2006 Back to School Week game 3.
Michela Rodriguez — from Poway, California
Tom Cilla — from Kings Park, New York
William Carpenter — from Bainbridge Island, Washington
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William | $650 | $3,250 | $5,650 |
$6,550
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,600
17 R (including 3 DDs), 4 W |
| Tom | $200 | $200 | $4,200 |
$2,740
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,200
6 R, 1 W |
| Michela | $800 | $7,000 | $7,400 |
$6,900
Winner: $10,000 |
$7,400
14 R, 1 W |
| YOU'RE HISTORY! | PLAY THIS | COOKING CLASS | ADVENTUROUS TOURISM | POTPOURRI | MATH |
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$200
[1]
Heads up! This 16th century British king had 6 wives & a Tudor garage
King Henry VIII
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$200
[6]
This "avian" skateboarding legend has produced several high-flying video games for Activision
Tony Hawk
Tom
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$200
[17]
If you boil these before making them into hash browns, they'll stick together better and cook faster, too
potatoes
Michela
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$200
[26]
Wave at a Yeti or 2 as you snowboard down all 29,035 feet of this mountain
Mount Everest
William
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$200
[16]
(Alex stands with Elmo on Sesame Street.) 2005 was the 100th anniversary of Gennaro Lombardi starting one of these restaurants(Elmo: One of Elmo's favorite foods!)
a pizzeria
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$200
[10]
Sixty-six plus thirty-two
98
Michela
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DD
$250
[4]
Hold the phone! said Elisha Gray & Thomas Edison, who both sued this Scottish-born inventor (& lost)
Alexander Graham Bell
William
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$400
[7]
It's off to Skull Island for Peter Jackson's official video game adaptation of this ape movie
King Kong
William
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$400
[18]
To make bunny salad, use a chilled pear half for the bunny's body & a ball of cottage cheese for this appendage
its tail
William
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$400
[27]
Take a day trip to Iceland & stand on the edge of Hekla, an active one of these
a volcano
Michela
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$400
[22]
A popular kids' book tells "The True Story of" this trio of oinkers--from the wolf's perspective
the Three Little Pigs
William
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$400
[11]
One-hundred-forty-eight divided by four
37
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$400
[2]
This fighter for a woman's right to vote died in 1906, 14 years before the 19th Amendment made her dream a reality
Susan B. Anthony
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$600
[8]
In New Super Mario Bros., Mario can go head-to-head against this brother of his
Luigi
Michela
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$600
[19]
"Joy of Cooking" suggests using these Thanksgiving berries "in any recipes calling for red currants"
cranberries
Michela
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$600
[23]
If you're a "Junior" member of this organization, think outside the box to earn your Cookie Biz badge
the Girl Scouts
Michela
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$600
[12]
Seventy-three minus fourteen
59
William
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$600
[3]
In 45 B.C. this Roman's army defeated the 2 sons of Pompey; it would be his final battle
Julius Caesar
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$800
[9]
Advent Children & Chains of Promethia are just 2 of the many episodes in this popular role-playing game
Final Fantasy
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$800
[20]
The Chicken of the Sea website suggests making enchiladas with the albacore type of this
tuna
Michela
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— |
$800
[24]
These "proud" birds also knwn as peafowl like to fly up into trees at night to roost
peacocks
Michela
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$800
[14]
Seventeen times six
102
Michela
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$1,000
[5]
This future U.S. president graduated from West Point in 1915, 61st in a class of 164
President Eisenhower
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$1,000
[13]
DDR for short, this groovy game can help keep you in shape
Dance Dance Revolution
Michela
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$1,000
[21]
For the silver dollar type of these breakfast treats, drop the batter onto the griddle 1 tbsp. at a time
pancakes
Michela
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$1,000
[25]
When you read about these warrior women in Greek mythology, notice that they don't have ".com" after their names
the Amazons
William
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$1,000
[15]
Twenty-three plus eight minus sixteen
15
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| LITERARY CLASSICS | SPORTS ZONE | CLASS FIELD TRIP | WORLD LEADERS | -OLOGIES | STARTS WITH "J" |
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$400
[5]
His ship was wrecked off an island near South America; he remained alone on the island for 28 years
Robinson Crusoe
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$400
[4]
You get a bull's-eye if you know that it's the sport of shooting with a bow & arrow
archery
Michela
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$400
[13]
You can see a projection of the night sky on the domed ceiling of this kind of place, like the Adler in Chicago
a planetarium
William
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$400
[12]
In 2006 Stephen Harper of this North American country's Conservative Party became the prime minister
Canada
Michela
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$400
[2]
In astronomy telescopes see stars; in this -ology, horoscopes predict stars' effects
astrology
William
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$400
[8]
Many computer games use this lever
a joystick
William
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$800
[6]
The Lilliputians called this Jonathan Swift character Quinbus Flestrin, which means "Great Man-Mountain"
Gulliver
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$800
[10]
In 2004 she became the first soccer player to carry the U.S. flag for the Olympic closing ceremonies
Mia Hamm
William
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DD
$500
[20]
From the Greek for "see through", they're the natural history museum displays of animals in their habitats
dioramas
William
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DD
$700
[29]
Hu Jintao became the General Secretary of the Communist Party in 2002 & leader of this country in 2003
China
William
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$800
[3]
Urbanology is the study of the problems of these places
cities
William
Tom
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$800
[9]
To cross the street illegally
jaywalk
Tom
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$1,200
[19]
Tom Sawyer told this girl, "I don't care for anybody but you", then gave her a brass knob from an andiron
Becky
William
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$1,200
[1]
When a basketball player walks with the ball too long without dribbling, it's called this--are we there yet?
traveling
William
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$800
[14]
A botanical garden has many kinds of flowers, like the American Beauty type of this
rose
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$800
[27]
Thabo Mbeki fought to eliminate apartheid & now leads this African country
South Africa
William
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$1,200
[7]
Cellular & developmental are major branches of this life science
biology
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$1,200
[11]
It's combat between 2 knights on horseback using lances
jousting
Tom
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$1,600
[24]
In a Nathaniel Hawthorne tale, Thomas Maule built a house in Salem with 7 of these
gables
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$1,600
[17]
Tony Stewart lives life in the fast lane as one of the big names in this type of auto racing
NASCAR
Tom
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$1,200
[15]
A class field trip to an aviary means you're going to an enclosure where these are kept
birds
William
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$1,200
[28]
Angela Merkel is the first female chancellor of this once-divided European country
Germany
William
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$1,600
[21]
A rheumatology textbook might cover tennis elbow, as the elbow is one of these
a joint
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$1,600
[23]
It can be a shade of green or a green mineral used in jewelry & carvings
jade
Michela
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$2,000
[26]
The Ministry of Truth is Oceania's propaganda department in this Orwell classic with a year as the title
1984
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$2,000
[18]
Every spring the Augusta National Golf Course hosts this famous tournament
the Masters
William
Tom
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$1,600
[16]
A trip to a bakery could show you how this 5-letter fungus makes bread rise
yeast
Tom
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— |
$2,000
[22]
Gerontology, the study of these people, has no interest in those your age
old dudes
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$2,000
[25]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands next to a brown cud-chewing cow in Old World, Wisconsin.) You could say this cow is far from home; its breed is named for this island--about 4,000 miles to the east
Jersey
William
Michela
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2 of the 3 states where astronauts have landed the Space Shuttle
(2 of) Florida, California & New Mexico