Jeopardy! 2003 College Championship:

PRELIMINARIES


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Based on original ShortShots written by Jason Huhn, Gordon Pepper, and Chico Alexander.

MONDAY:

Jeopardy! categories: Science & Nature, The J. Lo Down, Nose Week, Ballet, The Snack Food Group, Abbr.

Daily Double: $600 Science & Nature. Ken ($600) wagers $1000. Clue: When lightning strikes the sand, it can melt it and fuse it into a type of this called fulgurite. Ken's guess: "What is glass?" Correct for $1600.

End of Round:
Ken - $7200
Mary - $2400
Robby - $2400

Double Jeopardy! categories: African-Americana, Before & After, Shakespeare's Women, Grade, Point, Average.

Daily Double #1: $1600 Grade. Robby ($2800) wagers $2200. Clue: Ninth-graders know that electrically neutral atoms have the same number of these 2 particles. Robby's guess: "What are protons and electrons?" Correct for $5000.

Daily Double #2: $1600 Shakespeare's Women. Robby ($6600) wagers $900. Clue: Figure it out: she has the third line in "MacBeth". Robby's guess: "Who is MacBeth?" Correct response: Who is The Third Witch?" Robby moves down to $5700.

End of Round:
Ken - $16,800
Mary - $5600
Robby - $5700

Final Jeopardy! Category: New Orleans. Answer: At the end of the American Revolution, this country controlled New Orleans. Correct response: "What is Spain?"

Mary's question: What is France? (WRONG) Wager: $5600. Final score: $0.
Robby's question: What is Spain? (RIGHT) Wager: $5700. Final score: $11,400.
Ken's question: What is France? (WRONG) Wager: $0. Final score: $16,800.


TUESDAY:

Jeopardy! categories: New Haven, The Matrix, Colleges & Universities, America's Most Want Ads, Really Old History, Body Talk

Daily Double: $1000 Really Old History. Alex ($1000) wagers $200. Clue: This civilization of the Bronze Age developed on Crete around 300 BC. Alex's guess: "What is the Greek civilization?" Correct response: "What are the Minoans?" Alex goes to $800.

End of Round:
Alex - $2400
Lauren - -$400
Karli - $2000

Double Jeopardy! categories: Old Havens, Things in the Yale Library, Music Makers, Here Comes the Sun, 19th Century American Authors, Smart Answers.

Daily Double #1: $1600 Smart Answers. Alex ($3200) wagers $600. Clue: Meaning "arising from sound judgment", it was a sound name for an insurance company to take in the 1870s. Alex's guess: "What is Prudential?" Correct for $3800.

Daily Double #2: $2000 Here Comes the Sun. Karli  ($4000) wagers $1000. Clue: Solar winds are believed to flow from "holes" in this layer of the sun's atmosphere, Latin for "crown". Karli's guess: "What is a corona?" Correct for $5000.

End of Round:
Alex - $7400
Lauren - $6400
Karli - $9800

Final Jeopardy! Category: Big in the USA. Answer: This state is home to the USA's largest portrait busts.
Correct response: "What is South Dakota?"

Lauren's question: What is Wyoming? (WRONG) Wager: $2000. Final score: $4400.
Alex's question: What is South Dakota? (RIGHT) Wager: $2601. Final score: $10,001.
Karli's question: What is Washington, DC? (WRONG) Wager: $3000. Final score: $6800.


WEDNESDAY:

Jeopardy! categories: Libraries, New Video Games, World Capitals, Weeder's Digest, They Attended Yale, Idioms

Daily Double: $600 Libraries. Joyce ($800) wagers $1000. Clue: The James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, & John Adams Buildings provide about 65 acres of floor space for this library.. Alex's guess: "What is the Library of Congress?" Correct for $1800.

End of Round:
Lee - $1200
Keith - $3400
Joyce - $1800

Double Jeopardy! categories: Shared Team Nicknames, Celebs, It's All a Myth, Potpourri, US History, Language Lessons

Daily Double #1: $1600 US History. Keith ($4600) wagers $1600. Clue: This senator who died in 2003 came in third in the 1948 Presidential race. Keith's guess: "Who is Strom Thurmond?" Correct for $3800.

