2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 2.
Lauren Romero — a senior from Denver, Colorado
Matt Klein — a senior from Pittsford, New York
Katie James — a sophomore from Winchester, Virginia
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katie | $0 | $0 | $3,600 |
$7,199
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$3,600
8 R, 3 W |
| Matt | $2,600 | $3,400 | $23,400 |
$23,400
Automatic semifinalist |
$19,800
27 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Lauren | $2,200 | $5,000 | $5,400 |
$7,201
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$7,400
17 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| MYTHOLOGY | DINNER & A MOVIE | FILL IN THE NOVEL TITLE | SCIENCE & NATURE | TRAVEL FUN | YOU'RE SUCH AN "IMP" |
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$200
[2]
Part hippopotamus & part woman, the Egyptian goddess Taweret had the tail of this alligator relative
a crocodile
Matt
|
$200
[1]
Mary Jane Watson slings plates at the Moondance Diner in this 2002 superhero film
Spider-Man
Matt
|
$200
[7]
"T.H.O.N.D."by Victor Hugo
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Matt
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$200
[26]
This part of the glass snake breaks off to help it escape when grabbed
the tail
Matt
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$200
[16]
Follow the Pilgrim Path to see the sites of this New England city (yep, it really "Rock"s)
Plymouth
Matt
|
$200
[21]
Your genome is over 95% the same as this animal's
a chimpanzee's
Lauren
|
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$400
[3]
These half-horse, half-man creatures were notorious for misbehaving at parties
centaurs
Matt
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$400
[12]
In "Shrek 2" this Antonio Banderas character is hired to commit ogrecide at the Poison Apple Inn
Puss-in-Boots
Katie
|
$400
[8]
"T.G.O.W."by John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath
Matt
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$400
[27]
It's the frog-like term for a poisonous mushroom
a toadstool
Katie
|
$400
[17]
On Grand Cayman Island, visit the farm that raises the green sea type of this reptile
a turtle
Katie
Lauren
|
$400
[22]
Due to a leg injury, you might walk with one of these
a limp
Matt
|
|
$600
[4]
This "heel" of a hero fell in love with Penthesilea a little late; he'd already killed her!
Achilles
Matt
|
$600
[13]
The Sushi Bowl was stocked with food but empty of patrons in this fishy "tale"
Shark Tale
Matt
Lauren
|
$600
[9]
"A.T.O.T.C."by Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities
Katie
|
$600
[28]
Crabs & cockroaches belong to this phylum, from the Greek for "jointed feet"
an arthropod
Lauren
|
$600
[18]
Break out the honey: this bear has his own ride at Disneyland, near Splash Mountain
Winnie the Pooh (Pooh Bear accepted)
Lauren
|
$600
[23]
Semitransparent crustacean
a shrimp
Lauren
|
|
$800
[5]
In Etruscan myth, Tinia & Uni are the counterparts of Jupiter & this lovely wife
Juno
Matt
Lauren
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$800
[14]
A little Boo sulleys diners at Harryhausen's restaurant in this fright-fest
Monsters, Inc.
