Show #7407 2016-11-22 (taped 2016-04-13) Teen Tournament

2016 Teen Tournament final game 2.From DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.

Contestants

Alec Fischthal — a junior from North Woodmere, New York (subtotal of $16,500)

Sharath Narayan — a sophomore from Madison, Alabama (subtotal of $28,000)

Michael Borecki — a junior from Darien, Connecticut (subtotal of $0)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Michael $600 $1,600 $7,200 $14,200 $7,200
11 R, 2 W
Sharath $1,400 $2,000 $10,800 $11,701 $14,000
22 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Alec $5,000 $6,400 $11,600 $23,200 $11,600
17 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

PLURALIZE IT! POETRY FILL IN THE BLANK PLAY BALL! WHO WHAT WEAR
$200 [16]
Ox (4 letters, 4 legs)
oxen
Alec
$200 [29]
Poe: "Once upon a midnight dreary, / while I pondered, weak and ___"
weary
Alec
$200 [3]
The beach version of this has been an Olympic sport since 1996
volleyball
Michael
$200 [11]
Elizabeth Cady Stanton is seen here with this great woman, who is on the left
Susan B. Anthony
Sharath
$200 [22]
This piece of women's gymnastics equipment is more than 16 feet long & only 4 inches wide
a balance beam
Alec
$200 [30]
When it opened in Los Angeles in 1984, this store was called Fashion 21
Forever 21
Sharath
$400 [17]
Moose (4 legs, 5 letters)
moose
Sharath
$400 [5]
Nash: "Behold the duck. / It does not cluck. / A cluck it lacks. It ____"
quacks
Michael
$400 [7]
The Brits put "gridiron" before this sport to refer to the American version
football
Sharath
$400 [12]
This Egyptian boy king had many ailments, including a cleft palate
King Tut
Sharath
$400 [23]
This graduated semicircular instrument is used to measure & draw angles
a protractor
Sharath
$400 [25]
The style of women's jeans named for this type of guy is basically the opposite of skinny jeans
boyfriend jeans
$600 [18]
Cactus (5 letters)
cacti
Michael
$600 [4]
Sandburg: "The fog comes on little ____ feet"
cat
Sharath
$600 [9]
You need just a ball & a wall to play this sport with a body part in its name
handball
Alec
$800 [14]
In 1777 he was elected as N.Y.'s first chief justice; 12 years later, he became the country's first chief justice
(John) Jay
Sharath
$600 [19]
Closely related to seahorses, aleafy sea this can be 14 inches in length--no fire-breathing, though
a seadragon
Michael
$600 [26]
This Argentine-born soccer star has a line named for him at Adidas
(Lionel) Messi
Sharath
$800 [20]
Stimulus (7 letters)
stimuli
Alec
$800 [2]
Angelou: "You may cut me with your eyes, / You may kill me with your hatefulness, / But still, like air, I'll ____"
rise
Alec
$800 [6]
The ITTF is the International Federation for this ball & racket sport--that's the "TT"
table tennis
Alec
$1,000 [15]
On Nov. 11, 1572 this Danish astronomer observed a new star that was brighter than Venus
(Tycho) Brahe
Alec
$800 [8]
This most widely spoken form of Chinese is also called Northern Chinese
Mandarin
Alec
$800 [27]
Aran Isle sweaters & Donegal tweed are both named for places in this country
Ireland
Michael
$1,000 [21]
Forum (4 letters)
fora
Alec
$1,000 [1]
Frost: "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--/ I took the one less ____ ____"
traveled by
Sharath
$1,000 [10]
It was invented in the winter of 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts
basketball
Alec
DD $2,000 [13]
The bridge seenherewas designed in the 1870s by this French engineer
Gustave Eiffel
Sharath
$1,000 [24]
It's the lively American breed of dog seen here
a Boston bull terrier
Michael Sharath
$1,000 [28]
An iconic boot from this brand is seen here
Dr. Martens
Alec

