Show #4251 2003-02-10 (taped 2002-12-17) Teen Tournament

2003 Teen Tournament semifinal game 1.

Contestants

Tara Karr — a senior from Laclede, Idaho

Anthony Valente — a senior from Staten Island, New York

John Matthews — a senior from Escondido, California

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
John $1,800 $2,800 $10,400 $20,800
2nd place: $5,000
$10,400
15 R, 2 W
Anthony $2,800 $6,600 $26,000 $31,000
Finalist
$23,800
26 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Tara $-2,200 $1,200 $5,200 $0
3rd place: $5,000
$5,000
10 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

COLONIAL AMERICA STRIKE UP THE BAND PARADISE LOST DISNEY FILM VOICES 4-LETTER VERBS FRENCH CLASS: POTPOURRI
$200 [6]
In 1748 Lord Fairfax hired this 16-year-old to help survey his lands in the Shenandoah Valley
George Washington
John Anthony
$200 [1]
This air-driven instrument heard here is also known as a squeezebox
accordion
Tara
$200 [26]
This author of "Paradise Lost" is sometimes considered the greatest English poet after Shakespeare
John Milton
Anthony
$200 [21]
You could say it was a "snow job" when teenage Adriana Caselotti was picked to play this heroine of a 1937 film
Snow White
Anthony
$200 [16]
As a noun, it's the rear portion of an aircraft; as a verb, it means to follow & keep under surveillance
tail
Tara
$200 [11]
It calls itself America's best-selling brand of school uniforms; to us it sounds like breakfast--pass the syrup
French Toast
$400 [7]
In May 1732 he founded the Philadelphische Zeitung, the first foreign-language newspaper in the English colonies
Benjamin Franklin
$400 [2]
Heard here, it's the smallest member of the flute family
piccolo
John
$400 [27]
Ithuriel is one of these; Belial is a fallen one
angel
Anthony
$400 [22]
Mary Gibbs was just 2 1/2 when she began recording the voice of Boo for this movie about Monstropolis
Monsters, Inc.
John
$400 [17]
It follows pit, prat & rain
fall
$400 [12]
In 1789 King Louis asked, "Is it a revolt?" & a duke said, no it was one of these--the French one
revolution
Anthony
$600 [8]
This historic document was signed on November 11, 1620 aboard ship off Cape Cod
The Mayflower Compact
John
$600 [3]
This instrument's name is from the Latin for "large war trumpet"
tuba
John
$600 [28]
This important prop in the story is described as "ruddie and gold"
apple of the Tree of Knowledge
$600 [23]
Before he was the voice of Winnie the Pooh, Sterling Holloway was purr-fect as this "Alice in Wonderland" kitty
the Cheshire Cat
Tara
$600 [18]
(I'm NFL defensive end Kevin Carter) One of my favorite words, it means to tackle a quarterback behind the line of scrimmage
sack
John
$600 [13]
In May 1922 in Washington, D.C. President Harding unveiled a statue of this man by Daniel Chester French
Abraham Lincoln
Tara
$800 [9]
William Penn wanted an outlet to the Atlantic; in 1682, the Duke of York gave him what later became this small colony
Delaware
John Anthony Tara
$800 [4]
It's named for the Belgian inventor who first made one
saxophone
John
$800 [29]
The poem describes this Biblical beast as "hugest of living creatures, on the deep stretcht like a promontorie"
Leviathan
Tara
DD $1,000 [24]
Ming-Na, who plays Dr. Chen on "ER", provided the voice of this title character in 1998
Mulan
Tara
$800 [19]
Travel on foot, or go out on strike
walk
Tara
$800 [14]
In a 2003 straight-to-video sequel, this "3rd Rock" co-star takes on the role of Inspector Gadget
French Stewart
Anthony
$1,000 [10]
This Appalachian mountain pass was discovered in 1750 by Thomas Walker & named for the son of King George II
Cumberland Gap
$1,000 [5]
Many of the strings on this instrument vibrate even when you don't play them directly
sitar
Anthony
$1,000 [30]
Completes the famous line from Book I, "Better to reign in hell, than..."
serve in Heaven
Anthony
$1,000 [25]
American Indian activist Russell Means gave voice to this powerful chief, Pocahontas' papa
Powhatan
Anthony
$1,000 [20]
To rain in a fine shower, or moisturize with a fine spray of water
mist
Anthony
$1,000 [15]
In use from 1852 to 1946, this notorious French prison settlement was located off French Guiana
Devil's Island
Tara

