BRUNSWICK

Exit the Polar Bear.

A bold bet and incorrect response Tuesday did in Cindy Cammarn, as the Bowdoin College junior failed to make it past the “Jeopardy! College Championship” semifinal round.

Cammarn, 21, lost a chunk of her accumulated bank during the second round by way of an incorrect American History question. At the start of Final Jeopardy, Cammarn trailed the eventual winner from Georgia Tech University by just $600 and led the eventual runner-up from Tufts University student by $1,200.

However, Cammarn unsuccessfully bet her entire bank — save for $1 — on her reponse to the answer: “Because Chinese censors block mention of this 1989 date, Chinese bloggers refer to it as ‘535.’”

The correct question is, “What is June 4?”, otherwise known as the date of the student uprising in Tiananmen Square when the Chinese National Army stormed a protest for democracy and several hundred people.

Cammarn’s answer was “May 5.”