Responses for Show #3960 - Friday, November 16, 2001

2001 College Championship semifinal game 3.
From the campus at UCLA.

Contestants

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Matt Schnippert, a sophomore at Florida State University from Jacksonville, Florida

Mysti Kofford, a junior at Boston University from New Orleans, Louisiana

Sara Dean, a junior at Syracuse University from Olney, Maryland

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Jeopardy! Round responses

TIME
THE FALL 2001 TV SEASON
CATS & DOGS
MOUNTAIN TIME
NONPOTENT POTABLES
EXPLORING THE "DARK" SIDE
    $100 16
(Sara: What is a robot?)

a computer

SaraMatt
    $100 1
Law & Order

Matt
    $100 2
Scottish terriers

Matt
    $100 21
Pikes Peak

Matt
    $100 26
(Mysti: What is Evian?)

Perrier

SaraMysti
    $100 11
dark meat

Matt
    $200 17
(Mysti: What is abortion?)

contraception (or birth control)

SaraMysti
    $200 4
the Central Intelligence Agency

Matt
    $200 3
the saber-toothed tiger

Sara
    $1,000 22
Mount Olympus

Matt
    $200 27
Ocean Spray

Sara
    $200 12
a dark horse

Sara
    $300 18
George Bush & Mikhail Gorbachev

Matt
    $300 6
Kim Delaney

Sara
    $300 5
the ears

Sara
    $300 23
the Andes

Matt
    $300 28
Sprite

Sara
    $300 13
the darkroom

Mysti
    $400 19
(Alex: He had a neat [*].)

cigarette holder

Triple Stumper
    $400 7
Richard Dreyfuss

Matt
    $400 9
a spaniel

Triple Stumper
    $400 24
the Catskills

Sara
    $400 29
Royal Crown

Mysti
    $400 14
the Dark Ages

Matt
    $500 20
(Alex: [*], the mayor of Oakland, here in California.)

Jerry Brown

Triple Stumper
    $500 8
Charmed

Sara
    $500 10
the Rhodesian ridgeback

Triple Stumper
    $500 25
the Atlas Mountains

Matt
    $500 30
chicory

Mysti
    $500 15
dark matter

Matt

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

Sara Mysti Matt
$1,500 $300 $1,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Sara Mysti Matt
$2,600 $900 $4,100

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

RULERS & LEADERS
TRICKY QUESTIONS
(Alex: And they are tricky, so be careful.)
HARDY HAR HAR
RECENT MOVIES
OLDEN INSULTS
EXPLORING: THE DARK SIDE
    $200 7
Castro

Mysti
    $200 6
(Mysti: What is July?)
...
(Alex: [*], yes.)
(Mysti: Oh!)
(Alex: [*]'s mom. That's why they're tricky. Let's give Mysti a moment to compose herself. All right, Sara.)

Gary

SaraMysti
    $200 13
madding

Matt
    $200 1
(Sara: What is Rush Hour 2?)

Rush Hour

SaraMatt
    $200 21
France

Matt
    $200 26
the Incan Empire

Sara
    $400 12
Napoleon

Mysti
    $400 8
Mount Everest

Mysti
    $400 14
Westminster Abbey

Matt
    $400 2
Moulin Rouge!

Matt
    $400 22
(Alex: If you're in your [*], you're in your old age.)

dotage

Triple Stumper
    $400 27
[Matt gave both listed responses.]

San Augustine (or St. Augustine)

Matt
    $600 17
Yitzhak Rabin (or Shamir)

Sara
    $600 9
(Sara: Who is Boris Karloff?)
...
(Alex: Boris Karloff played the monster. [*] played Dr. Frankenstein.)

Colin Clive

SaraMysti
    $600 15
Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Matt
    $600 3
(Sara: What is the [*]?)

Planet of the Apes

Sara
    $600 23
cur

Sara
    $5 28
(Matt: How much do I have to wager?)
(Mysti: [Helpfully] You have to do five.)
(Alex: You have $10,100.)
(Matt: What's--um--I'll wager $5.)
...
(Matt: What is Africa?)

Australia

Matt
    $800 18
(Mysti: What is France?)

Haiti

MystiMatt
    $800 10
brain

Matt
    $800 16
the Mayor of Casterbridge

Triple Stumper
    $800 4
The Fast and the Furious

Mysti
    $1,000 24
(Alex: Sara?)
(Sara: [Shaking her head] What is a dodo?)

a gull

Sara
    $800 29
California

Matt
    $1000 19
Portugal

Triple Stumper
    $1000 11
(Alex: You got it!)
[Applause]

incorrectly

Matt
    $1000 20
Wessex County

Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
[Alex turned to the judges for a ruling when Mysti gave just the surname, preceded by "What is", as her response.]
(Alex: We'll accept that, yes. The artist [*].)

(Jackson) Pollock

Mysti
    $1000 25
(Matt: What is rascallion?)
(Alex: Correct.)
[Possible edit]
(Alex: [*], yes.)
[Alex's initial ruling was never reversed.]
...
(Alex: [After Matt's selection of the next clue] With a minute to go.)

rapscallion

Matt
    $1000 30
(Matt: Who is De Soto?)

La Salle

Matt
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Sara Mysti Matt
$3,000 $3,300 $9,895
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

SPORTS MARKETING
(Alex: [To Matt] Did you risk anything? No, but you're a semifinalist who is becoming a finalist by winning this game. Come on down here, Matt.)
[Applause]
(Alex: It's going to be the East Coast against the West Coast, and here are your 2 opponents in the final.)
(Vinita: Vinita Kailasanath, Stanford University.)
(Thomas: Thomas Zamora of USC.)
(Alex: All right, USC, Stanford, and Florida State right here on Monday at Pauley Pavilion. See you then. So long.)
SaraWhat are Wheaties?
$1,000
MystiWhat are Wheaties? Hey everyone =)
$3,299
MattWhat are Wheaties?
$0
Wheaties

Final scores:

Sara Mysti Matt
$4,000 $6,599 $9,895
3rd place: $5,000 2nd place: $5,000 Finalist

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Sara Mysti Matt
$4,000 $3,300 $9,100
15 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 9 R,
4 W		 25 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $16,400

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Game tape date: 2001-10-07
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