Show #6889 2014-07-24 (taped 2014-03-04) Teen Tournament

2014 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

Ananya Nrusimha — a sophomore from East Amherst, New York

Alan Koolik — a junior from Boca Raton, Florida

Kevin Huang — a senior from Irvine, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Kevin	$-600	$-1,400	$3,400	$6,800 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$3,400 8 R, 5 W
Alan	$3,800	$7,200	$17,600	$31,001 Automatic semifinalist	$17,600 23 R, 1 W
Ananya	$2,000	$3,800	$15,500	$6,801 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$17,200 22 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE PRESIDENCY	THE SOUND OF WORDS	PRO SPORTS TEAMS	FICTIONAL CHARACTERS	INDOORS	OUTDOORS
$200 [6] FDR was elected president this many times 4 Ananya	$200 [16] The sound a cannon makes, or a pole that holds a camera or microphone on set boom Ananya	$200 [28] Of the 4 major Miami pro sports teams, it's the one team name that's not an animal Heat Alan	$200 [2] This Carolyn Keene character has been solving crimes for more than 80 years; her latest books are her diaries Nancy Drew Kevin	$200 [11] Useful tools in a home workshop include the ball-peen & claw types of these hammers Alan	$200 [21] These sidewalk fixtures allow firefighters to tap into the municipal water supply hydrants Alan
$400 [5] It's the number & street address for the White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Kevin Alan	$400 [17] Spelled one way, it's the sound of a bell; spelled another, it's how you can prep carrots or apples peal (peel) Alan Ananya	$400 [29] They're the Southeastern NFL team whose logo is seen here the Jacksonville Jaguars Alan	$400 [7] For stealing a loaf of bread during the French Revolution, he ended up serving 19 years Jean Valjean Kevin	$400 [12] In Spanish, this room is la cocina the kitchen Alan	$400 [22] You can draw the pattern for hopscotch with Crayola's rhymingly named sidewalk this chalk Ananya
$600 [4] According to the Constitution, it's the minimum age you have to be to become president 35 Alan	$600 [18] 4-letter term for gossip or the predominant sound in an apiary buzz Kevin Ananya	$600 [30] Of pro teams with "Boston" in their names, it's won more championships than all the others Celtics Alan Ananya	$600 [8] On the day of her wedding, she learns that her groom-to-be, Mr. Rochester, already has a wife Jane Eyre Ananya	$600 [13] Their original purpose was to hold skim & 2%, but these plastic stackable bins are great for storage milk crates Alan Ananya	$600 [23] Head outdoors for this 3-word game, also the object of the board game Stratego capture the flag Alan
$800 [3] A 1929 fire damaged the West Wing, including this important alliterative room the Oval Office Alan	$800 [19] This Nestle candy bar is "for the kid in you" Crunch Ananya	$800 [27] The 2 NHL teams based in national capital cities are the Washington Capitals & them Ottawa Senators Ananya	$800 [9] This teen classic from the '60s features brothers Darry, Sodapop & Ponyboy The Outsiders Ananya	$800 [14] In a real estate listing, it's what "3BD, 3BA" means three bedrooms, three bathrooms Kevin Alan	$800 [24] Go lie in one of these hanging beds made of canvas or netted cord & strung between 2 trees hammock Kevin
$1,000 [1] Air Force One is the President's jet; Marine One is this transport that often departs the South Lawn helicopter Ananya	$1,000 [20] This mournful cry is a homophone of an enormous mammal wail Kevin Alan	$1,000 [26] The Natl. Hot Dog & Sausage Council says this team's Miller Park is MLB's only park to sell more sausages than hot dogs Milwaukee Brewers	DD $1,000 [10] As this book begins, Santiago had "gone eighty-four days... without taking a fish" The Old Man and the Sea Ananya	$1,000 [15] 3-letter area where cubs sleep or where you can sit & watch the cubs play den Ananya	$1,000 [25] It's an outdoor structure used for a newsstand or Redbox rentals kiosk

