2005 Back to School Week game 4.
Mitchell Vogel — from Madison, Wisconsin
Hope Landsem — from Tualatin, Oregon
Joseph Henares — from Avon, Connecticut
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph | $600 | $2,200 | $12,800 |
$7,599
Winner: $10,000 + an AOL personal computer package + Classroom Jeopardy! |
$12,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Hope | $1,800 | $2,800 | $9,000 |
$2,500
2nd place: $2,000 + an AOL personal computer package + Classroom Jeopardy! |
$9,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Mitchell | $400 | $1,400 | $6,200 |
$2,400
3rd place: $1,000 + an AOL personal computer package + Classroom Jeopardy! |
$7,000
12 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| STATE OF INTEREST | LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL | THE BOOK NOOK | SNACK ATTACK | NATURE STUDY | ESPAÑOL |
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$200
[6]
This "New" state is the southeast one of "the Four Corners states"
New Mexico
Joseph
Mitchell
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$200
[24]
On Aug. 29, 2004 the pabao team from Curacao, led by 168-pound "Big Papi" Pineda, won the Little League version of this
the World Series
Hope
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$200
[1]
To get your mitts on "Andean folk knits", head for this library section, a word often paired with "arts"
crafts
|
$200
[8]
Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon is among the 3 most popular flavors of this Kellogg toaster pastry
Pop-Tarts
Hope
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$200
[17]
Most oak & maple trees are deciduous, meaning this happens every year
their leaves fall off
Mitchell
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$200
[2]
In Spanish, oro is gold & plata is this metal
silver
Hope
Mitchell
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$400
[7]
Pend Oreille is the largest of the thousands of lakes in this "Gem State"
Idaho
Hope
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$400
[27]
Little League regulation games last this many innings, so there's no stretch
6
Mitchell
|
$400
[3]
From the Latin for "to form", it's the noun for made-up stories, from "Moby Dick" to the "Heritage of Horror" novels
fiction
Mitchell
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$400
[9]
In 2003 campers made one of these with approx. 20,000 marshmallows, 7,000 Hershey bars & 24,000 graham crackers
a s'more
Joseph
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$400
[18]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows some animal tracks on the monitor.) To track the striped type of this animal, look for the meandering print pattern, or just follow your nose
a skunk
Joseph
|
$400
[20]
This day of the week is domingo
Sunday
Hope
|
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$600
[14]
It's the only state that shares its border with only one other state
Maine
Joseph
Mitchell
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$600
[28]
Unlike Major Leaguers, Little Leaguers may use bats made from this metal, atomic number 13
aluminum
Joseph
|
$600
[4]
If someone says, "Go look it up", head for this library section to find "Webster's American Dictionary"
reference
Mitchell
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$600
[10]
Spice things up with this snack--tortilla chips covered with melted cheese & dare I say jalapenos!
nachos
Hope
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$600
[19]
Annuals are plants that live for one year, biennials live for 2 years & this type lives for many years
perennials
Hope
|
$600
[21]
This pet is un perro
a dog
Hope
|
|
$800
[15]
Middlesboro in this state of Abe Lincoln's birth promotes itself as the only U.S. city built within a meteor crater
Kentucky
Hope
Mitchell
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— |
$800
[5]
You can get "The Collected" these of William Carlos Williams or "The Selected" ones of Langston Hughes
poems
Mitchell
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$800
[11]
Nibblers, like the chocolate chip & white chunk macademia, are bite-size versions of her cookies
Mrs. Fields
Hope
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$800
[23]
The prickly pear, or Indian fig, is neither a pear nor a fig; it's a type of this succulent
cactus
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$800
[22]
Before you turn in a paper, you should check this, la ortografia
the spelling
Mitchell
|
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$1,000
[16]
The town of Levan (navel, backwards) is located in the middle of this state whose symbol is a beehive
Utah
|
— |
DD
$800
[13]
In slang this 2-word phrase can refer to an event that no longer matters; it's also the section where "Roman Britain" is
ancient history
Mitchell
|
$1,000
[12]
A hike sounds like the right time for this snack that you can make with Chex cereal, M&Ms, raisins & peanuts
trail mix
Mitchell
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$1,000
[26]
Imperfect flowers lack one of these 2 reproductive organs
pistils & stamens
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$1,000
[25]
You'll find these, los escritorios, in the classroom
a desk
Mitchell
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| THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | STAR WARSFOREVER | MUSIC CLASS | OCCUPATIONS | LAKES & RIVERS | KIDS' DICTIONARY |
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$400
[1]
Colonists protested the Sugar Act of 1764 by famously saying, "No taxation without" this
representation
Mitchell
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$400
[9]
While the first 5 "Star Wars" movies were all rated PG, "Revenge of the Sith" was rated this due to some violent scenes
PG-13
Hope
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$400
[26]
Before it was a Broadway musical, "Aida" was one of these, composed by Giuseppe Verdi
an opera
Hope
|
$400
[6]
It can mean to slaughter animals, or the person at the market who sells meat
a butcher
Hope
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$400
[12]
This river irrigates millions of acres of land in Egypt & Sudan
the Nile
Hope
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$400
[13]
Shrek is this type of monster described in dictionaries as a "hideous giant" (how rude!)
