2008-A Teen Tournament semifinal game 1.
Rachel "Steve" Cooke — a senior from Fishers, Indiana
Melissa Luttmann — a freshman from Memphis, Tennessee
Will Casper — a senior from Basin City, Washington
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will | $3,400 | $7,600 | $13,600 |
$799
3rd place: $10,000 |
$15,600
20 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Melissa | $1,200 | $3,800 | $13,200 |
$26,400
2nd place: $10,000 |
$15,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| "Steve" | $3,400 | $6,800 | $15,600 |
$28,600
Finalist |
$15,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| AMERICAN LITERATURE | THEME PARK FUN | EAT IT, WEAR IT OR PLAY IT | BODIES OF WATER | BE A SPORT | THAT'S SO CLICHE! |
|
$200
[2]
Chapter 14 of this classic American novel is entitled "Hester and the Physician"
The Scarlet Letter
"Steve"
|
$200
[26]
Walter Knott turned a California fruit ranch into this theme park
Knott's Berry Farm
"Steve"
|
$200
[20]
Pinochle
play it
Will
|
$200
[9]
Iowa's lowest point is a the junction of the Des Moines River & this river that forms Iowa's Eastern border
the Mississippi River
Melissa
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$200
[1]
Perform a hat trick by body-checking your way to a breakaway during a power play in this sport
hockey
"Steve"
|
$200
[14]
If you're "up the creek", you're in trouble; if you're "up the creek without" this, even worse
a paddle
Melissa
|
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$400
[3]
In this novel by Alice Walker, Celie moves to Memphis, where she designs & sells unisex pants
The Color Purple
"Steve"
|
$400
[27]
Dollywood's Mystery Mine is a steel one of these thrill rides that careens through an abandoned mine
a roller coaster
Melissa
|
$400
[22]
Prosciutto
eat it
"Steve"
|
$400
[10]
The Orinoco begins in Venezuela's state that's named for this other river
the Amazon
Will
|
$400
[5]
It's not your fault if you're in the alley & you backhand your way cross-court in this sport
tennis
Melissa
|
$400
[15]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew opens a mirrored door in a bedroom.) Psst! Are you keeping a secret about the past? Is it as bad as this?
a skeleton in the closet
Melissa
|
|
$600
[4]
Henry Fleming, the hero of "The Red Badge of Courage", reappeared in his short story "Lynx-Hunting"
Stephen Crane
Will
|
$600
[28]
Kennywood's version of this classic ride features a lion & tiger as well as the usual horses
a carousel (or a merry-go-round)
Melissa
|
$600
[23]
Mahjong
play it
Will
|
$600
[11]
This large African lake has several large gulfs, including Speke & Emin Pasha
Lake Victoria
"Steve"
|
$600
[6]
You don't want to travel when you're double-teamed in the backcourt in this sport
basketball
Will
|
$600
[16]
In a dispute over ownership, remember this "is nine tenths of the law"
possession
Will
|
|
DD
$1,000
[12]
This William Faulkner novel opens with a tale told by Benjy, an idiot
The Sound and the Fury
"Steve"
|
$800
[29]
The Spider-Man ride is an amazing 3-D thrill at this movie-themed resort's Islands of Adventure in Orlando
Universal Studios
Will
|
$800
[24]
Mantilla
wear it
Melissa
|
$800
[17]
Seattle, Tacoma & Olympia all stand on the banks of this body of water
Puget Sound
Melissa
|
$800
[7]
A spike can be a kill, or you can get an ace using a jump serve in this sport invented in Massachusetts
volleyball
Will
|
$800
[19]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew puts the finishing touches on a phrase.) To pay close attention to detail, or to put the finishing touches on something, is to do this
to cross your T's & dot your I's
"Steve"
|
|
$1,000
[13]
Thispoet published her novel "The Bell Jar" using the pseudonym Victoria Lucas
(Sylvia) Plath
"Steve"
|
$1,000
[30]
It's the number of flags in the name of a famous theme park chain
six
"Steve"
|
$1,000
[25]
Petits pois
eat it
"Steve"
|
$1,000
[18]
This 1,450-mile-long river is joined in Utah by the Green & San Juan Rivers
the Colorado River
Will
|
$1,000
[8]
After a visit to the maul, drop kick your way to a scrum in this sport developed in England
rugby
Will
|
$1,000
[21]
This 3-word phrase meaning what is due or owed goes back to Shylock's demand in "The Merchant of Venice"
