Show #5568 2008-11-19 (taped 2008-10-07) Teen Tournament

2008-B Teen Tournament semifinal game 3.

Contestants

Sarah Marx — a junior from Chevy Chase, Maryland

Anurag Kashyap — a senior from Poway, California

Karan Takhar — a senior from North Attleborough, Massachusetts

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Karan	$2,800	$2,000	$12,800	$0 3rd place: $10,000	$12,800 15 R, 3 W
Anurag	$800	$3,600	$11,600	$23,200 Finalist	$11,600 14 R, 1 W
Sarah	$3,200	$5,800	$12,800	$22,300 2nd place: $10,000	$14,800 21 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

A-HAUNTING WE WILL GO	TEEN CHOICE AWARDS 2008	LET'S HAVE ORDER	AMERICAN NOVELISTS	PIONEER LIFE	RHYME SQUAD
$200 [1] Many have claimed to see the ghosts of Civil War soldiers still wandering the battlefield in this Penn. town Gettysburg Anurag	$200 [14] She not only hosted the show, she also won awards for Music Female Artist & TV Actress, Comedy Miley Cyrus Karan	$200 [6] Tech stuff:Windows, floppy disk, Powerbook floppy disk, Windows and Powerbook Anurag	$200 [7] Emerson was a pallbearer for this "Scarlet Letter" author Hawthorne Sarah	$200 [22] Before his dictionary, he put out 1783's "American Spelling Book", a mainstay of pioneer schooling Webster Anurag	$200 [16] A long, metal pole used to divert lightning a rod Sarah
$400 [2] He may have made his last stand at Little Big Horn, but his ghost is said to haunt his old quarters at Fort Leavenworth Custer Karan	$400 [27] This Brit has nothing to atone for--she snapped up an award for her role in "Atonement" Keira Knightley Anurag	$400 [9] European discoveries:Cape of Good Hope, Florida, Bering Strait the Cape of Good Hope, Florida and the Bering Strait Anurag	$400 [8] He wrote "Carrie" while teaching high school English at Hampden Academy in Maine (Stephen) King Karan	$400 [23] Frontiersmen wore trousers of this animal's skin, the leather in the "Leatherstocking Tales" deerskin Karan Sarah	$400 [17] 3-letter slang for a pleasing physique a bod Sarah
$600 [3] Talk about ghosts with a mission--apparently there are plenty at this battle site in San Antonio the Alamo Karan	$600 [28] For his role on this series, Chad Michael Murray was chosen favorite TV Actor in a Drama One Tree Hill Anurag	$600 [11] Universities:San Diego State, Purdue, Brown Brown, Purdue, San Diego State Sarah	$600 [10] He co-wrote "Sea of Cortez" with marine biologist Edward Ricketts, the model for Doc in "Cannery Row" (John) Steinbeck Karan	$600 [24] Chinking was filling the spaces in this typical pioneer home in wooded areas a log cabin Karan	$600 [18] Surface layer of ground sod Sarah
$800 [4] Shove off to this famous ship in Long Beach, Calif.; it's considered one of the most haunted places in the world the Queen Mary	$800 [29] Who better to take home the award for "Most Fanatic Fans" than this teen cutie from "American Idol"? David Archuleta Anurag Sarah	DD $600 [15] Presidential administrations:Chester A. Arthur, James K. Polk, Millard Fillmore Polk, Fillmore, Arthur Sarah	$800 [12] This author of "The Good Earth" wrote 5 books using the pseudonym John Sedges Pearl Buck Sarah	$800 [25] This 3-word phrase for what groups of pioneer travelers did when under attack is still an idiom today circle the wagons Sarah	$800 [19] To walk heavily & wearily plod Sarah
$1,000 [5] An old forest farmhouse in Salt Lake City is supposedly haunted by Ann Eliza Webb, this man's 19th wife Brigham Young Karan	$1,000 [30] This skater boy was honored as Choice Action Sports Male Ryan Sheckler Karan	$1,000 [21] Geological periods:Cambrian, Cretaceous, Triassic Cambrian, Triassic, Cretaceous Anurag	$1,000 [13] In 1930 this "Main Street" author became the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature Sinclair Lewis Sarah	$1,000 [26] Pioneer moms whose kids had chills & sweats knew sassafras was also called the ague tree, ague meaning this fever Sarah	$1,000 [20] Land to which Cain fled in the Bible Nod Anurag

