2012 Kids Week game 1.
Matthew Cline — a 12-year-old from Maumelle, Arkansas
Anna Cambron — a 10-year-old from Louisville, Kentucky
Mandy Berry — an 11-year-old from Baltimore, Maryland
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mandy | $-1,800 | $200 | $1,950 |
$1,450
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,600
5 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Anna | $4,800 | $8,000 | $20,400 |
$36,401
2nd place: $2,000 |
$20,400
26 R, 0 W |
| Matthew | $4,400 | $7,300 | $21,290 |
$40,801
Winner: $40,801 |
$21,600
25 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | A HISTORY LESSON | IT'S MOVIE TIME | NATURAL DISASTERS | BIG STUFF | 3 Ses |
|
$200
[5]
In addition to 88 keys, one of these has about 230 strings
a piano
Matthew
|
$200
[12]
A monarch sometimes known as A-Ha was Egypt's first one of these rulers
a pharaoh
Anna
|
$200
[1]
Rex Harrison & Eddie Murphy have both played this Doctor who talked to the animals
Doctor Dolittle
Matthew
|
$200
[26]
As Noah could tell you, a deluge is another name for one of these
a flood
Matthew
|
$200
[21]
How about ahandfor Nathan Sawaya, who created a big hand out of these toy bricks?
Legos
Anna
|
$200
[13]
To jump a fence & illegally enter a person's property
trespass
Anna
|
|
$400
[2]
This largest brass instrument is also the one with the lowest pitch
the tuba
Matthew
|
$400
[18]
Nicholas Gilman, a signer of this historic document, helped get it ratified in his home state of New Hampshire
the Constitution
Anna
|
$400
[8]
Elliott befriends a homesick alien who loves candy in this classic
E.T.
Matthew
|
$400
[27]
Storms known as cyclones or typhoons in the Pacific are called these when they form in the Atlantic
hurricanes
Anna
Matthew
|
DD
$300
[23]
In 1934 a giant clam yielded one of these gems weighing more than 14 pounds
a pearl
Matthew
|
$400
[14]
To aid, or a play that helps your hockey teammate score a goal
assist
Anna
|
|
$600
[6]
Types of these used in a drum set include crash & splash
cymbals
Matthew
|
$600
[19]
Prussian field marshal Gebhard von Blucher helped defeat this French leader at Waterloo in 1815
Napoleon
Anna
|
$600
[9]
This title chameleon faced a snake & a hawk in the town of Dirt
Rango
Matthew
|
$600
[28]
In 79 A.D. one of these destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii & Herculaneum
a volcanic eruption
Matthew
|
$400
[22]
Some of these Halloween gourds have tipped the scales at a thousand pounds or more
jack o'lanterns (or pumpkins)
Matthew
|
$600
[15]
To let a classroom of kids go home
dismiss
Anna
|
|
$800
[4]
Instead of valves like a trumpet, this brass instrument has a slide with 7 positions
a trombone
Mandy
Anna
|
$800
[20]
The Civil Rights Act & the Watts Riots happened during this decade of hope & tragedy
the '60s
Matthew
|
$800
[10]
"The Borrowers" is the basis for "The Secret World of" her
Arrietty
Anna
|
$800
[29]
In Genesis 41:30 Joseph predicted one of these extreme shortages that cause people to starve
a famine
Anna
|
$800
[24]
It could take weeks to finish one of these made by Ravensburger; it's over 17' by 6' & contains more than 32,000 pieces
a jigsaw puzzle
Anna
|
$800
[16]
A woman who entertains guests at her home, perhaps with Twinkies made by this brand
Hostess
Anna
|
|
$1,000
[3]
Unlike the guitar, the violin doesn't have these dividing strips on its fingerboard
frets
Matthew
|
$1,000
[7]
Louis XIV turned this building into a royal palace & the official residence of the court of France
Versailles
Mandy
Anna
|
$1,000
[11]
Julie Andrews leaves the convent to work for the von Trapps in this musical
The Sound of Music
Matthew
|
$1,000
[30]
Sort of a dry avalanche, it's a fall of earth & rocks down the side of a mountain
a landslide
Mandy
|
$1,000
[25]
Thisprehistoric giant was formerly called a Brontosaurus
an Apatosaurus
Mandy
|
$1,000
[17]
When doling out justice, a court of law is "in" this
session
Matthew
|
| PERFORMING KIDS | BOOK REPORT | TRAVELING THE USA | IT'S A NOISY PLANET | THINGS THAT GO BLOOM | "B" PLUS |
|
DD
$150
[12]
Asa Butterfield played this 2011 title movie character whose last name is Cabret
Hugo
Mandy
|
$400
[2]
Chapters in this novel include "The Golden Tickets" & "Augustus Gloop Goes Up the Pipe"
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Anna
Matthew
|
$400
[16]
This state has the longest border with Mexico
Texas
Matthew
|
DD
$10
[27]
Since the 1870s people have been worried about the "air" type of this; since the 1970s, about the "noise" type
pollution
Matthew
|
$400
[22]
Folklore says blowing the seeds off this weedy herb carries your dreams to a loved one
a dandelion
Matthew
|
$400
[1]
It's the launching of a rocket--3-2-1...
