Show #5277 2007-07-17 (taped 2007-03-12) Teen Tournament

2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

Aiden Pink — a freshman from St. Louis Park, Minnesota

Ben Noe — a sophomore from Flushing, Michigan

Amy Levine — a freshman from North Potomac, Maryland

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Amy $-400 $800 $10,400 $800
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated
$10,400
10 R, 2 W
Ben $2,600 $5,600 $8,800 $17,400
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated
$12,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Aiden $3,400 $10,600 $23,400 $24,013
Automatic semifinalist
$22,000
27 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

CLASSIC LIT THAT'S COMEDY NAME THE CENTURY GETTING TESTY PROMENADE DATES "ALT"ERNATIVE
$200 [1]
In a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, 7-year-old Cedric Errol inherits a title & is known as "Little Lord" this
Fauntleroy
Aiden
$200 [2]
In this 2007 movie, Eddie Murphy finds himself agonizingly married to Eddie Murphy
Norbit
Aiden
$200 [11]
Columbus reaches South America for the first time
the 15th century
Aiden
$200 [7]
Each state has its own version of this test, & in most cases, you have to pass it to practice law
the bar exam
Ben
$200 [26]
It's the city where this civil rights march took place in August of 1963
Washington, D.C.
Ben
$200 [25]
We can thank A.C. promoter George Westinghouse when we use this type of electricity, "A.C." for short
an alternating current
Ben
$400 [17]
This classic is the first book in Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quartet
A Wrinkle in Time
Aiden
$400 [3]
You might think the skits on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" must be rehearsed, but it's real improv, short for this
improvisation
Ben
$400 [12]
John Smith comes to Virginia to help found the Jamestown colony
the 17th century
Aiden
$400 [8]
The A.C.T. college entrance exam includes a set of 4 multiple-choice tests covering English, science, reading & this
mathematics
Amy Ben Aiden
$400 [30]
The promenade seenherewas appropriate for the January 1st, 2007 Rose Parade with this director as Grand Marshall
George Lucas
Aiden
$400 [24]
In the old days, a young male who assisted the priest at a Mass
an altar boy
Ben
$800 [19]
Completes the title of a classic about an African-American family "Roll of Thunder..."
Hear My Cry
Amy
$600 [4]
Tune in this Comedy Central show to watch puppets make prank phone calls
Crank Yankers
Aiden
$600 [13]
The U.S. invades Cuba as part of the Spanish-American War
the 19th century
Aiden
$600 [9]
To join this organization, you have to score in the upper 2% of the general population on an IQ test
Mensa
Ben
$600 [27]
On June 17th the men seenherepromenaded for this gal who turned 80 in 2006
Queen Elizabeth II
Amy Aiden
$600 [23]
An angry or heated dispute
an altercation
Ben
$1,000 [20]
"The Black Pearl" & "The Island of the Blue Dolphins" are 2 classics by him
Scott O'Dell
$800 [5]
In "Code Name: The Cleaner", this "entertainer" isn't sure if he's a janitor or a secret agent
Cedric the Entertainer
Ben
$800 [14]
The last emperor of China is forced to abdicate at the age of 6
the 20th century
Ben
$800 [10]
The psychological test named for this Swiss man involves looking at pictures similar to the one seen here
a Rorschach test
Aiden
$800 [28]
Cavalry promenade through this Eastern European capital in the photo from 1941 seen here
Moscow
Ben
$800 [22]
Spider-Man is this type of second self to Peter Parker
an alter ego
Aiden
DD $2,000 [18]
This story begins, "All children, except one, grow up"
Peter Pan
Aiden
$1,000 [6]
"From two of the six writers of 'Scary Movie'" comes this parody of Willy Wonka, Narnia, etc.
Epic Movie
Ben
$1,000 [16]
The Magna Carta is signed, establishing a standard for the rule of law
the 13th century
Aiden
$1,000 [15]
For the U.S. citizenship test, you should know things like the Constitution was written in this year
1787
Aiden
$1,000 [29]
Seen here are men in Times Square celebrating V.J. Day in August of this year
1945
Aiden
$1,000 [21]
This is the unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others
altruism
Amy

