2002 Back to School Week game 1.
Zane Li — a ten-year-old from Provo, Utah
Billy Hackenson — an eleven-year-old from Great Falls, Virginia
Elena Botella — an eleven-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elena | $3,000 | $6,600 | $13,000 |
$18,000
2nd place: $2,000 + a Northstar Portable PC |
$15,200
24 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Billy | $800 | $1,600 | $8,800 |
$15,530
3rd place: $1,000 + a Northstar Portable PC |
$7,600
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Zane | $1,000 | $5,400 | $13,800 |
$18,001
Winner: $18,001 + a Northstar Portable PC |
$13,800
15 R, 1 W |
| SUPERHEROES | KIDS IN BOOKS | GUINNESS RECORDS | BRAND NAMES | THE 1990s | A TRIP TO OUTER SPACE |
|
$200
[6]
In a 2002 movie this hero got an upside-down kiss from Mary Jane
Spider-Man
Billy
|
$200
[1]
Based on a real child, a kid named Christopher Robin hangs out with this literary bear
Winnie the Pooh
Elena
|
$200
[7]
In February 1999 Maine residents built a 10-story one of these named Angus; he melted 15 weeks later
snowman
Elena
|
$200
[10]
It's the rhyming name of a brand of pretzels made by Frito-Lay
Rold Gold
Elena
|
$200
[23]
Pierce Brosnan played this superspy for the first time in "Golden Eye"
James Bond
Billy
|
$200
[18]
The mission of the Apollo space program of the 1960s & '70s was to land men on this celestial body
the moon
Elena
|
|
$400
[27]
For a while the Hulk was gray, but now he's this color
green
Elena
|
$400
[2]
This collie was the faithful friend of a kid named Joe in a book by British novelist Eric Knight
Lassie
Elena
|
$400
[8]
9,360 graham crackers, 9,312 marshmallows & 4,128 chocolate bars went into one of these made at a campground
s'more
Zane
|
$400
[11]
Reynolds Guyer, inventor of Twister, also created the 4-inch foam ball later sold under this brand name
Nerf ball
|
$400
[24]
Jacques Chirac of the Rally for the Republic Party won a 7-year term as this country's president
France
Billy
|
$400
[19]
This planet's famous rings were first seen by the Italian scientist Galileo in 1610
Saturn
Zane
|
|
$600
[28]
In a 1940 comic book Batman & this sidekick take an undying oath to fight crime & corruption
Robin
Zane
|
DD
$400
[5]
"The Sword in the Stone" is a book about a kid who grows up to be this king
King Arthur
Elena
|
$600
[9]
He holds the record for all-time career earnings on the U.S. PGA circuit (over $26 million from 1996 to 2001)
Tiger Woods
Elena
Billy
|
$600
[12]
"Share Moments, Share Life" is a slogan of this brand of film & cameras
Kodak
Elena
|
$600
[22]
In 1997 the Marlins won the Major League, Mexico the Little League & LSU the college version of this event
the World Series
Elena
|
$600
[21]
Kohoutek, Shoemaker-Levy & Halley's are all names for these astronomic objects
comets
Zane
|
|
$800
[29]
The dude seen here is the "Silver" one of this type of athletes
surfers
Billy
Zane
|
$600
[3]
Mowgli is the human kid hanging out in the woods with wolves & tigers in this Rudyard Kipling "Book"
"The Jungle Book"
Zane
|
$800
[15]
The largest mammal is the blue type of this; it also has the largest offspring, with 4,400-6,600 pound newborns
whale
Elena
|
$800
[13]
This athletic brand is named for the Greek goddess of victory
Nike
Elena
|
$800
[25]
On 2 votes, the House of Representatives did this to President Clinton on Dec. 19, 1998
impeached him
Elena
|
$800
[20]
Many beautiful images like the one seen here have been given to us by this famous space telescope
Hubble Space Telescope
Elena
|
|
$1,000
[30]
When Doug Funnie's in a tough spot, he wears his underwear on the outside & becomes this man
Quailman
Elena
|
$800
[4]
She's Beezus Quimby's pesky young sister
Ramona
Elena
|
$1,000
[16]
Siberia in this country has had the greatest range in temperatures--from 98 degrees F. to -90 degrees F.