Double Jeopardy! Round

IN THE RED ARTISTES INANIMATE OBJECTS? YOU DO THE GEOGRAPHIC MATH "PING" ME EWWW! GROSS!
$400 [11]
A poem by Robert Burns says that his love is like this red flower "that's newly sprung in June"
a rose
Michael
$400 [8]
In 2016 this most famous French museum held the exhibition "Hubert Robert: A Visionary Painter"
the Louvre
Michael
$400 [15]
In "Beauty & the Beast", Lumiere, voiced by Jerry Orbach, is naturally this object
a candlestick
Sharath
$400 [29]
The number of American colonies at the time of the Revolution plus the number of states today
63
Sharath
$400 [28]
This word can come before crane or cough
whooping
Michael
$800 [25]
These nasal cavities whose name is from the Latin for "recess" can produce up to 30 ounces of mucus a day
sinuses
Sharath
$800 [13]
Wally the Green Monster is the mascot of this Major League Baseball team
the (Boston) Red Sox
Sharath
$800 [10]
Gustave Caillebotte specialized not in landscapes but these -scapes that showed street life in Paris
cityscapes
Alec
$800 [27]
This animation studio has a little lamp named Luxo Jr. as a mascot
Pixar
Sharath
$800 [26]
The number of countries that begin with Q times the number of countries that begin with X
0
Sharath
$800 [7]
Emily Post says 15-20 % for this is standard if the service has been good & cash is preferred
tipping
Sharath Alec
$1,200 [24]
When you smell rotten eggs, it's probably this pungent gas, H2S
hydrogen sulfide
Sharath
$1,200 [14]
If you're caught up in this sticky sounding stuff, you're in a bureaucratic mess
red tape
Alec
$1,200 [9]
Francois Girardon provided sculptures such as "Apollo Tended by the Nymphs" for the grounds of this royal palace
Versailles
Alec
$1,200 [17]
A magic hat animates this denizen of wintertime in a 1969 classic
Frosty the Snowman
Sharath
$1,600 [3]
The number of continents minus the number of mountains above 29,000 feet
6
Sharath
$1,200 [5]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew repeatedly gestures to his right leg with his right arm.) I'm about to show you what a football official would signal when a blocker commits this personal foul
clipping
Michael
$1,600 [21]
Used in making perfume, ambergris is an intestinal secretion from these creatures
sperm whales
Alec
$1,600 [12]
Stephen Crane was 25 when he wrote this novel, "An Episode of the Civil War"
The Red Badge of Courage
Alec
$1,600 [1]
Pierre-Auguste was the given name of this painter; Jean was his filmmaker son
Renoir
Michael
$1,600 [16]
This "South Park" character has a child named Washcloth
Towelie
$2,000 [19]
The number of U.S. states on the Pacific Ocean squared
25
Michael Sharath Alec
$1,600 [4]
Striking gently; in another meaning, it can be preceded by "wire"
tapping
Sharath
$2,000 [22]
The book "Dog Breath" is about a dog named this, who lives with the Tosis family
Hally Tosis
Sharath
$2,000 [20]
In Russian, this Moscow area is known as Krasnaya Ploshchad
Red Square
Michael
$2,000 [2]
Self-taught artists like Camille Bomboisare called naive, or this term, like cavemen
primitive
$2,000 [18]
On "Adventure Time", this fun-loving robotic gaming device lives with Finn & Jake
BMO
DD $3,000 [6]
The number of Great Lakes times the number of countries that border the United States
10
Sharath
DD $3,000 [23]
It's the job of U.N. troops placed between hostile factions
peacekeeping
Sharath

Final Jeopardy!

EARLY AMERICA

William Bradford wrote that this document was partly inspired by the "mutinous speeches" of some passengers

the Mayflower Compact

Michael "What is the Mayflower Compact?" — wagered $7,000
Sharath "What is the Mayflower Compact" — wagered $901
Alec "What is Mayflower Compact?" — wagered $11,600

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