Show #3034 1997-11-06 (taped 1997-10-12) Teen Tournament

1997-B Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

Kathy Thompson — a senior from Gaithersburg, Maryland

Enos Williams — a junior from Beaumont, Texas

Jennifer Rehmann — a junior from McGrady, North Carolina

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jennifer $1,300 $4,100 $6,100 $0
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$5,700
17 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Enos $1,300 $3,100 $9,900 $11,400
Automatic semifinalist
$9,700
21 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Kathy $1,900 $1,900 $8,900 $7,700
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$8,900
19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

a little lit mini-mountains wee folk it's microscopic the small screen "short" stuff
$100 [11]
Little Eva befriends a slave in this Harriet Beecher Stowe classic
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Kathy
$100 [21]
The Galilee site where tradition says Jesus preached this in Matthew 5 is described as more of a hill
the Sermon on the Mount
Enos
$100 [16]
These tiny creatures love to dance, but Santa prefers that they make toys
elves
Jennifer
$100 [26]
In an animal cell, it's where the chromosomes are contained
the nucleus
Jennifer
$100 [6]
In the 1997 series based on this Jean-Claude Van Damme film, police in 2007 keep history on track
Timecop
Kathy
$100 [1]
Raspberry Tart, Apple Dumplin' & Lemon Meringue are characters in this line of dolls
Strawberry Shortcake
Enos
$200 [12]
When you were little you probably read about this "I-Think-I-Can" character
the Little Engine That Could
Jennifer
$200 [22]
L.A.'s Mount Lee is the home of this 50' tall, 450' long sign
"Hollywood"
Jennifer
$200 [17]
Their name comes from the old Irish luchorpan, meaning "little body"
leprechaun
Jennifer
$400 [29]
Baleen whales eat this mixture of microscopic organisms, like algae, that drift near the surface of the sea
plankton
Jennifer
$200 [7]
In the Showtime series based on this 1994 film, Richard Dean Anderson picks up where Kurt Russell left off
Stargate
Jennifer
$200 [2]
"Hams" broadcast via this
shortwave radio
Enos
$300 [13]
Adults who read this Antoine de Saint-Exupery tale may pick up on the allegory
The Little Prince
Enos
$300 [23]
Going from Monroe to Shreveport, you might see this state's highest peak, 535' Mt. Driskill
Louisiana
Enos
$300 [18]
These sprites are quite happy if you give them milk, just like the little Girl Scouts of the same name
brownies
Jennifer
$500 [28]
The parts inside a living cell move in this semifluid substance whose name in part means "cell"
Cytoplasm
Jennifer
$300 [8]
Until this pair, never before had a big screen meerkat & warthog been given their own TV series
Timon & Pumbaa
Enos
$300 [3]
In this 1995 film in which John Travolta played mob enforcer Chili Palmer, the real Palmer had a cameo
Get Shorty
Kathy
$400 [14]
British author who created Little Nell & Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens
Enos
$400 [24]
A women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts is named for this nearby 878' mount
Mount Holyoke
Jennifer
$400 [19]
These Scandinavian beings often lurk under bridges; just ask the 3 Billy-Goats Gruff
trolls
Enos
DD $600 [27]
People who are allergic to dust are actually more allergic to this arachnid, seen here:
a dust mite
Jennifer
$400 [9]
This ABC teen series totally up'n moved to UPN in 1997
Clueless
Kathy
$400 [4]
Myopic
short-sighted
Jennifer
$500 [15]
In this E.B. White tale, a 2-inch mouselike boy is the title character
Stuart Little
Jennifer
$500 [25]
Belgium's 2,277' Botrange is the highest peak in this group of 3 countries named for their un-mountainousness
the Low Countries
Enos
$500 [20]
Menehune are magical little beings who like to work at night in the islands of this U.S. state
Hawaii
Enos
$500 [10]
This 1980 film about a high school for the performing arts has inspired 2 TV series
Fame
Kathy
$500 [5]
In 1927 court reporter Martin Dupraw used this to take testimony at the rate of 282 words per minute
shorthand
Kathy

