Show #6091 2011-02-21 (taped 2010-12-06) Teen Tournament

2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

Andrew Van Duyn — a junior from Wheaton, Illinois

Raya Elias-Pushett — a junior from Aventura, Florida

Nikhil Desai — a junior from Fremont, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Nikhil	$3,000	$5,200	$19,200	$32,801 Automatic semifinalist	$19,200 22 R, 1 W
Raya	$1,200	$5,400	$16,400	$22,530 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$13,400 19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Andrew	$400	$-400	$3,000	$6,000 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$4,200 12 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

STATES' FIRST NEWSPAPERS	MOVIE TITLE FILL-IN	MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS	COMMON BONDS	EXTREME ANIMALS	IT BEGINS WITH "ME"
$200 [21] Knoxville Gazette(1791) Tennessee Raya	$200 [20] "How to Eat Fried ____" Worms Raya	$200 [1] Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers is best known as a player of this stringed rhythm instrument the bass guitar Andrew	$200 [6] The hustle, the funky chicken, the rhumba dance moves Raya	$200 [11] The Antarctic fur variety of this animal has the longest whiskers of any animal, up to about 20 inches long a seal Nikhil	$200 [24] The material with which an artist works; not large, not small, but this a medium Andrew
$400 [22] Du Buque Visitor(1836) Iowa Nikhil	$400 [16] "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the ____ ____" Dawn Treader Nikhil	$400 [2] The Japanese hichiriki is a type of this Western double-reed woodwind instrument the oboe Nikhil	$400 [7] ZIP, Morse, secret codes Nikhil	$400 [12] Able to speak & learn human language, the most talkative bird is the African gray this the parrot Andrew	$400 [27] These usually glow at 50 to 75 miles above the Earth's surface meteors Raya
$600 [23] Rocky Mountain News(1859) Colorado Raya	$600 [17] "Legend of the Guardians: The ____ of Ga'Hoole" Owls Nikhil	$600 [3] This Hawaiian instrument comes in 4 sizes: soprano, concert, tenor & baritone the ukulele Nikhil	$600 [8] Cuckoo, grandfather, alarm clocks Nikhil	$600 [13] Humans each have one of these, also called the backbone; hedgehogs are covered with them a spine Andrew	$600 [28] It's the unit of measurement, in terms of number of beats, for a piece of music meter Raya
DD $1,000 [25] Sitka Times(1868) Alaska Andrew	$800 [18] "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of ____ ____" Kitty Galore Raya	$800 [4] Even though it's made of metal, this instrument invented around 1840 is considered a woodwind the saxophone Nikhil Andrew	$800 [9] Bunk, twin, flower beds Nikhil	$800 [14] One of the slowest & sleepiest animals is the 3-toed species of this mammal that can sleep 16 hours a day the sloth Nikhil	$800 [29] It's the largest artificial lake in the United States Lake Mead Nikhil
$1,000 [26] Deseret News(1850) Utah Raya	$1,000 [19] "John Tucker Must ____" Die Raya	$1,000 [5] The name of this oldest stringed keyboard instrument is from the Latin for "key string" the clavichord Raya	$1,000 [10] Rocking, Arabian, Trojan horses Raya	$1,000 [15] In the greatest mass egg laying, 500,000 of these sea creatures come ashore in Northeast India to nest sea turtles Raya	$1,000 [30] An assembly for the purpose of racing a meet Raya

Double Jeopardy! Round

OLD BOOKS	TV CARTOON BY CHARACTERS	THINGS TO DO IN THE USA	SPANISH VERBS	THE TOTAL NUMBER	THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY
$400 [1] Virgil's "Aeneid" tells the story of the founder of this city Rome Nikhil	$400 [3] Butters, Mr. Hankey, Scott Tenorman South Park Andrew	$400 [8] This Missouri town invites visitors to explore the caves from Mark Twain's books Hannibal Nikhil	$400 [26] Around siesta time, dormir, meaning this, is the operative verb to sleep Nikhil	$400 [20] Cellos in a string quartet 1 Andrew	$400 [13] (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, IL.) Though it wasn't in original drafts of the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln ad-libbed this 2-word phrase--later added to the Pledge of Allegiance--& added it to copies like this one, which he wrote out later under God Raya
$800 [2] This compilation of ancient Jewish teachings contains the Mishnah & the Gemara the Talmud Raya	$800 [6] Count Dooku, Mace Windu, Chancellor Palpatine Star Wars: The Clone Wars Andrew	$800 [9] Head to the Willamette Valley to see the Belknap Covered Bridge in this state Oregon Nikhil	$800 [27] Escribir means to do this; you'll have to do it during Final Jeopardy! to write Andrew	$800 [22] Maximum individual score in a single game of tenpin bowling 300 Andrew	$800 [14] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, IL.) On September 15th, 1858, in Jonesboro, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln used these notes to organize his thoughts in the third of his seven debates with this sitting U.S. senator (Stephen) Douglas Raya
DD $1,000 [4] Composed in Old English between 700 & 750, this epic was originally untitled, then later named for its Scandinavian hero Beowulf Andrew	$1,200 [16] Starfire, Beast Boy, Cyborg Teen Titans Raya	$1,200 [10] Going up! in this NYC skyscraper whose designer, William Lamb, was inspired by a pencil standing point-up the Empire State Building Nikhil Raya	$1,200 [28] Cambiar means this, something you might have to do to a tire, a diaper or to money to change Nikhil	$1,200 [23] Events in a heptathlon 7 Andrew	$1,600 [19] (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, IL.) On February 5, 1862, the President & Mrs. Lincoln continually left a party to be by the bedside of this 11-year-old son, who died two weeks later--the only child of a president to actually die in the White House Willie Andrew
$1,600 [5] "The Epic of Gilgamesh" is an old heroic text from this region whose name means "between rivers" Mesopotamia Raya	$1,600 [17] Hayley Smith, Klaus the goldfish, Roger the alien American Dad! Raya	$1,600 [11] At the mouth of Cape Fear is Old Baldy Lighthouse, this state's oldest standing lighthouse, built in 1817 North Carolina Nikhil	$1,600 [29] Most people just want to vivir, this to live Andrew	$1,600 [24] Lines in a Shakespearean sonnet 14 Raya	$2,000 [21] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, IL.) The story goes that the dying Lincoln was cradled by Laura Keene, the star of this play that Lincoln fatally attended, leaving his blood on apiece of her dress Our American Cousin
$2,000 [7] A collection of 11th & 12th century epigrammatic quatrains is "The Rubaiyat" of this Persian poet & astronomer Omar Khayyam Nikhil	$2,000 [18] Killface, Awesome X, Grace Ryan Frisky Dingo	$2,000 [12] In Wyoming you can camp in the shadow of this tower, the USA's first national monument Devils Tower Nikhil	$2,000 [30] Pensar means to do this; people who do it well enough may go into a "tank" to think Nikhil	$2,000 [25] Hours in a standard week 168 Nikhil Andrew	DD $4,200 [15] (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, IL.) Lincoln signed many important documents in his executive office, including this, which he called "the central act of my administration and the great event of the 19th century" the Emancipation Proclamation Raya

Final Jeopardy!

GREEK MYTHOLOGY

Though Rhea was his mother, in one tradition this god was brought up by Capheira, the daughter of Oceanus

Poseidon

Andrew "Who is Poseidon?" — wagered $3,000

Raya "Who is Poseidon?" — wagered $6,130

Nikhil "Who is Poseidon?" — wagered $13,601

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