Responses for Show #2936 - Monday, May 12, 1997

1997 College Championship quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

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Aaron Wenger, a junior from the University of Louisville

James Tong, a junior from Yale University

Brigid Laurie, a sophomore from Bryn Mawr College

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE 1960s
WHEN THEY WERE IN COLLEGE
AMERICANA
MUSIC VIDEOS
ECONOMICS
TAKE A LETTER
(Alex: In this case, we need a letter from you as your response)
    $100 3
Roman Catholic

Aaron
    $100 1
University of Southern California

James
    $100 11
New Orleans

Brigid
    $100 9
Jeff Foxworthy

James
    $100 2
Unemployment

Aaron
    $100 27
F

James
    $200 4
Soviet Union (USSR)

Aaron
    $200 17
(A: What is Oxford?)

Cambridge

JamesAaron
    $200 12
Charleston

James
    $200 22
Mentos

Aaron
    $200 8
Income tax

Aaron
    $200 26
S

Aaron
    $300 5
Hippies

Aaron
    $300 28
University of Virginia

James
    $300 14
Vermont

Brigid
    $300 23
"I'll Be There For You"

Aaron
    $300 10
(J: What is welfare?)

Healthcare

JamesAaron
    $300 19
T

Aaron
    $400 6
(J: No response)

John F. Kennedy, Jr.

JamesAaron
    $400 29
Iman

Aaron
    $400 15
Lake Michigan

Aaron
    $400 24
Smashing Pumpkins

Brigid
    $400 13
Recession

Brigid
    $1,300 20
H

Aaron
    $500 7
Viet Cong

James
    $500 30
Madeleine Albright

James
    $500 16
James Oglethorpe

Brigid
    $500 25
Nirvana

Aaron
    $500 18
Nationalization

Aaron
    $500 21
B

Aaron

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 12):

Brigid James Aaron
$100 $200 $1,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Brigid James Aaron
$1,700 $1,300 $6,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE 1690s
NONFICTION
FOOD
ART
LOGIC
-OLOGIES
    $200 1
Queen Mary II

Aaron
    $200 18
Prince Charles

Aaron
    $200 16
Pepperoni

Aaron
    $200 9
Leonardo da Vinci

Brigid
    $200 23
If

Aaron
    $200 6
Ears

Aaron
    $400 4
(J: Who is Isaac Newton?)
(A: Who is William Herschel?)
(B: Who is Kepler?)

Edmond Halley

BrigidJamesAaron
Triple Stumper
    $400 19
The Color Purple

James
    $400 17
Marshmallow

James
    $400 12
Caricature

James
    $400 27
Deductive

James
    $400 7
Theology

James
    $600 2
(J: What is Haiti?)

Hispaniola

JamesAaron
    $600 20
Richard Wright

Aaron
    $600 24
(A: What is a dumpling?)
(Alex: Be more specific...)

Matzo balls

Aaron
    $1,000 13
Watercolor

James
    $600 28
Dilemma

Triple Stumper
    $600 8
Geology

Aaron
    $800 3
"Cinderella"

Brigid
    $800 21
Stephen Hawking

James
    $800 25
Pumpkin

Aaron
    $800 14
Elgin marbles

Aaron
    $800 29
(J: Who was Socrates?)

Aristotle

JamesAaron
    $800 10
Dermatology

Aaron
    $1,000 5
Poet Laureate

Brigid
    $1000 22
Zlata Filipovic

Triple Stumper
    $1000 26
Tofu

Aaron
    $1000 15
Auguste Rodin

Brigid
    $1000 30
(Alex: Well, we all know who's going to win this game...)

Syllogism

Aaron
    $1000 11
Psychology

James

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Brigid James Aaron
$4,300 $4,300 $14,200
(lock game)

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

MOVIES
BrigidWhat is Star Wars?
$2,300
JamesWhat is Star Wars
$4,300
AaronWhat is Star Wars?
$4,000
Star Wars

Final scores:

Brigid James Aaron
$6,600 $8,600 $18,200
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated Automatic semifinalist

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Brigid James Aaron
$4,300 $3,900 $13,300
9 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W		 32 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $21,500

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Game tape date: 1997-02-25
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