Show #4699 2005-01-27 (taped 2004-10-26) Teen Tournament

2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

Kerri Regan — a senior from Bethpage, New York

Steve Golden — a junior from Brookeville, Maryland

Ruvani Fonseka — a junior from Grosse Pointe, Michigan

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ruvani	$3,600	$6,200	$17,400	$22,998 2nd place: $2,500 + a computer package if eliminated	$17,000 25 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Steve	$3,800	$5,800	$23,000	$26,000 Automatic semifinalist	$17,800 22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Kerri	$200	$-1,200	$4,800	$7,200 3rd place: $2,500 + a computer package if eliminated	$6,000 10 R (including 1 DD), 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. GEOGRAPHY	FIRST NAME'S THE SAME	NOVELS	BRIGHT IDEAS	TEENS IN HISTORY	RHYME TIME
$200 [11] Of Hawaii's 8 main islands, this one receives the lion's share of the tourist dollars Oahu Steve	$200 [1] Cash, Depp Johnny Steve	$200 [6] The 1719 1st edition told of him "having been cast on shore by shipwreck, wherein all... men perished but himself" Robinson Crusoe Ruvani	$200 [21] Edwin Budding adapted a rotary shearer used to remove excess fibers from carpets into this outdoor tool the lawnmower Ruvani	$200 [16] In 1468 this teen was recognized as heiress to the throne of Castile Queen Isabella Kerri	$200 [26] An intelligent beginning a smart start Steve
$400 [12] When the Russians owned Alaska, they referred to this tall peak as Bolshaya Gora Mt. McKinley Steve	$400 [2] Bakula, Wolf Scott Ruvani	$400 [7] Even the epilogue is lengthy in this 1869 Tolstoy epic; it comes out in 2 parts &, in our copy, is 105 pages long War and Peace Ruvani	$400 [22] In 1948 scientists at Bristol-Meyers "buffered" this medicine for the first time aspirin Ruvani Steve Kerri	$400 [17] She was a teenage farm girl when she beat the famous marksman Frank Butler in an 1870s shooting match Annie Oakley Ruvani	$400 [27] A more obese baseball slugger a fatter batter Kerri
$600 [13] This river begins in Colorado & empties into the Gulf of Mexico near Brownsville, Texas Rio Grande Ruvani Steve	$600 [3] Carey, Bledsoe Drew Steve	$600 [8] This 1939 Steinbeck novel helped publicize the plight of Dust Bowl refugees The Grapes of Wrath Ruvani	$600 [23] Lawrence Sperry used the gyroscope his dad developed in this device that keeps planes on course without human aid autopilot Steve Kerri	$800 [19] Betrothed as a teen to her creepy cousin in 1744, she later became a "Great" empress of Russia Catherine the Great Ruvani	$600 [28] A wealthy sorceress a rich witch Ruvani
$800 [14] Florida's panhandle borders these 2 states Alabama and Georgia Ruvani Kerri	$800 [4] Lillard, Modine Matthew Steve	$800 [9] Chapter 10 of this 1960 novel begins, "Atticus was feeble: he was nearly fifty" To Kill a Mockingbird Ruvani	$800 [24] In 1882 Schuyler Wheeler put a propellor on the shaft of an electric motor & created this--how cool! a fan Ruvani Steve	DD $1,000 [18] In the 1850s this future sculptor failed the Ecole des Beaux-Arts entrance exam 3 times (think about it) Rodin Ruvani	$800 [29] Written text of a movie about an underground burial chamber a crypt script Steve
$1,000 [15] This large lake on the New York-Vermont border is Vermont's lowest point Lake Champlain Kerri	$1,000 [5] Connelly, Garner, Holliday Jennifer Ruvani	$1,000 [10] Published in 1949, this futuristic tale is set in Oceania, a few years before you were born 1984 Steve	$1,000 [25] James Fergason invented this type of "display" that found an early use in calculators LCD (or Liquid Crystal Display) Steve	$1,000 [20] Apprenticed to a British shipowner as a teen in the 1740s, he became one of the great explorers of the Pacific Captain Cook Kerri	$1,000 [30] Voraciously eat an "all-purpose" baking ingredient devour flour Steve

