,000
[9]
An annual November "Awareness Week" showcases the rising global problem of resistance to this important class of drugs
antibiotics
Beni
|
$1,000
[4]
Keep your Frisbee off the roof, er, rough, in the CDGNC, short for the College this National Championship
Disc Golf
Beni
|
$1,000
[1]
Thislongtime exhibit of officially sanctioned French art crammed paintings ontowalls
the Salon
Kayla
|
$1,000
[13]
If Sophocles signed his name, he'd begin by writing this letter
sigma
Kayla
|
$1,000
[15]
The empire of Sundiata Keita, the lion king of Mali, took this ancient African city from the Tuareg in the 13th century
Timbuktu
Beni
|
DD
$4,000
[16]
Stolen, like the "Letter" in an Edgar Allan Poe story(9)
purloined
Beni
|
| THE ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS | WHAT A CHARACTER | ROADS SCHOLAR | ON THE BAND'S SET LIST | GET A JOB! | BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$400
[29]
Enacted in 1689, the Bill guaranteed "freedom of" this in Parliament, though not elsewhere
speech
Beni
|
$400
[30]
AKA Padfoot, this man didn't let taking the fall for Peter Pettigrew get in the way of being a good godfather to Harry Potter
Sirius Black
Kayla
|
$400
[28]
Home to the N.Y. Stock Exchange, in the 1650s this road marked a defensive boundary of the city then known as New Amsterdam
Wall Street
Tyler
|
$400
[16]
Their "Moves Like Jagger" featuring Christina Aguilera brings back "Memories"
Maroon 5
Beni
|
$400
[22]
Maybe you'd like to work on one of these, like for Carnival or Cunard; recent job listings include event crew & galley supervisor
a cruise line (ship)
Beni
|
$400
[17]
Horse racing's biggest trio of events that the queen only wears on special occasions
the Triple Crown Jewels
Tyler
Kayla
|
|
$800
[6]
The Bill made it illegal to keep a "standing" one of these in the country in time of peace without Parliament's OK
an army
Tyler
Beni
|
$800
[8]
Jonathan & Mina Harker are characters in this classic novel from 1897
Dracula
|
$800
[27]
9,000-mile Highway 1 completely circles this country, linking cities like Darwin & Adelaide
Australia
Beni
|
$800
[15]
Take a bite out of their "Harmony Hall" & "Unbelievers"
Vampire Weekend
Kayla
|
$800
[23]
Starbucks calls this job "the face of Starbucks"
a barista
Tyler
|
$800
[18]
Night sack for a snoozing Boy Scout that's the set of skills available to someone like a magician
a sleeping bag of tricks
Tyler
|
|
$1,200
[3]
The Bill said these punishments could not be inflicted; sounds familiar!
cruel and unusual punishments
Kayla
|
$1,200
[7]
The oldest of the Three Musketeers, he is a mentor to d'Artagnan
Athos
Tyler
|
$1,200
[11]
Practice your Catalan ambling along La Rambla, a tree-lined promenade in this Mediterranean Spanish port city
Barcelona
Tyler
|
$1,200
[14]
Whether it's Freddie or Adam singing lead, this band gives you "Somebody To Love"
Queen
Beni
|
$1,200
[26]
The person on the phone can hear you smile--that's advice given to people in this job, partly from the Greek for "far"
telemarketers
Beni
|
$1,200
[21]
Snoopy's owner who's a large forest-dwelling ursine creature
Charlie Brown bear
Beni
|
|
$1,600
[2]
The Bill mandated that "excessive" this "ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed"
bail
Tyler
Beni
|
$1,600
[4]
Taking the job as Lord Chamberlain of Denmark was not very fortunate for this man, nor for his children Ophelia & Laertes
Polonius
Kayla
|
$1,600
[10]
This road network of more than 7,000 miles in Germany is famous for its lack of speed limits in many areas
the Autobahn
Tyler
|
$1,600
[13]
Time to get "Stressed Out" & believe "The Hype"
Twenty One Pilots
Beni
|
$1,600
[25]
Apothecary is an old-fashioned term for this job that requires a doctorate & a license
a pharmacist
Beni
|
$1,600
[20]
Celestial body of extremely intense gravity that scores an ace in golf
a black hole in one
Beni
|
|
DD
$2,200
[1]
The Bill required parliaments to be held frequently "for redress of all" these complaints--sounds familiar!
grievances
Tyler
|
$2,000
[5]
In a novel by Charlotte Bronte, Bertha Mason, first wife of this man, didn't get out of the house much
Rochester
Tyler
|
DD
$3,200
[9]
At one end of Grafton Street in this European capital city is St. Stephen's Green; at the other, you'll find Trinity College
Dublin
Tyler
|
$2,000
[12]
We have "High Hopes" you know they did "Hey Look Ma, I Made It"
Panic! at the Disco
Kayla
|
$2,000
[24]
Maybe you want to become this type of 14-letter scientist like Neil de Grasse Tyson
an astrophysicist
Beni
|
$2,000
[19]
18th century Prussian king & military genius who is a large body of water in northern Utah
Frederick the Great Salt Lake
Tyler
|
This word for a concept in Eastern religions comes from Latin roots for "made in flesh" & "again"
reincarnation