2018 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 1.
Maya Wright — a senior from Peachtree City, Georgia
Anish Maddipoti — a junior from Austin, Texas
Emma Arnold — a junior from Owings Mills, Maryland
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma | $0 | $2,200 | $15,400 |
$18,400
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$15,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Anish | $3,400 | $6,200 | $6,400 |
$3,600
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$9,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Maya | $2,400 | $6,600 | $18,200 |
$26,200
Automatic semifinalist |
$18,200
23 R, 2 W |
| YOUNG ADULT READING | SPORTS ABBREV. | ON THE CALENDAR | WE WALKED TO SCHOOL | IT WAS 10 MILES | IN THE "SNOW" |
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$200
[30]
"Queen of Hearts" & "The White Rabbit Chronicles" were inspired by this 1865 work
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Maya
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$200
[8]
It's also called a walk:BB
a base on balls
|
$200
[1]
Harry Truman had stars & stripes in his eyes when he designated June 14 as this annual "Day"
Flag Day
Anish
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$200
[27]
Though I took the Harvard Bridge across the Charles River, it took me to this tech-savvy university
MIT (or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Anish
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$200
[23]
A 10-mile-long aqueduct built by the Romans supplied Segovia, Spain with this resource for 2,000 years
water
Maya
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$200
[21]
3-word phrase describing the fleece of Mary's lamb in a kids' song
white as snow
Emma
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$400
[11]
4 friends share the stories of their adventures through the medium of a pair of jeans in this 2001 book
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Maya
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$400
[9]
A boxer wants to be on the giving end:TKO
a technical knockout
Maya
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$400
[2]
In 1908 founder Anna Jarvis gave birth to the first official observance of this May holiday
Mother's Day
Anish
Maya
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DD
$600
[5]
The promenade down Volunteer Blvd., of course, led me to the University of this state
Tennessee
Anish
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$400
[24]
Go 10 miles south of Arecibo, Puerto Rico to check out some nebulas using one of the world's largest of these devices
a (radio) telescope
Emma
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$400
[19]
Maybe pick up this souvenir, a fluid-filled glass ball with the Hollywood sign enclosed
a snow globe
Anish
|
|
$600
[12]
We pledge to you that this is the third book in the "Divergent" series
Allegiant
Maya
|
$600
[6]
For a hoopster:PPG
points per game
Anish
|
$600
[3]
I do not like green eggs & ham, but I do like that Read Across America Day, March 2, is his birthday
Dr. Seuss
Maya
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$600
[20]
Sometimes we walked down Westwood Blvd. to get to this California university founded in 1919
UCLA
Anish
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$600
[15]
Not one but 2 Civil War battles took place at Cold Harbor, a mere 10 miles from this Confederate capital
Richmond
Anish
|
$600
[17]
Careful, or Mom could slide thesein your stir-fry
snow peas
Emma
|
|
$800
[13]
"Cinder" reworks a fairy tale, but the young woman is one of these--part human, part machine
a cyborg
Anish
Maya
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$800
[7]
He tries to sack the quarterback:DE
defensive end
Anish
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$800
[4]
A June observance celebrates this U.S. national symbol, now back from the brink of extinction
the (bald) eagle
Anish
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$800
[16]
Locust Walk was a fine way to get to class at the Wharton School, part of this university
University of Pennsylvania
Anish
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$800
[25]
There's an annual race from the bottom of the Eiffel Tower to this royal chateau about 10 miles away
the Palace of Versailles
Anish
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$800
[18]
urbandictionary.com says this term refers to "a very sensitive person"
snowflake
Maya
|
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$1,000
[29]
"City of Bones" introduced the Shadowhunters, demon-dispatching warriors on Earth in this series
Mortal Instruments
Maya
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$1,000
[10]
Part of baseball stats:WAR
wins above replacement
|
$1,000
[14]
This "colorful" shopping day is the day after Thanksgiving
Black Friday
Anish
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$1,000
[26]
The walk through New Orleans' Audubon Park was a lovely way to get to this private university on St. Charles Ave.
