Show #800 1988-02-12 (taped 1988-01-04) Teen Tournament

1988 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

Gene Hayes — a senior from Douglasville, Georgia

Sascha Dublin — a senior from Del Mar, California

David Graham — a senior from Avon, Connecticut

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
David	$600	$1,100	$4,900	$8,000 2nd place: $1,000 if not wild card semifinalist	$4,700 14 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Sascha	$1,900	$3,600	$9,400	$12,600 Automatic semifinalist	$9,900 25 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Gene	$600	$1,500	$1,000	$2,000 3rd place: $1,000 if not wild card semifinalist	$1,700 9 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

DEFINITIONS	GAMES	JACKS OF ALL TRADES	BIRDS	APPLES	FERGIE
$100 [9] Mulligatawny, minestrone & gazpacho are all these soups Sascha	$100 [7] The fortune-telling game known as the "Mystifying Oracle" Ouija Sascha	$100 [14] Legend says it's this winter sprite's job to make those icy designs on your windowpanes Jack Frost Gene	$100 [2] Bird pictured on the current U.S. $10 gold piece eagle David	$100 [1] A 19th century saying, still popular, is that "An apple a day" does this keeps the doctor away Gene	$100 [3] The photo of Fergie on the September 21, 1987 cover of People was taken by this man, Fergie's husband Prince Andrew Sascha
$200 [10] An "Ecce Homo" is a picture of this religious figure wearing a crown of thorns Jesus David	$200 [8] When playing checkers, each player starts out with this many checkers 12	$200 [15] He stole oysters to survive before he wrote "The Call of the Wild" Jack London Sascha	$200 [23] This New Zealand bird lays eggs, not fruit, that weigh up to 1/4 of its body weight kiwi David	$300 [26] An old joke says this is worse than finding a worm in your apple half a worm David	$200 [4] On her wedding day, Fergie became the Duchess of this York Sascha
$400 [19] The adjective "pluvial" refers to this weather condition rainy Sascha	$300 [13] "Go" originated in this country over 4000 years ago China Gene	$300 [11] Encyclopedia Americana calls this blond golfer "The dominant player of his generation" Jack Nicklaus David	$300 [29] This 7-letter word refers to all domesticated birds which are raised for their eggs or meaf poultry Sascha	$400 [24] In the Greek city of Thebes, apples were offered to this demi-god who had fetched the golden apples Hercules Sascha	$300 [5] Fergie's first & maiden names Sarah Ferguson Sascha Gene
DD $500 [20] It's the revealing of something discreditable, or the group singingthe following: Expose Sascha	$400 [22] Mille Bornes is a cross-country French auto race game played with these cards Sascha	$400 [16] Dallas nightclub owner who assassinated an assassin November 24, 1963 Jack Ruby Sascha	$400 [28] The 2 continents where, until recently, condors were found naturally North America & South America Gene	$500 [12] It's said the 1st grafted apple tree in colonial America was planted by this New Amsterdam governor Peter Stuyvesant	$400 [6] Fergie's father is polo manager for this famous player Prince Charles Gene
$500 [18] To fold, press & stretch dough with the hands knead Sascha	$500 [21] The man who brought you bingo, Edwin S. Lowe, 1st marketed this 5-dice game of skill & chance Yahtzee Sascha	$500 [17] Various rumors said this 19th c. criminal was a doctor, a midwife, a professor & a Russian barber Jack the Ripper Sascha	$500 [27] Some of these large birds are "trumpeters", & some are "whistling", but others are "mute" swans Gene	—	$500 [25] The London papers protested when Fergie & Di used these to poke people at Ascot umbrellas Sascha

Double Jeopardy! Round

EUROPE	CHEMISTRY	TIME	FICTIONAL HEROINES	THE D.C. SUMMIT	"SH"!
$200 [28] Tourists jaunt through this country's Killarney region in horse-drawn carts Ireland Sascha	$200 [1] A rating for the performance of gas in a car engine, it measures the freedom from knocking octane David	$200 [11] Numerical name for the short comedy films of the '20s which lasted 20-30 minutes two-reelers Sascha	$200 [12] Lo-Tsen lost her youth when she left Shangri-La in this novel Lost Horizon Sascha	$200 [2] Among films the Soviet embassy asked to show during the summit was this Tom Cruise hit Top Gun Gene	$200 [14] 1 of the 2 words that begin with "sh" in "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" shiny (or shouted) David Gene
$400 [24] This country is bordered on the north by the North Sea & the Netherlands Belgium Sascha	$400 [3] Term for the time it takes 50% of the nuclei of a sample of radioactive material to decay half-life Sascha	$400 [13] From the Greek for "time" & "measure", it's an extremely accurate timepiece chronometer David	$400 [7] Of Meg, Jo, Beth or Amy, the one who dies in "Little Women" Beth Sascha	$400 [26] Raisa Gorbachev called it "a museum", saying "A human being would rather live in a regular house" the White House Sascha	$600 [16] The only track & field event that fits the category shot put David
$600 [23] Natives of this country are also called Monegasques Monaco David	$600 [5] The only element with only one electron in its K shell hydrogen David	$600 [15] What you are asking for when you call the airlines for the ETA of, say, Flight #32 estimated time of arrival Sascha	$600 [8] The heroine of this Willa Cather novel is a Bohemian immigrant named Antonia Shimerda My Antonia Sascha	$600 [19] He kept stressing the Soviet maxim "Doveryai no proveryai", "Trust but verify" Ronald Reagan Gene	$800 [18] To avoid getting lost in the Himalayas, you might want to take along one of these guides Sherpa David
$800 [25] In area, this tiny country between Austria & Switzerland is smaller than Washington, D.C. Liechtenstein David	$800 [4] Element that today makes up 80-90% of pewter tin David Gene	DD $1,000 [22] We always see the same side of the moon because it does both of these things in 27 days, 7 hours & 43 mins. orbit the Earth & rotate its axis David	$800 [9] First name of the orphan girl who finds "The Secret Garden" Mary Sascha	DD $700 [20] Full page newspaper ads were taken out to remind you this was a Parker name of pen (the one they used in signing the treaty) Gene	$1,000 [17] From the German for "piece", it's what a comedian does for laughs shtick David
$1,000 [27] This Adriatic country is the largest country in area on the Balkan Peninsula Yugoslavia Sascha	$1,000 [6] The symbol for this element comes from its Latin name "natrium" sodium (Na) David	—	$1,000 [10] She was Roger Chillingworth's wife; you get an "A" if you get this one Hester Prynne Sascha	$1,000 [21] On Thursday, December 10, 1987, this high U.S. official had a private breakfast with Gorbachev George Bush (George Shultz accepted) David	—

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN POETRY

This verb is the last word in Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"

sleep

Gene "What is sleep?" — wagered $1,000

David "What is sleep?" — wagered $3,100

Sascha "What is "sleep"?" — wagered $3,200

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