Show #2473 1995-05-10 (taped 1995-04-02) College Championship

1995 College Championship semifinal game 3.

Contestants

JL McHenry — a senior from Tufts University

Steve Smith — a senior from the University of Notre Dame

Todd Konkel — a sophomore from Rice University

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Todd	$1,200	$2,200	$6,800	$6,100 2nd place: $5,000	$7,800 19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Steve	$1,100	$2,200	$7,400	$13,601 Finalist	$8,200 27 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
JL	$0	$1,100	$2,500	$0 3rd place: $5,000	$2,500 5 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

ANIMALS	BRITISH ROYALTY	COLORS	RECENT HISTORY	NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES	TELEVISION
$100 [26] These amphibians are distinguished from frogs by their warty skin toads Steve	$100 [11] Among this current queen's titles are Head of the Commonwealth & Defender of the Faith Elizabeth II Steve	$100 [21] They're the 2 colors associated with Civil War soldiers blue & gray Todd	$100 [1] On Aug. 18, 1991 hard-liners detained this Soviet president in an attempted coup Gorbachev Steve	$100 [16] This weekly newsmagazine was founded in 1933 by Thomas J.C. Martyn, a former editor of Time Newsweek Todd Steve	$100 [6] D.J. Tanner is part of the "Full House" family & D.J. Conner is part of this sitcom's family Roseanne Steve
$200 [27] The male of this African mammal may be 17 feet tall with a 17-inch-long tongue a giraffe Todd Steve JL	$200 [12] This royal wife's great-grandfather, Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, was the mayor of London in 1457 Anne Boleyn Todd	$200 [22] Proverbially speaking, it's the color of "silence" gold Todd	$200 [2] In 1994 George Pataki defeated this New York governor by 4% of the vote Cuomo Todd	$200 [17] This general-interest magazine for black Americans shares its name with a kind of wood Ebony Steve	$200 [7] He's the current host of "Late Night" Conan O'Brien Steve
$300 [28] The male of this largest living bird digs a nest in which 3-5 hens lay their eggs an ostrich Steve	$300 [13] This queen's son Leopold, born in 1853, suffered from hemophilia Victoria Todd	$300 [23] Eggshell, snow & cream are shades of this color white Steve	$300 [3] In 1995 President Clinton proposed raising this to $5.15 per hour the minimum wage Steve	$300 [18] James M. Cox bought this southern city's daily The Constitution in 1950 Atlanta Steve	$300 [8] In September 1994 "Saved by the Bell"'s Tiffani-Amber Thiessen moved into the Walsh house on this show Beverly Hills 90210 Steve
$400 [29] Some large parrots can take 2 months to go through this feather replacement process molting JL	$400 [14] This 18th century king's erratic behavior may have been caused by porphyria, a metabolic disorder George III Steve	$400 [24] It's a common eye color ranging from light to yellowish brown hazel JL	$400 [4] On Jan. 1, 1992 he succeeded Javier Perez de Cuellar Boutros Boutros-Ghali Steve	$400 [19] Star Tracks & Picks & Pans are features of this weekly People magazine Steve	$400 [9] In 1994 Bruce Boxleitner took over as head of this title space station Babylon 5
$500 [30] Both sexes of this pinniped have tusks a walrus Todd	$500 [15] He was the Duke of Windsor for 36 years, much longer than he reigned as king of England King Edward VIII	$500 [25] Sharing its name with a coffee flavoring, it's a shade of chocolate brown mocha JL	DD $800 [5] Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel became president of this country in 1993 Turkey Steve	$500 [20] 6 of this country's 10 daily newspapers are published in the city of Jiddah Saudi Arabia Todd	$500 [10] According to TV Guide, this beach show is No. 1 on the planet; over 1 billion people tune in each week Baywatch Todd

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS	GEOGRAPHY	OPERA	COLONIAL AMERICA	WORDS FROM THE DUTCH	POETS
$200 [13] Christiaan Huygens discovered its ring & one of its moons, Titan Saturn Todd Steve	$200 [1] Deserts found in this country include the Gibson, Great Victoria & Great Sandy Australia Todd	$200 [2] She's the subject of Thea Musgrave's opera "Harriet, the Woman Called Moses" Harriet Tubman Steve	$200 [3] In 1692 people in this city hanged 19 & pressed one to death on the charge of witchcraft Salem Steve	$200 [22] It's an open sled pulled by one horse with passengers "laughing all the way" a sleigh Todd	$200 [21] A music lover, he once said, "But for opera, I could never have written 'Leaves of Grass"' Whitman Steve
$400 [14] The ancient Greek Pytheas was the first to notice the relationship between the Moon & these on Earth tides Steve JL	$400 [9] Japan's 3 volcano islands are Kita Iwo, Minami Iwo & this one Iwo Jima Steve	$400 [5] "The Oracle" is a lurid & violent opera set in this California city's Chinatown San Francisco Steve	$400 [4] By the 1630s the Virginia Company exported 1.5 million pounds of this crop a year tobacco Todd	$400 [27] This term for one's supervisor at work goes back to a Dutch word for uncle boss	$400 [23] T.S. Eliot said this lord "is a, great poet... whatever he sets out to do, he succeeds in doing" Tennyson Todd
$600 [15] After this man's 1896 death, his relatives contested the will setting up his prize foundation Nobel Steve	$600 [10] Antananarivo is the capital & largest city of this island country off Africa's coast Madagascar Steve	$600 [18] This "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" author co-wrote the libretto for the 1-act opera "Bartleby" (Edward) Albee Todd	$600 [6] He established Georgia as a colony for English debtors (James) Oglethorpe Steve	$600 [28] The Dutch gave us the word landscape & this wooden frame to support an artist's landscape painting an easel Todd	$800 [25] This author of "A Child's Christmas in Wales" began writing poetry as a child in Wales (Dylan) Thomas Steve
$800 [16] In 1831 Michael Faraday converted magnetism into this & "shocked" the scientific community electricity Steve	$800 [11] The town of Assisi is located on the slopes of Monte Subasio in this mountain range the Apennines Todd Steve	$800 [19] Benjamin Britten's opera's "The Turn of the Screw" & "Owen Wingrave" are adapted from this author's works (Henry) James Todd	$800 [7] In 1565 the Spanish destroyed the French Fort Caroline & built this settlement in what's now Florida St. Augustine Steve	$800 [29] I love to go a-wandering along the mountain trail with one of these on my back a knapsack	$1,000 [26] Born in Highgate in 1812, he was nicknamed "Poet Laureate of the Limerick" Edward Lear
$1,000 [17] The Royal Society had no interest in publishing his 1798 paper on cowpox vaccinations (Edward) Jenner Todd	$1,000 [12] The Isthmus of Perekop connects this peninsula to the mainland of Ukraine the Crimean Peninsula Steve	DD $2,000 [20] Part of this Verdi opera is set at the Temple of Vulcan in Memphis Aida Todd	$1,000 [8] The colony of New Netherland was renamed for the duke of this York JL	$1,000 [30] Gurk is a Dutch word for this vegetable; hence, our word gherkin a cucumber Todd	DD $2,000 [24] In 1838 this poet & her family moved to 50 Wimpole Street Elizabeth Barrett Browning Todd

Final Jeopardy!

POLITICS 1995

1 of 2 Republican senators who cast votes against the balanced budget amendment on March 2, 1995

(1 of) Mark Hatfield or Senator Dole

JL "Who is Daschle?" — wagered $2,500

Todd "Who is Specter?" — wagered $700

Steve "Who is Hatfield?" — wagered $6,201

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