Show #5787 2009-11-10 (taped 2009-08-18) Teen Tournament

2009 Teen Tournament semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Solomon Howard — a freshman from St. Petersburg, Florida

Will Dantzler — a senior from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Gabriel Johnson — a senior from Teaneck, New Jersey

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Gabriel	$0	$1,200	$15,000	$30,000 2nd place: $10,000	$21,600 26 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Will	$1,600	$4,400	$17,600	$30,001 Finalist	$17,600 21 R, 1 W
Solomon	$400	$-400	$2,400	$3,000 3rd place: $10,000	$2,000 8 R (including 1 DD), 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

TOURING USA	THE CW	WEBSITES	BOOKS & AUTHORS	WHATEVER	"TEXT" ME
$200 [30] Enjoy a glass-bottom boat ride at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park near Key Largo in this state Florida Gabriel	$200 [20] How embarrassing! Annie & Dixon's dad is the principal of West Beverly, their high school, on this soapy series 90210 Gabriel	$200 [17] Logically enough, Test Tube is the ideas incubator area of this website YouTube Will	$200 [6] First name of young Mr. Fowl, whose adventures include "The Time Paradox" & "The Lost Colony" Artemis Gabriel	$200 [26] He's not just the patron saint of love & lovers but also of bee keepers & young people St. Valentine Will	$200 [13] This system of linking Internet documents contains cross-references so you can jump easily between them hypertext Gabriel
$400 [3] Dating from about 1730, Stratford Hall was the birthplace of Robert E. Lee in this state Virginia Will	$400 [21] Green Arrow & his team take matters into their own hands when Clark struggles to take a human life on this show Smallville Will	$400 [10] The birdie seen here from this web site must say "tweet, tweet, tweet" Twitter Gabriel	$400 [8] This Gregory Maguire novel that inspired a musical is the biography of a certain Witch of the West Wicked Will	$400 [27] On New Year's Day, 2009, this celebrated "Catcher in the Rye" author celebrated his 90th birthday (J.D.) Salinger Will	$400 [14] It's the underlying or implicit meaning of a literary work subtext Gabriel
$600 [2] Check out Nassau Hall, the U.S. capitol in 1783, located at Princeton Univ. in this state New Jersey Gabriel	$600 [22] Teyona, seen here, is the new cover girl for the 12th cycle in this competition America's Next Top Model Will	$600 [7] Did Chris Hughes write on Mark Zuckerberg's wall & send a friend request when they started this website? Facebook Solomon	$600 [9] Philip Pullman's trilogy "His Dark Materials" begins with "The Golden" this Compass Gabriel	$600 [28] The name of this physicist is used to describe measurements of supersonic speed (Ernst) Mach Gabriel	$600 [12] People quoted as saying horrifying things often protest that their words were taken out of this context Solomon
$800 [1] This state's Seashore Trolley Museum near Kennebunkport is one of the world's largest electric railway museums Maine Gabriel Solomon	$800 [23] Damaging emails liven things up at the Constance Billard & St. Jude's graduation on this show Gossip Girl Gabriel	$800 [5] On holidays, this website's homepage may use a Doodle for its name; Wes Craven created one for Halloween 2008 Google Will	$800 [18] In 2009 she headed out of "The Hills" & published her first novel, "L.A. Candy" Lauren Conrad Gabriel	$800 [29] This city named for a marquis was North Carolina's capital from 1789 to 1798 Fayetteville Gabriel Solomon	$1,000 [16] A 2007 government report was titled "Turn the Page: Making College" these "More Affordable" Textbooks Solomon
$1,000 [4] The development of nuclear energy is featured at Los Alamos' Bradbury Science Museum in this state; no lead vest is required New Mexico Gabriel	$1,000 [24] Chad Michael Murray & Hilarie Burton might be gone, but North Carolina holds plenty of drama on this series One Tree Hill Gabriel	$1,000 [11] Note theshovelin the logo of this web site seen here; it can be used whether you like a story or want to bury it Digg Gabriel	$1,000 [19] In a book by Trenton Lee Stewart, 4 gifted kids answer an ad & become "The Mysterious" this "Society" Benedict	$1,000 [25] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew repeatedly drops onto the table a springed apparatus that lands on four feet, like a cat.) Cats are able to land on their feet because their flexible spines allow them to rotate in midair without violating the principle of conservation of this angular quantity momentum Will Solomon	DD $5,200 [15] This is an ostensible reason put forward to conceal a true purpose or object a pretext Gabriel

