Show #804 1988-02-18 (taped 1988-01-05) Teen Tournament

1988 Teen Tournament final game 1.

Contestants

David Javerbaum — a junior from Maplewood, New Jersey

David Graham — a senior from Avon, Connecticut

Michael Block — a senior from Staten Island, New York

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Michael	$1,000	$1,700	$4,500	$6,500	$5,000 14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
David	$500	$2,700	$4,500	$3,500	$6,500 16 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
DJ	$1,000	$1,600	$9,000	$8,000	$5,800 18 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

20TH C. AMERICANS	THE HUMAN BODY	WEIGHTS & MEASURES	POTPOURRI	MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS	FAIRY TALES
$100 [6] Aug. 16, 1987 marked the 10th anniversary of the death of this rock 'n' roll legend Elvis Presley Michael	$100 [23] This gland manufactures thyroxin, the hormone that helps control your metabolism thyroid DJ	$100 [15] One's tested mental age divided by one's chronological age X 100 equals this IQ David	$100 [9] Housing the first dumbwaiter, this home took some 40 years for Jefferson to complete Monticello DJ	$200 [28] A small side-blown flute, it traditionally accompanies drums in patriotic corps fife David	$200 [27] "7 at one blow" referred to 7 of these killed by The Valiant Little Tailor flies
$200 [7] On July 2, 1932, he pledged "A new deal for the American public" Franklin Roosevelt DJ	$200 [26] Without the support of this surrounding it, the brain would distort & sag skull (cranium) DJ	$200 [16] This measurement originally referred to a strip of land 66 feet wide & 660 feet long acre Michael	$200 [14] Of Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday, the most productive workday, according to a USA Today survey Tuesday David	$300 [25] Strings made of this come from the intestines of sheep or hogs, not felines catgut David	$300 [24] Mode of entry into the brick house that led to the wolf's demise in "The 3 Little Pigs" through the chimney David
$300 [11] While an Army captain, Alexander Haig worked at this service academy--I wonder where he sat at the big game Navy DJ	$300 [19] It's the arm's "funny" equivalent to the leg's femur bone the humerus DJ	$300 [17] Ironically, this system was declared the fundamental standard of measurement in the U.S. in 1893 metric system David	$300 [13] The 2 major library classification systems in the U.S. Dewey Decimal System & Library of Congress Cataloging System	$400 [1] "Cello" is short for this, the instrument's actual name violoncello Michael	$400 [20] This man knighted the 2 swindlers & gave each the title of "Gentleman Weaver" the Emperor
$400 [3] Canadian R. Brown, credited with downing von Richthofen, learned to fly at their school in Dayton the Wright Brothers DJ	$400 [18] If the diaphragm, stimulated by the phrenic nerve, contracts suddenly, your glottis closes & you do this hiccup David DJ	$400 [22] 128 cubic feet of firewood is equal to this cord David	$400 [12] Some 500 years before the Sermon on the Mount, Confucius stated a form of this benificient principle the Golden Rule DJ	DD $500 [2] [audio-music]The English horn is an alto version of the wind instrument heard here: oboe Michael	$500 [10] Reason the 3 Billy Goats Gruff wanted to get to the other side of the bridge They wanted to eat; get fat on the hillside
$500 [5] This professor of political science was appointed U.N. ambassador in 1981 Jeane Kirkpatrick Michael	$500 [8] Without a body socket, the knee joint depends on muscles, tendons & these for its stability ligaments David	$500 [21] Number of ounces in a 354ml can of soda pop 12 Michael	$500 [4] A flock of black-footed albatross, or a flock of kids from a 1985 Steven Spielberg production Goonies Michael	—	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT HISTORY	U.S. GEOGRAPHY	LITERATURE	PROVERBS	"D" IN SCIENCE	PATRON SAINTS
$200 [29] The Roman Empire went as far east as the Tigris River, while this man's empire reached all the way to India Alexander the Great Michael	$200 [22] Cape Cod is the result of soil & rock pushed into the ocean by these glaciers David	$200 [16] For the privilege of painting, Johnny Miller gave this boy a dead rat & a string to swing it on Tom Sawyer Michael DJ	$200 [19] Your aerobics instructor might tell you "No pain, no..." this gain David	$200 [2] The natural crystalline allotropic form of carbon diamond Michael	$400 [27] Saint Dominic is patron to "billions & billions" of these scientists astronomers DJ
$400 [14] At 16, Prince Siddhartha, later known as this, married his cousin Buddha DJ	$400 [20] This state has a petrified forest located northeast of Vicksburg Mississippi Michael	$400 [15] In H.G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds", these invaders have inordinately huge brains Martians DJ	$400 [28] "If you want a thing well done", the proverb states, this is what you should do do it yourself DJ	$400 [4] Term for an electric current that only flows one way direct Michael	$600 [17] As far as we know, St. Clare never got an Emmy Award as patron saint of this television David
$600 [3] The earliest boats on the Nile were made of bundles of this reed lashed together with rope papyrus David	$600 [18] This French explorer never explained how a large New England lake came to be named after him Champlain David	$600 [12] He published "The Bride of Lammermoor", "A Legend of Montrose" & "Ivanhoe" all in 1819 Sir Walter Scott Michael	$600 [21] You can't tell a book by its cover, or judge a tree by this its bark DJ	$600 [7] In 1986, a rare celestial pair was discovered: a neutron star & 1 of these smaller "white" stars dwarf DJ	$800 [25] St. Barbara watches over these workers, including Clementine's father miners Michael
$800 [5] From age 7 to 60, males in this Greek city-state ate in government barracks, not at home Sparta DJ	$1,000 [8] These have been called the backbone of the continent the Rockies DJ	$800 [6] Highly regarded as a poet as well as a novelist, Thomas Hardy was buried in "The Poet's Corner" here Westminster Abbey David	$1,000 [24] Proverbially, it's the right time to "make hay" when the sun shines David	$800 [9] "Regolith" refers to this on the surface of the moon dust	$1,000 [26] St. Francis de Sales is not patron saint of salesmen but of these members of the 4th estate journalists Michael DJ
$1,000 [13] The Dardanelles, which separates Europe & Asia, was called this, after Hella, a legendary girl who fell into it the Hellespont Michael DJ	DD $4,000 [11] This Great Lake dips farther south than any other Lake Erie DJ	$1,000 [1] Inventor of the word robot in his play "R.U.R.", Karel Capek wrote in this Slavic language Czechoslovakian David	DD $2,000 [23] According to Ben Franklin "We must all hang together or" this will happen we shall all hang separately David	$1,000 [10] 1 example of this effect is a train whistle that rises in pitch as it approaches the listener Doppler Effect DJ	—

Final Jeopardy!

THE NORTH & THE SOUTH

Rhode Island was smallest state in size in the Union, while this was the smallest in the Confederacy

South Carolina

Michael "What is South Carolina?" — wagered $2,000

David "What is [Louisiana] Ark?" — wagered $1,000

DJ "What is Louisiana?" — wagered $1,000

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