Show #5284 2007-07-26 (taped 2007-03-13) Teen Tournament

2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games final game 1.

Contestants

Meryl Federman — a senior from Livingston, New Jersey

Kyle Neblett — a senior from Beaverton, Oregon

Greg Peterson — a senior from Park Ridge, Illinois

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Greg $3,800 $5,000 $19,400 $25,000 $22,200
23 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Kyle $1,000 $5,000 $12,200 $18,000 $12,200
16 R, 0 W
Meryl $4,600 $4,800 $4,400 $0 $5,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

POLITICIANS THE DISNEY CHANNEL DOWN SOUTH STORY SPOILERS MUSIC CLASS "OUND" ABOUT
$200 [1]
Before he was NYC mayor, he was the U.S. attorney who prosecuted the mafia in the "pizza connection" case
Rudy Giuliani
$200 [21]
Ron Stoppable helps this title girl in her fight against villains like Frugal Lucre & Sr. Senior, Jr.
Kim Possible
Greg
$200 [16]
For authentic Cajun & Creole dishes, head down south to this "Bayou State"
Louisiana
Kyle
$200 [4]
Harry is chosen for & competes in the Triwizard Tournament. He fights Voldemort. "Moody" tries to kill Harry
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Meryl
$200 [26]
On sheet music, this sign identifies the second line of the staff as the G above middle C
a treble clef
Greg
$200 [11]
5,760 grains in troy weight or 7,000 grains in avoirdupois weight
a pound
Greg
$400 [2]
We hope Silvestre Reyes can keep secrets--he chairs the House Permanent Select Committee on this
Intelligence
Greg
$400 [22]
A junior high hoops star starts turning into a leprechaun in the Disney Channel movie "The Luck of" them
the Irish
Greg
$400 [17]
The 1862 Civil War battle of these 2 ironclads ended when one had to withdraw because of the tides
the Monitor and the Merrimack
Kyle
$400 [5]
Jess likes to run. Jess & Leslie build a fantasyland filled with creatures. Leslie drowns. Jess crowns his sis
Bridge to Terabithia
Greg
$400 [27]
The name of this section of an orchestra in which instruments are struck comes from the Latin for "a beating"
percussion
Kyle
$400 [12]
Where a baseball pitcher stands
the mound
Meryl
$600 [3]
This senator was the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review
Barack Obama
Meryl
$600 [23]
The Diffy family from the year 2121 gets stuck in our century on this show
Phil of the Future
Kyle
$600 [18]
Opryland, once a popular theme park in this city, was demolished to make way for a shopping mall
Nashville
Kyle
$600 [6]
Ponyboy vs. the Socs. Johnny kills a Soc. A church catches on fire, kids are saved. Johnny dies, Dally is shot
The Outsiders
Meryl
$600 [28]
In 1890 this composer wrote a rousing number called "The High School Cadets", heard here
(John Philip) Sousa
Greg
$600 [13]
8-letter word meaning to encircle or enclose on all sides
surround
Meryl
$800 [9]
In 2004 this North Carolinian was almost the vice president-elect
John Edwards
Meryl
$800 [24]
This title kid is "in the (White) House" when his dad is made executive chef
Cory (Baxter)
Kyle
$800 [19]
In 2004 this hyphenated North Carolina city was named one of the most livable cities in America
Winston-Salem
Meryl
$1,000 [8]
Trojans flee Troy. Dido & Aeneas hook up. He goes, she stabs herself. The Trojans reach Italy. Fighting ensues
the Aeneid
Greg
$800 [29]
Rachmaninoff wrote one "on a Theme of Paganini"; Gershwin wrote on "in Blue"
a rhapsody
Greg
$800 [14]
Subterranean
underground
Greg
$1,000 [10]
This former Massachusetts governor was CEO of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City
Mitt Romney
Greg
$1,000 [25]
Disney says this title guy "is your average 13-year-old kid, who just so happens to be a powerful and magical dragon!"
Jake Long
Kyle
$1,000 [20]
Home to a famous naval hospital, this unincorporated Maryland city was named for a church
Bethesda
Greg
DD $1,400 [7]
Sherlock Holmes discovers a cane, then a family curse. Howling is heard. The culprit drowns on the moors
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Meryl
$1,000 [30]
You may have studied these Chopin pieces whose name is French for "studies"
études
Meryl
$1,000 [15]
In chemistry, a substance consisting of 2 or more elements
a compound
Kyle

