Show #1495 1991-02-15 (taped 1991-01-19) Teen Tournament

1991 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 5.Game in which 63 correct responses were given (with 6 rebounds).

Contestants

Jim Paluszak — a senior from Spartanburg, South Carolina

Joann Chan — a senior from Richmond, Virginia

Dana Bacon — a senior from Leader, Minnesota

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Dana $1,200 $2,900 $9,600 $10,600
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$8,600
22 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Joann $100 $1,100 $8,900 $11,000
Automatic semifinalist
$7,700
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Jim $3,100 $4,800 $7,400 $10,000
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$7,400
22 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

FILE UNDER "A" ACTORS & THEIR ROLES COMPUTERS STATE CAPITALS BIRD LORE TOM & HUCK
$100 [24]
Of all the sponge cakes we know, this one has the most "heavenly" name
angel (food) cake
Joann
$100 [19]
He's been the Terminator & Conan, but most recently "Kindergarten Cop"
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Dana
$100 [1]
To play games on your computer, you often need one of these "happy" handles
a joystick
Jim
$100 [2]
Minneapolis is larger but this Twin City is Minnesota's capital
St. Paul
Dana
$100 [12]
In explaining the birds & bees, many say babies are brought by these birds
storks
Jim
$100 [9]
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in 1885 was the 1st book issued by this man's publishing co.
Mark Twain
Dana
$200 [25]
Some houses made of this sun-dried brick are covered with mud, others are covered with stucco
adobe
Dana
$300 [21]
In this late 1990 hit, Macaulay Culkin played Kevin
Home Alone
Dana
$200 [3]
While the floppy ones can be removed from the drive, hard ones usually can't
disks
Jim
$200 [5]
A popular variety of grape is named for a Massachusetts town, not this New Hampshire capital
Concord
Dana
$200 [13]
In legend a drop of Jesus' blood turned this bird's breast red
the robin
Dana Joann
$200 [14]
Tom Sawyer lived with this elderly relative
Aunt Polly
Dana
$300 [26]
Lawyers belong to this organization known by its initials, ABA
the American Bar Association
Jim
$400 [22]
TV "Doctor, Doctor" whose kids were shrunk in "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"
Matt Frewer
Joann
$300 [4]
T. I. for short, this company designed "Speak & Spell", the popular learning aid for kids
Texas Instruments
Jim
$300 [8]
From 1875-85 Wheeling replaced this city as capital of West Virginia
Charleston
Joann
$300 [16]
Despite its name, this North American bird has plenty of feathers, even on its head
a bald eagle
Jim
$300 [15]
1 of the 2 Joes in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'
(1 of) the Injun Joe (Joe Harper)
Jim
$400 [27]
Part of this city's ancient library was housed in the Serapeum, the temple of Serapis
Alexandria
Dana
$500 [23]
Geordi La Forge on "Star Trek: The Next Generation"; you may remember him as Kunta Kinte
LeVar Burton
Joann
$400 [6]
It's the device that enables one computer to communicate with another by telephone
a modem
Dana
$400 [10]
It was originally called Michigan but was renamed for a village in New York
Lansing
Jim
$400 [17]
As the ancient Mariner could tell you, sailors believe that killing this bird brings bad luck
an albatross
Jim
$400 [29]
Tom would have rather brought water home from the town pump than do this on a bright Saturday
whitewash a fence
Jim
$500 [28]
The Rat Islands & the Fox Islands are part of this chain of Alaskan islands
the Aleutians
Joann
DD $700 [20]
The 1 of the "Three Men and a Baby" who was a member of the "Police Academy"
Steve Guttenberg
Dana
$500 [7]
An unauthorized person who breaks into a computer system is called this
a hacker
Jim
$500 [11]
Roger Williams purchased the site for this capital from the Narragansett Indians
Providence
Jim
$500 [18]
Some believe the "eyes" on this bird's feathers will bring danger to those who possess them
a peacock
Jim
$500 [30]
After faking his own murder, Huck headed down the river, where he next joined up with this man
Jim
Joann Jim

