2012 Teen Tournament semifinal game 1.From DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
Eliza Scruton — a junior from Louisville, Kentucky
Ben Greenho — a junior from Plano, Texas
Catherine Briley — a senior from Grand Prairie, Louisiana
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine | $3,600 | $6,800 | $18,000 |
$35,601
Finalist |
$17,600
24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Ben | $1,800 | $3,000 | $17,600 |
$25,200
2nd place: $10,000 |
$18,200
18 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Eliza | $1,800 | $5,200 | $6,400 |
$12,800
3rd place: $10,000 |
$6,400
11 R, 2 W |
| THEY NAMED A SCHOOL FOR ME | BOOKS | THEME PARK FUN | ECONOMICALLY SPEAKING | BAD KISSERS | "HOLD" EVERYTHING |
|
$200
[11]
A high school in north Hollywood, California is named for this aviator who lived nearby before she disappeared
Amelia Earhart
Catherine
|
$200
[1]
The first paragraph of this Dickens work says, "Old Marley was dead as a door-nail"
A Christmas Carol
Catherine
|
$200
[21]
At Knott's Berry Farm, there's an area full of rides just for kids called Camp this, after Charlie Brown's beagle
Snoopy
Catherine
|
$200
[29]
When a government fixes prices at a set level, it's called one of these--b-r-r-r!
a freeze
Ben
|
$200
[4]
James McAvoy said his movie kiss with this mother of Brad Pitt's children was awkward & sweaty
Angelina Jolie
Eliza
|
$200
[16]
To look upon
to behold
Catherine
|
|
$400
[12]
Naval ROTC is a key part of the curriculum at the Florida academy named for this Civil War Admiral
Admiral Farragut
|
$400
[2]
Liesel Meminger steals "The Gravedigger's Handbook" & other tomes in this WWII-set novel narrated by Death
The Book Thief
Catherine
|
$400
[22]
A British theme park inspired by this book includes a curvy caterpillars ride & queen of hearts crazy croquet
Alice in Wonderland
Catherine
|
$400
[30]
Abbreviated CPI, it'sa measure of the fluctuation of the cost of retail goods over a fixed time period
Consumer Price Index
|
$400
[5]
Keira Knightley said Johnny Depp was a better smoocher than this other Caribbean pirate
Orlando Bloom
Eliza
|
$400
[17]
Type of "word" so common, it's familiar in everyone's home
household
Catherine
|
|
$600
[13]
In 1693, this couple founded a college in Virginia
William & Mary
Eliza
|
$600
[3]
Jean Louise Finch is the real name of the girl with this nickname in "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Scout
Eliza
|
$600
[23]
The Smoky Mountain River Rampage is featured at this theme park named for country singer Parton
Dollywood
Catherine
Eliza
|
$600
[28]
It can be a record of what someone said or the current cost of a security or a stock
quote
|
$600
[6]
This actress told Robert Downey Jr. he didn't know what he was doing when their lips met in "Iron Man 2"
Gwyneth Paltrow
Catherine
|
$600
[18]
Something kept on from a previous administration
a holdover
|
|
$800
[14]
A college of criminal justice in New York is named for this first Chief Justice
John Jay
Catherine
Eliza
|
$1,000
[8]
12-year-old Jonas is the receiver of memories in this novel by Lois Lowry
The Giver
Ben
|
$800
[24]
Appropriately, Holiday World is in the Indiana town named for this jolly guy
Santa Claus
Catherine
|
$800
[26]
Avian term for a reserve fund of money for retirement or emergencies
a nestegg
Eliza
|
$800
[9]
Alyson Hannigan refused to kiss Jason Segel on this CBS sitcom due to his cigarette habit
How I Met Your Mother
Ben
|
$800
[19]
The point at which a stimulus, such as pain, has an effect
threshold
Eliza
|
|
$1,000
[15]
This college, Amherst's rival, was named for a colonel killed in the French & Indian War
Williams
Eliza
|
DD
$1,200
[7]
This H.G. Wells story says the title figure has "goggling spectacles and (a) ghastly bandaged face"
The Invisible Man
Catherine
|
$1,000
[25]
Soak City is part of this Ohio amusement venue--get the point?
