2016 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 4.From DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
Connor Pierce — a freshman from Dallas, Texas
Antonio Karides — a junior from Severna Park, Maryland
Lucia Geng — a junior from Great Neck, New York
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucia | $1,400 | $3,400 | $16,000 |
$16,800
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$15,800
19 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Antonio | $2,400 | $5,800 | $13,400 |
$20,000
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$13,400
18 R, 2 W |
| Connor | $3,600 | $3,800 | $11,800 |
$23,599
Automatic semifinalist |
$11,800
15 R, 1 W |
| SCHOOLING YOU | IN A GROUP | RUSSIAN HISTORY | FLORA | VOCABULARY | WHO MAKES IT? |
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$200
[17]
Spanish:It's how to say "river"; some are "Grande"
rio
Connor
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$200
[22]
"7 Years" is a song from this group; Lukas is their lead singer
Lukas Graham
Lucia
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$200
[2]
From 1917 to 1991 a federation of Russia & other Communist republics was known by this collective name
the U.S.S.R. (or Soviet Union)
Connor
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$200
[27]
Its name is related to the words "day" & "eye" because of its eye-like yellow center
the daisy
Antonio
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$200
[12]
Word for the result you get when you divide one number by another
quotient
Connor
|
$200
[3]
Air Pegasus sneakers
Nike
Antonio
|
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$400
[18]
Chemistry:The atomic number of this element is 92, but numbers we tend to associate with it are 235 & 238
uranium
Antonio
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$400
[23]
Joe Jonas joined some friends in this band that served us "Cake By The Ocean"
DNCE
Antonio
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$400
[8]
Nikita Khrushchev was premier during the 1962 crisis over missiles in this country very near the United States
Cuba
Antonio
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$400
[28]
A family of about 3,000 species, including cilantro, is named for this herb you know as a little green garnish on food
parsley
Antonio
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$400
[13]
"Quixotic", meaning capricious or impulsive, goes back to a literary character created by this author
Cervantes
Lucia
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$400
[4]
The Kindle Paperwhite E-reader
Amazon
Lucia
|
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$600
[19]
Phys Ed:As Patches said, if you can do it to a wrench, you can do it to a ball, so time to play this game, kids!
dodgeball
Lucia
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$600
[24]
Beyonce used to be in a group, this one that had hits like "Jumpin', Jumpin'"
Destiny's Child
Lucia
|
$600
[9]
Crowned in 1896, Russian ruler Nicholas II was the last monarch to hold this imperial 4-letter title
czar
Lucia
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$600
[29]
The wood of choice for butcher blocks & bowling pins is this tree, whose leaves are seen here
a maple tree
Antonio
|
$800
[15]
From the Greek for "inscription", it's a short poem with a witty turn of thought
an epigram
|
$600
[5]
Dog Chow & Cat Chow
Purina
Connor
|
|
$800
[20]
English:In the sentence "Writing is difficult", "writing" is this 6-letter type of noun
a gerund
Antonio
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$800
[25]
Justin Timberlake used to be in a group, this one that had hits like "Pop"
'NSYNC
Lucia
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$800
[10]
In the 13- & 1400s the fur trade helped this city beat out Novgorod to become the most important in Russia
Moscow
Connor
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$800
[1]
This carnivorous plant's scientific name, Dionaea muscipula, means "the goddess Dione's mousetrap"
a Venus flytrap
Antonio
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
Don’t confuse these 2 words--one’s a substance that counteracts a poison & the other, a short amusing story
antidote & anecdote
Lucia
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$800
[6]
Galaxy tablets
Samsung
Connor
|
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$1,000
[21]
Music:Take a break, throw in your two bits & name this music symbol
a quarter rest
Lucia
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$1,000
[26]
For songs like "Hall Of Fame" & "Superheroes", stick to this band that Danny O'Donoghue is in
The Script
Lucia
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$1,000
[11]
In the 1980s this feared 3-letter spy agency employed Vladimir Putin
the KGB
Lucia
Connor
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$1,000
[30]
In most flowers, this long, slender tube connects a stigma with an ovary
the style
Lucia
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$1,000
[16]
