Show #2475 1995-05-12 (taped 1995-04-02) College Championship

1995 College Championship final game 2.

Contestants

Rebekah Reeves — a freshman from Texas A&M University (subtotal of $6,000)

Ben Lyon — a freshman from the University of Oklahoma (subtotal of $5,500)

Steve Smith — a senior from the University of Notre Dame (subtotal of $8,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Steve	$0	$800	$2,200	$4,400	$2,000 8 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Ben	$2,600	$1,900	$9,500	$11,500	$10,800 31 R, 7 W (including 1 DD)
Rebekah	$0	$900	$5,500	$7,800	$5,300 14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE INSECT WORLD	THE OLYMPICS	TRAVEL U.S.A.	FAMOUS WOMEN	RELIGION	"P"s & "Q"s
$100 [11] In locusts the tympanic organs for this sense are found on the abdomen hearing Steve Ben	$100 [1] Olympic competitors in this sport use a recurve bow that can propel arrows at more than 150 MPH archery Ben	$100 [6] Appropriately, the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum is located on Music Square in this Tenn. city Nashville Ben	$100 [16] In her 21-year career, this Czech-born tennis player won a record 55 grand slam titles Martina Navratilova Ben	$100 [21] City in which the first Christian church was formed; it was set up 7 weeks after Christ's death Jerusalem Rebekah	$100 [30] They're the large, stiff feathers of a bird, or the stiff spines of a porcupine quills Steve
$200 [12] Bees produce this only when it's needed to build a honeycomb wax Ben Rebekah	$200 [2] In 1992 this Communist Caribbean country won the first gold medal ever awarded in baseball Cuba Rebekah	$200 [7] Surprisingly, the Hilton Hawaiian Village in this state capital has an outdoor penguin pond Honolulu Ben	$200 [17] In 1986 she was sworn in as the seventh president of the Philippines Corazon Aquino Steve	$200 [22] Though found elsewhere in the Caribbean, it's most associated with Haiti Voodoo Rebekah	$200 [29] It's a place where stone such as slate is excavated a quarry Rebekah
$300 [13] Though the velvet ant is a type of wasp, the female lacks these features common to many wasps wings Steve Ben	$300 [3] This American won his first diving medal at the 1976 games when he was only 16 Greg Louganis Ben	$300 [8] Annual events in this state include the Threshing Show in Makoti & the Folkfest in Bismarck North Dakota Ben	$300 [18] In 1678 a procession was instituted in her honor as part of Coventry Fair Lady Godiva Ben	$300 [23] This religion goes back to an enlightened man named Siddhartha Buddhism Ben	$400 [27] It can mean something pointed, as a mountain peak, or the height of success pinnacle Ben
$400 [14] The click type of this insect has a springlike device between its thorax & abdomen that makes it jump a beetle Ben Rebekah	$400 [4] The first modern Olympic Games held in this city in 1896, had only 311 competitors, all men Athens Ben	$400 [9] The Other Half tour of this restored Colonial capital of Va. focuses on African-American life Williamsburg Steve Ben	$400 [19] In 1990 this woman who sparked the civil rights movement was honored in Washington on her 77th birthday (Rosa) Parks Ben	$400 [24] A crescent with this figure is a symbol of Islam a star Ben	$500 [26] They're the 4 large muscles of the thigh that straighten the knee quadriceps Ben
$500 [15] Greenbottles & bluebottles, which have colorful iridescent bodies, are types of these flies Steve Ben	$500 [5] In 1912 Gosta Lilliehook won this "modern" event, though placing no better than 3rd in any of the 5 sports the pentathlon Ben	$500 [10] You can take a tour of this city's Lafayette Cemetery, featured in Anne Rice's vampire novels New Orleans Ben	$500 [20] The first woman to serve as White House press secretary, she resigned the post in 1994 Dee Dee Myers Ben	$500 [25] Tenrikyo is a faith-healing sect of this Asian religion Shinto	DD $1,300 [28] This prefix meaning "of the mind" can also describe one who's out of his mind psycho Ben

