2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 1.
Brandon Welch — a senior from Grayson, Georgia
Kate Wadman — a junior from Tucson, Arizona
Christian Ie — a senior from Renton, Washington
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian | $800 | $0 | $4,400 |
$1
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$5,600
8 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kate | $5,400 | $7,400 | $24,800 |
$14,400
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$21,000
27 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Brandon | $400 | $4,000 | $17,600 |
$35,200
Automatic semifinalist |
$13,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| THE 50 STATES | DISNEYLAND RIDES & ATTRACTIONS | CHEMISTRY | TEENS & POETRY | SODA | STRIVING FOR AN "F" |
|
$200
[4]
"America's Dairyland", it produces about 1/4 of our nation's butter & cheese
Wisconsin
Brandon
|
$200
[14]
In a ride that dates from the park's 1955 opening, you spin in these
teacups
Kate
|
$200
[1]
When lemon juice is dropped on blue litmus paper, the paper will turn this color
red
Brandon
|
$200
[24]
Geraldine Connolly recalls swimming pools & dancing in "The Summer I Was" this age at which you can get your driver's license
16
Kate
|
$200
[17]
The "Max" in the name of this soda's diet version refers to its taste
Pepsi
Kate
|
$200
[9]
8-letter term meaning to exterminate pests using smoke
fumigate
Kate
|
|
$400
[5]
To visit the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, you have to go to this state
Ohio
Christian
|
$400
[15]
The abominable snowman resides inside the ride named for this Alpine mountain
the Matterhorn
Kate
|
$400
[2]
At a temperature of -183 degrees Celsius, liquid oxygen does this
evaporates (or boils)
Christian
Brandon
|
$400
[25]
Capulet, her father, says this Shakespeare heroine "hath not seen the change of fourteen years"
Juliet
Kate
|
$400
[20]
A half-lemon, half-lime appears to dot the "I" in this soda's name
Sprite
Kate
|
$400
[10]
Can I crash on this piece offurniture?
futon
Kate
|
|
$600
[6]
This state's only public university is located in Laramie
Wyoming
Brandon
|
$600
[16]
This movie character's adventurous ride takes you through the Temple of the Forbidden Eye
Indiana Jones
Brandon
|
$600
[3]
Around 1630 Jan van Helmont discovered this gas given off by burning wood & called it gas sylvestre
carbon dioxide
Brandon
|
$600
[26]
In John Dryden's "Sylvia the Fair (In the Bloom of Fifteen)", Sylvia meets this mythological love god
Cupid
Christian
Brandon
|
$600
[21]
This root beer derived its name from the names of partners Roy Allen & Frank Wright
A&W
Brandon
|
$600
[11]
1-word term for a superficial appearance or the front of a building
facade
Kate
|
|
$800
[7]
In September bring your appetite to Las Cruces in this state for the Whole Enchilada Fiesta
New Mexico
Kate
|
$800
[18]
A "Doom Buggy" transports you through this attraction
the Haunted Mansion
Brandon
|
$800
[30]
Term for a substance that modifies & speeds up a chemical reaction without itself being affected
a catalyst
Kate
|
$800
[27]
Lisel Mueller's "For a Thirteenth Birthday" begins, "You have read" this Tolstoy epic
War and Peace
Brandon
|
$800
[22]
Splenda & real fruit juice make this alphanumeric soda's island fruit version special
7 Up
Brandon
|
$800
[12]
Two types of this are seen here
fuel
Kate
Brandon
|
|
$1,000
[8]
It's the only New England state that doesn't have a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean
Vermont
Kate
|
$1,000
[19]
It's a South Seas paradise in this "enchanted" room
the Tiki Room
Brandon
|
DD
$1,200
[29]
Olympiadane is a molecule so-named because it's composed of this many interlocking rings
five
Christian
|
$1,000
[28]
Don Juan, the teenage hero of a poem by this British lord, is "tall, handsome, slender, but well knit"
Lord Byron
Christian
|
$1,000
[23]
Mountain Dew offers a drink called Baja this--have one!
