2000 Back to School Week game 4.
Matthew Silski — an 11-year-old from Laurel, Maryland
Heather Peden — a 10-year-old from Tulsa, Oklahoma
Akshai Raj — a 10-year-old from Harleysville, Pennsylvania
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akshai | $2,200 | $3,400 | $10,800 |
$11,700
Winner: $11,700 + a trip for 4 to Universal Studios, Orlando |
$10,800
24 R, 0 W |
| Heather | $100 | $-300 | $2,000 |
$0
3rd place: MyPoints.com gift certificates valued at about $1,250 + a trip for 4 to Universal Studios, Orlando |
$3,300
8 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Matthew | $700 | $2,900 | $4,900 |
$100
2nd place: MyPoints.com gift certificates valued at about $1,250 + a trip for 4 to Universal Studios, Orlando |
$4,100
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| FAMOUS AMERICANS | THEY'RE HOT! | MYTHOLOGY | WHAT'S "UP"? | I'M HUNGRY | SECONDS, PLEASE |
|
$100
[7]
He's the famous fictional father seen here
Homer Simpson
Matthew
|
$100
[23]
To distinguish between its Mels, this singing group labeled them B. & C.
the Spice Girls
|
$100
[1]
The son of Venus, this Roman god of love carried a bow & arrows to shoot his victims
Cupid
Heather
|
$100
[2]
Cheery people say a frown is just a smile turned this way
upside down
Matthew
|
$100
[3]
"I scream, you scream, we all scream for" this dessert
ice cream
Akshai
|
$100
[13]
In the toe-counting rhyme, it's where the second little piggy stayed
at home
Matthew
|
|
$200
[8]
In professional golf, this "cat" is the No. 1 ranked player in the world
Tiger Woods
Akshai
|
$200
[24]
He played the Big Daddy in "Big Daddy"
Adam Sandler
Heather
Matthew
|
$200
[4]
The son of Cronus & Rhea, he's the chief god of Greek mythology
Zeus
Akshai
|
$200
[19]
Many people like the smell of this cushioning material in a brand new car
upholstery
Heather
|
$200
[15]
To make Ants on a Log, fill a celery stalk with cream cheese or peanut butter & top with these dried fruits
raisins
|
$200
[14]
John Hancock was the first & Charles Thomson the second signer of this, July 4, 1776
the Declaration of Independence
Akshai
|
|
$300
[10]
He's the legendary performer seenhereon a popular 1993 postage stamp
Elvis Presley
Akshai
|
$300
[25]
Katherine Heigl & Jason Behr play aliens on this WB series
Roswell
|
$300
[5]
When she opened the box that released all the misfortunes on the world, she shut it in time to keep hope inside
Pandora
Akshai
|
$300
[20]
Denver's victory over Green Bay in the Super Bowl was one of these
an upset
|
$300
[16]
In fish & chips, the chips aren't Ruffles but what we would call these
french fries
Akshai
|
$400
[27]
This group's second CD was a holiday special, 1998's "Home for Christmas"
'N Sync
|
|
$400
[11]
This influential minister & civil rights pioneer won the Nobel Peace Prize in the 1960s
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Akshai
|
$400
[26]
This pop group created for British TV has had TV shows here set in Miami & L.A.
S Club 7
|
$400
[6]
This Greek mountain was the home of the gods
Mount Olympus
Matthew
|
$400
[21]
It's the type of piano seen here
upright
Akshai
|
$400
[17]
Sink your teeth into a Granny Smith & you'll be eating this
apple
Matthew
|
DD
$1,100
[18]
In 1969 Buzz Aldrin became the second to set foot here
the Moon
Matthew
|
|
$500
[12]
This singer's blue-collar music is a celebration of the common man
Bruce Springsteen
|
$500
[28]
The rainbow from her 1999 "Rainbow" CD was plastered on T-shirts & sold via the Internet
Mariah Carey
|
$500
[9]
Athena gave this maiden snaky hair & a face so hideous that a glimpse of it would turn men to stone
Medusa
Akshai
|
$500
[22]
Often done to trees, it's also done to people who are removed from their native land
to uproot
Matthew
|
$500
[29]
It's the 4-letter term for soybean curd that can be used to make cheesecake & even hot dogs
tofu
Akshai
|
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| AMERICAN LITERATURE | NEW VIDEO GAMES | AROUND THE WORLD | UNUSUAL PETS | FRACTIONS | 10, 11 OR 12 |
|
$200
[5]
This title character in an 1876 novel asks, "Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?"
