Show #4850 2005-10-14 (taped 2005-09-12) Back to School

2005 Back to School Week game 5.

Contestants

Emily Zhang — from Indianapolis, Indiana

Veronica Fazio — from Roselle, Illinois

Aman Birk — from Irvine, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Aman	$1,800	$1,600	$3,200	$4,000 Winner: $10,000 + an AOL personal computer package + Classroom Jeopardy!	$3,200 14 R, 7 W
Veronica	$1,200	$1,200	$-1,200	$-1,200 3rd place: $1,000 + an AOL personal computer package + Classroom Jeopardy!	$-1,200 10 R, 7 W
Emily	$3,600	$5,600	$2,800	$0 2nd place: $2,000 + an AOL personal computer package + Classroom Jeopardy!	$4,000 14 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHY	VOCABULARY TEST	GOSH DARN YANKEES	BALLET	GROWN-UPS EAT THAT?	WHAT'S ON TV, KIDS?
$200 [1] The Great Lakes are Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie & this one whose name implies greatness Lake Superior Emily	$200 [3] Of tardy, very happy, or full of hot air, what the word elated means very happy Emily	$200 [19] He was born in Brooklyn in 1944 & was mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2002 Rudy Giuliani Aman	$200 [5] The ballet "Les patineurs" focuses on this athletic pastime, with the dancers gliding by in wintry setting ice skating Aman Veronica	$200 [14] If a grown-up tries to serve you the oxtail type of this, say, "No thanks. I'll have the chicken noodle" soup Veronica	$200 [6] The votes are in: winners on this show have included Ruben Studdard & Carrie Underwood American Idol Emily
$400 [2] This largest city in New Mexico has 2 Qs & 3 Us in its name Albuquerque Aman	$400 [4] While this word can mean a series of arches, you probably know it better as a place to play pinball & video games an arcade Emily	$400 [20] This 19th century New Yorker wrote of one guy who slept for 20 years & another who went around headless Washington Irving Aman Emily	$400 [24] In part two of the ballet "Jewels", the dancers dress like these red gems rubies Aman Emily	$400 [15] Don't be fooled: calamari is just a fancy name for this sea creature that has suction cups on some of its squiggly arms squid Veronica Emily	$400 [7] Melissa Joan Hart starred as this extraordinary teenage witch with ordinary teenage problems Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Veronica
$600 [11] Hartford is the capital of this New England state Connecticut Aman	$600 [12] It's the 4-letter word for the president's power to reject a bill passed by Congress veto Veronica Emily	$600 [25] Polio struck this Hyde Park politician in 1921 Franklin Roosevelt Aman	—	$600 [21] Maybe kids would eat more of these green spears if we called them by their German name, Spargel asparagus Veronica	$600 [8] Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's this WB series about a young Superman Smallville Veronica
$800 [17] Have you "bean" to this capital of Peru? Lima Aman	$1,000 [16] It's the Spanish term for any of the Spanish conquerors who came to the Americas in the 1500s the conquistadores Emily	$800 [26] Originally from New York City, this microbiologist developed the first vaccine against polio Jonas Salk Veronica	—	$800 [22] Unlike Florentine cookies (dipped in chocolate--yum!), eggs Florentine is made with this leafy green veggie (not so yum) spinach Veronica	$800 [9] Seen here on a U.S. stamp, most of us seeheron the eternally popular reruns of shows she starred in from the 1950s Lucille Ball Emily
$1,000 [18] On an alphabetical list of world nations, this country immediately follows the United States Uruguay Aman Emily	DD $1,600 [13] The name of this branch of math comes from 2 Greek words meaning "earth measure" geometry Emily	—	—	$1,000 [23] Trifle is a fancy dessert; this similar word is a fungus found in the forest by trained pigs a truffle Veronica	$1,000 [10] George Gore & Parker McKenna Posey are 2 of the "kids" on this sitcom that stars Damon Wayans as their dad My Wife and Kids Aman

Double Jeopardy! Round

REPTILES	SPORTS STARS	TAKE ME TO YOUR FORMER LEADERS	FICTIONAL CHARACTERS	AMERICAN GOVERNMENT	GIMME "MO"
$400 [13] After alligators were declared protected in the U.S., caimans were brought from this continent as a substitute South America Emily	$400 [1] Since 1997 this golfer has won the PGA twice, the Masters 4 times, the British Open twice & the U.S. Open twice Tiger Woods Aman	$400 [2] Charles de Gaulle, Georges Pompidou, Francois Mitterrand France Aman	$400 [21] In "The Fellowship of the Ring", Gandalf warns this young hobbit to "keep" the ring "safe, and keep it secret!" Frodo Aman	$400 [7] This Cabinet department is in charge of grading meat, poultry & dairy products to ensure their quality the Department of Agriculture Veronica Emily	$400 [9] A water-filled barrier around a castle a moat Aman
$800 [14] The Native American word torope gives us this name for a turtle that was a common Native American food a terrapin	$800 [12] After leading Team USA to the Olympic Gold in soccer in 2004, she retired with a record 158 international goals Mia Hamm Aman	$800 [3] Pieter Botha, F.W. de Klerk, Nelson Mandela South Africa Emily	$800 [22] The middle name of this funny "First Grader" is Beatrice, but she just likes to use the initial B. & that's all Junie B. Jones Veronica	DD $1,200 [8] It's the minimum number of electoral votes that a state may have in the electoral college 3 Emily	$800 [11] It can be a chocolately flavor or a Yemeni port city famous for its coffee Mocha
DD $800 [16] (Kelly of the Clue Crew introduces us to a green lizard.) The name of this animal, found in Africa, is from the Greek for "ground lion" a chameleon Emily	$1,200 [23] These 2 sisters topped the WTA's money leaders list in tennis tournaments in 2002 Venus & Serena Williams Veronica	$1,200 [4] Konrad Adenauer, Helmut Schmidt, Helmut Kohl Germany Aman	$1,200 [25] In "Little Women", she's the tomboy among the 4 March sisters Jo	$1,200 [10] The Great Seal of the U.S. features a bald eagle with a ribbon in its mouth bearing this Latin motto E pluribus unum Veronica	$1,200 [20] Also called angora, it's the soft, silky wool of the angora goat mohair
$1,200 [15] Grossness alert! The banded gecko doesn't just shed this, but rips it off in strips that it then swallows its skin Emily	$1,600 [24] In 2005 guard Steve Nash became the first Canadian to be named MVP of this league the NBA Aman Veronica	$1,600 [5] Pierre Trudeau, Brian Mulroney, Jean Chretien Canada Veronica	—	$1,600 [18] The First Amendment to the Constitution guarantees "the right of the people peaceably to" do this assemble Aman Emily	—
$2,000 [17] If the pupil of the eye is round, the reptile is diurnal; if it looks like a slit, this opposite nocturnal Aman	—	$2,000 [6] Ferdinand Marcos, Corazon Aquino, Joseph Estrada the Philippines Aman Veronica	—	$2,000 [19] In the absence of the vice president, it's the title of the person who heads the U.S. Senate the president pro tem Aman Emily	—

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC PEOPLE

At 81, this Pennsylvanian was the oldest delegate at the 1787 Constitutional Convention

Benjamin Franklin

Emily "Who was Bejamin Franklin?" — wagered $2,800

Aman "Whoiswas Benjamin Franklin" — wagered $800

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