2001 Back to School Week game 5.
Kristin Frankhouser — a 12-year-old from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Kate Dzurilla — a 12-year-old from Syosset, New York
Dan Amboy — a 12-year-old from Lapeer, Michigan
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan | $800 | $2,100 | $7,300 |
$14,300
Winner: $14,300 |
$6,900
23 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Kate | $400 | $3,100 | $6,100 |
$12,100
2nd place: $12,100 |
$5,500
19 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| Kristin | $1,200 | $1,400 | $600 |
$1,200
3rd place: $5,000 |
$600
9 R, 3 W |
| U.S. PRESIDENTS | KIDS' SONGS | SKOOL DAZE | I'M SO CUTE! | DR. SEUSS | TW"EEN"S |
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$100
[1]
During his March 4, 1905 inauguration, this "Rough Rider" wore a ring that had been worn by Abraham Lincoln
Teddy Roosevelt
Dan
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$100
[22]
"I'm a little" one of these "short and stout, here is my handle, here is my spout"
a teapot
Dan
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$100
[19]
Tommy answered "1451 S. Garden St." when his teacher asked what this 1863 speech by Abe Lincoln was
the Gettysburg Address
Kristin
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$100
[5]
The baby animal seen here with its mommy will grow up to be one of these large monkeys
a baboon
Dan
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$100
[16]
I must admit I would not eat this dish of colored food with meat
green eggs & ham
Kristin
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$100
[7]
A monarch
a queen
Dan
Kate
|
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$200
[2]
On March 4, 1801, he rose before dawn & slipped out of Washington to avoid the inauguration of Jefferson
John Adams
Dan
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$200
[23]
According to the song title, it "helps the medicine go down, in a most delightful way"
a spoonful of sugar
Dan
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$200
[20]
Billy had an eye out the window when Mrs. Hinkle told the myth of Odysseus & one of these one-eyed giants
a cyclops
Kate
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$200
[12]
This mountain dweller seenherewas once found all over North America
a mountain lion
Kristin
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$200
[17]
The doctor was born before "the Great War", in this "Bay State"'s Springfield, in 1904
Massachusetts
|
$200
[8]
This was invented to remove cold cream but was remarketed as the "handkerchiefs you can throw away"
Kleenexes
Dan
|
|
$300
[3]
On January 8, 1835 this man known as "Old Hickory" became the only president to pay off the national debt
Andrew Jackson
Dan
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$300
[24]
He "lived by the sea and frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee"
Puff the Magic Dragon
Dan
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$300
[21]
John went to lunch early & missed that Capt. Cook was killed in the Sandwich Islands, now this U.S. state
Hawaii
Dan
|
$300
[13]
This furry creature seenherehas a musical instrument in its name
the harp seal
Kristin
|
$300
[18]
"On the faraway island of Sala-Ma-Sond" this guy, a turtle, "was king of the pond"
Yertle the Turtle
|
$300
[9]
The person who writes a film is said to "write for" this
screen
Dan
|
|
$400
[4]
In 1989 this president dispatched troops to help clean up the Exxon Valdez oil spill
George Bush
Kristin
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$400
[25]
It includes the lines "Dinah, won't you blow, Dinah, won't you blow, Dinah, won't you blow your horn?"
"Working On The Railroad"
Kate
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$400
[29]
Toby told his mom it was a snow day so he missed finding out that these icy masses dug out the Great Lakes
glaciers
Kate
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$400
[14]
You might see one of these wild canines during your visit to L.A.
a coyote
Kate
Kristin
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$400
[27]
For a lifetime of work & writings so wise, in 1984, he won this type of "Prize"
a Pulitzer
Dan
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$400
[10]
In a children's story, author Margery Williams' rabbit was this material before a fairy made it real
velveteen
Kate
|
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$500
[6]
His mother, Miss Lillian, was a registered nurse in Georgia & a Peace Corps volunteer in the mid-1960s
Jimmy Carter
|
$500
[26]
It's the question that precedes "do they wobble to and fro, can you tie them in a knot, can you tie them in a bow"
"Do your ears hang low?"
