Show #1099 1989-05-18 (taped 1989-04-09) College Championship

1989 College Championship final game 1.

Contestants

Linda Krisak — a sophomore from Case Western Reserve University

Alex Yang — a senior from Tulane University

Tom Cubbage — a senior from Southern Methodist University

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tom	$2,100	$3,700	$11,700	$17,400	$11,300 28 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Alex	$600	$1,500	$8,100	$10,100	$7,900 14 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Linda	$300	$2,200	$5,400	$3,400	$5,400 15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

STARTS WITH "B"	BIRDS	SEE THE USA	PSYCHOLOGY	FASHION HISTORY	THE SPORT PLAYED
$100 [21] Despite its name, you don't have to be single to earn one of these degrees a bachelor's degree Tom	$100 [20] The ancient Romans thought this TV network symbol a great delicacy roasted & served in its feathers a peacock Tom	$100 [9] Famous home, now a museum, that's located on Elvis Presley Boulevard in Memphis, Tenn. Graceland Alex	$100 [11] Carl Jung thought this "Father of Psychoanalysis" had a father complex Freud Tom	$100 [4] In the 1700s fashionable men wore three-cornered ones hats Linda	$100 [1] Michael Jordan, Larry Bird & Earvin "Magic" Johnson basketball Tom
$200 [22] It commonly precedes hound, lust & sucker blood Linda	$200 [27] A 56 ft. one of these atop a fast food restaurant in Marietta, Ga. is a local landmark a chicken Tom	$200 [12] You can see Mister Rogers' sweater & this TV character's leather jacket at the Smithsonian Arthur Fonzarelli ("The Fonz") Tom	$200 [16] This term for thought-reform through propaganda & intimidation is from the Korean War era brainwashing Tom	$200 [5] The cardinal was a hooded cloak of this color, as its name suggests red Linda	$200 [2] Matt Biondi, Janet Evans & Kristin Otto swimming Alex
$300 [24] In Ancient Egypt both kings & queens wore false metal ones as a sign of sovereignty beards	$300 [28] Branch of zoology that's the scientific study of birds ornithology Tom	$300 [13] London Bridge was falling down, so it was moved & rebuilt in this state's Lake Havasu City Arizona Tom	$300 [17] Pavlov's dogs exhibited this conditioned reflex at the sound of a bell salivating Linda	$300 [6] This fancy term for ladies' underwear comes from the Latin meaning "made of linen" lingerie Tom	$300 [3] Jose Canseco, Roger Clemens & Darryl Strawberry baseball Alex
$400 [25] This word can refer to an Irish accent or an Irish shoe a brogue Tom	$400 [29] The most expensive commercial leather from a bird comes from this one the ostrich Alex	$400 [14] The famous 17-Mile Drive is located on this California peninsula the Monterey Peninsula Tom Linda	DD $400 [18] French for "already seen", it's that funny feeling you've lived through something before deja vu Linda	$400 [10] Short skirts, bobbed hair & extremely low waistlines 1st came into style in the U.S. during this decade the 1920s Tom Linda	$400 [7] Eric Dickerson, Bernie Kosar & Joe Montana football Tom
$500 [26] A glass vessel designed to cover & protect, it's also the title of a Sylvia Plath novel a bell jar Linda	$500 [30] The name of this chattering crow is partly from a nickname for Margaret magpie Linda	$500 [15] Signs warning hikers in these N.H. Mts. say, "Stop. The area ahead has the worst weather in America" the White Mountains	$500 [19] The false belief that everybody's picking on you paranoia Tom	$500 [23] Elizabethans wore rabatos, which were wide, lace-edged ones stiffened to stand up high in the bak collars Alex	$500 [8] Rick Mears, Bobby Allison & Richard Petty auto racing Tom

Double Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTS	ENGLISH LITERATURE	TECHNOLOGY	LAKES & RIVERS	CLASSICAL MUSIC	FAMOUS STUDENTS
$200 [11] Wilson was our last president born in Virginia, & he was our first George Washington Tom	$200 [5] He wrote "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", a children's story as well as the James Bond novels Ian Fleming Alex	$200 [26] Each year, Idaho sends samples of this crop to California's Camp Pendleton to be tested for disease potatoes Linda	$200 [21] If the new London bridge in England, not Arizona, fell down. it would fall into this river the Thames Tom	$200 [6] Type of fairy that Tchaikovsky set a-dancing in "The Nutcracker" a sugar plum fairy Linda	$200 [14] She was at UCLA on a basketball scholarship when Bob Kersee discovered her track & field talents Jackie Joyner-Kersee Tom
$400 [12] He was the 1st president to only serve one term Adams Tom	$400 [7] This country's 1930s civil war was the setting for Graham Greene's "The Confidential Agent" Spain Tom	$400 [27] Also called an electronic oven, it uses high-frequency electromagnetic waves to heat food a microwave oven Tom	$400 [22] To get to Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral you have to cross a bridge over this river the Seine Linda	$400 [4] The Hallelujah Chorus is found at the end of Part II of this Handel work "The Messiah" Linda	$400 [16] At his academy he reiterated what he'd learned from Socrates & sometimes adapted his ideas Plato Alex
$600 [13] While serving as this man's vice president, Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton (Thomas) Jefferson Linda	$800 [9] Mr. Lockwood, a tenant of Thrushcross Grange, narrates this Emily Bronte story Wuthering Heights Alex	$600 [28] In Jan. 1988 this company announced it would sell VHS format VCRs in addition to Betamax Sony Tom	$600 [23] This lake on the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border sounds like a watering hole for Santa's sleigh team Reindeer Lake Tom	$600 [3] Bach's set of repetitive pieces designed to show contrapuntal technique is called "The art of" this the Fugue Alex	$600 [18] He studied directing at NYU under M. Scorsese & was an "absolutely mahvelous" student Billy Crystal Linda
$800 [15] Teddy Roosevelt became president upon his assassination McKinley Alex	DD $1,000 [8] The title of this 1872 Samuel Butler novel, published anonymously, is an anagram for "no where" Erewhon Tom	$800 [29] In 1978 the Double Eagle II became the 1st gas-filled craft of this type to cross the Atlantic a balloon Alex	$800 [24] During the 16th c. Ivan IV claimed all of this great river's valley for Russia the Volga	DD $1,000 [2] Spanish city in the title of the opera that gave us thefollowingaria... Seville Alex	$800 [19] At Cornell, "Gravity's Rainbow" author Thomas Pynchon studied under this author of "Lolita" (Vladimir) Nabokov Linda
$1,000 [17] The only president whose father was a signer of the Declaration of Independence John Quincy Adams Tom	$1,000 [10] Her 1st novel "Sense & Sensibility", was published 2 years before "Pride & Prejudice" Jane Austen Tom	$1,000 [30] Some 85% of water used in the western U.S. is used for this purpose irrigation Tom	$1,000 [25] Though the Nile is longer, this 2nd longest river in Africa carries more water the Congo (the Zaire) Tom	$1,000 [1] This composer died before finishing "The Tales of Hoffmann"; Ernest Guiraud finished it Jacques Offenbach Alex	$1,000 [20] In Yale, he was in Robert Penn Warren's creative writing class; now he runs NBC TV Brandon Tartikoff Alex

Final Jeopardy!

EUROPE

Alphabetically it's the 1st member of both the European Community & NATO

Belgium

Linda "What is Austria?" — wagered $2,000

Alex "What is Belgium?" — wagered $2,000

Tom "What is Belgium?" — wagered $5,700

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