1995 College Championship quarterfinal game 5.
Tamir Waser — a senior from the University of Virginia
Ben Lyon — a freshman from the University of Oklahoma
Jodi Boyle — a junior from Douglass College Rutgers University
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jodi | $400 | $1,200 | $5,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$5,700
15 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ben | $1,200 | $3,000 | $13,900 |
$13,831
Automatic semifinalist |
$11,200
28 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Tamir | $2,000 | $2,500 | $4,900 |
$9,800
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$4,900
12 R, 0 W |
| EUROPEAN HISTORY | CELEBRITIES | U.S. NUMBERS | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | POTPOURRI | UNDER THE SEA |
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$100
[1]
After becoming Chancellor of Germany in 1933, Hitler withdrew the country from this league
the League of Nations
Ben
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$100
[11]
In 1995 People magazine named this "Legends of the Fall" star "The Sexiest Man Alive"
Brad Pitt
Ben
|
$100
[6]
A curb address painter would put this number in front of the White House
1600
Ben
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$100
[29]
In 1995 this maker of Rice Krispies introduced low fat Pop-Tarts
Kellogg's
Tamir
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$100
[16]
This term for flattering talk comes from a block of limestone in County Cork, Ireland
blarney
Jodi
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$100
[21]
The first of these born in captivity was at a Marineland in 1977, Orky & Corky were its parents
a killer whale
Tamir
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|
$200
[2]
On June 25. 1991 Croatia & Slovenia formally declared their independence from this country
Yugoslavia
Tamir
|
$200
[12]
Since losing 125 pounds, this star of the cult film "Hairspray" has become a hit as a talk show host
Ricki Lake
Ben
|
$200
[7]
Number of medals the U.S. won at the 1994 Winter Olympics or number of stripes on the U.S. flag
13
Tamir
|
$200
[30]
Candymaker Mars, Inc., produces the Kal Kan & Pedigree brands of this
dog food
Jodi
|
$200
[17]
This greenish. poisonous gas is used to kill bacteria in swimming pool water
chlorine
Jodi
|
$200
[22]
The largest giant sea variety of this fish weighed over 563 lbs.; the largest striped one, over 78 lbs.
a bass
Jodi
|
|
$300
[3]
It's the historic period between the fall of the Roman Empire & the dawn of the Renaissance
the Middle Ages
Ben
|
$300
[13]
His "SNL" character Linda Richman is based on his mother-in-law; "Talk amongst yourselves!"
Mike Myers
Ben
|
$300
[8]
It's Manhattan's area code
212
Tamir
|
$300
[26]
In 1955 Dixie Home Stores combined with Winn & Lovett, becoming this company
Winn-Dixie
Jodi
|
$300
[18]
In 1813 an expeditionary force led by this man invaded Venezuela & liberated Caracas
Bolivar
Jodi
|
$300
[23]
The archerfish is known for "shooting" down these animals from 5 feet away
mosquitoes (insects)
Tamir
|
|
$400
[4]
In 1969 this Spanish dictator named Prince Juan Carlos his eventual successor
(Francisco) Franco
Jodi
|
$400
[14]
This star of the "Alien" films took her unusual first name from a "Great Gatsby" character
Sigourney Weaver
Tamir
|
$400
[9]
There are currently this many men on the Supreme Court
7
Ben
Tamir
|
DD
$500
[27]
On Dec. 20, 1994 this company offered to replace all of its Pentium chips free of charge
Intel
Jodi
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$400
[19]
It's an official language of Haiti, the United Nations & Belgium
French
Ben
|
$400
[24]
Pilot fish & remoras usually travel with these predators
sharks
Ben
|
|
$500
[5]
These 1455-1485 English wars involved the houses of Lancaster & York
the Wars of the Roses
Ben
|
$500
[15]
This superstar recently shared her views at Harvard in a speech called "The Artist as Citizen"
Barbra Streisand
|
$500
