2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinal game 1.
Kyle Neblett — a senior from Beaverton, Oregon
Rachel Gottesman — a junior from Cortlandt Manor, New York
Andy Hutchins — a senior from Rockledge, Florida
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy | $2,200 | $7,000 | $13,800 |
$27,600
2nd place: $10,000 |
$13,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Rachel | $1,200 | $2,800 | $4,400 |
$4,421
3rd place: $10,000 |
$4,400
10 R, 1 W |
| Kyle | $1,800 | $4,600 | $15,300 |
$29,300
Finalist |
$19,400
25 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| OUR FOUNDING FATHERS | COLLEGE TEAM NICKNAMES | NOW THAT'S EXPENSIVE! | THE LARGEST IN AREA | THEY USED TO BE CHEERLEADERS | GIVE ME A "K"! |
|
$200
[6]
In early April 1775 William Dawes, Samuel Prescott & this man rode to warn Patriots to move military stores from Concord
Paul Revere
Andy
|
$200
[1]
UC Berkeley's teams are known as the golden these, & there's one on the state flag
a bear (or Bears)
Rachel
|
$200
[7]
A Louis XVI one of these that showed phases of the moon as well as the seconds & minutes sold in 1999 for $3 million
a clock
Andy
Kyle
|
$200
[14]
Mexico, United States, Canada
Canada
Kyle
|
$200
[13]
She probably wrote about her cheerleading days at Katy High School in Texas in her own diary, not Bridget Jones's
(Renée) Zellweger
Andy
|
$200
[8]
In the 1930s it was advertised as "the handkerchiefs you can throw away"
Kleenex
Kyle
|
|
$400
[18]
3 years after writing the Declaration of Independence, he succeeded Patrick Henry as Virginia governor
(Thomas) Jefferson
Rachel
|
$400
[2]
Pepperdine's nickname is this, & some lap not too far away from the campus
Waves
Andy
|
$400
[24]
Some of this early Rock & Roll singer's hair (maybe his sideburns?) sold in 2002 for $115,120
Elvis Presley
Rachel
|
$400
[15]
Pakistan, India, Bangladesh
India
Kyle
|
$400
[22]
This ex-Eastern Regional High cheerleader must have let out a cheer when she became Regis Philbin's co-host
Kelly Ripa
Kyle
|
$400
[9]
Feline term for a pool of money to which many have contributed
the kitty
Andy
|
|
$600
[19]
On 7/3/76 he wrote to his wife Abigail that the colonies "are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states"
John Adams
Andy
|
$800
[4]
The University of Texas at Arlington uses this nickname shared by the NBA team closest to them
Mavericks
Andy
Kyle
|
$600
[25]
In 2001, an anonymous buyer paid more than $6 million for a 1623 "first folio" of this English author's plays
(William) Shakespeare
Kyle
|
$600
[16]
Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Kyle
|
$600
[23]
Mandy Moore spent years as a cheerleader before playing one in this "regal" Anne Hathaway film of 2001
The Princess Diaries
Andy
|
$600
[10]
The "K" is silent in this word meaning complicated, as in a difficult problem; the word also describes ropes & trees
knotty
Andy
|
|
$800
[20]
In 1724, at the age of 18, he left Philadelphia for England to train as a printer; he stayed there 2 years
(Benjamin) Franklin
Andy
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
This word describing Penn State's Lions comes from an Algonquian term meaning "single mountain"
Nittany
Andy
|
$800
[26]
In 2000 a set of books about these critters "Of America" by John James Audubon sold at auction for $8.8 million
birds
Kyle
|
$800
[17]
Spain, Germany, France
France
Andy
|
$800
[29]
These 2 stars of "Desperate Housewives" were high school cheerleaders (hint: they're both brunettes)
Eva Longoria & Teri Hatcher
Rachel
|
$800
[11]
We may put you to sleep telling you its standard dimensions are an impressive 76 x 80 inches
a king-sized bed
|
|
$1,000
[21]
In "Public Good", this pamphleteer called for Virginia to cede land needed to form a strong central government
(Thomas) Paine
Andy
|
$1,000
[5]
This University of Idaho nickname is from an old Germanic tribe whose name has come to mean troublemakers
Vandals
Kyle
|
$1,000
[27]
The world's most valuable one of these instruments is one made by Antonio Stradivari in 1716 worth $18 million
a violin
Andy
|
$1,000
[28]
Libya, Egypt, Tunisia
Libya
Andy
Kyle
|
$1,000
[30]
Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar. If you know this Phillips Academy cheerleader, stand up and holler!
