2012 Teen Tournament final game 2.From DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
Rose Schaefer — a junior from Portland, Oregon (subtotal of $12,400)
Catherine Briley — a senior from Grand Prairie, Louisiana (subtotal of $10,000)
Elyse Mancuso — a junior from Omaha, Nebraska (subtotal of $23,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elyse | $800 | $3,600 | $28,400 | $56,400 |
$25,200
22 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Catherine | $4,400 | $10,200 | $15,400 | $21,000 |
$12,800
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Rose | $2,000 | $5,400 | $11,800 | $23,600 |
$9,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| MAY DAYS | BEVERAGES | I LOVE METAL | HISTORICAL ENTERTAINMENT | PEOPLE | 1, 2, 3, "GO" |
|
$200
[26]
On May 30, 1536, just days after his wife Anne Boleyn was beheaded, he married Jane Seymour
Henry VIII
Elyse
|
$200
[3]
Trumoo is a brand of flavored this, like chocolate
milk
Rose
|
$200
[1]
Vitamin C helps increase your absorption of this element, Fe, so drink some OJ with your eggs & toast
iron
Elyse
|
$200
[13]
The miniseries "Generation Kill" followed Marines at war in this Mideast country
Iraq
Catherine
|
$200
[21]
With "prayers and blessings", he sent his first tweet in 2011, announcing the launch of an online Vatican news portal
Benedict XVI
Rose
|
$200
[8]
I knew you 3 were going to be terrific contestants right from this, the beginning
the get-go
Catherine
|
|
$400
[27]
On May 29, 1953, this New Zealander & his guide Tenzingbecame the first men to reach the top of Mount Everest
(Edmund) Hillary
Rose
|
$400
[4]
The "D" in the drink Sunny D stands for this
Delight
Rose
|
$400
[2]
A fusible metal is an alloy for which this point is lower than tin's, 449 degrees
the melting point
Catherine
|
$400
[14]
On "Boardwalk Empire", this scar-faced Chicago gangster learns his trade from kingpin Johnny Torrio
Al Capone
Rose
|
$400
[22]
In Feb. 2012 New Jersey's governor ordered flags be flown half-staff during the funeral of this Newark-born singer
Whitney Houston
Elyse
|
$400
[9]
An aircraft that carries mainly goods, not people, is this type of plane
cargo
Catherine
|
|
$600
[28]
In May of 1607 captain John Smith arrived at the Virginia site where he would help establish this settlement
Jamestown
Catherine
|
$600
[5]
The 2011 winner of "The X Factor" got to star in an ad for this soda
Pepsi
Catherine
Rose
|
$600
[16]
This common reddish-orange metal is the second-best conductor of electricity
copper
Elyse
|
$600
[15]
In the film "Invictus" Morgan Freeman plays this world leader
Nelson Mandela
Elyse
|
$600
[23]
Kim Jong Un has succeeded his father as the leader of this country
North Korea
Catherine
|
$600
[10]
It's a synonym for "do without"
forgo
Catherine
|
|
$800
[30]
Partly to expand U.S. territory, Congress declared war on this country May 13, 1846
Mexico
Rose
|
$800
[6]
This bottled water from the French Alps has pictures of them on its pink label
Evian
Rose
|
$800
[17]
According to the name, they're the 2 elements in a Ni Cad battery
nickel and cadmium
Elyse
Catherine
|
$1,000
[20]
In HBO's "John Adams" Justin Theroux played this president of the Continental Congress
John Hancock
Catherine
|
$800
[24]
On his 2011 passing Apple said, "The world is immeasurably better because of" him
Steve Jobs
Elyse
|
$800
[11]
The jargon of a profession, or any weird-sounding foreign tongue
lingo
Rose
|
|
$1,000
[29]
She made history May 4, 1979 when she became Britain's first female prime minister
Margaret Thatcher
Rose
|
$1,000
[7]
A frappuccino is a trademarked blended beverage from this place
Starbucks
Catherine
|
$1,000
[18]
Bell metal, known for its sound, is a type of this "age"-old alloy
bronze
Catherine
|
DD
$3,400
[19]
"The King's Speech" featured Timothy Spall as this quippy future prime minister
Winston Churchill
Catherine
|
$1,000
[25]
Thisfashion designer created dresses worn in the movie "Bride Wars" and in the TV series "Gossip Girl".
