2020 College Championship semifinal game 3.
Xiaoke Ying — a sophomore at the University of Southern California from Arcadia, California
Marshall Comeaux — a sophomore at the University of Texas at Austin from Dallas, Texas
Nathaniel Miller — a sophomore at Yale University from Miami, Florida
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathaniel | $5,000 | $5,800 | $11,800 |
$1,000
2nd place: $10,000 |
$12,600
19 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Marshall | $1,800 | $3,400 | $12,200 |
$799
3rd place: $10,000 |
$12,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Xiaoke | $1,200 | $2,600 | $10,200 |
$8,200
Finalist |
$10,200
12 R, 1 W |
| THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS | UNIQUE COLLEGE COURSES | NON-AMERICAN HISTORY | EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES | SING OUT! | 3-LETTER WORDS |
|
$200
[30]
The Rocky Mountains stretch for more than 3,000 miles from New Mexico north to the Brooks Range in this state
Alaska
|
$200
[28]
Sweet! Alfred University in New York offered a course on this pancake topper
maple syrup
Nathaniel
|
$200
[16]
In 1953 Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay were on top of the world after reaching the summit of this mountain
Mount Everest
Marshall
|
$200
[27]
Volunteer at a local animal rescue & help guys like this breed that can weight as little as 1 pound find a forever home
a Chihuahua
Xiaoke
|
$200
[26]
Sam Smith was "hopin' that my love will keep you up tonight, baby, how do you" do this "when you lie to me?"
sleep
Nathaniel
Marshall
|
$200
[24]
A cup for java, or to forcibly rob someone
mug
Xiaoke
|
|
$400
[29]
A wide variety of animals live in the Rocky Mountains, including this type of wild sheep
a bighorn sheep
Nathaniel
|
$400
[9]
I scream, you scream, we all scream for the ice cream short course at this school, home of the Nittany Lions
Penn State
Nathaniel
|
$400
[4]
Well, that takes the cake! In 1793 this queen was put in solitary confinement at the Conciergerie
Marie Antoinette
Marshall
|
$400
[20]
Let's talk about joining Cornell's Speech & this Society or Georgetown's Parliamentary this team
Debate
Marshall
|
$400
[25]
She was on kids' TV shows like "Barney & Friends" & "Hannah Montana" a bit before her 2019 hit "Lose You To Love Me"
Selena Gomez
Nathaniel
Marshall
|
$400
[15]
That's right, friend, it's an enemy
a foe
Nathaniel
|
|
$600
[21]
For much of its length, this ridge between western- & eastern-flowing river systems follows the crest of the Rocky Mountains
the Continental Ridge (Continental Divide)
Nathaniel
|
$600
[8]
You can take a course on artificial intelligence at this school along the Charles River; go Engineers!
MIT
Xiaoke
|
$600
[3]
In 1644 the Manchus ended this dynasty known for vases
Ming
Xiaoke
|
$600
[19]
You can start a cover band & perform songs of this artist like "Party Monster" & "Call Out My Name"
The Weeknd
|
$600
[23]
This British singer-songwriter's 2017-19 "Divide Tour" took in a whopping $775 million
Ed Sheeran
Nathaniel
|
$600
[12]
One of these costs might be luxury or flat
a tax
Nathaniel
|
|
$800
[10]
For a real Rocky Mountain high, visit this military academy near Colorado Springs
the Air Force Academy
Marshall
|
$800
[6]
History courses at Kent State include ones on espionage, the holocaust & this Italian city, the birthplace of the renaissance
Florence
Marshall
|
$800
[1]
The 1970s Pres. of Equatorial this, Macías Nguema forced priests to recite, "There is no God other than Macías"
Guinea
Nathaniel
|
$800
[17]
A part-time job at this chain making Meatball Marinara & Veggie Delite sandwiches could put a few bucks in your pocket
Subway
Marshall
|
$800
[13]
This one-named singer, seen here, dug up a hit with "Graveyard" in 2019
Halsey
Marshall
|
$800
[11]
To put on an article of clothing; it's also a male first name
don
Nathaniel
|
|
DD
$800
[22]
A state capital in the Rockies bears the name of this Native American people once found in the region
Cheyenne
Nathaniel
|
$1,000
[7]
One of the topics covered in a Major League Baseball course at Arizona State is this player who broke the color barrier in 1947
Jackie Robinson
Nathaniel
Xiaoke
|
$1,000
[2]
Joseph Stalin was an editor of this Bolshevik newspaper whose Russian name means "truth"
