2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinal game 2.
Lisa Ackerman — a senior from Livermore, California
Meryl Federman — a senior from Livingston, New Jersey
Aiden Pink — a freshman from St. Louis Park, Minnesota
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiden | $4,200 | $11,000 | $16,200 |
$0
3rd place: $10,000 |
$12,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Meryl | $3,000 | $7,400 | $21,800 |
$11,199
Finalist |
$23,000
28 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lisa | $1,000 | $1,400 | $3,800 |
$7,599
2nd place: $10,000 |
$3,800
8 R, 2 W |
| PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES | SPORTS LEGENDS | BALLET | CHECK OUT MY CRIB | MOUNTAINS | WORDS |
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$200
[2]
(Jon of the Clue Crew presents from a staged office.) A replica of this man's Oval Office desk includes gifts from the Georgia Democratic Party & from Hyman Rickover, his mentor in the Navy
Jimmy Carter
Aiden
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$200
[1]
Barry Bonds, among others, is currently trying to break this man's home run record of 755
Hank Aaron
Meryl
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$200
[20]
Cadets attend a dance at a girls' school in "Graduation Ball", a ballet set in this capital of Austria
Vienna
Meryl
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$200
[23]
A Black Molly or 2 would be perfect to keep this calming crib feature in your living room free from algae
an aquarium
Meryl
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$200
[4]
The Hoosac Mountains are a range of these "colorful" mountains located in Vermont
the Green Mountains
Lisa
|
$200
[5]
Chat about this in your chat room: "chat" is merely a shortened form of this 7-letter word
chatter
Lisa
|
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$400
[12]
His presidential library is about 35 miles from the Kansas City, Missouri airport
Harry Truman
Meryl
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$400
[3]
This 7-time Tour de France champ said the 2006 NYC Marathon was the "hardest physical thing" he'd ever done
Lance Armstrong
Meryl
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$400
[21]
The 2000 ballet "Todo Buenos Aires" features different interpretations of this sensual ballroom dance
the tango
Aiden
Meryl
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$400
[25]
Sit down in this chair with an X-shaped frame & a canvas seat, perfect for yelling, "Quiet on the set!"
a director's chair
Meryl
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$400
[17]
Seen here is Tenzing Norgay, standing on the summit of this mountain "because it's there"
Mount Everest
Lisa
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$400
[6]
This name for a work of art that you may carve in art class comes from the Latin for "to carve"
sculpture
Meryl
|
|
$600
[13]
(Jon of the Clue Crew is at the wheel.) In 1948, George H.W. Bush &this young wife of his packed their belongings into a Studebaker & drove west to Odessa, Texas
Barbara
Aiden
|
$600
[10]
From 1984 to 1992, 2 of the 3 players who won all the NBA MVP awards
Magic Johnson & Larry Bird (& Michael Jordan)
Aiden
|
$600
[24]
I may say "neigh!" if you do a pas de cheval, a ballet step that imitates this animal
a horse
Aiden
|
$600
[27]
Chandeliers look great but nowadays don't usually use these items from which their name is derived
candles
Meryl
|
$600
[18]
The Waianae Mountains in this U.S. state rise up to 4,025-foot Mt. Kaala
Hawaii
Meryl
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$600
[7]
If you say, "I'm eating a hot dog with" this, you could mean a chopped pickle topping or just plain enjoyment
relish
Lisa
|
|
$800
[15]
His library has a desk that's an exact replica of the one that his son was photographed under in 1963
John F. Kennedy
Aiden
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$800
[11]
In 1904 he became the first pitcher in the American League to throw a perfect game; now an award is named for him
Cy Young
Meryl
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$800
[26]
He designed sets & costumes for "Where the Wlid Things Are", a ballet based on his own beloved book
Maurice Sendak
Aiden
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$800
[28]
In the furniture sense, this synonym of "pride" is dressing table
vanity
|
$800
[19]
The Caucusus Mountains of Eastern Europe are predominantly found in this large country
Russia
Aiden
Meryl
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$800
[8]
Someone who sees a crime is an eyewitness; someone who experiences it aurally is this similar word
an earwitness
Meryl
|
|
$1,000
[16]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Austin, Texas.) At the dedication in Austin in 1971, he said that of all the words in his presidential library, the two that best express his philosophy are "man can"
L.B.J.
