Show #5403 - Wednesday, February 20, 2008

2008-A Teen Tournament semifinal game 3.

Contestants

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Todd Faulkenberry, a junior from Moore, South Carolina

Naren Tallapragada, a junior from Burke, Virginia

Rachel Horn, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio

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Jeopardy! Round

HIGH SCHOOL
THE LIBRARY
THE GYM
THE SCIENCE LAB
CAFETERIA
"AFTER" CLASS
    $200 16
The friendship of this rock band's Anthony Kiedis & Flea began at L.A.'s Fairfax High
    $200 1
This Upton Sinclair expose of the meatpacking industry helped lead to the 1906 Pure Food & Drug Act
    $200 8
The first World Championship in this gymnastic sport bounced into view in 1964
    $200 4
(Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a magnet to a lamp bulb.) When lit, the filament becomes a magnet; using another magnet, we can see it move, showing this type of electricity that reverses directions & continuously switches the filament's magnetic poles
    $200 19
Good, I'm not too late for the breakfast one of these--bacon, eggs & cheese wrapped in a flour tortilla
    $200 26
A small earthquake or tremor that occurs following a major one
    $400 17
French, Spanish & Italian are in this branch of languages
    $400 2
Sethe, a former slave, is haunted by the ghost of her daughter, whom she killed, in this Toni Morrison novel
    $400 9
The pommels on your gym's pommel horse refer to these on the structure
    $400 5
While he invented spectroscopy with Gustav Kirchhoff, he didn't invent the burner that's named for him
    $400 21
Uh-oh, food fight! Kids are flinging this food from Kraft; "It's the cheesiest!"
    $400 27
In the familiar spelling rule, "I" comes before "E" except in this case
    $600 18
"Unlock" the future by joining this public service club, a member of the Kiwanis International family
    $600 3
Check out this man's "I, Robot", or have an android bring it to you
    $600 10
From the Greek for "beautiful strength", these light exercises that help promote fitness are often part of gym class
    $600 13
This piece of lab equipment used to develop plate cultures was named for a 1920s German bacteriologist
    $600 22
Caesar salad--great! As long as it doesn't include pieces of these small salty fish, like last time
    $600 28
To increase a jet plane's thrust, turn on these that feed fuel into the hot exhaust gases
    $800 20
In Lewiston, Idaho there's a college named for Lewis & Clark & a junior high named for this Indian guide
    $800 6
For some really deep reading, grab this ancient Greek philosopher's "Physics" or "Metaphysics"
    $800 11
Now no longer in the Games, an early Olympic gymnastic event was the speed climbing of one of these
    DD: $1,400 14
In 1935 the Russian government built him a new lab to continue his work on conditioned reflexes
    $800 24
It's a good day to warm up with a bowl of this thick hearty vegetable soup, from the Italian for "something served"
    $800 29
An epilogue
    $1000 23
From the Latin for "to call", this type of high school is for those who plan to enter a trade, not college
    $1000 7
It'll take more than a moment to read this 1988 bestseller by British physicist Stephen Hawking
    $1000 12
In this type of gymnastics, competitors may use a stick with a satin ribbon that's 7 meters long
    $1000 15
Through his experiments with pea plants, he discovered the basic principles of heredity
    $1000 25
I've decided to go meatless, so I'll have one of this 4-letter brand's soy-based burgers or Chik'n Patties
    $1000 30
Reconsideration upon an act's completion, or something added that wasn't in the original plan

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Rachel Naren Todd
$1,200 $3,400 $4,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Rachel Naren Todd
$5,800 $6,200 $5,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE STAMP ACT
THIS & THAT
3 CHEERS FOR CHEERLEADERS
WO"RR"DS
LET'S GO TO OHIO
NO, I'M GOING TO THE ZOO
    $400 1
A 17-cent stamp issued in 2007 featured the bighorn type of this sure-footed creature
    $400 11
The Greek god Dionysus gave this king of Phrygia the power to turn all he touched into gold
    $400 23
She was a cheerleader--& class president--at Bedford High, as you could read on her website, hallewood.com
    $400 13
This imperfect duplication of Superman with a childish brain lived on Planet Htrae (Earth backwards)
    $400 3
Churchill called this largest city on the Ohio River "the most beautiful of the inland cities of the Union"
    $400 18
This primate of Indonesia is the only ape whose name begins with an "O"
    $800 2
The Pollination stamps show a butterfly, a bat, bees & this small nectar-sipping bird
    $800 12
From the Old French for "container", it's the container in which an archer carries his arrows
    $800 27
She looked quite angelic as a cheerleader at Long Beach Poly years before she became a move Angel
    $800 14
Kerry Blue, Airedale & Sealhyam are breeds of this dog group
    $800 4
Check out the McKinley National Memorial & the Pro Football Hall of Fame (which are 2 totally different things) in this city
    $800 19
Step up to "bat" & name this Down Under denizen seen here
    $1200 7
The stamp promoting this civic duty says "Serve With Pride" & shows 12 colorful people in silhouette
    $1200 20
In the Bible, Jacob's gift of this to his son Joseph aroused the envy of Joseph's brothers
    $1200 28
She led cheers at her New Jersey high school before acting in "Brothers & Sisters"
    DD: $1,800 15
Line 525 of Alexander Pope's "Essay on Criticism" says "To" do this "is human, to forgive, divine"
    $1200 5
In 1812 the state legislature chose this name for its capital city, though many wanted to name it Ohio City
    $1200 24
Seen here is the desert variety of this, a word referring only to land-dwelling animals
    $1600 8
The Art of Disney: Magic series includes a stamp of Mickey Mouse in this role from "Fantasia"
    $1600 21
In German, it means "until we see each other again"
    $1600 29
You can't "Miss" her "Congeniality", which must have helped her as a cheerleader at Washington Lee High
    $1600 16
The diocese of Urgel shares control of this country wedged between France & Spain
    $1600 6
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has its main office in this city, named after a Greek word for "high point"
    $1600 25
The pangolin of Asia, seen here, is also known as the "scaly" one of these insectivores
    $2000 9
The stamp depicting Hagatna Bay honors this U.S. territory, the largest of the Marianas
    $2000 22
These were the names of "The Three Musketeers"--d'Artagnan joined later
    $2000 30
I'd "Walk the Line" back to Nashville to see this Oscar winner cheer at her alma mater, Harpeth Hall
    $2000 17
This Spanish word taken from the vulgar Latin for "gold mine" refers to a deep gully cut by a stream
    $2000 10
In 1969 this river running through Cleveland actually caught fire
    DD: $2,700 26
It's the marsupial-inspired name of the desert rat seen here

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Rachel Naren Todd
$16,800 $11,900 $12,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

NOTABLE NAMES
At his death in April 1955, his brain was preserved & his ashes scattered in the Delaware River

Final scores:

Rachel Naren Todd
$25,601 $23,800 $100
Finalist 2nd place: $10,000 3rd place: $10,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Rachel Naren Todd
$16,200 $14,000 $12,800
20 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 19 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $43,000

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Game tape date: 2008-01-15
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