Vera Wang
Rose
|
$1,000
[12]
We hope you are mature enough for the rhythms of this dance[Sexy Latin music plays]
tango
Catherine
|
| PRE-CIVIL WAR AMERICA | RECENT OLYMPIC MEDALISTS | "B" WHERE? | HODGEPODGE | LITERARY CHARACTERS | ALSO A MUSICAL TERM |
|
$400
[26]
In October 1781 this British general tried to retreat from Yorktown, but a storm drove his forces back
Cornwallis
Catherine
|
$400
[4]
In 2008 Mariel Zagunis won gold in sabre, part of this sport
fencing
Elyse
|
$400
[15]
We've come to Western Europe to see this country
Belgium
Catherine
|
$400
[13]
Able to run more than 40 miles per hour, this bird is the fastest animal on 2 legs
an ostrich
Elyse
|
$400
[2]
This captain in "Moby Dick" has a wife & child waiting for him in Nantucket
Ahab
Rose
|
$400
[1]
These 2 words denote the bigger & smaller of the 2 Ursa constellations
minor & major
Rose
|
|
$800
[27]
In 1859 tightrope walker Charles Blondin carried a man on his back as he walked a cable 160 feet above this landmark
Niagara Falls
Rose
|
$800
[12]
HeMcTwisted his way to gold in 2010
Shaun White
Rose
|
$800
[16]
Thisdensely-populated republic borders India
Bangladesh
Elyse
|
$800
[14]
This place in New York Harbor is home to the American Family Immigration History Center
Ellis Island
Catherine
|
$800
[3]
In "Breaking Dawn", she says, "I'm one hundred percent sure about Edward"
Bella
Catherine
|
$800
[5]
An organized social cause, like the Civil Rights one
a movement
Elyse
Catherine
|
|
$1,600
[29]
The Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga & Seneca made up this Confederacy
the Iroquois Confederacy
Elyse
|
$1,200
[21]
This host nation struck gold in 2010 when Alexandre Bilodeau won the men's Moguls in freestyle skiing
Canada
Catherine
|
$1,200
[17]
Country of Central America shown here
Belize
Catherine
|
$1,200
[20]
It's traditional for paratroopers to yell this name of an Apache warrior when jumping from a plane
Geronimo
Catherine
|
$1,200
[9]
In a Victor Hugo novel, things start going bad for this bellringer during Epiphany celebrations
Quasimodo
Elyse
|
$1,200
[6]
A type of model with the same proportions as the larger object it copies
scale
|
|
$2,000
[30]
In this 1797 "Affair", 3 French agents demanded a bribe in return for a commerce treaty
the XYZ Affair
Elyse
|
$1,600
[22]
Fittingly, this2008 winner of the 100-meter dash is nicknamed "Lightning"
Usain Bolt
Elyse
|
$1,600
[18]
Thisnation is only about 50 miles from Florida
the Bahamas
Elyse
|
$1,600
[24]
Peleg Wadsworth, a revolutionary war general & congressman, was the grandfather of this poet
Longfellow
Elyse
|
$1,600
[10]
Emma is the first name of this bored & adulterous 1856 French title character
Madame Bovary
|
$2,000
[8]
Geometrically, it's a line segment that joins 2 points on a curve
a chord
Elyse
Catherine
|
|
DD
$4,000
[28]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Old Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri.) St. Louis's Old Courthousewas the scene of 2 trials involving this slave; he won his freedom in the second trial, but the Supreme Court held otherwise, helping spark the Civil War
Dred Scott
Rose
|
$2,000
[23]
In 2010 Tora Berger won gold for Norway in this event that combines skiing & rifle shooting
a biathlon
Elyse
|
$2,000
[19]
Visit Siberia to take a dip in this lake
Lake Baikal
Elyse
|
$2,000
[25]
This fairy brought a little magic into Pinocchio's life
the Blue Fairy
Elyse
|
$2,000
[11]
When we first meet her, she's living in a house called Villa Villekulla with her monkey Mr. Nilsson & her horse
Pippi Longstocking
Catherine
|
DD
$4,800
[7]
This adjective can mean "very useful" or "performed without vocals"
instrumental
Elyse
|
When the future state of Iowa became part of the United States, this man was President
Thomas Jefferson