Russia
Zane
|
$1,000
[14]
The bird's nest logo of this chocolate brand comes from its founder's coat of arms
Nestle
|
$1,000
[26]
The Persian Gulf War of 1991 was fought mainly in Iraq & this oil-rich nation next door
Kuwait
Zane
|
$1,000
[17]
Many astronomers believe the Great Andromeda spiral galaxy has one of these "dark" collapsed stars at its center
black hole
Elena
Billy
|
| STATE CAPITALS | AROUND THE APARTMENT BUILDING | TV STARS | ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL | ABRAHAM LINCOLN | ATTACK OF THE THESAURUS |
|
$400
[1]
No beans about it, this capital is the largest city in New England
Boston
Billy
|
$400
[15]
Around July your building's superintendent will be your hero when he fixes the A/C, short for this
air conditioning
Billy
|
$400
[10]
Taylor Negron plays nanny to these twins on "So Little Time"
the Olsen twins
Elena
|
$400
[6]
One of the noble gases, it's the lightest of all gases after hydrogen
helium
Zane
|
$400
[20]
It was an 11-year-old girl who first suggested that Lincoln do this to improve his appearance
grow a beard
Elena
|
$400
[26]
Outsmart or outwit someone & you also out- this "sly" animal them
fox
Elena
|
|
$800
[2]
This twin city is the capital of Minnesota
St. Paul
Billy
|
$800
[16]
Be careful not to drop your key down this vertical passage in which the elevator moves up & down
shaft
Elena
|
$800
[11]
Coming to TV in 2002, this star of an Oscar-nominated movie was once known as Johnny Quasar
Jimmy Neutron
Billy
Zane
|
$800
[7]
This element is essential for the clotting of blood, as well as healthy teeth & bones
calcium
Zane
|
DD
$400
[25]
In the painting seen here, Lincoln is reading this historic document that led to the end of slavery
the Emancipation Proclamation
Elena
|
$800
[27]
In kiddy lit Jack didn't kill the titan or the colossus, he killed this
the giant
|
|
$1,600
[4]
A 150-foot-high battle monument in this New Jersey capital marks the site of a famous Revolutionary War battle
Trenton
Zane
|
$1,200
[17]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew) You can save lives & earn firemen's gratitude if you keep this in good working order
smoke detector
Elena
Billy
|
$1,200
[12]
Putting the Goth in "American Gothic", this rocker & his family starred in a hit MTV reality show in 2002
Ozzy Osbourne
Billy
|
$1,200
[8]
Diamonds & graphite are both forms of this element
carbon
Zane
|
$800
[21]
This speech that Lincoln delivered on a battlefield in 1863 lasted only 2 minutes but its impact was huge
the Gettysburg Address
Elena
|
$1,200
[28]
I cannot tell a prevarication: it has this 3-letter synonym
lie
Elena
|
|
$2,000
[5]
Every Memorial Day weekend, this city hosts its famous 500 auto race
Indianapolis
Zane
|
$1,600
[18]
These common, crawly apartment insects have German, brown-banded & American species
cockroaches
Elena
Billy
|
$1,600
[13]
Inspired by Sydney, her character on "Alias", this actress enjoys kickboxing
Jennifer Garner
|
$1,600
[9]
Bananas are an excellent source of this element whose symbol is K
potassium
Billy
|
$1,200
[22]
Illinois is the "Land of Lincoln", but the birthplace of Lincoln is this state just to the south
Kentucky
Zane
|
— |
|
DD
$2,400
[3]
It's nicknamed the "Center of the Pineapple Industry"
Honolulu
Billy
|
$2,000
[19]
When painting a room, put this on as the first coat; it's spelled like a book that teaches reading
primer
|
$2,000
[14]
In 2001 this actress, Borg babe Seven of Nine on "Voyager", joined the cast of "Boston Public"
Jeri Ryan
|
$2,000
[23]
This element, Na, combines with chlorine to form ordinary table salt
sodium
Zane
|
$1,600
[24]
In April 1865 while attending a play at this man's theater, Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth
Ford's Theatre
Elena
|
— |
In 1974, to save energy, it began in January instead of April & ended on October 27
daylight saving time