Show #1491 1991-02-11 (taped 1991-01-19) Teen Tournament

1991 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 1.First 13 clues entered from audiorecording.

Contestants

Maggie Large — a freshman from Vero Beach, Florida

Francesca Khactu — a senior from Grand Forks, North Dakota

Robert Fielding — a junior from Arcadia, California

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Robert $1,000 $3,200 $9,600 $11,601
Automatic semifinalist
$12,600
29 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Francesca $1,400 $1,900 $4,500 $9,000
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$4,500
12 R, 1 W
Maggie $100 $1,200 $5,800 $9,800
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$5,700
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE BIBLE WEAPONS DOGS TV DANS ROYALTY ANAGRAMS
$100 [6]
Amphibian featured in the 10 plagues of Egypt
frogs
Maggie
$100 [16]
A scimitar is one of these with a curved blade
a sword
Robert
$100 [21]
In breeding terms a dog is either a mixed breed or this
a pure breed
Robert Francesca
$100 [9]
He left "60 Minutes" in 1981 when he took over for Walter Cronkite as CBS Evening News anchor
Dan Rather
Robert
$100 [1]
This country's emperor Go-Daigo overthrew the shogunate in 1333
Japan
Robert
$100 [26]
It plays an important part in catching a mouse
a trap (from part)
Francesca
$300 [8]
After the death of Sarah he went on to have 6 sons with Keturah
Abraham
Francesca
$200 [17]
Ponce de Leon was struck by one during an Indian attack & died soon after
an arrow
Robert
$200 [22]
Chaucer wrote these racing dogs are "as swift as fowel in flyght"
greyhounds
Robert
$200 [10]
This sitcom features two Dans, Dan Frischman & Dan Schneider, who play Arvid & Dennis
Head of the Class
Maggie
$200 [2]
In 1989 he celebrated his 40th year on the throne of Monaco
Rainier
Francesca
$200 [27]
Of our 40 presidents, he was definitely the "fat T" of the bunch
Taft (from "fat T")
Robert
$400 [14]
Luke said it was his voice crying in the wilderness that Esaias the prophet talked about
John the Baptist
Robert
$300 [18]
The simplest blow guns are made from this giant grass
bamboo
Robert
$300 [23]
The smallest breed of dog, or the largest state in Mexico
Chihuahua
Maggie
$300 [11]
Dan Castellaneta of the "Tracey Ullman Show" provides the voice for this TV dad
Homer Simpson
Maggie
$300 [3]
This duchess' stepfather, Argentine polo player Héctor Barrantes, died in 1990
Sarah (Fergie) Ferguson
Robert
$300 [28]
Linda Goodman says that if you were born in the 1st 3 weeks of this month, you have charm of manner
March (from charm)
Robert
DD $500 [7]
In Genesis, Chapter 4, Verse 15, he became a marked man
Cain
Maggie
$400 [19]
This whip got its name when its blows were compared to the scratches of a feline
a cat o' nine tails
Maggie
$400 [24]
The chow chow is the only breed of dog that always has a blue-black one of these
a tongue
Robert
$400 [12]
TV kids include Danny Pintauro on "Who's the Boss?" & Danny Ponce on this series
The Hogan Family
Francesca
$400 [4]
A magnificent diamond necklace this emperor gave Marie-Louise is in the Smithsonian
Napoleon
$400 [29]
These are on the fringes of your palms
fingers (from fringes)
Maggie
$500 [15]
He replaced Judas as 1 of the 12 Apostles
Matthias
Robert
$500 [20]
A knight might have spiced up his life by using this heavy clublike weapon to break armor
a mace
Francesca
$500 [25]
This wire-haired dog from Germany was named after its snout
a Schnauzer
Maggie
$500 [13]
Dan Lauria plays dad to Olivia d'Abo, Jason Hervey & oh yeah, Fred Savage on this series
The Wonder Years
Francesca
$500 [5]
This queen who was born in Castile April 22, 1451, was nicknamed "The Catholic"
Isabella
Robert
$500 [30]
Those planning to stage one would "love to ruin" the regime in power
revolution (from "love to ruin")
Robert Maggie

