1988 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 1.
David Javerbaum — a junior from Maplewood, New Jersey
Mia Diamond — a senior from Chicago, Illinois
Mark Wong — a senior from Los Angeles, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark | $1,000 | $2,100 | $5,700 |
$10,000
Automatic semifinalist |
$5,700
13 R, 1 W |
| Mia | $2,000 | $2,900 | $3,500 |
$1,300
3rd place: $1,000 if not wild card semifinalist |
$4,100
16 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| DJ | $500 | $3,300 | $9,700 |
$7,999
2nd place: $1,000 if not wild card semifinalist |
$11,400
25 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES | JOAN OF ARC | MUSIC APPRECIATION | NURSERY RHYMES | BASEBALL | 4-LETTER WORDS |
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$100
[15]
While Flag & Father's Day fall in June, Memorial & Mother's Day fall in this month
May
Mia
|
$100
[6]
She was called the "Maid of" this city which she liberated from the English
Orleans
Mia
|
$100
[27]
The term for this choral form comes from "oratory", a chapel in a church, where it was developed
oratorio
DJ
|
$100
[29]
If you "Sing a Song of Sixpence", you'll get "a pocket full of" this
rye
DJ
|
$100
[1]
A club's farm system isn't its food supply, but this
its minor league teams
Mark
|
$100
[7]
Term for the joint where 2 separate pieces of cloth are sewn together
seam
Mia
|
|
$200
[16]
The 1st time his birthday was formally observed was February 12, 1866 in Washington, D.C.
Abraham Lincoln
Mia
|
$200
[18]
Joan's ashes were eventually thrown into this river
the Seine
Mark
|
$200
[28]
In 1942, Stravinsky composed "Circus Polka" for the dancing elephants in this circus
Barnum & Bailey
Mark
|
$200
[30]
Last word in the rhyme whose 3 lines each start with "Jack"
candlestick
Mia
DJ
|
$200
[2]
[clue unviewable or hearable on video]
baseball bats
DJ
|
$200
[8]
It can be lamb, pork or karate
chop
Mia
|
|
$300
[17]
In the Fiesta de San Fermin at Pamplona, Spain, these animals are driven thru the streets
bulls
Mark
|
$300
[19]
Though she lived in the 15th century, she wasn't formally declared a saint until this century
the 20th century
DJ
|
$300
[24]
Grand opera differs from operetta in that all grand opera dialogue is performed this way
singing
DJ
|
$300
[12]
According to the rhyme, it's when Georgie Porgie made tracks
when the boys came out to play
Mia
DJ
|
$300
[3]
Of 7, 14 or 21, # of N.Y. Yankees who earned more money in 1987 than the U.S. president's base salary
21
DJ
|
$300
[9]
According to Webster's, a fancy word for it that also starts with "P" is pinnacle
peak
DJ
|
|
$400
[25]
It's traditional for England's royal family to appear on a balcony here on the queen's official birthday
Buckingham Palace
Mark
|
$400
[20]
St. Michael, St. Margaret & St. Catherine, so Joan said
saints that spoke to her
Mia
|
$400
[23]
Composer most associated with lyricists Lorenz Hart & Oscar Hammerstein II
Richard Rodgers
DJ
|
$400
[13]
Riding a cock-horse to Banbury Cross, you'll see a lady with these on her fingers & these on her toes
rings on her fingers & bells on her toes
Mia
|
$400
[4]
Tom Lasorda once said, "We tried to teach him English, & the only word he learned was 'million'"
Fernando Valenzuela
Mark
|
$400
[10]
It's a sheet of ice for ice-skating, especially one artificially prepared
rink
Mia
|
|
$500
[26]
The emperor's birthday, on April 29, has been a national holiday in this country for over half a century
Japan
DJ
|
$500
[21]
She was tried for witchcraft, heresy, & for wearing this type of clothing
men's soldier's clothing
DJ
|
DD
$800
[22]
1791 opera whose title instrument, though not too often, is heard here:
The Magic Flute
DJ
|
$500
