Show #1786 1992-05-11 (taped 1992-03-09) College Championship

1992 College Championship semifinal game 1.

Contestants

Billy Baxter — a senior from the College of William & Mary

Amy Cheek — a sophomore from Samford University

Kyle Graham — a freshman from the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Kyle	$600	$2,500	$3,000	$0 3rd place: $5,000	$6,200 15 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Amy	$400	$1,100	$4,100	$8,200 2nd place: $5,000	$4,100 17 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Billy	$1,500	$2,200	$8,200	$8,201 Finalist	$8,200 22 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE CONTINENTS	BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	NURSERY RHYMES	MAY DAY	FRENCH CUISINE	FAMILIAR PHRASES
$100 [5] It's home to the world's largest tropical rain forest South America Billy	$100 [25] The trio of "spokesmen" for Rice Krispies Snap, Crackle & Pop Billy	$100 [10] Georgie Porgie did this & made the girls cry kiss the girls Amy	$100 [16] On May 1, 1931 this, the tallest building in the world at that time, opened the Empire State Building Amy	$100 [26] This fruit is the main ingredient in sorbet a la peche peach Billy	$100 [15] Someone who is just plain crazy is said to be "off" this piece of furniture his rocker Amy
$200 [4] Because it has little or no precipitation, this continent is technically classified as a desert Antarctica Kyle Amy	$200 [24] The TV star who endorses the Thighmaster Suzanne Somers Amy	$200 [9] "Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town, upstairs and downstairs in" this his nightgown Amy Billy	$200 [17] On May 1, 1942 the war production board limited these to about 20 flavors, not 31 ice cream Kyle	$200 [27] Poach these breakfast items in aspic & you'll have oeufs poches en gelee eggs Billy	$200 [14] I Corinthians 15:52 gave us the phrase "In the twinkling of" one of these an eye Amy
$300 [3] This continent leads the world in the production of gold, diamonds & cocoa beans Africa Kyle	$300 [23] Hamilton, Citizen & Movado are big names in this product watches Kyle Billy	$300 [8] She "dreamed she heard" her animals "bleating" but "they all were fleeting" Little Bo Peep Amy Billy	$300 [20] On May 1, 1967 he married Priscilla Beaulieu in Las Vegas Elvis Presley Billy	$300 [28] They sound fancy, but pommes de terre en robe des champs are just these boiled in their skins potatoes Billy	$300 [13] A medieval punishment gave rise to the phrase "tarred and" this feathered Amy
DD $300 [1] Boothia Peninsula is the northernmost portion of this continent's mainland North America Kyle	$400 [21] Domino's Tom Monaghan said his competition isn't Pizza Hut but this home appliance a microwave Amy	$400 [6] When riding to Banbury Cross, you'll see a fine lady with rings on her fingers & these on her toes bells Billy	$400 [19] On May 1, 1873 this explorer died in Old Chitambo of a fever, we presume Dr. Livingstone Kyle	$400 [29] The kind of meat you need to make cotes de veau grillees veal	$400 [12] Something that provokes anger is said to "make this" fluid "boil" your blood Amy
$400 [2] The world's major religions, including Christianity & Judaism, originated on this continent Asia Kyle	$500 [22] Founded in New York in 1877, this national bank was named after Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury Chase Kyle	$500 [7] The Muffin Man lives there Drury Lane	$500 [18] On May 1, 1840 penny blacks, which are these, went on sale in England; today they're worth a fortune stamps Kyle	$500 [30] Canard aux petits pois is this fowl cooked with peas the duck	$500 [11] In times of hardship you economize by "tightening" this accessory your belt Billy

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE HUMAN BODY	AMERICAN LITERATURE	NATIONAL PARKS	MUSEUMS	OPERA	SPELLING
$200 [12] Most black & blue marks are a result of damage to these tiniest blood vessels capillaries Amy	$200 [5] In 1851 this Herman Melville classic was first published in England as "The Whale" Moby-Dick Billy	$200 [22] It has regular bus service to the south rim from Flagstaff the Grand Canyon Billy	$200 [24] You'll find this Washington, D.C. institution's information center in a building known as the Castle the Smithsonian Billy	$200 [30] You probably know the heroine of Verdi's opera "Giovanna d'Arco" better by this name Joan of Arc Kyle Amy	$200 [20] When you write an essay, you might use one of these books of synonyms; Roget compiled a famous one T-H-E-S-A-U-R-U-S Kyle
$400 [13] Strenuous exercise can cause these muscles at the back of the thigh to become pulled or torn hamstrings Amy	$400 [4] "White Fang", about a dog who is tamed, was Jack London's follow-up to this novel Call of the Wild Amy	$400 [21] In the summer of 1988, wildfires swept through about half of this national park Yellowstone Amy	$400 [9] A bronze she-goat is one of many Picasso works found at this New York museum abbreviated MOMA the Museum of Modern Art Kyle Amy	$400 [27] In a Bizet opera, this fickle gypsy tells her own fortune & finds out she's going to die Carmen Billy	$400 [23] This adjective describes a question to which no answer is expected; you won't see one on "Jeopardy!" R-H-E-T-O-R-I-C-A-L Billy
$600 [14] Made up of 2 hemispheres, it's the largest part of the brain the cerebrum Kyle Billy	$600 [1] Huck Finn is first mentioned in this, Mark Twain's memoir of his riverboat days Life on the Mississippi	$600 [18] Although called a "Forest", this Arizona park has few standing trees the Petrified Forest Kyle	$600 [8] This Spanish museum is known for its incomparable Velazquez collection the Prado Billy	$600 [26] This heroine performs her famous "Liebestod", or "Love Death", song after Tristan's death Isolde Kyle	$600 [25] In the 16th century it was an Indian village; now it's the capital of Florida T-A-L-L-A-H-A-S-S-E-E Kyle
$800 [15] The 2 bones found in your forearm are the radius & this the ulna Billy	DD $800 [2] In a short novel by John Steinbeck, a fisherman named Kino finds this title object a pearl Amy	$800 [17] Badlands & Wind Cave are this state's 2 national parks South Dakota Kyle Amy	$800 [6] This museum's ethnographical collection is now displayed at the Museum of Mankind in Mayfair the British Museum Billy	$800 [19] This geisha decorates her house with cherry blossoms in act II of a Puccini opera Madame Butterfly Amy	$800 [28] If you have a high I.Q., you know the "Q." in I.Q. stands for this Q-U-O-T-I-E-N-T Billy
$1,000 [16] Nutrient-rich blood enters this organ through a slit called the porta hepatis the liver Billy	$1,000 [3] In 1922 Sinclair Lewis published this novel about an average American businessman Babbitt Billy	$1,000 [11] During the War of 1812, saltpeter, used in making gunpowder, was mined from this Kentucky cave Mammoth Cave Amy	$1,000 [7] There's a Coptic museum in Misr al-Qadimah, the old section of this capital city Cairo Amy Billy	DD $2,900 [10] He composed serious operas like "Idomeneo" & comic operas like "Cosi Fan Tutte" Mozart Kyle	$1,000 [29] Richard Nixon's middle name M-I-L-H-O-U-S Kyle Amy

Final Jeopardy!

SECRETARIES OF STATE

This Secretary of State's original first name was Heinz

Henry Kissinger

Kyle "Who is Schultz?" — wagered $3,000

Amy "Who is Kissinger?" — wagered $4,100

Billy "Who is Henry Kissinger" — wagered $1

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