Show #3448 1999-09-08 (taped 1999-07-20) Back to School

1999 Back to School Week game 3.

Contestants

Kendra Pettis — an 11-year-old from Maplewood, New Jersey

Dmitry Spivak — an 11-year-old from Glenview, Illinois

Melanie Bruchet — an 11-year-old from Tallahassee, Florida

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Melanie	$1,300	$3,400	$7,400	$12,001 Winner: $12,001 + a trip for 4 to Universal Studios Florida	$8,000 20 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Dmitry	$1,400	$2,500	$12,300	$4,600 2nd place: 2 computers + software + a trip for 4 to Universal Studios Florida	$12,100 26 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Kendra	$1,900	$2,800	$1,400	$2,800 3rd place: 1 computer + software + a trip for 4 to Universal Studios Florida	$1,300 10 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. STATES	AROUND THE PARK WITH SALLY	IT FOLLOWED ME HOME	NICKELODEON	SCIENTIFIC NUMBER, PLEASE	FILE UNDER "O"
$100 [6] There's New York, New Jersey, New Mexico & "New" this as well New Hampshire Dmitry	$100 [22] Sally jumps on one foot into numbered squares drawn with chalk in this game Hopscotch Dmitry	$100 [17] Its thick, gray skin weighs about a ton & is so tender mosquitos can bite it on the trunk--can I keep it? Elephant Melanie	$100 [1] Summer Sanders is the host of this game show Figure It Out Kendra	$100 [16] An ant has this many legs 6 Kendra	$100 [11] Dial "O" & you get this person Operator Dmitry
$200 [7] Its capital is Salem, but its largest city is Portland Oregon Kendra	$200 [23] Sally is good at this game of hitting a ball to completely coil a cord around a post Tetherball Melanie	$200 [18] Just standing there on the ground, it can get my frisbee off the roof with its tongue--can I keep it? Giraffe Dmitry	$200 [2] These 2 guys were on Nickelodeon's "All That" before getting their own show Kenan & Kel Melanie	$200 [27] On the Celsius scale, water freezes at this temperature zero Melanie	$200 [12] Month when you're most likely to see leaves like the ones seen here October Melanie
DD $400 [8] This state is the smallest in area Rhode Island Kendra	$300 [24] Sally plays on the jungle gym, which has a connecting set of bars named for this jungle animal Monkey Melanie	$300 [19] You can use it to serve pieces of cheese at a party, stick them on its quills & let it walk around--can I keep it? Porcupine Kendra	$300 [3] This character got her secret powers after being doused with a chemical in a freak accident Alex Mack Dmitry	$300 [28] An octopus has this many arms (or is it legs?) 8 Dmitry	$300 [13] This state's flag includes the design seen here Oklahoma Kendra
$400 [9] Ponce de Leon searched for the Fountain of Youth in this "Sunshine" state Florida Melanie	$400 [25] On Saturdays Sally plays this team game; she pretends she's Mia Hamm Soccer Melanie	$400 [20] I'll let it build a dam in the bathtub & it can cut down old trees in the neighborhood--can I keep it? Beaver Dmitry	$400 [4] Henry & June live inside a comic book filled with mind-scrambling cartoons on this show KaBlam! Dmitry	$400 [29] The total number of years in a millennium 1,000 Melanie	$400 [14] They're like a classical musical; Richard Wagner wrote them Opera Kendra
$500 [10] Points of interest in this state include the San Joaquin Valley & the Sacramento River California Melanie	$500 [26] On the track, runners practice for a race by jumping over these fencelike obstacles Hurdles Dmitry	$500 [21] I fit between its humps & can ride it to school; I don't have to give it water for months--can I keep it? Camel Kendra	$500 [5] Hey! This cartoon boy has a football-shaped head & is bullied by Helga Arnold Kendra	$500 [30] A decagon has this many sides 10 Melanie	$500 [15] Without this endangered layer of the atmosphere, you'd get a real bad sunburn Ozone layer Dmitry

Double Jeopardy! Round

LAKES & RIVERS	COMPUTERS	ACTORS & ACTRESSES	ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL	FAST FOOD	OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
$200 [11] This largest of the Great Lakes is also the highest above sea level at 600 feet Lake Superior Dmitry Kendra	$200 [5] Apple made a computer called Lisa before they introduced this famous one in 1984 Macintosh Dmitry	$200 [17] He was first famous as a comedian, but now he's into more serious stuff in movies like "Patch Adams" Robin Williams Dmitry	$200 [26] Alchemists of the Middle Ages tried to turn lead into this yellow metal Gold Melanie	$200 [6] This is the home of the Whopper Burger King Melanie	$200 [16] In Mexico City Spanish Dmitry
$400 [12] It's the longest river in the world Nile Melanie	$400 [4] Intel says it had "the internet in mind" when it designed the new III model of this processor Pentium Dmitry	$400 [18] This actress who's been in "E.T." & "Never Been Kissed" was a little scamp when she was your age Drew Barrymore Dmitry	$400 [27] When Mom shakes the thermometer, it's to get this liquid metal to go down Mercury Dmitry	$400 [7] Panda Express serves the gourmet type of this national cuisine Chinese Melanie	$400 [22] In Sydney, Australia English Kendra
$600 [13] This river runs from Three Forks, Montana to its mouth 17 miles north of St. Louis Missouri Melanie	$600 [3] If your PC freezes up, a handy way to restart is to hold down Ctrl & Alt & hit this key Delete Dmitry	$600 [19] This actor from Scotland plays Obi-Wan Kenobi in "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" Ewan McGregor Melanie Dmitry	$600 [28] To make water put together 1 O, oxygen, with 2 H's, which are this element hydrogen Dmitry Kendra	$600 [8] Using his recipe of 11 herbs & spices, Colonel Harland Sanders founded this restaurant Kentucky Fried Chicken Melanie	$600 [23] In Tokyo Japanese Dmitry
DD $600 [14] This lake on the French-Swiss border shares its name with the Swiss city at its southern end Lake Geneva Melanie	$800 [2] It works like a photocopy machine, but it copies images into the computer Scanner Dmitry	$800 [20] On "Home Improvement", 3-name kids included Zachery Ty Bryan, Taran Noah Smith & him as Randy Jonathan Taylor Thomas Dmitry	DD $1,000 [29] The fifth most abundant element in the Earth's crust, it helps build strong bones in your body Calcium Dmitry	$800 [9] This "Pizza! Pizza!" company's logo is a small man in a toga & sandals Little Caesars Melanie	$800 [24] In Dijon & Bordeaux French Dmitry
$1,000 [15] Despite its huge size, this saltwater "sea" bordering Iran has no tides Caspian Sea Melanie Kendra	$1,000 [1] The number of MHz, which stands for this, tells you how fast a computer you have Megahertz Dmitry	$1,000 [21] This "Suddenly Susan" star sadly split from tennis star Andre Agassi in 1999 Brooke Shields	$1,000 [30] Elements like uranium & plutonium are classified as this, meaning they emit rays or waves of energy Radioactive Dmitry	$1,000 [10] On April Fool's Day 1996 this fast-food chain advertised that it had bought the Liberty Bell Taco Bell	$1,000 [25] In former Leningrad, now St. Petersburg Russian Melanie

Final Jeopardy!

HOLIDAY QUOTES

In the end this Dickens character says, "I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year"

Ebenezer Scrooge

Kendra "Who is Scrooge" — wagered $1,400

Melanie "Who is Ebenezer Scrooge?" — wagered $4,601

Dmitry "Who is Oliver Twist?" — wagered $7,700

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