[14]
"Little-eyed" 6-legged witness who saw Cock Robin die
the fly
|
$500
[5]
In 1987 playoffs, the Cardinals replaced a pitcher without removing him from the game by doing this
putting him into the outfield
Mark
|
$500
[11]
It's worn on a boot & used in conjunction with "giddy up"
spur
Mia
|
| THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | 20TH CENTURY LITERATURE | AFRICA | LEGAL LINGO | WISE GUYS | DINOSAURS |
|
$200
[25]
Washington crossed the Delaware & surprised the Hessians at Trenton on this holiday
Christmas
Mark
|
$200
[18]
In a 1927 Thornton Wilder novel, this structure "of San Luis Rey" breaks
the bridge
Mia
|
$200
[2]
6000-year-old rock paintings of cattle grazing indicate this world's largest desert was once pastureland
Sahara
Mia
|
$200
[14]
A postponement of a legal action, you might receive one "of execution"
stay
DJ
|
$200
[1]
Reb, the Yiddish for Mr., comes from this Hebrew word for "my master"
rabbi
DJ
|
$400
[29]
This Saturday morning TV host has a dinosaur family living in the wall of his "Playhouse"
Pee-wee Herman
DJ
|
|
$400
[26]
Just 1 year after it was passed in 1765, this hated British tax law was repealed
the Stamp Act
Mia
DJ
|
$400
[20]
Though he also wrote poems & short stories, he's most famous for plays like "The Glass Menagerie"
Tennessee Williams
DJ
|
$400
[10]
Also known as Negrillos, they average 4 1/2 feet tall
Pygmies
Mark
DJ
|
$400
[15]
A jury in this condition is deadlocked, but a crook in this condition is dead
hung
DJ
|
$400
[4]
A manuscript by this wise guy explaining his E=mc squared was sold recently for over $1 million
Albert Einstein
Mia
|
DD
$600
[28]
The only continent where dinosaur remains have never been found
Antarctica
Mia
|
|
$600
[19]
In 1781, the British Gen. Cornwallis surrendered to Washington's forces at this site
Yorktown
Mark
|
$600
[3]
His 1st literary success, published in 1935, was "Tortilla Flat"
John Steinbeck
Mark
|
$600
[11]
In this kingdom, the people called Basotho speak Sesotho
Lesotho
DJ
|
$600
[16]
To examine or hear a case by judicial process or at least attempt to do so
to try
|
$600
[7]
This name for the human species literally means "wise man"
Homo sapiens
DJ
|
$800
[27]
"Apatosaurus" is the new name for this "thunder lizard" whose old name was due to a scientific error
brontosaurus
|
|
$800
[22]
This Adams has been called the firebrand of the Boston Tea Party
Sam Adams
Mark
|
$800
[5]
This 1927 Sinclair Lewis novel is a shocking satire of religious evangelism
Elmer Gantry
DJ
|
$1,000
[13]
Formed by Aswan High Dam, this, the world's 4th largest artificial lake, is named for an Egyptian president
Lake Nasser
DJ
|
$800
[17]
From the Latin for "under penalty", it's a legal writ requiring you to appear in court
subpoena
Mark
|
$800
[8]
The "wise guy" among the 4 seasonings mentioned in "Scarborough Fair"
sage
DJ
|
$1,000
[24]
We still don't know how, but this happened to dinosaurs at the end of the Mesozoic era
they became extinct
DJ
|
|
$1,000
[23]
After the war, Britain spent some 3 million pounds compensating these people for their losses
Tories/Loyalists
Mia
|
$1,000
[6]
Most of William Faulkner's novels are set in an imaginary county in this state
Mississippi
Mark
Mia
|
DD
$2,000
[12]
Of the Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn & the Equator, the number of parallels that cross Africa
(all) 3
DJ
|
$1,000
[21]
The opponents in a lawsuit, they enter the room at the start of "People's Court"
litigants
DJ
|
$1,000
[9]
It's someone who spoke prophecies at the shrine of Delphi as well as the shrine itself
oracle
DJ
|
— |
Before Washington, D.C., this city served longest as capital of the United States
Philadelphia