2005 Teen Tournament semifinal game 3.
Jimmy Li — a senior from Chesterfield, Missouri
Wes Kovarik — a senior from Antioch, California
Ruvani Fonseka — a junior from Grosse Pointe, Michigan
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruvani | $1,600 | $4,400 | $11,500 |
$12,698
3rd place: $5,000 and a computer package |
$11,000
16 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Wes | $3,000 | $5,200 | $13,200 |
$25,201
Finalist |
$15,200
23 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jimmy | $1,800 | $3,000 | $12,600 |
$23,001
2nd place: $5,000 and a computer package |
$12,600
15 R, 1 W |
| IT HAPPENED ONE FEBRUARY | FRENCH LESSONS WITH MOM | ROAD RULES | THE REEL WORLD | MAID | PUNK'D |
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$200
[7]
On Feb. 15, 1965 Canada unfurled its new flag with this national emblem
the maple leaf
Wes
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$200
[12]
(Everyone's favorite "Mom", Cheryl of the Clue Crew, sitting at a counter, begs, "Let Mom help you with your French homework.") Let's say you're at the cafeteria & you think, "This meal is delicious"; tell everybody, "Ce déjeuner est délicieux"
lunch
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$200
[18]
A flashing red light means you do this, & functions like the sign of the same name
stop
Wes
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$200
[13]
Captain Barbossa & his men attack the town of Port Royal in this high-seas adventure
Pirates of the Caribbean
Ruvani
|
$200
[1]
Legend has it she eloped with the Earl of Huntington, also known as Robin Hood
Maid Marian
Wes
|
$200
[6]
This word for something bad or unfair is a homophone of what you do to a burrowing mammal in an arcade game
wack
|
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$400
[8]
Its first session was Feb. 1, 1790; it adjourned Feb. 10, as no cases were before it
the Supreme Court
Wes
|
$400
[23]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew as "Mom" says, "Okay, here's another one.") Your friend pulls a move on a skateboard, & you say, "Tres bon, Dawg"; you mean this
very good
Ruvani
|
$400
[19]
Campaigns called "Click it or Ticket" raised awareness about wearing these
seat belts
Ruvani
|
DD
$600
[14]
The title of this 2002 film refers to Orthanc, which is in Isengard, & Barad-dur, in the dark land of Mordor
( The Lord of the Rings :) The Two Towers
Ruvani
|
$400
[2]
In this epic poem, Achilles leaves the battlefield after Agamemnon confiscates his prize of war, the maid Briseis
The Iliad
Jimmy
|
$400
[25]
This 4-letter word for a journey or to stumble now means to overreact
trip
Ruvani
Wes
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|
$600
[9]
This Scottish queen was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle on Feb. 8, 1587
Mary
Wes
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$600
[24]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew as "Mom" gives the clue.) I know you want to talk to that girl in your homeroom. Try this: "Que vous êtes jolie." You're telling her flat-out she's this
gorgeous (or cute or beautiful or pretty)
Jimmy
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$600
[20]
The sign seenheremeans that this familiar place is nearby, so drive carefully
a school
Jimmy
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$600
[15]
Kirsten Dunst is a world-class tennis player in this 2004 film named for a famous British tournament
Wimbledon
Jimmy
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$600
[3]
This French maid of Orleans was burned at the stake partly because she wore men's clothes
Joan of Arc
Wes
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$600
[26]
If you fail to give someone proper deference, you do this 3-letter word to them
dis
Ruvani
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$800
[10]
An act of Feb. 12, 1873 made this 3-word Latin phrase mandatory on all U.S. coins
e pluribus unum
Ruvani
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$800
[29]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew as "Mom" says, "Oh, I have another one.") When somebody does something really gross at school, you can say, "Oh, mon dieu", which translates to this
Oh, my God
Wes
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$800
[21]
On a 1-way street, a sign that says "DO NOT ENTER" is often partnered with one that has this 2-word warning on it
WRONG WAY
Ruvani
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$800
[16]
Chad Michael Murray is the modern-day Prince Charming in this 2004 film set in the San Fernando Valley
A Cinderella Story
Wes
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$800
[4]
One of the best known "Exemplary Tales" by this "Don Quixote" author is "The Gypsy Maid"
Miguel de Cervantes
Jimmy
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$800
[27]
While a Betty is attractive, someone who's like this husband of Betty on "The Flintstones" is a dork
Barney
Ruvani
Wes
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$1,000
[11]
The most famous photo of World War II, seen here, shows U.S. marines on Feb. 23, 1945 on this Pacific island
Iwo Jima
Wes
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$1,000
[30]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew as "Mom" implores, "Let's try numbers.") If you have to be home at this time, just say "Je dois rentre chez moi à sept heure"
7:00
Ruvani
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$1,000
[22]
This road-sign word means to give the right-of-way to another driver or to a pedestrian
yield
Ruvani
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$1,000
[17]
In "The Princess Diaries 2", Mia & her grandmother Queen Clarisse call this fictional land home sweet home
Genovia
Wes
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$1,000
[5]
The old maid Hepzibah becomes a shopkeeper after the loss of her family's wealth in this Hawthorne novel
The House of the Seven Gables
|
$1,000
[28]
A tree-hugger is a nature lover; a tree this, like what Butterfly Hill did in a redwood, is an extremist
tree-sitter
Ruvani
Wes
|
| PHYSICS | WHAT TO WEAR? | AH, FLORIDA | IF SHAKESPEARE WROTE FOR THE WWE | LEFTIES | "RIGHT"IES |
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$400
[1]
Velocity is measured in meters per second; this, abbreviated a, is meters per second squared
acceleration
Ruvani
|
$400
[8]
A Hanes pocket T-shirt made of 100% this
cotton
Wes
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$400
[11]
The seemingly relentless series of these through Florida in 2004 included Charley, Frances, Ivan & Jeanne
hurricanes
Jimmy
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$400
[12]
Brutus! You led the assassins that kill me in Act III! That's not even halfway through my own play! That ain't right!
