Show #1551 1991-05-06 (taped 1991-04-06) College Championship

1991 College Championship quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

Eric Przybylko — a sophomore from Stanford University

Jean O'Hearn — a freshman from New York University

David Morris — a junior from Duke University

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
David	$2,600	$3,600	$7,400	$5,800 Automatic semifinalist	$5,600 18 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Jean	$-300	$0	$1,700	$0 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$1,600 14 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Eric	$0	$500	$2,300	$1 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$2,300 11 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS NAMES	PHOTOGRAPHY	1980s ROCK	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	POTPOURRI	CLICHÉS
$100 [11] In May 1906 they received patent No. 821,393 for a flying machine the Wright brothers David	$100 [21] You can use one of these three-legged supports to hold your camera steady a tripod Jean	$100 [6] His "Uptown Girl" was a love letter to his future wife, model Christie Brinkley Billy Joel Jean	$100 [1] In the Hindu language, this country is called "Bharat" India David	$100 [16] In the Junior version of this board game, you aren't sent to jail but to the restroom Monopoly Eric	$100 [17] One of these "is worth a thousand words", which is why we have Video Daily Doubles a picture David
$200 [12] He was the first non-Italian to become pope in 456 years Pope John Paul II David	$200 [22] This device is a projector used to make a print bigger than the negative it's made from an enlarger Eric	$200 [7] "Around The World In A Day" was this singer's 1st album with his new band, The Revolution Prince David	$200 [2] A Norwegian territory, Queen Maud Land is located on this continent Antarctica Jean	$200 [18] The persimmon is the only member of this black-wood tree family native to the U.S. the ebony	$200 [19] To take action in a crisis is to "take the bull by" these the horns Jean
$300 [13] When he came to power in the USSR, he was 20 years younger than his predecessor & the U.S. president Gorbachev David	—	$400 [9] In 1988 this recording by Cheap Trick became the 1st remake of an Elvis hit to crack the Top 10 "Don't Be Cruel" David	$300 [3] One legend says this snow-capped mountain in Africa is the burial place of King Solomon Mount Kilimanjaro Jean	$300 [20] 1990 was the last year to have this many Mondays, the maximum a year can have 53 David Jean	$300 [23] "Storm in a teacup" is another version of this cliche about a squabble over a trifle a tempest in a teapot Jean Eric
$400 [14] When he joined the party Politburo in 1934, Josip Broz acquired this code name Tito	—	$500 [10] Using his real name, Gordon Sumner, this rocker taught at a Catholic girls school Sting David	$400 [4] Baffin Bay separates Canada's Baffin Island from this Danish province Greenland David	$400 [27] This zodiac sign is usually depicted as 2 identical...fish Pisces David	$400 [25] To "drop the other" one of these means to end the suspense shoe
$500 [15] In 1952 this scientist turned down an invitation to become president of Israel Einstein David	—	DD $700 [8] He had the only a capella hit ever to reach No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart with thefollowing:"Here's a little song I wrote /You might want to sing it note for note /Don't worry, be happy..." Bobby McFerrin David	$500 [5] A 22-mile-wide channel separates Zanzibar Island from the mainland of this country Tanzania Jean	$500 [26] This poison is named after the French ambassador who sent tobacco from Portugal to Paris in 1560 nicotine	$500 [24] If you're moving between perils, you're said to be steering between Scylla & this whirlpool Charybdis Eric

Double Jeopardy! Round

IN THE DICTIONARY	SCIENCE	U.S. HISTORY	B MOVIES	LITERATURE	NUMBER, PLEASE
$200 [25] The name of this fruit goes back to the Sanskrit word "naranga" an orange Jean	$200 [16] This 3-letter prefix that precedes -bar, -metric & -tope means "equal" iso Eric	$200 [11] In the election of 1860, 10 slave states didn't even put his name on the ballot & he still won Abraham Lincoln Jean	$200 [2] This 1982 low-budget movie set in Florida in 1954 is known for its locker-room humor Porky's	$200 [1] Kind of animal that was "mom" to Mowgli in "The Jungle Book"s a wolf Eric	$200 [27] Number of "men on the dead man's chest, yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!" 15 Eric
$400 [30] Meaning "to bounce a basketball lightly", this word is a variant of drip dribble Eric	$400 [20] Bort, an impure type of this form of carbon, is used for cutting, not for jewelry diamond David	$400 [12] When news broke that it was offered statehood in 1845, Mexico recalled its minister from Washington Texas David	$400 [3] Director who made his feature debut in 1978 with "Eraserhead"; he went on to "Blue Velvet" David Lynch Jean	$400 [4] Chios, Smyrna, Colophon, Argos, Rhodes, Athens & Salamis have all claimed to be this ancient poet's birthplace Homer Jean	$400 [28] This popular name for a pop music single referred to the record's playing speed 45 Eric
$600 [23] Basin for holding baptismal water named from Latin meaning "fountain" a font Jean	$600 [21] This type of water that contains dissolved compounds doesn't readily lather with soap hard water Jean	$800 [14] "Commodore" who lost the "Erie War", an 1860s fight for control of the Erie Railroad Cornelius Vanderbilt Jean	$600 [10] 1990 saw George Romero remaking this 1968 zombie classic of his Night of the Living Dead Jean Eric	DD $700 [5] "The Grapes of Wrath" opens in this state Oklahoma Jean	$600 [29] It's the only even prime number 2 Eric
$800 [22] This compound extracted from opium is named for the Greek god of dreams morphine David Eric	$800 [24] This apparatus for increasing ions to high energies is called a linac for short a linear accelerator Eric	$1,000 [15] In 1923 his father administered the presidential oath of office to him in a farmhouse Coolidge David	$800 [9] From her ability to yell out in terror in horror films, Brinke Stevens has this nearly rhyming title scream queen Jean	$800 [6] His math books include "Symbolic Logic", his fantasy works "The Hunting of the Snark" Lewis Carroll Eric	$800 [19] Triskaideka-phobia is the fear of this number 13 David
$1,000 [17] Latin for "cloud", it's a diffuse mass of interstellar dust a nebulla Eric	$1,000 [26] It's a sudden involuntary contraction of the diaphragm a hiccup David	DD $2,000 [13] The attack on Ft. McHenry was the last battle fought before the treaty ending this war was signed the War of 1812 David	$1,000 [8] The weapon wielded by Leatherface a chainsaw Eric	$1,000 [7] He went on for 55 verses weeping for the dead "Adonais" Percy Bysshe Shelley Jean	$1,000 [18] Number of theses Martin Luther posted on the door of a church in Wittenberg 95 David Jean

Final Jeopardy!

THE UNITED NATIONS

In 1972 he succeeded U Thant to become the U.N's 4th secretary-general

Kurt Waldheim

Jean "Who is Peres d Qua" — wagered $1,700

Eric "Who is Hammerskjold???" — wagered $2,299

David "Who is Perez de Ceulliar" — wagered $1,600

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