Responses for Show #2941 - Monday, May 19, 1997

1997 College Championship semifinal game 1.

Contestants

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Joel Vaughan, a junior from Duke University

Steven Bevier, a senior from Michigan State University

Brian Chan, a freshman from Harvard University

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Jeopardy! Round responses

EUROPEAN HISTORY
DESSERTS
WHAT'S HOT
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
BESTSELLERS
RHYME TIME
    $100 9
(J: Who was Hitler?)
(B: Who was Franco?)
(S: Who was Lenin?)

Benito Mussolini

BrianStevenJoel
Triple Stumper
    $100 14
Frozen yogurt

Steven
    $100 23
Tickle Me Elmo

Steven
    $100 18
Thanksgiving

Brian
    $100 6
Vietnam War

Steven
    $100 1
Free tree

Joel
    $200 10
France

Joel
    $200 15
Meringue

Steven
    $200 24
Calvin Klein

Steven
    $200 19
Lent

Joel
    $200 7
The Silence of the Lambs

Steven
    $200 2
Moon spoon

Joel
    $300 11
(J: Who were white women?)
(B: Who were noble women?)

Married women

BrianJoel
Triple Stumper
    $300 28
chocolate, strawberry & vanilla

Brian
    $300 25
Nintendo

Joel
    $300 20
Yom Kippur

Joel
    $300 8
Dr. Seuss

Brian
    $300 3
(J: What are happy rats?)

Nice mice

BrianJoel
    $400 12
Kaiser

Brian
    $400 29
Graham crackers

Steven
    $400 26
Bjork

Brian
    $400 21
May Day

Joel
    $400 16
Calvin and Hobbes

Steven
    $400 4
Warm dorm

Joel
    $500 13
Cape of Good Hope

Brian
    $500 30
(B: What is corn syrup?)
(J: What is maple syrup?)

Molasses

BrianJoel
Triple Stumper
    $500 27
Cloning

Joel
    $600 22
(J: What is Labor Day?)

Arbor Day

Joel
    $500 17
(J: Who is Schwarzkopf?)

Colin Powell

StevenJoel
    $500 5
Cranky Yankee

Brian

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

Brian Steven Joel
$1,600 $500 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Brian Steven Joel
$1,900 $2,100 $300

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

GREEK MYTHOLOGY
BODIES OF WATER
SHAKESPEARE
U.S. PRESIDENTS
COMPOSERS
MUSEUMS
    $200 21
Gold

Steven
    $200 2
Atlantic Ocean

Steven
    $200 8
Juliet

Steven
    $200 1
(J: Who was Thomas Paine?)

Thomas Jefferson

BrianJoel
    $200 26
Frederic Chopin

Brian
    $200 7
Atlanta

Steven
    $400 22
Zeus

Steven
    $400 11
(J: What is the Rubicon?)
(B: What is the Po?)

Tiber

BrianStevenJoel
    $400 9
A Midsummer Night's Dream

Steven
    $400 3
John F. Kennedy

Steven
    $400 27
J.S. Bach

Brian
    $400 17
Tobacco

Joel
    $600 23
Hellespont

Brian
    $600 14
Bering Sea

Brian
    $600 10
Hamlet

Joel
    $600 4
(S: Who was Lyndon Johnson?)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Steven
Triple Stumper
    $600 28
Joseph Haydn

Brian
    $600 18
Alex Haley

Steven
    $800 24
Cheese

Brian
    $800 15
Dead Sea

Brian
    $800 12
Richard III

Joel
    $1,000 5
Woodrow Wilson

Steven
    $800 29
Richard Wagner

Joel
    $800 19
Figure skating

Brian
    $1000 25
Artemis

Joel
    $1000 16
North Sea

Brian
    $500 13
(J: Who are Penelope, Minerva & Maria?)

Cordelia, Goneril & Regan

Joel
    $1000 6
James Monroe

Brian
    $1000 30
(B: Who was Rossini?)

Giacomo Puccini

BrianJoel
    $1000 20
(J: What is the Metropolitan Museum of Art?)
(B: What is MOMA?)

Guggenheim

BrianStevenJoel

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Brian Steven Joel
$6,500 $6,500 $2,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

18th CENTURY AMERICANS
[Steven's response was revealed before Brian's.]
...
(Alex: We do have a tie between Brian and Steven, and what that means is we're going to a one-question tiebreaker between the two of you. The first player to ring in with a correct response will win the game and become a finalist. The category for our tiebreaker is...)
JoelWho was Knox? Hi Grocery Store Cake Ladies!
$2,799
StevenWho is Knox
$6,500
BrianWho was Knox?
$6,500
Henry Knox

Tiebreaker Round responses

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
(Alex: [To Steven] That's right and you will be the finalist! Well played!)

the Articles of Confederation

Steven

Final scores:

Brian Steven Joel
$13,000 $13,000 $5,599
2nd place: $5,000 Finalist 3rd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Brian Steven Joel
$6,500 $6,300 $3,900
19 R,
6 W
20 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
15 R,
10 W
(including 2 DDs)

Combined Coryat: $16,700

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Game tape date: 1997-02-26
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