1989 College Championship semifinal game 1.
Alex Yang — a senior from Tulane University
Kristine Zaleskas — a sophomore from Harvard College
Jason Moore — a freshman from USC
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason | $-300 | $2,100 | $3,300 |
$6,550
2nd place: $5,000 |
$3,300
11 R, 5 W |
| Kristine | $1,300 | $3,600 | $9,800 |
$3,199
3rd place: $5,000 |
$9,500
23 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Alex | $300 | $900 | $8,200 |
$16,400
Finalist |
$4,500
15 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| STARTS WITH "ME" | PATRIOTIC SONGS | TRANSPORTATION | POETRY | NORTH AMERICA | THE CIRCUS |
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$100
[18]
Seen in August, the Perseids are this type of shower
meteor showers
Kristine
|
$100
[2]
Song that begins "Father & I went down to camp, along with Captain Good'in'"
"Yankee Doodle"
Kristine
|
$100
[1]
The longest railway tunnel in the world opened in '88 in this Asian country known for "bullet" trains
Japan
Kristine
|
$100
[5]
According to Stevenson, it's who "should always say what's true and speak when he is spoken to"
a child
|
$100
[7]
2 of the 3 main languages of North America
(2 of) English & Spanish (French)
Alex
|
$100
[17]
In 1907 Barnum & Bailey's circus was sold to them
the Ringling brothers
Kristine
|
|
$200
[19]
Sap-sucking insect named for a white, sticky cornmeal-like powder found on its body
a mealybug
Alex
|
$300
[4]
Katherine Lee Bates wrote the words "O beautiful for spacious skies" after a trip to this Colo. peak
Pikes Peak
Jason
Alex
|
$200
[21]
Yes, ships do have telephone numbers, but this part of the number changes as they travel
the area code
Alex
|
$200
[6]
Elizabeth Barrett Browning said, "And, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after" this
death
|
$200
[8]
Their west-to-east order can be recalled by using the phrase "Super Man helps everyone one"
the Great Lakes
Kristine
|
$200
[25]
There are 2 main types of these in the circus, Auguste & whiteface
clowns
Alex
|
|
$300
[20]
St. Jerome was critical of those who used the end to justify these
the means
Jason
|
$400
[9]
In the George M. Cohan song, it's "the emblem of the land I love"
"You're A Grand Old Flag"
Kristine
|
$300
[22]
3 million of these safety devices are slated to be installed in 1990 model American cars
airbags
Jason
|
$300
[11]
Ben Jonson wrote, "Drink to me only with thine eyes and I will" do this "with mine"
I will pledge with mine
|
$300
[14]
Most encyclopedias include the 7 countries of this region as part of North America
Central America
Jason
|
$300
[28]
A Moscow circus act features these animals trained in the art of juggling with the feet
bears
Kristine
|
|
$400
[26]
Siena College made news when its basketball games were closed to the public due to this disease
the measles
Kristine
|
DD
$500
[3]
Based on a Scottish air; this was 1st used officially around 1845: [Instrumental music plays]
"Hail To The Chief"
Kristine
|
$400
[23]
This Pennsylvania city has more than 1,000 bridges, the most any U.S. city
Pittsburgh
|
$400
[12]
Edward Fitzgerald 1st published his translation of this Persian work anonymously in 1859
The Rubaiyat (of Omar Khayyam)
Alex
|
$400
[15]
World's highest commercially navigable river flows into Coeur d'Aene Lake in this U.S. state
Idaho
|
$400
[29]
This "Entertainment Tonight" star hosts the ABC series "Great Circuses of the World"
Mary Hart
Kristine
|
|
$500
[27]
An extreme U-bend in a stream or to wander aimlessly & idly without fixed direction
meander
Kristine
|
$500
[10]
It's our equivalent of England's "Britannia, The Pride Of The Ocean"
"Columbia, The Gem Of The Ocean"
Alex
|
$500
[24]
Championship competition for motorless vehicles held each year in Akron, Ohio
the Soap Box races (Derby)
Jason
