Show #8024 2019-06-27 (taped 2018-12-11) Teen Tournament

2019 Teen Tournament final game 1.

Contestants

Ryan Presler — an eighth grader from Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Lucas Miner — a junior from Miami, Florida

Avi Gupta — a senior from Portland, Oregon

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Avi $9,200 $10,800 $17,200 $24,200 $15,600
22 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Lucas $400 $4,000 $7,400 $14,800 $8,800
13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Ryan $0 $3,800 $16,600 $15,999 $16,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

IN & AROUND THE STATE CAPITAL BUSINESS PAIRS MASKS ON YOUTUBE THE 1600s THAT'S SO CLICHE
$200 [16]
Chill out by Taku Glacier, southeast of downtown
Juneau (Alaska)
Lucas
$200 [3]
Dave had a place with games near the restaurant of a guy with this nickname; the 2 teamed up in 1982
Buster
Avi
$200 [21]
The Medico de la Peste maskwas originally worn in the 17th century by a doctor treating victims of this bubonic contagion
the Black Plague
Ryan
$200 [1]
He & Jimmy Fallon covered "The History of Rap"
Justin Timberlake
$200 [10]
In 1613 the Romanov family came to power in this country & ruled until 1917
Russia
Avi
$200 [26]
I've decided to participate; I'm throwing this item "into the ring"
a hat
Avi
$400 [17]
Honestly, the Lincoln Home National Historic Site is there
Springfield
Lucas
$400 [4]
This ice cream chain is named for brothers-in-law Burt & Irv
Baskin-Robbins
Avi Lucas
$400 [22]
These 2 antonymic forms of theater are symbolically represented by masks
comedy and tragedy
Ryan
$400 [2]
In addition toherown videos, you can also see clips of her on "Dancing With the Stars"
Bethany Mota
$600 [12]
Hits of the stage included Moliere's "L'Avare", French for this type of greedy, money-obsessed man
a miser
Avi
$400 [27]
Look at the size of you! You're "growing like" one of these normally unwelcome plants
a weed
Ryan
$600 [18]
Get your choir on at the Latter-Day Saints Conference Center
Salt Lake City
Avi
$600 [5]
Fancy British cars were born after 1904, when Charles Stewart Rolls got into business with this Henry
Royce
Avi
$600 [23]
The "Music Of The Night" might surround you when you wear them ask from this musical
The Phantom of the Opera
Ryan
$600 [8]
The Vlogbrothers have over 3 million subscribers; one brother is this bestselling author of Y.A. novels
John Green
Avi
$800 [13]
It was founded in Massachusetts in 1636 & if you didn't get in, your college options were very limited
Harvard
Avi
$600 [28]
That pair is so alike, they're like these, a pair of legumes together
peas in a pod
Ryan
$800 [19]
Plant yourself at the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center
Providence
Ryan
$800 [6]
This bookstore chain traces its roots to 1873 & a book business in Wheaton, Illinois
Barnes and Noble
Avi
$800 [24]
"The Man in the Iron Mask" was a mysterious unidentified prisoner held in this country in the late 1600s
France
Ryan
$800 [9]
Among the music videos spoofed on Shane Dawson's channel are One Direction's "Story Of My Life" & her "Wrecking Ball"
Miley Cyrus
Lucas
$1,000 [14]
European settlement in South Africa began with the wreck of a Dutch ship rounding this cape in 1647
the Cape of Good Hope
Avi
$800 [29]
We're doing it, no matter what, "come hell or" this other condition
high water
Avi
$1,000 [20]
Three Mile Island is a powerful nearby site to see
Harrisburg (Pennsylvania)
Lucas
$1,000 [7]
rootbeer.com is the website for this brand
A&W
Avi
$1,000 [25]
In Latin America skull-shaped masks are popular on this holiday, el Dia de Los Muertos
the Day of the Dead
Lucas
$1,000 [15]
In 2018 the music video for this Spanish megahit sung by Luis Fonsi became the first video with over 5 billion views
"Despacito"
Avi
DD $2,000 [11]
Hermarriage to John Rolfe was the Virginia social event of 1614
Pocahontas
Avi
$1,000 [30]
You can do this for exercise, or to "your memory"
to jog
Lucas