Pravda
Nathaniel
|
$1,000
[18]
How about trying this sport nicknamed "chess on ice" that uses 8 granite stones per team
curling
Xiaoke
|
$1,000
[14]
Last name of "Doctor Who" actor Peter & of his younger cousin Lewis, who got Peter to star in the video for "Someone You Loved"
Capaldi
Xiaoke
|
$1,000
[5]
Before it's trimmed, this evergreen tree, popular in landscape gardening, has striking reddecor
a yew
Marshall
|
| POETRY | "AD"JECTIVES | SCHOLARSHIP | WORLD OF VIDEO GAMES | THE ELEMENTS WITH STYLE | A FULL RIDE |
|
$400
[26]
On July 4, 1855 Walt Whitman published this group of 12 poems at his own expense
Leaves of Grass
Marshall
|
$400
[27]
Sticky
adhesive
Marshall
|
$400
[19]
Laurence Tribe has taught at Harvard Law since 1968 & co-wrote the book "On Reading" this document, which he's done a few times
the Constitution
Nathaniel
|
$800
[25]
Set not in Hyrule but rather on the Isle of Koholint, "Link's Awakening" is a 2019 Nintendo release in this game series
The Legend of Zelda
Nathaniel
Marshall
|
$800
[23]
I'd like to put out an APB on Pb, this most stylish element on the periodic table
lead
Xiaoke
|
$800
[22]
In 1941 the luxury vessel S.S. America, capacity 1,049, got these new initials as the troop ship West Point, capacity around 8,000
U.S.S.
Marshall
|
|
$800
[11]
He wrote, "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference"
(Robert) Frost
Nathaniel
|
$800
[7]
Just good enough, but no more
adequate
Nathaniel
|
$800
[18]
In 1986 feminist legal scholar Catharine MacKinnon convinced SCOTUS that sexual this, often at work, is sex discrimination
harassment
Xiaoke
|
$1,200
[1]
In 2019, Sony revived this odd-looking fellow who had to avoid Coily while jumping from level to level
Q*bert
Xiaoke
|
$1,200
[12]
Leading the pack, alphabetically at any rate, is this element, symbol Ac
actinium
|
$1,200
[13]
Remove the seats, panels, etc. & you can get 15-20 in a Mini Cooper for this alliterative circus automobile
a clown car
Xiaoke
|
|
$1,200
[10]
This poet with a bias for lowercase letters did use capital E's for the initials of his first & middle names
cummings
Marshall
|
$1,200
[6]
Directed to a particular recipient, like a package
addressed
Nathaniel
|
$1,200
[9]
John Dominic Crossan wrote the controversial book "The Historical" him: "The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant"
Jesus
Marshall
|
$1,600
[2]
Referring to a false promise, "The cake is a lie" became a famous meme that sprang from this Valve game
Portal
Marshall
|
$1,600
[14]
This word for a gas such as argon also applies to a probably well-dressed person such as a duke
noble
Marshall
|
$1,600
[20]
On this route to the Pacific Northwest, wagons only held a few passengers but 2,000 pounds of supplies, including 400 pounds of bacon
the Oregon Trail
Nathaniel
Xiaoke
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Prophetically, she wrote in "Lady Lazarus", "Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well"
(Sylvia) Plath
Nathaniel
Marshall
|
$1,600
[5]
Meaning hardheaded about something, it also means a really hard type of rock
adamant
|
$1,600
[17]
Thisrenowned scholar of race is a frequent guest of Bill Maher & acted in the "Matrix" film series
(Cornel) West
Nathaniel
Marshall
|
$2,000
[24]
The long-awaited upcoming sequel to thisPlayStation game revisits Ellie & Joel after a cross-country trek filled with zombies
The Last of Us
Xiaoke
|
DD
$3,000
[15]
You'll have that certain glow with this element discovered in 1669 & named for the way it glows in the dark
phosphorus
Marshall
|
$2,000
[21]
In 1975 the last C-130A Hercules to leave Vietnam before the fall of this city flew hundreds of desperate people to Thailand
Saigon
Nathaniel
|
|
DD
$5,000
[3]
In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", he wrote, "I have measured out my life with coffee spoons"
(T.S.) Eliot
Marshall
|
$2,000
[8]
Old-timey word meaning fuzzy minded
addled
|
$2,000
[16]
In 1925 Leslie Hotson unearthed the 332-year-old record of the inquest into this "Dr. Faustus" playwright's death
Marlowe
Marshall
|
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This Midwest city is the burial place of one 19th century president & was named for a relative of another
Cleveland, Ohio