1988 Teen Tournament semifinal game 1.
David Javerbaum — a junior from Maplewood, New Jersey
Neil Gronowetter — a junior from Woodmere, New York
Sascha Dublin — a senior from Del Mar, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sascha | $300 | $1,100 | $4,900 |
$9,750
2nd place: $5,000 |
$5,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Neil | $800 | $2,400 | $3,600 |
$7,200
3rd place: $5,000 |
$3,600
13 R, 3 W |
| DJ | $1,900 | $1,600 | $10,400 |
$10,400
Finalist |
$8,000
20 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| ZOOLOGY | BASKETBALL | TEENS ON TV | THE BIBLE | "LING" O | THE GIRL SCOUTS |
|
$100
[24]
These, sometimes called "white ants", think it's lunchtime if you yell "Timber!"
termites
Sascha
|
$100
[26]
In 1936, a team from Universal Studios comprised nearly half of the U.S. basketball squad for these
the Olympic Games
Neil
|
$100
[25]
He looks a lot younger, but this "Webster" star is 16 years old
Emmanuel Lewis
Neil
|
$100
[20]
Harper's Bible Dictionary says this queen probably visited Solomon to set up an alliance & trade zones
Queen of Sheba
Sascha
|
$200
[2]
A baby mallard
duckling
Sascha
Neil
|
$300
[21]
Of Brownies, Juniors or Daisies, the youngest division of Girl Scouts
Daisies
Neil
DJ
|
|
$200
[12]
A crossbreeding experiment in Brazil resulted in accidental escape of these "homicidal" hive dwellers
killer bees
Neil
DJ
|
$200
[15]
In a "bonus situation", a fouled player shoots these
foul shots (free throws)
Neil
|
$200
[22]
When this comedy series premiered in 1984, Denise was supposed to be 16 & Theo was 14
The Cosby Show
Sascha
|
$200
[19]
The famous tower was built at Babel, Hebrew for this famous city
Babylon
DJ
|
DD
$300
[1]
Word in full title of the followingthat fits the category:
feeling
Sascha
|
$400
[23]
The only Supreme Court justice who used to be a Girl Scout, as far as we know
Sandra Day O'Connor
Neil
|
|
$300
[11]
The banded anteater has some 50 of these, more than any other land mammal, but doesn't use them for eating
teeth
Sascha
DJ
|
$300
[14]
He led Indiana State U. to 1979 NCAA finals, losing to Michigan State, led by Magic Johnson
Larry Bird
DJ
|
$300
[17]
This nighttime soap features Tonya Crowe as Olivia Cunningham, Abby's troubled teenage daughter
Knots Landing
Neil
|
$300
[18]
Jesus was crucified along with 2 men guilty of this crime
stealing (theft)
Sascha
|
$400
[3]
British coin worth 12 pence or 5 new pence
shilling
DJ
|
— |
|
$400
[10]
The dibitag, klipspringer & bongo are 3 types of these
antelopes
|
$400
[13]
Area under the basket next to the end line, or a rear entrance
back door
DJ
|
$400
[16]
The 2 sitcoms in which Jason Bateman & his sister Justine star, they share a word in their titles
Valerie's Family & Family Ties
Neil
|
$400
[9]
He called himself "The Least of the Apostles" because he had persecuted the early Christians
Paul
Sascha
|
$500
[4]
A slight hint, even the faintest one
inkling
DJ
|
— |
|
$500
[7]
Mollusks who have shells with 2 similar halves are classed as these
bivalves
Neil
|
$500
[5]
Teaching a rowdy P.E. class, he tried rugby, soccer & lacrosse, then in desperation invented basketball
(Dr. James) Naismith
DJ
|
$500
[8]
Teenage actor Wil Wheaton plays Wesley Crusher, teenage son of the doctor aboard this huge ship
(U.) S.S. Enterprise
Neil
|
$500
[6]
Moses taught the Israelites, "Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in" this land
Egypt
DJ
|
— | — |
| HISTORICAL OPERAS | ASIA | INVENTIONS | STATE FLAGS | ELIZABETHS | ONLYS |
|
$200
[19]
