2009 Kids Week game 5.
Kevin Yokum — a 12-year-old from New Orleans, Louisiana
Thulasi Seshan — a 12-year-old from Draper, Utah
Cate Heine — a 12-year-old from Louisville, Kentucky
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cate | $1,000 | $2,400 | $5,600 |
$11,200
3rd place: $1,000 + Classroom Jeopardy! for her school |
$5,600
10 R, 2 W |
| Thulasi | $1,400 | $3,200 | $26,100 |
$18,208
2nd place: $2,000 + Classroom Jeopardy! for her school |
$20,000
22 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Kevin | $3,800 | $5,800 | $17,800 |
$35,599
Winner: $35,599 + Classroom Jeopardy! for his school |
$18,400
23 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| YOU'RE IN THIS FOREIGN COUNTRY IF... | THE SECRET LIVES OF TEACHERS | TRANSFORMED FOOD | STORY TIME | PET PROJECTS | 4-LETTER WORDS |
|
$200
[5]
you're jogging in Johannesburg
South Africa
Thulasi
|
$200
[12]
Ms. Dibbs knows a lot about Iran--I bet she works for this spy agency based in Langley, Virginia
the CIA
Kevin
|
$200
[21]
Dry a grape & it becomes this
a raisin
Kevin
|
$200
[11]
Name of the Mother Goose thief represented here--what a son of a piper
Tom
Thulasi
|
$200
[26]
When we first meet this title character in a 2008 Pixar film, his only friend is his pet, cockroach, Hal
WALL•E
Thulasi
|
$200
[1]
Once you turn 18 it's your "duty" as a U.S. citizen to serve on one of these groups in court when called
jury
Cate
|
|
$400
[6]
you're lounging in Lima, the capital
Peru
Cate
|
$400
[13]
You buy the P.E. teacher's soccer injury story? He hurt his knee jumping police cars on a Harley-Davidson this, duh
a motorcycle
Kevin
|
$400
[22]
A prune is this fruit before it becomes shriveled
a plum
Kevin
|
$400
[17]
"'I say!' murmured" this Seuss animal, "'I've never heard tell of a small speck of dust that is able to yell"'
Horton (the Elephant)
Cate
|
$400
[27]
Monsieur Le Pelt joins Cruella de Vil in the chase for 102 of these in a 2000 sequel
Dalmatians
Thulasi
|
$400
[2]
When this cools quickly after an eruption, it can form a type of glass called obsidian
lava
Cate
|
|
$600
[7]
you're modeling in Milan, population 1.3 million
Italy
Kevin
|
$600
[14]
Everyone knows Mr. Lee made $100 million working for this Bill Gates co. & now teaches for $1 a year
Microsoft
Kevin
|
$600
[23]
A cucumber that's put in a solution called brine becomes this
a pickle
Thulasi
|
$600
[18]
This E.B. White guy "is no ordinary mouse... he lives in New York City with his parents (&) his older brother George"
Stuart Little
Thulasi
|
$600
[30]
Yes, that's Hayden Panettiere befriending one of these animals (who thinks he's a racehorse) in "Racing Stripes"
a zebra
Kevin
|
$600
[3]
It's a song, frequently sung in church, in praise of God
hymn
Thulasi
|
|
$800
[8]
you're hopping in Helsinki
Finland
Kevin
|
$800
[15]
Mr. Conklin was a captain when the U.S. Navy was attacked at this site in Hawaii in 1941--he's that old!