Double Jeopardy! Round

LANGUAGES MEN OF SCIENCE POP MUSIC SHAKESPEARE CANADA ELECTION '90
$200 [21]
Of Switzerland's 4 official languages, this one is spoken by the most Swiss people
German
Jim
$200 [2]
His interest in gravity is said to have come from watching an apple fall
Isaac Newton
Dana
$200 [1]
Danny, Donnie, Joe, Jordan & Jonathan
the New Kids on the Block
Dana
$200 [15]
Polonius tells Hamlet he once played this role: "I was killed i' the capitol; Brutus killed me."
Julius Caesar
Joann
$200 [10]
If you're an Oiler, Canuck, Flame or Nordique, you play this sport
hockey
Jim
$200 [26]
This island borough voted to conduct a study on the possibility of seceding from New York City
Staten Island
Dana
$400 [22]
Vietnamese borrowed nearly half of its vocabulary from this language
Chinese
Dana
$400 [3]
He developed some 300 products from peanuts, including dyes, soap & milk substitutes
Carver
Joann
$400 [7]
Her debut album, "Forever Your Girl", generated 4 No. 1 hit singles
Paula Abdul
Joann
$400 [16]
She says, "The raven himself is hoarse who croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements."
Lady Macbeth
Jim
$400 [11]
This Maritime province was named for a German duchy which George III also ruled, not a bowling alley
New Brunswick
Jim
$400 [27]
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota elected Jesse Ventura, a professional one of these, part-time mayor
a professional wrestler
Dana
$600 [23]
A native of Reykjavik could tell you this is his country's official language
Icelandic
Joann Jim
$600 [4]
A disease-carrying bug that bit him on the Beagle voyage left him a semi-invalid for life
Darwin
Joann
$600 [8]
Featured in the movie "Ghost", this 1965 Righteous Brothers hit recharted in 1990
"Unchained Melody"
Joann
$800 [19]
Othello says, "The worms were hallow'd that did breed the silk" that made her handkerchief
Desdemona
Joann
$600 [12]
Canada's third largest metropolis, it hosted the 1986 World's Fair
Vancouver
Joann Jim
$600 [28]
Though her opponent spent bigger bucks, she won the big governor's seat in the big state of Texas
Ann Richards
Dana Jim
$800 [24]
It's the official language of Algeria, but many Algerians speak French, too
Arabic
Dana
$1,000 [6]
While living in Amsterdam, he introduced the first practical mercury thermometer
Fahrenheit
Dana
$800 [9]
Aaron Neville teamed with her to record "Don't Know Much" & "All My Life"
Linda Ronstadt
Jim
$1,000 [20]
Act I, Scene II of this play is set in a room in Portia's house in Belmont
The Merchant of Venice
Joann
$800 [13]
British & French Generals Wolfe & Montcalm were both killed in the Sept. 1759 battle at this city
Quebec
Dana Jim
$800 [29]
Bob Martinez lost in his bid to be the first Republican reelected governor in this state's history
Florida
Joann
$1,000 [25]
Encyclopedia Americana says Manx, the native language of this place, is no longer spoken
the Isle of Man
Jim
DD $2,000 [5]
He began studying fermentation to help save France's wine industry from "going sour"
Pasteur
Joann
$1,000 [14]
In 1988 Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Geo. Harrison, Bob Dylan & Roy Orbison formed this group
the Traveling Wilburys
Joann
DD $1,100 [18]
In "Romeo and Juliet", the prince of this city is the last to speak
Verona
Dana
$1,000 [17]
This Frenchman, who arrived 70 years before Champlain, gave Montreal its name
(Jacques) Cartier
Dana
$1,000 [30]
Winning again in 1990, this S.C. senator is the oldest & longest serving member of Congress
Strom Thurmond
Jim

Final Jeopardy!

LANDMARKS

The inscription on this U.S. monument ends with the words "known but to God"

the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (the Tomb of the Unknown)

Jim "What is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier" — wagered $2,600
Joann "What is the tomb of Unknown Soldier?" — wagered $2,100
Dana "What is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier" — wagered $1,000

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