Tom Sawyer
Matthew
|
$200
[10]
3-D crowds cheer on Mia Hamm in the South Peak Interactive game in this sport
soccer
Akshai
|
$200
[1]
Over 98% of the people in Austria speak this official language of Austria
German
Heather
|
$200
[25]
For many years even scientists refused to believe in the existence of this duckbilled, egg-laying mammal
platypus
Akshai
|
$200
[19]
An improper fraction is rude enough to have a numerator greater than or equal to this
the denominator
Akshai
|
$200
[14]
Signs of the Zodiac
12
Matthew
|
|
$400
[6]
In this novel, Capt. Ahab says his men have been hired to "chase that white whale on both sides of land"
Moby-Dick
Akshai
|
$400
[11]
In "The World is Not Enough" you're this agent, secret agent
James Bond
Akshai
|
$400
[2]
You might tiptoe through the tulips when you're in this country, seen here
the Netherlands (Holland)
Heather
|
$400
[26]
The Maine coon cat is named for its resemblance to this ring-tailed critter
raccoon
Heather
|
$400
[20]
In its lowest terms, a .400 batting average in baseball is this fraction
2/5
Matthew
|
$400
[15]
Days of Christmas in the popular song
12
Heather
|
|
$600
[7]
He's the author whose work is presented here, with a little help from our friend Wishbone
Washington Irving
Akshai
|
$600
[12]
In "Hey You", this Pokemon, you control the little critter on your Nintendo with voice commands
Pikachu
Heather
|
$600
[3]
The University of British Columbia is based in this city, British Columbia's largest
Vancouver
Heather
|
$800
[28]
Peba is another name for the 9-banded type of this armored creature that's found in Texas
armadillo
Akshai
|
$600
[21]
It's the decimal form of the fraction 3/1000
.003
Akshai
Matthew
|
$600
[16]
Amendments in the Bill of Rights
10
Akshai
|
|
$800
[8]
The one word uttered by Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven"
"Nevermore"
Akshai
|
$800
[17]
Simon & Schuster sent Red (plain) & Yellow (peanut), stars of this candy line, on a search for "The Lost Formulas"
M&Ms
Akshai
|
$800
[4]
A symbol of the millennium, the big wheel seenhereis officially known as this British city's "Eye"
London
Akshai
|
$1,000
[29]
When disturbed, the 6-foot-long common species of this lizard will drop from its tree into water
iguana
Matthew
|
$800
[22]
To divide a number by 3/4, multiply the number by this fraction
4/3
|
$800
[23]
Players on each side of the ball in an NFL game
11
Matthew
|
|
$1,000
[9]
Sadly, in a James Fenimore Cooper novel Chingachgook was called "The Last of" this group
the Mohicans
Akshai
|
$1,000
[18]
Abe & now Munch take "Oddysees" on this planet
Oddworld
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
Inca Kola has been called the national beverage of this South American country in which it's made
Peru
Heather
|
DD
$1,300
[27]
The Japanese giant salamander is the largest of these animals that spend part of their lives in the water
amphibians
Heather
|
$1,000
[30]
It's how you express the fraction 7/4 as a mixed number
1 3/4
Matthew
|
$1,000
[24]
Faces on a decahedron
10
Matthew
|
In the 1860s an early version of this was called the velocipede, from Latin words meaning "quick" & "feet"
bicycle