2016 Teen Tournament final game 1.From DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
Alec Fischthal — a junior from North Woodmere, New York
Sharath Narayan — a sophomore from Madison, Alabama
Michael Borecki — a junior from Darien, Connecticut
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael | $1,400 | $5,200 | $13,600 | $0 |
$9,600
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Sharath | $3,400 | $4,800 | $20,000 | $28,000 |
$20,000
22 R, 1 W |
| Alec | $2,400 | $4,200 | $10,000 | $16,500 |
$7,000
18 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| LOOKING AT COLLEGES | MATH MEN, MYTH MEN | HOBBIES & PASTIMES | LANGUAGES | "G" PLUS 3 | MANIC PIXEL DREAM GIRLS |
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$200
[6]
We can visit Emerson, Simmons & Northeastern in one trip, because all those schools are in this city
Boston
Sharath
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$200
[17]
In one version his daughter is among the items he turns to gold with his touch
Midas
Sharath
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$200
[19]
You'll want to hang onto your silver dollars in this hobby AKA numismatics
coin collecting
Michael
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$200
[3]
The Mazovian dialect of this language is spoken mainly around Warsaw
Polish
Alec
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$200
[12]
A gale may start with this strong, sudden rush of wind
a gust
Sharath
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$400
[29]
In "Ocarina of Time", this title princess is counting on Link to save the kingdom
Zelda
Alec
|
|
$400
[7]
We'll check out Drumthwacket, the New Jersey governor's residence that's in the borough boasting this Ivy League school
Princeton
Sharath
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$400
[22]
My theorem? That you know this whiz who gave his name to the equation a2+ b2= c2
Pythagoras
Alec
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$400
[18]
Now synonymous with in-line skating, this brand has been turning on a single row of wheels since 1980
Rollerblade
Alec
|
$600
[5]
In Swahili hakuna means no, so matata must mean these
worries
Alec
|
$400
[11]
It's the symbol for Capricorn
a goat
Sharath
|
$600
[27]
Aveline de Grandpre was the first female title character in this period piece murder-for-hire franchise
Assassin's Creed
Michael
|
|
$600
[8]
You can write for its Prairie Schooner literary mag, plus you're 6'5", 330--you'd be a good Cornhusker lineman at this U.
(University of) Nebraska
Sharath
Alec
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$600
[21]
We're 100/100ths sure that Simon Stevin introduced the concept of "decimal" these to Europe in 1585
fractions
Michael
Alec
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$600
[23]
It's mind over minutiae in this board game in which you answer questions in order to collect 6 wedges to win
Trivial Pursuit
Michael
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$800
[1]
In Hebrew you use this word for both hello & goodbye
shalom
Michael
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$600
[13]
Stare at the stars
gaze
Michael
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$800
[24]
Ellie kicks some zombie butt in this Naughty Dog game
The Last of Us
|
|
$800
[9]
Sure, we'll look at this Midwestern university founded in 1842 & known for thelandmark here
University of Notre Dame
|
$800
[14]
The ancient Greek Hipparchus pioneered this branch of math, from ancient Greek for "triangle" & "measure"
trigonometry
Sharath
|
$800
[25]
It's the practice ofdressing uplike acharacter from a pop culture source, especially manga or anime
cosplay
Michael
Sharath
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$1,000
[2]
Oikos means "house" (not "yogurt") in this language
Greek
Alec
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$800
[15]
Ouch! It's a long, deep wound or cut
a gash
Sharath
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$1,000
[28]
Master Chief in the "Halo" games is aided by this A.I. who was created using part of Dr. Catherine Halsey's brain
Cortana
Sharath
|
|
$1,000
[10]
I've read up on the university's campus in Orono, which boasts the largest library in this state
Maine
|
$1,000
[20]
In mythology Prometheus isn't chained to that rock forever; this hero rescues him
