2000 Holiday Kids Week game 1.
Sandra Thomas — a 12-year-old from Hartsdale, New York
Billy King — a 13-year-old from St. Albans, West Virginia
Elizabeth Rogers — a 12-year-old from Owensboro, Kentucky
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth | $0 | $200 | $1,400 |
$2
3rd place: MyPoints.com gift certificate + a trip for 4 to the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Oahu, Hawaii |
$1,400
9 R, 5 W |
| Billy | $1,300 | $4,200 | $10,800 |
$8,001
Winner: $8,001 + a trip for 4 to the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Oahu, Hawaii |
$10,300
29 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| Sandy | $-100 | $100 | $4,000 |
$5,555
2nd place: MyPoints.com gift certificate + a trip for 4 to the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Oahu, Hawaii |
$4,100
14 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| GUINNESS RECORDS | THE BIRDS & THE BEES | A CHRISTMAS SONGBOOK | LET'S GO TO THE BEACH | PARTIES OF 5 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY |
|
$100
[5]
Topped with 1,360 lbs. of whipped cream & 3,995 lbs. of strawberries, the biggest of these cakes was over 3.5 tons
strawberry shortcake
Elizabeth
Billy
|
$100
[26]
These domesticated bees take their name from the sticky substance they hoard
honeybees
Billy
|
$100
[13]
They're the 4 words that precede "All is calm, all is bright"
"Silent Night, Holy Night"
Billy
Sandy
|
$100
[1]
I'll make sure my cool new Aviator style of these offers protection from UV rays
sunglasses
Sandy
|
$100
[21]
5 people take the court on each team in this sport played by the Lakers & the Bulls
basketball
Billy
|
$100
[4]
Don't lose hope when you spell...
D-I-S-C-O-U-R-A-G-E-D
Billy
|
|
$200
[6]
95 films were based on this classic fairy tale, from 1898's "Fairy Godmother" to 1998's "Ever After"
"Cinderella"
Billy
|
$200
[27]
A home for some bees, it can also mean any place swarming with activity
a hive
Sandy
|
$200
[14]
"The children say" this cold-hearted guy "could laugh and play just the same as you and me"
Frosty the Snowman
Elizabeth
|
$200
[2]
We'll build one of these with walls, turrets &, of course, a moat
sandcastle
Elizabeth
|
$200
[22]
Since 1935, every 5-Flavor roll of this candy has been made in Holland--Holland, Michigan
Life Savers
Billy
|
$200
[7]
Thanks for spelling...
A-P-P-R-E-C-I-A-T-I-O-N
Billy
Sandy
|
|
$300
[8]
Roy Sullivan, a park ranger, was struck by this a record 7 times & survived; his hair caught fire twice
lightning
Sandy
|
— |
$300
[15]
Santa Claus is comin' to town & he's making a list, checking it twice & splitting kids into these 2 groups
naughty and nice
Billy
|
$300
[3]
I'll try not to be one of the 12,000 swimmers rescued by these people in California alone every year
lifeguards
Billy
|
$400
[24]
If Mom brings you home 3 new brothers & 2 new sisters at one time from the hospital, odds are she had these
quintuplets
Billy
|
$300
[11]
You have the honor of spelling...
P-R-I-V-I-L-E-G-E
Elizabeth
Billy
Sandy
|
|
$400
[9]
The longest pizza delivery route (9 hours) is from Christchurch, New Zealand to Scott Base on this continent
Antarctica
Billy
Sandy
|
— |
$400
[16]
This bell time is "a swell time to go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh"
"Jingle Bell Time"
Billy
|
$400
[19]
To hang out underwater I'm going to need the mask, the fins & this breathing tube seen here
snorkel
Sandy
|
$500
[25]
New gift for day 5 in "The 12 Days of Christmas"
5 golden rings
Billy
|
$400
[12]
Don't delay, spell...
I-M-P-A-T-I-E-N-T
Sandy
|
|
$500
[10]
The longest undersea tunnel is the Chunnel Tunnel, which runs between these 2 countries
England & France
Billy
|
— |
$500
[17]
This song has you sing, "Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum" over & over again
"The Little Drummer Boy"
Billy
|
$500
[20]
We'll need to protect our feet against the edges of this, made of millions of tiny underwater creatures
coral
Elizabeth
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
It's a 5-sided figure that contains members of the U.S. Armed Forces
the Pentagon
Billy
|
$500
[18]
Do me a favor & spell...