Tulane
Maya
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$1,000
[28]
Stuck downtown in this city? Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is only a 10-mile hike
Atlanta
Maya
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$1,000
[22]
It's when you ski & make a "V" so you don't hit a tree
snowplow
Emma
|
| PLEASE WELCOME MYTH GREECE | TEEN MATH | A WORD OF ADVICE | QUOTING THE MOVIES | OOPS ON STAMPS | COMING OF AGE |
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$400
[5]
Enjoying mountain living, 12 major Greek gods called this place home; at nearly 9,600' up there, the gods did have a nice view
Olympus
Anish
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$400
[9]
Book 13 of his "Elements" deals with regular solids
Euclid
Emma
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$400
[30]
A friendly hint, or 20% for good service
a tip
Anish
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$400
[14]
2015: "I gotta... grow 3 years worth of food... on a planet where nothing grows... luckily, I'm a botanist"
The Martian
Maya
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$400
[22]
A 2007 stamp from Papua New Guinea misspelled this word, the inability to read (there was only one "L")
illiteracy
Maya
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$400
[17]
This age came in with Britain's new queen in 1837
Victoria or the Victorian Age
Emma
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$800
[4]
Heracles got in on an expedition with the Argonauts, led by this man
Jason
Maya
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$800
[10]
A problem at the 2017 Intl. Math Olympiad for teens involved one of these lines touching a circle at a single point
a tangent line
Anish
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$800
[29]
Advice on where to go; you might get it from the same type of high school counselor
guidance
Emma
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$800
[12]
A 2003 cartoon:"All drains lead to the ocean"
Finding Nemo
Maya
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$800
[23]
A stamp had this big landmark; not the original in N.Y. Harbor, but the lady in front of Vegas' New York-New York casino
the Statue of Liberty
Maya
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$800
[18]
The golden age of this buccaneering activity began around 1650
piracy
Emma
|
|
$1,200
[3]
In addition to being god of the sea, he's also the god of earthquakes
Poseidon
Maya
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$1,200
[6]
It's (13 + 14) x 15
405
|
$1,200
[27]
Leave this 10-letter advice in the box; maybe we'll take it
suggestion
Maya
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$1,200
[13]
2009:"You're not in Kansas anymore, you're on Pandora"
Avatar
Maya
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$1,200
[24]
On the stamp seen here, Monaco "oops"ed by putting 5 fingers & a thumb, too, on this New Deal U.S. president
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Maya
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$1,200
[19]
Wet cultivation of this crop marks the start of Japan's Yayoi Period
rice
Maya
|
|
$1,600
[1]
Thought to be the center of the Earth, this town at Mt. Parnassus' foot was known for its oracle--ya see that coming?
Delphi
Emma
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$2,000
[8]
In 1640 16-year-old Blaise Pascal came to math fame with an essay on these "sections"
conic sections
Anish
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$1,600
[11]
Beginning & ending with "M", it's a wise saying or rule of conduct
a maxim
Maya
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$1,600
[15]
2013, Clooney to Sandra Bullock:"Nobody special? Somebody down there looking up, thinking about you?"
Gravity
Anish
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$1,600
[25]
A 1932 Philippine stamp honored Pagsanjan Falls but showed Vernal Falls in this California national park
Yosemite
Emma
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$1,600
[20]
In history's stages per Karl Marx, feudalism gave way to this -ism, AKA the free market
capitalism
Emma
|
|
$2,000
[2]
Homer dubbed this war god "the blood-stained bane of mortals", & ol' Homie wasn't far wrong
Ares
Maya
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DD
$3,000
[7]
In 1952 an early computer was used to discover the 13th Mersenne one of these numbers
a prime number
Anish
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$2,000
[28]
I'm going to give you my this, also an access point on a computer or the info that goes through it
input
Maya
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$2,000
[16]
2017:"I had no father. My mother sculpted me from clay & I was brought to life by Zeus"
Wonder Woman
Emma
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$2,000
[26]
A 1968 Chinese stamp,"The Whole Country is Red", did not red out this island, & the authorities soon recalled it
Taiwan
Emma
Anish
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DD
$2,000
[21]
For warships, the iron age began at the same time as the age of this type of power
steam
Emma
|
Winner of 6 Tonys in 2017, it's the first Broadway musical to focus on the subject of teens & social media
Dear Evan Hansen