Show #3390 - Friday, May 7, 1999

1999 College Championship quarterfinal game 5.
From the Rosemont Theatre in Rosemont, Illinois.

Contestants

[<< previous game]

Tara Crabtree, a senior at the University of Washington from Seattle, Washington

Cameron Blakemore, a junior at Oklahoma State University from Shawnee, Oklahoma

Whitney Owens, a senior at Northwestern University from Overland Park, Kansas

[next game >>]

Jeopardy! Round

"MOTHER"s DAY
NATIONS' MOST POPULOUS CITIES
...AND WE LIKED IT!
MICHAEL JORDAN
ROYALTY
IT'S NOT ALEX TREBEK
    $100 1
She "went to the cupboard to fetch her poor dog a bone"
    $100 7
Ireland
    $100 12
Before the 1912 Cadillac, we risked broken bones turning these to start the car...& we liked it!
    $100 21
The first edition of the "Air Jordan" product from this company came out in 1985
    $100 5
Henry VIII married 3 Catherines, 2 Annes & this many Janes
    $100 26
It's not me seen here coming out of the voting booth in 1962, but it is this woman who would later become first lady
    $200 2
Based on the number of commanders in chief born there, it's a nickname for the state of Virginia
    $200 8
Australia
    $200 13
If King Gillette hadn't started mass-producing these, we'd still be sharpening them constantly...& we'd like it!
    $200 22
Born February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, N.Y. His Airness is this air sign of the Zodiac
    $200 17
King Pedro IV of Portugal was also emperor Pedro I of this South American country
    $200 27
It's not me in the 1968 photo seen here, but it is this victorious former Maryland governor & running mate
    $300 3
For miners, it's the main vein of ore in a region
    $300 9
Canada
    DD: $500 14
Until Roy Plunkett invented this material, we spent hours scraping food off cookware...& we liked it!
    $300 23
It's the alma mater that retired Michael's No. 23 jersey
    $300 18
Bohemond I was a great leader of the first of these expeditions, in the 1090s
    $300 28
It's not me in the 1981 photo seen here, but it is this famous Georgian
    $400 4
It's another name for your native language
    $400 10
Pakistan
    $400 15
Until the photocopier, we always had stained fingers from the paper named for this element...& we liked it!
    $400 24
MJ won Olympic gold in 1992 in Barcelona & in 1984 in this city
    $400 19
Catherine de Medicis was this Scottish queen's first mother-in-law
    $400 29
It's not me in the 1959 photo seen here, but it is this debatable Soviet leader
    $500 6
This courageous Nobel Prize-winning nun was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in 1910
    $500 11
Morocco
    $500 16
Before calculators were common, every student had this jutting from his pocket...& we liked it!
    $500 25
In 1993 Jordan joined this man as the only 2 players in NBA history to win 7 consecutive scoring titles
    $500 20
Prince Andrew's younger daughter shares this first name with the wife of emperor Napoleon III
    $500 30
It's not me in the 1959 photo seen here, but it is this famous political pet

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Whitney Cameron Tara
$1,400 $900 $100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Whitney Cameron Tara
$1,300 $1,500 $1,600

Double Jeopardy! Round

CELEBRITY DAUGHTERS & MOMS
THE SCIENCE OF COLOR
FAMOUS VEHICLES
THE 19th CENTURY
BEFORE & AFTER
THE LAST CATEGORY
    $200 26
Jamie Lee Curtis
    $200 3
The defect called deuteranopia usually causes confusion of red & this color; a possible problem at traffic signals
    $200 13
From the Middle Greek for "small vessel", they're the famous canalcraft of Venice
    $200 8
Opened to the West in the 1850s, this nation learned fast & defeated China in war in the 1890s
    $200 1
Supremes superstar running as a third party option in 1992 & 1996
    $200 21
In his last "Tonight Show" monologue, on May 22, 1992 he took a parting shot at Dan Quayle
    $400 27
Carrie Fisher
    $400 4
2 colors called this aren't praising each other, they're directly opposite each other on a color wheel
    $400 14
First name given to Disney's "The Love Bug" who starred in 4 movies
    $400 9
These 2 comrades' first major joint work, 1845's "The German Ideology", went unpublished for decades
    $400 2
"City Slickers" funnyman who built Rev. Schuller's Orange County church
    $400 22
Viaticum, confession & anointing of the sick are part of this Roman Catholic procedure
    DD: $500 30
Natasha Gregson Wagner
    $600 18
A prism breaks sunlight into the visible part of this, containing the colors of the rainbow
    $600 15
The Speedwell was this famous ship's companion in August 1620
    $600 10
Industrialists said "Bessemer Mucho" in 1856 when Henry Bessemer announced a new process for making this
    $600 5
NYC museum on 53rd Street that was Paul Simon's singing partner
    $600 23
The last line of this Jack London tale is "...he sings a song of the younger world, which is the song of the pack"
    $800 29
Melanie Griffith
    $800 19
This 3-letter word for a basic color like blue is one element of the Munsell Classification System
    $800 16
It was Captain Nemo's deadly submarine in the Jules Verne classic "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"
    DD: $500 11
Charles Lyell's "Principles of" this science said processes that have changed the Earth continue to operate today
    $800 6
"Sling Blade" actor who chronicled "The Bridge of San Luis Rey"
    $800 24
This "Home Run King" played in his 3,298th & last game for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1976
    $1000 28
Kate Hudson
    $1000 20
In violet, this distance is a short 3,800 to 4,500 angstrom units
    $1000 17
Espionage was the charge when North Korea captured this 83-man U.S. vessel in January 1968
    $1000 12
The U.S. formally acquired it in 1821; it became a territory in 1822 & a state in 1845
    $1000 7
Grammy-winning ex-Menudo singing sensation who became the 8th U.S. president
    $1000 25
His "New World" symphony was his ninth & last

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Whitney Cameron Tara
$1,800 $2,600 $2,000

Final Jeopardy! Round

FROM BOOK TO FILM
This recent hit film was based on the book "Gesundheit: Good Health is a Laughing Matter"

Final scores:

Whitney Cameron Tara
$2,800 $4,001 $500
2nd place: $2,500 if eliminated Automatic semifinalist 3rd place: $2,500 if eliminated

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Whitney Cameron Tara
$2,100 $3,100 $2,000
15 R
(including 1 DD),
8 W
(including 1 DD)
16 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)
9 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $7,200

[game responses] [game scores] [suggest correction]

Game tape date: Unknown
The J! Archive is created by fans, for fans. Scraping, republication, monetization, and malicious use prohibited; this site may use cookies and collect identifying information. See terms. The Jeopardy! game show and all elements thereof, including but not limited to copyright and trademark thereto, are the property of Jeopardy Productions, Inc. and are protected under law. This website is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or operated by Jeopardy Productions, Inc. Join the discussion at JBoard.tv.