Show #2015 1993-05-14 (taped 1993-02-23) College Championship

1993 College Championship final game 2.

Contestants

John van DeWeert — a sophomore from Princeton University (subtotal of $0)

Eric Biber — a sophomore from Harvard University (subtotal of $10,500)

Phoebe Juel — a junior from Grinnell College (subtotal of $19,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Phoebe	$2,100	$2,000	$8,600	$8,600	$9,600 24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Eric	$-600	$-100	$5,800	$8,600	$5,300 12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
John	$1,700	$3,200	$8,400	$16,800	$8,400 19 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE ENVIRONMENT	POP & ROCK MUSIC	LANGUAGES	BILL CLINTON	IN THE BEGINNING	10-LETTER NAMES
$100 [2] CA.'s Catalina Island has the 1st U.S. plant to do this to seawater for use by a residential community desalinate the water John	$100 [26] He left New Edition, going solo with hits like "Don't Be Cruel" & "Every Little Step" Bobby Brown Phoebe	$100 [3] Farsi, which is also called Persian, is spoken in this country once known as Persia Iran Eric	$100 [1] Clinton won first chair in this instrument in the Arkansas state band the saxophone John	$100 [18] Wrinkles in the fabric of space discovered in 1992 support this theory of how the universe was created the Big Bang Phoebe	$100 [15] If you're German and your nickname is Max, it's likely that this is your first name Maximilian Phoebe
$200 [4] In a 1990 book this newspaper columnist offers her "Hints for a Healthy Planet" Heloise	$300 [30] Subtitle of En Vogue's "My Lovin'" "You're Never Gonna Get It"	$200 [7] In dictionaries, this language is often abbreviated Skt. Sanskrit Eric John	$200 [6] The day before taking office, Clinton prayed at this president's Arlington, Va. grave John F. Kennedy John	$200 [19] It braces a runner's feet at the beginning of a race the starting block John	$200 [17] This feminine name, a diminutive of Bernard, is especially popular at Lourdes Bernadette John
$300 [5] Every day, each person in the U.S. produces about 4 pounds of trash & the largest percentage is made of this paper Phoebe	$400 [29] Hit song title shared by Kris Kross & Van Halen "Jump" Phoebe	$300 [8] It's the language that gave us the words luau & lei Hawaiian John	$300 [13] Clinton got his bachelor's degree at this D.C. school, the only college he applied to Georgetown Phoebe	$300 [20] At the start of a game of pool, there are this many balls on the table 16 John	$300 [23] Roman myths called Hades' wife Proserpina, while the Greeks knew her by this name Persephone Phoebe
$400 [11] The bald eagle population, now recovering, took a big dive in the 1940s due to this pesticide DDT Phoebe	$500 [28] Smells like this Seattle group was Spin Magazine's Artist of the Year for 1992 Nirvana Phoebe	$400 [9] Ge'ez is an ancient language still used in this country whose capital is Addis Ababa Ethiopia John	$400 [14] At the 1988 Dem. convention, Clinton's nominating speech for this man lasted over 30 minutes Dukakis John	$400 [21] Depressing as it sounds, it's the stroke made by a conductor at the start of a measure the down beat John	$400 [24] Some women named this are called Mina for short & may have been named for a Dutch queen Wilhelmina John
$500 [12] According to Guinness, this NW state has the largest living organism, a fungus covering 1,500 acres Washington Phoebe Eric	DD $2,000 [27] This group won 3 1992 Billboard Music Awards for the single heard here Boyz II Men Phoebe	$500 [10] It was the native language of Pope John Paul I, but not of Pope John Paul II Italian Phoebe	$500 [16] Bill Clinton was born in this town on August 19, 1946 Hope, Arkansas Eric	$500 [22] Japan's Showa period began in 1926 with the accession of this emperor Hirohito Phoebe	$500 [25] First name shared by Charles Lindbergh's mother & Longfellow's Acadian heroine Evangeline