Double Jeopardy! Round

IN THE NEWS OPERA U.S. CITIES SCIENCE THE MIDDLE AGES STEPHEN KING
$200 [23]
This fast food chain said it would phase out foam packaging at its 11,400 stores worldwide
McDonald's
Francesca
$200 [21]
Pat Nixon visits a pig farm in the modern opera about "Nixon in" this Asian country
China
Robert
$200 [2]
It's the capital of what was once referred to as "Seward's Folly"
Juneau
Maggie
$200 [16]
It's the part of a light bulb that's usually made of tungsten
the filament
Robert
$200 [1]
From 1275-92, this Venetian explorer traveled in the service of Emperor Kublai Khan
Marco Polo
Francesca
$200 [6]
The town of Jerusalem's Lot, plagued by vampires, is better known as this title territory
'Salem's Lot
Robert
$400 [24]
In November 1990 he finally married Jerry Hall, on the island of Bali
Mick Jagger
Francesca
$400 [22]
The jumping frog of this county was so celebrated he had an opera written about him
Calaveras County
Francesca
$400 [9]
This city got a park, a free hospital & a university from the generosity of Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Francesca
$400 [17]
Most plants will lose this green coloring pigment if they're not exposed to light
chlorophyll
Robert
$400 [3]
This religion whose name means "submission to the will of god" was founded in the 7th century
Islam
Maggie
$400 [7]
The deadly dog in a 1981 Stephen King title
Cujo
Maggie
$600 [25]
This talk show host had viewers help choose new red glasses to replace her trademark specs
Sally Jessy Raphael
Maggie
$600 [28]
Encyclopedia Americana calls this Gershwin work "the first truly successful American opera"
Porgy and Bess
Robert
$600 [10]
Washington state's largest seaport; it's located about 125 miles in from the Pacific coast
Seattle
Robert
$600 [18]
This second most common element in the Earth's crust is used to make transistors & microchips
silicon
Robert
$800 [5]
This empire reached its greatest territorial extent under Justinian I in the 6th century
the Byzantine
Robert
$600 [13]
The monster "It" was disguised as Pennywise, one of these
a clown
Robert
$800 [26]
She resigned as Labor Secretary to head the American Red Cross
Elizabeth Dole
Robert
$800 [29]
This Puccini title character stabs herself just before Lt. Pinkerton arrives to take her son away
Madame Butterfly
Maggie
$800 [11]
In population, the largest incorporated city of Hollywood is in this state, not California
Florida
Robert
$800 [19]
Measured in calories, it's transferred between objects by conduction, convection & radiation
heat
Robert
$1,000 [8]
In medieval craft guilds it was the class between apprentice & master craftsman
journeyman
Francesca
$800 [14]
The King classic that takes place at the haunted Overlook Hotel in the mountains of Colorado
The Shining
Robert
DD $3,000 [27]
2 of the 5 senators called "The Keating 5" for their alleged links to the Lincoln S&L owner
(2 of) John Glenn, Alan Cranston, Dennis DeConcini, Donald Riegle & John McCain
Robert
$1,000 [30]
In "Gotterdammerung", Hagen is seized by the maidens of this river & dragged into its depths
the Rhine River
Maggie
$1,000 [12]
5 Franciscan missions & 5 military installations are in or near this central Texas city
San Antonio
Robert
$1,000 [20]
In its solid form, this soft mineral is called steatite or soapstone
talc
DD $1,200 [4]
Most medieval Europeans who could read & write did so in this language
Latin
Maggie
$1,000 [15]
The kind of mystical power that allowed his first heroine, Carrie, to move things
telekinesis
Robert

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN HISTORY

Edward Everett gave the principal speech here November 19, 1863

Gettysburg

Francesca "What is Gettysburg?" — wagered $4,500
Maggie "What is Gettysburg?" — wagered $4,000
Robert "What is Gettysburg Battlefield?" — wagered $2,001

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