Show #4378 2003-09-24 (taped 2003-08-26) Back to School

2003 Back to School Week game 3.Game data retrieved from an alternate archive.

Contestants

Suzie Turnage — a twelve-year-old seventh-grader from Panama City, Florida

Raymond Singh — a twelve-year-old from Phoenix, Arizona

Cody Boutilier — a seventh-grader from Lake Forest, California

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Cody $3,600 $3,600 $13,400 $0
3rd place: $1,000 + Classroom Jeopardy! + a $1,000 Dell Computer gift certificate
$14,400
20 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Raymond $1,000 $2,200 $2,400 $3,400
2nd place: $2,000 + Classroom Jeopardy! + a $1,000 Dell Computer gift certificate
$5,400
14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Suzie $2,400 $3,600 $14,000 $15,500
Winner: $15,500 + Classroom Jeopardy! + a $1,000 Dell Computer gift certificate
$14,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

AFRICAN AMERICANS TRAVEL FUN THE BODY HUMAN COMIC STRIPS HOW LONG? PLURAL
$200 [1]
In September 1992 Mae Jemison blasted off aboard this as the first African-American woman in space
the space shuttle
Raymond
$200 [21]
Try to spend a full day exploring the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza when you visit this country
Mexico
Raymond
$200 [10]
The tricuspid valve in this organ keeps blood in the right ventricle from flowing back into the right atrium
the heart
Raymond
$200 [7]
Rerun is Linus' little brother in this comic strip
Peanuts
Raymond
$200 [8]
In 1620 it took this ship 66 days to sail from England to Massachusetts
the Mayflower
Cody
$200 [6]
This word is the same in singular or plural, so Dr. Seuss was correct when he wrote "One" This "Two" This
fish
Suzie
$400 [2]
In 1961 Fred Moore stood watch as the first black guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in this cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
Raymond
$400 [22]
You'll see giraffes up close if you stay at Giraffe Manor in this African country that starts with the letter "k"
Kenya
Raymond
$400 [11]
The thick, triangular deltoid muscle, which allows the arm to be raised, covers this joint
the shoulder
Raymond Suzie
$400 [12]
In 2003 this lasagna-loving cat celebrated his 25th anniversary as a comic strip character
Garfield
Cody
$400 [18]
Guinness says the longest one of these very chilly periods on Earth lasted 70 million years
an ice age
Raymond
$400 [9]
The plural of house isn't hice, as you might think when you learn this rodent plural
mice
Raymond
$600 [3]
From 1969 to 1983 Shirley Chisholm served New York state in this U.S. Gov't. body that elects its members every 2 years
the House of Representatives
Cody
$600 [23]
If you're at least 39" tall, you can ride the Mountain Slidewinder at this Dolly Parton theme park
Dollywood
Suzie
DD $600 [17]
A dilator muscle enlarges this part of the eye to allow more light in
the pupil
Suzie
$600 [16]
This Great Dane lives with Dottie, Phil, Barbara & Billy Winslow
Marmaduke
Suzie
$600 [24]
I get tired just walking to the fridge, so I'm not going to attempt a marathon, a run just over this many miles
26
Suzie
$600 [13]
The "s" may not go where you think in this plural for the wives of your brothers
sisters-in-law
Cody
$800 [4]
Now a member of President Bush's Cabinet, this Army man is the son of Jamaican immigrants
Colin Powell
Suzie
$800 [19]
The lower leg consists of 2 bones: the tibia & this slightly smaller one
fibula
Raymond
$800 [25]
In a Mike Peters comic strip, Attila is Mother Goose's cat; he's Mother Goose's dog
Grimm
$800 [14]
Disney popularized one plural for these little people; Tolkien preferred another one
dwarves (dwarfs)
Cody
$1,000 [5]
Chemist Lloyd Quarterman worked on the 1940s "Manhattan Project" & helped build the first of these weapons
an atomic bomb
Cody
$1,000 [20]
In addition to producing insulin, this organ produces digestive juices used to break down food
the pancreas
Raymond
$1,000 [15]
"Tooth" & this part at the other end of your body form plurals by changing their interior vowel sound
feet (or foot)
Suzie

