2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 2.
Melissa Luttmann — a freshman from Memphis, Tennessee
Janelle Lambert — a senior from Brooklyn, New York
Rachel Horn — a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel | $3,200 | $8,600 | $25,800 |
$33,199
Automatic semifinalist |
$25,400
27 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Janelle | $2,000 | $4,000 | $5,600 |
$11,200
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$5,600
11 R, 2 W |
| Melissa | $2,200 | $2,400 | $9,200 |
$18,400
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$9,400
11 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| HOW INSPIRATIONAL | WHAT'S ON TV? | FOOD FACTS | CAPITAL IDEA | THE TEENS | WORD ORIGINS |
|
$200
[6]
When your prom date leaves the dance without you, recall the proverb, this "heals all wounds"
time
Janelle
|
$200
[26]
In 2007 Marie Osmond blamed allergies & L.A. air quality for her waltz into unconsciousness on this show
Dancing with the Stars
Rachel
|
$200
[19]
Carob yields a sweet pulp that is roasted, ground, & used as a substitute for this flavoring
chocolate
Rachel
|
$200
[16]
Long before it was a capital, this city on the Thames River was a communications center
London
Melissa
|
$200
[11]
Sounds unlucky, but there were this many books in Lemony Snicket's "Series of Unfortunate Events"
13
Janelle
|
$200
[1]
The name of this, also called a fireplug, is partly from a word for "water"
a hydrant
|
|
$400
[7]
This saint of Assisi said, "Where there is hatred, let me sow love... where there is despair, hope"
Francis
Rachel
|
$400
[27]
Simon said "Simply dreadful... appalling" on this show that debuted on Fox in June '02
American Idol
Janelle
|
$400
[20]
Bursting with beta carotene, the melon we call this is actually a type of muskmelon
the cantaloupe
|
$400
[17]
Though Kyoto remained the imperial capital, Tokugawa Ieyasu made this obscure village his capital
Tokyo
Rachel
|
$400
[12]
Sonnets are rhymed poems with this many lines
14
Rachel
|
$400
[2]
The name of this bread spread goes all the way back to bous, a Greek word for "cow"
butter
Rachel
|
|
$600
[8]
Thinking of his sins, poet Heinrich Heine said, "Of course" God will do this to "me; that's his business"
forgive
|
$600
[28]
Justin Timberlake had a rough day on this MTV show: phony "tax agents" said he owed $900,000 & raided his house
Punk'd
Janelle
|
$600
[21]
Cannellini is a white kidney bean, cannelloni is a type of this
pasta
Rachel
|
$600
[18]
A small village sacked by Mongol as well as Afghan invaders, it later became the largest Persian city
Tehran
|
$600
[13]
Rack all your pins in bowling & 10 are set up; rack your balls in a game of 8-ball & this many are set up
15
|
$600
[3]
These sparkly fake gems are partly named for a river that flows through Germany
rhinestones
Melissa
|
|
$800
[9]
In 1903 Pope Pius X wrote, "Where justice is lacking there can be no hope of" this, pax in Latin
peace
Janelle
|
$800
[29]
We're still waiting for a "Des Moines" version of this CBS crime show to accompany the Vegas, Miami & N.Y. ones
CSI
Rachel
|
$800
[22]
This word was once used for the meat of any hunted animal; now it refers to deer meat
venison
Rachel
|
$800
[24]
This capital was created because Rio de Janeiro was overcrowded & isolated from the rest of the country
Brasilia
Rachel
|
$800
[14]
Including wisdom teeth, the number of teeth typically found in the fully developed adult upper jaw
16
Janelle
|
DD
$600
[4]
The name of this type of reference work is from the Greek for "cyclical" (i.e., well-rounded) & "education"
an encyclopedia
Melissa
|
|
$1,000
[10]
This "Candide" author helped popularize the saying, "The perfect is the enemy of the good"
Voltaire
Rachel
|
$1,000
[30]
Bryan Fuller created this show about a piemaker whose touch can bring the dead to life
Pushing Daisies
Janelle
|
$1,000
[23]
Mostly made from the whites, egg substitutes don't contain fat or this artery-clogging lipid
cholesterol
Rachel
|
$1,000
[25]
