2012 Kids Week game 5.Last game of Season 28.
Hallie Fox — a 12-year-old from Ypsilanti, Michigan
Neha Embar — a 12-year-old from Alpharetta, Georgia
Greg Boscaiu — a 12-year-old from Brea, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg | $3,400 | $5,200 | $5,800 |
$11,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| Neha | $400 | $5,000 | $11,400 |
$21,401
Winner: $21,401 |
$11,400
16 R, 2 W |
| Hallie | $400 | $1,200 | $19,400 |
$14,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$18,000
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| BIRTHDAY PARTY LOCATIONS | SPORTS STARS | AROUND THE WORLD | COMMUNICATION | LET'S PLAY IN THE YARD | KID RHYMES |
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$200
[9]
You & your friends can gape at the animals at the Central Park this, where "Madagascar" is set
the zoo
Neha
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$200
[6]
On July 9, 2011 this shortstop became the first player to reach 3,000 career hits as a Yankee
Derek Jeter
Greg
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$200
[1]
This desert covers much of the African country of Mali
the Sahara
Neha
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$200
[26]
To close one eye; it can be used as a signal, like to mean "I'm not really serious"
wink
Greg
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$200
[13]
This plaything consists of a pole with foot rests & a strong spring; you work it by bouncing up & down
a pogo stick
Hallie
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$200
[18]
To offer money for something at an auction
bid
Neha
Hallie
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$400
[10]
This party place "where a kid can be a kid" used to have "pizza" in its name, now all that's left is the "cheese"
Chuck E. Cheese's
Greg
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$400
[7]
In 2005, she became the first woman to lead a lap in the Indianapolis 500
Danica Patrick
Greg
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$400
[2]
It's the only country Portugal borders
Spain
Greg
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$400
[27]
People will understand your writing better if you put this, also called a full stop, at the end of each sentence
a period
Hallie
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$400
[14]
The 2 iron stakes on the pitching court of this game are 40 feet apart
horseshoes
Greg
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$400
[19]
Fast mover of the deep with 10 arms
a squid
Hallie
|
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$600
[11]
Amaze your guests in the TImes Square home of Ripley's Believe It or Not--this type of place but starting with "oddi", not "audi"
an odditorium
Greg
Neha
Hallie
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$600
[8]
In 2012 he was the talk of the NBA with 136 points in his first 5 starts for the Knicks
Jeremy Lin
Neha
|
DD
$400
[3]
From about 60 miles away, Mount Fuji towers over this capital city
Tokyo
Greg
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$600
[28]
Doing this with 2 fingers in your mouth is an old-fashioned but effective way to hail a taxi
whistle
Neha
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$600
[23]
This version of jump rope requires 2 people twirling 2 ropes, one clockwise, one counter-clockwise
double-Dutch
Hallie
|
$600
[20]
The cover of a jar
a lid
Neha
|
|
$800
[12]
Celebs like Demi Lovato have celebrated their birthdays at Pinz, whose name tells you it's a venue for this game
bowling
Hallie
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$800
[15]
In 2000 they became the only sisters in Olympic history to win gold in women's doubles in tennis
Venus & Serena Williams
Greg
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$800
[4]
Cities in this country include Chennai & Mumbai, formerly Madras & Bombay
India
Greg
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$800
[29]
He was only 15 when he developed his system of writing for the blind
Braille
Neha
Hallie
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$800
[24]
Violations in this game include stepping onto an opponent's half of the pole & striking the rope instead of the ball
tetherball
Neha
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$800
[21]
To slip sideways on a road
skid
Greg
|
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$1,000
[17]
At Bounce U this word meaning "designed to be filled with air" is both a noun & an adjective
inflatable
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$1,000
[16]
This snowboarding champion is known as the "Flying Tomato" for his long red hair
Shaun White
Neha
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$1,000
[5]
The 224-mile-long Shannon River flows through this country
Ireland
Greg
