Show #4248 2003-02-05 (taped 2002-12-16) Teen Tournament

2003 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

Joel Knight — a freshman from Farmington, Michigan

Tara Karr — a senior from Laclede, Idaho

Russell Berris — a junior from Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Russell	$4,000	$6,200	$26,300	$28,304 Automatic semifinalist	$21,000 23 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Tara	$600	$2,200	$8,200	$16,400 2nd place: $2,500 if eliminated	$9,200 15 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Joel	$1,000	$3,200	$8,800	$11,200 3rd place: $2,500 if eliminated	$8,800 16 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY	COMMON BONDS	LITERARY TERMS	SNOWBOARDING	WE LOVE THE THEATRE	FUN "GUS"
$200 [6] This 1876 battle in Montana is also known as Custer's Last Stand Little Big Horn Russell	$200 [16] A doughnut, Swiss cheese, the ozone layer things with holes Tara	$200 [21] These "rhymes" bear the name of the kind of children's room that they're often read in nursery rhymes Joel	$200 [26] The Andrecht Handplant is one of the moves named for aces in this sport that influenced snowboarding skateboarding Joel	$200 [11] A '97 musical told the story of a kid who was half-boy & half-one of these bloodsucking flying animals bat Russell Tara	$200 [1] This member of the lily family is rich in vitamin A asparagus Russell
$400 [7] In the late 1600s this Asian grain became the main crop of the Carolina coastal lowlands rice Tara	$400 [17] Ice skates, swords, a shoulder things with blades Tara	$400 [22] Perhaps from the Greek for "goat song", it's a drama that often has a fatal conclusion, such as "Othello" tragedy Joel	$400 [27] If you're afraid to jump at first, just remember that "to" do this "is human" err Tara	$400 [12] Plays written by teens are featured in HYPE, this "space"y Texas city's Young Playwrights Exchange Festival Houston Tara	$400 [2] From the Latin for "taste", it means hearty enthusiasm or enjoyment; go for it! gusto Russell
$600 [8] In 1972 George McGovern called this president's administration the "most corrupt" in U.S. history Richard Nixon Tara	$600 [18] Arabian, Andalusian, Appaloosa breeds of horses Tara	$600 [23] Some of these lyric poems are written in the Horatian style; Keats wrote one "to a nightingale" odes Joel	$600 [28] A 1983 event in Idaho was the first snowboarding championship to include this structure half-pipe Russell	$800 [14] Written about teens for a teen audience, "Generation Why?" premiered in Costa Mesa in this West Coast state in 1999 California Joel	$600 [3] A coastal Florida city bears the name of this saint, the son of Santa Monica St. Augustine Russell
$800 [9] In 1813 this hero of Tippecanoe defeated Tecumseh at the Thames River in Canada William Henry Harrison Joel	$800 [19] London, Ambassador, Verrazano-Narrows bridges Russell	$800 [24] Many an Italian poet used the ottava rima, a stanza with this many lines 8 Joel	$800 [29] (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Colorado) A righ than der's stance is called regular; standing like a lefty like I am has this cartoon character name Goofy Russell	DD $1,000 [13] The New York Times called the hero of this Disney musical "a cross between Quasimodo and a buffalo" Beauty and the Beast Tara	$800 [4] A free-flowing oil well that flows without having to be pumped gusher Russell
$1,000 [10] In 1664 the Duke of York granted land west of the Hudson River to his supporters; it was named this New Jersey Joel	$1,000 [20] Bakers, doctors, first-time brides people who wear white Joel	$1,000 [25] George Herbert & Richard Crashaw weren't known as the Physical Poets but as these poets, a slightly longer term Metaphysical Poets Joel	$1,000 [30] (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Colorado) 3 ways to turn on a snowboard are skidding, jumping & this type carving	$1,000 [15] Son of a gun! Bernadette Peters won her second Tony in 1999, for playing Annie Oakley in this musical revival Annie Get Your Gun Russell	$1,000 [5] First name shared by Moreau & Flaubert Gustave Russell

