Show #5165 - Friday, February 9, 2007

2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

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David Walter, a senior from Wilmington, Delaware

Caroline Jones, a senior from Silver Spring, Maryland

Heidi Fogle, a senior from Overland Park, Kansas

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Jeopardy! Round

A COUNTRY OF AFRICA
TOP OF THE CHARTS
RODENT, MARSUPIAL OR REPTILE
HISTORICAL TEXT MESSAGES
(Alex: ...you have to identify the sender.)
CARD GAMES
(Alex: And finally, logically enough...)
THE "LAST" CATEGORY
    $200 21
The name of this central African republic comes from camaroes, a Portuguese word for the prawns found there
    $200 7
In 2006 this Daniel Powter hit was used as the exit theme for contestants voted off "American Idol"
    $200 12
The wallaby
    $200 1
336 B.C.:
dad ded in rgicd!
i'm 20 & macedonia kng?!
omg!
    $200 6
Get your aces up top 7 try to unlock the deck in the Klondike version of this single-player game
    $200 26
Type of final effort that might be required to finish a trench
    $400 22
Of Sudan, Somalia or Sierra Leone, the one that's the largest in area
    $400 8
In Oct. 2005 this "Girl"y hit by Gwen Stefani became the first single to exceed 1 million digital downloads
    $400 13
The hamster
    $400 2
1893:
blt my 1st wking gas engn.
mdl-t wl b kewl!
ttyl
    $400 17
In this card game named after a suit, if you get stuck with the queen of spades, it's 13 penalty points
    $400 27
My patience is at an end! You've utilized this ultimate twig
    $600 23
Only about 8 miles from Spain, it's the closest African country to Europe
    $600 9
Usher topped the 2004 Hot 100 chart for an amazing 12 weeks with "Yeah!" featuring Lil Jon & this rapper
    $600 14
The gecko
    $600 3
2004:
edwrds & i lost 2 w?!
bk 2 senate 4 me.
btw, i lv heinz (ktchp, 2)
    $600 18
This game has the same name as a Spanish number, which you must yell once you get down to one card left
    $600 28
Administered by a Catholic priest to the very ill or dying
    $800 24
In 1993 Eritrea declared independence & broke from this larger country
    $800 10
"Soulful", the debut album by this "American Idol" winner, reached No. 1 in December 2003
    $800 15
The beaver
    DD: $700 4
1787:
81 yrs old & penn. snds me 2 cnst cnv.
im gttng 2 old fr ths... stf.
lol
    $800 19
A dramatic piece of reportage on this card game said, "South could cash his last trump, pitching a club from dummy..."
    $800 29
Cooper classic from 1826
    $1000 25
Namibia, Botswana & Zimbabwe are on this country's northern border
    $1000 11
Her "Feels Like Home" CD sold 1 million copies its first week & featured a duet with Dolly Parton titled "Creepin' In"
    $1000 16
The caiman
    $1000 5
1535:
prty 2nite!
founded peru's cptl!!!
c u @ 8!
    $1000 20
Also a nickname for our ex-Secretary of Defense, this card game comes in tonk & gin varieties
    $1000 30
Tom Cruise had to learn how to handle a sword & speak Japanese for his role in this movie

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 16):

Heidi Caroline David
$400 $600 $5,100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Heidi Caroline David
$2,800 $1,400 $10,700

Double Jeopardy! Round

STATES OF THE UNION
MOVIES
THE GOOD EARTH
SHAKESPEARE
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
BEFORE & AFTER
    $400 16
This state's first paper was the Du Buque Visitor, which began publishing in 1836
    $400 1
Ed Speleers plays the title farm boy-turned-dragon rider in this 2006 fantasy film
    $400 11
Of 10%, 50% or 80%, the portion of an iceberg that floats above the water
    $400 21
Laertes is Ophelia's brother in this end-all, be-all of Shakespeare's plays
    $400 6
The first jazz record was made by a lame-o white band from this city where black musicians had created jazz
    $400 26
The landmark bell in a London clock tower that marries Jennifer Garner & hangs with Matt Damon
    $800 17
It's the southernmost state with "South" in its name
    $800 2
He played Jack Frost, who's trying to take over Christmas in "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"
    $800 12
Ruffles chips have these & so do ocean floors, but they're underwater mountain ranges
    $800 22
Desdemona is the wife of the title character of this tragedy
    $800 7
This great Alabama educator also founded the National Negro Business League in 1900
    $800 27
Informal nickname for Santa that becomes the ex-Mr. Jessica Simpson
    $1200 18
As you might expect, it's the state that's home to Rocky Mountain National Park
    $1200 3
5 kids traveling by themselves are stranded at a Chicago airport at Christmas in this 2006 film
    $1200 13
The eruption of this Indonesian volcano in 1883 was heard more than 2,000 miles away
    $1200 23
Shylock gives the "If you prick us, do we not bleed?" speech in this play
    $1200 8
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) In 1962, federal marshals escorted James Meredith, the first black student at the university of this state in Oxford; in 1964, he graduated
    $1200 28
A "Wheel of Fortune" star turns into a banner of surrender
    DD: $3,300 19
13-year-old Benny Benson's winning design for this state's flag included the Big Dipper
    $1600 4
Working the graveyard shift, security guard Ben Stiller sees natural history exhibits come to life in this film
    DD: $3,000 14
Because it passes through a London borough, the Prime Meridian at 0 degrees longitude has this other name
    $1600 24
Proteus & Valentine are "The Two Gentlemen of" this place, also the setting of "Romeo and Juliet"
    $1600 9
As slavery wasn't yet legal in Virginia, the 20 black arrivals at Jamestown in 1619 were considered these
    $1600 29
CBS forensics drama with Gil Grissom that has some 'splainin' to do when it turns into a Desi Arnaz sitcom
    $2000 20
This state's Padre Island has been called the world's longest barrier island
    $2000 5
Will Smith is struggling single father Chris Gardner in this film based on a true story
    $2000 15
From the Greek for "middle life", it's the era on Earth that ended with the demise of the dinosaurs
    $2000 25
Malcolm gets the last word (literally) in this play
    $2000 10
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas.) At a recreation of a famous march, Bill Clinton said that the Voting Rights Act was signed in ink in Washington, but signed in blood in this Alabama city
    $2000 30
The star of "Nacho Libre" becomes a form of extortion

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Heidi Caroline David
$17,700 $5,800 $19,300

Final Jeopardy! Round

TOURISM
The 2 leading foreign destination countries for U.S. tourists

Final scores:

Heidi Caroline David
$21,700 $0 $20,305
Automatic semifinalist 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Heidi Caroline David
$16,000 $5,800 $22,400
18 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
8 R,
2 W
30 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $44,200

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Game tape date: 2007-01-04
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