Show #3040 1997-11-14 (taped 1997-11-02) Teen Tournament

1997-B Teen Tournament final game 2.From DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.

Contestants

Enos Williams — a junior from Beaumont, Texas (subtotal of $11,000)

Kristen Stuckey — a senior from Richardson, Texas (subtotal of $1,000)

Sahir Islam — a senior from Somers, New York (subtotal of $16,500)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Sahir $900 $2,300 $4,900 $9,800 $6,900
20 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Kristen $800 $1,700 $10,200 $13,400 $9,100
20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Enos $1,400 $3,000 $7,800 $9,800 $7,700
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

"JERK"s WOMEN IN HISTORY OUT THERE SPORTS PEOPLE EAT THAT? TONGUE TWISTERS BRAIN FREEZE!
$100 [11]
A 5-Kleenex film
a tearjerker
Kristen
$100 [10]
Her maiden name was Indira Priyadarshini Nehru
Indira Gandhi
Enos
$100 [1]
At the 1996 Olympics, Italy won 2 gold & 2 silver medals in these boats originated by Eskimos
kayaks
Sahir
$100 [30]
This snake-like fish can often be found in sushi
eel
Sahir
$100 [26]
It's what she does down by the sea shore
sells seashells
Enos
$100 [21]
The number of words in this clue
7
Sahir
$200 [18]
A person behind the counter who prepared ice cream treats for your grandmother
a soda jerk
Sahir
$200 [9]
In 1613, when she was visiting the Potomac Indians, she was captured by the English & taken to Jamestown
Pocahontas
Sahir
$200 [2]
Don't try this at home, or at all--base jumping is done off high bridges, antennas & buildings, using these
parachutes
Sahir Kristen
$200 [29]
The cheeks of this animal can be smoked, as its belly is smoked for bacon
a pig
Sahir
$200 [25]
Completes the tongue twister "Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear; Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair; Fuzzy Wuzzy..."
wasn't fuzzy, was he?
Enos
$200 [20]
The value of pi to 2 decimal places
3.14
Enos
$300 [14]
Rhyming name for dried pieces of poultry cut into strips
turkey jerky
Kristen
$300 [8]
This Hull House founder was valedictorian of Rockford Seminary's class of 1881
Jane Addams
Sahir
$300 [4]
Like its land counterpart, this sport has a slalom event, which involves weaving between buoys
water skiing
Enos
$300 [28]
Mold gives this type of colorful cheese, like Roquefort, its flavor
blue cheese
Enos
$300 [24]
It's what the baby buggy bumper is made out of
rubber
Kristen
$300 [19]
According to Exodus, it's the sixth commandment; somebody should have told Cain
"Thou shalt not kill"
Sahir
$400 [13]
It's an unthinking reaction, like when the doctor hits you with a mallet
knee-jerk
Enos
DD $500 [7]
Famous 15th century heroine depicted in the statue seen here:
Joan of Arc
Enos
$400 [5]
Lisa Andersen, winner of the 1997 U.S. Open at Huntington Beach, Calif., is perhaps the top woman in this sport
surfing
$400 [27]
McDonald's introduced this "grown-up" hamburger in 1996
the Arch Deluxe
Enos
$400 [23]
In "Singin' in the Rain", Donald O'Connor tells us that Moses erroneously supposes his toeses are these
roses
Kristen
$400 [16]
Alphabetically, he's Snow White's first dwarf
Bashful
Kristen
$500 [12]
John G. Brennan & Kamal Ahmed, "Two Low-Lifes from Queens", are better known as this crank-calling duo
the Jerky Boys
Kristen
$500 [3]
Born a slave around 1797, she became famous as a preacher, abolitionist & women's rights activist
Sojourner Truth
Sahir
$500 [6]
Street luge & aggressive in-line skating are part of these games seen annually on ESPN
the X-Games
Enos
$500 [22]
Tripe is the lining of this digestive organ of cattle
the stomach
Sahir Kristen Enos
$500 [17]
Betty Botter bought some of this, but was worried it would make her batter bitter
butter
Enos
$500 [15]
The second U.S. president to serve only one term
John Quincy Adams