Double Jeopardy! Round

SALUTE THE FLAGS	GOING, GOING, GANDHI	WAY OUT THERE	LONG WORDS	SWEETS	REESE'S PIECES
$400 [1] Around 1870 the flag seen here was adopted by this country Japan Russell	$400 [15] The National Gandhi Museum & Library is located in this capital city New Delhi Russell	$400 [26] Regulus, "Little King", is the brightest star in this "king"ly animal constellation Leo Tara	$400 [6] This 15-letter word describes social activities like football or drama which aren't part of the required program extracurricular Russell	$400 [12] Red Vines come in raspberry & this flavor, also the chewy type of candy it is licorice Tara	$400 [11] In September 2002 it was reported that Reese Witherspoon will receive $15 million to be in the sequel to this 2001 pic Legally Blonde Tara
$800 [2] The corner of Australia's flag, seen here, shows the national flag commonly called by this 2-word nickname Union Jack Russell	$800 [16] Gandhi wisely opined, "An eye for an eye only makes the whole world" this blind Russell	$800 [30] In 1986 the spacecraft Giotto revealed that this comet had a potato-shaped nucleus that was blacker than coal Halley's Comet Tara	$800 [7] Traditionally, this person who's first in his or her class gives the farewell speech at graduation valedictorian Joel	$800 [13] This American classic has been around for over 100 years candy corn Russell	$800 [20] The tagline to this 2002 film is "Sometimes what you're looking for is right where you left it" Sweet Home Alabama Tara
$1,200 [3] The flag seen here waves over this island country of the north Atlantic Iceland Joel	$1,200 [17] While at Crozier Theological Seminary in the 1950s, this black leader learned Gandhi's ideas of nonviolence Martin Luther King, Jr. Russell	$1,200 [29] In 1846 Johann Galle discovered the planet Neptune while it was in this constellation, the "Horned Goat" Capricorn Joel	$1,200 [8] From the Greek for "time word", a list of events arranged in order from earliest to latest is arranged this way chronologically Russell	$1,200 [14] A jingle should say, "Gimme a Break, Break Me Off a Finger of" this candy bar (its segments are called fingers) Kit Kat Joel	$1,200 [23] In this 1998 film Reese helps bring color to the lives of characters in a 1950s B&W TV sitcom Pleasantville Joel
$1,600 [4] This second-largest South American country's flag is seen here Argentina Russell Joel	$2,000 [19] While still a teenager, Gandhi left India & traveled to this capital to get his law degree London Joel	$1,600 [27] On Feb. 12, 2001 the Near Shoemaker spacecraft landed on Eros, the first landing on one of these objects asteroid Tara	$2,000 [10] Motorola, NEC & Nokia are leading names in this field that's 18 letters long telecommunications Russell	$1,600 [21] For toffee lovers Hershey makes the Heath bar & this similar bar with a 4-letter name Skor Tara	$1,600 [24] Completes the title of Reese's feature film debut, 1991's "The Man in" this celestial object the Moon Joel
$2,000 [5] More people live under this flag than that of any other Central American country Guatemala Joel	DD $5,000 [18] Gandhi lived in this African country during the Boer War & served as a medical volunteer South Africa Russell	$2,000 [28] Saturn's largest satellite, it's the only one in the solar system known to have clouds & a dense atmosphere Titan Joel	DD $3,500 [9] It can describe the crossing of Europe or Asia, or a railroad that first crossed America in 1869 transcontinental Russell	$2,000 [22] A clucking bunny advertises this company's Creme Eggs, an Easter-time favorite Cadbury Russell	$2,000 [25] Reese had an Oscar Wilde time in this 2002 film set in the 1890s The Importance of Being Earnest Joel

Final Jeopardy!

NATURE

The propagation of oak trees depends on the lousy memories of these animals

squirrels

Tara "What are squirrels" — wagered $8,200

Joel "What are squirrels?" — wagered $2,400

Russell "What are squirrels?" — wagered $2,004

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