2003 Holiday Kids Week game 2.
William Tarpeh — a twelve-year-old from Alexandria, Virginia
Jessie Robertson — an eleven-year-old from Hudson Oaks, Texas
Chris Palmquist — an eleven-year-old from Stanton, Iowa
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris | $1,600 | $1,600 | $7,600 |
$150
3rd place: $1,000 + an HP Media Center computer package |
$7,600
10 R, 1 W |
| Jessie | $3,000 | $5,200 | $8,000 |
$3,999
2nd place: $2,000 + an HP Media Center computer package |
$8,400
16 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| William | $2,000 | $4,200 | $12,200 |
$11,200
Winner: $11,200 + an HP Media Center computer package |
$13,000
18 R, 2 W (including 2 DDs) |
| ENGLISH CLASS | I KNOW THAT SONG | 1999 | BREAKFAST CEREALS | A REALLY BIG CATEGORY | HAT'S ALL, FOLKS |
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$200
[7]
When "do not" and "should not" are contracted, this mark of punctuation is used to show missing letters
apostrophe
Chris
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$200
[6]
"Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead!" is a song from this famous movie
The Wizard of Oz
William
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$200
[27]
In January 1999, 100 people in this job were sworn in as jurors at the president's impeachment trial
U.S. senators
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$200
[1]
This "fortunate" cereal is "magically delicious"
Lucky Charms
William
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$200
[15]
In 1934, a giant clam had yielded one of these gems with a diameter of 5 1/2 inches, weighing over 14 pounds
pearl
Jessie
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$200
[20]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew displays her hat.)From the Latin for "hooded cloak", it's this popular French style of hat
beret
William
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$400
[12]
This part of speech doesn't always end in "ly"; once, there & often are other examples
adverb
William
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$400
[8]
"Whenever we go out, the people always shout, there goes" this man
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
Chris
|
DD
$400
[22]
The native Inuit in this country got a new territory--Nunavut
Canada
Jessie
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$400
[2]
This whole grain cereal from General Mills makes the rounds in frosted & honey nut as well as the original
Cheerios
William
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$400
[16]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reads from the Chicago Field Museum.) My friend Suehereis the largest, most complete & best preserved one of these dinosaurs ever discovered
a Tyrannosaurus rex
William
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$400
[21]
Proverbially, if you're crazy, you might be as "mad as" one of these makers of men's headwear
hatter
Jessie
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$600
[13]
Capt. Kirk's mission was "to boldly go" where no man had gone before, but he split one of these along the way
an infinitive
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$600
[9]
This Nickelodeon animated series features the song heard here"'Til further notice ('Til further notice) / I'm in between / From where I'm..."
As Told by Ginger
Jessie
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— |
$600
[3]
Babe Ruth was one of the first athletes to endorse this "Breakfast of Champions"
Wheaties
Jessie
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$600
[17]
The Great Red Spot is a great big storm on this great big planet
Jupiter
William
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$600
[23]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew sports his hat.)The hat I'm wearing is most strongly identified with this American hero, of the Alamo
Davy Crockett
Jessie
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$800
[14]
It's the indirect object of the sentence "Carmen gave Jose a cookie"
Jose
Jessie
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$800
[10]
It's the title of the Christmas carol and the line that precedes "sweetly singing o'er the plains"
"Angels We Have Heard on High"
Jessie
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— |
$800
[4]
If you pour it just right, you'll have "26 tasty little letters in every bowl" of this Post cereal
Alpha-bits
William
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$800
[18]
At 3 1/2 million square miles, this largest desert could just about cover the United States
Sahara
Jessie
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$800
[24]
The ever-popular Bowler hat is named for William Bowler, the man who created it in 1850 in this country
England
Jessie
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$1,000
[26]
It's the third person plural objective case pronoun
them
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$1,000
[11]
Glory, hallelujah! "His truth is marching on" in this patriotic hymn
"Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Jessie
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— |
$1,000
[5]
Watch "dinosaur eggs" hatch or hunt for "treasure" while warming your tummy with a bowl of this
(Quaker instant) oatmeal
Chris
Jessie
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$1,000
[19]
Until it met disaster in 1912, it was the largest & most luxurious passenger ship afloat
Titanic
William
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$1,000
[25]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew shows off her headwear.)Hat's off to the Moroccan city that shares its name with this type of hat
Fez
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| FICTIONAL CHARACTERS | BROADWAY | UP & ATOM | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "B" | HISTORY OLDER THAN YOU | LANGUAGE QUESTIONS |
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DD
$300
[16]
In a 2001 tale by Alice Hoffman, Aquamarine is a beautiful & brokenhearted one of these creatures
a mermaid
William
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$400
[18]
The musical "Into the Woods" is based on several fairy tales, including the one about this boy and his beanstalk
Jack
Jessie
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$400
[6]
To study atoms you might use a scanning tunneling one of these
microscope
William
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$400
[1]
This city that served as capital of a united Germany in 1871 became the capital of a reunited Germany in 1990
Berlin
William
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$400
[23]
Julius Caesar became the leader of this empire in 45 B.C. but was killed just one year later
Roman
Chris
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$400
[12]
If you're in Naples & don't know Italian, ask "Parla inglese?" which means this
"Do you speak English?"
