Show #561 1987-02-02 (taped 1986-11-05) Teen Tournament

Alex announces the upcoming inaugural Teen Tournament at the beginning of the show.

Contestants

Mike Stafford — a radio newscaster originally from Toronto, Canada

Claude Welch — a professor from Buffalo, New York

Nancy Neff — a teacher from Chattanooga, Tennessee (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Nancy $400 $400 $2,200 $4,300
2nd place: Maytag washer & dryer + a Service Merchandise gift certificate for a remote-control color TV
$2,200
6 R, 0 W
Claude $900 $900 $8,900 $6,800
New champion: $6,800
$8,900
17 R, 2 W
Mike $300 $1,800 $2,300 $0
3rd place: Stained Glass Overlay designer glass treatment
$5,400
23 R (including 1 DD), 8 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

COLORS FORMER CAPITALS COMPLETE THE QUOTE SCIENCE TOYS & GAMES SONGS THAT "COME" & "GO"
$100 [5]
In 1986 film, Molly Ringwald was "Pretty in..." this color
pink
Mike
$100 [7]
In 1924 Turkey's capital was moved from this city to Ankara
Istanbul
Nancy
$100 [19]
Henny Youngman always begs, "Take my wife..."
"...please"
Mike
$100 [2]
Bioluminescence is the emission of this from living organisms
light
Mike
$100 [20]
Double Dutch is a form of this
skipping rope
Mike
$100 [1]
New Orleans' NFL team took its name from this favorite of Al Hirt, 1 of team's co-owners
"When the Saints Go Marching In"
Mike
$200 [8]
Color you'll usually be if you're a ripe minneola
orange (or tangerine)
Mike
$200 [10]
Until 1875, this city served with Hartford as joint capital of Connecticut
New Haven
Claude
$200 [3]
Robotics is related to this "6 million dollar" field of science
bionics (or cybernetics)
Mike
$200 [21]
It was developed from a spelling game with wooden tiles called "Criss Cross"
Scrabble
Mike
$200 [14]
1981 #1 hit for Hall & Oates, subtitled "No Can Do"
"I Can't Go For That"
$300 [9]
Even the less intelligent have this colored stuff in their brains & spinal cords
gray (or grey)
Claude
$300 [11]
The O'Hara plantation in "Gone With the Wind" shared its name with this ancient capital of Ireland
Tara
Claude
$300 [4]
Of a quartan, joule, or kilocalorie, the one that is not a unit of energy
a quartan
Nancy Claude
$300 [22]
Toy with which you can "rock the baby to sleep" or go "around the world"
a yo-yo
Mike
$300 [15]
In "West Side Story", Tony expresses his anticipation with this song
"Something's Coming"
Mike
$400 [13]
Metallic nicknames of California & Nevada
"The Golden State & "The Silver State"
Mike
$400 [12]
Until 1561, Toledo was its capital
Spain
Mike
$400 [6]
Element represented by the letters "Cu"
copper
Claude
$400 [24]
By 1969, over 100 million plastic eggshells were sold containing this
Silly Putty
Mike
$400 [16]
1 of 2 songs by the Supremes that fit the category, both reaching #1 in 1964
"Where Did Our Love Go?" (or "Come See About Me")
Mike
$500 [23]
On TV, colors of Robert Conrad's "Sheep" & James Farentino's "Thunder"
black & blue
Mike
$500 [18]
In 1812, this state's capital was moved from Lancaster to its present site
Pennsylvania
Claude
$500 [25]
Played in court of Mogul Emperor Akbar with slave girls as pawns, it's the "Royal Game of India"
parcheesi
Claude
DD $1,000 [17]
Title of thefollowing:
"Come Go With Me"
Mike

