Show #3489 1999-11-04 (taped 1999-09-13) Teen Tournament

1999-B Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

Jack Challis — a senior from Erlanger, Kentucky

Elizabeth Norton — a junior from Campton, New Hampshire

Brian Golden — a senior from Davenport, Iowa

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Brian $1,400 $1,800 $1,400 $2,800
3rd place: $2,500 if eliminated
$3,800
15 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Elizabeth $1,000 $2,700 $9,300 $7,700
Automatic semifinalist
$9,300
21 R, 0 W
Jack $-200 $1,100 $3,800 $7,600
2nd place: $2,500 if eliminated
$4,900
14 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

STATE CAPITALS THE FAMILY CAR PROFESSIONAL SPORTS FROG STUFF I WAS A TEENAGE... HOMOPHONES
$100 [6]
This Utah capital lies about 15 miles from the body of water for which it was named
Salt Lake City
Brian
$100 [16]
Now owned by Ford, this Swedish company is loosening up with its C70 convertible
Volvo
Jack
$100 [1]
In 1971 the NBA's San Diego Rockets moved to this city
Houston
Brian
$100 [22]
He's the handsome leading amphibian of the 1999 film "Muppets from Space"
Kermit the Frog
Brian
$100 [11]
In 1979 at the age of 18, this "Great One" began playing in the NHL
Wayne Gretzky
Elizabeth
$100 [19]
When Clem got arrested for stealing this bundle of hay, he had to make this to get out of jail
Bale/bail
Elizabeth
$200 [7]
Iolani Palace in this capital city was once home to monarchs
Honolulu
Jack
$200 [17]
If the car has a manual transmission, learn to do this to engage the lower gears on a hill
Downshift
Elizabeth
$200 [2]
(Hi, I'm Keenan McCardell of the Jacksonville Jaguars) In 1994 the NFL adopted this scoring opportunity from the colleges
Two-point conversion
Brian
$200 [24]
A person who's hoarse has a frog in this
Their throat
Jack
$200 [12]
As a teenager & president-yet-to-be this man met JFK in 1963
Bill Clinton
Brian
$200 [23]
A shore area, or a hardwood tree growing near it
Beach/beech
Elizabeth
$300 [8]
This city was laid out in the late 1840s on property once owned by John Sutter
Sacramento
Brian
$300 [18]
Dashboard feature you'll wish you could turn back after taking an unauthorized spin
Odometer
Brian
$300 [3]
On August 2, 1999 he outdueled David Duval in a televised golf shootout billed as the "Showdown at Sherwood"
Tiger Woods
Brian
$300 [25]
Also meaning "to die", a frog does this by closing off its nostrils & mouth & squeezing its lungs
Croak
Elizabeth
$300 [13]
In his late teens, this "Top Gun" star played a loony military cadet in "Taps"
Tom Cruise
Brian
$300 [28]
Run away? This insect hops away
Flee/flea
$500 [10]
You'll find this state capital near the eastern end of the Erie Canal
Albany
Elizabeth
$400 [20]
This part of the suspension comes in 3 types: coil, leaf & tension bar
Springs
Jack
$400 [4]
Of the 2 Williams sisters currently starring on the pro tennis tour, she won the 1999 U.S. Open
Serena Williams
Elizabeth
$400 [26]
In 1992 Mae Jemison did a frog egg fertilization experiment while aboard this
Space shuttle
Elizabeth
$400 [14]
This unfortunate "Lady" was only 15 years old when she began her 9-day reign over England in 1553
Lady Jane Grey
Jack
$400 [29]
It's what Lipton's could put in golf bags, or what's already there
teas/tees
Jack
DD $600 [9]
What a discovery! Genoa, Italy is an appropriate sister city of this state capital
Columbus, Ohio
Brian
$500 [21]
Name of the system that transmits to police in case of theft, introduced in Massachusetts in 1986
LoJack
$500 [5]
(Hi, I'm Shannon Sharpe of the Denver Broncos) In Super Bowl XXXII, this Denver running back, my teammate, ran for 157 yards, scored 3 TDs & was named MVP
Terrell Davis
Brian
$500 [27]
Students can do this, from Latin for "to cut apart", to virtual frogs on David Robertson's website
Dissect
Jack
$500 [15]
As a teenager, this current British PM shone as an actor & an athlete at Fettes College in Scotland
Tony Blair
Elizabeth
$500 [30]
Spell loot & liar this way to turn them into musical instruments
L-U-T-E & L-Y-R-E
Jack

