2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 2.
Kennedy Stomps — a junior from St. Louis, Missouri
Samantha Reback — a sophomore from Bethesda, Maryland
Zach Blumenfeld — a junior from Lincolnshire, Illinois
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach | $5,600 | $9,600 | $32,800 |
$51,999
Automatic semifinalist |
$29,400
32 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Samantha | $3,000 | $3,600 | $6,800 |
$13,598
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$6,800
11 R, 2 W |
| Kennedy | $400 | $800 | $4,400 |
$6,600
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$5,200
9 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| WORLD POLITICS | TV FOR SHORT | DANGEROUS PLANET | ON THE RESTAURANT'S FAST FOOD MENU | YOUNG MR. PRESIDENT | A "HA"! |
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$200
[1]
Brother Raul took over for this ailing man as leader of Cuba
Fidel Castro
Zach
|
$200
[26]
This show, aka "TRL", aired its last episode in 2008
Total Request Live
Kennedy
|
$200
[6]
In 1891 one of these battered the Island of Martinique & caused millions of dollars in damage
a hurricane
Zach
|
$200
[21]
The Happy Meal with hamburger
McDonald's
Zach
|
$200
[16]
Before Columbia & Harvard, he attended Honolulu's Punahou School & L.A.'s Occidental College
Obama
Zach
|
$200
[8]
In a Grimm fairy tale, he's Gretel's brother
Hansel
Zach
|
|
$400
[2]
He's now the premier of Russia; Dmitry Medvedev took over from him as president
Putin
Samantha
|
$400
[27]
Sci Fi fans know it as "BSG"
Battlestar Galactica
Kennedy
|
$400
[7]
In June 1953 one of these fatally touched down in Worcester, Massachusetts, far from the Midwest
a tornado
Samantha
|
$400
[22]
A boneless variety bucket of poultry, including a popcorn one
KFC
Kennedy
|
$400
[17]
Heearned his nickname of "Dutch" from his dad calling him his "fat little Dutchman"
Ronald Reagan
Kennedy
|
$400
[12]
Claw & ball-peen are types of these
a hammer
Kennedy
|
|
$600
[3]
Media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi has been the prime minister of this country 3 different times
Italy
Samantha
|
$600
[28]
It's a quickstep from "DWTS" to this full title
Dancing with the Stars
Samantha
|
$600
[9]
During monsoon season in 1998, this devastated Bangladesh for weeks, marooning thousands on rooftops
flooding
Zach
|
$600
[23]
Among Jared's favorites:Veggie Delite
Subway
Kennedy
|
$600
[18]
A frail boy, he built himself into a Rough Rider via strenuous exercise
Teddy Roosevelt
Zach
|
$600
[13]
In times of national mourning, the U.S. flag is flown this hyphenated way
half-staff
Zach
|
|
$800
[4]
The dominant Palestinian political groups are Fatah in the West Bank & Hamas in this area
the Gaza Strip
Samantha
|
$800
[29]
JT used to be on the "MMC", which stood for this
Mickey Mouse Club
Samantha
|
$800
[10]
Almost 200,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed when one of these hit Kobe, Japan in 1995
an earthquake
Samantha
|
$800
[24]
Meximelt, Crunchwrap Supreme
Taco Bell
Zach
|
$800
[19]
Hegrew upin Greenwich, Connecticut, & attended private schools there & in Andover, Massachusetts
George H.W. Bush
Zach
Samantha
Kennedy
|
$800
[14]
Figuratively speaking, when you make peace with someone, you "bury" this ax
a hatchet
Zach
|
|
$1,000
[5]
North Korea went nuclear with this man as its leader
Kim Jong-il
Zach
|
$1,000
[30]
Do justice to this show, "L&O: CI"
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Zach
|
$1,000
[11]
Sometimes called a tidal wave, one of these in December 2004 devastated large parts of Asia
a tsunami
Zach
|
$1,000
[25]
A Frosty-cino drink
Wendy's
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