In Verdi's opera about him, this Hun is stabbed to death by his fiancee Odabella
Attila the Hun
DJ
|
$200
[27]
Country partly in Europe which also occupies the peninsula known as Asia Minor
Turkey
DJ
|
$200
[24]
In the 1780s, Ben Franklin invented these, & what a sight for sore eyes they were
bifocals
Sascha
|
$200
[26]
Ship accessory pictured on flag of Wisconsin & Rhode Island, it's also found on Popeye's arm
anchor
DJ
|
$200
[29]
She also played cousin Serena on "Bewitched"
Elizabeth Montgomery
Sascha
|
$200
[25]
1 of only 3 universities in the United States whose name starts with "Y"
Yeshiva (or Yale or Youngstown State)
DJ
|
|
$400
[15]
"Les Huguenots", which deals which a 16th century massacre, is set in this country
France
Neil
|
$400
[28]
These 2 Asian countries each have more people than any other continent outside Asia
India & China
DJ
|
$400
[23]
He sent musical notes over the wire months before his famous message to Watson
Alexander Graham Bell
Neil
DJ
|
$400
[20]
This state's flag has the letters D-A-N-E-V-A around a star
Nevada
Neil
|
$400
[30]
She resigned from the Reagan cabinet in fall of 1987 to help her husband's presidential campaign
Elizabeth Dole
Sascha
|
$400
[17]
Of the 9 major planets in our solar system, only these are over 1 billion miles away from the sun
Pluto, Neptune & Uranus
Sascha
|
|
$600
[14]
This "Terrible" tyrant is a major character in Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "The Maid of Pskov"
Ivan the Terrible
Sascha
|
$800
[3]
Country once known as the "Switzerland of the Middle East"; nearly 1/2 of its GNP was lost between 1975-77
Lebanon
Neil
|
$600
[16]
This scientific instrument's name is from the Greek for "small look"
microscope
DJ
|
$600
[18]
Along with the North Star, this star group appears on the Alaska state flag
the Big Dipper
|
$600
[22]
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, beloved widow of British king George VI, is best known by this title
the Queen Mother
|
$600
[10]
If you were born in June, you'll know this is the only birthstone that comes from an animal
pearl
|
|
$800
[1]
Rossini's 1829 masterpiece, set in Switzerland, is based on this hero
William Tell
Sascha
DJ
|
$1,000
[2]
The U.N. considers the deposed "Khmer Rouge" the legitimate government of this S.E. Asian country
Cambodia
DJ
|
$800
[5]
Gutenberg's printing press was just a modified version of the device used to press these
grapes or olives
Neil
DJ
|
$800
[13]
One of the few flags to have a bird other than an eagle on it, this Southern state's has a pelican
Louisiana
DJ
|
$800
[7]
Born E. Wallace, this First Lady from Mo. was the childhood sweetheart of the president she married
Bess Truman
DJ
|
$800
[9]
The only U.S. state with a 1-syllable name
Maine
DJ
|
|
DD
$800
[6]
In (the) last scene of Donizetti's opera, this 2nd wife of Henry VIII waits to be beheaded
Anne Boleyn
Sascha
|
DD
$3,000
[12]
1 of the Asian national capitals that have 2 words in their names
New Delhi (or Ulan Bator or Phnom Penh)
DJ
|
$1,000
[4]
In 1960, the 1st working laser used a synthetic version of this gem as its amplifier
ruby
Sascha
|
$1,000
[11]
It's the reason the flag of Ohio has 17 stars on it
it's the 17th state
DJ
|
$1,000
[21]
This London st. became famous because of the romance between Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning
Wimpole Street
|
$1,000
[8]
This novelist was the only one of the Bronte siblings to live past the age of 31
Charlotte
Sascha
|
British Labor Party leader Neil Kinnock became well known in the U.S. after this man "quoted" him
Joseph Biden