Double Jeopardy! Round

SIGNS & SYMBOLS WORLD HERITAGE SITES THE SUMMER OLYMPICS EXPLORERS & EXPLORATION ANATOMY & MEDICINE ONLINE INSULTS
$400 [7]
The star on Nevada's flag is this metallic color because it represents Nevada's state mineral
silver
Kyle
$400 [17]
This entire Italian city, spread of 188 islands, is a World Heritage Site
Venice
Meryl
$400 [2]
In 1948 Micheline Ostermeyer won Olympic gold for throwing the discus & for putting this
the shot
Kyle
$400 [12]
From October 1804 to April 1805 this pair camped in N.D. with the Mandan Indians before heading west to Oregon
Lewis and Clark
Meryl
$400 [26]
It's a network of nerves, like the solar one
plexus
Meryl
$400 [1]
If someone uses the acronym "GAL", they don't think you're female, but rather that you should "get" this
a life
Greg
$800 [8]
A sheaf of this grain symbolizes--what else?--agriculture on Ohio's state seal
wheat
Kyle
$800 [22]
The old cities of Bern in Switzerland & Damascus in this country made the list
Syria
Kyle
$800 [3]
The 1972 games at this German city were the scene of terrorism & tragedy
Munich
Meryl
$800 [13]
In 1775 this frontiersman led a group through the Cumberland Gap
Daniel Boone
Greg Meryl
$800 [27]
Nephrology is a medical specialty concerned with these organs
kidneys
Kyle
$800 [18]
"DQYDJ" has nothing to do with your turntable gig; in fact, it means "Don't quit" this
your day job
Kyle
$1,200 [9]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a shape on the monitor.) The traditional symbol for this sign of the zodiac resembles a "mane"
Leo
Meryl
$1,200 [23]
This South American capital didn't exist 60 years ago
Brasilia
Greg
$1,200 [4]
Different strokes: In 2004 Amanda Beard won Olympic gold in 200-meter breast, Natalie Coughlin in 100-meter this
backstroke
Greg
$1,200 [14]
Bjarni Herjolfsson sold his ship to this man who used it to explore Vinland around 1000
Leif Ericson
Kyle
$1,200 [28]
The hip is this type of 3-word joint
ball and socket
Greg
$1,200 [19]
Provoking people in an online forum could get you this moniker, like the nemesis of the Billy Goats Gruff
troll
Meryl
$1,600 [10]
Not the Easter but the Prairie type of this flower is the floral emblem of Saskatchewan
lily
Greg
$1,600 [24]
You can visit this North America country's L'Anse Aux Meadows historic park even if you're not a Viking
Canada
Greg
$1,600 [5]
A platypus was one of the mascots of the 2000 games held in this city
Sydney
Greg
$1,600 [15]
After his 5-year voyage, 1831-36, this naturalist never went abroad again; he had been seasick much of the time
Charles Darwin
Greg
$1,600 [29]
These 5 bones make up the palm of the hand
metacarpals
Greg Meryl
DD $2,000 [20]
If someone uses the term "PEBCAK", it's a dis meaning the "problem exists between" these 2 places
chair and keyboard
Meryl
$2,000 [11]
From the Latin for "triple leaf", it's the name of the official Girl Scout emblem depicted here
trefoil
Greg
$2,000 [25]
A visit to this country's Komodo National Park shouldn't "drag on" all day
Indonesia
Kyle Meryl
$2,000 [6]
Shewon all-around gold for the U.S. in 2004; maybe you can see her betternow
Carly Patterson
Greg
$2,000 [16]
In 1682 he claimed the entire Mississippi Valley for France; 5 years later, his own men killed him in Texas
LaSalle
DD $2,800 [30]
It's also called the auditory tube, & when it's blocked, an earache can result
eustachian tube
Greg
$2,000 [21]
If you lack technology like Gameboys & iPods, you could be called "Urban" this, like a Mennonite sect
Amish
Greg

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN AUTHORS

Injured on the Austro-Italian front of July 8, 1918, he also crossed the English Channel with U.S. forces on D-Day

Ernest Hemingway

Meryl "Who is Heller?" — wagered $4,400
Kyle "Who is Hemmingway?" — wagered $5,800
Greg "Who is Hemingway?" — wagered $5,600

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