Show #2008 1993-05-05 (taped 1993-02-22) College Championship

1993 College Championship quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

Dave Larson — a senior from University of Wisconsin at Madison

Ericka Hayes — a junior from Washington University

Nelson Brooks — a senior from University of South Carolina

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Nelson	$500	$1,600	$11,000	$15,000 Automatic semifinalist	$9,300 20 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Ericka	$0	$600	$4,200	$0 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$4,200 8 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Dave	$3,000	$5,400	$7,400	$11,001 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$7,400 27 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE PENGUIN	JOKERS	"HOLY"	COTTON	UNDERWEAR	BATMAN
$100 [26] Expert swimmers, penguins use these parts of their bodies as paddles or flippers their wings Dave	$100 [1] On May 16 1992 she again joined Robin Williams & Billy Crystal to host Comic Relief Whoopi Goldberg Dave	$100 [6] "Moo"ving expression for "wow!" Holy cow! Dave	$100 [21] Corn is measured in bushels; cotton is measured in these bales Ericka	$100 [16] During the 1992 L.A. riots, this rock star's bustier was stolen from Frederick's of Hollywood Madonna Nelson	$100 [11] While Superman calls Metropolis home, Batman has this city Gotham City Dave
$200 [27] This "royal" species is the largest penguin; the King penguin is second largest the Emperor penguin Dave	$200 [2] He claims he gets mail that says "You may already be a loser"; now that's getting no respect Rodney Dangerfield Dave	$200 [7] A badly be have d child is described as one of these a holy terror Dave	$200 [22] This oil is used in making margarine, soap & paint cottonseed oil Nelson	$200 [17] This Funky Bunch leader helped popularize the boxer short waistband sticking over the top of the pants look Marky Mark Dave	$200 [12] On the TV series, this batvehicle had several different batlicense plates, including BAT-1 the Batmobile Dave
$300 [28] The Fiordland penguin is confined mostly to this kiwi country's South Island New Zealand Dave	$300 [3] He tooled his standup act into a prime time series, "Home Improvement" Tim Allen Nelson	$300 [8] Member of the Trinity responsible for speaking in tongues the Holy Ghost Nelson	$400 [24] Eli Whitney could tell you that this process determines the smoothness of the cotton the ginning	$300 [18] This Romanian gymnast has received a lot of attention with her "Jockey For Her" ads Nadia Comaneci Dave	$300 [13] Tim Drake, the 3rd person to be this partner of Batman lives with his father next door to Wayne Manor Robin Dave
$400 [29] The world's rarest penguin is named for & confined to these Ecuadoran islands the Galapagos Dave	$400 [4] Critics are cheering over his portrayal of talk show host Larry Sanders on HBO Garry Shandling Dave	$400 [9] This empire came into existence on Christmas Day, 800A.D. the Holy Roman Empire Dave	$500 [25] This capital of the Tamil Nadu state in India has given its name to a bleeding cotton fabric Madras Dave	$400 [19] For "Days of Thunder", Tom Cruise wore a pair of $100 long johns treated to be this fireproof Dave	$400 [14] Among other things, it holds gas pellets, lasers & batarangs the utility belt Nelson
$500 [30] The penguin's chief predator at sea is the leopard species of this mammal leopard seals	$500 [5] This hostess of VH1's "Stand-Up Spotlight" played third base in "A League of Their Own" Rosie O'Donnell Dave	$500 [10] The place in the Jewish temple in which the Ark of the Covenant was kept the Holy of Holies Nelson	DD $800 [23] A cotton thread was used for this part of the first practical incandescent light the filament Nelson	$500 [20] The Fruit of the Loom quartet has a fig leaf, an apple & 2 different types of this fruit grapes Ericka	$500 [15] This batvillain changed his name from Eddie Nashton to Edward or E. Nigma the Riddler Dave

