Show #6096 - Monday, February 28, 2011

2011 Teen Tournament semifinal game 3.

Contestants

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Kate Wadman, a junior from Tucson, Arizona

Raynell Cooper, a senior from Rockville, Maryland

Nikhil Desai, a junior from Fremont, California

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Jeopardy! Round

OUT WEST
ATHLETES
AMERICAN LITERATURE
THE ENVIRONMENT
PLEDGES & OATHS
A SHORT SPELL
(Alex: Each correct response will be a short word that you have to spell.)
    $200 6
From his time as a hunter of them in the Old West, it was the animal in the nickname of William F. Cody
    $200 11
University of Michigan QB Denard Robinson, who runs a 10.4 100 meters, is known for never tying these
    $200 1
"The Deerslayer" was the last written, but first chronologically, of his "Leatherstocking Tales"
    $200 26
It's illegal in the European Union to manufacture energy-gobbling 100-watt incandescent these
    $200 16
On enlisting in the U.S. Army, a soldier swears to defend this document "against all enemies, foreign and domestic"
    $200 21
"Jesus loves me" is this, a sacred song
(4 letters)
    $400 7
Famous for their yell, these Indians would attack during the full moon in August or September
    $400 5
In 2008 gymnast Shawn Johnson kept her equilibrium & got Olympic gold in this event
    $400 2
In this J.D. Salinger novel, the main character asks a cab driver where the Central Park ducks go in the winter
    $400 27
This gas whose molecules have 3 oxygen atoms is a pollutant close to Earth, a protector higher up
    $400 17
These people led by Genghis Khan swore a blood-sealed oath called the Anda
    $400 22
A section of ice, flatter than a berg, that breaks off from a pack
(4 letters)
    $600 8
Starting around 1830, thousands of pioneers came west on this trail that bears the name of a West Coast state
    $600 13
Tennis star Andy Roddick didn't make the Sports Illustrated cover in 2010, but this model wife of his did
    $600 3
In this Hemingway story, a fisherman named Santiago was once an arm wrestler known as "El Campeon"
    $600 28
In 2009, Band-e-Amir became war-weary Afghanistan's first national this
    DD: $1,300 18
The pledge written for this kids' sporting organization ends, "Win or lose I will always do my best"
    $600 23
Dreadful; it comes before "consequences", & also means "to say" in French
(4 letters)
    $800 9
In 1851 James Savage became the first white man to enter this Calif. valley, now the site of a national park
    $800 14
Abby Wambach is the offensive powerhouse on the USA's national team in this sport
    $800 4
His 1988 book "A Different Kind of Christmas" was based on a story outline for the TV film "Roots: The Gift"
    $800 29
This word means catching an unsustainably high number of tuna & cod
    $800 19
From the 16th to the 19th century, British office holders had to swear that they were members of this church
    $800 24
Before, in olden days, it meant before
(3 letters)
    $1000 10
In 1659, 2 French traders made the first white contact with Sioux Indians when they ventured west of this Great Lake
    $1000 15
Anastasia Davydova & Anastasia Ermakova are one of the greatest ever duos in this aquatic event
    $1000 12
The manuscript for "Billy Budd" was found among his papers & published in 1924, 33 years after his death
    $1000 30
The EPA declared a public health emergency at the mining town of Libby, Montana due to fibers of this
    $1000 20
Its traditional version states, "I will apply dietetic measures for the benefit of the sick"
    $1000 25
You turn wood to shape it on this machine
(5 letters)

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

Nikhil Raynell Kate
$400 $4,400 $1,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Nikhil Raynell Kate
$3,400 $7,900 $4,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

DRAMA CLUB TRYOUTS
TV SHOW BY CAST
BODY BASICS
YOUNG NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS
FAR EAST MOVEMENT
LIKE A "G"6
(Alex: 6-letter words that will all begin with the letter "G".)
    $400 9
"Be Our Guest" & come audition for the lead role of Belle in this musical
    $400 4
Blair Brown,
Joshua Jackson
    $400 1
A hiccup is a sudden involuntary contraction of this skeletal muscle, a major muscle used in breathing
    $400 28
Frederick Banting was just 32 when he shared the Medicine Prize for discovering this hormone that treats diabetes
    $400 16
Led by a man professing to be Jesus' brother, the Taiping Rebellion roiled this nation in the 19th century
    $400 18
This musical instrument usually has 6 strings
    $800 10
Win the role of Elphaba in this musical & your friends will be green with envy
    $800 5
Jennette McCurdy,
Nathan Kress
    $800 2
This membrane, the partition between the external & middle ear, vibrates in response to sound waves
    $800 29
In their early 30s, Betty Williams & Mairead Corrigan won the 1976 Peace Prize for trying to end strife in this U.K. country
    $800 17
The U.S. fought a war in this Asian country where a nationalist Communist army had earlier fought the French
    $800 22
It's a feeling of resentment; you may "hold one" against someone who wronged you
    $1200 11
Looking for over-achievers to play Chip, Schwarzy, Coneybear & Barfee in "the 25th Annual Putnam County" this
    $1200 6
Tom Welling,
Erica Durance
    $1200 3
The rounded head of one bone fits into the cuplike cavity of another bone in this type of joint
    $1200 30
What a family! This husband-&-wife team were 44 & 36 when they won in 1903; their son-in-law & daughter won aged 35 & 38
    $1200 19
Japan's Satsuma Rebellion of the 1870s was the last attempt by this warrior class to regain its privileges
    $1200 23
A South American cowboy of the pampas, usually of mixed Spanish & Indian ancestry
    $1600 12
Don't bother auditioning to play the title character in this 1952 Beckett play; he's a no-show
    $1600 7
Jensen Ackles,
Jared Padalecki
    $1600 14
Leukocytes also have this 3-word name
    $1600 26
This 31-year-old won for the creation of quantum mechanics & not for his uncertainty principle
    $1600 20
A joint North-South declaration in 2000 began a new move for the reunification of this Asian peninsula
    DD: $4,500 24
The Greek word for milk gives us this word for a large feature of the skies
    $2000 13
It's Salem, 1692 & we're having a witch hunt to cast John & Elizabeth Proctor & Abigail Williams in this Arthur Miller play
    $2000 8
Robert Buckley,
James Lafferty
    $2000 15
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.) When swallowing, the soft palate is raised to keep food from entering the nasal cavity, & this flap of cartilage moves to prevent food from entering the trachea
    DD: $3,000 27
Konstantin Novoselov, 36, shared the 2010 Physics Prize for his work on graphene, a form of this element
    $2000 21
Political parties in this island country called Formosa by the Portuguese have asserted its de facto autonomy in recent years
    $2000 25
This root is seen here

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Nikhil Raynell Kate
$10,200 $20,900 $16,100

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

BRANDS
Jack Odell gave his child a tiny vehicle to bring to school inside one of these items, & a toy brand name was born

Final scores:

Nikhil Raynell Kate
$9,601 $32,205 $22,650
3rd place: $10,000 Finalist 2nd place: $10,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Nikhil Raynell Kate
$10,200 $19,200 $13,200
14 R,
2 W		 20 R
(including 2 DDs),
0 W		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $42,600

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Game tape date: 2010-12-07
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