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC LONDON SPORTS TEENS FLORA MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS U.S. SENATORS ADJECTIVES
$400 [25]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Regent's Park.) Regent's Park was a hunting ground for this 16th century king, who it was said never hunted without tiring 8 or 10 horses
Henry VIII
Amy
$400 [10]
He was 18 in 1994 when he won the first of his 3 U.S. Amateur Golf Championships
Tiger Woods
Aiden
$400 [27]
In the wild in Mexico, this Christmas plant, Euphorbia pulcherrima, may grow to a height of 15 feet
poinsettia
Ben
$400 [18]
The song "Oh Susanna" says, "I come from Alabama" with this "on my knee"
a banjo
Ben
$400 [3]
Charles Schumer is New York's senior senator; she's the state's junior senator
Hillary Clinton
Aiden
$400 [1]
This adjective precedes "grace" in the name of a hymn
amazing
Amy
$800 [24]
You can visit several of these historic structures like Kensington, where Princess Diana lived
a palace
Aiden
$800 [11]
In 1980 at age 19 this "Great One" of the NHL won the first of his 9 MVP awards
Wayne Gretzky
Aiden
$800 [28]
The ponderosa is one of the most widely distributed American species of this conifer
a pine
Amy
$800 [20]
Kamaka Hawaii is a well-known maker of this instrument that looks like a small guitar
a ukulele
Ben
$800 [4]
The bipartisan campaign reform act of 2001 was co-sponsored by Wisconsin senator Russ Feingold & this Arizonan
John McCain
Ben
$800 [2]
This adjective, from the Latin for "flowing", means "able to speak or write smoothly", as a foreign language
fluent
Ben
$1,200 [15]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Hyde Park.) Famous men who orated here at Hyde Park's Speaker's Corner include Friedrich Engels & this 1848 Engels co-author
Karl Marx
Aiden
$1,200 [12]
A 9-time U.S. figure skating champ, this Asian-American was an alternate to the 1994 Olympics as a 13-year-old
Michelle Kwan
Amy
$1,200 [26]
Horses, cattle, & sheep can be poisoned by eating this weed whose name comes from the Spanish for "crazy"
locoweed
Aiden
$1,200 [8]
When Viola uses her viola, she's playing this many strings
4
Ben Aiden
$1,200 [5]
In January 2007 this democrat from Nevada became the new Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid
Aiden
$1,600 [22]
This adjective is used to describe a tree that sheds its leaves annually
deciduous
Ben
$1,600 [13]
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of this, was known as a soldier but had an eye for art, as you can see at Apsley House
Wellington
Ben
$1,600 [16]
Born in San Diego in 1986, this redheaded snowboarder was the 2003 U.S. Open Slopestyle champ
Shaun White
Aiden
$1,600 [29]
To keep them from drying out, orchids & other rare plants are potted in this moss found in bogs
peat
Amy
$1,600 [7]
In 1934 Laurens Hammond invented an electric one of these musical instruments without pipes
an organ
Amy
$1,600 [6]
In 2000 this Connecticut senator became the first Jewish candidate on a major party ticket
(Joe) Lieberman
Amy
$2,000 [23]
This adjective that means weirdly frightening comes from Old English for "cowardly"
eerie
DD $3,000 [14]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Temple Gardens.) According to Shakespeare, these conflicts began with the plucking of 2 flowers here in the Temple Gardens
the Wars of the Roses
Ben
$2,000 [17]
He's the teen sensation Major League Soccer star seen here; we bid you...
Freddy Adu
Aiden
$2,000 [30]
A variety of this state tree of Mississippi is the cucumber tree, which gets its name from the shape of its fruits
the magnolia
$2,000 [19]
Around 1709 Cristofori became a key player in this new instrument's history
piano
Amy
$2,000 [9]
Former Homeland Security Committee Chairperson Susan Collins represents this New England state
Maine
Aiden
DD $5,000 [21]
This 10-letter adjective meaning "extraordinarily great in size" comes from the Latin for "to shake"
tremendous
Ben

Final Jeopardy!

19th CENTURY AMERICA

It was written for American schoolkids to recite on the dedication day of the Chicago World's Fair

the Pledge of Allegiance

Ben "What is The Pledge of Allegiance?" — wagered $8,600
Amy "What isAmeAmerica The [illegible]" — wagered $9,600
Aiden "What is the pledge of [something crossed out] allegiance" — wagered $613

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