Show #2243 1994-05-11 (taped 1994-02-28) College Championship

1994 College Championship semifinal game 3.

Contestants

Jeff Stewart — a senior from Brigham Young University

Elizabeth Lizotte — a senior from Simpson College

Brian Johnson — a junior from the University of Florida

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Brian $500 $300 $1,500 $3,000
3rd place: $5,000
$2,400
13 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)
Elizabeth $600 $1,500 $3,100 $6,100
2nd place: $5,000
$3,100
9 R, 0 W
Jeff $1,300 $3,300 $10,000 $10,000
Finalist
$11,100
30 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE BIBLE 1980s MOVIES COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES U.S. HISTORY ANIMAL PARTS CROSSWORD CLUES "I"
$100 [20]
From a burning bush, God ordered Moses to bring the Israelites out of this country
Egypt
Jeff
$100 [13]
Rick Baker won an Oscar for makeup for his work in "Harry and" this family
the Hendersons
Elizabeth
$100 [15]
The University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus lies in these 2 cities
St. Paul & Minneapolis
Jeff
$100 [1]
In 1931 President Hoover signed a bill designating this as America's national anthem
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
Jeff
$100 [24]
Lobsters & lions have parts called these; on one it's a pincer, on the other a nail
a claw
Jeff
$100 [3]
Press a dress(4)
iron
Jeff
$200 [16]
It was the fate of Lot's wife for turning back to see the burning city of Sodom
being turned into a pillar of salt
Jeff
$200 [14]
This actor was Dustin Hoffman's selfish sibling in the 1988 film "Rain Man"
Tom Cruise
Elizabeth
$200 [23]
The nation's oldest law school was founded in 1779 at this Virginia college
William & Mary
Jeff
$200 [7]
The first session of Congress convened in 1789 at Federal Hall in this city
New York
Brian Jeff
$200 [26]
It's the broad flattened limb a seal uses for swimming
a flipper
Brian Jeff
$200 [18]
Eskimo's domicile(5)
an igloo
Jeff
$300 [19]
Number of the Psalm that begins, "The Lord is my shepherd"
the 23rd
$300 [5]
Robert De Niro played Chicago mobster Al Capone in this 1987 film
The Untouchables
Jeff
$300 [30]
The only colonial building still standing at this university is Connecticut Hall
Yale
Jeff
$300 [8]
In 1987 President Reagan submitted the first budget to exceed this amount
$1 trillion
Brian
$300 [27]
The fleshy crest on a rooster
a comb
Jeff
$300 [2]
Give the cold shoulder(6)
ignore
Elizabeth
$400 [4]
He was Jacob's twin brother
Esau
Jeff
$400 [6]
In this 1986 film, Gene Hackman played the basketball coach of a small Indiana high school
Hoosiers
Brian
$400 [22]
The USA's first program of African studies was established at this Evanston, Illinois school
Northwestern
Elizabeth
$500 [10]
In 1924 this "Equality State" elected the USA's first woman governor, Nellie Tayloe Ross
Wyoming
Jeff
$400 [29]
Webster's defines it as a proboscis, especially an elephant's
a trunk
Brian Jeff
$400 [21]
Greek bit(4)
iota
Jeff
$500 [11]
He's sometimes called the "Prince of the Apostles"
Peter
$500 [12]
In this 1989 film, Michelle Pfeiffer sang a steamy version of "Makin' Whoopee" on top of a piano
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Brian
$500 [25]
This Milwaukee university run by Jesuits was founded in 1857 & originally called St. Aloysius Academy
Marquette
Brian
DD $900 [9]
By 1900 about 80 million acres of farmland were distributed to settlers under this act
the Homestead Act
Brian
$500 [28]
The name of these body parts used in "hart" attacks is from the Latin ante oculos, "before the eye"
an antler
Brian
$500 [17]
Spick-and-span(10)
immaculate
Elizabeth