Cedar Point
Eliza
|
$1,000
[27]
In this market condition with the same last 5 letters as "Monopoly", there's more than one supplier firm, maybe just 3 or 4
an oligopoly
Catherine
|
$1,000
[10]
Thandie Newton griped that this "Mission: Impossible" star's kisses were "icky & sort of wet"
Tom Cruise
Catherine
|
$1,000
[20]
A fortified place of refuge
a stronghold
Ben
|
| THEATER | B.C.-ING YOU | POP CULTURE | MEDICAL CONDITIONS | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE | "V"OCABULARY |
|
$400
[1]
In 2010 Nick Jonas took to the stage in London in this musical that features Jean Valjean
Les Misérables
Ben
|
$400
[6]
She was still a teen when she became queen of Egypt in 51 B.C.
Cleopatra
Ben
|
$400
[13]
This beloved sandwich cookie celebrated its 100th birthday on March 6, 2012
Oreos
Eliza
|
$400
[26]
The bacterium that causes bubonic plague was once named for this French scientist
Pasteur
Catherine
|
$400
[21]
Ports on this gulf include Tampa & Tampico
the Gulf of Mexico
Catherine
|
$400
[8]
In high school "Weird Al" Yankovic was this highest-ranking member of the class academically
valedictorian
Ben
|
|
$800
[2]
It wasn't for "Spring Break" but for "Spring" this that Lea Michele was nominated for a Drama Desk Award in 2007
Awakening
Ben
|
$800
[7]
Originally featuring only 1 sport--a foot race--the Olympics added this 5-event competition in 708 B.C.
the pentathlon
Catherine
|
$800
[14]
You might stay "Up All Night" listening to this boy band heard here
One Direction
Catherine
Ben
|
$800
[27]
Christmas disease is a type of this hereditary disease in which the blood doesn't clot normally
hemophilia
Ben
|
$800
[22]
Jamaica & Grenada are part of this island chain that got its name because Columbus didn't know where he was
the West Indies
Catherine
|
$800
[9]
This word that means "to prove the truth of" comes from the Latin for "true"
verify
Catherine
|
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
This long-running musical is based on a 1911 horror novel by Gaston Leroux
Phantom of the Opera
Ben
|
$1,200
[18]
It's believed this rock group was built in England in three phases over 1,500 years, beginning around 3100 B.C.
Stonehenge
Ben
|
$1,200
[15]
This 3-letter word comes before "Australia" in the name of a brand of sheepskin boots introduced to the U.S. by Brian Smith
Ugg
Catherine
|
$1,200
[28]
Celiac disease sufferers need to avoid bread or find some that's made without this protein
gluten
Catherine
|
$1,200
[23]
Canada has a sort of equivalent song to "This Land Is Your Land"; its chorus begins, "From" this British Columbia island
Vancouver Island
Ben
Eliza
|
$1,200
[10]
In poetry the legs of "Ozymandias" are this 4-letter synonym for big, "and trunkless"
vast
Catherine
|
|
$1,200
[3]
As seen and heard here, this show has been making a lot of noise off Broadway since 1994
Stomp
Ben
|
$1,600
[19]
Shortly before drinking poison hemlock, this philosopher discussed with friends the fate of the human soul
Socrates
Ben
|
$1,600
[16]
The Snow White story was retold in this 2012 movie with Julia Roberts as the evil queen
Mirror Mirror
Catherine
|
$1,600
[29]
Kidney failure means you need a transplant or to undergo this treatment that does a kidney's job
dialysis
Ben
|
$1,600
[24]
(Here's Kelly) Punta Gallinas, South America's northernmost point, lies on the Guajira Peninsula, which is shared by these two nations
Colombia & Venezuela
Ben
|
$1,600
[11]
In exactly the same words
verbatim
Catherine
|
|
$1,600
[4]
The title of this Tennessee Williams drama refers to Laura Wingfield's collection of animal figurines
The Glass Menagerie
Ben
|
DD
$2,400
[20]
A popular TV & movie subject, this gladiator led a slave revolt that ended with his death in battle in 71 B.C.
Spartacus
Ben
|
$2,000
[17]
In 2012 an 81-year-old woman hit the jackpot, winning $336 million in the multi-state lottery with this 9-letter name
Powerball
Catherine
|
$2,000
[30]
The MCV4 vaccine protects against this childhood disease of the brain membranes
meningitis
Eliza
|
$2,000
[25]
Lake Itasca, considered the main source of the Mississippi River, is in this state
Minnesota
|
$2,000
[12]
Thisfacial feature is named for Flemish painter Anthony
a van Dyck
|
Of the 5 elements with 4-letter names, it's the only one that is not a solid at room temperature
neon