Show #3341 1999-03-01 Teen Tournament

1999-A Teen Tournament semifinal game 1.

Contestants

Oliver Longwell — a junior from Sag Harbor, New York

Melissa Sexstone — a senior from East Syracuse, New York

Sam Sanker — a sophomore from North Bergen, New Jersey

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sam	$2,300	$2,000	$5,400	$0 3rd place: $5,000	$5,400 18 R, 6 W
Melissa	$1,200	$1,600	$2,200	$1,200 Finalist	$2,200 11 R, 4 W
Oliver	$900	$500	$6,000	$1,199 2nd place: $5,000	$8,300 20 R, 4 W (including 3 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

REALLY BAD DATES	FAMOUS FACES	ORIGINS	BASEBALL '98	HUMAN ANATOMY 101	AS MOM SAYS...
$100 [21] A June 18, 1815 battle in Belgium was the final defeat of this leader Napoleon Sam	$100 [16] In her lifetimeshewas a tycoon's wife, an editor & a mother Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Sam	$100 [26] This fuzzy-skinned cousin of the nectarine seems to have originated in China, not Georgia Peach Sam Melissa	$100 [1] Helped by fearful pitchers, Mark McGwire also led the major leagues with 162 of these walks Sam Oliver	$100 [6] It's the chambered muscular organ that pumps the heart Sam	$100 [11] Don't bite off more than... you can chew Melissa
$200 [22] This hurricane devastated Central America October 26-31, 1998 Hurricane Mitch Oliver	$200 [17] Hewas one of the first 7 presidents of the U.S. Andrew Jackson Oliver	$200 [27] Hand-made types of this, like Alencon or Lille, are named for the places in which they originated lace Melissa	$200 [2] Relief ace Trevor Hoffman saved 53 of this National League champion's 98 wins San Diego Padres Sam	$200 [7] The number of bones in each finger except the thumbs 3 Oliver	$200 [12] Don't count your chickens... before they hatch Melissa
$300 [23] A fire that swept through a disco on Oct. 29, 1998 killed 63 people in Goteborg in this country Sweden Sam	$300 [18] "Girls Rule" could have been herslogan in the 1980s Margaret Thatcher Oliver	$300 [28] Not a Swiss man, but Ctesibius, a 3rd century Greek in Alexandria, invented this noisy timepiece the cuckoo clock Melissa Oliver	$300 [3] Appropriately, this "Junior" reached the 350-homer mark at the youngest age ever Ken Griffey Jr. Oliver	$300 [8] Its outer layer is the epidermis the skin Sam	$300 [13] Every cloud... has a silver lining Oliver
$500 [25] Outdated equipment was said to be a cause of the Dec. 3, 1984 deadly gas leak at a plant in Bhopal in this country India	$400 [19] He's the former "Celebrity Jeopardy!" champion & TV star seen here Cheech Marin Sam	$400 [29] In modern times it originated as a way to teach geography; kids put together cut-up maps Jigsaw puzzles Melissa	$400 [4] He managed the '98 Yankee team some called the greatest ever Joe Torre Sam	$400 [9] This light-sensitive membrane lines the inner eyeball & is connected by the optic nerve to the brain the retina Melissa	$400 [14] The left hand doesn't know... what the right hand is doing Sam
DD $800 [24] In December 1952 a toxic fog gripped this capital city, causing hundreds of deaths London Oliver	$500 [20] TV host seenhereas a high school student in the '70s; he looks different "Today" Matt Lauer Sam	$500 [30] This count introduced the potato as food to Lombardy & the battery to the world Alessandro Volta	$500 [5] We wish we had stock in this Giants outfielder, who became the first player ever with 400 homers & 400 steals Barry Bonds Sam	$500 [10] Responsible for bearing the weight of the body, this bone is also known as the shinbone the tibia Melissa	$500 [15] You're trying to put a square peg... in a round hole (or in a circular hole) Sam