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. PRESIDENTS	AWARDS	WORLD CAPITALS	ARCHITECTURAL TERMS	SCULPTURE	ENGLISH LITERATURE
$200 [1] His nicknames include "Dutch" & "The Great Communicator" Ronald Reagan Ben	$200 [21] The Order of the Rising Sun is a decoration given by this country Japan Rebekah	$200 [2] This city's Kremlin stands on Borovitsky Hill Moscow Ben	$200 [22] A minbar is the high pulpit in one of these Islamic houses of worship a mosque Ben	$200 [11] French sculptor Francois Girardon's most famous work is the marble tomb of this French cardinal Richelieu Ben	$200 [16] She & her sisters attended a clergy daughters' school which became Lowood in her "Jane Eyre" Charlotte Bronte Rebekah
$400 [6] In March 1807 he signed a bill making the importation of slaves illegal Jefferson Steve	$400 [23] In 1991 the NAACP awarded this general the Spingarn Medal for highest achievement by black American (General Colin) Powell Ben	$400 [3] It's the only German city with a population exceeding 3 million Berlin Rebekah	$400 [27] The sarcophagal chamber was deep beneath a mastaba, a tomb of this ancient civilization Egypt Ben	$400 [12] Iberian sculpture was a strong influence on this "geometric" art movement that was named in 1908 Cubism Rebekah	$400 [17] This "Lord Jim" author collaborated with Ford Madox Ford on the novel "The Inheritors" (Joseph) Conrad Rebekah
$600 [7] The first book written by this president was "crusade in Europe" in 1948 Eisenhower Steve	$600 [24] In 1962 Congress gave this "Mending Wall" poet a gold medal in recognition of his poetry Frost Ben	$600 [4] This city's Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was built in honor of Bulgaria's liberation from Turkish rule Sofia Rebekah	$600 [28] Vermiculation is the decoration of masonry with channels like the tracks of these wriggly creatures worms Steve Rebekah	$600 [13] In 1978 Leonard Baskin created a sculpture of this biblical woman & her mother-in-law Naomi Ruth Rebekah	$600 [18] He based Squire Allworthy in "Tom Jones" in part on Ralph Allen, a wealthy benefactor (Henry) Fielding Ben
DD $1,000 [8] In 1844 this "Dark Horse" candidate won the presidency over Henry Clay by only 40,000 votes (James K.) Polk Steve	$800 [25] Both Aaron Copland & Charles Ives won Pulitzer Prizes in this category Music Ben	$800 [5] A major port for centuries, this Latvian capital was once part of the Hanseatic League Riga Steve	$800 [29] A cupola is one of these, especially a small one crowning a roof or turret a dome Steve	$800 [14] Praxiteles' statue of this Greek messenger-god with the infant Dionysus is at a museum in Olympia, Greece Hermes Ben	$800 [19] As a teenager this "Ode on a Grecian Urn" poet was apprenticed to an apothecary-surgeon Keats Ben
$1,000 [9] When named chief justice of the U.S. in 1921, this former president was a professor of law at Yale Taft Ben	$1,000 [26] In 1945 this scientist received the Rumford Medal for new applications in polarized light Edwin Land	$1,000 [10] This capital is the home of Kim Il Sung University Pyongyang Ben	DD $1,200 [30] The arrangement of these in a building is called fenestration windows Rebekah	$1,000 [15] This quintessential mobile sculptor was the son & grandson of sculptors (Alexander) Calder Ben	$1,000 [20] This author of "A Clockwork Orange" wrote a series of comic novels about a poet named Enderby (Anthony) Burgess Ben

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS AMERICANS

In 1790 this cabinet officer wrote his "Report on the Public Credit"

Alexander Hamilton

Steve "Who is Hamilton?" — wagered $2,200

Rebekah "Who is Hamilton?" — wagered $2,300

Ben "Who is Hamilton" — wagered $2,000

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