2019 Teen Tournament semifinal game 2.
Ryan Presler — an eighth grader from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Eesha Sohail — a senior from Bakersfield, California
Shriya Yarlagadda — a sophomore from Grand Blanc, Michigan
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shriya | $4,000 | $4,000 | $10,400 |
$0
2nd place: $10,000 |
$12,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Eesha | $1,000 | $2,800 | $9,200 |
$0
3rd place: $10,000 |
$9,200
15 R, 4 W |
| Ryan | $400 | $5,600 | $11,200 |
$1,599
Finalist |
$10,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| IT HAPPENED IN THE BIBLE | JUVENILE JUSTICE | PEOPLE IN AMERICAN HISTORY | TEENS ON TV | NAME THE GAME | YOU GOT 2 As & 2 Ds |
|
$200
[19]
When this man first meets God, he sees a bush on fire, but it doesn't burn up
Moses
Eesha
|
$200
[13]
Like Daddy Warbucks to Annie, this is an adult responsible for the care of a minor
a guardian
Shriya
|
$200
[1]
In 1908 he rolled out the first car affordable for most Americans, the Model T
(Henry) Ford
Shriya
|
$200
[6]
During all his teenage years, Rico Rodriguez had a pretty good job as Manny Delgado on this ABC sitcom
Modern Family
Shriya
|
$200
[18]
Use all 7 of your tiles on one turn & get a 50-point bonus
Scrabble
Ryan
|
$200
[8]
A person seeking political office on the ballot
a candidate
Eesha
|
|
$400
[20]
Here's a circa 1500 rendering of the miracle at a wedding in this town, where Jesusturned water into wine
Cana
Ryan
|
$400
[14]
Also a term for military basic training, this is a 2-word reform facility for juvenile offenders
boot camp
Ryan
|
$400
[2]
This future presidential assassin made his acting debut in an 1855 Baltimore staging of "Richard III"
John Wilkes Booth
Ryan
|
$400
[7]
Sean Giambrone goes back to a time before he was born--the '80s--as Adam, a member of this title sitcom family on ABC
the Goldbergs
|
$400
[24]
The classic version incorporates real streets in Atlantic City
Monopoly
Ryan
|
$400
[9]
The woman who owns the apartment you rent is your this
landlady
Eesha
Ryan
|
|
$600
[21]
This leader had his army march around Jericho 7 times & blow their trumpets, & its walls came tumblin' down
Joshua
Ryan
|
$600
[15]
Hanging out in public for no good reason could be considered illegal--this crime
loitering
Eesha
|
$600
[3]
In 1927 he made aviation history aboard a plane called the Spirit of St. Louis
Lindbergh
Shriya
|
$600
[28]
Kiernan Shipka brought her magic to Netflix, starring in "Chilling Adventures of" this teen
Sabrina
Eesha
|
$600
[25]
Water on the knee is one challenge
Operation
Eesha
|
$600
[10]
In a children's song, it comes between "knick knack" & "give the dog a bone"
paddywhack
Eesha
|
|
$800
[22]
In this book Herod binds the apostle Peter in chains, but an angel appears & the chains fall away
Acts
Ryan
|
$800
[16]
Someone who monitors attendance can also be called this "officer", making sure no one ditches
truancy
Eesha
|
$800
[4]
FBI headquarters is housed in a building named for this man who was director from 1924 to 1972
J. Edgar Hoover
Shriya
|
$800
[29]
Hudson Yang plays Eddie Huang, part of the Taiwanese family on this ABC sitcom set in the 1990s
Fresh Off the Boat
Eesha
|
$800
[26]
Use letter tiles to build words in this a-peeling game with a fruit in its name
Bananagrams
Ryan
|
$800
[11]
Morbid-sounding 2-word term for a race that ends in a tie
a dead heat
Shriya
Eesha
|
|
$1,000
[23]
This man was thrown to the hungry lions in a sealed den, but in the morning he was miraculously unscathed
Daniel
Ryan
|
$1,000
[17]
Convicts let kids know the pitfalls of a life of crime in juvenile awareness programs like "Scared" this
Scared Straight
|
DD
$1,200
[5]
After his first wife Miriam died in 1832, this religious leader wed as many as 56 more times
Brigham Young
Shriya
|
$1,000
[30]
Madison Hu plays Frankie & Olivia Rodrigo is Paige on this Disney Channel show with a "AA" rating
Bizaardvark
|
$1,000
[27]