a pound of flesh
Will
|
| NAME THAT AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY | DESIGN SQUAD | FUN WITH BALLET | ANCIENT ROME | ADJECTIVES | "TEEN" ENTERTAINMENT |
|
$400
[13]
At the 2nd meeting of the Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, he did his "Give me liberty or give me death" bit
Patrick Henry
Melissa
|
$400
[26]
For adragster, one team made a continuously variable type of this; in cars they come in automatic & manual
transmission
"Steve"
|
DD
$200
[25]
Some featherbrain in Moscow was the first to stage this ballet, on March 4, 1877
Swan Lake
Melissa
|
$400
[1]
Rome captured this largest Mediterranean island in the First Punic War & made it the first Roman province
Sicily
"Steve"
|
$400
[8]
Yawn! 6-letter word describing the dull, tedious time spent drilling a hole
boring
Will
|
$400
[2]
Robin leads Beast Boy, Cyborg & the rest of this superhero group on Cartoon Network
Teen Titans
"Steve"
|
|
$800
[14]
In 1788thishero of the American Revolution accepted an offer to serve as a rear admiral in the Russian navy
John Paul Jones
Will
|
$800
[27]
The Design Squad used only preindustrial materialsto make one of these bridges hung from vertical ropes
a suspension bridge
Melissa
|
$400
[21]
"Circus Polka" was originally choreographed for these huge circus animals; it's now danced by humans
elephants
"Steve"
|
$800
[4]
King Ancus Marcius is said to have built the Sublician Bridge, the first bridge across this river, in the 7th c. B.C.
the Tiber
Will
|
$800
[9]
"Small" word meaning commonplace; this type of "pursuit" could lead to success at game night
trivial
Will
|
$800
[3]
These 4 reptiles use a bow staff, kitanas, nunchucks & sai as weapons
the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Will
|
|
$1,600
[16]
Benedict Arnold &this Green Mountain Boy captured Fort Ticonderoga on May 10, 1775
Ethan Allen
Will
|
$1,200
[28]
To create a newbike, the Design Squad used TIG welding, the "T" standing for this metal
tungsten
Will
|
$800
[22]
In titles of ballets, this number precedes "Seasons", "Bagatelles" & "Norwegian Moods"
Four
Will
|
$1,200
[5]
In 27 B.C. Octavian became the first Roman emperor & took this name that means "exalted"
Augustus
Melissa
"Steve"
|
$1,200
[10]
A style of sofa, or an adjective preceding "playoffs" in high school sports
sectional
|
$1,200
[18]
I have to make a "confession": I'm not quite as good a dancer as Lindsay Lohan was in this 2004 film
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
"Steve"
|
|
DD
$2,000
[15]
He spoke of the American Revolutionary era as "the times that try men's souls"
Thomas Paine
Will
|
$1,600
[29]
By shortening aninstrument's strings, the Design Squad raised this 5-letter word indicated in hertz
pitch
"Steve"
|
$1,200
[23]
John Cranko choreographed a ballet called "Harlequin in" this month--no fooling
April
Will
|
$1,600
[6]
Members of Rome's oldest & richest families were called patricians; the rest of Rome's citizens were called this
plebeians
Melissa
|
$1,600
[11]
Of Disney's "Seven Dwarfs", he's the only one whose name is not an adjective
Doc
Melissa
|
$1,600
[19]
A hamburger patty, a pistachio milkshake & some fries do battle with Dr. Weird on this animated series
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
"Steve"
|
|
$2,000
[17]
After the War of 1812, this 4th president asked Congress to declare war on Algiers
Madison
"Steve"
|
$2,000
[30]
Pancake machine?Easy, once they figured out how to generate this 6-letter force that's needed to rotate the belt
torque
|
$1,600
[24]
Models, gendarmes & a Tour de France cyclist appear in the Gershwin ballet "An American in" this city
Paris
Melissa
|
$2,000
[7]
The first book of this Roman poet's "Ars Amatoria", or "Art of Love", instructs its readers how to find a lover
Ovid
Melissa
|
$2,000
[12]
Windward's opposite, it's the side toward which the wind blows
leeward
Will
|
$2,000
[20]
The talking cat on this sitcom was appropriately named Salem
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
"Steve"
|
The name of this heroine known for her filial devotion is probably derived from the Latin for "heart"
Cordelia