Blast
|
$1,000
[13]
The USS President was Commodore Stephen Decatur's this
flagship
Kate
|
| HISTORY | GLEESONGS | WHAT KIDS ARE READING THESE DAYS | BOARDING SCHOOL | PATENTS | WORDS & PHRASES |
|
$400
[7]
(Sarah of the clue crew gives the clue from Newseum in Washington, DC.) Now sitting harmlessly in the Newseum, this guard tower wasonce usedto shoot down those trying to cross this barrier between communism & freedom
the Berlin Wall
Kate
|
$400
[2]
The first episode featured the ensemble singing this Journey song that begins, "Just a small town girl"
"Don't Stop Believin'"
Brandon
|
$400
[26]
A "howling" success, Maggie Stiefvater's "Shiver" is the first entry in the series these "of Mercy Falls"
Wolves
Kate
Brandon
|
$400
[17]
Many boarding schools are also prep schools, prep being short for this adjective
preparatory
Christian
|
$400
[16]
1860: Christopher Spencer's breech-loading repeating this
a rifle
Kate
|
$400
[11]
The word language comes from "lingua", Latin for this body part
tongue
Kate
|
|
$800
[8]
The martial artists who fought against Western control of China from 1898 to 1900 were known as these
the Boxers
Christian
|
$800
[3]
Finn sang that he was losing this, just like R.E.M. did in 1991
"Losing My Religion"
Kate
|
$800
[27]
This horror master's "Full Dark, No Stars" is a collection of creepy campfire tales
(Stephen) King
Brandon
|
$800
[22]
From 1896 to 1974 Choate was just for these; then it merged with Rosemary Hall
boys
Christian
|
$800
[18]
1846: Drs. Morton & Jackson for this, used in surgery... zzzz
anesthesia
Christian
Brandon
|
$800
[12]
It pairs with "odds" in a 3-word term for miscellaneous items
ends
Kate
|
|
$1,200
[1]
Louis XIV wanted to make this German river France's eastern border
the Rhine
Kate
|
$1,200
[4]
The "Glee" cast gave its all when it covered this "Rhapsody" by Queen
"Bohemian Rhapsody"
Kate
|
$1,200
[28]
Lauren Kate's "Fallen" tells the story of Luce, a young woman in love with a guy who's actually one of these
a (fallen) angel
Kate
Brandon
|
$1,200
[23]
Famed for another signature, he signed the 1782 incorporation of Dummer Academy (now Governor's Academy)
(John) Hancock
Brandon
|
$1,200
[19]
1866: Haven & Hettrich's whirligig, better known now as this stringed toy
a yo-yo
Brandon
|
$1,600
[14]
Today representing a family or country, it's the 3-word name for the emblem painted on a medieval knight's shield
a coat of arms
Kate
|
|
$1,600
[9]
In the early 1500s Shah Ismail conquered what is today Iran & converted the region to this branch of Islam
the Shia
Brandon
|
$1,600
[5]
Lea Michele played Cosette on Broadway in this show & sang "On My Own" from it on "Glee"
Les Misérables
Kate
|
$1,600
[29]
In the 4th volume of a series, Percy Jackson & the Olympians must fight "The Battle of" this puzzling place
The Labyrinth
Christian
|
$1,600
[24]
Olney Friends School was founded in 1837 by this religious group & still teaches its values
the Quakers
Brandon
|
$1,600
[20]
1878: Joseph Winters for a wagon-mounted fire escape one of these
a ladder
Kate
|
$2,000
[15]
Heard here, this musical style that combines Caribbean & Creole influences may take its name from the French word for "beans"
zydeco
Brandon
|
|
DD
$6,000
[10]
As Vice Admiral, this circumnavigator helped command the fleet that beat the Spanish Armada in 1588
(Sir Francis) Drake
Brandon
|
$2,000
[6]
Amber Riley showed off her singing chops covering "Beautiful" from this blonde pop star
Christina Aguilera
Kate
|
$2,000
[30]
"I Shall Wear" this is Terry Pratchett's latest bestseller about young witch Tiffany Aching
Midnight
|
$2,000
[25]
For 66 years at Deerfield Academy, Frank Boyden held this 10-letter title, equivalent to principal
headmaster
Kate
|
$2,000
[21]
1975: Donald Bateman's ground proximity warning system designed for use in these
airplanes
Brandon
|
DD
$5,000
[13]
Meaning to be skeptical, to take something "with" this comes from an old Roman recipe for a poison antidote
a grain of salt
Kate
|
A piece of custom-made equipment called the Phoenix played a key role in an October event in this country
Chile