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$400
[10]
In "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", he's the reclusive owner of the factory
Willy Wonka
William
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$800
[19]
Inspired by classical myths, "Metamorphosis" tells of Orpheus, Alcyone & this king with the "golden touch"
Midas
Jessie
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$800
[7]
In 1932 James Chadwick discovered these non-charged particles
neutrons
William
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$800
[2]
The northern terminus of China's Grand Canal is located in this major city
Beijing
William
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$800
[24]
Around 1200 B.C. this Biblical man led his people to Canaan after their escape from slavery
Moses
Chris
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DD
$500
[29]
In Latin, the "5 W's" are mostly Q's; quid means what, quare means why and quando means this
when
William
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$800
[13]
He pretty much stopped treating people after his parrot Polynesia taught him how to talk to animals
Dr. Dolittle
Chris
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$1,200
[20]
Characters in this musical include a teacup called Chip & a clock named Cogsworth
Beauty and the Beast
Chris
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$1,200
[8]
Rather than in fixed orbits, these particles travel in shells or layers around the nucleus
electrons
William
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$1,200
[3]
This small western European country is known for quality carpets, cut diamonds & fine chocolates
Belgium
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$1,200
[25]
In 1347, this "bubonic" disease began in Europe; as many as one-third of the population would perish
plague
Jessie
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$800
[17]
"Donde está el baño?" is Spanish for "where is" this, sometimes discreetly called "the facilities"
bathroom
Jessie
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$1,200
[14]
Robinson Crusoe gave this name to a native he saved from cannibals on a certain day of the week
Friday
Chris
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$1,600
[21]
The Phantom of the Opera wears a partial one of these on his face, probably because a full one is hard to sing through
mask
Jessie
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$1,600
[9]
When a nucleus is split, it's called fission; when 2 nuclei combine, it's called this
fusion
Jessie
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$1,600
[4]
The Vistula River flows north through Poland into this sea
Baltic
Jessie
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$1,600
[26]
Over 5,000 years ago, this ancient people created Hieroglyphics, like the one seen here
Egyptians
Chris
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$1,200
[28]
If you see a cool t-shirt in a store in Poland, "Kosztuje?" is how you ask this
"How much does this cost?"
William
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$1,600
[15]
She's the celebrated "maid of honor" seen here
Amelia Bedelia
William
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$2,000
[22]
"Thoroughly Modern Millie" takes place during this "roaring" decade when flappers bobbed their hair
1920s
Chris
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$2,000
[11]
No matter what element they are in, they weigh the same & their total is an element's atomic number
protons
Chris
Jessie
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$2,000
[5]
At the finals in 1999, I asked about a bridge linking the European & Asian parts of Turkey across this strait
Bosporus
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$2,000
[27]
Around 336 B.C., this "great" king of Macedonia began building an empire from Africa to India
Alexander
William
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— |
What the Germans call a Bambusbar, we generally call this
a panda bear