2020 College Championship semifinal game 2.
Nibir Sarma — a sophomore at the University of Minnesota from Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Londyn Lorenz — a sophomore at the University of Mississippi from Perryville, Missouri
Joe Coker — a junior at Hendrix College from Conway, Arkansas
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe | $1,800 | $5,400 | $13,400 |
$0
3rd place: $10,000 |
$13,400
21 R, 4 W |
| Londyn | $1,000 | $2,200 | $7,000 |
$14,000
2nd place: $10,000 |
$7,000
10 R, 1 W |
| Nibir | $8,800 | $9,800 | $22,400 |
$26,801
Finalist |
$18,000
21 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W |
| CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATES! | BOOK CHAPTERS | POTPOURRI | COLORFUL TERMINOLOGY | MATH TERMS | FAMOUS CANADIANS |
|
$200
[23]
Now to deal with that $200,000 in student loans! Here's a ticket from this lottery held across 45 states! Good luck
Powerball
Londyn
|
$200
[18]
"The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-quarters","The Sorting Hat"
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Nibir
|
$200
[24]
Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Great America was the world's first inverted, outside-looping one of these rides
a roller coaster
Joe
|
$200
[27]
One who does this threatens to reveal damaging information if not paid to keep quiet
blackmails
Joe
|
$200
[25]
It's the term for a chord that goes through the center of a circle
a diameter
Joe
|
$200
[15]
MJFF stands for this Canadian actor's foundation, which raises money to find a cure for Parkinson's disease
Michael J. Fox
Joe
|
|
$400
[22]
We got you this bird as a pet! It's 300 lbs., has 2 toes per foot & runs 40 mph but relax! It can't fly & will love your studio apartment!
an ostrich
Joe
|
$400
[16]
"Baskerville Hall","First Report of Dr. Watson"
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Nibir
|
$400
[17]
At the Grammys from the Staples Center in 2020, Alicia Keys said, "We are... heartbroken in The House That" this Laker "Built"
Kobe Bryant
Joe
|
$400
[26]
When one of these is "raised", it's a warning of danger
a red flag
Londyn
|
$400
[10]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a geometric diagram on the monitor.) A congruent number is a positive integer that can be the area of a rational right triangle; in the case of the righttriangle with the measurements of 3, 4 & 5, this is the congruent number
6
Nibir
|
$400
[29]
After his mom posted videos of him on YouTube, Usher signed him to a record deal & he became a global pop icon as a teen
Justin Bieber
Londyn
|
|
$600
[21]
Via hologram, your commencement speaker will be this Greek philosopher famed for his speech before being sentenced to death
Socrates
Joe
Londyn
Nibir
|
$600
[1]
"Tom Shows His Generosity--Aunt Polly Weakens"
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Joe
|
$600
[13]
This tiny 4-letter green plant covers forest floors; what's called this on the north side of trees is often actually algae
moss
Nibir
|
$600
[8]
Not a full but a partial loss of electrical power
a brownout
Nibir
|
$600
[5]
To indicate a factorial for a given integer, you put this punctuation mark after it
exclamation mark
Nibir
|
$600
[30]
This star of "John Wick" bought Harley-Davidson motorcycles for the stunt crew he worked with on "The Matrix Reloaded"
Keanu Reeves
Joe
|
|
$800
[20]
Perhaps you might volunteer to aid developing countries as part of this U.S. government program established in 1961
the Peace Corps
Londyn
|
$800
[2]
"Huts on the Beach","Castle Rock"
Lord of the Flies
Nibir
|
$800
[12]
The female of this animal named for an Australian island gives birth to 20-40 joeys but only 4 survive
a Tasmanian devil
Joe
Nibir
|
$800
[7]
A drawing made in designing a building, or any plan, as in one "for success"
a blueprint
Joe
|
$800
[4]
It's the bottom edge of a geometric figure, or a number that is raised to a power
the base
Joe
|
$800
[9]
This Canadian star of "La La Land" has written letters to KFC & McDonald's on behalf of PETA
Ryan Gosling
Joe
Nibir
|
|
$1,000
[19]
Now go back & get a graduate degree in this at Boston U.; 700-level courses in it are Human Origins & Food, Culture, and Society
anthropology
Joe
|
DD
$4,400
[14]
"Mowgli's Brothers"
