2004-B Kids Week game 2.
Emily Riippa — a 12-year-old seventh grader from Grand Rapids, Michigan
Nithya Kubendran — an 11-year-old seventh grader from Quartz Hill, California
Jake Houser — a 12-year-old seventh grader from Aptos, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake | $1,600 | $2,400 | $9,600 |
$3,600
3rd place: $1,000 + an AOL for Broadband computer package |
$9,600
16 R, 3 W |
| Nithya | $2,000 | $5,000 | $14,500 |
$9,000
2nd place: $2,000 + an AOL for Broadband computer package |
$14,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Emily | $3,000 | $6,600 | $13,800 |
$14,800
Winner: $14,800 + an AOL for Broadband computer package |
$15,000
19 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK | TV SHOW ROLL CALL | NUMBER, PLEASE | LITERATURE | FAMOUS NAMES | I'VE GOT AN "ITCH" |
|
$200
[26]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from Yellowstone National Park.) Reliably, every half to 2 1/2 hours, this most famous of geysers fires out about 5,000 gallons of water
Old Faithful
Nithya
|
$200
[11]
Patrick, Gary & Squidward
SpongeBob SquarePants
Emily
|
$200
[1]
Dial this 3-digit number on the phone to get emergency help
911
Emily
|
$200
[2]
"Child of the Morning" is the story of Hatshepsut, a woman who ruled this country as a pharaoh
Egypt
Jake
|
$200
[16]
This aviation pioneer, who died in 1948, outlived his brother Wilbur by 35 years
Orville Wright
Emily
|
$200
[21]
On TV, Sabrina is a "Teenage" one
a witch
Nithya
|
|
$400
[27]
(All four Clue Crew members listen to an animal howl as they sit around the campfire at dusk in Yellowstone National Park. Sarah reads.) You can hear the call of this animal which was re-introduced to Yellowstone in the 1990s
a wolf
Jake
Nithya
|
$400
[12]
Ash, Misty, Brock & Pikachu
Pokémon
Jake
|
$400
[3]
If you labor 40 hours in a 5-day work week, you're averaging this many hours per work day
8
Nithya
|
$400
[4]
This Danish fairy tale author wrote an autobiography called "The Fairy Tale of My Life"
Hans Christian Andersen
Emily
|
$400
[17]
After adopting the Black Muslim faith in 1964, boxer Cassius Clay adopted this new name
Muhammad Ali
|
$400
[22]
In this high-flying game, balls called bludgers can knock players off their brooms
Quidditch
Nithya
|
|
$600
[28]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reads from Yellowstone National Park.) Yellowstone has hot springs because this layer of the earth is extra thin here, so molten rock isn't far down
the crust
Jake
|
$600
[13]
Apu, Krusty the Clown, Marge, Lisa & Maggie
The Simpsons
Emily
|
$600
[8]
Synonyms for happiness include being "in seventh heaven" & "on" this number "cloud"
9
Emily
|
$600
[5]
His first "Jungle Book" was so popular that he published his "Second Jungle Book" in 1895
Rudyard Kipling
Nithya
|
$600
[18]
Buonarroti was the last name of this Italian artist who was famous for painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling
Michelangelo
Emily
|
$600
[23]
He's Lilo's mischievous alien pal
Stitch
Jake
|
|
$800
[29]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from Yellowstone National Park.) The gases emitted by Yellowstone's thermal features contain this element--atomic number 16--accounting for a distinctive smell
sulfur
Nithya
|
$800
[14]
Wanda, Vanessa, Bernie, Jordan & Bryana
The Bernie Mac Show
Nithya
|
$800
[9]
If you throw 12 strikes in a row in a game of bowling, you'll achieve this perfect score
300
Nithya
|
DD
$1,000
[6]
Chapter 25 of this book is called "The First Wedding" & it described Meg's marriage to John Brooke
Little Women
Nithya
|
$800
[19]
Golda Meir, a former school teacher, was prime minister of this country from 1969 to 1974
Israel
Jake
Emily
|
$800
[24]
Throw a baseball, or set up a tent
pitch
Jake
|
|
$1,000
[30]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from Yellowstone National Park.) This backbone of North America separating east- from west-flowing rivers cuts through the plateau of Yellowstone Park
the continental divide
Emily
|
$1,000
[15]
Michael Kelso, Steve Hyde, Fez & Donna Pinciotti
That '70s Show
|
$1,000
[10]
When you celebrate a semicentennial, you're celebrating the passage of this many years
50
Jake
|
$1,000
[7]
This author said that he was acting in a play with his kids when he came up with the idea for "A Tale of Two Cities"
