2014 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 5.
Joe Taglic — a senior from Valley Stream, New York
Sydney Mokel — a senior from South Windsor, Connecticut
Sam Lerner — a sophomore from Indianapolis, Indiana
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam | $3,200 | $5,800 | $10,400 |
$20,000
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$11,800
20 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sydney | $1,800 | $3,600 | $13,000 |
$24,001
Automatic semifinalist |
$13,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Joe | $3,200 | $6,400 | $12,000 |
$21,998
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$11,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| HUNGER AIMS | IT'S A PLANET | AROUND THE BODY | SUMMER OLYMPIC SPORTS | HUE | CRY |
|
$200
[30]
To make a quesadilla, all you really need is cheese & this to wrap around it
a tortilla
Sydney
|
$200
[13]
Our closest neighbor, it has a surface temperature hot enough to melt lead
Venus
Sam
|
$200
[6]
This joint has a type of macaroni named for it
the elbow
Joe
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$200
[1]
Springboard & platform are 2 divisions of this acrobatic sport
diving
Sam
Joe
|
$200
[9]
Beet &scarlet
red
Joe
|
$200
[22]
Aesop knows that one who raises a false alarm is said to "cry" this creature
wolf
Sydney
|
|
$400
[26]
This rhyming meat snack has new flavors like hickory smoked & maple bacon jerky
Slim Jim
Sam
|
$400
[14]
Its most prominent feature, the Great Red Spot, is more than twice as wide as the Earth
Jupiter
Sam
|
$400
[16]
If you're giving someone your full attention, you're "all" these
ears
Sam
|
$400
[2]
You get 3 attempts hurling yourself through the air into a sand-filled landing area in each round of this event
long jump
Joe
|
$400
[11]
Canary &dandelion
yellow
Joe
|
$400
[21]
In a text message, "FCOL" is short for this exasperated phrase
"for crying out loud"
Sam
|
|
$600
[29]
In 2014 Subway offered a chicken enchilada melt that added these chips inside the sandwich
Fritos
Sam
Joe
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$600
[15]
Its frozen dry ice polar caps recede & advance with the planet's seasons
Mars
Joe
|
$800
[17]
This "in" word means the upper surface of the foot between the toes & the ankle
instep
Joe
|
$600
[3]
Thismartial art that involves throwing your opponent takes its name from the Japanese for "way of suppleness"
judo
Sam
|
$600
[10]
Jet &ebony
black
Joe
|
$600
[23]
If you've given up, "cry" this generic relative
uncle
Sydney
|
|
$800
[28]
In addition to roast beef sandwiches, this fast food shop now has "Market Fresh" turkey sandwiches
Arby's
Sam
|
$800
[18]
Named for the first ruler of the universe in Greek mythology, it was the first to be discovered by telescope
Uranus
Sam
Sydney
|
DD
$1,000
[7]
The system inside these organs is commonly called the bronchial tree
lungs
Joe
|
$800
[4]
The 4 x 400 meters is the longest track race of this type for both men & women
a relay
Sam
|
$800
[12]
Coffee &cinnamon
brown
Sydney
|
$800
[24]
Justin Timberlake sang "Cry me" one of these, perhaps the Irrawaddy
a river
Sam
|
|
$1,000
[27]
What's in the cupboard...? Oh boy, a can of Del Monte's extra-long spears of this veggie
asparagus
Sam
Joe
|
$1,000
[20]
Methane clouds initsatmosphere give it a distinctive look
Neptune
Joe
|
$1,000
[8]
If you want to be formal about it, "vermiform" comes before the name of this probably useless organ
the appendix
Sydney
|
$1,000
[5]
In 2008 Norway's Andreas Thorkildsen threw this projectile more than 297 feet for the gold medal
the javelin
Sam
|
$1,000
[19]
Azure &cyan
blue
Sam
|
$1,000
[25]
"Cry" this "and let slip the dogs of war"
havoc
Joe
|
| STATE CAPITALS | BUGS | MOVIES | KNOW YOUR "RIGHT"S | NONFICTION | A CAMPUS TOUR |
|
$400
[5]
The USS Slater, a World War II destroyer escort, is a now a museum in this "Empire State" capital
Albany
Joe
|
$400
[17]
Illacme plenipes, a species of this bug, may have 750 legs, somewhat fewer than the name suggests
a millipede
Sam
Sydney
|
$400
[11]
Spoiler alert: Mount Vesuvius erupts big-time during this 2014 movie set in 79 A.D.
