2012 Teen Tournament semifinal game 3.From DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
Krishna Bharathala — a sophomore from Fremont, California
Rose Schaefer — a junior from Portland, Oregon
Kevin Yang — a junior from Birmingham, Alabama
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin | $2,800 | $4,600 | $12,600 |
$799
3rd place: $10,000 |
$13,800
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Rose | $2,200 | $4,600 | $12,200 |
$24,399
Finalist |
$12,200
17 R, 1 W |
| Krishna | $0 | $2,600 | $11,400 |
$22,800
2nd place: $10,000 |
$12,600
15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| CITIZENSHIP | PLAY SETTINGS | HE'S QUITE THE SPORTSMAN | WHEN IN THE WORLD? | CLOTHES MAKE THE IDIOM | CARS IN AMERICA |
|
$200
[18]
Don't complain, citizen, if you don't exercise this fundamental right guaranteed by the 15th Amendment
the right to vote
Rose
|
$200
[6]
The musical "Evita": set in this country
Argentina
Kevin
|
$200
[23]
He's the recent Super Bowl MVP seen here
Eli Manning
Krishna
|
$200
[13]
The New York Stock Exchange is open for trading 9:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Monday through this day
Friday
Rose
|
$200
[1]
It's tough to tighten this in hard times, but getting hit below it... that's just wrong
the belt
Kevin
|
$200
[11]
(Vice President Joe Biden delivers the clue.) The Chevy Coachdates from around the time this became the world's largest car company; with cars like my favorite, the Corvette... it held that position until 2008, then filed for bankruptcy but now it's back on top
GM (General Motors)
Rose
|
|
$400
[19]
Guys, when you turn 18, you'll have to register for this, for potential enlistment into the armed forces
the draft (or Selective Service)
Krishna
|
$400
[7]
"The Crucible": 1692 in this Massachusetts city
Salem
Krishna
|
$400
[24]
In 2012 Albert Pujols takes his career .328 average & 445 home runs from this city to Anaheim
St. Louis
Kevin
|
$400
[14]
Barack Obama was elected to the presidency in this year
2008
Krishna
|
$400
[2]
Confidentially--keep it under your this--I'm throwing mine "into the ring"
your hat
Rose
|
$400
[12]
(Vice President Joe Biden delivers the clue.) The Model Twas one of the first major industrial products made on this arrangement of workers doing repetitive work, giving productivity a huge boost
the assembly line
Krishna
|
|
$600
[20]
If you lose your passport in Oslo, you can get help in this building at 48 Henrik Ibsens gate
the American Embassy
Rose
|
$600
[8]
Grover's Corners, New Hampshire from 1901 to 1913: this drama
Our Town
Kevin
|
$600
[25]
Hesays the Weight Watchers thing is an even bigger scam than getting paid to watch sports
Charles Barkley
Kevin
|
$800
[16]
William the Conqueror & the Normans invaded England in this century
the 11th century
Krishna
|
$600
[3]
More than a little bit upset? Then you're "hot under" this
the collar
Rose
|
$600
[28]
(Vice President Joe Biden delivers the clue.) Before pump prices spiked in the 1970s, buyers didn't care much if the car was this alliterative term referring to its 12 miles per gallon fuel efficiency
gas guzzler
Kevin
|
|
$800
[21]
Politics calling? This is the minimum age to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives
25
Kevin
Krishna
|
$800
[9]
"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead": within & around the action of this other play
Hamlet
Kevin
|
$800
[26]
Tony Stewart won this organization's Sprint Cup in 2011; previous cup wins include the Winston & the Nextel
NASCAR
Rose
|
$1,000
[17]
The Brits celebrate Boxing Day on the 26th of this month
December
Krishna
|
$800
[4]
Speaking with no preparation is speaking "off" this
the cuff
Rose
|
$800
[29]
(Vice President Joe Biden delivers the clue.) The Jeepcame to America's notice when soldiers depended on it during WWII... today, it's a popular vehicle from this, one of the big 3 automakers
Chrysler
Rose
|
|
$1,000
[22]
Often taking years, it's the process by which those born & raised foreign citizens become U.S. citizens
