Show #6894 2014-07-31 (taped 2014-03-05) Teen Tournament

2014 Teen Tournament final game 1.

Contestants

Jeff Xie — a junior from Edison, New Jersey

Alan Koolik — a junior from Boca Raton, Florida

Cooper Lair — a sophomore from Little Rock, Arkansas

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Cooper	$1,000	$2,400	$5,600	$200	$5,600 9 R, 2 W
Alan	$3,800	$5,800	$19,200	$25,000	$17,400 19 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Jeff	$4,000	$7,400	$17,000	$15,000	$16,200 26 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

JOURNALISM	DESCRIBING THE RECENT MOVIE	YOU WISH YOU'D READTHE SCARLET LETTER	STATE'S LEFTS	SWEET CHARITY	INSIDE INFORMATION
$200 [26] (James Risen of The New York Times delivers the clue.) Though it's gotten me a couple of subpoenas, my protection of my anonymous sources stems from my faith in this constitutional amendment First Amendment	$200 [11] There's no queen like snow queen; Sven the non-red-nosed reindeer Frozen Jeff	$200 [1] Of R, A or K, it's what the letter is A Alan	$200 [6] To the left of Indiana Illinois Cooper	$200 [21] modestneeds.org helps with "small, emergency grants to low-income workers...at risk of slipping into" this 7-letter word poverty Jeff	$200 [16] A flat boat made by tying together long pieces of wood raft Cooper
$400 [27] "The Journalist's Bible" is the AP stylebook; AP is short for this oldest news-gathering agency in the United States Associated Press Alan	$400 [12] Alabama at sea; makes me rethink a trip to Somalia Captain Phillips Jeff	$400 [2] The evil Roger Chillingworth practices this profession making use of herbs & roots doctor Alan	$400 [7] To the left of Maine New Hampshire Alan	$400 [22] gradesofgreen.org, helping kids learn to be eco-friendly, launched its site in 2010 on this "Day", an event that began in 1970 Earth Day Jeff	$400 [17] Insect that can be carpenter or army ant Alan
$600 [28] (New York Times legal columnist Linda Greenhouse delivers the clue.) I don't often interview Supreme Court justices; to write my articles I usually read these formal statements containing the reasoning & principles of law behind judicial decisions opinions	$600 [13] Tina Fey: "Clooney would rather float away... & die than spend one more minute with a woman his own age" Gravity	$800 [4] Referring to the guilt-ridden Rev. Dimmesdale, Chapter 20 has the alliterative title "The Minister in" this labyrinth the Maze Cooper	$600 [8] To the left of Montana Idaho Jeff	$600 [23] This foundation lived up to its name in helping turn S.F. into Gotham City so a young leukemia patient could become Batkid Make-A-Wish Alan	$600 [18] It's a Canadian province Ontario Cooper Alan
$800 [29] A "nut graf" gives the essentials of a story; "graf" is short for this paragraph	$800 [14] Lee Daniels' White House film; Lee Daniels' look at U.S. history; "Lee Daniels"' this The Butler Alan	DD $1,000 [3] This Christian group is called "the most intolerant brood that ever lived" Puritans Alan	$800 [9] To the left of Rhode Island Connecticut Jeff	$800 [24] Despite the troubles of its cyclist founder, this .org is still doing good work helping people fight cancer Livestrong Jeff	$800 [19] The first of Isaac Newton's 3 laws of this is the law of inertia motion Cooper
$1,000 [30] (New York Timesreporter Andrea Elliott delivers the clue.) Just 8 years after getting my degree from this university's Graduate School of Journalism, I won one of the Pulitzer Prizes that the school administers Columbia Jeff	$1,000 [15] J.J. Abrams, an enterprise-ing director; Pike's Peak; Khaaaaaaaaan! Star Trek Into Darkness Jeff	$1,000 [5] She's Hester's sometimes mischievous daughter Pearl Alan	$1,000 [10] To the left of Kansas Colorado Jeff	$1,000 [25] At michaeljfox.org, "Our single, urgent goal: eliminate" this neurological disease "in our lifetime" Parkinson's Jeff	$1,000 [20] To swoon faint Cooper

