Show #4150 2002-09-20 (taped 2002-07-22) Back to School

2002 Back to School Week game 5.

Contestants

Mike Scott — an eleven-year-old from Lake Villa, Illinois

David McIntyre — a twelve-year-old from Riverside, California

Josh Charnin-Aker — a twelve-year-old from Lighthouse Point, Florida

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Josh $1,400 $2,600 $9,000 $10,801
3rd place: $1,000 + a Northstar Portable PC
$9,000
13 R, 1 W
David $200 $2,600 $9,000 $18,000
2nd place: $2,000 + a Northstar Portable PC
$9,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Mike $2,400 $1,800 $10,800 $18,000
Winner: $18,000 + a Northstar Portable PC
$9,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN LITERATURE TV OR NOT TV SWEET STUFF SUMMER CAMP HI THERE "LO" THERE
$200 [6]
This character once asked Becky Thatcher, "Do you love rats?"
Tom Sawyer
David
$200 [3]
"The Wild Thornberrys","The Onionheads","The Banana Splits"
The Onionheads
Josh David
$200 [12]
Jell-O makes gelatin & this other dessert that comes in butterscotch, vanilla & (of course) chocolate
pudding
Mike
$200 [9]
Many camps insist that you (or, more likely, mom) do this to all your clothing, maybe with a laundry marker
label it
Josh
$200 [17]
"Privet" is an informal greeting in this city that's home to the Kremlin
Moscow
Josh
$200 [1]
A basic portion the baker deals in
loaf
$400 [7]
In this Louisa May Alcott novel, Jo March writes a play, "The Witch's Curse"
"Little Women"
David
$400 [4]
"Rugrats","Real Monsters","Rhino Rick"
Rhino Rick
Mike
$400 [13]
The Double Delight variety of these Nabisco sandwich cookies has peanut butter & chocolate creme filling
Oreos
Josh
$400 [22]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew) In archery, draw length is when an arrow extends from your chest to just beyond the tips of these
fingers
Josh
$400 [18]
The Zuni in America say "keshi"; a big hello in this capital of Japan would be "konnichi wa"
Tokyo
Mike
$400 [2]
This beaver home, seen here, may have separate entrances & a carpeted floor
lodge
Mike
$600 [8]
The whaling ship in this classic novel had 3 harpooners: Tashtego, Daggoo & Queequeg
"Moby Dick"
Mike
$600 [5]
"Bug People","Bug Juice","The Bugaloos"
Bug People
David
$600 [14]
"Joy of Cooking" recommends using Golden Delicious or Pippins, but not Granny Smiths for this type of pie
apple pie
Josh
$600 [23]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in the lake) A special stroke that keeps a canoe going straight is named for this letter of the alphabet
J-Stroke
David
$600 [26]
In ancient times in this country, you might greet your mummy with "ak em hotep"
Egypt
David
$600 [10]
This name for a kind of kiddy candy comes from a word meaning "tongue"
lollipop
$800 [24]
In this 1952 Hemingway story, Santiago goes 84 days without catching a fish, then hooks a gigantic marlin
"The Old Man and the Sea"
Josh
$800 [19]
"Ronnie Racehorse","Roger Ramjet","Roland Rat"
Ronnie Racehorse
$800 [15]
This nationality fish is a soft & chewy candy
Swedish Fish
David
$800 [28]
In a song about bad times at camp, "I went hiking with Joe Spivy / He developed" this outdoor danger
poison ivy
Josh
$800 [27]
"Marhaba" works as a greeting in this common language of northern Africa & the Mideast
Arabic
David
$800 [11]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew) This apparatus that goes back to ancient times turns yarn into cloth
loom
Mike
$1,000 [25]
The title of this 1939 John Steinbeck novel was taken from a Julia Ward Howe song
"The Grapes of Wrath"
$1,000 [20]
"Pinky & Perky","Jimbo & the Jet Set","Gomez & Gillie"
Gomez & Gillie
$1,000 [16]
A trademarked name, it's a ring-shaped cake baked in a tube pan that has fluted sides
Bundt cake
$1,000 [29]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew) Made of thin pieces of wood, it catches the flame from the tinder & spreads it to the heavier fuel
kindling
David
DD $1,000 [30]
In this Sioux language whose name is found in 2 state names, you'd greet friends with "hau koda"
Dakota
David
$1,000 [21]
This rhyming terms inplies that an affectionate couple is like 2 white birds
lovey-dovey
Josh Mike

