2009 Kids Week game 1.
Savannah Morgan — a 12-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina
Jimmy Miotto — an 11-year-old from Northborough, Massachusetts
Scotty Ballard — a 12-year-old from Murphy, Texas
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotty | $400 | $1,000 | $5,400 |
$400
3rd place: $1,000 + Classroom Jeopardy! for his school |
$5,800
11 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jimmy | $1,400 | $5,600 | $22,200 |
$9,599
2nd place: $2,000 + Classroom Jeopardy! for his school |
$22,800
23 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Savannah | $3,000 | $5,800 | $17,400 |
$14,400
Winner: $14,400 + Classroom Jeopardy! for her school |
$16,600
19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| FILL IN THE HISTORY ____ | CELEBRITY SISTER SURNAMES | HOLIDAYS | THE STATE IT'S IN | TIME FOR CLASS | ANIMAL WORDS & PHRASES |
|
$200
[8]
British king who had 6 wives:Henry ____
Henry VIII
Scotty
|
$200
[13]
Britney &Jamie Lynn
Spears
Scotty
|
$200
[1]
In 1621 Mass. Gov. William Bradford declared a day of prayer, feasting & rejoicing which became this holiday
Thanksgiving
Savannah
|
$200
[6]
Buccaneer Days in Corpus Christi, the San Jacinto Monument
Texas
Scotty
|
$200
[20]
P.E.:Practice hard to become a Hall of Famer in this sport, like Cal Ripken Jr.
baseball
Jimmy
|
$200
[25]
Someone who pretends to be your friend is this "in the grass"
a snake
Savannah
|
|
$400
[9]
Adopted July 4, 1776:The ____ of ____
the Declaration of Independence
Jimmy
|
$400
[16]
Hilary &Haylie
Duff
Savannah
|
$400
[2]
Memorial Day was first observed in 1866 to honor the dead of this war
the Civil War
Scotty
|
$400
[7]
Kennedy Space Center, Sanibel Island
Florida
Scotty
|
$400
[21]
Science:"Rover" around & discover that a "year" on this planet lasts 687 days
Mars
Savannah
|
$400
[26]
Bart Simpson would try to calm people by telling them, "don't have" one of these animals
a cow
Jimmy
|
|
$600
[10]
Centuries-long Iberian prosecution of heretics:The Spanish ____
the Spanish Inquisition
Savannah
|
$600
[17]
Mary-Kate &Ashley
Olsen
Scotty
|
DD
$400
[5]
This holiday was established in 1872 because the State of Nebraska lacked a sufficient number of trees
Arbor Day
Scotty
|
$600
[14]
Hearst Castle, the Monterey Peninsula
California
Scotty
Savannah
|
$600
[22]
Shop:No, you will most certainly not be working with the gas-flame device called an acetylene this
torch
Savannah
|
$600
[27]
Going back to the Bible, a minor problem that ruins something bigger is this insect "in the ointment"
a fly
Savannah
|
|
$800
[11]
Old name for Russia & 14 other republics until 1991:The ____ Union
the Soviet Union
Savannah
|
$800
[18]
Ashlee &Jessica
Simpson
Jimmy
|
$600
[3]
A 1968 law passed by Congress stipulated that this holiday be celebrated on the second Monday in October
Columbus Day
|
$800
[15]
The Koyukuk Valley, Gates of the Arctic National Park
Alaska
Savannah
|
$800
[23]
French:"Le livre est sur la table" means this is on the table; pick it up & start learning
the book
Savannah
|
$800
[28]
A little-known political candidate or Oscar nominee is called a "dark" this
horse
Jimmy
|
|
$1,000
[12]
Deadly period of the French Revolution:The ____ of Terror
the Reign of Terror
Jimmy
|
$1,000
[30]
Dakota &Elle
Fanning
Savannah
|
$800
[4]
This May holiday was honored in 1934 by a stamp featuring a famous painting by Whistler
Mother's Day
|
$1,000
[19]
The French Quarter, the Capitol Grounds grave of Huey Long
Louisiana
Jimmy
|
$1,000
[24]
English:Learn that he left Princeton without a degree in 1917 & 8 years later penned "The Great Gatsby"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
|
$1,000
[29]
If you meet the "loan" variety of this fish, watch your wallet
a shark
