2014 Teen Tournament final game 2.Last game of Season 30.
Jeff Xie — a junior from Edison, New Jersey (subtotal of $15,000)
Alan Koolik — a junior from Boca Raton, Florida (subtotal of $25,000)
Cooper Lair — a sophomore from Little Rock, Arkansas (subtotal of $200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper | $200 | $1,600 | $15,600 | $31,000 |
$12,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Alan | $2,200 | $4,600 | $14,600 | $29,200 |
$14,600
15 R, 0 W |
| Jeff | $4,400 | $9,400 | $19,600 | $39,200 |
$16,600
23 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| INTERNET JARGON | MOUNTAINS | WANNA DANCE? | 3-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS | THE STORY OF HIS LIFE | ATTACK OF THE MOVIE MONSTERS |
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$200
[6]
Meaning "I approve", "coo" is short for this; saving 1 keystroke adds up
cool
Jeff
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$200
[1]
Boulder, Colorado is in the Flatiron Range, part of these mountains
the Rockies
Alan
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$200
[7]
It's said that "it takes two to" do this dance that evolved in Buenos Aires
tango
Jeff
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$200
[12]
It's a singing twosome
duo
Jeff
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$200
[21]
"A Journey" (maybe a short one on a speed skating track)
(Apolo Anton) Ohno
Jeff
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$200
[26]
"Jaws", about one of these sea creatures, kept lots of folks out of the water
a (great white) shark
Alan
|
|
$400
[17]
"GTG" can mean "good to go" or this parting phrase
got to go
Jeff
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$400
[2]
What the Arabs call Jebel Musa, "Mountain of Moses", is better known as this
(Mount) Sinai
Cooper
|
$400
[8]
This dance that was popular in the 1920s is named for a city in South Carolina
Charleston
Jeff
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$400
[16]
A mineral deposit from which metal can be extracted
ore
Alan
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$400
[22]
An actor turned politician:"Total Recall"
(Arnold) Schwarzenegger
Jeff
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$400
[27]
You can see this monster from Egypt's past in a film from back in 1932 or at Universal Studios
the Mummy
Jeff
|
|
$600
[19]
Someone who types "sup" to you is contracting these 2 words
what's up
Jeff
|
$600
[3]
You must be 42" tall to hop on this Disneyland ride; its 14,692-foot namesake in the Pennine Alps is tougher sledding
Matterhorn
Jeff
|
$600
[11]
A pair of quick steps are followed by a pair of slow ones in the dance called the Texas this
two-step
Jeff
|
$600
[15]
Hold your horses & give me this synonym for sadness
woe
|
$600
[25]
A playwright:"The Kindness of Strangers"
Tennessee Williams
|
$600
[28]
"AVP" is short for "Alien vs." it
Predator
Cooper
|
|
$800
[18]
In "kk", the first K replaces this letter
O
Cooper
|
$800
[4]
This peak is the only mountain in North America that exceeds 20,000 feet
Mount McKinley
Cooper
|
$800
[10]
Dances with repetitive names include the cancan & this lively Cuban dance
cha-cha
Jeff
|
$800
[13]
In a fairy tale, a princess can feel it through 20 mattresses
pea
Jeff
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$1,000
[23]
An electricalgenius from Europe:"My Inventions"
Tesla
Jeff
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$800
[29]
This lovestruck giant ape ends up far from Skull Island, his home
King Kong
Alan
|
|
$1,000
[20]
Writer Adam Gopnik was among parents who made their kids snicker by thinking "LOL" meant this, not "laugh out loud"
lots of love
Alan
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$1,000
[5]
Not quite 14,500 feet, this California peak is named for geologist Josiah
Mount Whitney
Jeff
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$1,000
[9]
Polite society was shocked to see couples in close contact for this ballroom dance that has a Viennese type
waltz
Alan
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$1,000
[14]
The last class of the day seems to last this long, the longest division of geologic time
an eon
Cooper
Alan
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
A Pennsylvania businessman:"Young Chocolatier"
Hershey
Jeff
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$1,000
[30]
Abe Sapien helps this well-"red" guy who went from the Dark Side to working for our side
Hellboy
|
