Responses for Show #2940 - Friday, May 16, 1997

1997 College Championship quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

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Joel Vaughan, a junior from Duke University

Andrea Pinyan, a junior from Alfred University

Craig Barker, a freshman from the University of Michigan

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Jeopardy! Round responses

STATE CAPITALS
PEOPLE
LOVE
LITERATURE
ANCIENT OCCUPATIONS
THE SIMPSONS
    $100 3
Juneau

Joel
    $100 20
Alanis Morissette

Joel
    $100 7
A mother

Joel
    $100 12
Alfred Lord Tennyson

Andrea
    $100 23
Beer

Joel
    $100 1
Springfield

Craig
    $200 8
Boise

Joel
    $200 21
Paul McCartney

Craig
    $200 15
Unrequited

Andrea
    $200 13
Edgar Allan Poe

Craig
    $200 27
Gatherer

Joel
    $200 2
Saxophone

Joel
    $300 9
Helena

Craig
    $300 24
Pluto

Joel
    $300 18
Commitment

Craig
    $300 14
Sister Carrie

Andrea
    $300 28
Tents

Joel
    $300 4
"D'Oh!"

Joel
    $400 10
Olympia

Joel
    $400 25
Queen Latifah

Joel
    $400 19
Platonic

Craig
    $400 16
1984

Andrea
    $400 29
Fisherman

Joel
    $400 5
(A: What is gaining?)

Matt Groening

AndreaJoel
    $500 11
(J: What is Springfield?)

Honolulu

AndreaJoel
    $500 26
Gary Larson

Andrea
    $500 22
It's blind

Joel
    $500 17
James Joyce

Andrea
    $500 30
Scribe

Craig
    $500 6
"Itchy & Scratchy"

Andrea

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

Craig Andrea Joel
$600 $1,200 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Craig Andrea Joel
$2,000 $2,600 $3,500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD HISTORY
AWARDS
RELIGION
MATH TERMS
POLITICS
10-LETTER WORDS
    $200 9
(A: Who was Lafayette?)

Napoleon Bonaparte

CraigAndrea
    $200 17
Garry Trudeau

Andrea
    $200 2
Confucius

Joel
    $200 16
(C: What is infintesimal?)
(J: What is finite?)
(Alex: Craig, you left a vowel out)

Infinitesimal

CraigJoel
Triple Stumper
    $200 1
Henry Ford

Andrea
    $200 26
Laboratory

Andrea
    $400 10
Yucatan Peninsula

Craig
    $400 18
U.S. Virgin Islands

Craig
    $400 3
Israel

Triple Stumper
    $400 20
Its factors

Joel
    $400 5
William Cohen

Craig
    $400 28
Fraternity

Joel
    $600 11
(J: Who was Trafalgar?)

Lord Nelson

CraigJoel
    $600 19
Ray Bradbury

Joel
    $600 4
Canterbury

Craig
    $600 21
Geodesic

Craig
    $600 6
Kansas

Craig
    $1,200 27
manuscript

Andrea
    $1,400 12
Francisco Franco

Craig
    $800 22
India

Andrea
    $800 14
Buddhists

Craig
    $800 24
Fractals

Craig
    $800 7
West Virginia

Craig
    $800 29
Perishable

Craig
    $1000 13
(A: Who was Xerxes?)

Darius

AndreaJoel
    $1000 23
(J: Who was Bohr?)

Max Planck

Joel
Triple Stumper
    $1000 15
Hinduism

Andrea
    $1000 25
Vector

Craig
    $1000 8
Green Party

Joel
    $1000 30
(Alex: And that locks it up for you, Craig.)

Krugerrand

Craig

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Craig Andrea Joel
$12,200 $5,000 $5,300
(lock game)

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE LAW
[NOTE: In quarterfinal game 4, Brian Chan won with $14,000. The four wildcard slots went to J. Vaughan, Lisa Talley ($10,000), Mark Urciuolo ($10,000) & E. Slack ($9,300).]
AndreaWhat is subpeona?
$4,000
JoelWhat is subpoena?
$4,701
CraigWhat is a subpeona
$300
a subpoena

Final scores:

Craig Andrea Joel
$12,500 $9,000 $10,001
Automatic semifinalist 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Craig Andrea Joel
$11,600 $4,400 $5,300
22 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
14 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
21 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $21,300

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Game tape date: 1997-02-25
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