Show #6431 - Monday, July 30, 2012

2012 Kids Week game 1.

Contestants

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Matthew Cline, a 12-year-old from Maumelle, Arkansas

Anna Cambron, a 10-year-old from Louisville, Kentucky

Mandy Berry, an 11-year-old from Baltimore, Maryland

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Jeopardy! Round

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
A HISTORY LESSON
IT'S MOVIE TIME
NATURAL DISASTERS
BIG STUFF
3 Ses
(Alex: Each correct response will contain 3 "S"s.)
    $200 5
In addition to 88 keys, one of these has about 230 strings
    $200 12
A monarch sometimes known as A-Ha was Egypt's first one of these rulers
    $200 1
Rex Harrison & Eddie Murphy have both played this Doctor who talked to the animals
    $200 26
As Noah could tell you, a deluge is another name for one of these
    $200 21
How about a hand for Nathan Sawaya, who created a big hand out of these toy bricks?
    $200 13
To jump a fence & illegally enter a person's property
    $400 2
This largest brass instrument is also the one with the lowest pitch
    $400 18
Nicholas Gilman, a signer of this historic document, helped get it ratified in his home state of New Hampshire
    $400 8
Elliott befriends a homesick alien who loves candy in this classic
    $400 27
Storms known as cyclones or typhoons in the Pacific are called these when they form in the Atlantic
    $400 22
Some of these Halloween gourds have tipped the scales at a thousand pounds or more
    $400 14
To aid, or a play that helps your hockey teammate score a goal
    $600 6
Types of these used in a drum set include crash & splash
    $600 19
Prussian field marshal Gebhard von Blucher helped defeat this French leader at Waterloo in 1815
    $600 9
This title chameleon faced a snake & a hawk in the town of Dirt
    $600 28
In 79 A.D. one of these destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii & Herculaneum
    DD: $300 23
In 1934 a giant clam yielded one of these gems weighing more than 14 pounds
    $600 15
To let a classroom of kids go home
    $800 4
Instead of valves like a trumpet, this brass instrument has a slide with 7 positions
    $800 20
The Civil Rights Act & the Watts Riots happened during this decade of hope & tragedy
    $800 10
"The Borrowers" is the basis for "The Secret World of" her
    $800 29
In Genesis 41:30 Joseph predicted one of these extreme shortages that cause people to starve
    $800 24
It could take weeks to finish one of these made by Ravensburger; it's over 17' by 6' & contains more than 32,000 pieces
    $800 16
A woman who entertains guests at her home, perhaps with Twinkies made by this brand
    $1000 3
Unlike the guitar, the violin doesn't have these dividing strips on its fingerboard
    $1000 7
Louis XIV turned this building into a royal palace & the official residence of the court of France
    $1000 11
Julie Andrews leaves the convent to work for the von Trapps in this musical
    $1000 30
Sort of a dry avalanche, it's a fall of earth & rocks down the side of a mountain
    $1000 25
This prehistoric giant was formerly called a Brontosaurus
    $1000 17
When doling out justice, a court of law is "in" this

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

Mandy Anna Matthew
-$1,800 $4,800 $4,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mandy Anna Matthew
$200 $8,000 $7,300

Double Jeopardy! Round

PERFORMING KIDS
BOOK REPORT
TRAVELING THE USA
IT'S A NOISY PLANET
THINGS THAT GO BLOOM
"B" PLUS
(Alex: Each correct response will begin with the letter B.)
    $400 11
Nathan Kress was 14 when he began co-starring on this show in episodes like "iWant More Viewers" & "iScream on Halloween"
    $400 2
Chapters in this novel include "The Golden Tickets" & "Augustus Gloop Goes Up the Pipe"
    $400 16
This state has the longest border with Mexico
    $400 21
It's a Noisy Planet is a program to prevent hearing loss, which can be caused by exposure to sounds over 85 of these units
    $400 22
Folklore says blowing the seeds off this weedy herb carries your dreams to a loved one
    $400 1
It's the launching of a rocket--3-2-1...
    DD: $150 12
Asa Butterfield played this 2011 title movie character whose last name is Cabret
    $800 3
Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Medal-winning novel about racism & social injustice is called "Roll of Thunder," this
    $800 17
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from St. Louis, MO.) I'm in St. Louis, Missouri on this river that flows from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico
    $800 23
One sign of being around too-loud noise is if you hear this sound in your ears but there's no bell nearby
    $800 24
The "hips" on these red flowers are chock full O' vitamin C
    $800 7
Here's a simple one of these charts, showing students' test scores
    $1200 13
Last name of Willow & Jaden, whose parents with similar names do some acting, too
    $1200 4
"Ghost Town at Sundown" is one of the many adventures Jack & Annie go on in this book series by Mary Pope Osborne
    $1200 18
Bring your swimsuit to Ashland, Wisconsin to take a dip in this largest Great Lake
    $1200 26
You shouldn't have more than 15 min. unprotected exposure to the sound of this winter vehicle, like a ski-doo
    $1200 25
These beautiful blooms commonly come in Easter & tiger varieties
    $1200 8
Oui, my friends--we use this French word for a broad, often landscaped city street
    $1600 14
Now 18, this Canadian superstar signed a recording contract at age 15 & gave us "My Worlds Acoustic"
    $1600 5
Martians attack the Earth after landing outside of London in this 1898 sci-fi classic by H.G. Wells
    $1600 19
Interstate Highway 10 stretches across the USA from California to this state at the other end
    DD: $10 27
Since the 1870s people have been worried about the "air" type of this; since the 1970s, about the "noise" type
    $1600 29
In the 1880s near Zanzibar, John Kirk discovered the African type of this flower that's also a reddish-blue color
    $1600 9
It's a bowl-shaped depression on the ocean floor, or a washbowl or sink in your house
    $2000 15
Perhaps this CBS sitcom needs re-titling, as Angus T. Jones, who was 9 when it debuted, turns 19 in 2012
    $2000 6
In "Skylark", a sequel to this novel, Anna & Caleb leave the prairie for a visit to Maine with their stepmom
    $2000 20
Cherokee National Forest is found in these colorfully named mountains of Tennessee
    $2000 28
Even a farm can be loud if you're too close to a truck or this vehicle that's also featured in events called "pulls"
    $2000 30
This flower can come in a number of colors, & its name sounds like it's a country full of autos
    $2000 10
The postage stamp seen here celebrates this Japanese art of growing miniature plants & trees

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mandy Anna Matthew
$1,950 $20,400 $21,290

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Final Jeopardy! Round

NOTABLE AMERICANS
In addition to his 1,093 U.S. patents, he held more than 1,200 patents awarded by other countries

Final scores:

Mandy Anna Matthew
$1,450 $36,401 $40,801
3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000 Winner: $40,801

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Mandy Anna Matthew
$2,600 $20,400 $21,600
5 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
26 R,
0 W
25 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $44,600

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Game tape date: 2012-03-05
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