Show #3345 1999-03-05 Teen Tournament

1999-A Teen Tournament final game 2.

Contestants

Melissa Sexstone — a senior from East Syracuse, New York (subtotal of $8,600)

Trish Ranney — a senior from San Jose, California (subtotal of $11,000)

Elizabeth Nyman — a sophomore from Jacksonville, Florida (subtotal of $7,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Elizabeth	$400	$1,700	$2,900	$1,000	$2,900 10 R, 2 W
Trish	$300	$1,800	$5,600	$6,600	$5,600 17 R, 3 W
Melissa	$1,300	$2,600	$7,600	$13,601	$7,800 20 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WAY BACK IN 1995	TV THE KIDS LOVE	POLITICIANS	LAKES & RIVERS	THE SECOND	COMMON BONDS
$100 [1] Tokyo was hit by a terrorist nerve gas attack & Kobe was hit by a major one of these, measuring 7.2 an earthquake Melissa	$100 [6] Keri Russell plays a 17-year-old who's a college freshman on this WB drama Felicity Elizabeth	$100 [26] This state's senator Alfonse D'Amato was defeated in 1998 by Democratic congressman Chuck Schumer New York Melissa	$100 [16] This Great Lake has the same name as a Canadian province Lake Ontario Melissa	$100 [11] Bobby Leach was the 2nd person to go over this in a barrel & survive Niagara Falls Melissa	$100 [21] Cotton candy, a spider web, a top things that are spun Trish
$200 [2] On February 7, 1995 Pres. Clinton announced he "struck out" in trying to end this controversial strike the baseball strike Trish	$200 [7] James Van Der Beek & Katie Holmes play residents of Capeside on this drama filled with teen angst Dawson's Creek Trish	$200 [27] This House Judiciary chairman has represented his district near Chicago for 24 years Henry Hyde Melissa	$200 [17] Regular steamship service is available on this river from Cairo to Aswan Nile Elizabeth	$200 [12] It's the country with the 2nd-largest Jewish population Israel Melissa	$200 [22] Key, circus, wedding rings Trish
$300 [3] Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of Medgar Evers, was sworn in as its chairwoman in 1995 NAACP Trish	$300 [8] Glenn Close was the voice of Marge's long-lost mother-in-law on this show The Simpsons Elizabeth	$300 [28] This Senate majority leader was a Democrat until filing for the GOP primary in a Mississippi House race in 1972 Trent Lott Elizabeth	$300 [18] It's the river mentioned in the title of the following Danube ("Blue Danube Waltz") Elizabeth	$300 [13] Santa knows the 2nd tallest one of these in the world was built for a nickel co. in Sudbury, my home town a smokestack	$300 [23] Ideas, tents, horseshoes things that are pitched Trish
$400 [4] After 18 games he defeated Viswanathan Anand 10 1/2 to 7 1/2 to keep his world chess title Garry Kasparov	$400 [9] David Boreanaz plays this sensitive & tormented vampire who's in love with a vampire slayer Angel Trish	$400 [29] Current biography calls this Missouri congressman "well-groomed with razor-cut red hair" Richard Gephardt	$400 [19] Hindus believe that dying in this most sacred of rivers ensures passage to paradise Ganges Melissa	DD $400 [14] The 2nd most-used letter in written English, it begins the most-written word T (for the word the) Melissa	$400 [24] Icebergs, torpedoes, loose lips things that sink ships Trish
$500 [5] In February the U.N. voted to send 7,000 peacekeepers to this southern African nation Angola	$500 [10] As Cory Matthews, Ben Savage is smitten with Topanga Lawrence on this show Boy Meets World Melissa	$500 [30] This new California governor is one of the USA's highest paid, with a yearly salary of $156,075 Gray Davis Trish	$500 [20] Fed by the Kissimmee River, it's the largest freshwater lake in the southern United States Lake Okeechobee Melissa	$500 [15] It's the 2nd most common element in the Moon's, as well as the Earth's crust silicon	$500 [25] An accordion, a tube of toothpaste, someone's hand things that are squeezed Elizabeth

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE U.N.	HIGH SCHOOLS	HIT TUNES	STATE LICENSE PLATES	WEIGHTS & MEASURES	"CHAR"MED WORDS & PHRASES
DD $100 [30] Vatican City, Moldova & this country are the only European states which do not belong to the U.N. Switzerland Melissa	$200 [6] The movie "Hoosiers" is based on tiny Milan High's 1954 victory over Muncie Central in this sport basketball Elizabeth	$200 [21] "Wannabe" The Spice Girls Trish	$200 [16] XXX 0000[with the Rockies outlined] Colorado	$200 [11] In the U.S., one of these units is equal to 3.785 liters, so fill'er up a gallon Melissa	$200 [1] Sticks of this used by artists for sketching are often made from willow wood charcoal Trish
$200 [26] Composed of all member nations, this organ of the U.N. has been called the "Town Meeting of the World" General Assembly	$400 [7] In 1989 students at a Cambridge, Mass. school boycotted Coca-Cola to protest its ties to this formerly racist country South Africa Melissa	$400 [22] "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?" Paula Cole Trish	$400 [17] SAMPLEVacationland Maine Trish	$400 [12] The lowest possible temperature is designated by zero K, or by this phrase absolute zero Melissa	$400 [2] Second century playwright Terence wrote the Latin equivalent of the phrase this "begins at home" charity Melissa
$400 [27] This foreword to the U.N. charter is similar to the one in our Constitution; it begins, "We the peoples" the preamble Trish Melissa	$600 [8] In 1998 a San Antonio, Texas school was named in honor of this first woman on the Supreme Court Sandra Day O'Connor Elizabeth	$600 [23] "I Believe I Can Fly" R. Kelly Trish	$600 [18] 0 0000[with a drawing of a cowboy] Wyoming	DD $500 [13] This common measure was originally the area a yoke of oxen could plow in a day an acre Melissa	$600 [3] It's said this term for a cramp of an arm or leg muscle originated in baseball in the 1880s charley horse Trish
$600 [28] The elimination of malaria is one of the projects sponsored by this Geneva-based arm of the U.N. the WHO (World Health Organization) Elizabeth	$800 [9] Students at a real high school, Aviation High in Queens, fix planes at this "presidential" airport JFK Elizabeth	$800 [24] "Take A Bow","The Power Of Good-Bye" Madonna Trish	$800 [19] 301-JRJEvergreen State Washington Trish	$800 [14] Run this metric distance & it's the same as 6.214 miles 10 kilometers Trish Melissa	$800 [4] This largest city in the 2 Carolinas is one of the nation's leading textile production centers Charlotte Elizabeth Melissa
$800 [29] The U.N. flag features a map of the world surrounded by a wreath of these olive leaves (or olive branches) Melissa	$1,000 [10] You can join Junior ROTC at Kemper, the oldest school of this type west of the Mississippi a military school Melissa	$1,000 [25] "Time Of Your Life (Good Riddance)" Green Day Elizabeth	$1,000 [20] EPL 024Sportsman's Paradise Louisiana	$1,000 [15] This unit of radiation is named for the physicist who discovered X-rays Roentgen Melissa	$1,000 [5] It's a clear light green color with a yellowish tinge Chartreuse Trish

Final Jeopardy!

AUTHORS

In June 1998 a museum dedicated to this author opened in Salinas, California

John Steinbeck

Elizabeth "Who is Salinger?" — wagered $1,900

Trish "Who is Steinbeck?" — wagered $1,000

Melissa "Who is Steinbeck?" — wagered $6,001

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