Show #2472 1995-05-09 (taped 1995-04-02) College Championship

1995 College Championship semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Pat Toft — a sophomore from the University of Minnesota

Cynthia Greenlee — a junior from the University of North Carolina

Ben Lyon — a freshman from the University of Oklahoma

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ben	$600	$2,100	$8,500	$8,509 Finalist	$10,300 21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Cynthia	$500	$2,100	$3,500	$0 3rd place: $5,000	$3,300 16 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Pat	$1,800	$2,400	$3,600	$7,199 2nd place: $5,000	$3,600 16 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

BODIES OF WATER	THE CALENDAR	FOOD & DRINK	THE MOVIES	BIRDS	"B"s
$100 [1] Flowing over 4,000 miles across Africa, it's the world's longest river the Nile Pat	$100 [26] To the nearest day, it's the length of a solar year 365 days Cynthia	$100 [21] Suimono, a simple soup that often contains fish, originated in this country Japan Pat	$100 [16] Title pair played by Jim Carrey & Jeff Daniels; they'd never make it on "Jeopardy!" Dumb & Dumber Pat	$100 [11] The largest of these hovering birds is about 8 1/2 inches long a hummingbird Cynthia	$100 [2] This word can mean prejudice or a line running diagonally across the grain of a fabric bias Pat
$200 [5] The narrowest part of this strait is between Cape Dezhnyov in Russia & Cape Prince of Wales in Alaska the Bering Strait Ben	$200 [27] Some say its cycle of 12 animals begins with a mouse; some say a rat the Chinese calendar (the Chinese zodiac) Ben	$200 [22] Chop this green garnish & mix it with garlic to make the seasoning known as persillade parsley Cynthia	$200 [17] Tom Cruise sank his teeth into the role of Lestat in this 1994 film Interview with the Vampire Cynthia	$200 [12] The homing or carrier type of this bird has been used to carry messages for 2.000 years a pigeon Pat	$200 [3] It's the term for eyeglasses with one section for distant vision & another for near bifocals Pat
$300 [6] The Sargasso Sea lies within this ocean the Atlantic Ocean Ben Cynthia Pat	$300 [28] In Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dict., this calendar segment is listed 7 entries after Wednesday a week Cynthia	$300 [23] Luckily, this New Jersey company's Dinosaur vegetable soup doesn't list "dinosaur" as an ingredient Campbell Cynthia	$400 [19] Keanu Reeves was the Daredevil hero of this 1994 thriller about a bus rigged to explode Speed Ben	$300 [13] At least 5 species of this bird, including the whooping, are in danger of extinction the crane Cynthia	$300 [4] Maintenance of order is one of the usual duties of this court attendant the bailiff Ben
$400 [7] The Indian Peninsula divides the Indian Ocean into the Arabian Sea on the west & this bay on the east the Bay of Bengal Cynthia	$400 [29] Quetzalcoatl created their calendar the Aztecs Pat	$400 [24] Fanta is the world's best-selling soft drink in this flavor orange Ben	DD $500 [18] 1995 movie comedy that features the song heard here: "I think I'll go for a walk outside now / The summer sun's callin my name / (I hear ya now) / I just can't stay inside all day / I gotta get out..." The Brady Bunch (Movie) Cynthia	$400 [14] These "stupid" birds were discovered by the Portuguese around 1507 & were extinct by around 1800 the dodo bird Cynthia	$400 [9] It's a contemptuous utterance concerning god blasphemy Ben Cynthia
$500 [8] Bordering 4 states, it's the second-smallest of the Great Lakes Erie Pat	$500 [30] This month honors an emperor born in 63 B.C. August Ben Cynthia	$500 [25] Served in the southern U.S., chaurices are pork ones of these similar to the Mexican chorizos sausages	$500 [20] Many of the people whose stories were told in this Steven Spielberg epic appeared at the film's end Schindler's List Cynthia	$500 [15] The multicolored bill of this bird of the family Ramphastidae may be half the length of its body a toucan Pat	$500 [10] The sound of this 3-stringed Russian musical instrument is similar to a mandolin's a balalaika Pat

