1992 Teen Tournament final game 1.
Jill Young — a junior from Oshkosh, Wisconsin
April McManus — a senior from Woodbury, Minnesota
Cori Van Noy — a sophomore from San Diego, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cori | $200 | $1,800 | $7,100 | $5,200 |
$6,800
13 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| April | $2,700 | $3,600 | $9,100 | $12,000 |
$9,500
24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jill | $600 | $1,800 | $5,600 | $2,100 |
$5,600
16 R, 1 W |
| 1990 | CELEBRITIES | PHYSICAL SCIENCE | SKIING | FIRST AID | WHAT'S "NEW" |
|
$100
[9]
In December he became Poland's first directly elected president
Lech Walesa
April
|
$100
[1]
Alyssa Milano plays Tony's college co-ed daughter on this sitcom
Who's the Boss
April
|
$100
[16]
This largest planet has a mass of over 300 times that of Earth
Jupiter
Jill
|
$100
[21]
The T-bar, the chair & the gondola are 3 types of these devices that transport skiers
a lift
April
|
$100
[4]
Shock is a major hazard of this type of injury, especially a severe or third-degree one
a burn
Jill
|
$100
[24]
It comprises 27 books including the Gospels & Revelation
the New Testament
Cori
|
|
$200
[10]
On July 25 Bishop George Carey was chosen to replace Robert Runcie in this British religious post
the Archbishop of Canterbury
April
|
$200
[2]
In 1990 this singer won a Grammy for his music video "Leave Me Alone"
Michael Jackson
Cori
|
$200
[17]
This type of 3-dimensional photography uses a laser but no lens
holography
Jill
|
$200
[22]
Skiers wear these in part to reduce glare & prevent eyestrain
sunglasses
Jill
|
$200
[5]
People with poor circulation are especially susceptible to this type of freezing of a body part
frostbite
Jill
|
$200
[25]
It's the style of rock associated with the B-52s & Devo
new wave
Cori
|
|
$300
[11]
On December 20 this Soviet foreign minister resigned to "protest against the onset of dictatorship"
(Eduard) Shevardnadze
April
|
$300
[3]
Her daughter Alexa Ray Joel appeared with her in the 1989 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition
Christie Brinkley
Jill
|
$300
[18]
Degaussing is the neutralization of this type of field by an equal and opposite one
magnetic fields
|
$300
[23]
"Cosmetic" name of the light, dry snow that's ideal for skiing
powder
Jill
|
$300
[6]
An animal that bites a person should be kept under observation to determine if it has this disease
rabies
April
|
$300
[26]
It's what FDR called his program to pull the U.S. out of the Great Depression
the New Deal
Jill
|
|
$400
[12]
On August 10 this radar-mapping space probe reached Venus after a 15-month journey
Magellan
|
$400
[7]
This actress won 1st place in her high school science fair long before she started "Moonlighting"
Cybill Shepherd
April
|
$400
[19]
It's a thin thread such as the tungsten one that glows in a light bulb
a filament
April
|
$400
[29]
In the snowplow method of stopping, a skier brings the tips of the skis together to form this letter
a V
Cori
|
$400
[14]
A victim of heat exhaustion should drink fluid seasoned with a small amount of this
salt
April
|
$400
[27]
It's nicknamed "The Granite State"
New Hampshire
Cori
Jill
|
|
$500
[13]
In 1990 Mark Strand was named to this honorary literary post in the U.S.
