2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 5.
Todd Faulkenberry — a junior from Moore, South Carolina
Rachel "Steve" Cooke — a senior from Fishers, Indiana
Bonnie Cao — a senior from Arcadia, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnie | $1,800 | $2,000 | $5,200 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$5,200
7 R, 2 W |
| "Steve" | $600 | $3,000 | $14,600 |
$18,000
Automatic semifinalist |
$15,600
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Todd | $2,800 | $5,800 | $19,000 |
$13,000
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$19,400
22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| HISTORIC FACES | DON'T TOY WITH ME | "D" IN MATH | STATE NICKNAMES | AWARDS | VWLLSS FLWRS |
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$200
[1]
Later president, this man is seenhereback in 1898
Theodore Roosevelt
"Steve"
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$200
[21]
If you're jonesing to take "Twisted Metal" on the road, you'll need this Sony handheld gaming system
the PSP
Todd
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$200
[11]
Term for the line that cuts a square into 2 triangles
a diagonal
"Steve"
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$200
[6]
"The Beaver State"
Oregon
Todd
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$200
[12]
This 2005 film in the "Star Wars" saga won People's Choice Awards for Favorite Picture & Favorite Drama
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
"Steve"
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$200
[26]
VLT
violet
"Steve"
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$400
[2]
Forthright one-time White House resident seen here
Betty Ford
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$400
[22]
Race between classes with this brand of sneaker that's named for the location of its hidden removable wheel
Heelys
Todd
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$400
[17]
In a fraction, the numerator is the dividend & this is the divisor
the denominator
Todd
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$400
[7]
"The Razorback State"
Arkansas
Todd
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$400
[13]
With about 100 awarded yearly, Rhodes Scholarships enable students to study at this British university
Oxford
"Steve"
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$400
[27]
PTN
petunia
Todd
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$600
[3]
The risktaking ofthis20th-century high flier will be long remembered
(Charles) Lindbergh
"Steve"
Todd
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$600
[23]
You might say "Wii" while using the wireless controller for this company's game system
Nintendo
Todd
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$600
[18]
A binary system is based on 2; this is a system based on 10
a decimal system
"Steve"
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$600
[8]
"The Tar Heel State"
North Carolina
Todd
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$800
[15]
The ALA presents an award named in honor of Theodore Geisel, aka this author, for beginning readers' books
Dr. Seuss
Bonnie
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$600
[28]
PPP
poppy
Bonnie
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$800
[4]
Against all the odds, hewas the losing 1948 Republican candidate for president
(Thomas) Dewey
Todd
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$800
[24]
Use the Sky Scout to look up at night & identify nebulae & the 88 official groups of stars called these
constellations
"Steve"
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$800
[19]
Angles & compass readings are measured in these
degrees
"Steve"
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$800
[9]
"The Gopher State"
Minnesota
Todd
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DD
$1,000
[14]
In 2007 Doris Lessing became only the 11th woman to win this--Pearl Buck won in 1938
the Nobel Prize in Literature
"Steve"
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$800
[29]
GRNM
geranium
Bonnie
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$1,000
[5]
He's the 18th-century musical prodigyseen here
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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$1,000
[25]
Watch the DVDs included in this board game that has Disney, sports, Marvel & music editions
Scene It?
"Steve"
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$1,000
[20]
Pi is the ratio of the circle's circumference to this
diameter
Todd
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$1,000
[10]
"The Pine Tree State"
Maine
Bonnie
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$1,000
[16]
Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama include this playwright, for "Death of a Salesman"
(Arthur) Miller
Todd
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$1,000
[30]
RS(2 responses, please)
rose & iris
"Steve"
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| AROUND THE WORLD | AT THE MOVIES | SPACE | RELIGIOUS MATTERS | IT'S ELEMENTAL | ADD A LETTER |
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$400
[7]
This Danish city's name means "merchant's harbor"
Copenhagen
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$400
[2]
A mom in real life, she plays Grendel's mother in 2007's "Beowulf"
Angelina Jolie
"Steve"
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$400
[12]
In November 1999 this country launched Shenzhou, its first capsule capable of carrying a man into space
China
Todd
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$400
[17]
The "Good News" version of this "Good Book" debuted in 1976
the Bible
Todd
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$400
[1]
It's the second-lightest element
helium
Todd
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$400
[26]
By adding a letter to "ticked", you can go from being ticked to this much better opposite
tick l ed
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$800
[8]
(Jon of the Clue Crew points out a region on a map.) Violence in this region of Western Sudan has spilled over into Chad & has led to worldwide humanitarian appeals
Darfur
Todd
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$800
[3]
The Autobots & the Decepticons are dueling alien races that bring their war to Earth in this sci-fi flick
Transformers
Bonnie
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$800
[13]
Its moon Phobos orbits the planet in 7 hours, rises in the west, & sets in the east
Mars
Todd
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$800
[18]
Fireworkslight up India's sky during Diwali, this religon's festival of lights
Hinduism
"Steve"
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DD
$400
[22]
This element's symbol, Hg, comes from the Latin word hydrargyrum, meaning "liquid silver"
mercury
Todd
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$800
[27]
Add a letter to "neuron" & instead of a nerve cell, it's this subatomic particle
neu t ron
"Steve"
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$1,200
[9]
Capri sits at the entrance to the bay of this Italian city
Naples
Bonnie
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$1,200
[4]
Amir & Hassan are boys who fly kites in Kabul in this film based on a novel
The Kite Runner
"Steve"
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$1,200
[14]
This first space shuttle concluded its maiden voyage on April 14, 1981
Columbia
Bonnie
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$1,200
[19]
Attention, young Buddhists: the World Fellowship of Buddhist Youth is headquartered in this Thai city
Bangkok
"Steve"
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$1,200
[23]
This element, symbol Mg, is essential to the diet & to green plants
magnesium
Bonnie
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$1,200
[28]
When you add a letter to "started" you may be truly surprised when you get this
start l ed
Bonnie
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$1,600
[10]
Wrecked military vehicles remain by the road from Tel Aviv to this city as a memorial of Israel's 1948 War of Independence
Jerusalem
"Steve"
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$1,600
[5]
Vince Vaughn played this title guy, Santa's bitter older brother, in a 2007 holiday film
Fred Claus
Todd
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$1,600
[15]
On July 4, 2005 the probe Deep Impact blasted a crater in Tempel 1, one of these celestial travelers
a comet
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DD
$1,600
[20]
One of the few marked graves from this group's trek west is Rebecca Winter's, E. of Scottsbluff, Nebraska
the Mormons
"Steve"
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$1,600
[24]
As a coloring agent, this element between iron & nickel on the periodic table will literally give you the blues
cobalt
Todd
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$1,600
[29]
With the addition of a letter, a "gentle" person becomes this non-Jewish person
gent i le
Todd
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$2,000
[11]
This continent's highest mountain was named for Polish hero Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Australia
Todd
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$2,000
[6]
Lyra Belacqua has an extraordinary adventure in this film, based on the first volume of the "Dark Materials" trilogy
The Golden Compass
"Steve"
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$2,000
[16]
Near-earth ones of these include Ida, which has its own moon named Dactyl
an asteroid
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$2,000
[21]
Followers had to contribute it, so one movement of Taoism was called "the way of the 5 pecks of" this grain
rice
Todd
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$2,000
[25]
In the Haber process, hydrogen & this element are combined under high pressure to produce ammonia
nitrogen
"Steve"
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$2,000
[30]
Confer if you wish, but if you add a letter to "confer", it becomes this type of evergreen
con i fer
Todd
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Walt Whitman called this "the beautiful uncut hair of graves"
grass