Double Jeopardy! Round

ASTRONOMY	POLITICS	BOOKS & AUTHORS	MUSIC APPRECIATION	PEOPLE IN HISTORY	ALABAMY BOUND
$200 [16] When seen together, the coma & nucleus of one of these heavenly bodies are called the head a comet Cynthia	$200 [11] His criticism of the "Do-Nothing" 80th Congress helped propel him to victory over Dewey Truman Pat	$200 [1] He began writing "War and Peace" several years after serving in the Crimean War Tolstoy Pat	$200 [20] The da capo type of this operatic solo was favored by Handel, who wrote hundreds of them an aria Pat	$200 [6] This French emperor's youngest sister, Caroline, became Queen of Naples in 1808 Napoleon Ben	$200 [25] In Alabama a Confederate version of this holiday is observed on the fourth Monday in April, not in May Memorial Day Ben Cynthia
$400 [17] American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered this planet's moons Phobos & Deimos Mars Cynthia	$400 [12] "Pressing" this is a term for handshaking or other physical contact between candidate & voter the flesh Ben	$400 [2] A draper's apprentice is title character in "Kipps", a novel by this author of "The Time Machine" H.G. Wells Ben	$400 [21] In the operetta "A Waltz Dream", a waltz symbolizes nostalgic yearning for this waltz city Vienna Cynthia	$400 [7] He's regarded as the greatest admiral in British history Lord Nelson Ben	$400 [26] Alabama's license plate calls it the "Heart of" this place Dixie Cynthia Pat
$600 [18] In 1930 the IAU recognized 88 of these groupings of stars, including Orion constellations Cynthia	$600 [13] "Filial" term for a candidate who holds a state's votes at a convention for brokerage purposes the favorite son	$600 [3] "The Honourable Laura" & "The First Countess of Wessex" are stories in his book "A Group of Noble Dames" Thomas Hardy	$600 [22] Squeeze-box is a nickname for both the concertina & this instrument the accordion Pat	$600 [8] Suffragist who said, "Woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself" Susan B. Anthony Ben	$600 [27] The Civil Rights Memorial in this city honors 40 people who lost their lives there between 1954 & 1968 Montgomery Cynthia Pat
$800 [19] This planet will be closer to the Sun than Neptune until March 15, 1999 Pluto Ben	$800 [14] "Whiz Kids" was the term applied to the young team Robert McNamara brought to this department in 1961 Defense Ben	$800 [4] "Ivy Day in the Committee Room" is one the stories in his book "Dubliners" James Joyce Ben	$800 [23] When he was 18 this "Camptown Races'" composer published a song called "Open Thy Lattice, Love" Stephen Foster Ben	$1,000 [10] This great chief died in 1618, one year after his daughter Pocahontas Powhatan Cynthia	$800 [28] Jean Baptiste Le Moyne founded this city, Alabama's only seaport Mobile Ben
$1,000 [30] This supergiant, pulsating variable star is also called the North Star Polaris Ben	$1,000 [15] This Texas Republican is House Majority Leader Richard Armey Ben	DD $1,200 [5] Chapter II of this Kafka novel is entitled "First Interrogation" The Trial Ben	$1,000 [24] The Festspielhaus, home of this Bavarian city's Wagner Festival, has an unusual hooded orchestra pit Bayreuth Pat	DD $2,000 [9] In the 1580s this Elizabethan courtier was Vice-admiral of Devon & Cornwall Sir Walter Raleigh Ben	$1,000 [29] This Alabama governor ran for president in 1968 on an antidesegregation platform Wallace Ben

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. POSTAGE STAMPS

1994's most popular commemorative stamp was one observing this event's 25th anniversary

the Apollo Moon landing

Cynthia "What is the death of Elvis?" — wagered $3,500

Pat "What is the Apollo Moon Landing?" — wagered $3,599

Ben "What is the 1st Moon Landing" — wagered $9

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