The Jungle Book
Nibir
|
$1,000
[11]
President Carter's executive orders 12127 & 12148 set up this agency that's ready for disaster
FEMA
Nibir
|
$1,000
[6]
More verdant paddocks, or something more promising, like a new job
greener pastures
Londyn
|
$1,000
[3]
Vector calculus involves 2 or more of these changeable quantities, either dependent or independent
variables
Joe
|
$1,000
[28]
He was just 18 & really "Sid the Kid" in 2005-06, when he racked up 102 points for the Pittsburgh Penguins
(Sidney) Crosby
Nibir
|
| GARDEN SPOTS | SECOND... | FROM THE LATIN | HISTORY 101 | CLASSICAL MUSIC | FANTASTICAL SUBSTANCES |
|
$400
[30]
This country's Gardens of Keukenhof, which are, of course, full oftulips
the Netherlands
Joe
|
$400
[27]
...in the Greek alphabet
beta
Nibir
|
$400
[26]
From the Latin for "elsewhere", it's proof that you were elsewhere when a crime was committed
an alibi
Londyn
|
$400
[28]
In 1919 France recovered Alsace-Lorraine from Germany in the Treaty of this
Versailles
Nibir
|
$400
[23]
The tradition of standing for this "Messiah" chorus has outlasted the one of standing for the "Dead March" in "Saul"
the "Hallelujah Chorus"
Londyn
|
$400
[29]
Digging up redstone can help power all sorts of projects in this video game that also features creepers
Minecraft
Joe
|
|
$800
[25]
The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in this capital
London
|
$800
[24]
...by release date in "Star Wars" movies
The Empire Strikes Back
Nibir
|
$800
[22]
In the words antebellum & antediluvian, ante- means this
before
Nibir
|
$800
[17]
The 1st ex-pres. to serve as a rep., he had a stroke at his desk on the House floor in 1848 & died 2 days later in the Speaker's room
John Quincy Adams
|
$800
[18]
Thinking there weren't enough solo pieces for violin, Fritz Kreisler did this & attributed them to nobodies like Pugnani
he composed them himself
Joe
|
$800
[19]
In a 1976 Clive Cussler book, Dirk Pitt attempts to "Raise" this doomed liner to get the rare element byzanium
the Titanic
|
|
$1,200
[21]
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in this 2-word Florida city, also home to the University of Miami
Coral Gables
|
$1,200
[16]
...part of Dante's "Divine Comedy"
"Purgatorio"
Nibir
|
$1,200
[14]
Some animals are described as this, from the Latin for "of the night"
nocturnal
Londyn
|
$1,200
[3]
The Midwest region of the Great Plains known by this 2-word nickname had 1930s soil blizzards that blocked the sun
the Dust Bowl
Joe
|
$1,200
[6]
Virtuoso Nigel North is primarily known for playing this instrument, which looks like a pear-shaped guitar
a lute
Joe
Londyn
|
$1,200
[9]
The mythical silvery metal called mithril was created by this author
J.R.R. Tolkien
Joe
|
|
DD
$1,600
[20]
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon (possibly) near Hillah in what is now this country
Iraq
Nibir
|
$1,600
[15]
...bird mentioned in "The 12 Days of Christmas"
a turtledove
Joe
|
$1,600
[11]
5-letter word for one who follows the rituals of a polytheistic religion, or perhaps no religion at all
pagan
Nibir
|
$1,600
[2]
A pedestal honoring Agrippa, victor in the 31 B.C. naval Battle of Actium, is on this Athenian hilltop
the Acropolis
Joe
|
$1,600
[5]
"Asturias" by Isaac Albeniz is a piece in the style of this Spanish Gypsy dance music
flamenco
Londyn
|
$1,600
[8]
Marvel Movie metals: Wolverine's claws are adamantium & Captain America's shield is made of this Wakandan metal
vibranium
Joe
|
|
$2,000
[12]
Check out thewater liliesin Monet'sgardenin this French town that like "garden", starts with a "G"
Giverny
Nibir
|
DD
$3,000
[13]
...U.S. president to be impeached
Bill Clinton
Nibir
|
$2,000
[10]
In Latin it means "let it be done"; in English it's an arbitrary ruling; in Italy it's a car
fiat
|
$2,000
[1]
A 1225 copy of this document is one of the few to still have its Great Seal, the seal of Henry III, King John's son
the Magna Carta
Joe
|
$2,000
[4]
Don't turn up the volume in the third movement of Beethoven's Fifth; Ludwig does that for you with this gradual musical move
a crescendo
Nibir
|
$2,000
[7]
"The Core" & "Avatar" both use this term for their "un"possible material
unobtainium
Nibir
|
The cartographic feature from which this country gets its name passes near the town of Guayllabamba
Ecuador