2011 Teen Tournament final game 1.
Raya Elias-Pushett — a junior from Aventura, Florida
Kailyn LaPorte — a sophomore from Decatur, Georgia
Raynell Cooper — a senior from Rockville, Maryland
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raynell | $3,800 | $7,800 | $16,600 | $23,600 |
$16,000
20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Kailyn | $2,000 | $2,400 | $14,800 | $23,800 |
$14,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Raya | $400 | $4,800 | $15,400 | $15,851 |
$12,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| TALKIN' TOLKIEN | FOOD & DRINK | AFRICAN AMERICANS | ON YOUR COLLEGE VISIT... | A NON-SPELLING "BEE" | THE REALITY OF TV |
|
$200
[26]
If ever a whiz of a wiz there was, it's this Tolkien wise guy who gets promoted from "the Grey" to "the White"
Gandalf
Kailyn
Raya
|
$200
[20]
Schweinknochel, a German favorite, are this animal's knuckles
a pig
Kailyn
|
$200
[1]
In 2010 this Lakers guard became the youngest player in NBA history to reach 25,000 points
Kobe Bryant
Raynell
|
$200
[6]
Don't do a spit take & say, "Tuition's $37,380 at" this school? "Nearby Palo Alto is great, but that's a cardinal sin"
Stanford
Raynell
|
$200
[11]
Trademark name for a plastic concave throwing disk; "plastic concave throwing disk", not as catchy a name
a Frisbee
Raya
|
$200
[22]
J.T. outwitted, outplayed & outlasted Stephen & all the rest to win $1 mil. on the Tocantins edition of this show
Survivor
Raynell
|
|
$400
[27]
Gildor & Glorfindel are 2 of these immortal creatures, but they don't work for Keebler
elves
Raya
|
$400
[19]
Ocean Spray makes Cran-Cherry, Cran-Grape & Cran-this variety of orange
tangerine
Raynell
|
$600
[3]
Of that bus incident in 1955, she once said, "All I was doing was trying to get home from work"
(Rosa) Parks
Kailyn
|
$400
[7]
Don't bust into Urban Meyer's office at this school & scream, "I wanna start at quarterback like Tim Tebow!"
the University of Florida
Kailyn
|
$400
[13]
A popular 1960s hairdo, or habitation for an insect
a beehive
Raya
|
$400
[12]
In 2010 siblings Dan & Jordan hit the finish line in San Francisco to win this CBS show's $1 million prize
The Amazing Race
Kailyn
|
|
$600
[28]
Tolkien's name for the "Black Land", the home of the bad guys
Mordor
|
$600
[16]
Crudites are generally served with this 3-letter item, like baba ganoush or aioli
a dip
Raya
|
$800
[4]
The first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize, Gwendolyn Brooks won in this category in 1950
Poetry
Raynell
Kailyn
|
$600
[8]
Make sure to put "the" before the rest of the name of this Big 10 university in Columbus
The Ohio State University
Raynell
|
$600
[14]
This paging device was invented around 1950 with doctors in mind
a beeper
Kailyn
|
$600
[23]
Captain Sig Hansen led the crew of the Northwestern on this Discovery Channel show; my fishing's a lot less risky
Deadliest Catch
Raynell
|
|
$800
[29]
Tolkien insisted on spelling this plural with a "ves", not an "fs" as in a 1937 Disney fairy tale title
dwarves
Raynell
|
$800
[17]
In 2010 Wendy's introduced natural-cut these with the skins on, sprinkled with sea salt
(french) fries
Raya
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
On Forbes' 2008 list of the World's Most Powerful Women, this then Secretary of State ranked seventh
Condoleezza Rice
Raynell
|
$800
[9]
Don't ask why this state university would "volunteer" to change its name from Blount College
Tennessee University
Kailyn
|
$800
[15]
Someone no longer popular or useful; it's better than a never-was
a has-been
Raya
|
$800
[24]
In 2010 Bravo's "Real Housewives of" this California city included Kim Richards, from 1975's "Escape to Witch Mountain"
Beverly Hills
Raya
|
|
$1,000
[30]
Tolkien used this Old English word for "monster" as a synonym for "goblin"
orc
Raynell
|
$1,000
[18]
Meaning "fresh" in Spanish, this grapefruit soda was introduced in the 1960s
Fresca
Raya
|
$1,000
[5]
This astronomer & mathematician helped survey the land that became Washington, D.C.
