Show #1554 - Thursday, May 9, 1991

1991 College Championship quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

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Holly McCann, a senior from Wayne State University

Andre DuVoisin, a senior from the University of New Orleans

Maureen Duffy, a freshman from Ohio State University

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Jeopardy! Round

COLLEGE DEGREES
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
TV SITCOMS
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
SPORTS: 1990
COMMON BONDS
    $100 11
We hope this doesn't bemuse you, but a B.Mus. is this
    $100 2
The geographic center of this state is in Twiggs County, 18 miles from Macon
    $100 7
This character, a star TV reporter, has a penchant for chewing No. 2 pencils
    $100 1
Don't tell Popeye, but the oxalic acid in this vegetable makes it difficult to absorb its iron
    $100 18
On July 23, 1990, for the second year in a row, a person from this country won the Tour de France
    $100 8
Duds, togs, threads
    $200 23
A B.L.S. is a bachelor of this science--shhhh!
    $200 3
The Grand Canyon is one of many canyons carved by this river
    $200 9
The First Community Church of Philadelphia is the setting for this NBC sitcom
    $200 17
This green citrus fruit is about half the size of a lemon
    $200 28
He was boxing's heavyweight champ from February 10 to October 25
    $200 13
Clog, frug, jig
    $300 24
A drama major may earn a B.F.A., which stands for this
    $300 4
Major rivers emptying into this bay include the James, York & Potomac
    $300 10
This accountant played by George Wendt is 1 of 4 characters who have been on "Cheers" since its 1982 beginning
    DD: $1,000 20
Miso, tamari & tofu are all made from this legume
    $300 29
The 1990 Indy 500 marked his 33rd consecutive appearance in the race
    $300 14
Actor John,
actress Jill,
swimsuit model
Kathy
    $400 25
A M.S.W. is a master of this kind of work
    $400 5
The Pilgrims docked at Provincetown on this peninsula before going on to Plymouth
    $400 12
To honor the Marine Corps' 215th anniversary in 1990, Dan Quayle appeared on this series
    $400 21
This yellow string bean is an immature form of a kidney bean
    $400 15
Car trunk,
box, beanstalk
    $500 27
A B.E.E. is a bachelor of this, not of beekeeping
    $500 6
Descendants of Jean Laffite's men live on Grand Isle, just off the coast of this state
    $500 19
In "Davis Rules", Randy Quaid plays a grammar school principal & this comedian his father, Gunny
    $500 22
This pear, the most widely cultivated in the U.S., is actually the bon chretien of Europe
    $500 26
This team joined the Big 10, which could have made it the Big 11
    $500 16
Punch, 3,
buckle my shoe

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 16):

Maureen André Holly
$800 $1,900 $1,100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Maureen André Holly
$2,500 $2,500 $2,500

Double Jeopardy! Round

COMPOSERS
GOVERNMENT
ARTISTS
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
CONQUERORS
THE 1960s
    $200 18
He completed his "Messiah" oratorio in about 25 days
    $200 12
This Treasury Dept. agency handles over 100 million individual tax returns every year
    $200 11
His 1632 work "Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp" was an official portrait of the Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons
    $200 13
The earliest form of capacitor, the Leyden jar, was used for storing this
    $200 6
This Norman conquered England but failed to conquer Wales
    $200 1
On October 1, 1962 this 2-word introduction was used for the first time on "The Tonight Show"
    $400 19
He dedicated the "Moonlight" sonata" to lady love Giulietta Guicciardi
    $400 20
As head of our nation's armed forces, George Bush holds this title
    $400 23
In 1936, during the Spanish Civil War, this Cubist was appointed director of the Prado
    $400 14
At a constant temperature, the volume of a gas decreases as this increases
    $400 7
This Spaniard's 1533 execution of Atahualpa, the Incan leader, led to Spain's conquest of Peru
    $400 2
Writer Norman Mailer ran for mayor of this city, wanting to make it the 51st state if elected
    $600 22
In the Baroque period so many of this family held musical jobs in Erfurt, their name came to mean musician
    DD: $500 21
The two health insurance plans established by the federal government in 1965
    $600 24
This artist's book "Noa Noa" is an idealized account of his early years in Tahiti
    $600 15
This simple device is actually an inclined plane wrapped in a spiral around a shaft
    $600 8
In 1796 France's new government, the Directory, appointed him commander of the army of Italy
    $600 3
The first man to orbit the Earth, April 12, 1961, he said, "I didn't just sit in my chair, I hung in space"
    $800 25
Though he continued to compose other forms of music, "William Tell" was his last operatic work
    $800 27
In the absence of the vice president this official presides over the Senate
    $800 16
Radar guns used by police to judge automobile speeds make use of this scientific "effect"
    $800 9
Noted for his cruelty, this first Russian czar conquered much of Siberia
    $800 4
President whose daughter married Marine Captain Charles Robb in the White House
    DD: $900 26
On graduation day, remember that it was Sir Edward Elgar who composed this graduation march
    $1000 28
In most states a governor can be removed by impeachment; in some by this petition process as well
    $1000 29
The subjects for most of this artist's works were the Paris cabarets, especially Moulin Rouge
    $1000 17
This Danish physicist's 1st work was a 1907 investigation of the surface tension of water
    $1000 10
This "Great" founder of the Persian Empire conquered Babylon in 539 B.C. & freed the Jewish captives
    $1000 5
Black Panther leader noted for the black power doctrine & his book "Soul on Ice"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Maureen André Holly
$2,300 $6,000 $4,200

Final Jeopardy! Round

THE OSCARS
The 3rd most nominated actress ever, she received her 9th Oscar nomination in 1991

Final scores:

Maureen André Holly
$0 $2,000 $1,600
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated Automatic semifinalist 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Maureen André Holly
$1,600 $6,900 $4,700
9 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 23 R,
7 W
(including 1 DD)		 15 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $13,200

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