|
$800
[10]
"I."by Sir Walter Scott
Ivanhoe
Lauren
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$800
[29]
This element, symbol Co, was once popular for making invisible ink
cobalt
Lauren
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$800
[19]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Peterhof in St. Petersburg, Russia.) Peter the Great loved games, & one of the fanciful cascades here at Peterhof is named for this kind of playing surface
checkerboard (or chessboard)
Lauren
|
$800
[24]
5-letter word: to groom oneself in a fussy way
to primp
Lauren
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|
$1,000
[6]
Set, the evil brother of this Egyptian god, tricked him into lying down in a chest; it became his coffin
Osiris
Katie
|
$1,000
[15]
The Pizza Planet is home to the 3-eyed aliens who worship the Claw in this 1995 film
Toy Story
Matt
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$1,000
[11]
"T.C.O.M.C."by Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo
Matt
|
DD
$2,000
[30]
The absolute temperature scale with its lowest point being zero is named for this scientist who introduced it
(Lord) Kelvin
Lauren
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$1,000
[20]
Eek! Watch out for monsters at the House of Frankenstein Wax Museum in Lake George in this state
New York
Lauren
|
$1,000
[25]
To not provide enough of something
to skimp
Lauren
|
| HISTORY | PHYS ED | SOCIAL STUDIES | GEOGRAPHY | LANGUAGE ARTS | "BIO" |
|
$400
[19]
On June 25, 1876 he decided to attack a group that included Crazy Horse; oops
Custer
Lauren
|
$400
[14]
Go for the kill shot with the ol' bump, set, spike in this sport
volleyball
Matt
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$400
[8]
Color of the "collar" of a desk worker
white
Matt
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$400
[1]
Lake Vanern, Scandinavia's largest lake, lies just north of Goteborg in this country
Sweden
Matt
|
$400
[2]
Shalom means "peace" in this language
Hebrew
Lauren
|
$400
[26]
Penicillin & tyrothricin are examples of this bacteria-destroying item
an antibiotic
Katie
|
|
$800
[20]
In 1989 the Exxon Valdez tanker spilled 260,000 barrels of crude off this state; oops
Alaska
Matt
|
$800
[15]
Let's see... eagle, double eagle... You carded 62; rough choice, college, or going pro in this sport
golf
Matt
|
$800
[9]
A low-level college geology course is often rhymingly called "rocks for" these athletic types
jocks
Matt
|
$800
[7]
Britannica's article on this Sicilian volcano states its name comes from the Greek for "I burn"
Etna
Katie
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$800
[3]
Xiang & Minbei are dialects of this language
Chinese
Matt
|
$800
[27]
"My Side" by David Beckham is this type of book, from words meaning "self life write"
an autobiography
Lauren
|
|
$1,600
[22]
In 1812 his 600,000-man army entered Russia; about 30,000 limped home from Moscow; oops
Napoleon
Matt
|
$1,200
[16]
Like the title of a 2004 Ben Stiller comedy, play this, until the inevitable broken nose
dodgeball
Katie
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$1,600
[11]
French words meaning "office rule" gave us this word for an official rigidly devoted to rules
bureaucrat
Matt
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$1,200
[13]
The ownership of the islands of Tierra del Fuego is shared by these 2 nations
Chile & Argentina
Katie
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$1,200
[4]
Switzerland has these 3 official languages
German, French & Italian
Matt
Lauren
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$1,200
[28]
9-letter term for the health risk posed by the possible release of a pathogen into the environment
a biohazard
|
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$2,000
[23]
In 1961 1,300 Cuban refugees invaded this "porcine" location, but without air cover; oops
the Bay of Pigs
Matt
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$1,600
[17]
Watch the scholarship offers roll in when you run this distance in 3:43.13, tying the world record set in 1999
a mile
Lauren
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$2,000
[12]
80% of the U.S. economy is in this "sector", including hotel clerks & burger flippers
the service sector
Matt
Lauren
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$1,600
[24]
The Indian Ocean's deepest point is in this trench named for the most populous Indonesian island
the Java Trench
Katie
Lauren
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$1,600
[5]
Romaji is a system of writing this Asian language using Romanized letters
Japanese
Matt
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$1,600
[29]
It means capable of decaying through the action of living organisms
biodegradable
Katie
|
|
DD
$3,000
[21]
Around 11:40 P.M. on April 14, 1912 it was traveling at about 21 knots, nearly its top speed; oops
the Titanic
Matt
|
$2,000
[18]
Anyone for this sport, known for stars like Rafael Nadal & Justine Henin-Hardenne
tennis
Matt
|
DD
$3,000
[10]
Insert a letter in "teen" to get this newer word for a preadolescent
tween
Matt
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$2,000
[25]
This Sudanese capital was founded as an Egyptian army camp in the 1820s
Khartoum
Lauren
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$2,000
[6]
Castilian is the official standard form of this Romance language
Spanish
Matt
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$2,000
[30]
Botanical adjective meaning long-lived, or a certain type of diet of beans & grains
macrobiotic
Matt
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In a classic book, this title phrase precedes the words "which had swept through Georgia"
Gone with the Wind