2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 1.
Nick Philip — a junior from Plainfield, Indiana
Mollie Haycock — a senior from Rocklin, California
Zia Choudhury — a senior from Paducah, Kentucky
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zia | $5,600 | $15,600 | $50,000 |
$30,601
Automatic semifinalist |
$33,600
34 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W |
| Mollie | $1,800 | $2,400 | $3,600 |
$600
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$3,600
6 R, 0 W |
| Nick | $1,200 | $4,200 | $15,800 |
$10,000
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$15,800
18 R, 0 W |
| THE BILL OF RIGHTS | WILL SMITH | POETRY | PARENTAL PAST LIVES | CROSSWORD CLUES "K" | CLIFF NOTES |
|
$200
[1]
This amendment guarantees that an individual can't be "deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process"
the Fifth Amendment
Zia
|
$200
[6]
Will helped protect the Earth from the scum of the universe as Agent J in this 1997 film
Men in Black
Zia
|
$200
[21]
"Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" is this British lord's longest poem other than "Don Juan"
Lord Byron
Zia
|
$200
[23]
Mom & Dad found romance under the mosquito nets as volunteers in Niger on this continent
Africa
Mollie
|
$200
[11]
Bean-shaped internal organs(7)
kidneys
Mollie
|
$200
[16]
If you want to go to Lake Titicaca, you'll have to visit this mountain range
the Andes
Nick
|
|
$400
[2]
3 of the 13 original states did not ratify the Bill of Rights until 1939: Mass., Conn. & this "Peach State"
Georgia
Zia
|
$400
[8]
Will helped protect the Earth from the scum of the universe as Captain Steven Hiller in this 1996 film
Independence Day
Nick
|
$400
[22]
This "Where the Sidewalk Ends" poet gave us a "Recipe for a Hippopotamus Sandwich"
Shel Silverstein
Mollie
|
$400
[24]
Dad spent a year training for the priesthood in this type of school, from the Latin for "seed"--lucky for you, he quit
seminary
Nick
|
$400
[12]
Brown seaweed(4)
kelp
Zia
|
$400
[17]
This prehistoric monument on the Salisbury Plain is thought to be carved from stones of the Prescelly Mtns.
Stonehenge
Zia
|
|
$600
[3]
Punishments inflicted shall not be cruel or this
unusual
Mollie
|
$600
[9]
Starring with son Jaden in this 2006 film must have been fun; getting a second Oscar nomination, icing on the cake
The Pursuit of Happyness
Zia
|
$600
[28]
This author's song for Humpty-Dumpty begins, "In winter, when the fields are white / I sing this song for your delight"
Lewis Carroll
|
$600
[25]
Though now she doesn't even vote, as a teen Mom was super into politics & served as this, carrying papers around Congress
a page
Nick
|
$600
[13]
Adhering to Jewish dietary law(6)
kosher
Zia
|
$600
[19]
A post office sits atop this mountain that straddles the Yamanashi-Shizuoka prefectural border
Mount Fuji
Zia
|
|
$800
[4]
10 bucks says he argued in the Federalist Papers that a Bill of Rights was "unnecessary and dangerous"
Hamilton
Zia
|
$800
[7]
A tagline for this 2007 Will Smith film was "The last man on Earth is not alone"
I Am Legend
Nick
|
$800
[29]
Hispoems include "If" & "The Ballad of East & West"
Rudyard Kipling
Zia
|
$800
[26]
Dad used to milk goats & dress in costume for tourists as one of these Puritan travelers at Plimoth Plantation
a Pilgrim
Nick
|
$800
[14]
Sesame seed roll, or a German emperor(6)
kaiser
Zia
|
$1,000
[20]
It's the alphanumeric alias for Mount Godwin-Austen
K2
Zia
|
|
$1,000
[5]
The 1st Amendment guarantees the right of the people to "peaceably" do this
assemble
Zia
|
$1,000
[10]
In 2002 Will got an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of this sports icon
Muhammad Ali
Zia
|
$1,000
[30]
"Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog" is a collection of stories about this poet's youth in Wales
Dylan Thomas
Zia
|
$1,000
[27]
Mom doesn't talk about her time at this government agency--but there is a picture of her & co-worker Valerie Plame
the CIA
Nick
|
$1,000
[15]
Tannish color for military uniforms(5)
khaki
Mollie
|
DD
$6,000
[18]
