2009 Teen Tournament final game 1.
Rachel Rothenberg — a senior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Will Dantzler — a senior from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Aidan Mehigan — a sophomore from McLean, Virginia
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aidan | $1,600 | $800 | $400 | $0 |
$400
7 R, 4 W |
| Will | $1,800 | $7,000 | $16,000 | $26,000 |
$12,200
22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Rachel | $4,800 | $7,600 | $27,500 | $33,000 |
$25,800
27 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| HISTORIC TWITS | MUSIC OF TODAY | THE EXCHANGE STUDENT | TWILIGHT: THE NOVEL | GOING GREEN | 10-LETTER WORDS |
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$200
[1]
As people were starving, this queen consort to Louis XVI reportedly said, "Let them eat cake"
Marie Antoinette
Will
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$200
[12]
We were "Waiting On The World To Change" when he got to perform "Human Nature" at Michael Jackson's memorial service
John Mayer
Will
Rachel
|
$200
[6]
Some are disappointed that Helvi doesn't swim this way, though it says online that naturism is big in Finland
naked (or nude)
Rachel
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$200
[11]
While Bella finds the smell of this nauseating, to the vampires, it's intoxicating
blood
Will
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$200
[22]
When grocery shopping, forget these 2 common options & take along a canvas tote bag
paper & plastic
Will
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$200
[21]
The wife of one's dad by a later marriage (& she's not necessarily wicked!)
stepmother
Rachel
|
|
$400
[2]
He demanded 20,000 pounds for his surrender of West Point
Benedict Arnold
Will
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$400
[13]
This teen with "Beautiful Eyes" was motivated by her opera-singing granny but chose to sing country music
(Taylor) Swift
Aidan
|
$400
[7]
Asked if he'd ever seen snow before, Ekrem explained that Ankara in this country is farther north than Denver
Turkey
Rachel
|
$400
[17]
From Jacob Black, Bella learns that according to legend, the Quileute Indians are descended from these animals
wolves
Will
|
$400
[27]
Since it takes extra energy to run a freezer with excess ice buildup, it's recommended that you do this to it regularly
defrost it
Aidan
Will
Rachel
|
$400
[23]
This bird of the family Picidae uses its chisel-like bill to hammer into trees for food
woodpecker
Will
|
|
$600
[3]
Idi Amin expelled all Asians before he was expelled from Kampala & this African country
Uganda
Rachel
|
$600
[14]
Being a surfer helped this Hawaiian musician "Sleep Through The Static"
Jack Johnson
Aidan
|
$600
[8]
Chen wants his U.S. host family to visit him in this Taiwanese capital so he can take us to Mount Yang-ming
Taipei
Aidan
|
$600
[18]
By researching the rainiest places in the U.S., Stephenie Meyer came up with this tiny town to set her story
Forks, Washington
Rachel
|
$600
[28]
Going green means following the 3 Rs: reduce, reuse & this
recycle
Aidan
|
$600
[24]
There are 360 members of the famous Mormon this Choir
Tabernacle
Rachel
|
|
$800
[4]
"Boss" Tweed's position at this NYC hall gave him the power to plunder millions in the 1800s
Tammany Hall
Will
|
$800
[15]
"Makes Me Wonder" why this group needed a "Wake Up Call" after 5 years to release its second studio album
Maroon 5
|
$800
[9]
Jorge from Bolivia craves a chuno, made from this now-staple food that originated in the Andes
a potato
Rachel
|
$800
[19]
Edward, at least his name, was partly inspired by Edward Rochester in this author's "Jane Eyre"
Charlotte Bronte
Rachel
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$800
[29]
At home, instead of writing notes on paper, use one of these white glossy wipeable boards with special markers
a dry-erase board
Will
|
$800
[25]
Heard here, it's the type of tuba named for a composer
sousaphone
Will
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Vidkun Quisling, now a name synonymous with traitor, was made this country's prime minister by the Nazis
Norway
Rachel
|
$1,000
[16]
"I Know You Want Me" to call on you for the canine name of this Cuban-American rapper
Pitbull
Aidan
Will
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
Johan from South Africa speaks English, but on the phone with his mom, he uses this laanguaage related to Dutch