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT HISTORY OFFICIAL LANGUAGES SCIENCE & NATURE SCORPIOS THINKING ABOUT COLLEGE FRENCH CLASS: THE BODY
$400 [4]
This country's "Six Dynasties" period stretched from the fall of the Han in 220 to 589
China
John
$400 [2]
In Honduras:this
Spanish
Anthony
$400 [1]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Science Museum of Minnesota) As I increase the frequency, I decrease the distance between crests, which is called this
wavelength
Anthony
$400 [26]
Born November 10, 1968 in the Dominican Republic, in the past 3 years he's hit over 150 home runs
Sammy Sosa
John
$400 [13]
New student orientation at this state capital's Chaminade Univ. sometimes includes a luau, so sign me up!
Honolulu
Tara
$400 [21]
Les coudes, they're something your mom tells you to keep off the dinner table
elbows
Anthony
$800 [5]
In 59 this Roman emperor had his mother put to death when she objected to his fiddling around with Poppaea
Nero
Anthony
$800 [3]
In New Zealand:Maori & this
English
Tara
$800 [12]
The black-footed penguin is native to the south of this continent, whose north had the highest temperature on record
Africa
John
$800 [27]
The tribe has spoken: this "Survivor" host was born November 4, making him a Scorpio
Jeff Probst
John
$800 [17]
USC opened up a "Rainbow" of opportunities for this man, a drama student there when he was cast in "Roots"
LeVar Burton
John
$800 [22]
Parler la bouche pleine, it's something your mom tells you not to do at the dinner table
talk with your mouth full
Anthony
$1,200 [8]
In 332 B.C. this Macedonian conquered the Phoenician seaport of Tyre after a 7-month siege
Alexander the Great
Anthony
$1,200 [6]
In Algeria:this
Arabic
Anthony
$1,200 [14]
These, which make up almost 80% of the elements, are solid, lustrous & make good conductors
metals
Anthony
$1,200 [28]
In 1998 this Scorpio married a Leo, John Stamos
Rebecca Romijn
Tara
$1,200 [18]
Legend says that the person you kiss on this Williamsburg school's Crim Dell Bridge is the one you'll marry
William and Mary
John Anthony
$1,200 [23]
A private conversation, it's French for "head-to-head"
tete-a-tete
Anthony
$2,000 [10]
Archaeological digs showed that Pompeii, Stabiae & this neighbor were resort cities for wealthy Romans
Herculaneum
Anthony
$1,600 [7]
In Finland:Finnish & this
Swedish
Anthony Tara
$1,600 [15]
Sponges make up a phylum named for these tiny openings through which water flows
pores
Anthony
$1,600 [29]
Born October 26, 1947 in Chicago, she was elected to the U.S. Senate from New York in 2000
Hillary Rodham Clinton
John
$2,000 [20]
If you want to play the chimes in this Ithaca univ.'s McGraw Tower, you should be able to read music--& climb 161 steps
Cornell
Anthony
$1,600 [24]
If you're a nez-sayer, you're just referring to this body part
nose
Anthony
DD $2,400 [9]
The Ionian War was the last phase of this war in which Sparta finally conquered Athens in 404 B.C.
the Peloponnesian War
Anthony
$2,000 [11]
In Suriname:this
Dutch
$2,000 [16]
STP goes into cars; your body's cells are fueled by ATP, short for this triphosphate
adenosine
John
$2,000 [30]
Trick or Treat! He was born on Halloween
Dan Rather
John
DD $3,000 [19]
Oglethorpe Univ., named for James Edward Oglethorpe, is fittingly located in this state
Georgia
Anthony
$2,000 [25]
Fall "behind" in French class & you'll miss this term for "the behind"
derriere
Anthony

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

The world's highest city of over 1 million people sits at about 12,000 feet in these mountains

the Andes

Tara "What are the Rockies?" — wagered $5,200
John "What are the Andes?" — wagered $10,400
Anthony "What are The Andes?" — wagered $5,000

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