As a boy in Kansas, he said his dream was to be a Major League Baseball player; he went into the Army instead
Eisenhower
Zach
|
$1,000
[15]
Si! In Spanish-speaking countries, it's a large estate or the main house on such a property
a hacienda
Zach
|
| INVENTORS & INVENTIONS | FUNNY FOLKS | BODY BASICS | REALLY OLD BOOKS | THIS "LAND" IS MY LAND | BEASTLY RHYME TIME |
|
$400
[16]
To control the flow of buggies & pedestrians, J.P. Knight invented the first of these in London in 1868 using a lantern
a traffic signal
Zach
|
$400
[21]
He's the dad in "Imagine That"
Eddie Murphy
|
$400
[22]
Normal body temperature is 37.0 degrees Celsius or this Fahrenheit (to one decimal place)
98.6
Samantha
|
$400
[3]
Grendel, Grendel's mom & a dragon are fought by the hero of this Old English epic
Beowulf
Zach
|
$400
[11]
Wales borders it
England
Zach
|
$400
[1]
A chapeau for a mouselike rodent
a rat hat
Samantha
Kennedy
|
|
$800
[17]
In 1887 Adolf Fick invented an early form of these to replace eyeglasses
contact lenses
Samantha
|
$800
[27]
He's the funniest of the North Carolina Galifianakises
Zach
Zach
|
$800
[23]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on the monitor.) The adrenal glands, here & here, derive their name because they sit atop these renal organs
the kidneys
Samantha
|
$800
[4]
The Parson & the Reeve are among the tale-tellers in this 14th century collection
The Canterbury Tales
Zach
|
$800
[12]
In November 1918 this country proclaimed its independence, with Jozef Pilsudski as its first chief of state
Poland
Zach
|
$800
[2]
A flatbed or pickup for a mallard
a duck truck
Zach
|
|
$1,200
[18]
It was used in the 1780s, long before the airplane; Gleb Kotelnikov first put one in a knapsack in 1911
a parachute
Zach
|
$1,200
[28]
She played Shelley, "The House Bunny"
Anna Faris
Kennedy
|
$1,200
[24]
Like dead skin at the base of a fingernail, the outermost layer of a shaft of hair is called this
a cuticle
Zach
|
DD
$800
[7]
In this Old Testament book, God orders Moses to count all the Israelites who are able to bear arms
Numbers
Kennedy
|
$1,200
[13]
They're the 2 U.S. states that fit the category
Maryland & Rhode Island
|
$1,200
[8]
Cheetos for a Himalayan ox
a yak snack
Kennedy
|
|
$1,600
[19]
In 1935 Professor Arnold Beckman introduced an electronic type of this meter to measure acidity
a pH meter
|
$1,600
[29]
In "Year One" this "Juno" co-star plays Oh
(Michael) Cera
Zach
|
$1,600
[25]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on the monitor.) The Adam's apple, which is larger in men than in women, is a protuberance of the thyroid cartilage that supports this passageway, sometimes called the voice box
the larynx
Zach
|
$1,200
[5]
In "The Divine Comedy", Virgil guides this other writer through the circles of Hell
Dante
Zach
|
$2,000
[15]
The colors of this country's flag, seen here, represent its snows & lakes
Finland
Zach
|
$1,600
[9]
A repetitive song by a colony insect
an ant chant
Samantha
|
|
$2,000
[20]
In 2002 Congress recognized Antonio Meucci as the inventor of this in 1860, 16 years before a certain Scotsman
the telephone
Zach
|
$2,000
[30]
Born in Canada, he's won the MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance 5 times
Jim Carrey
|
$2,000
[26]
You could call this canal that connects the middle ear to the back of the throat the "eu" tube for short
the eustachian tube
Zach
|
$1,600
[6]
The "Five Classics" of ancient China are traditionally attributed to this sage born in 551 B.C.
Confucius
Kennedy
|
DD
$4,000
[14]
This country's official languages are German, French & Italian
Switzerland
Zach
|
$2,000
[10]
A tuxedo for an amphibian
a newt suit
Zach
|
It's the world's most common number system & second-most common alphabet
Arabic