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE & NATURE I GET THE MESSAGE EARLY U.S. WHAT'S ON TV TONIGHT? BALLET VOWELS
$400 [1]
Nuclear decay in some atoms can cause the emission of this in the form of alpha & beta particles or gamma rays
radiation
Raymond
$400 [15]
Developed in the mid-19th century, it's the communication "code" that uses dots & dashes
Morse code
Cody
$400 [4]
He was the top vote getter in the electoral college of 1789
George Washington
Cody
$400 [10]
Don't have a cow, man! Nancy Cartwright (yep, a woman) is the voice of this animated bad boy
Bart Simpson
Cody
$400 [8]
Traditionally, 2 male dancers play the wicked stepsisters in this ever-popular fairy tale ballet
Cinderella
Cody
$400 [9]
On the internet, this vowel can precede "zine", "commerce", "mail" & "bay"
e
Suzie
$800 [2]
The Chilean & Puna species of this large pink bird live in the Andes
a flamingo
Raymond
$800 [17]
Anguage-lay I'm-way eaking-spay
Pig Latin
Cody
$800 [5]
Moving to D.C. in 1800, this judicial body met in the Capitol basement, a library office & a tavern
the Supreme Court
Cody
$800 [24]
Cable network on which the visual seenherehappens on a regular basis
Nickelodeon
Cody
$800 [23]
The famous 1938 ballet about a western outlaw is named for this "kid", not the Sundance Kid
Billy the Kid
Cody
$800 [11]
In names of kings & queens, this vowel represents "the first"
I
Cody
$1,200 [3]
The lowest point of a wave is the trough; this is the highest point of a wave
the crest
Cody
$1,200 [20]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents in front of a blackboard.) The word "Jeopardy!" is expressed in this ancient system of writing, whose name comes from a term meaning "sacred carving"
hieroglyphs
Raymond
DD $1,000 [6]
In 1813 Major Armistead ordered one of these for Fort McHenry so large that the enemy could see it easily from afar
a flag
Cody
$1,200 [25]
In this series' 2001 premiere episode, Clark Kent saved the life of budding entrepreneur Lex Luthor
Smallville
Raymond Suzie
$1,200 [28]
Robert Atwood choreographed a ballet about this "apprentice" that Mickey Mouse played in "Fantasia"
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
$1,200 [12]
This type of "boat" is what Germans call submarines
u
Cody
$1,600 [18]
This invertebrate phylum includes squids, octopusses, clams & mussels
Mollusca
Raymond
$1,600 [21]
The homing or carrier type of this bird has been used to carry messages for 2,000 years
pigeons
Suzie
$1,600 [7]
In March 1804 Lewis & Clark were in this city ready to leave on their expedition when it became part of the U.S.
St. Louis
Suzie
$1,600 [26]
Scott Bakula captains a straship called this a century before Captain Kirk does the same
Enterprise
Cody
$1,600 [29]
After seeing this classic Christmas ballet, you'll have visions of the Sugar Plum Fairy dancing in your head
The Nutcracker
Cody
$1,600 [13]
The capital city of Alaska ends with these 3 vowels
eau
Cody
DD $3,000 [19]
Hydrogen means "water forming" & this means "sharp forming" (It was thought it formed acids)
oxygen
Raymond
$2,000 [22]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents.) Abbreviated "ASL", it's thelanguageI'm using to do my ABC's
American Sign Language
Cody Suzie
$2,000 [16]
The people who guided runaway slaves along the Underground Railroad were called these
conductors
Suzie
$2,000 [27]
You can watch "Charmed" on this network whose spokesfrog wears a top hat
the WB
Suzie
$2,000 [14]
The 2 vowels that are used to designate a major human blood group
A & O
Raymond Suzie

Final Jeopardy!

CLASSIC STORIES

The opening to this classic story includes the line "Once upon a time there was a piece of wood"

Pinocchio

Raymond "What is Pinocchio?" — wagered $1,000
Cody "What is ?" — wagered $13,400
Suzie "What is Pinocchio?" — wagered $1,500

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