George W. Bush
Andy
|
$1,000
[12]
The colors of Hawaii Pacific Universityare Columbia blue and this shade of green
kelly
Rachel
|
| MYTHS & LEGENDS | BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES | ADVENTURES IN THE AIR | ISLANDS | A MAKEUP EXAM | PREFIXES |
|
$400
[1]
Around 400 B.C. the Greek Ctesias described it as having a white body with a straight cubit-long horn
a unicorn
Rachel
|
$400
[6]
This 2003 "Lord of the Rings" installment has Frodo & Sam approaching Mount Doom to destroy the one ring
The Return of the King
Rachel
|
$400
[11]
Hitting a speed of about 800 miles per hour, Chuck Yeager broke this barrier in October 1947
the speed of sound
Andy
|
$400
[16]
This U.S. commonwealth lies about 70 miles across the Mona Passage from the Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico
Rachel
|
$400
[22]
Don't be embarrassed to use the Cargo Beach or Suede type of this cheek makeup
blush
Andy
|
$400
[21]
Hemi-
half
Rachel
|
|
$800
[2]
The earliest ballads of this outlaw say that his activities took place in the South Yorkshire, not Nottinghamshire
Robin Hood
Kyle
|
$800
[7]
James Cameron also won an Oscar for editing this 1997 blockbuster
Titanic
Kyle
|
$800
[12]
August 1983 saw the first night launch of this reusable U.S. orbital vehicle
the space shuttle
Kyle
|
$800
[17]
Russia's Wrangel Island & Canada's Prince Patrick Island lie in this ocean
the Arctic (Ocean)
Andy
|
$800
[27]
Spanish for "mask", this cosmetic is used to color the eylashes
mascara
Kyle
|
DD
$500
[25]
Circum-
around
Kyle
|
|
$1,200
[3]
This steel drivin' man beat a steam drill in a race to make a railroad tunnel but died with his "hammer in his hand"
(John) Henry
Andy
Kyle
|
$1,200
[8]
Jack-Jack Parr is the baby of the family of superheroes in this animated film
The Incredibles
Kyle
|
$1,200
[13]
Taking 16 hours, in 1919 British aviators Alcock & Brown became the first to cross this large body of water nonstop
the Atlantic Ocean
Andy
|
$1,200
[18]
A chain of shoals known as Adam's Bridge stretches between India & this island nation
Sri Lanka
Kyle
|
$1,200
[28]
Talk about killer looks--Egyptians used toxic plants called fucus on this facial part; Lancome's Juicy Wear is safer
the lips
Kyle
|
$800
[23]
Di-as in dicephalous
two
Kyle
|
|
$1,600
[4]
In some legends it's the influence of the full moon that changes a man into one of these, also called a lycanthrope
a werewolf
Andy
|
$1,600
[9]
The title guys of this 1997 sci-fi comedy are "protecting the earth from the scum of the universe"
Men in Black
Kyle
|
$1,600
[14]
In 1909 Louis Bleriot became the first person to fly a plane over this between Great Britain & France
The English Channel
Andy
|
$2,000
[20]
This large Italian island in the Mediterranean lies just 7 miles south of Corsica
Sardinia
Andy
Rachel
Kyle
|
$1,600
[29]
In the 1930s Max Factor introduced pan-cake, which was this makeup base
foundation
Kyle
|
$1,200
[24]
Contra-
against
Kyle
|
|
$2,000
[5]
This hero of mythology cleaned the Augean stables by diverting the courses of 2 nearby rivers
Hercules
Kyle
|
$2,000
[10]
"I see dead people" is a line from this Bruce Willis film
The Sixth Sense
Andy
|
$2,000
[15]
In 1907 Paul Cornu became the first man to fly freely in one of these horizontally rotored aircraft
a helicopter
Kyle
|
DD
$3,000
[19]
This large island's 2 highest peaks lie in the Maoke Mountains on the Indonesian side
New Guinea
Kyle
|
$2,000
[30]
Some makeup shades come in one of these containers named for a board on which artists mix paints
palette
Rachel
|
$2,000
[26]
Dys-(of several definitions, give us a simple 3-letter word)
bad
Andy
Kyle
|
In 1910 his new invention helped Scotland Yard catch a murderer escaping to North America across the Atlantic
Marconi