Show #1097 1989-05-16 (taped 1989-04-09) College Championship

1989 College Championship semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Monroe Roark — a junior from West Georgia College

Kyle Bostian — a senior from University of Massachusetts

Linda Krisak — a sophomore from Case Western Reserve University

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Linda	$900	$2,100	$7,300	$13,600 Finalist	$6,400 16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Kyle	$1,400	$3,200	$10,400	$6,199 3rd place: $5,000	$8,200 26 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Monroe	$-200	$700	$3,900	$7,800 2nd place: $5,000	$3,900 8 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

AUTHORS	CHILDHOOD SONGS	SCIENCE	COMEDIANS	THEMES & TRADEMARKS	NEW YEAR'S DAY
$100 [3] He was captured & enslaved by Barbary pirates years before he wrote "Don Quixote" Cervantes Kyle	$100 [1] What the mouse did when the clock struck one in "Hickory Dickory Dock" ran down Linda	$100 [21] Chromium compounds make a ruby red & an emerald this color green Kyle	$100 [9] If you want to be on his show, ask Fido to bone up on a stupid pet trick David Letterman Linda	$100 [11] This bread's wrapper features red, yellow & blue balloons all over it Wonder Bread Kyle	$100 [14] In England long ago, husbands gave their wives money on Jan. 1 to buy a year's worth of these hem holders pin money
$200 [4] Swiss author Johann Wyss was most famous for this adventure novel The Swiss Family Robinson Kyle Monroe	$200 [2] Mozart wrote the tune & later, in 1806, Jane Taylor wrote the words to this song about a star "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" Kyle	$200 [22] On the Celsius scale, this is the melting point of ice 0 Kyle Monroe	$200 [15] Jerry Seinfeld wasn't insulted when he was introduced as Geo. Stanberry by this "Master of Insults" Don Rickles Monroe	$300 [19] "Ask any mermaid you happen to see, 'What's the best tuna?'" & you'll get this reply Chicken of the Sea Linda	$200 [27] In this language "Happy new year" is "Hauoli makahiki hou" Hawaiian Kyle
$300 [5] Robert K. Massie, who wrote "Nicholas & Alexandra", won a Pulitzer Prize for his book about this czar Peter the Great Linda	$300 [6] This 49er miner's daughter wore sandals made from "herring boxes, without topses" Clementine Kyle	$300 [23] Most light bulbs don't contain a vacuum or oxygen but this gas whose symbol is Ar argon Kyle	$300 [16] She says she's "the only woman in the history of the world who left J. Carson and didn't ask him for money" Joan Rivers Kyle	$400 [20] Songs the Elis sing at this university include "Bingo", "Bull-Dog" & "Bingo, That's The Lingo" Yale Kyle	$300 [28] Reason the 1989 Tournament of Roses Parade & the Rose Bowl weren’t held on New Year’s Day it was a Sunday Kyle
$400 [7] Victorian prime minister whose verse play, "The Tragedy of Count Alarcos", appeared in 1839 Disraeli Linda	$400 [10] When a cowboy sings "Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies", he's talking to these young animals calves	$400 [24] The Pythagorean theorem only applies to this type of triangle a right triangle Linda	$400 [17] Walter Hill chose him for "48Hrs." based on his performances on "Saturday Night Live" Eddie Murphy Kyle	DD $500 [13] As this teenage character on TV, John Haymes Newton can be seen wearing thefollowing: Superboy Linda	$400 [29] It's sounded on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year a ram's horn (the shofar)
$500 [8] Elected class poet at Harvard after 6 others declined, he later became 19th c.'s leading transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson Kyle	$500 [12] Completes the line "Oh, I went down South for to see my Sal, sing polly-wolly-doodle..." all the day Linda	$500 [25] This light metal is the most abundant metal in the earth's crust aluminum Kyle	$500 [18] Ed Grimley is his alter ego Martin Short Monroe	$500 [26] Appropriately, this type of animal is featured in the Lufthansa & Japan Air Lines logos birds	$500 [30] February 6, 1989 marked the start of the Chinese year named for this reptile the snake Linda Kyle

