2009 Teen Tournament final game 2.
Rachel Rothenberg — a senior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (subtotal of $33,000)
Will Dantzler — a senior from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (subtotal of $26,000)
Aidan Mehigan — a sophomore from McLean, Virginia (subtotal of $0)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aidan | $600 | $1,400 | $9,400 | $0 |
$9,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Will | $2,200 | $5,200 | $17,600 | $5,600 |
$17,600
18 R, 0 W |
| Rachel | $3,400 | $8,000 | $21,300 | $30,800 |
$21,000
26 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| ON THE U.S. MAP | THIS FALL IN ENTERTAINMENT | WAKE UP! | BIBLICAL WOMEN | LET'S GO FOR A SWIM | GOOD ADVICE |
|
$200
[15]
This state's Near Islands are the westernmost of the Aleutians
Alaska
Rachel
|
$200
[16]
This huge beast's fall from the top of the Empire State Building is an iconic moment in movies
King Kong
Aidan
|
$200
[26]
You just heard the rooster do this, also the name of another bird
crow
Aidan
|
$200
[2]
She was the Philistine mistress of Samson who got him to tell the secret of his strength
Delilah
Will
|
$200
[21]
A swimmer kicks twice with one leg for each stroke of the opposite arm in the "Australian" this
crawl
Will
|
$200
[1]
George Washington was among those who have said this quality is "the best policy"
honesty
Rachel
|
|
$400
[14]
This "Silver State" has a state reptile, the desert tortoise
Nevada
Will
Rachel
|
$400
[17]
"Nothin' But A Good Time" at these Broadway awards in 2009; rocker Bret Michaels was leveled by a piece of scenery
Tonys
Rachel
|
$400
[27]
Breakfast is only served until 9, & I know you crave this "colorful" dish of spuds fried & pressed into a patty
hash browns
Rachel
|
$400
[3]
While pregnant, she had to travel with her husband, who had to pay taxes in the city of his ancestry
Mary
Rachel
|
$400
[22]
Simultaneously bring both arms out of the water in forward, circular motions to do this stroke
the butterfly
Aidan
|
$400
[7]
This completes the classic anti-procrastination advice "Never put off until tomorrow..."
what you can do today (what can be done today accepted)
Aidan
|
|
$600
[11]
Pine Bluff & Arkadelphia are cities in this state
Arkansas
Rachel
|
$600
[18]
Wile E. is the first name & middle initial of this cartoon character who plummets off cliffs pursuing a bird
Wile E. Coyote
Aidan
|
$600
[28]
Right at 7 A.M. when this show starts weekdays on NBC, mom's going to be on camera looking in the window at Matt
the Today show
Aidan
Rachel
|
$800
[5]
Married to Abraham, she became the "Mother of Nations" when she was 90 years old
Sarah
Rachel
|
$600
[23]
World Book says it's "a restful stroke because your face is always out of the water and breathing is easy"
the backstroke
Rachel
|
$600
[8]
Give a man this & he'll eat for a day; teach a man to do this & he'll eat for a lifetime; & don't forget the tartar sauce
fish
Will
|
|
$800
[12]
Chiricahua National Monument & the Painted Desert are both features of this arid state
Arizona
Rachel
|
$800
[19]
This actor's new rap career included falling off the stage during a Las Vegas show in 2009
Joaquin Phoenix
Rachel
|
$800
[29]
Aurora is opening the gates for Helios' chariot, so it's this time of day for which she's the goddess
the dawn
Rachel
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
Her name comes from the Hebrew word for "life"
Eve
Rachel
|
$800
[24]
This stroke is made in the prone position using both hands simultaneously & doing a frog kick
the breaststroke
Will
|
$800
[9]
"Never" do this is the 3-word title of stroke-ridden Tedy Bruschi's book about his NFL comeback
give up
Aidan
Rachel
|
|
$1,000
[13]
Go figure--this state's name is derived from a Native American word meaning "father of the waters"
Mississippi
Aidan
|
$1,000
[20]
This skateboarder known as "The Birdman" can't quite fly--he's suffered a dozen concussions
Tony Hawk
Will
|
$1,000
[30]
It's from the French for "wake" & it's the bugle call that's blowing in your ear
"Reveille"
Rachel
|
$1,000
[6]
According to a late addition to her book of the Bible, her son Obed was the grandfather of David
Ruth
Will
|
$1,000
[25]
