Show #6367 - Tuesday, May 1, 2012

2012 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

[<< previous game]

Anshika Niraj, a sophomore from Beachwood, Ohio

Sam Leanza, a senior from Laguna Hills, California

Ben Greenho, a junior from Plano, Texas

 [next game >>]

Jeopardy! Round

"M" TV
(Alex: Each correct response will begin with the letter M.)
WORD ORIGINS
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
WEBSITES
EXTREME WEATHER
AUTHORS' MIDDLE NAMES
    $200 1
Guy Fieri hosted this TV competition in which contestants had 60 seconds to perform tasks for cash
    $200 16
The name of this heavy hooded jacket favored by skiers & hunters is from the Russian for "pelt"
    $200 17
In 1887 Oregon became the first state to pass a law recognizing this September holiday
    $200 6
"What's on your mind?" This site, where you can like, share & poke
    $200 22
In 2012 Spicewood became the first Texas community to truck in water during the most recent one of these dry spells
    $200 11
A Dublin-born dramatist: Bernard
    $400 2
A fake psychic is trying to catch a serial killer known as "Red John" on this drama series
    $400 27
A ship in the desert? No, it's just this optical illusion from the French for "to look at"
    $400 18
In Islam Lailat al Miraj celebrates his journey from Mecca to Jerusalem & ascension into heaven
    $400 7
This site that seems to be missing a vowel in its name says it's "the easiest way to blog"
    $400 23
In Montreal in 1998 this was 2 inches thick on some branches, damaging 94% of trees in the Ville Emard district
    $400 12
An adventurous Scotsman & Samoan: Louis
    $600 3
"Hecks on a Plane" was an episode of this sitcom about the dysfunctional Heck family
    $600 28
This term for one who willfully destroys another's property comes from the name of a Germanic tribe
    $600 19
Varying with the local climate, the date of this tree-planting day ranges from November to May
    $600 8
The URL of a site for young ladies 13 & up has this letter before "URL"
    $600 24
In May 2011 a 200-mph tornado devastated Joplin in this state
    $600 13
He saved "Old Ironsides": Wendell
    $800 4
Emily Kmetko dreams of being an Olympic gymnast on this ABC family show with a rhyming name
    $800 29
Used to describe stately mansions of the old south, it's from the Latin for "before the war"
    $800 20
Meaning arrival, it's the 4-week period before Christmas
    $800 9
Jillian Michaels promotes this "familial" domain registration website
    $800 25
In 1889 one of these near Johnstown, Pennsylvania burst during heavy rains; the flood killed 2,000
    $800 14
Queen of bee chroniclers: Monk
    $1000 5
Dreams do come true on the MTV series with this 4-letter title
    $1000 30
The general agreement is that this word meaning a majority of opinion is from the Latin for "to feel together"
    DD: $1,800 21
Although the first celebration of this holiday occurred in October 1792, it didn't become a federal holiday until 1937
    $1000 10
Known for its reviews, this site "is a collective of the tech-savvy and tech-obsessed. Join us"
    $1000 26
On Aug. 24, 1992 hurricane Andrew made landfall near Homestead in this state, causing $26 billion in damage
    $1000 15
A romantic rime-r: Taylor

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

Ben Sam Anshika
$3,000 $1,000 $2,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Sam Anshika
$5,200 $3,600 $5,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

MAD FOR MATH
NEXT WORD IN COMMON
"A.P." EXAM
THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
HISTORICAL QUOTES
& THE OSCAR GOES TO...
    $400 6
Quick!
5 + 32 + 7 -10
    $400 16
Onion,
wedding,
Saturn's
    $400 11
One of Vermont's official state foods is this fruity dessert; I'll have mine a la mode!
    $400 21
A memorial to this civil rights leader on the National Mall was dedicated in October 2011
    $400 26
In 1844 he sent the telegraph message "What hath God wrought?"
    $400 1
Mauro Fiore, cinematographer of this 2009 film that had a 10-foot-tall Blue Man Group on an alien world
    $800 7
It's not an arm muscle, it's math talk for "to divide into 2 equal parts"
    $800 17
Candy,
side,
crow
    $800 12
Dating from 1846 & featuring thrill rides & more, Lake Compounce is the USA's oldest continuously operating one
    DD: $2,200 22
Discovered in 1870, this natural feature of a national park has been called "Eternity's Timepiece"
    $800 27
Shortly before her death, this young
Frenchwoman said, "I would rather be beheaded seven times than burned"
    $800 2
Greg Cannom, for "The Curious Case of" this guy, for makeup; making Brad Pitt look decrepit can't be easy
    $1200 8
It's the square root of the cube root of 64
    $1200 18
Over,
mother,
diving
    $1200 13
This news-gathering service provides articles & photos to thousands of newspapers here & abroad
    $1200 23
Gutzon Borglum's goal was to inspire Americans to go home better citizens after seeing this memorial
    $1200 28
Reporting on his victory in 47 B.C., he declared, "Veni, vidi, vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered)
    $1200 3
This "global" song from "Aladdin"; it promised "a thrilling chase, a wondrous place for you and me"
    $1600 9
Also known as the multiplicative inverse, for 5/3, it's 3/5
    $1600 19
Cape,
French,
Little Big
    $1600 14
It's the 2-word French term for a young live-in foreigner who does domestic work for a family
    $1600 24
You can see the great blue type of this bird feeding & flying overhead in the Quinebaug & Shetucket river valley
    DD: $1,500 29
The Preamble to the Declaration of Independence begins with these 7 words
    $1600 4
This actor as Forrest Gump: you might know him better as an animated toy cowboy
    $2000 10
On a trig table, one of the 2 basic functions that equals zero for a right angle
    $2000 20
Falling,
morning,
Death
    $2000 15
This relative & guardian of Tom Sawyer was based on the author's mother
    $2000 25
It's the deepest gorge in North America, reaching a maximum depth of 7,900 feet in Idaho
    $2000 30
A 1532 book by him says, "A prince should...have no other aim or thought...but war & its organization and discipline"
    $2000 5
This producer, winner of the first 8 awarded to the best short subject cartoon; he knew a little about animation

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Sam Anshika
$17,400 $7,200 $12,700

Final Jeopardy! Round

FICTIONAL BEINGS
These fictional beings are also called Periannath & Halflings, but this familiar term means "hole-builders"

Final scores:

Ben Sam Anshika
$20,400 $2,200 $17,401
Automatic semifinalist 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Ben Sam Anshika
$19,600 $6,400 $14,200
21 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 10 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 22 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $40,200

[game responses] [game scores] [suggest correction]

Game tape date: 2012-02-21
The J! Archive is created by fans, for fans. Scraping, republication, monetization, and malicious use prohibited; this site may use cookies and collect identifying information. See terms. The Jeopardy! game show and all elements thereof, including but not limited to copyright and trademark thereto, are the property of Jeopardy Productions, Inc. and are protected under law. This website is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or operated by Jeopardy Productions, Inc. Join the discussion at JBoard.tv.