1987 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 1.Inaugural Teen Tournament game.
Curt King — a junior at Eleanor McMain Magnet High School from New Orleans, Louisiana
Dawn Marie Nolan — a senior at Fletcher Senior High School from Jacksonville Beach, Florida
Paul Egendorf — a senior at Tustin High School from Tustin, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul | $-100 | $1,700 | $10,900 |
$10,800
Automatic semifinalist |
$10,700
25 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Dawn | $300 | $500 | $3,800 |
$300
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$4,300
17 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Curt | $800 | $1,500 | $1,900 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$1,900
7 R, 3 W |
| BIRDS | THE LIBRARY | LEAD SINGERS | PLAYTIME | CURRENT EVENTS | CAR TALK |
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$100
[23]
The bat parrot probably got its name from sleeping in this position
upside-down
Dawn
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$100
[10]
Defacing books or shouting or throwing spitballs at the other readers
three activities prohibited in the library
|
$100
[1]
Genesis
Phil Collins
Paul
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$100
[4]
To compete with "G.I. Joe", Coleco has created a line of soldiers inspired by this Stallone film
Rambo
Dawn
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$100
[9]
Hamilton, Ohio recently added this punctuation mark to its name, like our show's always had
an exclamation mark
Dawn
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$100
[21]
If you "boil the hides", it means your rear tires are producing this at the start of a drag race
smoke
Paul
Curt
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$200
[24]
Too "lei"zy to migrate, the geese in this tropical state stay year-round
Hawaii
Curt
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$200
[11]
On most reference books in your local library, you'll find this letter above the call number
R
Paul
Dawn
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$200
[2]
The Police
Sting
Dawn
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$200
[5]
In 1977, Kenner sold gift certificates for toys based on this sci-fi film since the toys didn't exist yet
Star Wars
Dawn
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$200
[15]
"Hands Across America" raised money for the hungry & homeless in this country
the United States of America
Dawn
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$200
[22]
When fixing cars, "R & R" means remove & do this to an auto part
restore (or replace or repair)
Dawn
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$300
[27]
A bird waterproofs its feathers with oil from its "preen gland", located at the base of this
its tail
Dawn
Curt
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$300
[12]
When a book has been checked out it's said to be "in" this
circulation
Paul
|
$300
[3]
Wham!
George Michael
Curt
|
$300
[6]
Christmas stockings in 1986 were filled with this Hungarian inventor's "Magic", as well as Santa's
Rubik
Dawn
|
DD
$200
[17]
Father Lawrence Jenco, the Reverend Benjamin Weir, & David Jacobsen
hostages that were released from Beirut
Paul
|
$300
[25]
When your car is "on the hook", it's traveling this way
on a tow truck
Paul
|
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$400
[13]
In this classification system, WWII, 940.54, comes before the Civil War, 973.7
the Dewey Decimal system
Dawn
|
$400
[18]
Eurythmics
Annie Lennox
Curt
|
$400
[7]
Since 1949, this game manufacturer has sold about 1 million Candyland sets a year
Milton Bradley
Paul
Dawn
|
$300
[16]
In October 1986, Reagan & Gorbachev went face to face in this cold capital
Reykjavik
Paul
|
$400
[26]
When a car has been "chopped", this part of it has been lowered
the top
Paul
Dawn
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$500
[14]
Shirley Jones played this part by the book in "The Music Man"
(Marian the) librarian
Paul
|
$500
[20]
Talking Heads
David Byrne
Curt
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$500
[8]
A battle of the bands is ensuing between Barbie & The Rockers & this doll & The Holograms
Jem
Curt
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$500
[19]
In 1986, for the 1st time ever, 2 women ran against each other for gov. in this plains state
Nebraska
Paul
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| LITERATURE | THE WORLD | TEEN QUEENS | QUOTES | AMERICAN HOLIDAYS | DESSERTS |
|
$200
[1]
Death of his son led him to write a "History of Spiritualism" before his last Sherlock Holmes book
(Sir Arthur Conan) Doyle
Paul
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$200
[15]
On the 1st day of spring or fall, the Sun is directly over this imaginary line
the Equator
Curt
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$200
[8]
This teenage Egyptian ruler gave birth to a son she claimed was Julius Caesar's
Cleopatra
Paul
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$200
[20]
Ben Franklin said, "There was never a good war or a bad" 1 of these
peace
Paul
Curt
|
$200
[2]
Since 1941, Thanksgiving is observed on this Thursday in November
the fourth Thursday
Paul
Dawn
|
$200
[5]
Sacher Torte originated in this Austrian capital
Vienna
Paul
|
|
$400
[4]
"A Christmas Carol" character who tells Scrooge, "I wear the chain I forged in life"
Jacob Marley
Paul
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$400
[16]
Of about 10, 30, or 50%, percentage of Earth's surface covered by land
30%
Dawn
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$400
[9]
Teen-aged Mary, Queen of Scots, also became queen of this country, because she'd married the Dauphin
France
Curt
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$400
[21]
It was way back in 1696 that Mary Manley wrote there's "no time like" this
the present
Paul
|
$400
[3]
"Shrove Tuesday", the day before Lent starts, is commonly called this in New Orleans
Mardi Gras
Paul
Dawn
|
$400
[6]
Like lemon pie, "Baked Alaska" is covered with this, then put in an oven to brown
meringue
Dawn
|
|
DD
$500
[7]
Narrator of classic tales translated by Sir Richard Burton, or title of this"suite" music
Scheherezade
Dawn
|
$600
[17]
All of the peoples of the world belong to this single species
Homo sapiens
Dawn
|
$600
[10]
At 15, she became the future Louis XVI's bride; at 18, she became queen
Marie Antoinette
Paul
|
$800
[28]
17th century English diarist known for the phrase "and so to bed"
Samuel Pepys
Dawn
|
$600
[11]
Supposedly a union president suggested date of this holiday to fill gap between July 4th & Thanksgiving
Labor Day
Dawn
|
$600
[22]
It's thought Saladin offered this fruity dessert, cousin to ice cream, to Richard I during Crusades
sherbet
Paul
|
|
$800
[13]
19th c. feminist Catharine Beecher wrote "The American Woman's Home" with this more famous sister
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Paul
|
$800
[18]
Guinness says more people emigrate from this Latin country than any other in the world
Mexico
|
$800
[25]
British monarch crowned in 1837, when she was barely 18
Victoria
Paul
|
DD
$1,000
[24]
Penguin's Modern Quotes lists "Supercalifragilistic- expialidocious" under his name
Disney
Paul
|
$800
[12]
Until June 1, 1954, this was officially called "Armistice Day"
Veterans Day
Paul
|
$800
[23]
A dessert that might be appropriate while repairing shoes
cobbler
Paul
|
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$1,000
[14]
Subtitled "A Tale of Acadie", this Longfellow poem describes the tragic romance of an Acadian woman
Evangeline
Dawn
|
$1,000
[19]
The term "second world" refers to this nation & its nearby allies
the Soviet Union
Paul
|
$1,000
[26]
Many claim that before Bloody Mary grabbed the throne, this "Lady" was Queen of England for 9 days
Lady Jane Grey
Dawn
|
$1,000
[29]
Bartlett's says she "coined" the phrase "equal pay for equal work" on March 18, 1869
Susan B. Anthony
Paul
|
$1,000
[27]
This memorialized president's birthday, April 13, was a legal holiday in Virginia from 1943 to 1967
Thomas Jefferson
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Bordering on Mich. & N.Y., these 2 Great Lakes are the only ones to border on 1 state each
Lake Huron & Lake Ontario