Double Jeopardy! Round

SUPER ATHLETES MS. PLUMLY'S COMPOSITION CLASS FROM A TO Y ON A PIZZA LONG AGO FAR AWAY
$200 [11]
Janet Evans holds the world record in the 400, 800 & 1500-meter freestyle events in this sport
swimming
Kathy
$200 [26]
If your predicates don't agree in number & person with these words, Ms. Plumly will see red
subjects
Kathy
$200 [6]
Morning meeting of all the students
assembly
Kathy
$200 [1]
Topping a pizza with this tropical fruit will make it Hawaiian
pineapple
Jennifer
$200 [16]
Egyptians could read the latest Book of the Dead on scrolls made from this reed
papyrus
Kathy
$200 [21]
It was in Tongan waters that the crew of this ship mutinied against Captain Bligh
the Bounty
Enos
$400 [12]
In 1993 this center, then with the Orlando Magic, was named the NBA's Rookie of the Year
Shaquille O'Neal
Kathy
$400 [30]
One or more sentences on a single thought; Ms. Plumly calls them the basic units of composition
paragraphs
Enos
$400 [7]
In England, it's a barrister or solicitor; in the U.S., it's this
an attorney
Enos
$400 [2]
Picked from trees & sometimes picked off pizza, the black ones are more common as toppings than the green ones
olives
Jennifer Kathy
$400 [17]
About 4,000 years ago, the Mesopotamians reinvented the wheel, using these to make it lighter
spokes
Jennifer
$400 [22]
Go straight south across the Strait of Gibraltar from Europe & you'll be in this N. African country
Morocco
Enos
$600 [13]
This Baltimore Orioles shortstop once wore a T-shirt that read "2130+ Hugs and Kisses for Daddy"
Cal Ripken, Jr.
Kathy
$600 [27]
Ms. Plumly says one should spend time on this plan of an essay; H.G. Wells wrote a long one "of History"
an outline
Kathy
$600 [8]
One of the Commandments says not to commit it
adultery
Kathy
$600 [3]
This fungal topping is grown in buildings that simulate the conditions inside a cave
mushrooms
Kathy
$600 [18]
When he died at age 33 in 323 B.C., his empire was over 2,500 miles wide
Alexander the Great
Enos
$600 [23]
300,000-square-mile plain that's home to the Argentinian gaucho
Pampas
Enos
$800 [14]
This German tennis star has won 21 Grand Slam singles titles, second only to Margaret Smith Court's 24
Steffi Graf
$800 [28]
Ms. Plumly doesn't use this word for a list of sources because it implies they're all books
bibliography
Kathy
$800 [9]
Go with a person or play with a singer
accompany
Enos
$800 [4]
It goes on a pizza as an ingredient of the sauce or as a "sun-dried" topping
tomato
Enos
$800 [19]
After the Persians destroyed the temples on this hill, Pericles had them rebuilt & added the Parthenon
the Acropolis
Enos
DD $1,000 [24]
This island off Africa is home to over 13 million people & the animal seen here:
Madagascar
Enos
DD $1,000 [15]
(Hi, I'm Reggie White.) In Super Bowl XXXI, I sacked this team's quarterback, Drew Bledsoe, 3 times, setting a Super Bowl record
the New England Patriots
Kathy
$1,000 [29]
A statement of what an essay will discuss, or what you may write to get your M.A.
a thesis
Kathy
$1,000 [10]
Field work in this field involves digging up the field looking for remains of past cultures
anthropology (or archaeology)
Kathy
$1,000 [5]
A quatro formaggi pizza is topped with this many different cheeses, including mozzarella
4
Enos
$1,000 [20]
While ruling Babylonia from 605 to 562 B.C., he conquered Jerusalem
Nebuchadnezzar
Jennifer
$1,000 [25]
During the winter, ice closes the northern ports of this "sea", the largest inland body of water in the world
the Caspian Sea
Enos

Final Jeopardy!

CARTOON CHARACTERS

This foe of Bugs Bunny is a marsupial

Tasmanian Devil

Jennifer "Who is Elmer Fudd?" — wagered $6,100
Kathy "Who is?" — wagered $1,200
Enos "Who is the Tasmanian Devil?" — wagered $1,500

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