Double Jeopardy! Round

NONFICTION	BODIES OF WATER	ROCKS & MINERALS	RHODES SCHOLARS	ODE TO ENGLAND	TEA TIME
$200 [2] The book "Masters of Disguise" is devoted to these highly adaptable lizards chameleons Phoebe	$200 [1] Paris' right & left banks are north & south of this river Seine Phoebe	$200 [7] This class of rocks is formed from deposits on lake beds & sea floors sedimentary Phoebe	$200 [22] Admiral Stansfield Turner who headed this agency under Carter didn't keep his scholarship a secret the CIA Eric	$200 [11] From France's Calais this city's a strait away; you should watch when you walk on its cliffs of white chalk Dover Phoebe	$200 [21] Some people do this by reading tea leaves predict the future Eric
$400 [3] In 1992 his book "A Brief History of Time" became Britain's longest-running bestseller (Stephen) Hawking Eric	$400 [4] The Straits of Florida & the Yucatan Channel are this gulf's only outlets the Gulf of Mexico Eric	$400 [9] Any old salt can tell you epsomite is this color white Eric	$400 [23] Daniel J. Boorstin & James H. Billington are the last 2 scholars to run this library the Library of Congress John	$400 [12] When these wars were in bloom, Richard of York met his doom the Wars of the Roses Eric	$400 [24] It's the most popular way to serve tea in the U.S., but the British think it's "not so hot" iced tea Phoebe
$600 [8] The 40th Anniversary Edition of his "Baby and Child Care" book was published in 1985 Dr. Spock John	$600 [5] This bay in Virginia & Maryland is the largest on the Atlantic coast of the U.S. the Chesapeake Phoebe	$600 [17] To identify a meteorite, Peterson's guide says to look for iron & this metal nickel John	$600 [25] This singer was picked to go to Oxford & to co-star with Barbra Streisand in "A Star is Born" Kris Kristofferson Phoebe	$600 [14] Around Wiltshire they tell a story that this rock group was an observatory Stonehenge Phoebe	$600 [28] Darjeeling tea is grown in Darjeeling, India, in the foothills of these mountains the Himalayas Eric
$800 [6] "According to" our sources, the first game book he wrote was a "Short Treatise on the Game of Whist" (Edmond) Hoyle John	$800 [10] This sea is sometimes referred to as the "American Mediterranean" the Caribbean Phoebe John	$800 [18] The fossils in this type of rock may remain even after it's changed into marble limestone Phoebe	$800 [26] The dean of students might be able to tell you that this Dean was Secretary of State during the '60s Rusk Phoebe	$800 [15] In the P.M.'s chair he was sittin' during the 1940-41 Battle of Britain Churchill Eric	$800 [29] The leading tea-growing country in Africa, it's known for its coffee plantations, too Kenya Phoebe
$1,000 [19] "An Amateur Laborer" tells of his unhappy, impoverished period after the publication of "Sister Carrie" Theodore Dreiser	DD $1,500 [13] This river flows over 2,200 miles from the Valdai Hills NW of Moscow to the Caspian Sea the Volga Eric	$1,000 [20] Shale changes into this rock metamorphically & also by changing 2 letters slate John	DD $2,000 [27] This former Arkansas senator who set up a scholarship fund won a scholarship to Oxford (J. William) Fulbright Phoebe	$1,000 [16] William's protection against besiegers, it's now the home of the Beefeaters the Tower of London John	$1,000 [30] This great Roman orator coined the phrase we translate as "a tempest in a teapot" Cicero Eric

Final Jeopardy!

ANCIENT ROME

General Publius Scipio won the surname "Africanus" for beating this man at the 202 B.C. Battle of Zama

Hannibal

Eric "Who was Hannibal?" — wagered $2,800

John "Who was Hannibal?" — wagered $8,400

Phoebe "Who was Hannibal" — wagered $0

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