Double Jeopardy! Round

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE	COLLEGE TOWNS	FANTASTIC VOYAGES	COLORFUL WORDS & PHRASES	BROADCAST	CABLE
$200 [6] Play of young love that includes the lines "Did my heart love till now?... for I ne'er saw true beauty till this night" Romeo and Juliet Sam	$200 [1] Yale New Haven, Connecticut Oliver	$200 [26] While returning to Greenland in about 1000, he rescued some sailors & received his nickname, Leif the Lucky Leif Ericson Sam	$200 [15] This speed demon of the dog world was originally used to hunt gazelles in Egypt more than 5,000 years ago the greyhound Melissa	$200 [21] It's the "Peacock Network" NBC Oliver	$200 [7] In buildings over 10 stories they're powered by electric traction systems & lifted by steel cables elevators Oliver
$400 [12] When Will compared "thee to a summer's day", he wrote, "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of" this month May Sam Oliver	$400 [2] George Washington University Washington, D.C. Oliver	$400 [27] On his fourth voyage to the New World in 1503, he was marooned in Jamaica for one year Christopher Columbus Oliver	$400 [16] The name of this color is from the Latin for "sea water" aquamarine Melissa Oliver	$400 [22] This one of the "Big Three" networks used to have phonograph in its name CBS Sam	$400 [8] Cyrus Field's first transatlantic telegraph cable that worked connected Newfoundland & this "Emerald Isle" Ireland Sam
DD $600 [13] In this romance, Ferdinand says, "Here's my hand", & Miranda replies, "And mine, with my heart in't" The Tempest Oliver	$600 [3] Brown University Providence, Rhode Island Oliver	$600 [28] He left Plymouth, England with 5 ships; the Golden Hind was the only 1 to complete the circumnavigation of the globe Sir Francis Drake Melissa	$600 [17] A "fishy", misleading clue in a mystery story a red herring Melissa	$600 [23] The first radio broadcast of a presidential inaugural address was this president's in 1921 over KDKA Warren G. Harding Oliver	$600 [9] Andrew S. Hallidie invented these & helped install them in San Francisco in 1873 cable cars Sam
$800 [14] This "seasonal" play says that "the course of true love never did run smooth" A Midsummer Night's Dream Melissa	$800 [4] Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh Melissa Oliver	DD $900 [29] Set adrift in a 1789 mutiny, he & 18 men sailed in an open boat over 3,500 miles across the Pacific to Timor William Bligh Oliver	$800 [18] In "Othello" jealousy is described as this, "which doth mock the meat it feeds on" a green-eyed monster	$800 [24] The broadcasting service of the U.S. Information Agency, abbreviated VOA Voice of America Oliver	$800 [10] World Book calls it "a cable of nerve cells" that extends from the neck down 2/3 of the backbone the spinal cord Melissa
$1,000 [20] The first line of this comedy is "If music be the food of love, play on" Twelfth Night Sam	$1,000 [5] Duke University Durham, North Carolina Oliver	$1,000 [30] On April 17, 1524 this Italian "bridged" the Atlantic & reached New York Harbor, anchoring at the Narrows Giovanni da Verrazzano Sam	$1,000 [19] Pearl Jam won a Grammy in 1996 for Best Hard Rock Performance with their hit "Spin" this "The Black Circle" Sam	$1,000 [25] Bud Paxson, who founded PAX TV in 1998, set up this buyer's delight in 1982 Home Shopping Network Oliver	$1,000 [11] This type of bridge, like the Golden Gate, is so named because it hangs from steel cables a suspension bridge Sam

Final Jeopardy!

ANIMALS

Coronado's men found them bearded like a goat, woolly like a sheep & with a hump larger than a camel's

Bison (of North America)

Melissa "What were llamas?" — wagered $1,000

Sam "[What is a llama?] What is a llama?" — wagered $5,400

Oliver "What are Donkeys" — wagered $4,801

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