2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 1.
Jimmy Li — a senior from Chesterfield, Missouri
Vanamali Compton — a junior from Clarkdale, Arizona
Michael Braun — a junior from Silver Spring, Maryland
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael | $3,800 | $7,200 | $22,600 |
$21,600
Automatic semifinalist |
$22,400
24 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W |
| Vanamali | $0 | $1,000 | $6,200 |
$5,800
3rd place: $2,500 + a computer package if eliminated |
$6,200
13 R, 4 W |
| Jimmy | $2,000 | $4,800 | $10,400 |
$8,300
2nd place: $2,500 + a computer package if eliminated |
$10,400
19 R, 4 W |
| AT THE ART MUSEUM | STATE THE COLLEGE TEAM | BIRTHSTONES | PARTYING LIKE IT WAS 1999 | TEENS AT WORK | "SAT"s |
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$200
[7]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art allows still photography but you must shoot without using this
a flash
Vanamali
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$200
[17]
Gators, Seminoles
Florida
Jimmy
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$200
[16]
This April birthstone is "a girl's best friend"
diamond
Jimmy
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$200
[22]
J.K. Rowling held us "captive" in book lines when this third Harry Potter novel came out in 1999
The Prisoner of Azkaban
Vanamali
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$200
[6]
At 14, this fairy tale author worked for a director of the Royal Theater in Copenhagen
Hans Christian Andersen
Jimmy
|
$200
[1]
The name of this fabric can precede flower, glass or stitch
satin
Michael
|
|
$400
[8]
As well as an establishment that sells art, it can be one room or area in a museum
a gallery
Vanamali
Jimmy
|
$400
[18]
Longhorns, Aggies
Texas
Jimmy
|
$400
[23]
You'll always looked "cultured" in the cultured type of this June birthstone
a pearl
Michael
|
$400
[27]
On Dec. 31, 1999 this country took control of a waterway that connects the Atlantic & Pacific oceans
Panama
Michael
|
$400
[12]
At 16, Tracy Austin beat Chris Evert to win this tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows
U.S. Open
Vanamali
Jimmy
|
$400
[2]
This kind of fat is found in butter & can raise cholesterol levels
saturated
Jimmy
|
|
$600
[9]
You may have antiques in your house; the Louvre has this similar but longer word for ancient relics
antiquities
Michael
|
$600
[19]
Wildcats, Sun Devils
Arizona
Jimmy
|
$600
[24]
Princess Stephanie of Monaco was born to the purple, so it's fitting that this is her birthstone
the amethyst
Vanamali
|
$600
[28]
In 1999, this anti-apartheid activist retired as president of South Africa
Nelson Mandela
Jimmy
|
$600
[13]
In the 1720s at age 16, this statesman & inventor wrote popular articles for the New England Courant newspaper
Benjamin Franklin
Jimmy
|
$600
[3]
"Gulliver's Travels" is this type of work that exposes human foolishness & corruption
satire
Vanamali
|
|
$800
[10]
If you liked the exhibition, stop by the museum shop to buy this book about it, from the Greek for "to list"
the catalog
|
$800
[20]
Black Knights, Orangemen
New York
Vanamali
Jimmy
|
$800
[25]
You'll rarely see a flaw in this sea-colored gem that's a birthstone for March
aquamarine
Michael
|
$800
[29]
On Feb. 7, 1999, Abdullah II became king of this Arab nation, bounded on the west by Israel
Jordan
Michael
|
$800
[14]
At 13, this march composer became an apprentice with the U.S. Marine Band
John Philip Sousa
Jimmy
|
$800
[4]
It's a small bag
a satchel
Vanamali
|
|
DD
$1,000
[11]
The museum with the world's largest Van Gogh collection is in this European city
Amsterdam
Michael
|
$1,000
[21]
Indians, Razorbacks
Arkansas
Jimmy
|
$1,000
[26]
It may surprise you that Montana is a good place to find this blue September birthstone
the sapphire
Vanamali
|
$1,000
[30]
Born James Janos, he entered the body politic in '99 as governor of Minnesota
(Jesse) Ventura
Michael
Jimmy
|
$1,000
[15]
At 16, Cornelius Vanderbilt started a ferry service between Staten Island & this famous 31-square-mile-island
Manhattan
Michael
|
$1,000
[5]
"Curiosity killed the cat but" this "brought it back"
satisfaction
Michael
|
