Show #1783 1992-05-06 (taped 1992-03-08) College Championship

1992 College Championship quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

Hannah Stires — a senior from St. John's College

Dave Ellis — a senior from Michigan State University

Amy Cheek — a sophomore from Samford University

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Amy	$1,200	$1,800	$6,500	$12,500 Automatic semifinalist	$6,200 19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Dave	$1,900	$200	$6,900	$699 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$8,400 22 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD)
Hannah	$400	$500	$4,300	$0 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$4,300 12 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

RELIGION	CLASSIC PLAYTHINGS	ROCKS & MINERALS	MARK TWAIN	DRIVER'S ED.	ANIMAL WORDS & PHRASES
$100 [1] Food & drink associated with the eucharist, or Lord's supper wine & bread Amy	$100 [4] When this toy was introduced in 1952, you supplied your own spud; now it comes with a plastic one Mr. Potato Head Hannah	$100 [26] Stalactites & stalagmites consist primarily of travertine, a form of this stone limestone Dave	$100 [18] He said, "One of the most striking differences between a cat & a lie is that a cat has only" this many lives nine Dave	$100 [6] Drivers who fasten these are twice as likely to survive a serious car accident seat belts Dave	$100 [13] A hoarse person doesn't have a horse in his throat but one of these amphibians a frog Dave
$200 [2] The tale featured in this book of the Bible is recounted during the Passover seder Exodus Hannah	$200 [5] Charles Pajeau saw kids playing with sticks, thread spools & pencils came up with this toy in 1913 Tinker Toys Dave	$200 [27] The Balanced Rock in Colorado's Garden of the Gods is a block of this "grainy" rock sandstone Dave	$200 [19] In "Tom Sawyer", the town of St. Petersburg was modeled on this one in Missouri Hannibal Hannah	$200 [7] On a one-way street, you may not make this turn symbolized by a letter a U-turn Dave	$200 [14] To tell a secret is to "let the cat out of" this the bag Hannah
$300 [3] They're the remains of martyrs or saints, or things that had once come in contact with them relics Dave	$300 [20] Since 1961, 82 million of these magic screen toys have been sold the Etch A Sketch Dave	$300 [28] This word can mean an excavation or to obtain stone from an excavation quarry Dave	$300 [23] By April 1859 he had become a licensed one of these a riverboat pilot Amy	$300 [8] DUI stands for "driving under" this & you shouldn't do it the influence Amy	$300 [15] A creative artist's last great work is often described as this type of "bird performance" a swan song Hannah
$400 [9] Of the five pillars of this religion, haj requires you to travel Islam Amy Hannah	$400 [21] In 1955 Rainbow Crafts, a soap & cleaning goods maker, came up with this bright, moldable stuff Play-Doh Dave	$400 [29] A mineralogist could tell you epsomite tastes like this common seasoning salt Amy	$500 [25] He first used his pen name on the Territorial Enterprise, a newspaper in this Nevada city Virginia City Amy Dave Hannah	$400 [11] You must do this before you turn or change lanes put on your turn signal Amy	$400 [16] This "vulpine" adjective can mean conniving or sexy foxy Hannah
$500 [10] This religious figure is called Fo in Chinese & Butsu in Japanese Buddha Dave	$500 [22] Licorice Castle & Gum Drop Mountain are found on this board game that requires no reading Candy Land Dave	$500 [30] Pumice & obsidian belong to this major rock group not The Rolling Stones igneous Amy Dave	DD $2,000 [24] This Twain novel is set in 16th century England The Prince and the Pauper Dave	$500 [12] Hyphenated term for what you must yield to another driver when you come to a "yield" sign right-of-way Dave	$500 [17] The phrase "to separate the sheep from" these animals is derived from Matthew 25:32 the goats Amy

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 1980s	FORESTS	VICE PRESIDENTS	BIOGRAPHIES	BALLET	MATH
$200 [2] This princess went to Brooklyn for an American premiere by the Welsh National Opera Princess Diana Amy	$200 [19] Outlying areas of this English forest have been extensively developed by Nottinghamshire coal fields Sherwood Forest Amy Dave	$200 [1] He first supported Nelson Rockefeller, not his future running mate Nixon, in the 1968 race Spiro Agnew Amy	$200 [11] "Out of Silence into Sound" is one of several biographies of this telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell Amy	$200 [17] As you might expect, "The Nutcracker" premiered in this month in 1892 December Dave	$200 [16] When you divide numbers you get a quotient; when you multiply them you get this a product Hannah
$400 [8] In 1989 this British university named Stephen Sondheim its 1st visiting professor of drama & musical theatre Oxford Amy	$400 [20] Ottawa & Hiawatha National Forests occupy much of this state's Upper Peninsula Michigan Amy	$400 [4] Hubert Humphrey & Walter Mondale are the only 2 U.S. vice presidents from this state Minnesota Dave	$400 [12] "Still Crazy After All These Years" is a biography of this former singing partner of Art Garfunkel Paul Simon Dave	$400 [22] This Spanish Cubist designed the costumes & scenery for the 1919 premiere of "The Three-Cornered Hat" Picasso Amy	$400 [18] A triangle is said to be oblique if it doesn't contain this type of angle a right angle Amy
$600 [3] On June 1, 1984 Jose Napoleon Duarte was sworn in as this country's president El Salvador Amy Dave	$600 [21] Mount Hood National Forest is headquartered in this largest Oregon city Portland Hannah	$600 [5] John Nance Garner, his 1st VP called the office "a spare tire on the automobile of government" Franklin Roosevelt Dave	$600 [13] This explorer who went in search of Dr. Livingstone was the subject of a 1990 book, "Dark Safari" Stanley Hannah	$600 [26] The "Black Swan" pas de deux from this ballet features a stunning sequence of 32 fouette turns Swan Lake Dave	$600 [25] The two main branches of calculus are integral & this differential Hannah
$800 [9] The 1988 Winter Olympics figure skating featured the battle of Brian Orser & this other Brian Brian Boitano Amy	$1,000 [24] During World War II, the Battle of the Bulge took place in this Belgian-French forest the Ardennes	$800 [6] The only member of the Warren Commission to become vice president & president Gerald Ford Dave	$800 [14] "Lincoln of Our Literature" is the apt subtitle of a biography of this Abraham Lincoln biographer Carl Sandburg Hannah	$800 [29] In 1957 the ballet company known as Ballet Theatre added this word to its name American Amy	$800 [27] This fraction is half the sum of 1/2 & 1/4 3/8ths Amy Dave
$1,000 [10] This Pakistani prime minister named her mother, Nusrat, senior minister Benazir Bhutto Hannah	DD $1,100 [23] The manufacture of toys & cuckoo clocks are among the industries in this German forest the Black Forest (the Schwarzwald ) Amy	DD $1,500 [7] He was Harding's vice president & Charles Dawes was his Calvin Coolidge Dave	$1,000 [15] The story of this Frenchman, blinded at the age of 3, is told in a book called "Seeing Fingers" (Louis) Braille Dave	$1,000 [30] When this ballet premiered in 1962, Edward Villella danced the role of Oberon A Midsummer Night's Dream Amy	$1,000 [28] A semicircle is half a circle & this is a quarter circle quadrant

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD LEADERS

On Feb. 24, 1992, this Nobel Peace Prize winner's first column appeared in The New York Times

Gorbachev

Hannah "Who is Lech Walesa?" — wagered $4,300

Amy "Who is Gorbachev?" — wagered $6,000

Dave "Who is Pope John Paul II?" — wagered $6,201

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