Show #2240 1994-05-06 (taped 1994-02-27) College Championship

1994 College Championship quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

Matthew Stone — a junior from the University of Illinois

Jeff Stewart — a senior from Brigham Young University

Keri Ellis — a senior from Michigan Technological University

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Keri	$1,600	$2,300	$5,300	$10,300 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$5,300 15 R, 2 W
Jeff	$1,600	$2,000	$6,800	$10,800 Automatic semifinalist	$8,300 26 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Matthew	$800	$1,600	$4,400	$8,798 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$4,400 12 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

RULERS	1994 CALENDARS	COMMUNICATIONS	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	COOKING	DOUBLE Z WORDS
$100 [20] When Montezuma II came to power in 1502, this empire was at its height the Aztec Empire Jeff	$100 [21] Among these animals to have their own 1994 calendars are Felix & Garfield cats Jeff	$100 [11] KLAX, the top-rated radio station in Los Angeles for the 4th quarter of 1993, broadcasts in this language Spanish Jeff	$100 [1] The Libyan Desert is actually the northeastern portion of this desert the Sahara Jeff	$100 [26] When you bake these in their jackets, puncture them with a fork when they're half done potatoes Keri Matthew	$100 [2] A light rain a drizzle Matthew
$200 [19] Rulers of this Italian dynasty included Cosimo, Duke of Florence, & Lorenzo, the Magnificent de Medici Keri	$200 [22] This Southern Baptist evangelist & friend of presidents has a 1994 day-by-day desk calendar Billy Graham Keri	$200 [12] You may catch a smokey report on your CB, which stands for this citizens band Jeff	$200 [3] Harbors dotting this country's coastline include Port Pirie, Port Darwin & Port Adelaide Australia Keri	$200 [27] This, which the French call moutarde, is a popular ingredient in sauces mustard Keri	$200 [7] Many scavenger birds, especially certain hawks & vultures, are referred to by this name buzzard Jeff
$300 [13] Peter II, the last king of this country, was dethroned when Tito came to power in 1945 Yugoslavia Jeff	$300 [23] This pair has a "thumbs up, thumbs down” calendar of movie reviews Siskel & Ebert Jeff	$300 [15] This former Tennessee senator is the administration's main promoter of the "Information Superhighway" (Albert) Gore (Jr.) Jeff Matthew	$300 [4] This largest island of Greece is the fifth-largest island in the Mediterranean Crete Matthew	$300 [28] Lemon curd is a mixture of lemon juice, butter, sugar & these breakfast items eggs Keri	$300 [8] In most states a public officer who diverts public funds for his own use can be convicted of this crime embezzling Matthew
$400 [14] An enscribed gold scarab found in 1986 suggests that this wife of Akhenaton briefly ruled in her own right Nefertiti Matthew	$400 [24] Your days are numbered with this "Mistress of the Dark" Elvira Jeff	$400 [16] CNN's Gulf War coverage won a Cable Ace Award & this channel won a Golden Ace for its coverage of Hurricane Hugo the Weather Channel Keri	$400 [5] Gebel Katherina, this country's highest mountain, stands on the Sinai Peninsula Egypt Jeff	$400 [29] In general the giblets of a fowl are the heart, liver & this organ a gizzard Matthew	$400 [9] Poetically speaking, he's a bear with no hair Fuzzy Wuzzy Keri
$500 [18] In 1940, after he'd abdicated the British throne, he became governor of the Bahamas Edward VIII Keri Jeff	DD $500 [25] After years of being part of the group in the Sports Illustrated calendars, shenow has her own: Kathy Ireland Jeff	$500 [17] Until the 1980s it took these devices, first patented in 1843, about 4 minutes to send 1 page a fax (machine) Jeff	$500 [6] The Loire River of France flows 634 miles before emptying into this bay the Bay of Biscay Keri	$500 [30] One recipe for this pie filling calls for 4 pounds of beef, 2 pounds of suet & 3 pounds of dark brown sugar a mince(meat) pie Matthew	$500 [10] An instrumental piece in the middle of an opera, or a brief entertainment between 2 acts of a play an intermezzo Keri