naturalization
Kevin
|
$1,000
[10]
The Kellers' home in Tuscumbia, Alabama: this drama
The Miracle Worker
Kevin
|
$1,000
[27]
Hetakes time out from his work as a Philippine congressman to win a lot of boxing matches
Manny Pacquiao
Krishna
|
DD
$1,200
[15]
Newly elected U.S. senators & congressmen are sworn in on the 3rd of this month
January
Krishna
|
$1,000
[5]
Look down at your laces for this word that describes a threadbare budget
a shoestring budget
|
— |
| CITIZENSHIP | HOW SYMBOLIC | THE SILENT MOVIE ERA | ALSO A 2-LETTER POSTAL ABBREVIATION | BIOLOGY | HISTORY SINCE YOU WERE BORN |
|
$400
[11]
Saxons & Bavarians
Germans
Kevin
Rose
|
$400
[7]
2 dots & a horizontal line make an obelus, which we use to signify this basic math operation
division
Kevin
|
$400
[26]
Robert Flaherty's 1922 documentary "Nanook of the North" was about a member of this Arctic people
the Eskimos (or the Inuit)
Krishna
|
$400
[3]
Weatherman Mr. Roker
Al
Kevin
|
$400
[1]
Yours is endo-; a crab's is exo-; a jellyfish's is hydrostatic, made of fluid
a skeleton
Krishna
|
$400
[21]
Appearing before Congress in 2010, Halliburton, Transocean & this oil company blamed each other for a giant spill
BP
Kevin
|
|
$800
[12]
Valencianos & Madrileños
Spaniards
Rose
|
$800
[8]
On Twitter the familiar symbol seenhereis called this 7-letter name & helps organize tweets into groups
a hashtag
Rose
|
$1,600
[27]
Not only did this mustached comic star in 1925's "The Gold Rush", he wrote & directed it too
Charlie Chaplin
Kevin
|
$800
[9]
It's used in web addresses to denote the country just to the north of us
ca
Rose
|
$800
[2]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) In genetics Yy stands for two genes; the capitalized Y is dominant & the lowercase one is this
recessive
Rose
|
$800
[22]
In 2005 this mayor of Tehran won the presidency of Iran in a landslide over Hashemi Rafsanjani
Ahmadinejad
Rose
|
|
$1,200
[13]
Biharis & Bhopalis
Indians
Krishna
|
$1,200
[18]
Draw a square, divide it in 4 with a cross & you've made a Japanese symbol for a field of this grain
rice
Rose
|
DD
$2,000
[28]
Later famous for thrillers like "Psycho", this man directed the silent murder mystery "The Lodger"
Alfred Hitchcock
Kevin
|
$1,200
[10]
A great way to say hello (but not goodbye)
hi
Krishna
|
$1,200
[4]
In 2011 virologist Ron Fouchier made bird flu more contagious by introducing these genetic changes--bad idea, some say
mutations
Kevin
|
$1,200
[23]
In 2003 fighting erupted in this western region of Sudan, with Arab militia committing genocide against non-Arab farmers
Darfur
Kevin
|
|
$1,600
[14]
Cornishmen & Liverpudlians (a 2-word response)
Great Britons
Rose
|
$1,600
[19]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) The U.S. Air Force coat of arms depicts two symbols of airstriking power; a bald eagle &thunderbolts from this Roman god of the sky & heavens
Jupiter
Kevin
|
— |
$1,600
[16]
This 2-letter abbreviation is placed in front of oz. to denote a liquid measurement
fl.
Krishna
|
DD
$2,000
[5]
Canavanine, produced by some plants, is a special one of these acids; it messes up proteins in insects' bodies
an amino acid
Kevin
|
$1,600
[24]
In February 1997 Scottish scientists announced the birth of this first cloned sheep
Dolly
Kevin
|
|
$2,000
[15]
Baianos & Cariocas
Brazil
|
$2,000
[20]
Later seen as racist, lawn jockeys may have meant a house was part of this 19th c. network leading to liberty
the Underground Railroad
Rose
|
— |
$2,000
[17]
Mi & this are the 2 USPS abbreviations also found in the musical sol-fa series
la
Krishna
|
$2,000
[6]
Eukaryotes are cells that have defined nuclei; change the prefix & you get these organisms that don't, like bacteria
prokaryotes
Krishna
|
$2,000
[25]
In October 2000 terrorists attacked the USS Cole when it stopped to refuel at the port of Aden in this country
Yemen
|
Seeing young people competing in a reality show on one channel & fighting a war on another gave this author a book idea
Suzanne Collins