Aiden
|
$1,000
[14]
This Czech-born woman who retired in 2006 won a record 9 Wimbledon Singles Championships
Martina Navratilova
Aiden
|
$1,000
[29]
The Carolina Ballet debuted a 2006 work based on this stormy Shakespearean shipwreck saga
The Tempest
Meryl
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$1,000
[30]
Wanna put your feet up? How about on one of these with a "Turkish" name
an ottoman
Meryl
|
DD
$4,800
[22]
Geological evidence shows that this 5,000-mile mountain chain may extend south into Antarctica
the Andes
Aiden
|
$1,000
[9]
The name of these small towers often seen on castles comes from Old French for "small towers"
turrets
Aiden
|
| JULY | WHAT'S ON TV? | LAW ENFORCEMENT | LITERATURE | COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU | SYNONYMS |
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$400
[21]
William Booth founded this charitable "army" on July 5, 1865 in London
The Salvation Army
Meryl
|
$400
[3]
This "American Idol" judge told one contestant, "You sounded like Cher after she's been to the dentist"
Simon Cowell
Meryl
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$400
[12]
The truant officer may come after you if you fail to do this
go to school
Aiden
|
$400
[1]
In chapter 52 of this novel, a boisterous crowd is gathering for Fagin's execution
Oliver Twist
Meryl
|
$400
[26]
This commerce site founded in 1995 now also owns Skype, Paypal, & Shopping.com
eBay
Aiden
|
$400
[7]
As a noun, it's a synonym for "flower", as a verb, it's to blossom or come into one's own
bloom
Meryl
|
|
$800
[22]
On July 20, 1861 the Congress of the Confederate States began holding sessions in this Virginia city
Richmond
Meryl
|
$800
[13]
This ABC series set at Mode magazine is based on the hit Columbian telenovela "Yo Soy Betty, La Fea"
Ugly Betty
Meryl
|
$800
[14]
It's the identification procedure that uses the kind of grid seen here
a line-up
Aiden
Meryl
|
$800
[2]
19th c. author known for writing about a "venerable mansion" with "seven acutely peaked gables"
(Nathaniel) Hawthorne
Aiden
|
$800
[27]
The first name of this company's search engine was Backrub, as it analyzed the back links pointing to websites
Google
Aiden
|
$1,200
[9]
In court you won't hear a lawyer say "remonstrance!" but this synonym
objection
Meryl
|
|
$1,600
[24]
John Adams' dying words on this date in 1826 were that Thomas Jefferson still lived; John Adams was wrong
July 4
Meryl
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$1,200
[16]
This Neil Patrick Harris sitcom is narrated through flashbacks from the future
How I Met Your Mother
Lisa
|
$1,200
[15]
This agency's criminal justice information services div. has the fingerprints of more than 47 million people
the FBI
Aiden
|
$1,200
[4]
People from the past appear to a brother & sister in "Rewards and Fairies" by this author of "The Jungle Book"
Kipling
Lisa
|
$1,200
[28]
While a student at Northeastern, Shawn Fanning started this P2P music-sharing service that now gone legit
Napster
Aiden
|
$1,600
[10]
Back in the 19th century, ladies didn't faint but did this 5-letter synonym
swoon
Lisa
|
|
$2,000
[25]
In July 1893 this president underwent a secret operation to remove part of his jaw due to cancer
Grover Cleveland
Aiden
|
$1,600
[17]
Penn Jillette hosts this NBC game show about first impressions
Identity
Aiden
|
$1,600
[19]
A counter-terrorism program is called "NYPD" this, another term for a police badge
Shield
Lisa
|
$1,600
[5]
Modern novels with biblical titles include Jane Hamilton's "The Book of Ruth" & Toni Morrison's "Song of" him
Solomon
Meryl
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$1,600
[29]
After selling Broadcast.com to Yahoo! for more than $5 billion, this Dallas NBA team owner started HDNet
Mark Cuban
Aiden
|
$2,000
[11]
This synonym for "to seclude" is also a word for part of a monastery or convent
cloister
Meryl
|
|
DD
$4,000
[23]
A July 17, 1917 royal proclamation changed the name of the British royal family to this, like a castle
Windsor
Meryl
|
$2,000
[18]
In its 1st episode, citizens of a Kansas town saw a mushroom cloud on the horizon & were cut off from the outside world
Jericho
Lisa
|
$2,000
[20]
Not just a remark like "the soup's too salty", it's a formal charge a victim can swear out, leading to an arrest
a complaint
Aiden
Meryl
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$2,000
[6]
Even Grendel would love Seamus Heaney's new translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic about this title Geat
Beowulf
Meryl
|
$2,000
[30]
Started in 2001, Verasun Energy has now become the second-leading producer of this alternative fuel
ethanol
Aiden
Lisa
|
DD
$4,000
[8]
Synonyms for "crowd" include throng, flock & this word that can also mean an infatuation
a crush
Meryl
|
The genus of this Asian animal is Ailuropoda, & its species name, appropriately, is melanoleuca
the giant panda