Look in a book of maps & you might find this mountain range that extends from Tunisia to Morocco
the Atlas Mountains
Zia
|
| MYTHOLOGY | THE NEW 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD | DESCRIBING THE PRESIDENT | VOCABULARY | UH-OH, OPERA | CLIFFS NOTES |
|
$400
[1]
Turn on the lava lamp for Pele, a Polynesian goddess of these geographic features
volcanoes
Nick
|
$400
[6]
You can't really see it from the Moon, but it is the longest of the 7
the Great Wall of China
Zia
|
$400
[11]
Had a Springfield in his step, look him up at his Gettysburg Address, enjoyed the theater a bit too much
Abraham Lincoln
Nick
|
$400
[18]
Meaning not separable, it's the longest word in the text of the Pledge of Allegiance
indivisible
Nick
|
$400
[13]
In the opera "Broken Strings", a soprano plays a fish & a tenor plays one of these proud fan-tailed birds
a peacock
Zia
|
$400
[27]
Preppie runs away from school; spends memorable weekend in New York; gets even more depressed
The Catcher in the Rye
Zia
|
|
$800
[2]
These fabled warrior women liked to hang out in Asia Minor
Amazons
Nick
|
$800
[8]
The only one in Europe is this ancient arena
the Colosseum
Nick
|
$800
[12]
"Texas tea" man, enjoy's his dad's office, seems to have a problem saying "nuclear" (nuke-u-lar just isn't right, kids)
George W. Bush
Zia
|
$800
[19]
Italian for "unknown", it's how a person in disguise might "travel"
incognito
Zia
|
$800
[14]
Princess Ninetta is briefly transformed into a rat in "The Love for Three" of these citrus fruits
Oranges
Zia
|
$800
[28]
Massachusetts man spends 2 years living alone in a cabin in the woods; writes book
Walden
Zia
|
|
$1,200
[3]
This noisy Norse god had a daughter named Thrud
Thor
Nick
|
$1,200
[9]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands near a Wonder in Peru.) One of the most impressive & mysterious structures at this ancient site is the Intihuatana pyramid, whose name means "hitching post of the sun"
Machu Picchu
Mollie
|
$1,200
[24]
Had a rough swim in WWII, considered himself a Berliner, had a Camelot of fun
JFK
Zia
|
$1,200
[20]
From the Latin for "prescribe", it can mean to give orders, or to talk aloud for transcription
dictate
Zia
|
$1,200
[16]
Yikes! In "The Wreckers", Mark & Thirza are condemned to die this way in a cave when the tide rises
drowning
Nick
|
$1,200
[29]
Poor family makes big move from Oklahoma to California; it doesn't work out
The Grapes of Wrath
Nick
|
|
$1,600
[4]
The Mexico City meteorologist might consult Tlaloc, the rain god of this former empire
Aztecs
Nick
|
$2,000
[10]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.) The newest of the New Wonders is Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue of Corcovado Sanctuary, which was built to commemorate Brazil's independence from this country
Portugal
Zia
|
$1,600
[23]
Pro-Prohibition, suffered from the Depression, got vacuumed out of office in 1932
Hoover
Zia
|
$1,600
[21]
This 14-letter word means to sail or fly around, especially around the Earth
circumnavigate
Zia
|
$1,600
[15]
This heroine of a 1915 Schillings opera shares her name with a lady painted by Leonardo
Mona Lisa
Nick
|
$2,000
[30]
700 B.C.: Greek warrior takes epic 10-year journey to get home
The Odyssey
Zia
|
|
$2,000
[5]
The descendants of this "labor"er are known as Heraclidae
Heracles
Nick
|
DD
$6,000
[7]
4 corner minarets helped define this Wonder dedicated to a favorite wife
the Taj Mahal
Zia
|
$2,000
[25]
Built a "Bridge to the 21st Century", got the Starr treatment, moved to N.Y.
Bill Clinton
Zia
|
$2,000
[22]
This Russian word is used for any of the vast, treeless plains of the Arctic regions
tundra
Zia
|
$2,000
[17]
"Il Re Pastore" dramatizes a legend about this conqueror known in the opera as Alessandro
Alexander the Great
Zia
|
DD
$8,400
[26]
London physician creates new designer drug; has way too much fun; pays dearly
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Zia
|
It's the only state name that when spelled officially contains a diacritical mark
Hawaii