Show #4146 2002-09-16 (taped 2002-07-22) Back to School

2002 Back to School Week game 1.

Contestants

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

Scores

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

Jeopardy! Round

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

Double Jeopardy! Round

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

Final Jeopardy!

ON THE CALENDAR

In 1974, to save energy, it began in January instead of April & ended on October 27

daylight saving time

Billy "What is Daylight Saving Time" — wagered $6,730
Elena "What Daylights Saving Time" — wagered $5,000
Zane "What is [DST] DST" — wagered $4,201

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