2012 Teen Tournament semifinal game 2.From DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
Evan Eschliman — a sophomore from Olathe, Kansas
Anshika Niraj — a sophomore from Beachwood, Ohio
Elyse Mancuso — a junior from Omaha, Nebraska
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elyse | $3,800 | $5,800 | $20,800 |
$40,800
Finalist |
$19,000
20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Anshika | $1,800 | $4,000 | $5,600 |
$11,200
3rd place: $10,000 |
$7,600
12 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Evan | $4,000 | $9,800 | $19,800 |
$39,600
2nd place: $10,000 |
$17,800
25 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
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$200
[21]
"Pork barrel spending" is among the "issues" at the website of this Arizona senator & 2008 candidate for president
John McCain
Evan
|
$200
[16]
Historian James Adams said this New England religious group was as intolerant as the Inquisition
the Puritans
Elyse
Evan
|
$200
[6]
To pull an entire plant out of the ground
uproot
Elyse
|
$200
[1]
Larry, Curly, Moe & Snooki? In a 2012 film, this title comedy trio ends up starring in a reality TV show
The Three Stooges
Evan
|
$200
[11]
A "Beefy 5-layer burrito", part of its $2 meal deal
Taco Bell
Evan
|
$200
[26]
"Cavalleria rusticana" takes place on this large Italian island
Sicily
Evan
|
|
$400
[22]
Thiscongressman finished 2nd in the 2012 New Hampshire primary with 23% of the vote
Ron Paul
Evan
|
$400
[17]
It's what God is mostly called in the Koran
Allah
Anshika
|
$400
[7]
The stuffing & covering of furniture
upholstery
Anshika
|
$400
[2]
To coincide with the 100th anniversary of the title ship sinking, this 1997 film was re-released in 3D in April 2012
Titanic
Elyse
|
$400
[12]
The OS XMountain Lion operating system
Apple
Elyse
Evan
|
$400
[27]
A soprano plays the title bird in "The Nightingale", based on a tale by this Danish author
Hans Christian Andersen
Evan
|
|
$800
[24]
This Connecticut man who ran for vice president in 2000 announced that 2012 would be his last year in the Senate
(Joseph) Lieberman
Anshika
Evan
|
$600
[18]
When these high Catholic officials take their posts, they put on red robes symbolizing blood they'd be willing to shed
Cardinals
Evan
|
$600
[8]
The parts of a football goal post: 1 post, 1 crossbar, 2 of these
an upright
Evan
|
$600
[3]
He played Aragorn in the "Lord of the Rings" movies
Viggo Mortensen
Anshika
|
$600
[13]
Madden NFL 13
E(lectronic) A(rts)
Evan
|
$600
[28]
"Azora" concerns the romantic entanglements of a daughter of this Aztec emperor
Montezuma
Evan
|
|
$1,000
[25]
GOP house members who don't follow the party program can feel the lash of Kevin McCarthy, house majority this
whip
Evan
|
$800
[19]
The Jewish Sabbath enters with Kiddush, which includes a blessing over this beverage
wine
Evan
|
$800
[9]
Someone who instantly gets what you're saying is "quick on" this
the uptake
Elyse
|
$800
[4]
Sam Worthington returns as Perseus, who must save Zeus from the underworld, in this 2012 adventure
Wrath of the Titans
Anshika
|
$800
[14]
1969always skinnyjeans
Gap
Elyse
|
$800
[29]
The title character of Bellini's "Norma" is one of these British pagan priest(esse)s
a Druidess
Elyse
|
|
DD
$2,600
[23]
She's the mother of 5, grandmother of 9 & minority leader in the House of Representatives
Nancy Pelosi
Evan
|
$1,000
[20]
There are about 16 million folks in this "Southern" denomination whose convention was organized in 1845
Baptist
Anshika
|
$1,000
[10]
For example, when the candy counter guy asks if you want to make that medium Coke a large
upselling (upsize accepted, upgrade later accepted)
Elyse
Evan
|
$1,000
[5]
Go, Emile Hirsch! Go, Emile Hirsch! Go, Emile Hirsch, Go! as this 2008 title auto enthusiast
Speed Racer
Elyse
|
$1,000
[15]
Glidedental floss
Procter & Gamble (or Oral B)
Evan
|
$1,000
[30]
"Belisario" takes place in this eastern half of the Roman Empire that survived the fall of the west
the Byzantine Empire
Elyse
|
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$400
[21]
In 1842 this "Sleepy Hollow" author was appointed U.S. minister to Spain
Washington Irving
Evan
|
$400
[6]
Taboo &apl.de.ap
The Black Eyed Peas
Evan
|
$400
[7]
In 1960 Theodore Maiman used a synthetic type of this red gem in producing the world's first laser
a ruby
Anshika
|
$400
[12]
"Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world"
J.K. Rowling
Anshika
|
$400
[17]
Roughly as large as the U.S., this desert is spread over 10 African nations
the Sahara
Evan
|
$400
[1]
You can drink from the "water" one at your school, but probably not the one at the mall with the coins at the bottom
a fountain
Elyse
|
|
$800
[22]
Among products this man derived from the sweet potato was postage stamp glue, & that's not just peanuts!