Pompeii
Joe
|
$400
[6]
Profession of Moliere & Ionesco
playwright
Sydney
Joe
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$400
[19]
"Into Thin Air" tells of a catastrophic trek up this highest mountain in the world
Mount Everest
Sydney
|
$400
[18]
Sweet dreams in this building, from Latin for "sleeping place" (no, it's not the library)
dormitory
Sydney
|
|
$800
[2]
This capital's Kawaiaha'o Church is known as the "Westminster Abbey of the Pacific"
Honolulu
Sam
Joe
|
$800
[28]
The painted lady is a common one of these insects in the order Lepidoptera
butterflies
Sydney
|
$800
[16]
Ben Stiller took us inside "The Secret Life of" this daydreamer
Walter Mitty
Sydney
|
$800
[7]
2-word phrase for nervousness perhaps felt before performing Moliere or Ionesco
stage fright
Sam
|
$800
[20]
These tennis sisters dole out advice to teens in "Serving from the Hip: 10 Rules for Living, Loving, and Winning"
the Williams sisters (Venus & Serena)
Joe
|
$800
[24]
From Latin for "workplace", it's a workplace for scientists
laboratory
Joe
|
|
$1,200
[1]
This Idaho capital has a Basque Museum & Basque language school
Boise
Sydney
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$1,200
[21]
This "pious" insect can turn its triangular head 180 degrees
praying mantis
Sam
|
$1,200
[14]
Alex Murphy is the Detroit police officer who becomes this title crime fighter after being rebuilt by Omnicorp in 2028
RoboCop
Joe
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$1,200
[8]
They're seen here: a field goal kicker attempts to split them
the uprights
Sam
|
$1,200
[15]
This book about high school football, "a town, a team, and a dream" inspired a movie & a TV series; go Panthers!
Friday Night Lights
Sydney
|
$1,200
[23]
"Liberty, equality," this organization, like Sigma Lambda Beta
fraternity
Sydney
|
|
DD
$1,400
[4]
Its Family History Library on NW Temple St. has over 2.4 million rolls of microfilmed genealogical records
Salt Lake City
Sam
|
DD
$1,400
[29]
Ladybugs & boll weevils are types of this insect, the largest order in the animal kingdom
beetles
Sydney
|
$1,600
[12]
The movie "Saving Mr. Banks" showed how it took more than "a spoonful of sugar" to get this Disney musical made
Mary Poppins
Joe
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$1,600
[9]
Outspoken or straightforward
forthright
Sam
Joe
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$1,600
[26]
Shot by the Taliban, a teen activist from Pakistan lived to tell her story in the book, "I Am" her
Malala
Joe
|
$1,600
[22]
It's another name for a student activities center, or for the American Federation of Teachers
union
Joe
|
|
$2,000
[3]
It sits on the Mississippi across the river from the sugar plantations that gave the area the name "Sugar Bowl of America"
Baton Rouge
Sam
Sydney
Joe
|
$2,000
[30]
Dust these, which feed on dander & flakes of skin on pillows & mattresses, can trigger asthma attacks
mites
Sam
|
$2,000
[13]
St. Vladimir's is the name of the title boarding school of this 2014 film based on a book series
Vampire Academy
Sydney
|
$2,000
[10]
Since 1870 the Library of Congress has administered these creative rights
copyright
Sydney
|
$2,000
[27]
Jared Diamond won a Pulitzer Prize for this book with a 3-part title dealing with "The Fates of Human Societies"
Guns, Germs, and Steel
|
$2,000
[25]
Yikes! The name of this facility is from the Greek for "to train naked"
gymnasium
Joe
|
A slang term for Harvard's freshman register gave this website its name