Double Jeopardy! Round

NAME THAT COUNTRY FAMILIAR PHRASES HISTORIC HEARTTHROBS TEENS ON FILM THE BODY HUMAN B SILENT
$200 [10]
Cooked sheep's head is eaten there; it gets really cold; Reykjavik is the capital
Iceland
Sahir
$200 [28]
Hopefully, you don't have one of these that "would stop a clock"
a face
Enos
$200 [30]
A dance called the Lindy Hop was associated with this aviation hero of the 1920s
Charles Lindbergh
Kristen
$200 [5]
In this comedy named for a holiday, Charlie Hofheimer is the son of Robin Williams... or Billy Crystal
Father's Day
Kristen Enos
$200 [17]
One of these can travel at more than 100 miles per hour; Gesundheit!
a sneeze
Sahir
$200 [18]
Mary had a little one
a lamb
Kristen
$400 [9]
It produces a lot of steel; it's only 998 square miles in area; it's the "lux" of the Benelux countries
Luxembourg
Kristen
$400 [27]
To shelve a project for a while is to "put it" on this part of the stove
the back burner
Sahir
$400 [29]
This late actor, who played American heroes like Mr. Smith, piloted bombers during WWII
Jimmy Stewart
Enos
$400 [4]
Actor who's smitten with older women Laura Dern in "Rambling Rose" & Winona Ryder in "Boys"
Lukas Haas
Kristen
$400 [16]
Also called cuspids, these teeth flank the incisors, sort of like guard dogs
canines
Sahir
$400 [22]
A klutz or bungler is said to be "all" these
thumbs
Kristen
$600 [8]
It's in north Africa; it's hot & dry in the summer; its largest city is Tunis
Tunisia
Enos
$600 [26]
If you're grouchy now it may be because you "got up on" this in the morning
the wrong side of the bed
Sahir
$800 [14]
Pop band Ugly Kid Joe took its name in contrast to a band named for this 1930s gangster
Pretty Boy Floyd
Enos
$800 [2]
Matthew Broderick eludes principal Jeffrey Jones to play hooky in this 1986 opus
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Sahir
$600 [15]
This hollow chamber of the upper end of the trachea contains the vocal cords
the larynx
Sahir Kristen
$600 [21]
He'll fix your pipes or stop a news leak
a plumber
Sahir
$800 [7]
Soccer is really popular there; almost everyone speaks Spanish; the capital building is in Caracas
Venezuela
Kristen
$800 [25]
"All is fair in" these 2 things
love & war
Sahir
$1,000 [13]
This lord's 1812 poem "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" made him a star in London at age 24
Lord Byron
Enos
$1,000 [1]
In a 1993 film, these title "kids" try to keep jazz alive in Nazi Germany
Swing Kids
Kristen
$800 [12]
Though it has no known function, this vermiform projection may become inflamed & even burst
the appendix
Kristen
$800 [20]
In a Tennessee cemetery, one of these is inscribed, "He was a simple man who died of complications"
a tombstone
Kristen
$1,000 [6]
Sisal is grown there; its monetary unit is called a gourde; voodoo is really big there
Haiti
Enos
$1,000 [24]
"When all else fails, read" these
the instructions
Sahir Enos
DD $1,700 [23]
Musical instrument in common to the heartthrobs seen here:
piano
Kristen
DD $2,000 [3]
Title of a 1996 film about unusual teenage girls, seen here:
The Craft
Sahir
$1,000 [11]
The body's temperature is controlled by this small structure at the base of the brain
the hypothalamus
Sahir
$1,000 [19]
It's a small elevator used to move items between floors of an apartment building
dumbwaiter
Kristen

Final Jeopardy!

HOLIDAYS

The U.S. stamp for this December holiday used the work of "Waiting to Exhale" cover artist Synthia Saint James

Kwanzaa

Sahir "What is (Kwanzaa) Kwaanza?" — wagered $4,900
Enos "What is Kwanzaa?" — wagered $2,000
Kristen "What is Kwanza??" — wagered $3,200

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