Double Jeopardy! Round

EXPLORATION	WORD ORIGINS	MONEY	THIS CELEBRITY...	MEDICAL HISTORY	BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT
$400 [1] This river was Lewis & Clark's main pathway west from St. Louis Missouri Jeff	$400 [6] This other word for a graduation ceremony comes from the Latin for "to begin" commencement Alan	$400 [21] This country's peso is the most traded Latin American currency Mexico Jeff	$400 [26] Ended his "Tonight Show" run (again) on Feb. 6, 2014 Jay Leno Jeff	$400 [16] In 1980 this medical organization, the W.H.O., announced that smallpox had been eradicated worldwide World Health Organization Jeff	$400 [11] He accepted Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House Grant Jeff
$800 [2] This conquistador overthrew the Aztec Empire for the crown of Spain Cortés Jeff	$800 [7] The conversation between play characters, it's from Greek words for "across" & "speech" dialogue Cooper	$800 [22] Most of these bills showing Ben Franklin are held in other countries hundreds Alan	$800 [27] "The Slim Reaper", scored 54 for OKC in a 2014 NBA game (Kevin) Durant Jeff	$800 [17] Around 1747 British navy doctor James Lind discovered that eating these could prevent scurvy citrus fruits Jeff	$800 [12] He was a law professor at the University of Arkansas Clinton Cooper
$1,600 [3] In 1516 he disassembled his ships on the Atlantic side of Panama & reassembled them on the Pacific side Balboa Jeff	$1,200 [8] This liquid portion of blood gets its name from the Greek for "to mold" plasma Alan	$1,200 [23] The Bank of Japan in Tokyo maintains a museum devoted to the history of this currency yen Jeff	$1,200 [28] Wore a bag over his head that read "I am not famous anymore" at a film premiere Shia LaBeouf Alan	$1,200 [18] In 1897 Felix Hoffmann first synthesized this wondrous pain reliever aspirin Jeff	$1,200 [13] He commanded PT-109 Kennedy Alan
DD $2,000 [4] In 1892, 17 years before his North Pole fame, Robert Peary proved this was an island, not part of a continent Greenland Jeff	$1,600 [9] This ban, as on trade, comes from the Spanish for "to hinder" embargo Cooper	$1,600 [24] Some notes of this British currency have holograms that switch from a picture of Britannia to the value of the note pound Jeff	$1,600 [29] Has no degrees of separation playing ex-FBI agent Ryan Hardy on "The Following" Kevin Bacon Jeff	$1,600 [19] In 1982 Dr. William DeVries implanted the Jarvik-7, one of these, into patient Barney Clark artificial heart Alan	$2,000 [15] He served as Tennessee's first U.S. representative Andrew Jackson Cooper Jeff
$2,000 [5] In his 60s in 1633, this "father of New France" made his last voyage from old France to Quebec (Samuel de) Champlain Cooper Jeff	$2,000 [10] A word for "throat" gives us the name of this type of carved figure, like the guy seen here gargoyle Alan	$2,000 [25] Some say Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of this virtual currency, doesn't exist bitcoin Jeff	$2,000 [30] In2014got an alternative-album Grammy nomination & graced the stages of "Conan" & Coachella Neko Case	$2,000 [20] Using identical twins, Dr. Joseph Murray performed the first of these organ transplants in 1954 kidney Alan Jeff	DD $3,000 [14] He was Thomas Jefferson's Secretary of State Madison Alan

Final Jeopardy!

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The Fault in Our Stars

Cooper "What is ?" — wagered $5,400

Jeff "What is The Secret Life of Bees??" — wagered $2,000

Alan "What is The Fault in Our Stars?" — wagered $5,800

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