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION THIS IS PLANET EARTH 19th CENTURY LITERATURE WHAT'S FOR LUNCH? WOODSTOCK '99 PARTS OF SPEECH
$200 [5]
About 60 members of the Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians for this December 16, 1773 incident
Boston Tea Party
Jack
$200 [16]
Term for the innermost part of the Earth, or the innermost part of an apple
Core
Brian
$200 [23]
Novel in which Ishmael, feeling "a damp, drizzly November" in his soul, goes to work on a whaler
"Moby Dick"
Elizabeth
$200 [11]
Pick up a burger at this chain that Dave Thomas named for his freckle-faced, red-haired daughter
Wendy's
Elizabeth
$200 [6]
Thank you to this woman who sang her song "Thank U" despite temperatures in the mid-90s
Alanis Morissette
Elizabeth Jack
$200 [17]
2 of these kinds of words often combine to form a compound one, like "teapot" or "farmyard"
Nouns
Brian Elizabeth
$400 [4]
The Peace of Paris was signed in 1783 by Ben Franklin, John Adams & this future first chief justice
John Jay
Brian
$400 [24]
It's the sudden movement of the Earth's crust to release stress along fault lines
Earthquake
Brian
$400 [22]
In this Mark Twain story, a mechanic is knocked unconscious in a fight & awakens in Camelot in 528 A.D.
"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"
Jack
$400 [12]
Put tomato sauce, cheese & pepperoni on an English muffin & you've got a mini one of these
Pizza
Elizabeth Jack
$400 [7]
Elvis Costello feared a backstage encounter with this Alaskan--she grabbed his nose at the Grammys
Jewel
Elizabeth
$400 [18]
The phrases that these words, like "but" or "and", join together, let no man put asunder
Conjunctions
Jack
$600 [3]
Americans were ordered not to fire until "you see the whites of their eyes" to save ammunition in this battle
Bunker Hill
Jack
$600 [28]
Surprisingly, the Earth is closest to the sun during this winter month
January
Brian Jack
$600 [21]
His 5 "Leatherstocking Tales" portray Natty Bumppo from his youth to his death over 60 years later
James Fenimore Cooper
Jack
$600 [13]
Making quiche? To test the freshness of this ingredient, put it in a bowl of water--if it floats, it's rotten
Egg
Brian Elizabeth
$600 [8]
Verne Troyer, who played this Austin Powers nemesis, was part of the crowd for Limp Bizkit's set
Mini-Me
Brian
$800 [27]
Dictionaries commonly describe "the" as this type of "article"
Definite
Elizabeth
$1,000 [1]
In February 1778 this Prussian arrived at Valley Forge to help train the Continental Army
Baron von Steuben
$800 [29]
Chilly name for historical periods when significant, extended cooling of the atmosphere & oceans takes place
Ice age
Jack
$800 [20]
Hawthorne wrote that these "Tales" had the "pale tint of flowers that blossomed in too retired a shade"
"Twice-Told Tales"
$800 [14]
It's the type of spread that puts the "fluff" into a fluffernutter sandwich
Marshmallow
Elizabeth
$800 [9]
Fans could crash into each other as this "Crash Into Me" band played
The Dave Matthews Band
Elizabeth
$1,000 [26]
From Latin for "to throw between", this term includes exclamations like "Ouch!" & "Ugh!"
Interjection
Jack
DD $1,100 [2]
Patriots called colonists loyal to Great Britain this, after a British party which supported the king
Tories
Jack
$1,000 [30]
Imaginary geographic lines around the Earth include the equator & these 2 "tropics"
Cancer & Capricorn
Elizabeth
$1,000 [19]
This Poe tale ends with the line "The Inquisition was in the hands of its enemies"
"The Pit and the Pendulum"
Jack
$1,000 [15]
This pasteurized process cheese food from Kraft got the AMA's seal of approval in 1931
Velveeta
Elizabeth
$1,000 [10]
Check it out now! It's the nom de DJ of Norman Cook, who headed a rave in the wee hours of the festival's last day
Fatboy Slim
DD $1,800 [25]
It's the part of speech "wicked" is in the colloquial sentence "Alex is wicked smart."
Adverb
Brian

Final Jeopardy!

PUBLICATIONS

This humor publication, known for its website, put out its first book in 1999, a No. 1 bestseller

The Onion

Brian "What is "The Onion"" — wagered $1,400
Jack "What is The Onion" — wagered $3,800
Elizabeth "What is Mad?" — wagered $1,600

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