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE CONSTITUTION	ACTORS & ROLES	QUOTES	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	COLOR	STARTS WITH "R"
$200 [18] The Constitution was drafted in this city between May 25 & September 17, 1787 Philadelphia Kyle	$200 [1] Ads for "Fletch Lives" show this actor holding a Southern belle, Clark Gable style Chevy Chase Linda	$200 [6] 2,000 years ago Juvenal wrote, "You should pray for a sound mind in" this a sound body	$200 [7] The republics of Kirghiz, Tadzhik & Uzbek aren't independent, they're part of this country the Soviet Union Kyle	$200 [13] The Hardy-Rand-Rittler test is used to determine the type & degree of this phenomenon color blindness Linda	$200 [21] This grain is the chief food of about half the people in the world rice Linda
$400 [27] For purposes of representation & taxation, these people were to be counted as 3/5 of a person slaves Monroe	$400 [2] This may sound "fishy", but he won an Oscar for "A Fish Called Wanda" Kevin Kline Monroe	$400 [9] Sam Goldwyn supposedly said, "Anyone who goes to see" one of these doctors "should have his head examined" a psychiatrist Kyle	$400 [8] John Davis, an American seal hunter, was the 1st person known to set foot on this continent Antarctica Linda	$400 [14] The shortest wavelengths of light that we can see appear as violet; the longest as this color red Linda	$400 [23] This bird is so popular it's the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan & Wisconsin the robin Kyle
$600 [28] Each state's number of presidential electors is equal to this number the number of senators & representatives Monroe	$600 [3] Ron Perlman said this character is so "poetic...it's like play Hamlet every week" Vincent Kyle	$600 [10] Robert Burns' love was like this type of rose a red, red rose Kyle	$600 [11] The Jura Mountains border France & this country Switzerland Kyle	$800 [16] In contrast to a blackout, this is a dim-out a brownout	$600 [24] In a song title, this adjective describes a "wreck from Georgia Tech" ramblin' Kyle
$800 [29] The Constitution replaced these bylaws adopted by Congress in 1777 & ratified in 1781 the Articles of Confederation Monroe	$800 [4] 1 of the 2 bald black actors who starred in a TV detective series on ABC in 1989 (1 of) Louis Gossett Jr. (Avery Brooks) Kyle	$1,000 [22] Voltaire claimed, "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to" do this invent him Kyle	$800 [12] Mexican peninsula that lies between the Gulf of Mexico & the Caribbean Sea the Yucatan Peninsula Linda	$1,000 [17] Primrose, crocus & jonquil are 3 shades of this color yellow	$800 [25] This car's "Flying Lady" radiator ornament is known formally as "The Spirit of Ecstasy" Rolls Royce Kyle
$1,000 [30] James Madison, Alexander Hamilton & John Jay wrote this series of 85 essays urging ratification the Federalist Papers Monroe	$1,000 [5] Jamie Lee Curtis played this late Playboy model on TV; Mariel Hemingway played her in "Star 80" Dorothy Stratten Kyle	DD $3,000 [19] According to "Little Women", "Christmas won't be Christmas without any" of these presents Kyle	$1,000 [20] This famous Roman road built in 312 B.C. is still in use today the Appian Way Linda	DD $2,000 [15] Term for any 2 colors that lie directly opposite each other on the color wheel complementary colors Linda	$1,000 [26] In fencing a quick return thrust; in speaking a quick retort a riposte Kyle

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICANA

It was published annually from 1732-1757 & credited to an imaginary astronomer

Poor Richard's Almanack

Monroe "What is Poor Richard's Almanac?" — wagered $3,900

Linda "What is Poor Richard's Almanac?" — wagered $6,300

Kyle "What is" — wagered $4,201

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