2003 Back to School Week game 1.Game data retrieved from an alternate archive.
Aaron Sauter — a sixth-grader from New Hope, Pennsylvania
Jake Logan — from Fort Washington, Maryland
Mariah Black — from Canal Winchester, Ohio
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mariah | $200 | $1,200 | $2,400 |
$4,800
3rd place: $1,000 + Classroom Jeopardy! + a $1,000 Dell Computer gift certificate |
$2,400
6 R, 2 W |
| Jake | $2,200 | $5,000 | $20,200 |
$26,601
Winner: $26,601 + Classroom Jeopardy! + a $1,000 Dell Computer gift certificate |
$18,400
22 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W |
| Aaron | $1,800 | $5,400 | $13,800 |
$10,000
2nd place: $2,000 + Classroom Jeopardy! + a $1,000 Dell Computer gift certificate |
$13,800
19 R, 1 W |
| BODIES OF WATER | THE NAME GAME | "R" MOVIES | AT THE BEACH | DRESSING UP | HOMOPHONES |
|
$200
[1]
Covering 64 million square miles, it's the largest ocean in the world
the Pacific
Mariah
|
$200
[13]
Actress Diaz' name, it means "crooked nose"
Cameron
Jake
|
$200
[6]
It was the first film in which Harrison Ford played Dr. Henry Jones, Jr.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
|
$200
[11]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew presents from the beach.)It's named for what it was doing before it washed up on the beach, & you can use it to build a fire
driftwood
Mariah
|
$200
[21]
Classy earrings & bracelets are made with the small seed type of this gem from the ocean
a pearl
Aaron
|
$200
[26]
Enjoyed a book, or a primary color
read (red)
Jake
|
|
$400
[2]
Saltier than any ocean, the Great Salt Lake is the largest lake in this western U.S. State
Utah
Mariah
|
$400
[14]
Young actress Larson, or a type of cheese
Brie
Mariah
|
$400
[7]
It was the 2002 sequel to Disney's 1953 classic "Peter Pan"
Return to Neverland
Mariah
|
$400
[12]
Water binds grains of sand using surface tension; that'll help you build this, complete with moat
a sandcastle
Jake
|
$400
[22]
A 1998 Harvard study found a link between arthritis of the knee & this type of women's shoe
high heels
Aaron
|
$400
[27]
Moved like the wind, or a primary color
blew (blue)
Jake
|
|
DD
$400
[5]
This river stretches 4,160 miles from Burundi to the Mediterranean Sea
the Nile
Jake
|
$600
[15]
This first name of model Harlow means "peace" in Hebrew
Shalom
|
$600
[8]
In this 2003 film the Pickles meet the Thornberrys
Rugrats Go Wild
Mariah
Jake
|
$600
[18]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the beach.) This word can mean part of a touchdown celebration in football, or this volleyball move
spike
Jake
|
$600
[23]
For a fancy event, dress up in white tie & these, which animals have but humans usually don't
tails
Aaron
|
$600
[28]
A penny, or mailed a letter
cent (sent)
Aaron
|
|
$600
[3]
Important rivers in this country include the Huang He & the Yangtze
China
Jake
|
$800
[16]
There's no doubt this Welsh name belonging to No Doubt's singer means "fair"
Gwen
|
$800
[9]
In this 2002 film Dennis Quaid played a high school baseball coach who tries out for the big leagues
The Rookie
Aaron
|
$800
[19]
"Celebrate the sun" in safety with the brand of sunblock called this "Boat"
Banana
Jake
|
$800
[24]
A bride may wear a tiara to keep this clothing item in place
a veil
Jake
|
$800
[29]
Walk through water, or determined the heaviness of something
wade (weighed)
Aaron
|
|
$800
[4]
The Strait of Dover connects this channel with the North Sea
the English Channel
|
$1,000
[17]
It's the first male name in "20,001 Names for Baby"
Aaron
Mariah
|
$1,000
[10]
In this 2000 film Tulio & Miguel, 2 swindlers, get their hands on a map to a fabled city of gold
The Road to El Dorado
Aaron
|
$1,000
[20]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew presents from the beach.)Thisboard, similar to a boogie board, is named for the milky way you move across the water on it
