Show #2239 - Thursday, May 5, 1994

1994 College Championship quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

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Shawn Wrobel, a freshman from Stanford University

Benoy Chacko, a sophomore from the University of Michigan

Kristin Brewe, a senior from the University of Minnesota

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Jeopardy! Round

STATE CAPITALS
MONSTERS
PROVERBS
1949
THE CIRCLE
COMMON BONDS
    $100 6
This city on Ohio's Scioto River was laid out in 1812
    $100 1
It's affectionately known as Nessie
    $100 8
"You can't judge a book by its binding", nor by this
    $100 16
On August 23 a manslaughter charge was filed against the cabbie who killed this "Gone with the Wind" author
    $100 20
It's the device with one pointed leg & a pencil on the other, used to draw circles
    $100 26
The Royal
Standard,
the Jolly Roger,
the Stars
and Stripes
    $200 7
Until 1900 Newport & this city were co-capitals of Rhode Island
    $200 2
It's the name native Tibetans have given to the Abominaible Snowman
    $200 9
It's long been said, "If you want peace, you must prepare" for this
    $200 17
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, shah of this country, was wounded when a reporter fired 5 shots at him
    $200 21
Name for the chord or line that goes through the center
    $200 27
Art,
wax,
natural history
    $300 13
The art center in this Iowa capital was designed in the 1940s by Eliel Saarinen
    $300 3
The simurgh, like the roc, was a giant one of these
    $300 10
An African proverb says, "Leave a log in the water as long as you like, it will never be" this reptile
    $300 18
In this country's first election, David Ben-Gurion's Mapai Party won a large plurality
    $300 22
An arc that covers 25% of the circumference measures this many degrees
    $300 28
Sudd,
Dismal,
Okefenokee
    $400 14
Battle Abbey in this city is the headquarters of the Virginia Historical Society
    $400 4
A manticore has a human head, the body of a lion & the tail of this zodiac arachnid
    $400 11
Completes the proverb "The spirit is willing, but..."
    $400 19
April 14 the war crimes tribunal in this German city passed sentence on 19 criminals
    DD: $400 24
This part of a circle shares its name with a bone in the arm
    $400 29
Sheep,
blessings,
calories
    $500 15
It's the northernmost state capital in the Rocky Mountains
    $500 5
This monster that lived under a fig tree across from Scylla swallowed & threw up the sea waters 3 times a day
    $500 12
"No rose without a thorn" & "no garden without" these
    $500 23
In his January 5 state of the union message, he called for a "Fair Deal"
    $500 25
Fraction used as a common estimate for pi
    $500 30
Scottish,
Skye,
sealyham

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

Kristin Benoy Shawn
$0 $800 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Kristin Benoy Shawn
$600 $2,000 $2,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS NAMES
TRAVEL & TOURISM
COMPOSERS
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
POTPOURRI
    $200 1
At 25 he captured a $25,000 prize for being the first person to fly the Atlantic solo
    $200 23
The Lambeth, Westminster & Waterloo Bridges all span this river
    $200 18
The Stadtpark in Vienna features a statue of this "Waltz King" with violin in hand
    $200 6
1963's Gray v. Sanders established the concept of "one man, one" this in reapportionment
    $200 7
The first use of this name for the heroine of "The Three Bears" occurred around 1904
    $200 13
While it's been on coins since the Civil War, it wasn't made the national motto until 1956
    $400 2
In one year, 1882, he received 75 patents on his inventions
    $400 24
Collier's Weekly helped raise money to buy this president's Kentucky birthplace in 1905-06
    $400 19
Having sold the rights, he wasn't recognized as the composer of "Swanee River" until after his death
    $400 9
Ware v. Hylton in 1796, held that these international agreements supersede state laws
    $400 8
In this 1726 satire, high heels & low heels in Lilliput represent the Tories & the Whigs
    $400 14
This outer space "breeze" interacts with the Earth's atmosphere to create the auroras
    $600 3
Survey says from 1929-1931 this famous pollster was head of the journalism dept. at Drake University
    $600 25
A Vietnam War exhibit is one of the highlights at his presidential library in Austin, Texas
    $600 20
Beethoven called this oratorio composer "the greatest composer that ever lived"
    $600 10
In Dartmouth College v. Woodward, the court kept this state from taking over the college
    $600 28
"Anne of Avonlea" was the first sequel to this 1908 book about a red-haired orphan girl
    $600 15
The 3 gifts associated with Epiphany
    $800 4
To generations of dancers, this late Russian-born choreographer was known as "Mr. B."
    $800 26
Fort Frederica on St. Simons Island in this state was built by James Oglethorpe in the 1730s
    $800 21
The inspiration for many of this Norwegian's songs was his cousin Nina Hagerup, whom he married in 1867
    DD: $800 11
As a result of this man's suit against Arizona, police must read arrestees their right
    $800 29
In 1942 this "Dr. Dolittle" author wrote an anti-war poem for adults titled "Victory for the Slain"
    $800 16
His watercolor paintings were put on 1994 British stamps to celebrate his investiture's 25th anniversary
    DD: $400 5
He was teaching at the University of Chicago when he was awarded the 1976 Nobel Prize in Economics
    $1000 27
The 1,815-foot CN Tower in this Canadian city is the world's tallest self-supporting structure
    $1000 22
After composing "Peter and the Wolf", he wrote "Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution"
    $1000 12
Dennis v. U.S. upheld the convictions of 11 leaders of this party under the Smith Act
    $1000 30
In this Mary Rodgers story, a 13-year-old girl wakes up to find that she has become her own mother
    $1000 17
We bet you knew U Nu was this country's first premier

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Kristin Benoy Shawn
$8,200 $4,200 $7,800

Final Jeopardy! Round

THE BIBLE
Although blind, he killed 3,000 at a religious festival

Final scores:

Kristin Benoy Shawn
$9,200 $8,400 $5,300
Automatic semifinalist 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Kristin Benoy Shawn
$8,800 $4,200 $7,800
23 R
(including 2 DDs),
4 W		 15 R,
3 W		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $20,800

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Game tape date: 1994-02-27
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