Kate
|
DD
$700
[30]
Jack was sent to the principal after telling the science teacher one of these held a prisoner instead of a nucleus
a cell
Kate
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$500
[15]
O, yes, this tree-climbing feline seen here would fit into a "STARTS WITH 'O'" category
an ocelot
Dan
Kristin
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$500
[28]
A zebra, a rajah & other things neat, & to think that he saw them on this title "Street"
Mulberry
Kate
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$500
[11]
It's considered unlucky in superstition, but it's the number of the amendment that freed the slaves
thirteen
Kate
|
| U.S. GEOGRAPHY | THINGS TO FILL 5 "BOX"ES | KIDS' THEATRE | SPACE | KILLING TIME | LATIN |
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$200
[1]
Its nickname is "the Great Lakes State"
Michigan
Dan
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$200
[24]
Nicknamed this, it contains recording equipment that keeps track of a plane's performance
a black box
Kate
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$200
[6]
"Bunnicula", about a rabbit with a craving for vegetable juice, is inspired by this vampire tale
Dracula
Kate
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$200
[11]
Last seen in 1986, this comet will again make its closest approach to earth in 2061
Halley's Comet
Kristin
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$200
[20]
In this sport rec skates are light with soft wheels; speed skaters use 5-wheelers
rollerblading
Kate
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$200
[16]
Lacrimae means these; your eye has lacrimal glands that produce them
tears
Dan
|
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$400
[2]
This state's lowest point is 178 feet above sea level at the Mississippi River near Memphis
Tennessee
Kate
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$400
[27]
The device seenherefills one of these boxes
a music box
Dan
Kristin
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$400
[7]
The Cincinnati Children's Theatre poster for this kids' classic is seen here
The Wizard of Oz
Kristin
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$400
[12]
In 1966 a shower of these reached a peak of 150,000 per hour
meteors
Kate
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$400
[21]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew plays a game with Jimmy.) In arcades & basements, this game can get mighty competitive
air hockey
Kate
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$400
[17]
If a friend is delaying a decision, hit him with "nunc aut nunquam", meaning "now or" this
never
Dan
|
|
$600
[3]
Until 1851 this Washington State capital was known as Smithfield
Olympia
Dan
|
$600
[28]
To re-create this container from Greek mythology, fill it with lots of nasty stuff & hope
Pandora's box
Kate
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$600
[8]
Completes the title of the book & show "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good,..."
Very Bad Day
Kate
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$800
[14]
This constellation is also known as the crab
Cancer
Dan
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$600
[22]
Your crew can do it B-boy style by popping, locking & doing headspins in this type of dance
break dancing
Dan
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$800
[19]
Tu is this pronoun when referring to only one person; vos is used for more than one
you
Kate
|
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$800
[4]
The dry lake beds in this Southern California desert are the world's chief source of boron
the Mojave Desert
Kate
Kristin
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$800
[29]
Jewelry, stocks, bonds & other personal documents fill these in bank vaults
safety-deposit boxes
|
$800
[9]
The profession of Marian in "The Music Man", it (sort of) rhymes with her name
librarian
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
It's a dark area in the photosphere of the Sun caused by a lower surface temperature
a sunspot
Kate
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$800
[25]
This Comedy Central sport features hammers, kill saws, spikes, spinners & 2 fighting machines
Battlebots
Dan
|
DD
$1,000
[18]
The ancient Roman Quintilis, the fifth month, is our July; their Sextilis is now this month
August
Dan
|
|
$1,000
[5]
In 1913 Hudson Stuck, Harry P. Karstens & 2 others first reached the 20,320' summit of this Alaskan peak
Mt. McKinley
Kate
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$1,000
[30]
Lloyd Freeberg, an NHL official, wrote a book on the conduct of players in this "sin bin"
a penalty box
Dan
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$1,000
[10]
In 2001 kids in Lexington, Ky. saw the premiere of a play about this man who tried to outhammer a machine
John Henry
Dan
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$1,000
[15]
Discovered on January 1, 1801, 580-mile-diameter Ceres is the largest known of these celestial bodies
an asteroid
Dan
Kate
Kristin
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$1,000
[26]
Vert riders in this sport need pegs, a detangler & a front brake; flatlanders need front & back brakes
BMX (bicycle motocross)
Dan
Kate
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$1,000
[23]
The abbreviation etc., meaning "and so on", is short for this Latin term
et cetera
Dan
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