One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities, it became a capital in 1946 when Syria gained independence
Damascus
Rachel
|
$1,000
[15]
In "The Sound of Music", Liesl was "going on" this number
17
Melissa
|
$1,000
[5]
This 5-letter synonym of "question" comes from the Latin for "to ask" or "to seek"
a query
Rachel
|
| BLACK HISTORY MONTH | BALLS | THE JEFFERSON ADMINISTRATION | IT'S RAINING "MN" | FIRSTS | LASTS |
|
$400
[26]
Melville said this abolitionist who was hanged in Charlestown, Va. in 1859 was "the meteor of the war"
John Brown
Janelle
Melissa
|
$400
[16]
To start your golf round, put your ball up on one of these little pegs
a tee
Rachel
|
$400
[1]
In April 1803 Napoleon renounced this territory in America "with the greatest regret"; so we bought it
the Louisiana Territory
Rachel
|
$400
[2]
Catch the flue here, where fire goes up in smoke
a chimney
Melissa
|
$400
[11]
The Scott brothers sold rolls of this in 1890; 2-ply came later
toilet paper
Janelle
|
$400
[21]
Alphabetically last of our solar system's planets
Venus
Melissa
|
|
$800
[27]
Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color line in 1947 when he was signed by this team
the Dodgers
Janelle
|
$800
[17]
Kermit the Frog's eyeballs were originally made of these light sports balls
ping pong balls
Rachel
|
$800
[3]
In 1807, after a trip up the Hudson, he wrote, "The power of propelling boats by steam is now fully proved"
(Robert) Fulton
Rachel
|
$800
[4]
If you're sleepless in Seattle you're suffering from this malady
insomnia
Rachel
|
$800
[12]
Marie Antoinette is credited with introducing these rolls to France
croissants
|
$800
[22]
Though this book has the word "last" in its title, it's only the second of the 5 "Leatherstocking Tales"
The Last of the Mohicans
Rachel
|
|
$1,200
[28]
Harlem had one of these literary & cultural rebirths in the '20s & '30s
renaissance
Janelle
|
$1,200
[18]
A target ball called a "pallino" is thrown first in this Italian ball game
bocce
Melissa
|
$1,200
[8]
On July 12, 1808 this large city's Missouri Gazette became the first newspaper published west of the Mississippi
St. Louis
Melissa
|
$1,200
[5]
'Tis this season (of the year)
autumn
Rachel
|
$1,200
[13]
Event at which Jesus performed his first miracle, providing enough wine for a feast
the wedding at Cana
Rachel
|
$1,200
[23]
In 1966 Congress authorized the Uniform Time Act, creating this from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October
daylight savings time
Rachel
|
|
$1,600
[29]
Edward & Burghardt were the middle names of this organizer of the NAACP
(W.E.B.) Du Bois
Rachel
|
$1,600
[19]
In racquetball, the ball must strike the front wall before hitting this
the ground (or the floor)
Melissa
|
$1,600
[9]
In 1807 Jefferson tried to have this man, his first vice president, convicted of treason
Aaron Burr
Melissa
|
$1,600
[6]
6-letter word meaning mirthless, sober, or grave
solemn
Janelle
|
DD
$2,000
[14]
The first meeting of this international assembly convened November 15, 1920
the League of Nations
Rachel
|
$2,000
[25]
The name of the last dynasty to rule Vietnam, it's the family name of about half Vietnam's people
Nguyen
|
|
$2,000
[30]
In 1957 Martin Luther King helped establish this religious organization, the SCLC
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
|
$2,000
[20]
The ball & bat used in this sport are seen here
cricket
Rachel
|
$2,000
[10]
In 1805 U.S. Marines stormed the shores of this Barbary state at Derna, helping to end the raids on American ships
Tripoli
Rachel
|
$2,000
[7]
Please don't forget this word, from the Greek for "oblivion"
amnesia
Janelle
|
$2,000
[15]
On December 7, 1787, Delaware became the 1st state to do this
ratify the U.S. Constitution
Rachel
|
DD
$4,000
[24]
The Battle of Castillon in 1453 was the last battle of this war that began back in 1337
the Hundred Years' War
Rachel
|
This character says, "It's Christmas Day! I haven't missed it. The Spirits have done it all in one night"
Ebenezer Scrooge