(Benjamin) Banneker
Raynell
|
$1,000
[10]
If you're a guy, be prepared for odd looks when you visit this Mass. school where Gloria Steinem went
Smith
Raya
|
$1,000
[21]
It's the 700-square-milelakehighlighted here
Lake Okeechobee
Raynell
|
$1,000
[25]
In 2009 this TLC couple was "Plus 8" & plus a few domestic issues
Jon & Kate (Gosselin)
Raya
|
| TEENS IN HISTORY | ELDERS IN ENTERTAINMENT | WORLD CAPITALS | THAT'S MY BUSINESS! | THE ELEMENTS | TO THE LETTER |
|
$400
[1]
John XII was only about 18 when he was elected to this office in 955--that's a big step up from altar boy
Pope
Raynell
Raya
|
$400
[18]
A trombone provided the "mwa-mwa-mwa" adult voices in the animated versions of this Charles Schulz comic strip
Peanuts
Kailyn
|
$400
[6]
This African capital's environs include Gezira & Roda, 2 islands in the Nile
Cairo
Raya
|
$400
[30]
I work as one of these, carrying clubs around the Shinnecock Hills Golf Course
a caddie
Raya
|
$400
[29]
Hg, its chemical symbol, is derived from the Latin hydrargyrum, "liquid silver"
mercury
Raya
|
$400
[28]
You use this letter to delete something, or to sign a document in place of your name
X
Raya
|
|
$800
[8]
In 2005 CT scans confirmed that this "boy king" was about 19 when he was mummified
Tutankhamen
Raynell
|
$800
[19]
Hannah Montana's grandmother (Vicki Lawrence) is always feudin' with Hannah's godmother (her)
Dolly Parton
Raya
|
$800
[2]
In 1857 this city was chosen to be the capital of what was then the United Provinces of Canada
Ottawa
Raynell
|
$800
[9]
I dream up flavors like "Imagine Whirled Peace" for this "Vermont's Finest" ice cream company
Ben & Jerry's
Kailyn
|
$800
[7]
This element, atomic No. 8, is responsible for the respiration of living things & the combustion of fuels
oxygen
Kailyn
|
$800
[25]
A big one of these letters appears next to the words "under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian"
R
Kailyn
|
|
$1,200
[10]
She was around 16 when she led the French troops that raised the Siege of Orleans
Joan of Arc
Kailyn
|
$1,200
[20]
Steve Zahn plays Frank Heffley, the dad in this 2010 film
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
|
$1,200
[3]
Montparnasse is one of this capital city's Left Bank districts
Paris
Raynell
|
$1,200
[13]
I'm the lifeguard at the Arlington, Texas Hurricane Harbor water park run by this "numerical" theme park chain
Six Flags
Kailyn
|
$1,200
[23]
More than 1/4 of the Earth's crust is this element, symbol Si
silicon
Kailyn
Raya
|
$1,200
[24]
The cardinal points on a compass are designated by these 4 letters
N, E, W & S
Raya
|
|
DD
$2,000
[11]
At 14, this future "Old Hickory" was captured & wounded by the British during the Revolution
Andrew Jackson
Kailyn
|
$1,600
[27]
In 2007, soon after his mother's death, this rapper struggled to get through "Hey Mama" on stage
Kanye West
Raynell
|
$1,600
[4]
The Ginza is this Asian capital's shopping & entertainment center
Tokyo
Raya
|
$1,600
[14]
I bus tables at Twin City Grill, one of the 50 restaurants in this Twin Cities shopping destination
the Mall of America
Raynell
|
$1,600
[22]
The name of this element, atomic number 27, can precede "blue" & "green"
cobalt
Raya
|
$1,600
[21]
Speakers of Cockney are known for dropping this letter from the beginning of words
H
Raynell
Raya
|
|
$2,000
[12]
Mary Shelley was just 19 when she wrote this horror classic
Frankenstein
Kailyn
|
$2,000
[26]
Lauren Graham had a mouthy teen daughter on "Gilmore Girls"; she has another (Mae Whitman) on this current show
Parenthood
Kailyn
|
$2,000
[5]
This port city became the capital of Jamaica in 1872, succeeding Port Royal
Kingston
Raynell
|
$2,000
[15]
I deliver this "All the News That's Fit to Print" newspaper on my Greenwich Village route
The New York Times
Raya
|
DD
$5,000
[16]
Alkali metals include sodium & this one, the least dense of all metals
lithium
Raya
|
$2,000
[17]
It was the middle initial of James Garfield & his successor, Chester Arthur
A
Raynell
|
A novel set during the Depression earned this author a 1940 Pulitzer Prize & contributed to him winning a Nobel Prize in 1962
John Steinbeck