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$1,000
[30]
This 5-letter service that lets you video chat with faraway grandmas over the Internet is part of Microsoft
Skype
Greg
|
$1,000
[25]
A standard croquet course may have 6 or 9 of these metal hoops
wickets
Greg
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$1,000
[22]
An arrangement of straight lines that cross each other to form squares
a grid
Neha
|
| CREATURES | KID HEROES | THE 21st CENTURY | THAT'S A MYTH | BOYS IN BALLET | WORD"Z" |
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$400
[11]
A type of beetle is named for this outer covering of tree trunks, which it damages
bark
Hallie
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$400
[16]
The 2011 movie "Soul Surfer" tells the heroic tale of Bethany Hamilton, who was attacked by one of these
a shark
Greg
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$400
[6]
The last flight of one of these took place with the launch of the Atlantis on July 8, 2011
a space shuttle
Greg
|
$400
[1]
These one-eyed giants forged Zeus' thunderbolts
the Cyclopses
Hallie
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$400
[26]
This stretchy one-piece garment for both sexes was named for a guy, a French acrobat
a leotard
Neha
|
$400
[21]
A peach is covered with it
fuzz
Neha
|
|
$800
[12]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Costa Rica.) The chestnut mandible type of this tropical bird has what looks like a disproportionately large bill, but it's actually lightweight & mostly hollow
a toucan
Greg
|
$800
[17]
On Nick 12-year-old Aang must overcome the ruthless fire nation as The "Last" this
an Airbender
Neha
Hallie
|
$800
[7]
In 2006 she became Alaska's first female governor
Sarah Palin
Neha
|
$800
[2]
Daedalus built this maze that confined the Minotaur, but was later imprisoned in it himself
the Labyrinth
Hallie
|
$800
[27]
In the ballet "Checkmate", the red one of these gets to die an agonizing death at the hands of the black queen
a king
Greg
Hallie
|
$800
[22]
Jade, Cloe, Sasha & Yasmin were the first 4 of these fashion dolls
Bratz
Hallie
|
|
$1,200
[13]
Take 2 letters out of Barracudina to get this better-known predatory fish
a barracuda
Hallie
|
$1,200
[18]
This youngest member of "The Incredibles" doesn't show any superpowers until Syndrome tries to abduct him
Jack-Jack
Hallie
|
$1,200
[8]
On Jan. 15, 2006 NASA's Stardust spacecraft, having "tailed" this type of celestial body, came back with dust from it
a comet
Neha
|
$1,200
[3]
Only this one of the 3 Gorgons was mortal; Perseus killed her
Medusa
Hallie
|
DD
$1,000
[29]
A boy named Fritz breaks this title gift given to his sister Clara by Drosselmeyer
The Nutcracker
Greg
|
$1,200
[23]
A ballroom dance, it can also mean something that can be accomplished with little effort
a waltz
Neha
|
|
$2,000
[15]
In 2011 a "lone" one of these predators crossed from Oregon to become California's first wild one since 1924
a wolf
Greg
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$1,600
[19]
"Number 6" shows up to help the title alien in this movie that features otherworldly superteens
I Am Number Four
Hallie
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$1,600
[9]
Name of the man seenherewho has presided over the U.S. Senate since 2009
Joe Biden
Greg
|
$1,600
[4]
Poets gave this name to Amor, the winged boy god of love
Cupid
Neha
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$1,200
[28]
Boys' classes often emphasize jumps, maybe even the difficult tour en l'air, which means this in the air
turn (twirl accepted)
Greg
|
$1,600
[24]
Varieties of this round snack cracker made by Nabisco include whole wheat & honey butter
Ritz
Hallie
|
|
DD
$3,000
[14]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Harvard Museum of Natural History in Boston Massachusetts) Discovered in 1935, a skull at the Harvard Museum of Natural History is called a type specimen, as it helped paleontologists establish this type of dinosaur
the triceratops
Hallie
|
$2,000
[20]
Taylor Lautner & Taylor Dooley play these imaginary heroes who come alive to fight Mr. Electric in a 2005 film
Sharkboy & Lavagirl
Hallie
|
$2,000
[10]
In 2009 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defeated Mir Hossein Moussavi to win re-election as president of this country
Iran
Greg
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$2,000
[5]
She's Apollo's older twin sister
Artemis
Hallie
|
$2,000
[30]
After a performance, ballerinas curtsy; men perform a small one of these equivalent gestures
a bow
Hallie
|
$2,000
[25]
As a verb it can mean to move swiftly; as a noun, it's one who has remarkable skill
whiz
Greg
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This country in the Americas has more than 125,000 miles of coastline, the most of any country in the world
Canada