Daily Double #2: $1600 It's All a Myth. Joyce ($3000) wagers $2000. Clue: The Riddle of the Sphinx was so "complex" that only he could solve it. Joyce's guess: "Who was Thutmose IV?" Correct question: "Who was Oedipus?". Joyce moves to $1000.

End of Round:
Lee - $0
Keith - $19,400
Joyce - $5400

Final Jeopardy! Cateogory:  18th Century America. Answer:  These 2 British astronomers were sent to America in 1763 to settle a land dispute. Correct response:  "Who were Mason & Dixon?"  (After the Mason Dixon Line).

Joyce's question: Who were (illegible, but wrong)? (WRONG) Wager: $5400. Final score: $0.
Keith's question: Who were Mason and Dixon? (Pranksters rule!) (RIGHT) Wager: $2822. Final score: $28,222.


THURSDAY:

Jeopardy! categories: Historic New England, Star Trek: The Original Series, Moola Moola, Summer Jobs, Leapin' Lizards!, "Art"

Daily Double: $800 Historic New England. Josh ($2200) wagers $1000. Clue: The Revolutionary War British victory at Fort Griswold, Conn. was lead by this general who'd grown up nearby. Josh blanks out. Correct question: "Who was Benedict Arnold?" Josh drops to $1200.

End of Round:
Ellen - $1400
Jim - $400
Josh - $2400

Double Jeopardy! categories: Hail to the Chief, Opera, Facts & Figures, Poets & Poetry, Strictly Business, Vocabulary

Daily Double #1: $1600 Vocabulary. Josh ($3200) makes it a true Daily Double. Clue: This synonym of "stolen" is found in the title of a Poe story. Josh blanks out again. Correct question: "What is purloined?" Josh drops to zero.

Daily Double #2: $1600 Hail to the Chief. Ellen ($7800) wagers $1200. Clue: This President's books included "Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail" in 1888 and "African Game Trails" in 1910. Ellen's guess: "Who was Theodore Roosevelt?" Correct for $9000.

End of Round:
Ellen - $12,200
Jim - $10,000
Josh - $6000

Final Jeopardy! Category: Islands. Answer: In 1898 the 1st U.S. volunteer cavalry regiment did most of its fighting on this island. Correct response: "What is Cuba?"

Josh's question: What is Cuba? (RIGHT) Wager: $5111. Final score: $11,111.
Jim's question: What is Cuba? (RIGHT) Wager: $9000. Final score: $19,000.
Ellen's question: What is Cuba? (RIGHT) Wager: $4000. Final score: $16,200.

 


FRIDAY:

Jeopardy! categories: Historic Quotes, College Movies, Faraway Places, Here's a 20, Signs of the Zodiac, The "IV" League

Daily Double: $600 Historic Quotes. Grant ($600) wagers $1000. Clue: This document ends, "We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor". Grant's guess: "What is the Mayflower Compact?" Correct question: "What is the Declaration of Independence?" Grant drops down to -$400.

End of Round:
Heather - $3000
Grant - $1000
Amanda - $4400

Double Jeopardy! categories: The Fifth Century, Broadway Musicals, The Deans List, Latin, American Lit, The Ivy League

Daily Double #1: $800 American Lit. Grant ($1400) wagers $2000. Clue: Benjy, Quentin, & Jason Compson narrate 3 of the 4 Sections of this Faulkner favorite. Grant's guess: "What is The Sound and the Fury?" Correct for $3400.

Daily Double #2: $1600 The Fifth Century. Amanda ($6000) wagers $2000. Clue: In his book "Confessio", this 5th Century man has a dream in which the Irish beg him to return. Amanda's guess: "Who is St. Patrick?" Correct for $8000.

End of Round:
Heather - $6200
Grant - $11,400
Amanda - $14,800

Final Jeopardy! Category: State Capitals. Answer:  2 of the 3 state capitals with 5-letter names. Correct response:  "What are either Boise, Salem, or Dover?"

Heather's question: What is Boise and Salem? (RIGHT) Wager: $6000. Final score: $12,200.
Grant's question: What is Boise and... ? (WRONG) Wager: $3401. Final score: $7999.
Amanda's question: What is ... ? (WRONG) Wager: $14,000. Final score: $800.

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