Jeopardy! 2003 College Championship:

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

MONDAY:

Jeopardy! categories: Astronomy & Space, Recent Cinema, Anagrammed Countries, Daisy Crazy, The World Environment, Ends in 2 Vowels.

Daily Double: $800 Ends in 2 Vowels. Grant ($5600) wagers $1000. Clue: This type of warrior wore 2 swords and lived by the code of Bushido. Grant's guess: "What is a samurai?" Correct for $6600.

End of Round:
Ellen - $5400
Alex - $2200
Grant - $6600

Double Jeopardy! categories: Yalies -- They're So Dramatic!, Exploration, The US Congress, First, Middle, & Last Name's the Same, Where the Heck is That?, Change a Letter.

Daily Double #1: $1200 Where the Heck is That?. Alex ($3000) wagers $2000. Clue: When you're talkin' about Memphis, be clear if it's the one on the Mississippi or the one on this longer river. Alex's guess: "What is the Amazon?" Correct question: What is the Nile? Alex drops to $1000.

Daily Double #2: $1200 The US Congress. Ellen ($8600) wagers $3400. Clue: Begun in 1873, this publication is a printed account of what is done & said in the House and Senate each day. Ellen's guess: "What are the Minutes?" Correct response: What is the Congressional Record? Ellen moves down to $5200.

End of Round:
Ellen - $6800
Alex - -$200
Grant - $21,400

Final Jeopardy! Category: Olympic Sports. Answer: Officially added as a medal event in 1996, it's one of the few team events where shoes are not worn. Correct response: "What is beach volleyball?"

Ellen's question: What is rhythmic gymnastics? (WRONG) Wager: $1200. Final score: $5600.
Grant's question: What is ? (WRONG) Wager: $0. Final score: $21,400.


TUESDAY:

Jeopardy! categories: Barber College, Give Me One Good Raisin, American History, Move Taglines, I'll Be Bach, "T"3.

Daily Double: $600 "T"3. Ken ($3000) wagers everything. Clue: While not an MD, this person can still diagnose eye problems & prescribe glasses. Ken's guess: "What is an optometrist?" Correct for $6000.

End of Round:
Keith - $6000
Jim - $3400
Ken - $7600

Double Jeopardy! categories: Berber Collage, Female Athletes, Asia, American Postal Abbreviations, Cliffs Notes, Starts with "R".

Daily Double #1: $1600 Cliffs Notes. Keith ($17,200) wagers $1200. Clue: Hardy novel in which the drunken Henchard sells his wife & baby, with truly ghastly results... then he wanders off, dies. Keith's guess: "What is Far From the Maddening Crowd?" Correct question: What is The Mayor of Casterbridge? Keith drops to $16,000.

Daily Double #2: $1200 Berber Collage. Keith ($14,800) wagers $1600. Clue: The north African area that was home to pirates was called this after the Berbers. Keith's guess: "What is Barbaria?" Correct response: What is the Barbary coast? Keith moves down to $13,200. (Note: Prior to Final Jeopardy!, this call was later reversed, giving Keith $16,400).

End of Round:
Keith - $16,400
Jim - $9000
Ken - $11,200

Final Jeopardy! Category: Reference Books. Answer: The name of this reference book comes from the Greek for "circle of instruction". Correct response: "What is encyclopedia?"

Jim's question: What is curriculum (written on a scratch sheet of paper)? (WRONG) Wager: $9000. Final score: $0.
Ken's question: What is thesaurus? (WRONG) Wager: $6801. Final score: $4399.
Keith's question: What is encyclopedia? (RIGHT) Wager: $6001. Final score: $22,401.


WEDNESDAY:

Jeopardy! categories: Speech!; Lords of the Ring; Jefferson, Lincoln or Clinton; Eat Your Foreign Vegetables; Sloganeering; "Fat" Chance.

Daily Double: $600 Speech!. Robby ($5400) wagers $2600. Clue: She's the speaker heard here in the 1930s: (transcribed) "Among all the marvels of modern invention, that with which I am most concerned is, of course, air transportation. Flying is perhaps the most dramatic of recent scientific attainments." Robby's guess: "Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?" Correct question: Who is Amelia Earhart? Robby drops to $2800.

End of Round:
Heather - $1400
Robby - $7800
Josh - $2800

Double Jeopardy! categories: Biology, The Seth Green Scene, Art & Artists, Archipelagos, It Opened in New Haven, A Buckley Lexicon

Daily Double #1: $800 Biology. Josh ($3200) wagers $2000. Clue: It's what the "M" stands for in mRNA, a single-stranded type of RNA. Josh's guess: "What is messenger?" Correct for $5200.

Daily Double #2: $1600 Archipelagos. Robby ($9000) wagers $2500. Clue: Cape Kumukahi is the easternmost point in this Pacific archipelago. Robby's guess: "What are the Hawaiian Islands?" Correct for $11,500.

End of Round:
Heather - $1800
Robby - $19,900
Josh - $15,600

Final Jeopardy! Category: Voyagers. Answer: in 1497 this 4 ships under his command included the Berrio & the Sao Rafael. Correct response: "Who is Vasco da Gama?"

Heather's question: Who is Columbus? (WRONG) Wager: $1700. Final score: $100.
Josh's question: Who is Vasco da Gama? (RIGHT) Wager: $15,600. Final score: $31,200.
Robby's question: Who is Magellan? (WRONG) Wager: $11,301. Final score: $8599.

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