2013 Teen Tournament final game 2.
Leonard Cooper — a senior from Little Rock, Arkansas (subtotal of $3,000)
Barrett Block — a senior from Lexington, Kentucky (subtotal of $17,600)
Nilai Sarda — a freshman from Marietta, Georgia (subtotal of $19,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nilai | $3,200 | $4,800 | $14,400 | $7,400 |
$14,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Barrett | $1,000 | $1,800 | $9,000 | $18,000 |
$9,000
9 R, 3 W |
| Leonard | $3,600 | $5,800 | $37,000 | $37,000 |
$19,800
22 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS | THE WEATHER & GEOGRAPHY REPORT | VIDEO GAME TIMELINE | TAKING "OFF" | ODDS & ENDS | HOW NOBEL OF THEM |
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$200
[27]
How low can you go in this party dance? One girl passed under a bar set just 8 1/2 inches off the floor
the limbo
Nilai
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$200
[12]
It gets hot in El Azizia, near Tripoli, in this country--hot like 124 degrees one day in 1922
Libya
Nilai
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$200
[6]
1980:This pie-shaped character chomps its way into arcades
Pac-Man
Leonard
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$200
[15]
It's a new TV series derived from an existing one, like "Teen Mom" from "16 and Pregnant"
a spin-off
Leonard
|
$200
[20]
The golden apples of the Hesperides were guarded by Ladon, one of these mythic creatures
a dragon
Nilai
|
$600
[28]
For his work on monetary theory, Milton Friedman won the 1976 Nobel Prize for this
Economics
Leonard
|
|
$400
[26]
Fastest talker Sean Shannon set a record by reciting the "to be or not to be" soliloquy from this play in 23.8 seconds
Hamlet
Nilai
Barrett
|
$400
[8]
Want variety? Over two days in 1916 the temperature in Browning, in this state, went from 44 to -56 degrees
Montana
Leonard
|
$400
[7]
1995:Sony releases PlayStation, which loads games from these instead of cartridges
CDs
Nilai
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$400
[16]
When you aren't connected to the Internet, you still may be able to work this way
offline
Nilai
|
$400
[24]
The Cloisters & the Costume Institute are both part of this vast New York City museum
the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Nilai
Barrett
|
DD
$1,000
[1]
He got his job at age 4; 49 years later, in 1989, he won a Nobel Peace Prize
the Dalai Lama
Nilai
|
|
$600
[25]
2,865 fountains were created when participants dropped this brand of candy into bottles of soda
Mentos
Leonard
|
$600
[5]
Raindrops won't be fallin' on your head in Arica, in this South American country; it takes 30+ years to get one inch of rain
Chile
Leonard
|
$600
[9]
2007:This game from Harmonix is like "Guitar Hero" with mic & drums
Rock Band
Leonard
|
$600
[19]
The International Chili Society sanctions this type of competition worldwide
a cook-off
Leonard
|
$600
[23]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives us the clue from the Mekong River in Vietnam.) Along the Mekong you see this symbolthat represents the two complementary forces that make up all aspects & phenomena of life
yin & yang
Nilai
|
$1,000
[2]
The IAEA, the International this Agency, shared the 2005 Peace Prize for its efforts to make nuclear power safe
Atomic Energy
Nilai
|
|
$800
[13]
In 2011 a robot solved this toy in a record 5.27 seconds
a Rubik's Cube
Nilai
|
$800
[4]
On April 12, 1934Mount Washington, in this state, got quite a blow--wind clocked at 231 mph
New Hampshire
Nilai
|
$800
[10]
2009:Batman wins new fans as he fights bad guys who've seized this mental hospital
Arkham Asylum
Leonard
|
$800
[18]
Beware of this unlicensed copy of a more expensive item like a name brand purse or watch
a knockoff
Barrett
Leonard
|
$800
[22]
goarmy.com has a section called "locate" this person whose job is to help you join up
a recruiter
Barrett
|
— |
|
$1,000
[14]
In 2011 the world's longest living snake was a 25-foot, 2-inch reticulated one of these
a python
Barrett
|
$1,000
[3]