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE VIETNAM WAR	NOTABLE WOMEN	HEALTH & MEDICINE	RELIGION	PEOPLE & PLACES	AMERICAN LITERATURE
$200 [18] The war contributed to the passage of the 26th Amendment giving this to 18-year-olds the right to vote Keri	$200 [3] Speechwriter Peggy Noonan coined this president's famous phrase "A thousand points of light" Bush Jeff	$200 [13] To help prevent heart attacks & strokes, many people take one of these over-the-counter pills daily aspirin Jeff	$200 [19] About 10% of the people in Tonga practice this religion that's most associated with Utah Mormonism Jeff	$200 [27] Memphites lived in this city—the one in Egypt, not the one in Tennessee Memphis Jeff	$200 [1] This Steinbeck novel was based on articles on migrant workers he had written for the San Francisco News The Grapes of Wrath Jeff
$400 [12] This defoliant widely used in the war consisted of 2 weed killers—2,4-D & 2,4.5-T agent orange Jeff	$400 [5] This current senator's maiden name was Dianne Goldman Feinstein Jeff	$400 [14] Hypertension is the medical term for this high blood pressure Keri	$400 [20] This preacher's brother Charles Wesley wrote thousands of hymns, including, "Hark, The Herald Angels Sing" John Wesley Matthew	DD $300 [25] The city of Liege in this country is considered the center of Walloon culture Belgium Jeff	$400 [7] Booth Tarkington's story about this "Magnificent" family won a Pulitzer Prize in 1919 the Ambersons Matthew
$600 [2] The route by which the North supplied the Viet Cong was nicknamed this, after North Vietnam's leader the Ho Chi Minh Trail Keri	$600 [9] Midori, who's a virtuoso on this instrument, gave her first public recital at the age of 6 the violin Keri	$600 [15] Used mainly for cosmetic reasons, it's any of various chemical creams or pastes that remove hair a depilatory Keri	DD $500 [24] It's the fifth book of the Old Testament Deuteronomy Jeff	$400 [28] Mounegue is the Provencal name for this principality, so its people are called Monegasques Monaco Matthew	$600 [8] In "The Scarlet Letter", Arthur Dimmesdale is her fellow sinner & fellow sufferer Hester Prynne Keri
$800 [4] In 1968 Robert S. McNamara left this cabinet post because of doubts about the war Secretary of Defense Matthew	$800 [10] A concert hall in this theatre complex is named for Katharine Hepburn's second cousin Alice Tully the Lincoln Center	$800 [16] It's what the M stands for in the diagnostic technique called MRI magnetic Jeff	$600 [23] Tishah Be-Av, or the ninth of Av, is an important fast day in this religion Judaism Jeff	$600 [30] These wanderers who speak a language called Romany refer to themselves as the Rom Gypsies Jeff	$800 [21] In this tale Washington Irving wrote, "There was every hill and dale precisely as it had always been" "Rip Van Winkle" Jeff Matthew
$1,000 [6] Near the end of 1967 this U.S. general said we were "winning a war of attrition" Westmoreland Matthew	$1,000 [11] This British-born editor of The New Yorker is also an award-winning playwright (Tina) Brown Jeff	$1,000 [17] Called the yuppie disease, chronic fatigue syndrome may be linked to this virus that causes mononucleosis Epstein-Barr Jeff	$1,000 [26] Guru Nanak, the founder of this religion was originally a Hindu Sikhism Jeff	$1,000 [29] It's believed that the word Norwegian influenced this term for a person from Glasgow Glaswegians	$1,000 [22] This Jack London wolf dog's masters include Gray Beaver & Beauty Smith White Fang Jeff Matthew

Final Jeopardy!

ARTISTS

"Red Vineyard" was one of the few of his paintings sold during his lifetime

Vincent van Gogh

Matthew "Who was VanGogh?" — wagered $4,398

Keri "Who was [a letter crossed out] Van Gogh?" — wagered $5,000

Jeff "Who was Van Gough" — wagered $4,000

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