George Washington Carver
Evan
|
$800
[27]
Will Champion &Chris Martin
Coldplay
Elyse
|
$800
[8]
The 3 main parts of an insect's body are the head, the thorax & this section
the abdomen
Elyse
|
$800
[13]
"Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who traveled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy"
Homer
Elyse
|
$800
[18]
Africa's largest island, it's home to more than 70 varieties of lemur
Madagascar
Elyse
|
$800
[2]
More overcast than yesterday's weather
cloudier
Evan
|
|
$1,200
[23]
It spans the Hudson River, contains 107,000 miles of wire & has 2 levels, each with 12 traffic lanes
the (George) Washington Bridge
Anshika
|
$1,200
[28]
Akiva Schaffer &Andy Samberg
The Lonely Island
Elyse
|
$1,200
[9]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a video taken on the International Space Station demonstrating the experiment she describes.) The International Space Station is ideal for zero gravity experiments; here, a knitting needle rubbed with paper creates a magnetic field, drawing a drop of water into this astronomical type of path spiraling around it
an orbit
Anshika
|
$1,600
[15]
"I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me"
A.A. Milne
Elyse
|
$1,200
[19]
Panari Sky Centre in this Kenyan capital houses Africa's largest ice rink
Nairobi
Anshika
|
$1,200
[3]
The person to whom apartment dwellers pay rent
a landlord
Anshika
|
|
$1,600
[24]
Sidney Poitier was the first African American to win the Oscar for Best Actor; he was the second
Denzel Washington
Evan
|
$1,600
[29]
Ad-Rock &MCA
The Beastie Boys
|
$1,600
[10]
If the soil in the first lady's garden has a pH reading of 7, it's this, meaning equal in acidity & alkalinity
neutral
Evan
|
$2,000
[16]
"He cried out twice, a cry that was no more than a breath--'The horror! The horror!"'
Joseph Conrad
Anshika
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
Port cities on this sea include Massawa in Eritrea & Hurghada in Egypt
the Red Sea
Anshika
|
$1,600
[4]
A popular military motto is "death before" this, loss of respect or reputation
dishonor
Elyse
|
|
$2,000
[25]
In 1983 Harold Washington became the first African-American mayor of this midwestern city
Chicago
Evan
|
$2,000
[30]
Pat Monahan &Rob Hotchkiss
Train
|
$2,000
[11]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us diagrams of the Earth and its shell.) Plate tectonics studies the dynamics of the Earth's shell, this solid rocky sphere from the Greek for "stone ball"
the lithosphere
Evan
|
DD
$3,000
[14]
"Somewhere in la Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember, a gentleman lived not long ago"
(Miguel de) Cervantes
Elyse
|
$2,000
[26]
Thisnatural wonder is on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe
Victoria Falls
Elyse
|
$2,000
[5]
This term for someone hired to do small jobs around the house contains a body part
a handyman
Elyse
|
It's believed that its nose was about 3 feet wide when it was first constructed around 2500 B.C.
the Sphinx