Show #3923 2001-09-26 (taped 2001-08-13) Back to School

2001 Back to School Week game 3.

Contestants

Ivan Kleinfeld — an 11-year-old from Arlington, Virginia

Sara Jansson — a 10-year-old from Monmouth Junction, New Jersey

Brian Cunningham — a 12-year-old from Los Angeles, California

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Brian $300 $1,600 $5,600 $5,100
3rd place: $5,100
$5,600
14 R, 1 W
Sara $600 $3,300 $3,600 $7,200
2nd place: $7,200
$3,300
15 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Ivan $1,900 $2,100 $5,900 $8,000
Winner: $8,000
$6,700
17 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HARRY POTTER AROUND THE HOUSE AMERICAN HISTORY DAYTIME TV RIGHT ON THE MONEY 10, 11 OR 12
$100 [1]
Harry Potter lives in this country
England
Ivan
$100 [25]
During summer you can help conserve power by using a ceiling one of these instead of your air conditioner
a fan
Brian
$100 [6]
Now a state, its independence came after the 20-minute-long 1836 battle of San Jacinto
Texas
Sara Ivan
$100 [9]
During his 33-year run, this host wore about 25 different sweaters, many knitted by his mother
Mr. Rogers
Sara
$100 [19]
This memorial appears on the back of the five-dollar bill
the Lincoln Memorial
Sara
$100 [14]
Number of biblical commandments revealed to Moses on Mount Sinai
10
Brian
$200 [2]
The scar on Harry's forehead is in this shape
a lightning bolt
Ivan
$200 [26]
When going upstairs, play it safe & hold on to this handrail
banister
Brian
$200 [7]
Helen Hunt Jackson's 1881 "A Century of Dishonor" was on the government's mistreatment of this group
Native Americans
$200 [10]
Based on a film based on a comic book, it's the series seen here"United Nations Security, Division 6.""Okay, Little Red Riding Hood, freeze!"
MiB ( Men in Black )
Brian
$200 [20]
The "D" on a U.S. coin represents this city where it was minted
Denver
Sara
$200 [15]
November is this number month of the year in the modern calendar
11
Ivan
$300 [3]
For Christmas, Harry was given his father's cloak that allows him to become this
invisible
Sara
$300 [27]
Mom has taken bits of your old clothes & turned them into this type of bedcover seen here
a quilt
Ivan
$300 [8]
There was an abundance of these "zones" in the U.S. until the railroads decided to standardize them in 1883 to 4
time zones
$300 [11]
For the animated series, Melissa's sister Emily Hart supplies the voice of this preteen witch
Sabrina
Sara
$300 [21]
Since 1946 a portrait of this president has appeared on the dime
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sara
$300 [16]
The highest roll possible using a pair of standard dice
12
Ivan
$400 [4]
Harry's 2 best friends are Hermione Granger & this red-headed boy
Ronald Weasley
Ivan
$400 [29]
Let the sunshine in with this type of window that goes straight through your roof
a skylight
Ivan
$400 [24]
This state paid to build the Erie Canal
New York
Sara Ivan
$400 [12]
In this superhero group's 1st season, they were blue, pink, yellow, red, black & green (Amy Jo Johnson was the pink one)
the Power Rangers
Ivan
$500 [23]
Current U.S. bills state that "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and" this
private
Sara
$400 [17]
X is the Roman numeral for this number
10
Ivan
$500 [5]
A library book at Hogwarts is called this sport "Through the Ages"
Quidditch
Ivan
$500 [30]
You might try to unclog a drain using this long-handled device with a rubber suction cup
a plunger
Brian
$500 [28]
In April 1682 La Salle claimed the area from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes, dubbing it this for his king
Louisiana
$500 [13]
Regular features on her show include Dr. Phil & her Book Club
Oprah
DD $1,200 [22]
A 1991 commemorative half-dollar coin honoring this national landmark shows the heads of 4 presidents
Mt. Rushmore
Sara
$500 [18]
Total number of the labors of the mythological Hercules
12
Brian

Double Jeopardy! Round

HARRY THE POTTER FOR THE BIRDS WORLD CAPITALS LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS MATH AR"GH"
$200 [7]
Harry makes pottery by doing this to clay; he makes bread by doing the same thing to dough
baking it (kneading it accepted)
Brian
$200 [15]
The giant variety of this bird seenhereis only about 8 inches long
a hummingbird
Sara Ivan
$200 [2]
This Spanish capital is the most populous city on the Iberian Peninsula
Madrid
Ivan
$200 [11]
1926:Piglet's friend, a bear of very little brain
Winnie-the-Pooh
Sara
$200 [20]
When talking about fractions, it's what LCD stands for
lowest common denominator
Brian
$200 [1]
A soldier who round-tabled with King Arthur, or the last name of a fiery college basketball coach
a knight
Sara
$400 [10]
Blanc de chine, the French name for white pottery from this Asian country, is a favorite of Harry's
China
Brian Sara
$400 [16]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from Sea World.) Many penguin parents incubate their eggs on top of these body parts
their feet
Sara
$400 [3]
Extending from north to south on the east bank of the Nile, this capital's main thoroughfare is Al Kurnish
Cairo
$400 [12]
1934:The Banks' magical nanny who can slide up banisters
Mary Poppins
Ivan
$400 [21]
It's the square root of 169
13
Sara
$400 [8]
It's the "H.D." in H.D.T.V
high definition
Brian
$600 [25]
Harry makes small pots by squeezing clay between his thumb & fingers, this action
pinching
Brian
$600 [18]
It's the beach-dwelling bird seen here
a sea gull
Brian
$600 [4]
After 3 years of construction, this new city became Brazil's capital on April 21, 1960
Brasília
Ivan
DD $500 [17]
1881:Edward Tudor of Wales & Tom Canty, a street urchin
the prince & the pauper
Sara
$600 [22]
It's 3 cubed
27
Brian
$600 [9]
This "spooky" type of "writer" authors a book but gives credit to another
a ghost writer
$800 [26]
Harry uses the elephant's ear type of this absorbent item to wet his pots & to take water off
a sponge
DD $800 [28]
Screech & barn are 2 types of this large bird
owls
Ivan
$800 [5]
Once closed to all but the imperial family, this Asian capital's Forbidden City was opened to the public in 1925
Beijing
Ivan
$600 [13]
1838:Title orphan who asks for more gruel in a Dickens novel
Oliver Twist
Sara
$800 [23]
Decimals can be finite. like .25, or infinite & this, like .185185185...
repeating
Brian
$800 [19]
If 599 friends need to crash at this London home of Queen Elizabeth, no problem; it has 600 rooms
Buckingham Palace
Ivan
$1,000 [30]
It's what Harry does to make pots waterproof & what may happen to your eyes if we explain any further
glaze
Brian Sara
$1,000 [29]
In earlier times this colorful bird seenherewas considered a delicacy
a peacock
Sara
$1,000 [6]
This New Zealand capital is named for Arthur Wellesley, a British duke
Wellington
$800 [14]
1865:A Dutch boy whose sister wins "the silver skates"
Hans Brinker
$1,000 [24]
It's 11 times 12
132
Ivan
$1,000 [27]
On May 20, 1927 he took off from Long Island, New York, destination Paris
Charles Lindbergh
Ivan

Final Jeopardy!

IT'S ABOUT TIME

Scientists added an extra one of these to December 31, 1998, giving it 86,401; we hope you made good use of it

a second

Sara "What is a second?" — wagered $3,600
Brian "What is adayday" — wagered $500
Ivan "What are Seconds" — wagered $2,100

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