an ogre
Joseph
|
|
$800
[2]
This monarch said, "The die is now cast, the colonies must either submit or triumph" upon approving the Intolerable Acts
King George III
Joseph
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$800
[14]
(Mark Hamill gives the clue.) In the early drafts of "Star Wars", Luke's last name was Starkiller; this, of course, was his last name in the finished film
Skywalker
Joseph
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$800
[27]
When a piano is played, this is the term for 3 or more notes sounded together
a chord
Joseph
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$800
[7]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from a chemistry lab.) Themortar & pestle, once used to grind materials to make medicine, are still the symbol of this profession
a pharmacist
Hope
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$800
[18]
This "monstrous" Scottish lake has the largest volume of fresh water in Great Britain
Loch Ness
Joseph
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$800
[21]
Parents think it's a person who seats you in a theater; kids know it's this hip-hop hunk seen here
Usher
Hope
|
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
In the first of a series of pamphlets, he wrote, "Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered"
(Thomas) Paine
Hope
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$1,200
[15]
The only actors to be in all 6 "Star Wars" movies are the men who played these 2 robots
C-3PO & R2-D2
Joseph
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$1,200
[28]
In a symphony orchestra, this section of instruments usually includes the drums, bells, cymbals & gongs
percussion
Hope
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$1,200
[8]
If you say you want to be this, you could mean making art for museum walls or keeping those walls white
a painter
Mitchell
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DD
$1,400
[19]
Allahabad, India is a holy city located at the junction of the Jumna River & this more famous one
the Ganges
Joseph
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$1,200
[22]
Made partly of rope, espadrilles are a type of these that a lot of girls wore in the summer of 2005
shoe (or sandal)
|
|
$1,200
[3]
On Dec. 26, 1776, at this location, Washington's troops woke up to find 4 more inches of snow on the ground
Valley Forge
Joseph
Hope
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$1,600
[16]
In "Attack of the Clones" and "Revenge of the Sith", this old Jedi master was entirely computer-generated
Yoda
Joseph
|
— |
$1,600
[10]
(Jon of the Clue Crew points to a paper spreadsheet.) In an old-fashionedledger book, I'm keeping track of money coming in & going out like someone in this job
an accountant
Mitchell
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$1,600
[20]
The name of this state's Lake Okeechobee is a seminole Indian word meaning "plenty big water"
Florida
Hope
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$1,600
[23]
From a Latin word for "flow", this watery word often follows "log" in the names of amusement park rides
flume
Mitchell
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$2,000
[5]
Although adopted by Congress in 1777, this temporary constitution did not take effect until 1781
the Articles of Confederation
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$2,000
[17]
George Lucas gave this Jedi character a unique purple lightsaber at the request of actor Samuel L. Jackson
Mace Windu
Joseph
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— |
$2,000
[11]
To be this type of translator at the U.N. requires "full auditory comprehension" of 3 of the 6 official U.N. languages
interpreter
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$2,000
[25]
This salt lake on the border of Asia & Europe is more than 4 times the size of Lake Superior
the Caspian Sea
Joseph
|
$2,000
[24]
Adults think it's a square dance move, but kids know it's a peanut butter sandwich cookie sold by Girl Scouts
Do-si-do
Hope
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This word comes from the Greek words for "light" & "writing"
photography