Double Jeopardy! Round

WOMEN SOLDIERS A BIT OF LIT FIRST NAMES WITH DOUBLE LETTERS SPACE SCIENCE FROM THE GREEK A GEM OF A TALE
$400 [4]
In 1782 Deborah Sampson disguised herself as a man & enlisted & served during this war
the American Revolution
Lucas
$400 [1]
Among his great works of fiction are "The Sun Also Rises" & "The Old Man and the Sea"
Hemingway
Avi
$400 [15]
Actress Watson or Stone
Emma
Lucas
$400 [11]
The 88 of these star groupings is a set number--new stars discovered are just added to the closest ones
constellations
Lucas
$400 [20]
This is conversation between 2 or more characters in a play
dialogue
Ryan
$400 [26]
Tuned to the Force, the Jedi use kyber crystals in these glowing weapons
a lightsaber
Lucas
$800 [5]
Telesilla led an army defending Argos from a 490s B.C. attack by this warlike city-state
Sparta
Ryan
$800 [2]
In an epic poem, he not only kills the monster Grendel, but also Grendel's mother
Beowulf
Avi
$800 [16]
"Weeping" tree
a Willow
Avi
$800 [12]
An aphelion is the point in an orbit when an object is farthest from this
the Sun
Lucas
$800 [21]
From the Greek for "to hear", it's the qualities of a room or building that influence how well sound is heard in it
acoustics
Lucas
$800 [27]
By accident or not, Rose drops the Heart of the Ocean into the sea at the end of this movie
Titanic
Ryan
$1,200 [6]
Cathay Williams, the only woman in the Buffalo Soldiers, is honored with a bust in Leavenworth in this state
Kansas
$1,200 [3]
Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel about growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution is called this, like an ancient capital
Persepolis
$1,200 [17]
The Hornets play their hoops home games here
Charlotte
Avi
$1,200 [13]
This planet has at least 13 moons, including Naiad, Nereid & Proteus
Neptune
Ryan
$1,200 [22]
The name of this mode of transport comes from Greek words for "spiral" & "wing"
helicopter
Ryan
$1,200 [28]
The Silmarils in this author's "The Silmarillion" are 3 Middle-earth jewels
Tolkien
Ryan
$1,600 [7]
A comrade of Geronimo, Dahteste was a 19th century female warrior of this Native American tribe
the Apache
Ryan
DD $2,000 [9]
In "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", the mariner shoots this bird with his crossbow
the albatross
Ryan
$1,600 [18]
Seasonal decoration with small red berries
Holly
Lucas
DD $1,400 [19]
This measure of distance in the universe is equal to 3.26 light years
a parsec
Lucas
$1,600 [23]
Fitting for the category, from the Greek for "true sense", it's the study of word origin
etymology
Avi
$1,600 [29]
The Crystal Gems on this Cartoon Network show are Pearl, Amethyst, Garnet & Steven, who is half gem & the title character
Steven Universe
Ryan
$2,000 [8]
In 2015 the first women completed a grueling course at this Georgia fort & became Army rangers
Fort Benning
Avi
$2,000 [10]
A mom & daughter are forced to flee Mexico for a farm labor camp in California in this "hopeful" tale by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Esperanza Rising
$2,000 [24]
The longest river on the Emerald Isle
Shannon
$1,600 [14]
On Sept. 20, 2016 an amateur astronomer got pictures of the first hour of one of these massive star explosions
a supernova
Avi
$2,000 [25]
This word for a sex cell with half the genetic material needed for a complete organism is from the Greek for "marriage"
a gamete
Avi
$2,000 [30]
The purple Power Stone & the green Time Stone are just 2 of the 6 these Thanos searched for
Infinity Stones
Ryan

Final Jeopardy!

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

The first time this organization invoked Article 5 was on September 12, 2001

NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Lucas "What is NATO?" — wagered $7,400
Ryan "What is the United Nations?" — wagered $601
Avi "What is NATO? s/o to all my teachers.... Ily all v much" — wagered $7,000

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