2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 2.
Anshika Niraj — a sophomore from Beachwood, Ohio
Sam Leanza — a senior from Laguna Hills, California
Ben Greenho — a junior from Plano, Texas
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | $3,000 | $5,200 | $17,400 |
$20,400
Automatic semifinalist |
$19,600
21 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sam | $1,000 | $3,600 | $7,200 |
$2,200
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$6,400
10 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Anshika | $2,400 | $5,800 | $12,700 |
$17,401
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$14,200
22 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| "M" TV | WORD ORIGINS | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES | WEBSITES | EXTREME WEATHER | AUTHORS' MIDDLE NAMES |
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[1]
Guy Fieri hosted this TV competition in which contestants had 60 seconds to perform tasks for cash
Minute to Win It
Anshika
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[16]
The name of this heavy hooded jacket favored by skiers & hunters is from the Russian for "pelt"
a parka
Sam
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[17]
In 1887 Oregon became the first state to pass a law recognizing this September holiday
Labor Day
Anshika
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[6]
"What's on your mind?" This site, where you can like, share & poke
Facebook
Anshika
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[22]
In 2012 Spicewood became the first Texas community to truck in water during the most recent one of these dry spells
a drought
Ben
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[11]
A Dublin-born dramatist: Bernard
George Bernard Shaw
Ben
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[2]
A fake psychic is trying to catch a serial killer known as "Red John" on this drama series
The Mentalist
Anshika
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[27]
A ship in the desert? No, it's just this optical illusion from the French for "to look at"
a mirage
Ben
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[18]
In Islam Lailat al Miraj celebrates his journey from Mecca to Jerusalem & ascension into heaven
Mohammed
Anshika
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[7]
This site that seems to be missing a vowel in its name says it's "the easiest way to blog"
Tumblr
Sam
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[23]
In Montreal in 1998 this was 2 inches thick on some branches, damaging 94% of trees in the Ville Emard district
ice
Sam
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[12]
An adventurous Scotsman & Samoan: Louis
(Robert Louis) Stevenson
Ben
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[3]
"Hecks on a Plane" was an episode of this sitcom about the dysfunctional Heck family
The Middle
Sam
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[28]
This term for one who willfully destroys another's property comes from the name of a Germanic tribe
a vandal
Ben
Sam
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[19]
Varying with the local climate, the date of this tree-planting day ranges from November to May
Arbor Day
Anshika
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[8]
The URL of a site for young ladies 13 & up has this letter before "URL"
"G"
Ben
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[24]
In May 2011 a 200-mph tornado devastated Joplin in this state
Missouri
Anshika
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[13]
He saved "Old Ironsides": Wendell
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Anshika
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[4]
Emily Kmetko dreams of being an Olympic gymnast on this ABC family show with a rhyming name
Make It or Break It
Sam
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[29]
Used to describe stately mansions of the old south, it's from the Latin for "before the war"
antebellum
Anshika
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[20]
Meaning arrival, it's the 4-week period before Christmas
Advent
Sam
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[9]
Jillian Michaels promotes this "familial" domain registration website
Go Daddy
Ben
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[25]
In 1889 one of these near Johnstown, Pennsylvania burst during heavy rains; the flood killed 2,000
a dam
Anshika
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[14]
Queen of bee chroniclers: Monk
Sue Monk Kidd
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[5]
Dreams do come true on the MTV series with this 4-letter title
MADE
Anshika
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[30]
The general agreement is that this word meaning a majority of opinion is from the Latin for "to feel together"
a consensus
Ben
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DD
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[21]
Although the first celebration of this holiday occurred in October 1792, it didn't become a federal holiday until 1937
Columbus Day
Sam
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[10]
Known for its reviews, this site "is a collective of the tech-savvy and tech-obsessed. Join us"
CNET
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[26]
On Aug. 24, 1992 hurricane Andrew made landfall near Homestead in this state, causing $26 billion in damage
Florida
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[15]
A romantic rime-r: Taylor
(Samuel Taylor) Coleridge
Ben
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| MAD FOR MATH | NEXT WORD IN COMMON | "A.P." EXAM | THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM | HISTORICAL QUOTES | & THE OSCAR GOES TO... |
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[6]
Quick!5 + 32 + 7 -10
34
Anshika
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[16]
Onion, wedding, Saturn's
ring
Anshika
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[11]
One of Vermont's official state foods is this fruity dessert; I'll have mine a la mode!
apple pie
Anshika
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[21]
A memorial to this civil rights leader on the National Mall was dedicated in October 2011
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ben
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[26]
In 1844 he sent the telegraph message "What hath God wrought?"
Morse
Ben
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[1]
Mauro Fiore, cinematographer of this 2009 film that had a 10-foot-tall Blue Man Group on an alien world
Avatar
Sam
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[7]
It's not an arm muscle, it's math talk for "to divide into 2 equal parts"
bisect
Anshika
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[17]
Candy, side, crow
bar
Anshika
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[12]
Dating from 1846 & featuring thrill rides & more, Lake Compounce is the USA's oldest continuously operating one
an amusement park
Ben
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$1,200
[23]
Gutzon Borglum's goal was to inspire Americans to go home better citizens after seeing this memorial
Mount Rushmore
Ben
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[27]
Shortly before her death, this young Frenchwoman said, "I would rather be beheaded seven times than burned"
Joan of Arc
Anshika
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[2]
Greg Cannom, for "The Curious Case of" this guy, for makeup; making Brad Pitt look decrepit can't be easy
Benjamin Button
Ben
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[8]
It's the square root of the cube root of 64
2
Anshika
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$1,200
[18]
Over, mother, diving
board
Ben
Anshika
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$1,200
[13]
This news-gathering service provides articles & photos to thousands of newspapers here & abroad
the Associated Press
Ben
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$1,600
[24]
You can see the great blue type of this bird feeding & flying overhead in the Quinebaug & Shetucket river valley
a heron
Ben
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[28]
Reporting on his victory in 47 B.C., he declared, "Veni, vidi, vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered)
Julius Caesar
Anshika
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[3]
This "global" song from "Aladdin"; it promised "a thrilling chase, a wondrous place for you and me"
"A Whole New World"
Ben
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[9]
Also known as the multiplicative inverse, for 5/3, it's 3/5
a reciprocal
Sam
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[19]
Cape, French, Little Big
Horn
Sam
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[14]
It's the 2-word French term for a young live-in foreigner who does domestic work for a family
an au pair
Anshika
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[25]
It's the deepest gorge in North America, reaching a maximum depth of 7,900 feet in Idaho
Hells Canyon
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DD
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[29]
The Preamble to the Declaration of Independence begins with these 7 words
"When in the course of human events"
Anshika
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[4]
This actor as Forrest Gump: you might know him better as an animated toy cowboy
Tom Hanks
Ben
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[10]
On a trig table, one of the 2 basic functions that equals zero for a right angle
cosine (or cotangent)
Ben
Anshika
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[20]
Falling, morning, Death
star
Sam
Anshika
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[15]
This relative & guardian of Tom Sawyer was based on the author's mother
Aunt Polly
Ben
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DD
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[22]
Discovered in 1870, this natural feature of a national park has been called "Eternity's Timepiece"
Old Faithful
Ben
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[30]
A 1532 book by him says, "A prince should...have no other aim or thought...but war & its organization and discipline"
Machiavelli
Sam
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[5]
This producer, winner of the first 8 awarded to the best short subject cartoon; he knew a little about animation
Walt Disney
Anshika
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These fictional beings are also called Periannath & Halflings, but this familiar term means "hole-builders"
Hobbits