Pearl Harbor
Kevin
|
$800
[24]
Warm some milk & add specialized bacteria, separate out the curd clumps, then shape & age the curd to make this
cheese
Cate
Thulasi
|
$800
[19]
"One False Note" & "The Maze of Bones" are part of a book series with this number of "Clues" in its title
39
Thulasi
|
$800
[28]
When Andi & Bruce need to find a place for their pup to live, they create this title lodging in a 2008 film
a hotel for dogs
Cate
Kevin
|
DD
$600
[10]
This soft underlayer of feathers from a duck or goose is used to stuff pillows
down
Kevin
|
|
$1,000
[9]
you're resting in Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Kevin
|
$1,000
[16]
Ms. Lenox' only friend is a vicious dog called a Doberman this, & the last kid who trick or treated her is still missing
pinscher
|
$1,000
[25]
Take a legume whose pod develops underground, roast it, then grind it into a paste to make this
peanut butter
Cate
|
$1,000
[20]
In 1990 she penned "Fudge-a-Mania"; are you there, contestants? It's me, this children's book author
Judy Blume
Thulasi
|
$1,000
[29]
In a 2007 film this mutt was able to leap tall buildings in a single bound after a mishap in the lab of Simon Barsinister
Underdog
Thulasi
|
$800
[4]
The 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet, it's also the lower front part of your leg
shin
Thulasi
|
| FUN WITH DINOSAURS | NAME THAT SPORT | LET'S GO TO A THEME PARK | HISTORY & HERSTORY | TRICKS ARE FOR KIDS | 2 VOWELS, ONE CONSONANT |
|
$400
[26]
In 1902 in Montana, paleontologist Barnum Brown unearthed the first specimen of this dinosaur "king"
a T. rex
Kevin
|
$400
[1]
Backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly
swimming
Kevin
|
$400
[8]
Let's "rush" over to Knott's Berry Farm & let an old prospector teach us how to pan for this
gold
Kevin
|
$400
[10]
Scholars have referred to the years 1585 to 1592 as "the Lost Years" of this English playwright
Shakespeare
Kevin
|
$400
[17]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew picks your brain.) Hold a toothpick near your fingertips--it won't break no matter how hard you try; but move it above your knuckles, & it's easy thanks to this principle that increases mechanical advantage
leverage
|
$400
[25]
It can follow shepherd's, cherry or mud
pie
Thulasi
|
|
$800
[30]
Hadrosaurus & Corythosaurus are among dinosaurs that had ths type of bill, like a platypus
a duckbill
Kevin
|
$800
[2]
Camel, double axel, figure 8
figure skating
Kevin
|
$800
[9]
You can dine with Shamu at the watery parks named this
SeaWorld
Thulasi
|
$800
[12]
In 1776 she took over the family upholstering business; she also made flags for the Navy of Pennsylvania
Betsy Ross
Thulasi
|
$800
[18]
You can use a piece of string to pick up an ice cube if you first sprinkle the ice with this stuff, sodium chloride
salt
Cate
|
$800
[24]
This word meaning "also" also sounds like a number
too
Thulasi
|
|
$1,600
[28]
This 3-horned plant-eater's 10-foot-long head is said to be the largest ever possessed by a land animal
a Triceratops
Thulasi
|
$1,200
[3]
Advantage, deuce, love
tennis
Kevin
|
$1,200
[11]
The Ghost Train at N.C.'s Tweetsie Railroad starts choo-chooing in this scary month, but you can order tickets now
October
Cate
|
$1,600
[14]
This Confederate Gen. & Virginian opposed secession but "could take no part in an invasion of the Southern states"
Robert E. Lee
Thulasi
|
$1,200
[19]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew tugs a string in a cup.) The paper cup seems to laugh because the wet string is transmitting vibrations that form these waves inside the cup
sound waves
Cate
|
$1,200
[23]
Don't feed the creatures at a menagerie, a type of this
zoo
Thulasi
|
|
$2,000
[27]
This dinosaur known for the bony plates along its back had multiple spikes at the end of its tail for protection
a Stegosaurus
Kevin
|
$1,600
[4]
Icing, power play, blue line
hockey
Kevin
|
$1,600
[15]
The rides at Elitch Gardens are a mile high, since the park's in this "Mile High City" in Colorado
Denver
Kevin
|
$2,000
[6]
In 2001 this woman known for aiding Lewis & Clark was made an honorary sergeant in the Regular Army
Sacagawea
Cate
|
$1,600
[21]
Rub a comb on your arm & you can use it to make the water from a faucet bend toward it thanks to this electricity
static electricity
Thulasi
|
$1,600
[22]
A charge for services
fee
Thulasi
Kevin
|
|
DD
$4,500
[29]
The oviraptor's name means that it stole these from other dinosaurs but new evidence sugests that it was misnamed
eggs
Thulasi
|
$2,000
[5]
Gaylord, pommel horse, uneven bars
gymnastics
Thulasi
|
$2,000
[7]
Whee! Test Track, one of Disney World's fastest rides, is in this park with a 5-letter name
Epcot
Kevin
|
DD
$4,000
[13]
He got 34 patents for the telephone, but don't say Bell; he also got 389 for electric light & power
Thomas Edison
Thulasi
|
$2,000
[16]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew plays a different kind of checkers.) I can knock the bottom checker out without knocking the stack over thanks to this property of matter that tends to keep things in place
inertia
Kevin
|
$2,000
[20]
This guy seenhereis the second largest bird on the planet
an emu
Cate
Thulasi
|
He's the only president since 1900 whose last name contains more vowels than consonants
Barack Obama