blastoff
Anna
|
|
$400
[11]
Nathan Kress was 14 when he began co-starring on this show in episodes like "i Want More Viewers" & "i Scream on Halloween"
iCarly
Mandy
|
$800
[3]
Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Medal-winning novel about racism & social injustice is called "Roll of Thunder," this
Hear My Cry
Anna
|
$800
[17]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from St. Louis, MO.) I'm in St. Louis, Missouri on this river that flows from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico
the Mississippi River
Anna
|
$400
[21]
It's a Noisy Planet is a program to prevent hearing loss, which can be caused by exposure to sounds over 85 of these units
decibels
Anna
|
$800
[24]
The "hips" on these red flowers are chock full O' vitamin C
roses
Anna
|
$800
[7]
Here's a simple one of these charts, showing students' test scores
a bar graph
Anna
|
|
$1,200
[13]
Last name of Willow & Jaden, whose parents with similar names do some acting, too
Smith
Matthew
|
$1,200
[4]
"Ghost Town at Sundown" is one of the many adventures Jack & Annie go on in this book series by Mary Pope Osborne
Magic Tree House
Matthew
|
$1,200
[18]
Bring your swimsuit to Ashland, Wisconsin to take a dip in this largest Great Lake
Lake Superior
Mandy
|
$800
[23]
One sign of being around too-loud noise is if you hear this sound in your ears but there's no bell nearby
ringing
Anna
|
$1,200
[25]
These beautiful blooms commonly come in Easter & tiger varieties
lilies
Matthew
|
$1,200
[8]
Oui, my friends--we use this French word for a broad, often landscaped city street
boulevard
Anna
|
|
$1,600
[14]
Now 18, this Canadian superstar signed a recording contract at age 15 & gave us "My Worlds Acoustic"
Justin Bieber
Matthew
|
$1,600
[5]
Martians attack the Earth after landing outside of London in this 1898 sci-fi classic by H.G. Wells
The War of the Worlds
Matthew
|
$1,600
[19]
Interstate Highway 10 stretches across the USA from California to this state at the other end
Florida
|
$1,200
[26]
You shouldn't have more than 15 min. unprotected exposure to the sound of this winter vehicle, like a ski-doo
a snowmobile
Matthew
|
$1,600
[29]
In the 1880s near Zanzibar, John Kirk discovered the African type of this flower that's also a reddish-blue color
a violet
Matthew
|
$1,600
[9]
It's a bowl-shaped depression on the ocean floor, or a washbowl or sink in your house
a basin
|
|
$2,000
[15]
Perhaps this CBS sitcom needs re-titling, as Angus T. Jones, who was 9 when it debuted, turns 19 in 2012
Two and a Half Men
Matthew
|
$2,000
[6]
In "Skylark", a sequel to this novel, Anna & Caleb leave the prairie for a visit to Maine with their stepmom
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Anna
|
$2,000
[20]
Cherokee National Forest is found in these colorfully named mountains of Tennessee
the Blue Ridge Mountains
Matthew
|
$2,000
[28]
Even a farm can be loud if you're too close to a truck or this vehicle that's also featured in events called "pulls"
a tractor
Anna
|
$2,000
[30]
This flower can come in a number of colors, & its name sounds like it's a country full of autos
a carnation
|
$2,000
[10]
The postage stamp seenherecelebrates this Japanese art of growing miniature plants & trees
bonsai
Anna
|
In addition to his 1,093 U.S. patents, he held more than 1,200 patents awarded by other countries
Thomas Alva Edison