Show #1496 1991-02-18 (taped 1991-01-20) Teen Tournament

1991 Teen Tournament semifinal game 1.

Contestants

Maggie Large — a freshman from Vero Beach, Florida

Dana Bacon — a senior from Leader, Minnesota

Agatha Feltus — a junior from Lexington, Kentucky

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Agatha	$700	$1,400	$4,600	$9,200 3rd place: $5,000	$6,600 17 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Dana	$1,900	$2,800	$8,600	$10,601 Finalist	$7,800 23 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Maggie	$1,100	$2,300	$5,300	$10,599 2nd place: $5,000	$5,300 13 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

BIOLOGY	THE WHITE HOUSE	FANTASTIC TV	THE CONTINENTS	FOOD	"MUM"s THE WORD
$100 [2] Rodents don't have these teeth, also called eyeteeth, but humans & dogs do canines Maggie	$100 [26] Nancy Reagan was the first to order a complete set of this since the Trumans china Dana Maggie	$100 [21] This story of a leonine hero & his lady love is rerunning on the Family Channel Beauty and the Beast Agatha	$100 [9] Most of its land lies below ice & snow a mile thick Antarctica Dana	$100 [14] "Underwater" name for a po' boy, hero, grinder or hoagie sandwich submarine Agatha	$100 [1] Boris Karloff was wrapped up in his role when he played this title character in a 1932 classic the Mummy Dana
$200 [3] Thousands of ommatidia make 1 of the "compound" type of this sense organ an eye Agatha	$200 [27] The treaty room is next to this famous bedroom named for a president the Lincoln Room Dana	$200 [22] On film David Naughton was an American werewolf; on TV Kate Hodge is a she-wolf of this city London Agatha	$200 [10] The world's largest tropical rain forest occupies about 2/5 of this continent South America Dana	$200 [17] Food you're said to have on your face if you're embarrassed egg Agatha Dana	$200 [7] The New Year's Day parade in Philadelphia named for the richly-dressed string bands that march in it the Mummers Parade
$300 [4] These threadlike structures in the nuclei of cells carry the genes chromosomes (**chromatids) Dana Maggie	$300 [28] During the Civil War, Union troops were quartered in this room with a "directional" name the East Room Maggie	$300 [23] Though this FOX show based on a 1988 movie about refugees from another planet died, the comic book lives on Alien Nation Agatha	$300 [11] It's the oldest continent & the only one consisting of just one country Australia Maggie	$300 [18] Garam masala, an East Indian blend of spices, is often called this in the Western world curry Agatha	$300 [8] It's also called parotitus, because it affects chiefly the parotid glands mumps Dana
DD $400 [5] Geotropism is the directional growth movement of plants in response to this force gravity Dana	$400 [29] The bed in the Queen's Room reportedly came from this president's home, the Hermitage Andrew Jackson Agatha	$400 [24] In 1990 these 2 totally awesome teenage time travelers were transported into a CBS cartoon series Bill & Ted Dana	$400 [12] Scientists believe that the earliest humans lived about two million years ago on this continent Africa Maggie	$400 [19] The thin slice of meat, often veal, called an escalope in French is called this in Italian scaloppine	$400 [15] This game got its name because losers once had to pull a peg from the ground with their teeth mumblety-peg Dana
$500 [6] The rumen is the first compartment of this organ in a cow the stomach Agatha	$500 [30] This president established the committee for the preservation of the White House in 1964 LBJ (Lyndon Johnson) Dana	$500 [25] The voice of Duke Nukem in "Captain Planet", he plays Al on "Quantum Leap" Dean Stockwell Agatha	$500 [13] The world's lowest point is on this continent Asia Dana	$500 [20] Most of these used in Chinese cooking are grown from mung beans bean sprouts Dana Maggie	$500 [16] It's gibberish, from the Mandingo for "magician who makes the troubled spirits go away" mumbo-jumbo Maggie

Double Jeopardy! Round

BLACK AMERICA	TRAVEL & TOURISM	THE 1970s	ROCKS & MINERALS	FAMOUS QUOTES	ASTROLOGY
$200 [6] Not long after the breakup of his marriage to Robin Givens, he lost his heavyweight title Mike Tyson Maggie	$200 [26] Minute Man Historical Park in Massachusetts contains sites associated with this war the Revolutionary War Dana	$200 [11] In 1977 Anwar el-Sadat became the first Arab leader to visit this country Israel Agatha	$200 [16] This precious metal & platinum are among the heaviest minerals, which is why they settle well in streams gold Dana	$200 [1] Jack Norworth wrote, "For it's one, two, three strikes you're out" here the old ball game Maggie	$200 [21] This may sound "fishy", but people born under this fishy sign are known for their kindness Pisces Agatha
$400 [7] Born Malcolm Little, he changed his name to El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz; he was killed in 1965 Malcolm X Dana	$400 [27] 1/6 of the land in this U.S. national monument is below sea level Death Valley National Monument Dana	$400 [12] This man who had led the People's Republic of China since 1949 died in September 1976 Mao Dana	$400 [17] Plumbers got their name from working with pipes made of plumbum, this soft heavy metal lead Dana	$400 [2] This inventor called genius "one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration" Edison Agatha	$400 [22] People of this sign are loyal, sensitive & romantic, though the symbol is just plain crabby Cancer Maggie
$600 [8] He was senior cadet in his ROTC class in 1958 & is now chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Colin) Powell Dana	$600 [28] Relics from Danish plantation days can be seen at the St. Croix Museum in this island group the Virgin Islands Agatha	$600 [13] In a board game based on this 1972-74 gov't scandal, the last person to stay out of jail is the winner Watergate Agatha	$600 [18] Metamorphism turns limestone into marble & shale into this slate Agatha	$600 [3] He wrote to Mark Hanna, "I'm as strong as a bull moose and you can use me to the limit" Theodore Roosevelt Agatha	$600 [23] Changeability & versatility are qualities found in people born under this sign of the twins Gemini Maggie
$1,000 [10] On a 1983 Challenger mission, he became the first Black American to travel in space Guion Bluford Dana	$800 [29] In Paris the Arc de Triomphe stands at the northwest end of this tree-lined avenue the Champs-Élysées Maggie	$1,000 [15] In 1974 Harvard & U. of Michigan scientists said these molecules in aerosols were destroying the ozone layer CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons) Dana	$800 [19] This mineral, especially when transparent, is called rock crystal quartz Dana	$800 [4] Samuel Adams called this country "a nation of shopkeepers" England Dana	$800 [24] This is sometimes called the sign of the bowman Sagittarius Maggie
DD $1,600 [9] Prior to the Civil War, he founded & edited a newspaper called the North Star (Frederick) Douglass Dana	$1,000 [30] The tombs of Michelangelo & Machiavelli can be found at the church of Santa Croce in this Italian city Florence Agatha	DD $2,000 [14] In 1976, for the 1st time in a decade, the U.S. issued money in this denomination the $2 bill Agatha	$1,000 [20] Name given to the hollow nodules that are lined with agate or other crystals geodes Agatha	$1,000 [5] FDR said, "I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good" one of these neighbor	$1,000 [25] If you were born during a period when 2 signs of the zodiac overlap, you are said to be born on this the cusp

Final Jeopardy!

ANCIENT LEGENDS

It was built by Epeius, a master carpenter, & was supposedly an offering to the goddess Athena

the Trojan Horse

Agatha "What is the Trojan Horse?" — wagered $4,600

Maggie "What is the Trojan Horse?" — wagered $5,299

Dana "What was the Trojan Horse?" — wagered $2,001

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