It's the correct name for a person who eats fish, but no other meat
a pescatarian
Antonio
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$1,000
[7]
Krackel candy bars
Hershey's
Antonio
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| LET'S TRAVEL | REALITY TV SHOWS | MIDDLE INITIALS | TAKING A NEW "SAT" | ON MY REEDING LIST | I'M LIKE ON PAGE 1 |
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$400
[15]
In 2016 London's double decker buses, traditionally this color, went green... all-electric, that is
red
Connor
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$400
[10]
The Bravo channel has introduced us to "The Real" ones of Atlanta, Beverly Hills & New Jersey
housewives
Lucia
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$400
[20]
It's the "W." in George W. Bush
Walker
Antonio
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$400
[6]
It's a mythological mixture of goat & human
satyr
Lucia
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$400
[26]
"The Seasons" by Haydn, in which the oboe imitates the crowing of this barnyard bird
a rooster
Antonio
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$400
[21]
"I don't feel like going into it", says Holden Caulfield on page 1 of this book; we're off to a great start
Catcher in the Rye
Antonio
|
|
$800
[16]
The Star of the Republic Museum is devoted to this state's history as an independent republic from 1836 to 1845
Texas
Connor
|
$800
[11]
The female judge on the last season of "American Idol" was this singer & movie star
Jennifer Lopez
Connor
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$800
[2]
Stonewall Jackson was the "right arm" of this man, middle name Edward
Robert E. Lee
Connor
|
$800
[1]
Panne & antique are types of this fabric
satin
Connor
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$800
[27]
Sax man Kenny G's holiday album "Miracles", featuring "Away In A" this
a manger
Lucia
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$800
[22]
This author makes me feel like I'm there, talking of a Hobbit-hole with "a tube-shaped hall like a tunnel"
Tolkien
Lucia
|
|
$1,200
[17]
Visitors to this inventor's New Jersey lab can hear recordings from his 1890 talking doll, a costly failure
Edison
Lucia
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$1,200
[12]
On "Undercover Boss", a CEO worked at this convenience store & learned firsthand about customer service
7-Eleven
Antonio
Connor
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$1,200
[3]
This "Empire" actress' middle initial P. stands for Penda, Swahili for "love"; her first name means hope
Taraji P. Henson
Antonio
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$1,200
[7]
Another term for a moon, or the object seen here
a satellite
Antonio
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$1,200
[28]
The episode of this show where Telly Monster's friend Richard Stoltzman visits to play clarinet
Sesame Street
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$1,200
[23]
Judy Blume's book about this whale of a nickname says a classroom is hot & stuffy & smells "like this afternoon"
"Blubber"
|
|
$2,000
[19]
A major attraction in Colombia, Tequendama Falls are on this river with the same name as the capital
Bogotá
Connor
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$1,600
[13]
Reality shows on this cable channel have included "Bad Dog!" & "Snake Man of Appalachia"
Animal Planet
Antonio
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$1,600
[4]
Here's the "T": this educator's middle initial T. is for Taliaferro
Booker T. Washington
Antonio
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$1,600
[8]
To be labeled "free" of this type of fat, a food must contain less than 0.5 grams of it per serving
saturated fat
Connor
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$1,600
[29]
A CD of the 1777 oboe concerto, the only one by this precocious composer
Mozart
Lucia
|
$1,600
[24]
He began a book, "I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe"
(Ralph) Ellison
Lucia
|
|
DD
$4,000
[18]
The 4 sets of sea horses around this city's Buckingham Fountain represent the states that border Lake Michigan
Chicago
Lucia
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$2,000
[14]
This supermodel is the creator of "America's Next Top Model"
Tyra Banks
Antonio
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$2,000
[5]
The middle C. in the name of this "2001" writer stood for Charles
(Arthur C.) Clarke
Lucia
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$2,000
[9]
Papa's got a brand-new bag--one of these
a satchel
Connor
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$2,000
[30]
A piece that shows off the clarinet's range, the widest of all woodwinds, nearly 4 of these
octaves
Lucia
|
DD
$5,800
[25]
Ponyboy says in the first few lines of this classic, "I was wishing I looked like Paul Newman"; don't we all, Ponyboy
The Outsiders
Lucia
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This practice officially began in Pakistan in 1977, 44 years after an amendment ended it in the United States
Prohibition