| 19th CENTURY LITERARY QUOTES | RADIO DISNEY TOP 30 | I'M GETTING SPACED OUT! | YOU'VE GOT COMPANY | RELIGIOUS PLACES | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS |
|
$400
[7]
Charles Dickens called him "tightfisted... hard and sharp as flint"
(Ebenezer) Scrooge
Michael
|
$400
[12]
On the Sept. 2, 2004 Top 30, she was No. 3, 4, 11, 13, 14 & 16; No. 3 was a duet with her sister Haylie
Hilary Duff
Michael
|
$400
[21]
The name of this kind of celestial body comes from the Greek for "wearing long hair"; guess that refers to its tail
a comet
Michael
|
$400
[26]
In 1995 this "M'm M'm Good" soup company bought Pace Foods, known for its picante sauce
Campbell's
Vanamali
|
$400
[6]
At Fatima, the travelers seenhereare called by the same name as these figures of early U.S. history
pilgrims
Jimmy
|
$400
[1]
The name of this manual computing device is from the Greek abax, or "counting board"
abacus
Vanamali
|
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
1852 U.S. novel with the line "Eliza made her desperate retreat across the river just in the dusk of twilight"
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Michael
|
$800
[13]
In 2004, "Breakaway" broke onto the chart for this first winner of "American Idol"
Kelly Clarkson
Michael
|
$800
[22]
From a Latin word for "attendant", it can be a celestial body that orbits a planet or a manmade object that orbits earth
satellite
Vanamali
|
$800
[27]
This company introduced its popular peanut butter cup in the 1920s
Reese's
Jimmy
|
$800
[16]
In England the Walsingham one in Norfolk is less well known than the Westminster one
abbey
Jimmy
|
$800
[2]
"Mum's the word" dates back to his "Henry IV, Part 2": "Seal up your lips and give no words, but--mum"
Shakespeare
Vanamali
|
|
$1,200
[9]
This vessel under Captain Nemo was "cigar in shape" with "two hulls, one inside, the other outside"
the Nautilus
Michael
|
$1,200
[14]
Lindsay Lohan charted with this song & starred in the movie "Confessions of a Teenage" one
Drama Queen
Michael
|
$1,200
[23]
It was big science news in 1998 when a fourth ring was discovered around this gigantic planet
Jupiter
Michael
Vanamali
|
$1,200
[28]
With this company's Mindstorms kits you can build things like "Star Wars" droids
Lego
Vanamali
|
$1,200
[17]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from ruins in Delos, Greece.) Greek temples were generally built so as to face this daily event
the sunrise
Vanamali
|
$1,200
[3]
This verb comes from an Old English word for "tremble"; you might do it during a temblor
quake
|
|
$1,600
[10]
Poe wrote that this title maiden "lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me"
Annabel Lee
Jimmy
|
$1,600
[15]
"Ocean Avenue" washed onto the Top 30 for this band, whose name is an official warning in soccer
Yellowcard
Jimmy
|
$1,600
[24]
This zodiac constellation appears to be pouring water on the sculptor constellation below it
Aquarius
Michael
|
$1,600
[29]
This Donkey Kong company introduced its home video game console in Japan in 1983
Nintendo
Michael
|
$1,600
[18]
Adult Muslims are required to travel at least once to this city, birthplace of Muhammad
Mecca
Vanamali
Jimmy
|
$1,600
[4]
"Meaningless chatter" in medieval French, it's now the specialized vocabulary of a profession
jargon
Michael
|
|
$2,000
[11]
He spent 14 years in "the gigantic structure of the Chateau d'If"--a fortress off Marseilles
Edmond Dantes (The Count of Monte Cristo)
Michael
Jimmy
|
$2,000
[20]
It's not "Complicated"; this Canadian rocked the House of Mouse with "My Happy Ending"
Avril Lavigne
Michael
|
DD
$2,000
[25]
If we were on Mars, the atmosphere would be incredibly thin, consisting mainly of this gas
carbon dioxide
Michael
|
$2,000
[30]
You might feel the earth move under your feet using products from this company whose stock symbol is CAT
Caterpillar
Jimmy
|
$2,000
[19]
The city of Varanasi, which devout Hindus believe has always existed, is on this river
the Ganges
Jimmy
|
$2,000
[5]
The concept "an eye for an eye" didn't originate in the Bible, but in this Babylonian King's "Code"
Hammurabi
Michael
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Located SE of Charlottesville, Virginia, it has 3 stories, an octagonal dome & 33 rooms of varying shapes
Monticello