| 1950-2000 | THE ARTS | SYMPTOMS OF LOVE | ANTHROPOLOGY | MUSIC INDUSTRY TERMS | A FEW WORDS WITH "MOM" & "DAD" |
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$400
[6]
He's the president seenheresigning into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Lyndon Johnson
Cooper
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$400
[4]
December is a good time to see this 1892 ballet that features the Sugar Plum Fairy
The Nutcracker
Cooper
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$400
[26]
One symptom of love is a loss of this, the desire for food
appetite
Alan
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$400
[13]
Lewis Morgan said we've progressed "from savagery through barbarism to" this sophisticated stage
civilization
Cooper
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$400
[21]
Incorporating part of an old song into a new song, or trying a free piece of cheese at the deli
sampling
Alan
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$400
[16]
For very low temperatures, these may use magnets instead of mercury
thermometers
Cooper
|
|
$800
[7]
In the early '80s it was sometimes called "GRID", gay-related immune deficiency
AIDS
Jeff
|
$1,200
[1]
Donatello sculpted a marble statue of this biblical youth almost 100 years before Michelangelo
David
Jeff
|
$800
[27]
Xerostomia means a dry one of these; try not to put your foot in yours when you talk to your crush
mouth
Jeff
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$800
[12]
"Bougie", slang for upscale or snobby, comes from this class described by Karl Marx
bourgeoisie
Cooper
|
$800
[22]
If your iPod display reads "Drake f/ Majid Jordan", the f/ stands for this
featuring
Cooper
|
$800
[17]
Name of a city in southern Colorado as well as Tobago's partner island
Trinidad
Cooper
|
|
$1,200
[8]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) On the morning of June 25th, 1950, forces in the north stormed across the 38th parallel, beginning this 3-year-long conflict
the Korean War
Cooper
|
$1,600
[2]
This city's pops is affectionately known as "America's Orchestra"
Boston
Jeff
|
$1,200
[30]
When your beloved is near, you hear the 1824 "Ode to Joy" by this composer
Beethoven
Cooper
|
$1,600
[14]
A classic work of cultural anthropology is antonymically titled this "and the Cooked"
The Raw
Alan
Jeff
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$1,200
[23]
An album that sells 10 million copies is certified this gem
diamond
Alan
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$1,200
[18]
Look out, this type of small family store, here comes Walmart
mom-and-pop
Alan
|
|
$1,600
[9]
This senator from Wisconsin is best remembered for his Communist "witch hunts" of the 1950s
(Joseph) McCarthy
Alan
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$2,000
[3]
At the Louvre, 16th century Italian tapestries depict scenes from this poet's "Metamorphoses"
Ovid
Cooper
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$1,600
[29]
Poor coordination & tingling--could be love or a lack of thiamine, also called this alphanumeric vitamin
B1
Cooper
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$2,000
[15]
In 1925 she set out for the South Pacific to study adolescent girls
Margaret Mead
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$1,600
[24]
"AC" stands for this radio format favored by some folks of a certain age
adult contemporary
Jeff
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$1,600
[19]
A relaxing type of herbal tea from celestial seasonings
chamomile
Alan
|
|
$2,000
[10]
In 1972 terrorism by a group of Palestinians marred the Olympic Games in this German city
Munich
Jeff
|
DD
$4,000
[5]
Praise the Lord! Over a century old, this American form of Christian music combines elements of blues, jazz & spirituals
gospel
Cooper
|
$2,000
[28]
Forms of this abnormality of the heartbeat include "skipping a beat", fibrillation & tachycardia, beating too fast
arrhythmia
Jeff
|
DD
$3,000
[11]
Elsie Parsons studied these "apartment"-dwelling Indians of the Southwest, including the Zuni
Pueblos
Jeff
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$2,000
[25]
A songwriter can make money writing these; they are brief catchy tunes to sell cars, tissues or prunes
jingle
Alan
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$2,000
[20]
Meaning "city", this word comes before "Juarez" & "de Mexico"
Ciudad
Jeff
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There were no winners for this award from 1939 through 1943; in 1944, it was won by the International Committee of the Red Cross
the Nobel Peace Prize