Jimmy
|
| ON THE BOOKSHELF | YOU'RE SO SPORTY | THE WORLD OF M. SASEK | THE LAW | SCIENCE | "KID" TALK |
|
$400
[8]
In "New Moon", the second book in the "Twilight" saga, Jacob Black becomes one of these, enemy of the vampires
a werewolf
Scotty
|
$400
[5]
In Super Bowl XLIII Santonio Holmes won the MVP award for this team
the Steelers
Jimmy
|
$400
[26]
You'relookingat the Houses of Parliamentin this city
London
Savannah
|
$400
[1]
States with 75-mph these on their highways tend to be wide open ones, like Utah & Wyoming
speed limits
Jimmy
|
$400
[3]
Of copper, iron or aluminum, the one that would be most attracted to a magnet
iron
Scotty
|
$400
[21]
The human body has 2 of these internal organs
the kidneys
Jimmy
|
|
$800
[9]
In books by Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley writes the "Diary of" this title type of "Kid"
Wimpy
Jimmy
|
$800
[6]
Brothers Jarit & Jimmie Johnson both compete in this sport
NASCAR
Jimmy
|
DD
$600
[28]
Here's Saint Patrick's Cathedral in this European capital city where Saint Patrick is a big deal
Dublin
Jimmy
|
$800
[2]
Criminals who are clearly this, a synonym for "culpable", may plead this to avoid a trial
guilty
Jimmy
|
$800
[12]
In a month, this object ranges from about 225,000 miles to 252,000 miles from the Earth
the Moon
Jimmy
|
$800
[22]
This former Mrs. Tom Cruise played the scary Mrs. Coulter in "The Golden Compass"
Nicole Kidman
Savannah
|
|
$1,200
[15]
Shel Silverstein's poems & drawings are collected in "Where" this "Ends"
the Sidewalk
Jimmy
|
$1,200
[7]
2009 began with Lorena Ochoa clubbing the competition as the No. 1 ranked player in this sport
golf
Savannah
|
$800
[27]
Ride the unusual boatseen here when you visit this Italian city
Venice
Jimmy
|
$1,200
[4]
This word for someone who can testify about events he saw includes a 3-letter body part
an eyewitness
Scotty
Jimmy
|
$1,200
[13]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew tries to crack a whip.) Like a jet plane traveling faster than mach 1, a whip makes a cracking noise because it's traveling faster than the speed of this
sound
Scotty
|
$1,600
[24]
"The Block" is the 2008 comeback album by the band formed in 1986 under this name
New Kids on the Block
|
|
$1,600
[19]
"Inkspell" & "Inkdeath" are sequels to this book
Inkheart
Jimmy
|
$1,600
[10]
At age 24 this Cleveland Cavalier says he's just starting to get his "man-strength"
LeBron James
Scotty
|
$1,600
[29]
Don't get fooled into thinking you can buy this New York City bridge seen here
Brooklyn Bridge
Savannah
|
$1,600
[11]
To convict someone may mean to put him in jail; to do this -vict means to put someone out of his home
evict
Jimmy
|
$1,600
[14]
By definition, it's what a carnivore eats
meat
Savannah
|
DD
$2,000
[23]
Title of a Robert Louis Stevenson book about a boy's abduction
Kidnapped
Savannah
|
|
$2,000
[20]
"The Tale of" this big-eared guy is "the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread"
Despereaux
Savannah
|
$2,000
[18]
This 2008 Olympic all-around female gymnastics champion was born in Russia but competes for the United States
Nastia Liukin
Savannah
|
$2,000
[30]
Many ultra-orthodox Jewslive in Meah She'arim in this city
Jerusalem
Scotty
|
$2,000
[16]
Add 1 letter to "statue" to get this word for a law passed by the legislature
statute
Jimmy
|
$2,000
[17]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew levitates a ping-pong ball over a hair dryer.) What goes up stays up when the force of air moving up from the hair dryer equals this force pulling down on the ping-pong ball
gravity
Jimmy
|
$2,000
[25]
It means to slip or slide; if you do it, you might leave a mark
skid
Jimmy
|
The area that's now the State of Indiana was acquired in this war
the Revolutionary War