[10]
Total number of states that border the Pacific
5
Tamir
|
$500
[28]
The stock of this software company headed by William Gates is traded over the counter
Microsoft
Ben
|
$500
[20]
1 of 2 women to serve as Secretary of Labor under George Bush
(1 of) Elizabeth Dole (Lynn Martin)
Ben
|
$500
[25]
At different stages of its life this fish is a fry, a parr, a smolt, a grilse, a kelt & after death, a patty
a salmon
|
| EXPLORERS | NUTRITION & HEALTH | COMPOSERS | U.S. STATES | LITERATURE | UNDER THE "C" |
|
$200
[11]
c. 1518 this son of John Cabot was named pilot major to the Spanish king
Sebastian Cabot
Jodi
|
$200
[16]
While it's advisable to keep this below 200, the HDL & LDL levels are important as well
cholesterol
Ben
|
$200
[26]
This Tchaikovsky suite was first played in March 1892, about 9 months before the ballet of the same name
The Nutcracker
Jodi
|
$200
[1]
Since WWII about half of this state's tax revenues have come from the gambling & tourism industries
Nevada
Ben
|
$200
[6]
In an 1884 novel by Mark Twain, this title character helps the runaway slave Jim escape
Huck Finn
Ben
|
$200
[21]
This British university's Cavendish Laboratory of Experimental Physics opened in 1874
Cambridge
Ben
|
|
$400
[12]
"Nothing Venture, Nothing Win" is the autobiography of this conqueror of Everest
Sir Edmund Hillary
Ben
|
$400
[17]
One common nutritional deficiency is a lack of this mineral, which can lead to anemia
iron
Ben
|
$400
[27]
In 1781 he lost his job with the Archbishop of Salzburg & moved to Vienna
Mozart
Ben
|
$400
[2]
The first American steam locomotive, Best Friend of Charleston, was put into service in 1830 in this state
South Carolina
Jodi
|
$400
[7]
Chapter 21 of this Dumas novel is titled "My Lady de Winter"
The Three Musketeers
Jodi
|
$400
[22]
Its an old for any giant statue, not just the one of Rhodes
a colossus
Jodi
|
|
$600
[13]
Jacques Marquette joined this religious order at the age of 17
the Jesuits
Ben
|
$600
[18]
Cabbage & spinach are excellent sources of this vitamin that's essential for blood clotting
vitamin K
Ben
|
$600
[28]
His 6th or "Pastoral" symphony contains imitations of a storm & birds singing
Beethoven
Ben
|
$600
[3]
The Okefenokee Swamp swamps parts of these 2 states
Georgia & Florida
Ben
|
$600
[8]
This Voltaire novel opens in the noble castle of Baron Thunder-Ten-Tronckh in Westphalia
Candide
Jodi
|
$600
[23]
They're on the Rhine, in the air & in the corners of a chessboard
castles
Ben
Tamir
|
|
$800
[14]
This American, the first to fly over the North Pole, traveled to the Philippines by himself at age 12
Byrd
Ben
|
$800
[19]
This nondigestible product found in grains & beans is thought to prevent certain intestinal disorders
fiber
Ben
|
$800
[29]
His name can be traced back to Sibbe, a 17th century Finnish peasant name
(Jean) Sibelius
Ben
|
$1,000
[5]
The Willamette River is the largest river entirely within this state
Oregon
Jodi
|
$800
[9]
Mink Snopes plots to murder his cousin Flem in this southerner's 1959 novel "The Mansion"
Faulkner
Jodi
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$800
[24]
10-letter word for a sweet preparation, such as candy or ice cream
confection
Ben
Tamir
|
|
$1,000
[15]
This Norwegian who led the first expedition to the South Pole was one of the first to winter in Antarctica
Amundsen
Ben
|
DD
$2,500
[20]
A powerful antioxidant, much of this orange substance converts to vitamin A in the body
beta carotene
Ben
|
$1,000
[30]
This Mussorgsky tone poem depicts a witches' sabbath on Mount Triglaf near Kiev
the Night on Bald Mountain
Tamir
|
DD
$2,000
[4]
It's the only state that borders only 1 other state
Maine
Ben
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$1,000
[10]
Stavrogin is the central character in his novel "The Possessed"
Fyodor Dostoevsky
|
$1,000
[25]
It's the proper name for a turtle shell
a carapace
|
"The shot heard round the world" is carved in the base of this Daniel Chester French statue
The Minute Man