Hercules
Michael
Alec
|
$1,000
[26]
Options for wax when making candles: beeswax, soy or this petroleum "p"roduct
paraffin
Sharath
|
DD
$1,200
[4]
It's the official language common to Belgium, Canada & Monaco
French
Alec
|
$1,000
[16]
To encircle with a belt or band; it's often done to loins
to gird
Alec
|
— |
| STUFF THAT EXPLODES | WOMEN AUTHORS | ALLITERATIVE WORD PAIRS | GEOGRAPHY | COLONIAL AMERICA | THE VOICESONG CHOICES |
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$400
[29]
You make this snack food by heating its kernels until they explode
popcorn
Alec
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$400
[30]
Mildred Wirt Benson wrote more than 100 books for young readers including many about this young female detective
Nancy Drew
Alec
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$400
[28]
That joker in home room who makes everybody laugh all the time
class clown
Alec
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$400
[1]
This Egyptian capital is fan-shaped, fading off into the delta to the north
Cairo
Sharath
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$400
[26]
In May 1607 this settlement was founded by 104 Englishmen & boys; the women came the following year
Jamestown
Alec
|
$400
[16]
This celebrity coach's "Happy"
Pharrell
Michael
|
|
$800
[24]
In one of the most violent eruptions in history, Huaynaputina, one of these in Peru, exploded in 1600
a volcano
Michael
|
$800
[2]
Thiswoman who wrote more than 1,700 poems was featured on a U.S.stampin 1971
(Emily) Dickinson
Sharath
|
$800
[9]
Laid back dude who's always hanging out at or near the seashore
a beach bum
Sharath
|
$1,200
[6]
On an alphabetical list of nations in English, this Balkan nation comes immediately before Burkina Faso
Bulgaria
Michael
Sharath
Alec
|
$800
[25]
At the time of the Revolutionary War, this was the most populous city; New York City was No. 2
Philadelphia
Michael
Alec
|
$800
[15]
Nice choice, Bryan Bautista! "The Hills" by the Canadian singer who goes by this name
The Weeknd
Sharath
|
|
$1,200
[21]
The unexplained explosion of this ship in Havana's harbor in 1898 led to war
the Maine
Sharath
|
$1,200
[3]
She spun off her "Vampire Academy" series into another titled "Bloodlines"
Richelle Mead
|
$1,200
[10]
A friend in a distant land to whom you write letters
a pen pal
Sharath
|
$1,600
[7]
Easter Island is a province of this country
Chile
Sharath
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$1,200
[14]
In 1691 Massachusetts was granted a new charter & this grape-laden island was annexed to it
Martha's Vineyard
Sharath
Alec
|
$1,200
[20]
This Grammy-nominated title command from Hozier
"Take Me To Church"
Alec
|
|
$1,600
[18]
The "bombardier" type of this insect gets its name because it blasts its enemies with an explosive puff of hot liquid
a beetle
|
$1,600
[4]
"Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi is a memorable graphic novel about growing up in this Middle East country
Iran
Alec
|
$1,600
[11]
A very large person who seems quite passive & mild
a gentle giant
Michael
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$2,000
[8]
Partly in Slovenia & Italy, the Istrian Peninsula juts into this arm of the Mediterranean
the Adriatic
Sharath
|
$2,000
[13]
Sermons by Jonathan Edwards prompted a religious revival called the Great this
the Great Awakening
Alec
|
$1,600
[22]
Lee Ann Womack's "I Hope You" do this
"I Hope You Dance"
|
|
$2,000
[19]
After one of his factories exploded in 1864, this dynamite inventor was forbidden to rebuild it
Nobel
Sharath
|
$2,000
[17]
Writing after WWI, Edith Wharton looked back to 1870s New York in this novel about Newland Archer & Ellen Olenska
The Age of Innocence
Michael
|
$2,000
[27]
Adjective for a mission just for scoping things out & gathering information
fact finding
|
DD
$3,000
[5]
China is planting a new forest to stop this desert's southward expansion
the Gobi Desert
Alec
|
DD
$5,600
[12]
Patrick Henry said his opposition to this 1765 act began resistance to taxation & led to the revolution & you're welcome
the Stamp Act
Michael
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$2,000
[23]
Her "Chandelier"
Sia
Sharath
Alec
|
At a May 1989 ceremony in Cape Town, he received a bachelor of laws correspondence degree in absentia
Nelson Mandela