Show #1959 1993-02-25 (taped 1993-01-05) Teen Tournament

1993 Teen Tournament final game 1.

Contestants

Jesse Roach — a senior from Aiken, South Carolina

Mit Robertson — a senior from Tupelo, Mississippi

Fraser Woodford — a senior from Lexington, Kentucky

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Fraser $1,600 $3,200 $9,400 $16,000 $9,400
25 R, 1 W
Mit $1,000 $400 $6,400 $8,400 $5,000
11 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Jesse $2,600 $3,500 $8,500 $12,500 $7,600
19 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE OLD TESTAMENT 1992 FILMS U.S.A. ETIQUETTE FIRST LADIES "A" "B" "C"s
$100 [16]
After creating the heaven & the Earth, God said, "Let there be" this, "and there was"
light
Fraser
$100 [11]
The 1992 sequel to this hit comedy is subtitled "Lost in New York"
Home Alone
Jesse
$100 [1]
This background color of Washington's state flag represents the state's forests
green
Fraser
$100 [21]
Don't wear too much of this cosmetic to a dinner party because it looks gross on the rim of a glass
lipstick
Mit
$100 [6]
Raised as a Methodist, she adopted Jimmy's Baptist faith when they married
Rosalynn Carter
Fraser
$100 [22]
After a day of sunbathing, your mother might tell you you're as "red as" this vegetable
a beet
Mit
$200 [17]
He spent 3 days & 3 nights in the belly of a great fish
Jonah
Fraser
$300 [13]
Daniel Day-Lewis trained to fight with a tomahawk for this epic film based on a James Fenimore Cooper novel
The Last of the Mohicans
Jesse
$200 [2]
Its state fair is held in Harrington, not in Dover
Delaware
Jesse
$200 [27]
When you attend a concert, you should always do this when the conductor appears onstage
applaud
Fraser
$200 [7]
Thelma Catherine Ryan Nixon was born on the eve of this holiday, hence she's known as Pat
St. Patrick's Day
Mit
$200 [23]
This Oriental pain-relieving method will have you on pins & needles, so to speak
acupuncture
Jesse
$300 [18]
When asked by God what gift he desired, this king requested wisdom & knowledge
Solomon
Jesse
$400 [14]
Craig Sheffer & Brad Pitt play brothers with a passion for fly-fishing in this Robert Redford drama
A River Runs Through It
Fraser
$300 [3]
Its state capital, Charleston, lies in the Kanawha Valley
West Virginia
Jesse
$300 [28]
Usually, Europeans keep this in the left hand after cutting meat & Americans do not
fork
Fraser
$300 [8]
She was in the top 10 of her graduating class at the University of Texas in 1933
Lady Bird Johnson
Jesse
$300 [24]
The letters of this magic word were once worn on an amulet to ward off trouble
abracadabra
Fraser
$400 [19]
It's the book in which you'd find the line "The bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed"
Exodus
Mit Jesse
$500 [15]
Whoopi Goldberg plays a rebellious teacher in South Africa in this musical drama
Sarafina!
Jesse
$400 [4]
This state known for its dairy products is the birthplace of malted milk
Wisconsin
Mit
$400 [29]
Vogue's Book of Etiquette says a bride's silver should include at least 4 of these demitasse utensils
spoons
Fraser Mit
$400 [9]
She was attending a charity function in Washington when her husband died in Warm Springs, Georgia in 1945
Eleanor Roosevelt
Mit
$400 [25]
It's probably the only element to have a whole branch of chemistry devoted to it: organic chemistry
carbon
Fraser
$500 [20]
Before his death, this prophet chose his disciple Elisha to succeed him
Elijah
DD $900 [12]
Film that featuresthe followinglove song:
The Bodyguard
Jesse
$500 [5]
The Grand Teton Music Festival is an annual summer event in this state
Wyoming
Fraser
$500 [30]
When several debutantes "come out" at the same ball, it's traditional for all of them to wear this color
white
$500 [10]
The mansion where she lived with her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, was called the "White House"
Martha Washington
Fraser
$500 [26]
It's a synonym for beginning, or another term for a graduation ceremony
commencement
Fraser