Double Jeopardy! Round

FIRST LADIES THE SPORTS CHANNEL MEXICO IT'S A FACT SCIENCE PRIZES STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS
$400 [16]
At one time, she was the first lady of Texas
Laura Bush
David
$400 [1]
The World Cup & the Copa America are two of the major international competitions in this sport
soccer
Mike
$400 [4]
This thin, round flat bread, used to make burritos & tacos, is served at almost every Mexican meal
tortilla
Mike
$400 [14]
The largest one of these reptiles, a male leatherback, measured 9 feet 5 1/2 inches from nose to tail
sea turtle
David
$400 [23]
The Olympics gives this for finishing first; the American Petroleum Institute gives it for achievement
gold medal
Mike
$400 [7]
There are 8 fluid ones in a cup
ounces
Mike
$800 [17]
Bouvier, this first lady's maiden name, is her daughter Caroline's middle name
Jacqueline Kennedy
Josh
$800 [2]
Fly balls & sacrifices are parts of this sport
baseball
Josh
$800 [9]
About 2/3 of the boundary between Mexico & the U.S. is formed by this river
the Rio Grande
Mike
$800 [15]
It's the number of quarters equal to a $5 bill
20
Mike
$800 [24]
The Charles Goodyear Award recognizes contribution to this tire materials industry
rubber
David
$800 [8]
It's where school plays or school assemblies are usually held
auditorium
David
$1,200 [3]
Teams in this women's league include the New York Liberty & Los Angeles Sparks
WNBA
David
$1,200 [12]
It's all there in black & white--popular ones of these in Mexico include El Heraldo de Mexico & La Jornada
newspapers
Josh
$1,200 [18]
In Australia, this soft, furry critter is sometimes called a native bear
koala bear
Mike
$1,200 [25]
Solve equations like 3x(squared)-15=0 & you could be headed for a Frank Nelson Cole Prize in this branch of math
algebra
$1,600 [11]
This river which begins in Turkey joins the Tigris River in Iraq
the Euphrates
David
$1,600 [5]
It's the coastal Florida city that's hosted a famous 500-mile auto race every year since 1959
Daytona Beach
Mike
$1,600 [21]
He's the Spanish conquistador & conqueror of Mexico seen here in a 16th century portrait
Hernando Cortes
David
$1,600 [19]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports.) This common last name comes from the job of the craftsman I'm with
Smith
Josh Mike
$1,600 [26]
An annual half-million-dollar prize for invention & innovation is given by MIT, the Massachusetts Institute of this
Technology
David
$2,000 [13]
To prevent certain thyroid conditions compounds of this element are commonly added to table salt
iodine
$2,000 [6]
In 2002 a horse named War Emblem won this "Derby" held annually at Churchill Downs
the Kentucky Derby
Mike
$2,000 [22]
In 1836 this on again-off again president of Mexico stormed the Alamo
Santa Anna
Josh
$2,000 [20]
You might save a life if you know this procedure combining chest compressions with mouth-to-mouth breathing
CPR
David
$2,000 [27]
The R.U. Lemieux Award is given in Canada for work on the organic branch of this science
chemistry
DD $2,600 [10]
Made of wrought iron, this world landmark, built in 1889, was once the world's tallest structure
the Eiffel Tower
Mike

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC OBJECTS

It's the historic object seen here [marked "1620"]

Plymouth Rock

Josh "What is Plymouth Rock?" — wagered $1,801
David "What is Plymouth Rock [Hi Mom, Howard, Dad]" — wagered $9,000
Mike "What is Plymouth Rock" — wagered $7,200

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