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 20th CENTURY	COOKING	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS	AMERICAN LITERATURE
$200 [5] This general was wounded twice in Vietnam before leading the Allies in the Persian Gulf War (General) Schwarzkopf Nelson	$200 [22] This animal's knuckles are often simmered with sauerkraut pig's knuckles Dave	$200 [8] This African river's seasonal floods are the result of rains in the Ethiopian highlands the Nile Nelson	$200 [17] Its athletic teams are known as the Seminoles Florida State Nelson Dave	$200 [1] In 1914 this Frenchwoman became the first director of the Radium Institute Marie Curie Nelson	$200 [14] This Hemingway novella about an aging fisherman was based on a true story he'd heard from his Cuban boatman The Old Man and the Sea Nelson
$400 [6] In 1928 WGY in Schenectady, N.Y. became the first scheduled broadcaster in this medium television Ericka	$400 [23] This cooking method can be "shallow" or "deep" frying Dave	$400 [9] St. George's Channel separates Wales from this country Ireland Dave	$400 [18] The Clements Library in this Ann Arbor school is known for its Revolutionary War collection (University of) Michigan Dave	$400 [2] In 1839 this rubber pioneer discovered the process of vulcanization Goodyear Ericka	$400 [12] Among the pseudonyms this author used were Diedrich Knickerbocker & Geoffrey Crayon Washington Irving Nelson Dave
$600 [7] In Sept. 1992 Steven McAuliffe, husband of this Challenger explosion victim, was nominated to be a judge Christa McAuliffe Ericka Dave	$600 [28] When making pie dough, flour your rolling pin lightly to keep the dough from doing this sticking to the pin Dave	$600 [10] Marco Polo may have been the first European to cross this desert in Mongolia & northern China the Gobi Ericka	$600 [19] This Indiana university's school of law was the first at a Roman Catholic university in the U.S. Notre Dame Nelson	$600 [3] Edison's stock printer was invented for this telegraph company Western Union Dave	$600 [13] In this Poe short story, a watch ticking beneath a floorboard drives a man to confess to murder "The Tell-Tale Heart" Dave
$1,000 [27] Also called the Labor Management Relations Act, this act was passed over Truman's veto in 1947 the Taft-Hartley Act	$800 [29] Pastry bags are often used to do this to cakes frost them (decorate them) Ericka	$800 [24] The August 1883 explosion of this Indonesian volcano was heard about 3,000 miles away Krakatoa Nelson Dave	$800 [20] Founded in 1693, this college in Williamsburg is Virginia's oldest & the second oldest in the U.S. William & Mary Dave	$800 [4] A temperature scale is named for this scientist who initiated the use of mercury in thermometers c. 1715 Fahrenheit Nelson	$800 [15] This 1952 novel by John Steinbeck is based on the biblical story of Cain & Abel East of Eden Nelson
DD $2,000 [26] Barbara Bush, Michael Jackson & Elton John attended the 1990 funeral of this teenage AIDS activist Ryan White Nelson	$1,000 [30] This grated cheese is the traditional topping for Caesar salad Parmesan Nelson	$1,000 [25] This Alpine lake, called Lac Leman by the French, is formed by a natural damming of the Rhone River Lake Geneva Nelson	$1,000 [21] Pulitzer Prizes are bestowed annually by this university's school of journalism Columbia Ericka	DD $1,000 [11] The National Accelerator Lab near Batavia, Illinois is named for this Italian-American physicist (Enrico) Fermi Ericka	$1,000 [16] In a story by Bret Harte, John Oakhurst & Mother Shipton are among "The Outcasts of" this mining town Poker Flat Nelson

Final Jeopardy!

IN THE NEWS

In January 1993 he was elected president of a country 2/3 the size of the one he led 7 months earlier

Vaclav Havel

Ericka "Who is Rivera" — wagered $4,200

Dave "Who is V. Havel" — wagered $3,601

Nelson "Who is Vaclav Havel" — wagered $4,000

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