Double Jeopardy! Round

WOMEN LITERATURE HOLLYWOOD HISTORY COLLEGES BATTLES DOUBLE N
$200 [12]
In August 1986, 90-year old Hulda Crooks attempted her 26th climb to top of this highest peak in lower 48
Mount Whitney
Claude
$200 [9]
Machiavelli's "La Mandragola" has been called the "1st great comedy" in this language
Italian
Nancy
$200 [1]
Actor Emil Jannings was the very 1st person to get 1 of these objects designed by Cedric Gibbons
an Oscar
Claude
$200 [2]
Pulitzer Prizes are awarded annually by this Ivy League university in New York City
Columbia
Mike
$200 [7]
Term for the 1940-1941 air war over England, or the title of a 1969 film about it
"The Battle of Britain"
Mike
$200 [26]
According to Art Linkletter, "people are" this
funny
Mike
$400 [13]
Concord High School principal Foley said of her, "She would want us to keep reaching for the stars"
Christa McAuliffe
Claude
$400 [10]
Saxo Grammaticus, 1st to write about this prince, was aptly born in Denmark
Hamlet
Mike
$400 [3]
He said, "The best films are best because of nobody but the director"--before he made "Pirates"
Sir Roman Polanski
Mike
$400 [14]
1 of 2 nicknames of Yale University teams
1 of (Elis or Bulldogs)
Claude
$400 [8]
In a 15th century battle the English repulsed the French with barrels of this kippered breakfast food
herrings
Nancy Mike
$800 [28]
In 1215, King John was forced to affix his seal to the Magna Carta at this meadow along the Thames
Runnymede
Mike
$600 [16]
Once highest-paid pitchwoman on TV, since '77 she's been "Today"'s consumer advocate
Betty Furness
Mike
$600 [11]
17th century actress Armande Bejart, wife of this French playwright, was rumored to be his daughter
Molière
Nancy Mike
DD $500 [4]
Studio founded in 1920s by the Radio Corporation of America & the Keith-Orpheum Theatre chain
RKO
Mike
$600 [15]
U.S. university with highest valued endowment by far
Harvard
Nancy
$600 [21]
The greatest American land victory of the War of 1812, it had no effect on the peace agreement
the Battle of New Orleans
Claude
$1,000 [27]
Viscera
innards
$800 [24]
In 1986 Eva Burrows, 2nd woman to ever hold post, became general of this 121-year-old organization
the Salvation Army
Claude
$800 [17]
"The 42nd Parallel", "1919" & "The Big Money" comprised this John Dos Passos trilogy
"U.S.A."
Claude Mike
$800 [5]
Director who said "If I made Cinderella, the audience would be looking for the body in the coach"
(Alfred) Hitchcock
Mike
$800 [19]
A chapel where Joan of Arc prayed was moved from France to Marquette University in this city
Milwaukee
Claude
$800 [22]
Published in the 19th century, Herman Melville's "Battlepieces" were poems about this war
the Civil War
Claude Mike
DD $2,000 [29]
The only U.S. President with double "N" in his surname
John F. Kennedy
Mike
$1,000 [25]
Designed by Susan Anderson, "Hal's Pals" dolls from Mattel all have this unusual feature
a handicap
$1,000 [18]
"The Ecclesiastical History of the English People" was written by this "venerable" 8th century saint
The Venerable Bede
Claude
$1,000 [6]
Tho known for comedies like "Our Gang" shorts, his studio also produced 1939's "Of Mice & Men"
Hal Roach
Mike
$1,000 [20]
Tallest educational building in the U.S. is 42-story "Cathedral of Learning" of this Pennsylvania city's university
Pittsburgh
Claude
$1,000 [23]
In 627, he fought the Battle of the Moat in the moat he'd build to protect Medina
Mohammed
Claude

Final Jeopardy!

ANIMALS

It's believed elephants rarely lived beyond 60, about the age the last of these wear out

teeth

Nancy "What are teeth?" — wagered $2,100
Mike "What is feet?" — wagered $2,300
Claude "What are their tusks?" — wagered $2,100

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