Double Jeopardy! Round

COOL BUILDINGS	THE VOICE	THE MIDDLE AGES	BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER...	THE GENIUS BAR	USE YOUR "HEAD"
$400 [16] Ask mom if you can buy two of each stuffed animalat the Coloradostorecalled "Estes" this Ark Ananya	$400 [21] Frank Welker has voiced both Fred & this mystery-solving mutt Scooby-Doo Ananya	$400 [2] The Middle Ages are traditionally defined as the period beginning with the 5th c. collapse of this empire the Roman Empire Alan	$400 [11] Paris' oldest, the Pont Neuf the Seine Ananya	$400 [6] He was 26 in 1905, his "miracle year" in which he published 4 papers altering the course of modern physics Einstein Alan	$400 [26] It's a nickname for a fan or performer of heavy metal music headbanger Alan Ananya
$800 [17] Thebig chickenin Marietta, Georgia houses this restaurant whose sign contains a different state Kentucky Fried Chicken Ananya	$800 [22] On this show, baby, John DiMaggio voiced Bender as well as Barbados Slim & noticeably F.A.T. Futurama	$800 [3] The Middle Ages came to an end in the 14th & 15th centuries with the dawn of this era of revival & discovery the Renaissance Ananya	$800 [12] The George Washington Bridge, from Fort Lee to Manhattan the Hudson Kevin Ananya	DD $600 [9] She is still the only woman to win Nobel Prizes in 2 different fields, which she did back in 1903 & 1911 Marie Curie Ananya	$800 [27] A wrestling hold in which the opponent's noggin is encircled & held between the arm & the body headlock Alan
$1,200 [18] A McDonald's in Dallas, Texas is shaped like one of these meals you've probably enjoyed Happy Meal Kevin	$1,200 [23] In "Looney Tunes: Back in Action", Billy West brought this noted "wabbit hunter" to life Elmer Fudd Alan	DD $1,500 [4] The high period of this architectural style of rib vaults & pointed arches began around 1200 Gothic Ananya	$1,200 [13] St. Louis' Martin Luther King Bridge & New Orleans' Huey P. Long Bridge the Mississippi Kevin	$800 [7] This Italian who gave us the law of falling bodies was put on trial in 1633 for supporting the heliocentric model of the universe Galileo Alan	$1,200 [28] Historically, the Jivaro people of Ecuador are known for engaging in this practice against their enemies head shrinking Alan
$1,600 [19] APresbyterianchurchin Stamford, Connecticut is often compared to this creature--an early Christian symbol fish Ananya	$1,600 [24] Playing a 10-year-old boy named Timmy Turner on this "magical" Nick cartoon is Tara Strong work The Fairly OddParents Ananya	$1,600 [1] The first of these military expeditions to the Holy Land was launched in 1095 the Crusades Ananya	$1,600 [14] The Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges the Mekong Kevin	$1,200 [8] Curse you, Gottfried Leibniz, for co-inventing this branch of math, both integral & differential calculus Ananya	$1,600 [29] A skilled carpenter usually does this 6-word phrase for getting something exactly right hits the nail on the head
$2,000 [20] You can see how the Saddledomein Calgary, in this Canadian province, got its name Alberta Ananya	$2,000 [25] Elizabeth Banks hit the bricks as Wyldstyle in this 2014 film The Lego Movie Alan	$2,000 [5] This saintly Italian, the leading theologian of the Middle Ages, did all of his theologizing in the 1200s Thomas Aquinas	$2,000 [15] The Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy the Arno Kevin	$2,000 [10] This 16th century Dane located the accurate positions of 777 fixed stars, & the telescope hadn't been invented yet (Tycho) Brahe Alan	$2,000 [30] In a classic American tale, he chases Ichabod Crane the Headless Horseman Kevin Alan

Final Jeopardy!

NOVEL WORDS

This word for a person without certain abilities has made it from the realm of fantasy to the OED

a muggle

Kevin "What is a muggle?" — wagered $3,400

Ananya "What is powerless?" — wagered $8,699

Alan "What is a muggle?" — wagered $13,401

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