Double Jeopardy! Round

SHIPS	BALL GAMES	MUSIC	TREES!	OH, WHAT A KNIGHT	WORD ORIGINS
$400 [17] It initially left England August 15, 1620 along with another ship, the Speedwell the Mayflower Will	$400 [5] In 1869 the Cincinnati Red Stockings became the first professional team in this sport baseball Gabriel	$400 [11] If your sheet music is marked "strepitoso", you must play this way, no matter who's asleep loudly Gabriel Will	$400 [20] Though this "syrupy" tree is common in the U.S., about 2/3 of its species are native to China the maple Gabriel	$400 [13] In Arthurian legend, pure knight & grail finder Galahad was the son of this not-so-pure knight Lancelot Will	$400 [1] No surprise here--the name of this birthstone is from the Latin for "red" ruby Solomon
$800 [16] In the most famous mutiny in history, Fletcher Christian & his mates seized control of this ship in 1789 the Bounty Solomon	$800 [7] The name of this ball game is derived from the "soc" in the term "association football" soccer Will	$800 [27] Trumpet players use an object called a mute; a French horn player just puts this in his instrument his hand Will	$800 [22] Types of this tree include the black, weeping & pussy the willow Will	$800 [14] In the fourth crusade, this Christian capital, now Istanbul, was plundered by Christian knights Constantinople Gabriel	$800 [2] The name of this leader of a Jewish congregation is from the Hebrew for "my master" rabbi Will
$1,200 [18] During the War of 1812, this frigate earned its nickname Old Ironsides the Constitution Solomon	$1,200 [6] Originally, the name of this racquet sport included "lawn"--Victorian ladies & gentlemen played on grass courts tennis Will	$1,200 [28] If a fingerboard has ridges to help players find their notes, it may be called this kind of board instead a fretboard Will	$1,200 [23] Let's rest under the shade of the English type of this acorn-bearing tree; many live 200 to 400 years the oak Gabriel	DD $1,400 [15] In the "Song of Roland", this code asked knights "to keep faith" & "to fight for the welfare of all" the code of chivalry (or the chivalric code) Gabriel	$1,200 [3] From the Latin for "to come to mind", it's a memento that you might buy as a reminder of a place you visited souvenir Gabriel
DD $2,000 [19] Tragically, in December 1941 this battleship sank in less than 9 minutes, with 1,177 of her crew the Arizona Solomon	$1,600 [4] In 1457 Scotland's parliament banned this links game, which interfered with archery practice golf Will	$1,600 [29] Anne Sofie von Otter is a noted one of these voices between soprano & alto a mezzo-soprano Gabriel	$1,600 [24] The thin, papery leaves of this tree of the genus Fagus turn gold in the fall; knowing that is no day at the... the beech Gabriel Solomon	$1,600 [12] In 1226 the Teutonic Knights demanded & received this area, later the dominant state in Germany Prussia Will	$1,600 [9] This word for a large piece of artillery comes from the Italian for "great tube" cannon Gabriel
$2,000 [26] During his 1570s circumnavigation of the world, he renamed his Pelican flagship the Golden Hind Sir Francis Drake Will Solomon	$2,000 [8] The phrase "a sticky wicket" comes from this British sport cricket Gabriel	$2,000 [30] If playing in G major, get out your knife & do this to any F's sharpen Gabriel	$2,000 [21] Most male cones from this 4-letter conifer measure less than 1 inch; females are much larger, with woody scales a pine Will	$2,000 [25] Amadis of Gaul & Don Quixote are examples of this kind of knight who wanders in search of adventure knights-errant Gabriel	$2,000 [10] Meaning tearful & foolishly sentimental, it comes from Magdalene, as in Mary Magdalene maudlin Solomon

Final Jeopardy!

ARCHITECTURE

De Maupassant, Zola & Dumas fils were among those signing a petition decrying it as "a gigantic... factory chimney"

the Eiffel Tower

Solomon "What is the Eiffel Tower?" — wagered $600

Gabriel "What is the Eiffel Tower" — wagered $15,000

Will "What is the Eiffel Tower?" — wagered $12,401

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