|
$500
[13]
Sandburg said of this city: "I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys"
Chicago
Kristine
|
$500
[16]
These mountains extend from Alaska into Mexico where they're called the Sierra Madre Oriental
the Rocky Mountains
Jason
|
$500
[30]
Type of act that was the specialty of the Wallendas
the high wire act
Jason
|
| BIOLOGY | MAGAZINES | ROYALTY | EDUCATION | ARCHITECTURE | ENDS WITH "U" |
|
$200
[1]
The only mammals capable of unassisted flight
bats
Kristine
|
$200
[4]
This, not Time, was the 1st news magazine out with a big report on the Time-Warner merger
Newsweek
Kristine
|
$200
[2]
Murdered in a palace intrigue, this Persian king was succeeded by his son Artaxerxes I
Xerxes
Jason
|
$200
[10]
According to 1 estimate, there are 1,000 of these in U.S. colleges & 768 of them march
bands
Alex
|
$200
[12]
If a church's interior is "cruciform", it's shaped like this
a cross
Alex
|
$200
[20]
Originally this word meant "taro leaves", but it now refers to a modern Hawaiian feast
a luau
Alex
|
|
$400
[3]
The basic cell of the nervous system
the neuron
Jason
Alex
|
$400
[16]
In titles, this word precedes Science, Hot Rodding & Mechanics
Popular
Kristine
|
$400
[5]
This prince consort is the president of World Wildlife International Fund
Prince Philip
Alex
|
$400
[11]
Some experts suggest kids should spend 10 minutes a day times their grade level on this activity
their homework
Jason
Alex
|
$400
[13]
Found in Gothic architecture, these supports can be "clasping" or "flying"
buttresses
Kristine
|
$400
[28]
Of guru of this religion might worship Vishnu
Hindu
Alex
|
|
$600
[6]
Petruchio might be embarrassed to learn these are among the smallest mammals
shrews
Alex
|
$600
[17]
Amazing Heroes is a magazine covering this industry
the comic book industry
Kristine
|
$600
[9]
It's said this lusty empress' favorite toast was "God, grant us our desires and grant them quickly"
Catherine the Great
Jason
|
$600
[25]
The only U.S. chair of Shiite studies was recently established at this N.J. Ivy League university
Princeton
Alex
|
$600
[21]
The term for a round hall surmounted by a dome: the U.S. Capitol has a famous one
a rotunda
Jason
Kristine
|
$600
[29]
Dictionaries define this as a bean curd or Oriental soybean cheese
tofu
Kristine
|
|
$1,000
[8]
Hairy cap, stair-step & granite are varieties of these most primitive green land plants
mosses
Kristine
|
$800
[18]
You don't have to be a detective to figure out EQMM is how this magazine refers to itself
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Kristine
|
$800
[14]
This queen's son Louis XVII probably died of natural causes at age 10, but many believed he'd been poisoned
Marie Antoinette
Kristine
|
$800
[26]
From the Latin for "parish" it's the common term for an elem. school maintained by a parish
parochial
Kristine
|
$800
[22]
From the Greek for "one stone" it's a structure of one solid piece, like an obelisk
a monolith
Alex
|
$800
[30]
A chest of drawers, or a government department
a bureau
Jason
|
|
DD
$1,500
[7]
The prefix "hepat-", as in hepatitis, refers to this organ
the liver
Alex
|
$1,000
[19]
In 1972 this writer founded Ms., a magazine published & edited by women
Gloria Steinem
Kristine
|
$1,000
[15]
Her maiden name was Michiko Shoda
the wife of Akihito (daughter-in-law of the late Emperor Hirohito)
Jason
|
$1,000
[27]
The 1st U.S. college school of business, the Wharton School is part of this university
the University of Pennsylvania
Jason
|
DD
$4,000
[23]
The 3 classical orders of Greek architecture were Doric, Ionic & this
Corinthian
Alex
|
$1,000
[24]
An African antelope also called a wildebeest
a gnu
Jason
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The U.S. Census Bureau predicts by 2050 this country could surpass China in population
India