Afrikaans
Rachel
|
$1,000
[20]
Driving home with Edward one day, Bella is surprised to hear him listening to this piece of music by Debussy
"Clair De Lune"
Will
|
$1,000
[30]
Say goodbye to cold showers & save energy by installing a tankless one of these
a water heater
Will
|
$1,000
[26]
It's a myth that this amino acid in turkey is the reason you nod off after a Thanksgiving meal
tryptophan
Rachel
|
| SPELLING | QUIZ BOWL | DRAMA CLUB | SCIENCE FAIR | DETENTION | HIGH SCHOOL--ON FILM |
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$400
[26]
There are Gregorian & Julian versions of this chart
C-A-L-E-N-D-A-R
Will
|
$400
[1]
The "Silver Liberty Bowl", created by this man born in 1735, is in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts
Paul Revere
Will
|
$400
[11]
Songs in this play include "Suppertime" & "My Blanket And Me"
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Rachel
|
$400
[10]
The duodenum, jejunum & ileum are 3 parts of this
the small intestine
Rachel
|
$400
[12]
This recent presidential candidate was detained for 5 years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam
McCain
Aidan
|
$400
[17]
This character is on a high school field trip when he's bitten by a radioactive arachnid
Spider-Man
Rachel
|
|
$800
[27]
Not domestic, like a certain French legion
F-O-R-E-I-G-N
Will
|
$800
[2]
In one July week in 2009, this L.A. open-air venue presented Incubus & "Bravo Beethoven"
the Hollywood Bowl
Will
|
$1,200
[5]
Laurey & Curly drive off in a surrey at the end of this "stately" musical
Oklahoma!
Will
|
$800
[22]
Ohm's law, V = IR, states that potential difference equals current times resistance; the V is short for this
voltage (volts accepted)
Will
|
$800
[13]
He is known for writing a 1963 "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
MLK, Jr. (Martin Luther King)
Aidan
|
$800
[18]
Jon Heder played this lovable, unpopular high schooler helping a friend win an election to class president
Napoleon Dynamite
Rachel
|
|
$1,200
[28]
A nonprofessional; Bobby Jones was one in golf
A-M-A-T-E-U-R
Rachel
|
$1,200
[3]
NASA has said cooler Pacific temperatures & warmer Atlantic temperatures helped cause this from 1931 to 1939
the Dust Bowl
Rachel
|
DD
$1,500
[4]
Lionel Bart adapted a Dickens novel into this musical!
Oliver!
Rachel
|
$1,600
[24]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a Punnett square on the monitor.) The results of experiments breeding pea plants, shown here, led to this man's law of segregation, a fundamental law of heredity
(Gregor) Mendel
Rachel
|
$1,200
[14]
A scandal involved the treatment of prisoners at this Iraqi jail west of Baghdad
Abu Ghraib
Rachel
|
$1,200
[19]
In "She's the Man", this actress was the young woman pretending to be her brother at a boarding school
Amanda Bynes
Will
|
|
$1,600
[29]
It precedes Falcon in the name of Han Solo's vessel
M-I-L-L-E-N-N-I-U-M
Aidan
Will
Rachel
|
$1,600
[6]
In NCAA football BCS stands for "Bowl" this
Championship Series
Aidan
|
$1,600
[8]
Laura Wingfield, the sister in this play, was modeled on Tennessee Williams' sister
The Glass Menagerie
Rachel
|
$2,000
[25]
These organs of locomotion, from the Greek for "false feet", also enable amoebas to surround & take in food
pseudopods
Will
Rachel
|
$1,600
[15]
In 1692 Tituba, a West Indian slave, spent 13 months in jail in this Massachusetts Bay Colony town
Salem
Rachel
|
$1,600
[20]
Channing Tatum played rebellious street dancer Tyler Gage in this film about reaching higher for your dreams
Step Up
Aidan
Rachel
|
|
$2,000
[30]
The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet, cowpoke
M-U
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$2,000
[7]
A Jungfrauenbecher is a German cup depicting one of these holding a bowl
a young woman
Rachel
|
$2,000
[9]
Characters in this Shaw play include Freddy Eynsford Hill & Colonel Pickering
Pygmalion
Will
|
DD
$5,000
[23]
The name of this one of the 3 main types of rocks comes from the Latin for "to settle"
sedimentary
Will
|
$2,000
[16]
In 1865 he was put in leg irons in a damp Fort Monroe, Virginia cell; his citizenship was posthumously restored in 1978
Jefferson Davis
Rachel
|
$2,000
[21]
A secret school in the clouds for superhero kids is the main location of this film starring Michael Angarano
Sky High
Rachel
|
She wrote that "happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance"
Jane Austen