Show #6090 2011-02-18 (taped 2010-12-06) Teen Tournament

2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

Kailyn LaPorte — a sophomore from Decatur, Georgia

Steven Ho — a junior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Raphie Cantor — a sophomore from San Diego, California

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Raphie $3,400 $4,400 $12,000 $6,000
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated
$13,600
17 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Steven $400 $3,000 $12,600 $6,600
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated
$12,600
16 R, 2 W
Kailyn $1,400 $6,000 $15,100 $23,100
Automatic semifinalist
$16,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

FIRST LADIES' MAIDEN NAMES 2010 MOVIES TONS OF FUN CATS & DOGS LAND "HA"! ODD WORDS
$200 [26]
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson
Obama
Kailyn
$200 [1]
Will Ferrell & Brad Pitt square off in this super story (well, their voices do)
Megamind
Kailyn
$200 [6]
It's the answer to the riddle, "What weighs more, a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?"
neither (they weigh the same)
Steven
$200 [11]
Despite its name, this dog breed began in Germany
the Great Dane
$200 [15]
In 1636 Thomas Hooker, a Congregationalist minister, founded what would be this capital of Connecticut
Hartford
Raphie Kailyn
$200 [20]
From the Latin for "cup", a chanterelle is one of these edible fungi
a mushroom
Kailyn
$400 [27]
Martha Dandridge
Washington
Kailyn
$400 [2]
This third entry in the "Twilight" saga occluded screens in June
Eclipse
Raphie Steven
$400 [7]
She weighs in at 225 tons, including 125 tons of steel & 31 tons of copper
the Statue of Liberty
Steven
$400 [12]
The California spangled cat was created by a breeder inspired by the sight of these wild African felines
a leopard
Raphie Kailyn
$400 [16]
This "Big Island" was formed by 5 volcanoes, 2 of which are still active
Hawaii
Raphie
$400 [21]
To cachinnate is to do this loudly, maybe while watching your favorite sitcom
laugh
Steven
$600 [28]
Dolley Payne
Dolley Madison
Raphie
$600 [3]
John Malkovich trains the Triple Crown-winning title star in this animal biopic
Secretariat
Kailyn
$600 [8]
Known as the Super Stallion, the Sikorsky CH-53E one of these is capable of lifting 16 tons
helicopter
Steven
$600 [13]
Descended from the water spaniel, this"precious" breed can be quite fetching
golden retriever
$600 [17]
This world capital lies about 100 miles south of Key West, Florida
Havana
Steven
$600 [22]
A snaste is this part of a candle after it's been snuffed
the wick
Steven
$800 [29]
Mamie Geneva Doud
Eisenhower
Kailyn
$800 [4]
Bruce Willis & Morgan Freeman are retired assassins in this "colorful" spy drama
RED
Kailyn
$800 [9]
A cleaning of this Michelangelo statue showed that under 6 tons of dead weight, his ankles are weakening
David
Raphie
$800 [14]
Germans object to this edible alternate name for the dachshund
a wiener dog (or sausage dog)
Steven
$800 [18]
Ho Chi Minh's remains are on display in a mausoleum in Ba Dinh Square in this Vietnamese city
Hanoi
Kailyn
$800 [23]
A katana is a single-edged one of these used by a samurai
a sword
Kailyn
$1,000 [30]
Edith Bolling
Wilson
$1,000 [5]
Noah Ringer stars as the avatar (no, not that avatar) in this live-action adaptation of an animated TV series
The Last Airbender
Raphie
$1,000 [10]
It's 43 1/2 feet long, weighs 12 tons & has been orbiting the Earth for 20 years
the Hubble Telescope
Raphie
$1,000 [25]
Thiscat breed of Asian origin has a distinct vocal tone that can be endearing or annoying
Siamese
Raphie
DD $1,400 [19]
The Potomac River meets the Shenandoah at this West Virginia village famed for an abolitionist's Civil War raid
Harpers Ferry
Kailyn
$1,000 [24]
Eutexia is the quality of doing this at a minimum temperature, like ice in a soft drink
melt
Raphie Steven

Double Jeopardy! Round

4-LETTER COUNTRIES SINGLE-NAMED SINGERS THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT "OP" CULTURE THEY COME IN THREES CUBE IT!
$400 [1]
A railway link across the Mekong River connects Thailand with this country
Laos
Kailyn
$400 [11]
The dollar sign in her name is pronounced as an "S"
Ke$ha
Steven
$400 [23]
The Greeks & this city had a dispute over Helen
Troy
Raphie
$400 [6]
The position between second & third in baseball
shortstop
Steven
$400 [17]
New York Avenue, Tennessee Avenue & St. James Place are the 3 orange properties in this game
Monopoly
Raphie
$400 [16]
2
8
Steven
$800 [2]
Golf great Vijay Singh hails from this country in the South Pacific
Fiji
Raphie
$800 [22]
This St. Louis rapper's real name is Cornell Haynes Jr.
Nelly
$800 [24]
It gets chilly in this Canadian territory, the last alphabetically
the Yukon
Raphie
$800 [7]
The yield in a single growing season
a crop
Steven
$800 [18]
In literature Athos, Porthos & Aramis were this title trio
the Three Musketeers
Steven
$800 [15]
3
27
Raphie
DD $1,600 [3]
In September 1980 war broke out between these 2 countries & would last for 8 years
Iraq & Iran
Raphie
$1,200 [28]
This R&B singer had the aptly titled album "Rated R"
Rihanna
Kailyn
$1,200 [25]
George Washington was popular in this year when he was both elected & first inaugurated as President
1789
Raphie
$1,200 [8]
Karate or pork
chop
Kailyn
$1,200 [19]
The 3 rivers in Pittsburgh's nickname are the Allegheny, the Monongahela & this "stately" river
the Ohio
Steven
$1,200 [14]
6
216
Raphie
$1,600 [4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Landlocked & mostly made up of arid desert land, it's no wonder this country has been referred to as the Dead Heart of Africa
Chad
Kailyn
$1,600 [29]
This R&B singer had the aptly titled album "All About U"
Usher
Raphie
$1,600 [26]
His statement to Othello, "My Lord, you know I love you", is not entirely truthful
Iago
Kailyn
$1,600 [9]
Garment factory employing workers for long hours in poor conditions
a sweatshop
Kailyn
$1,600 [20]
During WWII the Allied leaders known as the "Big Three" were Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt & him
Churchill
Kailyn
$1,600 [13]
1/4
1/64
Steven
$2,000 [5]
It was formerly known as French Sudan
Mali
$2,000 [30]
"Hips Don't Lie" was a bonus track that gave her the bonus of topping the Billboard Hot 100 in June 2006
Shakira
Raphie
$2,000 [27]
One should be careful with this substance, formula HCl
hydrochloric acid
Steven
DD $2,100 [10]
The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with humorous effect
a malaprop
Kailyn
$2,000 [21]
Belgium, France & Germany are the 3 countries that border this European monarchy
Luxembourg
Kailyn
$2,000 [12]
-1
-1
Steven

Final Jeopardy!

LITERARY CHARACTERS

His "story was soon told, for the whole twenty years had been to him but as one night"

Rip Van Winkle

Raphie "Who is Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde?" — wagered $6,000
Steven "Who is Tom Sawyer?" — wagered $6,000
Kailyn "Who is Rip Van Winkle?" — wagered $8,000

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