Better bring an umbrella to Lloro, near this South American country's Pacific coast, said to average 40 feet of rain a year
Colombia
Nilai
|
$1,000
[11]
2010:This Xbox motion-sensing system allows players to play games without a controller
Kinect
Leonard
|
$1,000
[17]
It's a 9-letter word for one's children
offspring
Nilai
|
$1,000
[21]
Clavicle is another name for this bone
collarbone
Leonard
|
— |
| SPACE STUFF | AMERICAN LIT | TEEN-LETTER WORDS | ODD ENDS | IT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY | FILM FEST |
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$400
[28]
In a 2009 essay contest, 12-year-old Clara Ma came up with this winning name for the Mars rover
Curiosity
Nilai
|
$400
[1]
In an 1845 poem he quoted the raven as saying "Nevermore"
Poe
Nilai
|
$400
[6]
13 letters:Enjoy the ice cream after the palatines get removed in this operation common for kids
tonsillectomy
Nilai
|
$400
[27]
Put 3 letters before "trial" to get this, a trial ended by the judge with no verdict
a mistrial
Nilai
|
$800
[13]
On Feb. 26, 1815, he escaped from the island of Elba & headed back to France
Napoleon
Nilai
|
$800
[23]
Twihards sank their teeth into this 2012 film, the final chapter in the "Twilight" saga
Breaking Dawn Part 2
Leonard
|
|
$800
[22]
It passed by Earth in 1986 & is not expected to return until 2061--hope you kids enjoy that
Halley's Comet
Leonard
|
$1,200
[15]
"Devon is sometimes considered the most beautiful school in New England" is a line from this John Knowles novel
A Separate Peace
Barrett
|
$800
[25]
17 letters:The philosophy of Thoreau & Emerson
Transcendentalism
Leonard
|
$800
[26]
In an O. Henry story, a boy kidnapped for this payment is so much trouble that in the end the kidnappers pay to return him
ransom
Barrett
|
$1,600
[3]
The winter Olympic games were hosted by this U.S. city in February 2002
Salt Lake City
Nilai
|
$1,200
[20]
Margaret Hamilton played both Miss Gulch & the Wicked Witch in this 1939 classic
The Wizard of Oz
Barrett
|
|
$1,200
[7]
Arcturus, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, is classified as one of these, larger & brighter than the Sun
a red giant
Leonard
|
$1,600
[5]
In July 1741 Jonathan Edwards delivered the fiery sermon these people "in the Hands of an Angry God"
sinners
Leonard
|
$1,200
[17]
13 letters:Seen here, it links up smaller devices to calculate incredibly fast
a supercomputer
Leonard
|
$1,200
[21]
While being grilled to death, St. Lawrence said, "please" do this; "I'm done on one side"
turn me over
Leonard
|
DD
$2,000
[4]
Though technically in winter, the protests that toppled Egypt's leader in February 2011 were part of this
the Arab Spring
Nilai
|
$1,600
[8]
Aussie actress Rebel Wilson is aca-larious as Fat Amy in this movie about collegiate a cappella
Pitch Perfect
Leonard
|
|
$1,600
[2]
Pluto is one of the larger KBOs, objects found within this belt
the Kuiper Belt
Nilai
|
$2,000
[16]
She wrote a couple of famous "teen" novels, "O Pioneers!" from 1913 & "My Antonia" from 1918
Willa Cather
Leonard
|
$1,600
[18]
13 letters:Swiss & Portuguese are 2 of these
nationalities
Barrett
|
$1,600
[9]
In college football, "The Play" is the one on which Cal beat Stanford with 5 of these sideways passes
a lateral
Barrett
|
$2,000
[12]
On Feb. 23, 1847 Zachary Taylor had a "good view" of the fighting as his U.S. troops won this key battle in the Mexican War
Buena Vista
Barrett
|
$2,000
[11]
Matt Damon & his kids find themselves with a large menagerie of pets in this 2011 flick
We Bought a Zoo
Nilai
|
|
$2,000
[14]
In 2006 the large dwarf planet known as UB313 was renamed this, after the Greek goddess of discord
Eris
Leonard
|
DD
$18,000
[24]
In Reginald Rose's play "Twelve Angry Men", the men are all members of one of these
a jury
Leonard
|
$2,000
[19]
16 letters:Embezzlement or other improper use of funds
misappropriation
|
$2,000
[10]
This hissing sound can also mean to end feebly after a promising start
fizzle (out)
Barrett
|
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On June 6, 1944 he said, "The eyes of the world are upon you"
Dwight David Eisenhower