Poet Laureate
April
|
DD
$800
[8]
American woman whose job is equivalent to that of each of the women from around the world seen here:
Vanna White
April
|
$500
[20]
The soda-lime type of this substance is made by melting together silica, sodium carbonate & lime
glass
|
$500
[30]
The most basic movement in this type of skiing is the diagonal stride
cross-country skiing
|
$500
[15]
Rattlesnake bites cause immediate pain, then the wounded area does this and becomes discolored
swells up
Cori
|
$500
[28]
In George Orwell's "1984", this language was developed to replace English
Newspeak
Jill
|
| WORLD HISTORY | TESTS | ART | BROADWAY MUSICALS | MOUNTAINS | MISC. |
|
$200
[15]
In 1590 Hideyoshi completed the reunification of this country
Japan
April
|
$200
[16]
On a simple eye test, this "score" indicates normal vision
20/20
April
|
$200
[6]
Not surprisingly, it was during his Blue Period that he painted "The Blue Room"
(Pablo) Picasso
April
|
$200
[1]
Duke, Zonker & Boopsie were characters in the musical based on this comic strip
Doonesbury
Jill
|
$200
[30]
For centuries trade has moved between Austria & Italy through the Brenner Pass in these mountains
the Alps
April
|
$200
[21]
At least 1 of every 3 of these leather items made in the U.S. is made in Gloversville, N.Y.
gloves
Jill
|
|
$400
[14]
This Chinese uprising against western influence was crushed by troops from 6 nations in 1900
the Boxer Rebellion
April
|
$400
[17]
To work for this independent gov't agency, you may be required to take a clerk & carrier exam
the Post Office
Cori
|
$400
[7]
He painted "Starry Night" while at an asylum at Saint-Remy, France
Van Gogh
Jill
|
$400
[2]
This musical is celebrating 9 years on Broadway, so you could say it's had 9 lives
Cats
Jill
|
$400
[29]
Coffee plantations & tribal villages are located on the lower parts of this Tanzanian volcano
Mount Kilimanjaro
|
$400
[22]
Before gummed flaps were invented, this substance was used to seal letters
wax
Cori
|
|
$600
[13]
This "Magnificent" ruler reformed the Ottoman legal system in the 16th century
Suleiman the Magnificent
|
$600
[18]
In 1990 verbal scores on this college entrance test reached their lowest point in a decade
the SAT
April
|
$600
[8]
His greatest triumphs during the '60s included Brillo Boxes & Campbell's Soup Cans
Andy Warhol
April
|
$600
[3]
Michael Jeter of "Evening Shade" won a 1990 Tony for his performance in this musical set in a hotel
Grand Hotel
Cori
|
$600
[28]
The Himalayas have at least 30 peaks over 25,000 feet including this one at 29,028 feet
Mount Everest
Jill
|
$600
[23]
This number comes from the Old English endleofan, meaning "one left over"
eleven
April
|
|
$800
[12]
This country's first great empire was established about 321 B.C. by Chandragupta Maurya
India
April
|
$800
[19]
Named for the Swiss psychiatrist who devised it, this inkblot test was put into use in 1921
the Rorschach test
Cori
|
DD
$700
[10]
This Dec. 25, 1776 event was depicted in a painting by Emanuel Leutze
Washington crossing the Delaware
April
|
$800
[4]
Jonathan Pryce sang the showstopping number "The American Dream” in this megahit musical
Miss Saigon
Cori
|
$800
[27]
This U.S. state's highest mountain, Humphreys Peak, rises 12,633 feet near Flagstaff
Arizona
April
|
$800
[24]
It's an alloy of iron, carbon & over 4% chromium that's resistant to corrosion
stainless steel
April
|
|
$1,000
[11]
The Battle of Saint Albans in 1455 marked the House of York's first victory over Lancaster in these wars
the War of the Roses
April
|
$1,000
[20]
On many I.Q. tests including the Binet Scales, scores are in terms of "MA", which stands for this
mental age
Cori
April
|
$800
[9]
Nickname of the artist who usually signed his paintings Domenikos Theotokopoulos
El Greco
April
|
DD
$1,300
[5]
An orphan goes to live with her uncle in this 1991 musical inspired by Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel
The Secret Garden
Cori
|
$1,000
[26]
The name of this chain in eastern California is Spanish for "snowy mountains"
the Sierra Nevada
Jill
|
$1,000
[25]
First name shared by 3 of the last 6 CIA directors
William
Jill
|
In "The Jungle Book" it's called "the Red Flower" & "every beast lives in fear of it"
fire