Show #3033 1997-11-05 (taped 1997-10-12) Teen Tournament

1997-B Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

Evan Johnson — a senior from Chevy Chase, Maryland

Deon Lackey — a senior from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Sahir Islam — a senior from Somers, New York

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sahir	$1,100	$2,700	$11,300	$12,000 Automatic semifinalist	$9,100 19 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Deon	$1,300	$2,800	$4,000	$1,500 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$4,000 13 R, 2 W
Evan	$2,100	$3,500	$14,500	$6,399 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$9,900 25 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. PRESIDENTS	FLOWER POWER	CITIES OF THE BIBLE	SODA POP QUIZ	BALL GAMES	PASSING "NOTE"s
$100 [10] He's on the front of the penny & his memorial is on the back Abraham Lincoln Sahir	$100 [19] Its name is derived from "day's eye"; like an eye, its blossoms close at night & open by day the daisy Sahir	$100 [5] After David captured this city's fortress, it was called the City of David Jerusalem Deon	$100 [27] This ubiquitous soft drink removed its cocaine by 1905 but kept the caffeine Coca-Cola Evan	$100 [1] A slow- or fast-pitch 7-inning game, or a question as easy as this one softball Evan	$100 [24] From the Latin for "buying back", it's the type of note kidnappers are known for writing a ransom note Evan
$200 [11] He was married to an Academy Award winner Ronald Reagan Sahir	$200 [16] A craze for this flower developed in Holland in 1634 with single bulbs fetching high prices a tulip Evan	$200 [4] This city already had a bad reputation when Lot decided to settle there Sodom Deon	$200 [26] Like root beer, this "ale" is flavored with a root, mostly from Jamaica ginger ale Deon	$200 [30] In the billiards game named for this black object, you must sink it last the 8-ball Evan	$200 [29] Reading these study aids with the yellow & black covers is no substitute for reading the text Cliff's Notes Deon
$300 [2] Among his nicknames were "Gloomy Gus" & "Tricky Dick" Richard Nixon Sahir	$300 [22] This popular Christmas flower comes in several different colors, but the red variety is in greatest demand the poinsettia Deon	$300 [6] After Joshua & the Israelites crossed the Jordan, this city locked its gates Jericho Deon	$300 [17] This gas produced by fermentation gives soda its pop Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) Sahir	$300 [20] The object of this game is to completely coil a cord around a post Tetherball Sahir	$300 [28] It's slang for the $100 bill, from the Roman numeral that once appeared on it a C-note Evan
$400 [3] He won the popular vote in 1960 by just 113,057 votes John F. Kennedy Evan	$400 [21] A species of this beautiful tropical flower is classified as vanilla planifolia the orchid Deon	$400 [7] As a captive in this city, Daniel was known by the name Belteshazzar Babylon Deon	$400 [18] This 19th c. physician of Rural Retreat, Va. was immortalized in the name of a soft drink Dr. Charles T. Pepper Deon	$400 [15] In this sport all plays start with the ball between or on the hash marks football Sahir	$400 [12] Used for taking notes in class, they may be filled with wide-ruled or college-ruled paper notebooks Evan
$500 [9] On Jan. 20, 1993 he became a former president George H.W. Bush Deon	$500 [23] Swedish botanist Anders Dahl introduced this flower into Europe the dahlia Sahir	$500 [8] Elijah anoited Hazael king of Syria in the wilderness outside this capital Damascus Sahir	$500 [14] Pharmaceutical company G.D. Searle developed the soda sweetener Aspartame, marketed as this NutraSweet Evan	DD $700 [13] Game seen here: skee ball Evan	$500 [25] On a musical score, this type of note has no stem a whole note Evan

Double Jeopardy! Round

ISLANDS	PARTY GEOMETRY	SHOWBIZ FAMILIES	STUFF	AMERICAN LIT	"END" AT THE BEGINNING
$200 [24] The island of Honshu is considered this country's "mainland" Japan Sahir	$200 [14] It's a figure defined by a closed plane curve & a vertex, or what you can fill with a scoop of ice cream a cone Evan	$200 [29] Damon, Keenan, Marlon, Shawn Wayans Evan	$200 [1] Congress defends & amends this document Constitution Deon	$200 [2] Number of poems Emily Dickinson gave permission to publish during her lifetime 0 Evan	$200 [18] Unfortunately, leopards, Asian elephants & gray whales are on this animal list the endangered species list Evan
$400 [23] About 80% of this Mediterranean island's 700,000 people speak Greek; about 18% speak Turkish Cyprus Deon	$400 [19] In the game room, the flight paths of well-thrown darts form these parts of circles arcs Evan	$400 [30] Beau, Jeff, Lloyd Bridges Sahir	$400 [28] His resume includes trumpeter, book deliverer, archangel & announcer Gabriel Evan	$400 [27] Of Hawkeye, Hot Lips or Klinger, the one in "Last of the Mohicans" Hawkeye Sahir	$400 [26] A long, hard race, like a marathon, is meant to test this in an athlete endurance Evan
$800 [3] In 1778 Capt. James Cook surveyed the eastern part of this Alaskan island chain Aleutians Evan	$600 [13] Jill & her boyfriend form these 2 coplanar lines & Jill's dad is relieved they have no point in common parallel lines Deon	$600 [25] John, David, Keith, Robert Carradine Sahir	$600 [22] One of the 3 Greek letters whose names don't end in a vowel epsilon, omicron or upsilon Evan	$600 [11] "North of Boston" & "New Hampshire" are books of poetry by this man Robert Frost Sahir	$600 [7] Honey, Sweetheart & Sugar are terms of this endearment Sahir
$1,000 [9] The Biminis, the westernmost group in this island nation, lie about 60 miles east of Miami Bahamas	$1,000 [4] 2 angles with a common vertex & a common side, or the position of the house next door that called the cops adjacent Sahir Evan	$800 [8] Lionel, Ethel, John, Drew Barrymore Evan	$800 [20] 9-year-old Jamie Lynn Bence is famous for doing this in about 20 Major League ball parks singing the national anthem Sahir Deon	$800 [15] This Shirley Jackson short story about a stoning is subtitled "The Adventures of James Harris" The Lottery Evan	$800 [17] Give a grant of money to support an institution endowment Deon
DD $5,000 [16] Since 1949 this island has been the seat of the Republic of China Taiwan Evan	DD $3,000 [5] 2/3 pi r cubed will give us this measure for our hemispherical punch bowl volume Sahir	$1,000 [21] Edwin, Junius, John Wilkes Booth Evan	$1,000 [12] In 1997 French Polynesia celebrated the 50th anniversary of this Thor Heyerdahl raft Kon-Tiki Evan	$1,000 [6] The Rachel picked up Ishmael, the lone survivor of this other whaling ship the Pequod	$1,000 [10] The thyroid is one of these glands endocrine Sahir

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC NAMES

In 1935, at the request of President Manuel Quezon, he was appointed military advisor to the Philippines

Douglas MacArthur

Deon "Who is Lali" — wagered $2,500

Sahir "Who is MacArthur???" — wagered $700

Evan "Who is Marcos?" — wagered $8,101

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