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE REAL WORLD	T-R-L	THE HILLS	MADE	A SHOT AT LOVE	"M" TV
$400 [1] No one could claim the earth was flat after this man's expedition circumnavigated the globe in 1522 Magellan Anurag	$400 [4] It describes a fatal disease, or where a train stops terminal	$400 [17] "90210" is set in this ritzy city, ZIP code 90210 Beverly Hills Sarah	$400 [16] Annin & co. makes these in materials like solar-max nylon & cotton/polyester; Betsy Ross would be amazed flags Karan	$400 [26] She imprisoned Walter Raleigh in the Tower of London after he secretly married one of her maids of honor Elizabeth I Sarah	$400 [5] David Caruso heads up the the crime scene investigation unit in this city Miami Karan
$800 [2] In addition to his study of gravity, he proved that light contains many colors Newton Karan	$800 [12] In the video for "Here It Goes Again" the band OK Go gets no where fast on these exercise machines treadmills Sarah	DD $1,200 [19] Col. William Prescott was one of the leaders of this battle on June 17, 1775 the Battle of Bunker Hill Sarah	$800 [18] Building with bales of this is sturdy, unlike in "The 3 Little Pigs", & fire-resistant when packed to keep out oxygen hay (or straw) Sarah	$800 [27] Sharpshooter Frank Butler abandoned his career to manage this even sharper-shooting gal Annie Oakley Anurag	$800 [8] A late-night sketch comedy show is based on this magazine & even featured a Spy vs. Spy segment Mad Sarah
$1,200 [3] This pea brain coined the hereditary terms recessive & dominant Mendel Sarah	$1,600 [14] Time to throw in this garden tool seen here--we dig it a trowel Sarah	$1,200 [20] Cleeve Cloud is the highest point in the Cotswolds, the hills in the western part of this country England Karan	$1,200 [23] The bull's eye in darts is also called this, the tree material from which it's made the cork	$1,200 [28] In 1632 Shah Jahan began building this Mausoleum for his favorite wife the Taj Mahal Karan	$1,200 [9] Players try to figure out who the saboteur is on this ABC show The Mole Anurag
$1,600 [6] (Jon of the Clue Crew stands on a ladder and drops two items.) An object's weight does not affect the speed at which it falls, so the shoe & the paper hit the ground at the same time, as this Italian first predicted Galileo Karan	$2,000 [15] A threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often in spiral form a tendril Anurag	$1,600 [21] The Sand Hills Region is mostly in this state, north of the Platte River Nebraska Karan	$1,600 [24] Natural rubber is sticky, as in rubber cement; with this process patented in 1844, it can be used for hockey pucks vulcanization Karan	$1,600 [29] There was a certain glow in the air when Maria Sklodowska caught the eye of this French physicist in 1894 Pierre Curie Anurag Sarah	$1,600 [10] This Patricia Arquette show is somewhere between well done & rare Medium Sarah
$2,000 [7] Edwin Hubble confirmed this German's view that the universe is expanding, not static Einstein Anurag	DD $2,200 [13] It's the lateral lobe of each cerebral hemisphere, in front of the occipital lobe temporal Sarah	$2,000 [22] Mills in the Gas Hills of Wyoming refine & press this element into the yellowcake form uranium Karan	$2,000 [25] In the 2008 movie, Iron Man's suit is an alloy of gold & this metal titanium	$2,000 [30] Longfellow wrote that Captain Miles Standish gave his blessing to this man who married his crush, Priscilla Mullens John Alden Sarah	$2,000 [11] Seen here is this wannabe opera singer turned creative director for "America's Next Top Model" Jay Manuel

Final Jeopardy!

NONFICTION WRITERS

On July 21, 1944 she wrote, "I'm finally getting optimistic... an assassination attempt has been made on Hitler's life"

Anne Frank

Anurag "Who is Anne Frank?" — wagered $11,600

Sarah "Who is Anne Frank?" — wagered $9,500

Karan "Who is Annie Frank?" — wagered $12,800

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