Double Jeopardy! Round

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS	SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS	LOW CUT GENES	IN THE DICTIONARY	FINE DINING	TAKE OUT
$400 [26] Of particular interest to the NRA is the amendment that allows us "to keep & bear" these arms Steve	$400 [1] Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain & their 9 teammates on the field soccer Kerri	$400 [6] Because they develop from a single ovum, this variety of twins has the same genetic makeup identical Ruvani	$400 [11] This math term comes from the Latin frangere, "to break" fraction Ruvani	$400 [16] A Vacherin dessert features this crisp concoction of beaten egg whites & sugar meringue Ruvani	$400 [21] It's the common operation to remove 2 small oval masses of tissue at the back of the mouth a tonsillectomy Ruvani Steve
$1,200 [28] The 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, was ratified in this year 1865 Kerri	$800 [2] Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie & their 3 teammates on the floor basketball Ruvani	$800 [7] Genes that affect hereditary traits are called alleles & are either "dominant" or this recessive Steve	$800 [12] This synonym for "room" can precede music & maid chamber Ruvani	$800 [17] NYC sushi chef Masa Takayama has paid more than $120 a pound for this fish--a bit pricier than Star-Kist's tuna Kerri	$800 [22] A rhytidectomy removes these surgically; botox takes them out another way wrinkles Steve
$1,600 [29] The 24th Amendment says you don't have to pay this type of tax, or any other in order to vote poll Steve	$1,200 [3] Misty May & Kerri Walsh beach volleyball Ruvani	$1,200 [8] Since the 1980s this hormone used by diabetics has been produced by genetically engineered bacteria insulin Ruvani	DD $800 [15] This cutting implement has the same name as a type of dive & a kind of trailer-truck accident a jackknife Kerri	$1,200 [18] This word for a French stew is pronounced the same as a pasta sauce brand ragout Ruvani	$1,200 [23] A lobectomy removes one of the 5 lobes of the lungs; a lobotomy takes out part of this organ the brain Ruvani
$2,000 [30] Decade when the 27th & last amendment, having to do with pay raises in Congress, took effect the 1990s Ruvani Steve Kerri	$1,600 [4] Mohini Bhardwaj, Courtney Kupets & their 4 teammates gymnastics Kerri	$1,600 [9] A pair of chromosomes with this 2-letter designation makes a woman a woman XX Steve	$1,200 [13] The name of this 6-pointed star comes from the Greek for "six" & "letter" a hexagram	$1,600 [19] A company at Union Wharf in Portland ships all kinds of seafood, but is called "Maine" this creature "Direct" Lobster Steve	$1,600 [24] A keratotomy is an incision of this eye part; a keratectomy removes part of it the cornea Kerri
DD $6,000 [27] Under the 5th Amendment, 1 of the 3 things that no person shall be deprived of "without due process of law" life (or liberty or property) Steve	$2,000 [5] Lisa Fernandez, Jennie Finch & their 7 teammates on the field softball Ruvani	$2,000 [10] Named for a German neuropathologist, this memory loss disease may be caused by a gene on chromosome 21 Alzheimer's disease Ruvani	$1,600 [14] The name of this African equine comes from the Portuguese for "wild ass" a zebra Kerri	$2,000 [20] En croute, as in salmon en croute, is French for "in" this, also found on toast crust Ruvani	$2,000 [25] The embolus removed from an artery in an embolectomy is usually one of these obstructions a (blood) clot Steve

Final Jeopardy!

MOUNTAINS

To trek through its Khumbu Icefall, Lhotse Face & South Col, your team needs a $70,000 permit from Nepal's government

Mount Everest

Kerri "What is Mont Everest XX Mount Everest" — wagered $2,400

Ruvani "What is Everest?" — wagered $5,598

Steve "What is Mt. Everest" — wagered $3,000

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