(Julius) Caesar
Jimmy
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$400
[22]
Born a lefty, this president governed from the right from 1981 to 1989
Ronald Reagan
Wes
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$400
[18]
Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Lucretia Mott organized the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, which fought for these
women's rights
Jimmy
|
|
$800
[2]
A plane flying at supersonic speed catches up to its own air disturbances, which form this "sudden" wave
a shock wave
Wes
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$800
[10]
A pair of these, because your tuxedo pants lack belt loops
suspenders
Wes
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$800
[14]
1 of the 2 offical aquatic mammals of Florida
a manatee (or dolphin)
Wes
Jimmy
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$800
[13]
Tybalt! You took out my pal Mercutio & now I'm comin' after you! I'll show you what a title guy can do!
Romeo
Wes
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$800
[26]
Kermit the Frog is left-handed & so was this famous creator of his
Jim Henson
Jimmy
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$800
[27]
It's the area of law that grants authors the exclusive privileges to their work
intellectual property rights (or copyright)
Wes
|
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$1,200
[4]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands at a blackboard with curved mirrors depicted.) For a concave mirror, this point is in front of it; for a convex mirror, behind it & expressed as a negative number
a focal point (or focus)
Jimmy
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$1,200
[3]
Theitemknown by this recent 6-letter noun
a hoodie
Jimmy
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$1,200
[15]
It's Florida's official nickname
the Sunshine State
Ruvani
|
$1,200
[19]
Antonio! I lend you a few bucks & you end up making me change my religion?! I'll see you at "Veniceslam!"
Shylock
Ruvani
Jimmy
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$1,200
[23]
Fender's Voodoo Stratocaster tries to give righty players the sound of this legendary '60s lefty guitarist
Jimi Hendrix
Wes
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$1,200
[28]
You three are examples for this "shining" quality, being quick-witted & intelligent
bright
Ruvani
|
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$1,600
[5]
In 1896 a physicist noticed uranium darkening a photographic plate even through a screen--this phenomenon
radiation (or radioactivity)
Jimmy
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$1,600
[7]
These dockers, also the service dress color officially adopted by the Army in 1902
khakis
Ruvani
Wes
|
DD
$1,900
[16]
The USA's first National Wildlife Refuge, Florida's Pelican Island, was established by this president in the early 20th c.
Teddy Roosevelt
Ruvani
|
$1,600
[20]
Richmond! You! Me! Bosworth Field! My kingdom for a horse? How 'bout a folding chair for the back of your head?!
Richard III
Jimmy
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$1,600
[24]
This Renaissance artist left Florence to serve as principal engineer for the Duke of Milan's army
Leonardo da Vinci
Wes
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$1,600
[29]
Ionesco & Albee took center stage in this job
playwright
Jimmy
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$2,000
[6]
Ferromagnetism, or attraction by an electrically uncharged body, is a property of this element, atomic number 26
iron
Wes
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$2,000
[9]
A low-back dress with slingback these
shoes
Wes
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$2,000
[17]
Each June this West Florida city, home to lots of flyboys, reflects on its history with the Fiesta of Five Flags
Pensacola
Wes
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$2,000
[21]
Cassio! Iago said you've been messing around with my wife! You know how crazy that makes me!
Othello
Ruvani
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DD
$2,000
[25]
This larboard British viscount won victories on the Nile & at Trafalgar against French forces
Lord Nelson
Wes
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$2,000
[30]
A person who builds & launches wooden sailing vessels
a shipwright
Wes
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A member of this family has spoken at every Democratic National Convention since 1956
the Kennedys