A-C-C-O-M-M-O-D-A-T-E
Elizabeth
Billy
Sandy
|
| ONCE UPON A DECEMBER | THIS PLACE IS A ZOO! | LAKES & RIVERS | WEBSITES | SANTA | CLAWS |
|
$200
[1]
Pancho Villa became governor of this Mexican state in December 1913; & no, he didn't live in the doghouse
Chihuahua
Elizabeth
Billy
|
$200
[7]
Casa de Campo, a big park in this capital of Spain, boasts a zoo-aquarium complex with a dolphinarium
Madrid
Billy
|
$200
[26]
This South American river widens to about 150 miles at its mouth
the Amazon
Billy
|
$200
[2]
Jiskha is an online resource to help you with this, so you won't have to say your dog ate it
homework
Billy
|
$200
[21]
This shiny-nosed one of Santa's reindeer was made up by an adman in 1939. That's right, you heard me. Made up
Rudolph
Billy
|
$200
[16]
The bald type of this all-American bird does have feathers on its head, but not on its feet
eagle
Sandy
|
|
$400
[12]
In December 1998 the citizens of this U.S. commonwealth voted again not to become a state
Puerto Rico
Elizabeth
|
$400
[8]
Visitors once saw a mama hippo giving birth underwater in the Hippoquarium at the Toledo Zoo in this U.S. state
Ohio
Billy
|
$600
[29]
This smallest of the Great Lakes shares its name with a Canadian province
Lake Ontario
Sandy
|
$400
[3]
Mark McGwire's progress on the home run list is tracked on this team's official website
St. Louis Cardinals
Billy
|
$400
[22]
You can sit on Santa's lap at this kind of store named for the way it's divided into different sections
department store
Elizabeth
|
$400
[17]
[video clue]
lobster
Elizabeth
|
|
$600
[13]
Ratifying this on December 7, 1787 got Delaware on the first of the new quarters
the Constitution
Billy
Sandy
|
$600
[9]
In March 2000 twin golden lion tamarins became a big attraction at this city's zoo, nicknamed the OKC Zoo
Oklahoma City
Sandy
|
$800
[28]
Once steamboats were launched on this river in 1819, traffic flourished from St. Louis to Fort Benton, Montana
the Missouri
Elizabeth
Billy
|
$600
[4]
At Ancestry.com you can build your own one of these & find out if you're on a main branch or just a twig
family tree
Billy
|
$600
[23]
The name Santa Claus comes from the name of this saint who pays "a visit" in a famous poem
Saint Nicholas
Sandy
|
$600
[18]
A common type of this tool is named for the claw it uses to pull out nails
hammer
Sandy
|
|
$800
[14]
Too late to hold a Christmas show, this home to the Rockettes opened December 27, 1932
Radio City Music Hall
Elizabeth
Sandy
|
$800
[10]
This country is known for yodeling, cheese & the Zoologischer Garten in Basel
Switzerland
Elizabeth
|
$1,000
[27]
Over the centuries, this "sea", the world's largest lake, has been getting smaller due to extensive damming
the Caspian Sea
Billy
|
DD
$600
[5]
"Space & Beyond" is a section of the kids' website of this government agency
NASA
Billy
|
DD
$700
[24]
Christkindl, or "Christ Child", got changed to this other name that Santa has in some movies
Kris Kringle
Sandy
|
$800
[19]
The nasty claws seenherebelong to this type of dinosaur unveiled at Chicago's Field Museum in 2000
Tyrannosaurus rex
Billy
|
|
$1,000
[15]
In December in various years Mother Teresa, Jane Addams & Martin Luther King, Jr. each won this
the Nobel Peace Prize
Billy
|
$1,000
[11]
Famous for its koala encounters, the Taronga Zoo is on the harbor in this Australian city known for its opera house
Sydney
Billy
|
— |
$1,000
[6]
The word list at Kidshealth.org runs alphabetically from allergist to these, used by the radiologist
X-rays
Elizabeth
|
$1,000
[25]
In France Santa is Pere Noel; British people call him this, which means the same thing
Father Christmas
Sandy
|
$1,000
[20]
An animal that retracts its claws pulls them back into this, which also means the holder for a sword
sheath
Sandy
|
A city with this name is the most populous city in both Maine & Oregon
Portland