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD CAPITALS OPERA IN THE NEWS ARCHITECTURE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES
$200 [1]
A major thoroughfare in this Egyptian capital is The Corniche, which runs along the Nile
Cairo
Fraser
$200 [6]
The Met commissioned Philip Glass' "The Voyage" for the 500th anniversary of his voyage in 1992
Columbus
Jesse
$200 [11]
Time reports that in August 2126 Comet Swift-Tuttle may do this, so...heads up!
collide with the Earth
Fraser
$200 [21]
This home got a new $1,000,000 roof in time for the 250th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth
Monticello
Fraser
$200 [16]
As its name indicates, a fluorometer is used to measure the wavelength & intensity of this type of light
fluorescent
Fraser
$200 [26]
Cleaning up a great big mess is called "Cleaning the Augean Stables" after one of his labors
Hercules
Fraser
$400 [2]
John Heyward was perhaps the first to point out that it wasn't "built in one day"
Rome
Jesse
$400 [7]
Like "William Tell", "The Daughter of the Regiment" is set in this country
Switzerland
Fraser
$400 [12]
Imitating the president, he called the Secret Service & said, "Feel like going jogging tonight. In the nude."
Dana Carvey
Jesse
$400 [22]
This style of architecture was named for the city of Byzantium
Byzantine
Fraser
$400 [17]
Prospectors looking for uranium usually use this instrument because it detects radiation
Geiger counter
Jesse
$400 [27]
A person who asks enigmatic questions can be compared to this monster; there's a statue of one near the Pyramids
the Sphinx
Jesse
$600 [3]
One of the great shopping centers in this Venezuelan capital is the Simon Bolivar Center with its twin towers
Caracas
Fraser
$600 [8]
This composer of "Aida" was once rejected by the Milan Conservatory as "insufficiently talented"
Giuseppe Verdi
Mit Jesse
$600 [13]
A week after the fire at Windsor Castle, the Hofburg Palace in this city caught fire
Vienna
Mit
$600 [23]
This world-famous Romanesque tower was built on unstable subsoil, which is why it tilts
the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Fraser
$600 [18]
A spectrohelioscope is used by astronauts to study this body
the sun
Jesse
$600 [28]
"Argus-Eyed", meaning vigilant, refers to a monster whose many eyes were added to this bird's tail
peacock
Fraser
$800 [4]
Dentsu, Asia's largest advertising agency, is located in this capital
Tokyo
Mit
$800 [9]
This famous Italian tenor was in San Francisco to perform when the 1906 earthquake struck
Enrico Caruso
$1,000 [15]
Whittaker Chambers said this man was a spy; Russia recently checked some files & said he wasn't
(Alger) Hiss
Jesse
$800 [24]
This "new art" style has been called "Le Style Metro" in honor of Paris' subway system
Art Nouveau
Fraser
DD $1,000 [19]
Grolier's Ency. calls this pressure gauge "the single most important meteorological instrument"
barometer
Jesse
$800 [29]
If you describe a spellbinding singer as "Orphie", you're comparing him to this mythical musician
Orpheus
Fraser
$1,000 [5]
This city's 2 main districts, Karkh & Rusafah, lie on the west & east banks of the Tigris River
Baghdad
Mit
$1,000 [10]
Bass-baritone James Morris is widely regarded as the finest contemporary Wotan in this man's operas
Richard Wagner
DD $2,200 [14]
In 1992 this state became the first to elect 2 women to the U.S. Senate
California
Mit
$1,000 [25]
This Chinese-American designed the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, CO.
I.M. Pei
Mit
$1,000 [20]
An "ultra" form of this device used to separate substances from mixtures can operate at up to 80,000 RPM
centrifuge
Fraser
$1,000 [30]
The Champs-Elysees is named for these fields which became synonymous with paradise
Elysian Fields
Mit

Final Jeopardy!

19th CENTURY AMERICA

The execution of this man & his followers in 1859 is believed to be the only one for treason against a state

John Brown

Mit "Who is John Brown?" — wagered $2,000
Jesse "Who was John Brown?" — wagered $4,000
Fraser "Who is John Brown?" — wagered $6,600

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