Show #799 1988-02-11 (taped 1988-01-04) Teen Tournament

1988 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

Chris Capozzola — a junior from Worcester, New York

Sarah Fanning — a senior from Ames, Iowa

Jason Albert — a senior from Lynchburg, Virginia

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jason	$1,500	$3,500	$10,000	$10,000 2nd place: $1,000 if not wild card semifinalist	$10,900 28 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Sarah	$800	$400	$2,600	$0 3rd place: $1,000 if not wild card semifinalist	$2,600 8 R, 1 W
Chris	$1,200	$1,400	$7,700	$10,002 Automatic semifinalist	$7,000 17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

NATIONAL NICKNAMES	TV CRIMEFIGHTERS	SEALS	PARTS OF SPEECH	DENTISTRY	ROCK
$100 [1] The Land Down Under Australia Jason	$100 [7] In 1987, the producers of this series picked singer Sheena Easton to be Sonny's new bride Miami Vice Jason	$100 [26] Fish, shrimp, squid, sharks, octopuses, penguins & even other seals food for seals Jason	$100 [6] This predicate feature has been called "The most important of all the parts of speech" verb Sarah	$100 [21] It's the science of correcting or straightening teeth orthodontia (orthodontics) Sarah	$100 [8] This group which includes brothers Eddie & Alex once parachuted into a stadium to start a show Van Halen Jason
$200 [2] The Land of the Rising Sun Japan Chris	$200 [11] If you want to hire Spenser, you have to go to this city Boston Sarah	$200 [27] Female seals are properly referred to by this bovine term cows Jason	$200 [14] The adverb we purposely used as an example in this clue purposely Sarah	$200 [22] Periodontal disease attacks this part of the mouth gums Jason	$200 [9] At his audition for this group, Simon Le Bon reportedly wore pink leopard-skin pants Duran Duran Jason
$300 [3] The Land of Milk & Honey Palestine Jason	$300 [12] Sable, the title character of a 1987 ABC series, first appeared in this medium comic books	$300 [28] Seals close these slitlike features when they dive or swim under water nostrils Chris	$300 [16] In French, these parts of speech include vous, il & je pronouns Jason	$300 [23] Its speed is about 300,000-400,000 revolutions per minute the drill Jason	$300 [10] Group who'd "...Tumble 4 Ya" Culture Club Sarah
$400 [4] The Roof of the World Tibet Jason Chris	$400 [13] On September 20, 1987, she picked up her 2nd Emmy in a row for her role as a TV crimefighter Sharon Gless Chris	$400 [29] The males of these seals threaten each other by bellowing & inflating their 18-inch trunks elephant seals	$500 [20] "And" & "but" & "because" & "as if" conjunctions Jason	$400 [24] The hardest substance in the human body, it's the outside of your teeth enamel Jason	$400 [17] Timothy Hutton directed the video of this group's hit "Drive" The Cars Jason
$500 [5] The Birthplace of Democracy Greece Chris	$500 [15] "Beverly Hills Buntz" is a spinoff from this late police show Hill Street Blues Chris	$500 [30] The seal's greatest enemy man Sarah Chris	DD $600 [19] Name for an exclamation, such as "yipes!" interjection Jason	$500 [25] Term for a permanent false tooth a dentist puts in to close a gap bridge	$500 [18] Prince was born on June 7, 1958 in this midwest metropolis Minneapolis Jason

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. HISTORY	THE PULITZER PRIZE	OPERA	DOUBLE LETTERS	WITCHCRAFT	ROCKS
$200 [3] Congress originally granted them only $2500 to explore the Louisiana Territory Lewis and Clark Chris	$200 [18] Joseph P. Lash won for his biography of this historical couple, based on Eleanor's private papers The Roosevelts (Eleanor & Franklin) Jason	$200 [26] At the start of this Puccini opera the Japanese heroine is 15, but 2 acts & 3 years later, she kills herself Madame Butterfly Chris	$200 [1] Irritation of mucous membranes can result in this explosive involuntary expulsion of air sneeze Chris	$200 [11] The European Witch Cult looks up to, or rather looks down to, this evil guy the devil Jason	$200 [16] Often found as nodules in chalk deposits, when struck by steel it produces a spark flint Jason
$400 [7] This crime increased in the U.S. during wildcat period of 1800s when banks were able to design their own notes counterfeiting Jason	$400 [21] He won a special citation in 1977 for "Roots" Alex Haley Jason	$400 [27] Composed at 12, his 1st opera was "La finta semplice", not "The Marriage of Figaro" Mozart Chris	$400 [2] 1/26th of the alphabet letter Jason	$400 [12] A look or stare from a witch that is believed to cause harm or bad luck evil eye Jason Chris	$400 [17] Siltstone, sandstone & shale are all rocks of this type sedimentary Chris
$600 [8] The need to conserve materials & manpower for this war helped pass (the) prohibition into law World War I Jason	$600 [23] TV astronomer who, in 1978, won a Pulitzer for "The Dragons of Eden" Carl Sagan Sarah	$600 [28] In this Benjamin Britten opera inspired by Shakespeare, Oberon is sung by a countertenor or a contralto A Midsummer Night's Dream Chris	$600 [4] This lunar term, title of a James Bond movie, actually means a silly or stupid person Moonraker Chris	DD $500 [14] In Homer's "Odyssey", the witch Circe was famous for her power to do this turn people into pigs Jason	$600 [19] A type of glass is formed when magma does this very rapidly cools Jason
$800 [9] A founder of Virginia, he visited the Massachusetts Region before the Pilgrims John Smith Jason	$800 [24] Thornton Wilder's prize-winning play about life & death in a small "corner" of New Hampshire Our Town Sarah	$1,000 [30] In 1832, at age 18, this great Italian composer was turned down by (the) Milan Conservatorium for lack of ability Verdi Chris	$800 [5] The high-pitched electronic tone often used to delete some word on radio or TV bleep Chris	$600 [13] The 4 major witches' sabbaths are Candlemas, May Day Eve, Lammas, & this Halloween Jason	$800 [20] Geologists define one as a large rounded piece of rock more than 256 mm in diameter boulder Sarah
$1,000 [10] After purchasing Manhattan for the Dutch, this man helped the Swedes buy land in what is now Delaware Peter Minuit Chris	$1,000 [25] Theodore Roethke, Wallace Stevens & W.H. Auden all won the prize for this type of literature poetry Chris	DD $1,500 [29] African country in which the opera containingthe followingis set: Egypt Chris	$1,000 [6] Name for mud found on bottom of the ocean in deep waters, or what any mud does between your toes ooze Jason	$1,000 [15] Standing inside this 5-pointed star can protect you from witchcraft pentacle	$1,000 [22] Granite & gneiss are composed mainly of feldspar & this common mineral quartz Jason

Final Jeopardy!

QUOTES

President Nixon's words "This has been the greatest week... since the creation" referred to this event

the Apollo 11 Moon landing in 1969

Sarah "What is his 2nd inauguration" — wagered $2,600

Chris "What is the moon landing?" — wagered $2,302

Jason "What is his visiting China?" — wagered $0

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