2008 Kids Week Reunion game 1.
Max Johansen — a senior from the University of Miami
Melanie Bruchet — a senior from Bryn Mawr
Nate Austin — a student from Hutchinson Community College
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nate | $0 | $2,600 | $1,400 |
$1
3rd place: $2,500 |
$1,400
16 R, 9 W |
| Melanie | $1,600 | $6,000 | $11,600 |
$18,600
2nd place: $5,000 |
$12,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Max | $4,200 | $6,600 | $15,200 |
$23,201
Winner: $25,000 |
$10,600
21 R (including 1 DD), 7 W |
| REUNIONS | THIS IS YOUR WIFE! | HOPE THIS ISN'T AN OPERA CATEGORY | WHERE YA BEEN? | 1 SYLLABLE + 1 LETTER = 3 SYLLABLES | MISCELLANY |
|
$200
[11]
In 1989 the fall of a wall reunited this world capital after 28 years
Berlin
Nate
|
$200
[16]
Katie Holmes
Tom Cruise
Nate
|
$200
[26]
The Joad family sings up a storm (make that a dust storm) in the opera adapted from this Steinbeck novel
The Grapes of Wrath
Nate
|
$200
[1]
Strolling through the National Gallery of Australia in this capital
Canberra
Melanie
|
$200
[21]
Add a letter to "rode" & you get this public exhibition of cowboy skills
rodeo
Melanie
|
$200
[6]
"Precipitation" term for what you do to get a cab to pick you up
hail
Nate
|
|
$400
[12]
A touching moment for Lewis & Clark was her reunion with her brother Cameahwait
Sacagawea
Nate
Max
|
$400
[17]
Demi Moore
Ashton Kutcher
Max
|
$400
[27]
Fuhgeddaboudit! The Opera Co. of this NYC borough performs in unusual venues, like people's living rooms
Brooklyn
Max
|
$400
[2]
Climbing Mount Aconcagua in this Western Hemisphere mountain range
the Andes
Nate
|
$400
[22]
Add a letter to "came" to get this word for a minor acting part played by a prominent performer
cameo
Melanie
|
$400
[7]
Many schnauzers have coats described as looking like this pair of seasonings
salt & pepper
Nate
|
|
$600
[13]
In July 2008 in this country, rescued hostage Ingrid Betancourt was reunited with her kids after 6 years apart
Colombia
Melanie
|
$600
[18]
Eva Longoria
Tony Parker
Nate
|
$600
[28]
4 sisters cavort in the March family attic in Act I of the opera based on this 1868 novel
Little Women
Nate
|
$600
[3]
Tracking my stocks on the Hang Seng index of this former Crown colony's stock exchange
Hong Kong
Max
|
$800
[24]
Add a letter to "lien" & you get this word for a foreigner
an alien
Max
|
$600
[8]
In the Palauan language, sulang doesn't mean "goodbye"; it's this polite expression
thank you
Nate
Max
|
|
$800
[14]
After the Greeks captured the city of Troy, she was reunited with Menelaus
Helen
Max
|
$800
[19]
Mariah Carey
Nick Cannon
Max
|
$800
[29]
The bewitching opera based on this Arthur Miller play is set in Salem
The Crucible
Melanie
|
$800
[4]
Chopping down trees in Moose Jaw & Saskatoon in this province
Saskatchewan
Nate
|
$1,000
[25]
Add a letter to "smile" & you get this figure of speech
simile
Nate
|
$800
[9]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Lima Cathedral in Lima, Peru.) Here in Lima Cathedral, this ornate panel depicting the nativity scene is carved in this manner, where the sculptureprojects from the background but doesn't stand freely
relief
Melanie
|
|
$1,000
[15]
The Republican Party reunited when the Bull Moose Party evaporated after nominating this man as president
Teddy Roosevelt
Max
|
$1,000
[20]
Heidi Klum
Seal
Melanie
|
$1,000
[30]
If you like singing furniture--& who doesn't?--you'll love "L'enfant et les sortileges" by this "Bolero" composer
Maurice Ravel
|
$1,000
[5]
Carefully paddling down this Congolese river that lends its name to a deadly virus
Ebola
Nate
Max
|
DD
$2,000
[23]
Add a letter to "crime" & you get this peninsula in southern Ukraine
Crimea
Melanie
|
$1,000
[10]
If she sells seashells in the Seychelles, you can bet that she got them from this ocean
the Indian Ocean
Max
|
| AMERICAN LIT | SPORTS | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES | GENEALOGY | 13-LETTER WORDS | MYTH-ELLANY |
|
$400
[26]
Unlike some of his other scary stories, "The Pit and the Pendulum" has a happy ending