It takes some math skills & strategy to win in this ancient African family of games
mancala
Ryan
|
$1,000
[12]
You don't want to get kicked out of the army this alliterative way
by dishonorable discharge
|
| YOUNG WRITERS | TRANSPORTATION | INTERNATIONAL PARKS | HITMAKERS | FIND A SYNONYM | THE "SAURUS" |
|
$400
[1]
A Netflix film titled this "Booth" was based on a book Beth Reekles wrote at 15 on the story-sharing app Wattpad
The Kissing Booth
Shriya
|
$400
[12]
The Tupolev Tu-144 plane of the 1970s was famous for going faster than this, which moves in waves
sound
Ryan
|
$400
[2]
Denmark created the largest national park in the world on this vast island
Greenland
Shriya
|
$400
[7]
"Something Just Like This" teamed Coldplay & this EDM duo whose name sounds like a very bad habit
The Chainsmokers
Eesha
|
$400
[21]
Seism is an old-timey word for this geological event
an earthquake
Shriya
|
$400
[26]
This king of dinosaurs got its name from Henry Osborn in 1905
Tyrannosaurus rex
Shriya
|
|
$800
[14]
The humorous comic book series "Axe" this job was co-created by 5-year-old Malachai Nicolle
Axe Cop
Eesha
|
$800
[13]
Harley-Davidson calls their 3-wheeled motorcycle by this 5-letter name, just like the bicycle version
a trike
|
$800
[3]
Italy has national parks dedicated to Etna & to this other infamous southern volcano
Vesuvius
Shriya
|
$800
[8]
Here's this singer & pal Keith Richardswhen they were barely out of their teens
Mick Jagger
|
$800
[22]
This word starting with "re" also means "revolution" & it's one letter shorter
rebellion
Ryan
|
$800
[27]
Plate-backed bitty-brain with a spiky tail
an ankylosaurus
Eesha
|
|
$1,200
[15]
This author began what became "Sense and Sensibility" at about age 19
Jane Austen
Eesha
|
$1,200
[18]
Italy magazine said gondolas were "for centuries the main means of transport & today the iconic symbol of" this city
Venice
Shriya
|
$1,200
[4]
The lands at Tel Megiddo National Park in Israel feature prominently in this last book of the Bible
Revelation
Ryan
|
$1,200
[9]
"Walk It Talk It" did both for this hip-hop trio from Atlanta
Migos
Shriya
|
$1,600
[24]
Instead of "global", you can use this more cosmic word for something that applies everywhere
universal
Eesha
|
$1,200
[28]
For a while it had been reclassified as an apatosaurus
a brontosaurus
Ryan
|
|
$1,600
[16]
Christopher Paolini was only 15 when he began this epic with a title one letter different from "dragon"
Eragon
Shriya
|
DD
$2,000
[19]
In 1932 a 3-seat Stinson was the entire fleet flying between Bristol Bay & Anchorage for what would be this airline
Alaska Airlines
Shriya
|
$1,600
[5]
Badaling National Forest Park contains the most visited section of all the miles of this edifice
the Great Wall of China
Eesha
|
$1,600
[10]
This singer with '80s hits like "Dress You Up" brought in Diplo & Chance the Rapper for her album "Rebel Heart"
Madonna
|
DD
$2,000
[23]
This synonym for a news reporter & a person who keeps a diary comes to us partly from the French
journalist
Ryan
|
$1,600
[29]
File under "A" this giant carnivore of the late Jurassic
an allosaurus
Eesha
|
|
$2,000
[17]
Carson McCullers started writing this novel when she was 19, bedridden & perhaps "Lonely"
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
|
$2,000
[20]
The Dept. of Transportation says note the stop arm & red light on a stationary one of these vehicles & don't pass it
a school bus
Eesha
|
$2,000
[6]
Germany's Schwarzwald is this colorful national park in English
Black Forest
|
$2,000
[11]
Known for tunes like "Don't Happen Twice", this country singer hit the album sales chart with "Live in No Shoes Nation"
Kenny Chesney
|
$2,000
[25]
This is a synonym for a great circle of longitude on the Earth, especially when it is "prime"
a meridian
Shriya
|
$2,000
[30]
This terror of the seas was up to 15 feet long, much of that being neck
a plesiosaurus
Eesha
|
This nation's 1st 8 presidents were all born in the U.S.; the 1st local-born president came in 1884, 37 years after independence
Liberia