Show #2474 - Thursday, May 11, 1995

1995 College Championship final game 1.

Contestants

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Rebekah Reeves, a freshman from Texas A&M University

Ben Lyon, a freshman from the University of Oklahoma

Steve Smith, a senior from the University of Notre Dame

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Jeopardy! Round

THE BIBLE
SPORTS
FASHION NAMES
AMERICANA
IN THE NEWS
JUST DESSERTS
    $100 11
This garden is the first specific place on earth named in the Bible
    $100 6
In 1991 Hansel finished 10th in this triple crown race, but won the Preakness & Belmont Stakes
    $100 16
First name in fashion for a Cole & a Klein II
    $100 1
This state's unofficial nickname is "Little Rhody"
    $100 21
On Jan. 1, 1995 the price of a first class postage stamp increased to this amount
    $100 26
This nut, used to make a popular southern pie, is closely related to the hickory nut
    $200 12
From Luke we learn the Lord's supper goes back to a dinner during this holiday
    $200 7
Brazil is the only nation to appear in every one of these soccer championships
    $200 17
It's the fashion line you "Git" into
    $200 2
Franklin Pierce belonged to the Aztec Club, a society of veterans of this war
    $200 22
Putting his family first, this former VP announced he won't seek the presidency in 1996
    $200 27
Stiffly beaten, these give an angel food cake its airy texture
    $300 13
"A very grievous hail" was the seventh of these
    $300 8
In 1988 this German tennis star became only the third woman to win the grand slam
    $300 18
In ads Bridget Hall can be seen in this designer's mini polo
    $300 3
She spent her last years in a Eureka Springs, Arkansas boarding house known as "Hatchet Hall"
    $300 23
Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, was elected head of this org.
    $300 28
The English Banbury cake is filled with currants, spices & the peel of this citrus fruit
    $400 14
When he died, his garments were put on his son Eleazar by his brother Moses
    $400 9
Men from this sport named Male Athlete of the Year by the AP include Ben Hogan & Lee Trevino
    $400 19
It's a chain of stores, or a term for a tropical country whose economy is based on fruit
    $400 4
Originally, the Pennsylvania Dutch painted these signs on barns to protect against evil spirits
    $400 24
In a close encounter, the shuttle Discovery rendezvoused with this Russian space station
    $400 29
This almond paste confection is also called marchpane
    $500 15
In Genesis 32 he wrestled an angel
    $500 10
While with this team, Eric Dickerson set the NFL single-season rushing record wit 2,105 yards
    $500 20
U.S. state that's the last name of designer Claude
    $500 5
Virginia's Shenandoah River is the largest tributary of this river
    DD: $1,000 25
Famous for his scholarship program this longtime Arkansas Senator passed away in 1995
    $500 30
The elegant Linzertorte was invented in Linz in this country

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

Steve Ben Rebekah
$1,200 $1,800 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Ben Rebekah
$3,800 $1,700 $1,900

Double Jeopardy! Round

RULERS
LIBRARIES
THE BODY HUMAN
PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS
AROUND THE WORLD
12-LETTER WORDS
    $200 12
In 1468 the Accord of Tores de Guisando recognized her as heiress to the throne of Castile
    $200 7
The New York State Library in this capital has a preliminary copy of the Emancipation Proclamation
    $200 1
Its "pacemaker" is located at the juncture of the superior vena cava & the right atrium
    $200 21
This partner of Frederick Loewe wrote the book & the lyrics for "Brigadoon"
    $200 6
Table Mountain, near Cape Town in this country, is often enshrined by a cloud called "The Tablecloth"
    $200 26
This substance is commonly used in making dyes & for preserving biological specimens
    $400 13
The biographer Einhard said this great king of the Franks had a surprisingly high-pitched voice
    $400 8
The Nevada State Library & Archives in this city is the state government's official library
    $400 2
This fibrous cord that attaches the calf to the heel is properly called the tendo calcaneus
    $400 22
"The Cherry Orchard" opened at the Moscow Art Theatre on this playwright's birthday in 1904
    $400 15
Some 6,800 French Canadians live on Ile d'Orleans, an island in this province
    $400 27
Term for one who opposed slavery in the U.S.
    $600 14
The second Hawaiian king to bear this name was also known as Liholiho
    $600 9
The Hackley Public Library in Muskegon in this state has a notable collection on lumbering
    $600 3
Organs in this "cavity" include the spleen & pancreas
    $600 23
First published in 1873, "Emperor and Galilean" is a 10-act drama by this Norwegian
    $600 16
The city of Montevideo is the commercial center of this country
    $600 28
From the Greek for "love of man", it's the helping of mankind through charitable gifts & humanitarianism
    $800 19
Hassan II was commander of this country's royal army before he became its king
    $800 10
This Rochester, Minnesota clinic has its own medical library
    $800 4
This thigh bone is the strongest bone in the body
    $800 24
Best known for comedies like "Private Lives", he made his reputation with "The Vortex", a serious drama
    DD: $1,500 17
Vilnius, the capital of this country, was destroyed by the Teutonic Knights in 1377
    DD: $2,200 29
It's the branch of science that studies fossils
    $1000 20
In September 1762 the Archbishop of Novgorod anointed her empress
    $1000 11
Disraeli was one of the foreign authors who gave books to this city's library after the 1871 fire
    $1000 5
Hormones produced by the hypothalamus control this "master gland"
    $1000 25
A band is heard playing "John Brown's Body" at the beginning of his play "Mourning Becomes Electra"
    $1000 18
Mongolia's Academy of Sciences is located on this capital city
    $1000 30
It describes the appearance of someone who's wearing eyeglasses

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Ben Rebekah
$4,000 $10,500 $8,000

Final Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN LITERATURE
Chapter XI of this 1826 novel is prefaced by a Shakespearean quote: "Cursed be my tribe, if I forgive him"

Final scores:

Steve Ben Rebekah
$8,000 $5,500 $6,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Steve Ben Rebekah
$3,500 $9,100 $7,300
16 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 21 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 17 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $19,900

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Game tape date: 1995-04-02
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