Show #6017 - Tuesday, November 9, 2010

2010-B College Championship quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

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Hans von Walter, a junior from Southern Adventist University from Avon Park, Florida

Lea Tottle, a junior from Florida State University from Oldsmar, Florida

Erin McLean, a sophomore from Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts

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Jeopardy! Round

TITLES CONTAINING TITLES
BASKETBALL
THEM CROOKED VULTURES
ROOMMATES
VIDEO GAMES
SUBTRACT A LETTER
    $200 14
Hans Christian Anderson:
"The ____ and the Pea"
    $200 22
He's been made an honorary ambassador to the city in Japan that shares his name
    $200 26
New World vultures lack a organ called a syrinx, so they also lack this; all they can do is hiss & grunt
    $200 1
Al Gore & Tommy Lee Jones were roommates at this Ivy League school
    $200 11
Get your feet moving to this game based on an NBC reality show that wants to help you shed some pounds
    $200 6
...from "native" & it becomes this--simple & unsuspecting
    $400 15
Sophocles:
"Oedipus ____"
    $400 27
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew hangs on a basketball hoop.) If I hang on the rim after one of my thunderous dunks, I'll be hit with this 2-word infraction
    $400 12
Sometimes it dines on crustaceans & fish, but the palm-nut vulture's diet is primarily this, aka herbivorous
    $400 2
These Sesame Street Muppet roommates have shared an apartment since 1969
    $400 13
This "colorful" game from Rock Star follows former outlaw John Marston as he tames the West
    $400 7
...from "portion" & you get this type of magic drink
    $600 16
Machiavelli:
"The ____"
    $600 28
In 1994 he hit 3 HRs for the Double-A Birmingham Barons; in '96 he was the NBA's season & finals MVP
    $600 23
A New World vulture known as the Andean this is so large that it sometimes preys on newborn calves
    $600 3
As a senator, this bachelor president roomed with future Vice President William King
    $600 19
I hit it big when Nintendo re-created my likeness with one of these, which rhymes with the gaming console you play on
    $600 8
...from "insane" to get this word meaning silly
    $800 17
Spenser:
"The Faerie ____"
    $800 29
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew bounces the ball on the court.) The alliterative action that I'm demonstrating results in this infraction & puts my team on defense
    $800 24
When feeding, vultures keep strict order based on body size & the strength of this, used for tearing hide & flesh
    $800 4
While rooming with his brother Vincent van Gogh, he introduced Vincent to some Impressionist friends
    $800 20
"Dante's Inferno", which is loosely based on this 14th century poem, involves a hellish journey to find Beatrice
    $800 9
...from "invert" & you'll render it this, meaning motionless
    $1000 18
Oscar Wilde:
"____ Windermere's Fan"
    $1000 30
Though he didn't play organized hoops until 9th grade, this Spurs center is a 3-time NBA Finals MVP
    DD: $1,000 25
This word for the type of bird vultures are is from an old word meaning a toll collector
    $1000 5
At Juilliard in the '40s, this "Bird" of a sax player roomed with trumpeter Miles Davis
    $1000 21
With the Green Lantern, Wonder Woman & Superman, you've got to be gaming in this comic book label's universe
    $1000 10
...in "sentiment" to become this--conscious or aware

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Erin Lea Hans
-$200 $1,200 $2,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Erin Lea Hans
$1,400 $1,800 $5,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

COURT DECISIONS 2010
THAT'S A RAP
THE MUSES
COLLEGE HANGOUTS
NOTABLE NAMES
CROSSWORD CLUES "O"
    $400 26
A court said 1998's Dickey-Wicker Amendment clearly bans federal funding for research on these embryonic cells
    $400 21
"I'm stayin' up all night hopin', hittin' my head against the wall", this "Animal" gal raps on "Your Love Is My Drug"
    $400 16
Melpomene is the muse of tragedy & her sister Thalia, of this
    $400 11
Smith College students can sip this at the Haymarket Cafe, knowing it's what "cafe" means
    $400 6
This telegraph inventor was a charter trustee of Vassar College
    $400 1
Loud speaker
(6)
    $800 27
The administration had trouble getting a moratorium on deepwater this past Judge Feldman
    $800 22
On Jay Sean's hit "Down", this "diminutive" guy steps in to rap, "Honestly, I'm down like the economy"
    $800 17
Urania, the muse of this science, is sometimes shown wearing a cloak embroidered with stars
    $800 12
Bring your sonnets to the Rye Bar in Athens, Georgia on Mondays-- it's this "night" for unscheduled performers
    $800 7
During a trip to Europe in 1804, this South American liberator vowed to fight for independence from Spain
    $800 2
Unit of fluid weight
(5)
    $1200 28
In July a judge blocked major provisions of this Southwestern state's SB 1070
    $1200 23
On "Miss Me", this Degrassi alum raps, "I'll be at my table stackin' dollars to the perfect height"
    DD: $1,200 18
Clio is the muse of this & is often depicted with a scroll, perhaps to record the deeds of men through the ages
    $1200 13
The Cougar Cottage is convenient to this Pacific Northwest campus in Pullman
    DD: $600 8
At the Diet of Worms in 1521, he said, "I cannot and will not retract anything"
    $1200 3
To swing like a pendulum (9)
    $1600 29
A court nixed these on Utah public roads to honor fallen state troopers--they imply a state religious bias
    $1600 24
This rapper born Calvin Broadus teamed with The-Dream on "Gangsta Luv"
    $1600 19
This patron of epic poetry is usually pictured with a writing tablet, not a steam-powered circus instrument
    $1600 14
Governor Charlie Crist has been known to stop in at Big Daddy's, famed as a hangout for this school
    $1600 9
This woman who led the birth control movement in the early 1900s was a founder of what became Planned Parenthood
    $1600 4
Round trip
(5)
    $2000 30
In August a Montana federal judge ruled that these predators may not be hunted
    $2000 25
On "Love The Way You Lie", Eminem raps, "Now you get to watch her leave out the window/Guess that's why they call it" this
    $2000 20
The name of this muse is from the Greek for "delighting in dance"
    $2000 15
Long night of, uh, studying at this College Park school? How about a feta omelette at Plato's Diner
    $2000 10
For a time, this French author & philosopher lived at the court of Prussian king Frederick the Great
    $2000 5
Barrier, as to justice
(11)

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Erin Lea Hans
$13,000 $11,200 $10,000

Final Jeopardy! Round

WORDS IN 20th CENTURY NOVELS
Words found in this 1945 fable include brood, baying, bleating, comrade, tyranny & rebellion

Final scores:

Erin Lea Hans
$22,401 $17,200 $17,000
Automatic semifinalist 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Erin Lea Hans
$14,000 $11,800 $10,000
17 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 20 R,
5 W

Combined Coryat: $35,800

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Game tape date: 2010-10-18
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