1988 Teen Tournament final game 2.
David Javerbaum — a junior from Maplewood, New Jersey (subtotal of $8,000)
David Graham — a senior from Avon, Connecticut (subtotal of $3,500)
Michael Block — a senior from Staten Island, New York (subtotal of $6,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael | $1,800 | $3,800 | $8,600 | $14,901 |
$8,500
18 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| David | $600 | $1,100 | $5,400 | $10,800 |
$4,900
13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| DJ | $-200 | $1,700 | $6,700 | $13,400 |
$6,700
18 R, 4 W |
| BOTANY | ODD JOBS | '87 CINEMA | HISTORY | SPELLING | HODGEPODGE |
|
$100
[29]
The new white "Little Boo" pumpkins were bred to be carved into these & shouldn't be eaten
jack-o'-lanterns
David
|
$100
[23]
A spy who lures another into a trap, or just a wooden duck
decoy
David
|
$100
[8]
In 1987 titles, this word preceded "Attraction" & "Beauty"
Fatal
Michael
|
$100
[7]
In 1867, Alexander II of Russia sold it to the United States
Alaska
David
|
$100
[20]
This adjective meaning strange is an anagram of "wired"
W-E-I-R-D
DJ
|
$100
[4]
Rachmaninoff, Bismarck & Edmond Rostand were all born on this day, no "fool"ing
April 1st
DJ
|
|
$300
[26]
Despite its name, this plant usually blooms after 10 to 15 years, not 100
century plant
DJ
|
$200
[28]
Amer. Heritage Dictionary says he's the one "who leads a marching band, often prancing before it"
drum major
Michael
DJ
|
$200
[9]
The 3rd installment in this horror series was subtitled "Dream Warriors"
A Nightmare on Elm Street
DJ
|
$200
[15]
Country which gained its independence August 14, 1947, 1 day before its neighbor India
Pakistan
DJ
|
$200
[19]
Tip O'Neill's home state
M-A-S-S-A-C-H-U-S-E-T-T-S
DJ
|
$200
[27]
RR engineer John Luther Jones got this nickname from his Kentucky hometown
"Casey"
Michael
|
|
$400
[25]
It's the milky sap of the rubber tree
latex
DJ
|
$300
[22]
Carriage crafters or boys on Bonanza
Cartwrights
Michael
|
$300
[14]
This city was Robo Cop's beat
Detroit
DJ
|
$300
[1]
Lucrezia & Cesare Borgia are 2 of the few people in history whose father held this position
Pope
Michael
|
$300
[18]
The adjective form of "mischief"
M-I-S-C-H-I-E-V-O-U-S
DJ
|
$300
[13]
Of Italy's president, a style of pasta, or a brand of motor scooter, what tagliatelle is
a style of pasta
David
|
|
$500
[24]
2 products of the flax plant are linen & this oil produced from the seeds & used in art class
linseed oil
DJ
|
$400
[21]
This job title can be preceded by lens or organ
grinder
Michael
|
$400
[17]
Emmanuelle Beart wore 5 sets of wings for this film, each performing a different effect
Date with an Angel
DJ
|
$400
[2]
1794 skirmishes caused by the imposition of Alexander Hamilton's liquor excise tax
Whiskey Rebellion
Michael
|
DD
$500
[6]
The herb that's a homophone for what you read on a clock
T-H-Y-M-E
Michael
|
$400
[12]
If a corundum gem is red, it's a ruby; if it's any other color--especially blue--it's this
sapphire
Michael
|
| — |
$500
[16]
Doug Jamieson, whose job is this, would prefer to keep cameras out of the courtroom
court sketchist/artist
Michael
DJ
|
$500
[11]
In the hit 1987 comedy, last name of the baby "raised" by Nicholas Cage & Holly Hunter
Arizona
DJ
|
$500
[3]
WWII ended when Japan surrendered on September 2, 1945 in a ceremony presided over by this general
Douglas MacArthur
David
|
$500
[5]
From Latin for "middle ages", it refers to the Middle Ages
M-E-D-I-E-V-A-L
Michael
|
$500
[10]
Your hair gets oily when these glands secrete too much oil
sebaceous glands
DJ
|
| INVENTORS | AUTHORS | AMERICAN MUSIC | "NEW" ON THE MAP | INDIANS | MONA LISA |
|
$200
[17]
Henry Deringer's invention, the 19th century got a bang out of it
Deringer pistol
David
|
$200
[21]
Stephen Crane denied using Mathew Brady photos of this war to help him write "The Red Badge of Courage"
the Civil War
David
|
$200
[23]
Reportedly, J. Bland wrote "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" one sleepless night while plucking on this
banjo
Michael
|
$400
[25]
2 species of bats are the only land mammals native to this isolated British commonwealth country
New Zealand
David
|
$400
[26]
After the coming of Europeans, some Creek Indians migrated to Florida & helped found this tribe
Seminoles
DJ
|
$600
[14]
Encyclopedia Britannica says there exist at least a dozen of these
copies
DJ
|
|
$400
[4]
Jouffroy d'Abbans built & traveled upstream in 1 of these some 24 years before Robert Fulton
steamboat
DJ
|
$400
[13]
Though he left school at age 13, he learned enough to write "Typee" & "Billy Budd"
Herman Melville
David
|
$400
[24]
In this famous speech on August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King quoted the song "America"
the "I Have A Dream" speech
David
|
$800
[8]
This Illinois village where Abraham Lincoln lived has been rebuilt & is now a state park
New Salem
|
$600
[22]
Home to the Sioux, these hills were taken by force for gold & now have 4 pale faces carved on Mt. Rushmore
the Black Hills
Michael
|
$800
[19]
After Leonardo worked on it for 4 years, the painting went, unfinished, to this country's king
France
Michael
|
|
$600
[11]
In 1907, J.M. Spangler, not Wm. H. Hoover, invented the forerunner of this machine
vacuum cleaner
Michael
|
$600
[12]
In a fictional letter addressed to Henry Thoreau, E.B. White described his own experiences at this pond
Walden
Michael
|
$800
[2]
"The Red Back Book", circa 1915, was a collection of band pieces in this American piano form
ragtime
David
|
$1,000
[6]
Australia's oldest state is this "new" one
New South Wales
DJ
|
$800
[16]
It's the longest U.S. mountain range named for an Indian tribe
Appalachians
David
|
$1,000
[20]
His name was Francesco del Giocondo
Mona Lisa's husband
Michael
|
|
$800
[10]
In 1941, the son of this inventor became governor of New Jersey
Thomas Edison
DJ
|
$800
[7]
He wrote "Rootabaga Stories" for children & "Chicago Poems" for adults
Carl Sandburg
DJ
|
$1,000
[3]
While an English professor at Wellesley, Katherine L. Bates wrote the words for this patriotic song
"America the Beautiful"
|
DD
$2,200
[18]
It's the 2nd-largest island in the world
New Guinea
David
|
$1,000
[15]
Their final migration from Georgia in 1838 came to be called the "Trail of Tears"
Cherokees
DJ
|
— |
|
$1,000
[9]
The induction coil that bears his name is used today in TV sets
Tesla
Michael
|
$1,000
[5]
Part of this autobiographical Mark Twain book was expanded & became a chapter in "Huck Finn"
Life on the Mississippi
|
DD
$1,100
[1]
[audio--music]It's said the following, his song, played by a street musician was last music this composer heard
Stephen Foster
David
|
— | — | — |
2 of 3 men in the 20th century who became president within a year of becoming vice president
(2 of) Theodore Roosevelt, Harry Truman & Gerald Ford