Your head rests on your lower arm, extended with the palm turned downward in this stroke
the sidestroke
Will
|
$1,000
[10]
To attain your ambitions, remember the rhyming Dr. Phil-osophy "Choose a" this "you can control"
goal
Rachel
|
| EXPEDITION WEEK | YOUNG ATHLETES | LITERARY TERMS | FOR MY FIRST CAR I'D LIKE... | LET'S PLAY ALGEBRA! | DOUBLE "E" WORDS |
|
$400
[7]
The search is on for sunken World War II submarines of this nation in"Hunt for the Samurai Subs"
Japan
Aidan
|
$400
[6]
In 2008 Britain's Laura Robson thrilled the home folks by winning the juniors at this tennis tournament
Wimbledon
Rachel
|
$400
[1]
The Greek for "first combatant" gives us this term for the leading character of a literary work
protagonist
Will
|
$400
[17]
Dad had a Bug in college--but I want this company's Jetta
Volkswagen
Rachel
|
$400
[16]
If x2= 144, x is this
12
Rachel
|
$400
[26]
A teeter-totter
a seesaw
Rachel
|
|
$800
[8]
In"Search for the... Headshrinkers"of this river, we learn of the practice in Ecuador & Peru
the Amazon
Will
|
$800
[9]
At 2008's Olympics, some thought athletes in this sport, like 4'6", 68-lb. Deng Linlin, might not be the minimum 16
gymnastics
Will
|
$800
[2]
This literary term refers to a line of 5 metrical feet in which each foot is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one
iambic pentameter
Rachel
|
$800
[18]
This Chevy sports car--the ZR1, & make it red to match the ribbon & bow
the Corvette
Aidan
|
$800
[20]
If 3x + y = 10 & y equals 1, x equals this
3
Aidan
|
$800
[27]
In the 1990s the U.S. Army began adding about 2,000 pounds of armor to this, its most commonly deployed tactical vehicle
the Humvee
Will
|
|
$1,600
[14]
"Mars: Making the New Earth"shows these biologists, from a word meaning "star", trying to bring life to the red planet
astrobiologists
Aidan
|
$1,200
[10]
(I'm Danica Patrick.) Long before I got into race cars, I was a 12-year-old winner of the grand national championship in this sport--if you're cool, you don't put the "go" in front of it
go-karts
Aidan
|
$1,200
[3]
It's a word or phrase that is self-contradictory, like bittersweet
an oxymoron
Aidan
|
$1,200
[19]
Thisemblem & the wheels to go with it
Jaguar
Will
|
$1,200
[21]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animated diagram on the monitor.) If a racecar takes 5 seconds on a straightaway & 2 seconds to round a turn, it takes this long to complete 1 lap
14 seconds
Will
|
$1,200
[28]
This lymphoid organ destroys worn-out red blood cells & filters bacteria & foreign particles
the spleen
Rachel
|
|
$2,000
[15]
(National Geographic archaeologist Byron McCane delivers the clue.) The Gabriel Revelation tablet, sometimes called a Dead Sea Scroll in stone, allegedly tells of a Jewish revolt against Rome in 4 B.C. & mentions a king of evil countenance, this emperor
Augustus (Caesar)
Aidan
Will
|
$1,600
[11]
In 2007 12-year-old Alexis Thompson qualified for this LPGA major, held at the Pine Needles Lodge
the U.S. Open (Women's Open)
Will
|
$1,600
[4]
It's the use of words imitative of sounds, like "buzz" or "hiss"
onomatopoeia
Aidan
|
$1,600
[23]
A Lexus LS--it's a hybrid, but has this "juicy" alphanumeric engine
a V8 engine
Rachel
|
$1,600
[22]
They're the x & y coordinates of the point at which the x- & y-axes intersect
(0, 0)
Rachel
|
$1,600
[29]
A pirate
a buccaneer
Will
|
|
DD
$2,500
[13]
"When Crocs Ate Dinos"takes us to this period, named for chalk cliffs, the dinosaurs' final period
the Cretaceous period
Rachel
|
$2,000
[12]
Justin Upton is one of the young stars who got the Arizona Diamondbacks dubbed this, like an order of ribs
the Babybacks
Rachel
|
DD
$2,000
[5]
It's a figure of speech that is an intentional exaggeration for effect, like "to wait an eternity"
hyperbole
Aidan
|
$2,000
[24]
Uncle Ingemar's '94 Saab--cars from this country really hold up
Sweden
Rachel
|
$2,000
[25]
To multiply binomials like (3x + 5)(2x + 7), remember the "FOIL" method, which stands for this
first, outer, inner, last
Aidan
|
$2,000
[30]
From the Latin for "I believe", it's one's system of beliefs or principles
a creed
Will
|
He said, "We look forward to a world founded upon" freedom of speech, of worship, from want & from fear
Franklin Delano Roosevelt