Double Jeopardy! Round

ASTRONOMY BODIES OF WATER HISTORIC QUOTATIONS LITERARY CHARACTERS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ALEXANDER THE GREAT
$200 [13]
In 1959 the USSR's Luna 3 provided the first photos of this body's far side
the Moon
Jeff
$200 [24]
This gulf is often considered the westernmost extension of the Atlantic Ocean
the Gulf of Mexico
Brian
$200 [2]
"Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace", wrote this aviatrix in 1927
Amelia Earhart
Brian
$200 [11]
This Bram Stoker character is described as having pointed ears & "peculiarly sharp white teeth"
Dracula
Jeff
$200 [8]
A clarinet uses a single one; an oboe, a double
a reed
Jeff
$200 [1]
In 332 B.C. Alexander founded a city called Alexandria on the delta of this river
the Nile
Elizabeth
$400 [20]
The stars that once formed Scorpio's claws now "balance" out this constellation
Libra
Elizabeth
DD $300 [4]
Fittingly, this Oregon lake was once known as Deep Blue Lake
Crater Lake
Jeff
$400 [10]
In 1948 this ex-first lady wrote to Harry Truman, "No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war"
Eleanor Roosevelt
Elizabeth
$400 [21]
Tales featuring this master sleuth include "The Red-Headed League" & "The Final Problem"
(Sherlock) Holmes
Jeff
$400 [29]
Of a piccolo, bass tuba or French horn, the one for which middle C is out of range
piccolo
Brian Jeff
DD $200 [17]
A popular story depicts Alexander solving this problem with a slash of his sword
the Gordian Knot
Jeff
$600 [12]
In August 1993 the Observer probe sent to study this planet was lost in space
Mars
Brian
$400 [18]
This narrow strait separates Spain from Morocco
Gibraltar (the Strait of Gibraltar)
Jeff
$600 [23]
In a letter to John Adams, this president wrote, "I cannot live without books"
Jefferson
Brian
$600 [6]
It's the first name of William Dean Howells' "Lapham" & George Eliot's "Marner"
Silas
Jeff
$600 [22]
This drum with a double-talk name is tuned by moving rings up & down the lacing
a tom-tom
Elizabeth
$400 [3]
This man taught Alexander rhetoric, literature, science & philosophy
Aristotle
Jeff
$800 [9]
Similar to Jupiter's Great Red Spot, this bluish planet has a Great Dark Spot
Neptune
Brian
$800 [25]
Blackpool & Liverpool are 2 of the ports on this sea
the Irish Sea
Brian Jeff
$800 [27]
This orator said before the Continental Congress, "I am not a Virginian, but an American."
Patrick Henry
Brian
$800 [14]
CIA analyst Jack Ryan appears in several bestselling novels by this author
(Tom) Clancy
Jeff
$800 [5]
A trumpet's air path starts at the mouthpiece & ends at this part
the bell
Jeff
$600 [7]
Alexander succeeded this man, his father, as king of Macedon in 336 B.C.
Philip
Jeff
$1,000 [19]
The one found in the center of the Crab Nebula flashes about 30 times each second
a pulsar
Brian
$1,000 [26]
The name of this river between Uruguay & Argentina means "river of silver"
Rio de la Plata
Brian
$1,000 [28]
"I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too", she said in 1588
Elizabeth I
Jeff
$1,000 [15]
In "Lord of the Flies", he's Ralph's overweight, bespectacled sidekick
Piggy
Jeff
$1,000 [16]
This accordion-type instrument is usually hexagonal
a concertina
$800 [30]
The city of Bucephala in India was named after Bucephalus, which was this
his horse
Jeff

Final Jeopardy!

IN THE NEWS

His daughter Alina Fernandez Revuelta, was granted political asylum by the U.S. in 1993

Fidel Castro

Brian "Who is Fidel Castro?" — wagered $1,500
Elizabeth "Who is Fidel Castro?" — wagered $3,000
Jeff "Who is Jennifer" — wagered $0

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