a skimboard
Aaron
|
$1,000
[25]
Centuries ago the length of this long, trailing part of a dress indicated social rank
a train
|
— |
| SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS | WHERE'D YOU GO ON VACATION | THREE'S A CROWD | PEACE OUT | OPERA SCARES ME | "EAK"! |
|
$400
[6]
In 1902 he began working at the Swiss Patent Office; his theory of relativity came 3 years later
Albert Einstein
Jake
|
$400
[1]
...to Hannibal, Missouri, where we saw this author's boyhood home, & an actual cave featured in his "Tom Sawyer"
Mark Twain
Aaron
|
$400
[24]
The Nina, Pinta & Santa Maria were under his command
Christopher Columbus
Aaron
|
$400
[19]
In an 1898 peace treaty, this country had to give up Cuba--that's what you get for messing with Uncle Sam
Spain
Jake
|
$400
[11]
Rimsky-Korsakov wrote an opera about this Czar who was so scary people called him "the terrible"
Ivan
Jake
|
$400
[14]
A bird's bill
a beak
Aaron
|
|
$800
[7]
For his "enlightening" inventions, he was called the "Wizard of Menlo Park"
Thomas Edison
Jake
|
$800
[2]
...to Washington, D.C., where we got to tour this agency's headquarters & see its ten most wanted list
the FBI
Aaron
|
$800
[25]
In cartoons, his nephews are Huey, Dewey & Louie
Donald Duck
Aaron
|
$800
[20]
A treaty signed in San Francisco in 1951 officially ended the war with this Pearl Harbor attacker
Japan
Aaron
|
$800
[12]
"Under the Double Moon" takes place on Undine, a watery one of these (We think it must be like Neptune)
a planet
|
$800
[15]
An antonym of strong
weak
Aaron
|
|
$1,200
[8]
In March 1876 he received a patent for an apparatus for "transmitting vocal or other sounds"
Alexander Graham Bell
Jake
|
$1,200
[3]
..."Down Under" to this country, where we got to explore the Great Barrier Reef
Australia
Aaron
|
$1,200
[26]
Unnamed in the Bible, these visitors to the baby Jesus are traditionally aka Balthasar, Melchior & Gaspar
the Three Kings (or Three Wise Men)
Mariah
|
$1,200
[21]
In 1865 his second inaugural address asked for "a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations"
Abraham Lincoln
Aaron
|
$1,200
[13]
In a famous comic opera from 1930, this facial feature gets detached from its owner & "runs" away
a nose
|
$1,200
[16]
A short, shrill sound made by a mouse or a hinge
squeak
Jake
|
|
DD
$2,000
[9]
On Dec. 17, 1903, in North Carolina, they took 4 quick trips--the shortest, 12 sec.; the longest, 59 sec.
the Wright brothers
Jake
|
$1,600
[4]
...over Christmas, to California, where on January 1 we attended this famous football game in Pasadena
the Rose Bowl
Jake
|
$1,600
[27]
In a nursery rhyme, the butcher, the baker & the candlestick maker are the 3 men in one of these
a tub
Jake
|
$1,600
[22]
In 1669 Clement IX, holder of this position, made peace in a religious battle within France
pope
|
$1,600
[29]
In Wagner's "Ring" cycle, Fafner is a big scary giant who turns into one of these fire-breathing mythical beasts
a dragon
Aaron
|
$1,600
[17]
The pointed top of a mountain, or the mountain itself
peak
Jake
|
|
$2,000
[10]
In 1666, using a prism, this English scientist discovered that sunlight is made up of different colors
Isaac Newton
|
$2,000
[5]
...to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where we visited this former President's library & museum
Gerald Ford
Jake
|
DD
$4,000
[28]
Literature's Athos, Porthos & Aramis were this swashbuckling trio
the Three Musketeers
Jake
|
$2,000
[23]
David Trimble & John Hume won the Nobel Peace Prize for their work in the northern part of this island
Ireland
Jake
|
$2,000
[30]
In "The Ghosts of Versailles", the ghost of this French queen moans about losing her head on the guillotine
Marie Antoinette
Aaron
|
$2,000
[18]
Dismal & depressing, like the title "house" in a Dickens novel
bleak
Aaron
|
John Singleton Copley's portrait of Paul Revere hangs in the Museum of Fine Arts in this city
Boston