(Edgar Allan) Poe
Max
|
$400
[1]
In 2008 this team won its 17th NBA championship by defeating the Lakers
the Boston Celtics
Max
|
$400
[6]
In the early 1960s her hairdo became fashionable with the ladies of the United States
(Jackie) Kennedy
Nate
|
$400
[12]
A family one of these can help--not because you descend from Noah, but because births & deaths were written in it
a Bible
Melanie
Max
|
$400
[21]
It's the "R" of CPR
resuscitation
Max
|
$400
[11]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art sells earrings inspired by the shields of these mythological warrior women
the Amazons
Nate
|
|
$800
[27]
Edna Ferber set most of her novel "Giant" in this giant state
Texas
Nate
Melanie
|
$800
[2]
In 2008 this horse failed to win the Triple Crown when he finished last in the Belmont Stakes
Big Brown
Max
|
$800
[7]
On Oct. 15, 1860 11-year-old Grace Bedell of Westfield, N.Y. wrote him urging him to grow a beard; he did
Abraham Lincoln
Nate
|
$800
[13]
If your last name is Adams or Hamilton, you can try to track your ancestors through the DAR, this group
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Melanie
|
$800
[22]
From the Latin for "to speak", this type of performer tries to keep a stiff upper (& lower) lip
a ventriloquist
Max
|
$800
[17]
The Pythian Games were so-named for this serpent slain by Apollo
the python
Nate
|
|
$1,200
[28]
Her 1922 novel "One of Ours" tells the tale of a Nebraska farm boy who dies in WWI (Nebraska is your big clue)
Willa Cather
|
$1,200
[3]
In 2008 this Spaniard defeated Roger Federer in the longest-ever final at Wimbledon
Rafael Nadal
Max
|
$1,200
[8]
When King George VI visited this woman & her husband in 1939, she made news by serving hot dogs
Eleanor Roosevelt
Max
|
$1,200
[14]
A govt. database of immigration records dating from 1820 is arranged by these, like Charleston or Tacoma
ports of entry (into the United States)
Nate
Max
|
$1,200
[23]
Usually the highest academically ranked student in a graduating class
a valedictorian
Max
|
$1,200
[18]
He disguised himself as a female named Pyrrha, which means "red-haired girl", not "tendon boy"
Achilles
Nate
Max
|
|
$1,600
[29]
Much of "The Beautiful and Damned", his 1922 novel about a self-destructive couple, now seems autobiographical
F. Scott Fitzgerald
|
$1,600
[4]
In July 2008 he withdrew from the U.S. men's gymnastics Olympic team; his broken hand hadn't healed enough
Paul Hamm
Nate
|
$1,600
[9]
Before reaching the Oval Office, this bachelor president served as minister to Russia in the 1830s
James Buchanan
Nate
Max
|
$1,600
[15]
(Jon of the Clue Crew explains two types of charts.) On both a sprawling pedigree chart & a space-saving Ahnentafel, meaning "ancestor table", you can identify ancestors by number; this relative is number 7
your maternal grandmother
Nate
|
$1,600
[24]
Formerly dementia praecox, this term does not mean a patient has more than one personality
schizophrenia
Max
|
$1,600
[19]
Maria Shriver created anawardfor women named for this Roman goddess of wisdom, seen on California's stateseal
Minerva
Nate
Melanie
Max
|
|
DD
$2,000
[30]
"The soul selectsher own society-then-shuts the door", she wrote in her poem No. 303
Emily Dickinson
Melanie
|
$2,000
[5]
The Royal Report is the official e-newsletter of this hockey team
the L.A. Kings
Nate
Max
|
DD
$6,600
[10]
His wife Frances left the White House, returned 4 years later, & may have said, "Look what they've done to the place!"
Grover Cleveland
Max
|
$2,000
[16]
Grave robbing is frowned upon; this, transferring inscriptions & artwork with a wax crayon, is fine
(grave) rubbing
Melanie
|
$2,000
[25]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew zaps instantly across the room.) I'm simulating this futuristic method of conveying a person from place to place
teleportation
Max
|
$2,000
[20]
Homer called this woman Epicaste; Oedipus could call her his mrs., or just plain "Mom"
Jocasta
Melanie
|
Created in 1970 & made up of 3 arrows, the universal symbol for this was based on the Mobius strip
recycling