Charles Dickens
Emily
|
$1,000
[20]
Released from prison in 1990, he won a Nobel prize in 1993 & became president of South Africa a year later
Nelson Mandela
Emily
|
$1,000
[25]
It diverts a train from one track to another
a switch
Nithya
|
| BALLET & OPERA | VOCABULARY TEST | WHEN THEY WERE KIDS | THE NIGHTTIME SKY | COOKING CLASS | HOOP OF THE DAY |
|
$400
[3]
Nutty about "The Nutcracker"? You've probably seen it during this month (that's the month it was first performed, too)
December
Jake
|
$400
[4]
The name of this day of the week honors Thor, the Norse god of thunder
Thursday
Nithya
|
$400
[24]
Joe Shuster & Jerry Siekel were barely into their teens when they created this comic book hero
Superman
Emily
|
$400
[12]
In 1986 it was discovered that this famous comet was about 80% ice & 15% frozen carbon dioxide
Halley's Comet
Emily
|
$400
[1]
White icing made to look like blocks of ice tops the cake named for this Eskimo dwelling
an igloo
Jake
|
DD
$100
[30]
In 2004 he joined MJ & "The Big O" as the only NBA rookies to average 20 points, 5 rebounds & 5 assists
LeBron James
Nithya
|
|
$800
[13]
Warning: If you play the role of Jemmy in the opera "William Tell", you'll get one of these shot off your head
an apple
Emily
|
$800
[5]
This word for another person's life story comes from Greek words meaning "life" & "written"
biography
Jake
|
$800
[25]
Louis XIV was only 4 years old when he became king of this country in 1643
France
Jake
|
DD
$400
[19]
Called the Earth's twin, this planet's surface features are obscured by thick clouds of sulfuric acid
Venus
Emily
|
$800
[2]
Betty Crocker's recipe for Raggedy Ann Salad uses grated cheese for hair & these dried fruits for eyes
raisins
Emily
|
$400
[21]
At 7'6", this center from China would be a big part of a Houston Rockets championship dynasty
Yao Ming
Jake
|
|
$1,200
[14]
Haydn wrote several operas for these stringed toys, but someone must be hidin' them; most of them are lost
puppets (or marionettes)
Nithya
|
$1,200
[6]
Call it a tadpole or call it this 8-letter word, it's still a newly hatched frog
pollywog
|
$1,200
[26]
In 1808 at age 5, war hero Luis Alves de Lima e Silva joined an infantry unit in this large South American country
Brazil
Jake
Nithya
|
$800
[17]
This constellation known as "The Lion" was named by the ancient Sumerians over 5,000 years ago
Leo
Jake
|
$1,200
[9]
It's fun to make the saltwater type of this candy because you get to pull it & stretch it before you cut it
taffy
Jake
|
$800
[22]
As an NBA head coach, he won 6 titles with the Bulls & 3 with the Lakers
Phil Jackson
|
|
$1,600
[15]
Odile & Prince Sigfried are the deux-o who dance the Black Swan pas de deux in this ballet
Swan Lake
Nithya
|
$1,600
[7]
Adjectives describe nouns & pronouns; these words, like very & quickly, can modify adjectives & verbs
adverbs
Nithya
|
$1,600
[27]
By the age of 5 this 18th century child prodigy known as Wolferl was already composing music
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Jake
|
$1,200
[18]
It's estimated that more than 1,000 of these bodies greater than 18 miles in diameter orbit between Mars & Jupiter
asteroids
Emily
|
$1,600
[10]
A baked potato becomes "three men in a boat" with a cheese sail & 3 of the button type of these fungi for the men
mushrooms
Jake
|
$1,200
[23]
The non-law firm of Wallace & Wallace (Ben & Rasheed) led this team to the 2003-04 NBA Championship
the Detroit Pistons
Emily
|
|
$2,000
[16]
In an opera based on history, the pharaoh Akhenaten gives up polygamy for this beautiful queen
Nefertiti
Emily
|
$2,000
[8]
This word means paralyzed by fear or turned to stone, like a forest that's a National Park in Arizona
petrified
Nithya
|
$2,000
[28]
In mythology these young twin brothers founded Rome
Romulus and Remus
Jake
Nithya
|
$2,000
[20]
As seen from the Earth, the brightest star excluding the sun is this "Dog Star"
Sirius
Nithya
|
$2,000
[11]
To make candle salad, stand a banana upright for your candle & top it with this maraschino fruit for a flame
a cherry
|
$1,600
[29]
Go crazy & name this Toronto Raptor whose nickname is "Vinsanity"
Vince Carter
|
With a common nickname that refers to its size, this is the largest island in the United States
Hawaii