1990 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 5.
Avi Stadler — a senior from Atlanta, Georgia
Richard Morris — a senior from Auburn, Alabama
Sharon Kristal — a senior from Rockville, Maryland
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon | $1,900 | $3,500 | $11,600 |
$4,199
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$10,200
23 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Richard | $2,200 | $3,100 | $9,500 |
$11,601
Automatic semifinalist |
$9,100
18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Avi | $800 | $2,700 | $4,500 |
$9,000
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$4,500
15 R, 2 W |
| NEWS OF THE '80s | DISNEY | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES | MYTHOLOGICAL WOMEN | POTPOURRI | THE BILL OF RIGHTS |
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$100
[2]
This trade union outlawed in Poland in 1982 was restored to legal status in 1989
Solidarity
Sharon
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$100
[27]
Ariel, the lead character in a 1989 animated film, is one of these creatures
Mermaid
Avi
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$100
[28]
This day of prayer & celebration was first decreed by Gov. William Bradford in 1621
Thanksgiving
Avi
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$100
[7]
In Norse mythology the Norns were 3 sisters who controlled the past, the present & this
The Future
Sharon
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$100
[29]
The one punctuation mark necessary to every declarative sentence
Period
Sharon
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$100
[30]
During peacetime the gov't isn't allowed to quarter one of these in your house without your OK
Soldier
Avi
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$200
[17]
An estimated half of the 1.4 million illegal aliens who applied for amnesty in 1988 lived in this state
California
Sharon
Richard
Avi
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$200
[23]
The characters known as "Jim Dear" & "Darling" owned this pedigreed cocker spaniel
Lady ("Lady And The Tramp")
Sharon
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$200
[22]
The old English belief that birds select their mates on a certain day may have given rise to this holiday
Valentine's Day
Sharon
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$200
[14]
She was the only one of the Gorgons who was mortal
Medusa
Avi
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$200
[10]
You'd find the numbers 7, 8 & 9 written entries in an encyclopedia in this order
Eight, Nine & Seven
Avi
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$200
[25]
Congress can pick a national dance or flower, but can't by the 1st Amendment, pick a national one of these
Religion
Richard
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$300
[11]
In Feb. 1988 this Central American leader was indicted by a U.S. grand jury on drug trafficking charges
Manuel Noriega (Panama)
Richard
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$400
[13]
Dumbo's magic feather came from the tail of this type of bird
Crow
Sharon
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$300
[8]
This Christian holiday is also called the Feast of the Resurrection
Easter
Richard
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$300
[15]
Atalanta lost a footrace because she couldn't resist these golden fruits
Apples
Richard
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$300
[4]
The science of matter & energy, it involves optics, acoustics & thermodynamics
Physics
Richard
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$300
[26]
The 6th Amendment mentions your right to a speedy & public one
Trial
Sharon
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$400
[6]
In September 1989 Vietnam completed its withdrawal of military forces from this country
Cambodia
Avi
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$500
[1]
In "Mickey's Christmas Carol", Mickey played Bob Cratchit & he played Cratchit's boss
Scrooge McDuck
Richard
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$400
[21]
This Jewish holiday marks the end of the 10 days of penitence that begins with Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
Avi
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$400
[9]
Echidna, who was half woman & half serpent, was the mother of this Nemean beast
Lion
Sharon
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$400
[19]
She won 3 golds in swimming at the '88 Olympics & was chosen homecoming queen of her school
Janet Evans
Avi
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$400
[3]
Of Wheel, Jeopardy or Concentration, the one mentioned in the 5th Amendment
Jeopardy
Sharon
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$500
[5]
On May 4, 1989 he was found guilty of accepting an illegal gratuity, a home security system
Oliver North
Richard
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DD
$1,000
[24]
Current series of TV movies starring the trio seen here; Hayley Mills plays their stepmom & aunt:
Parent Trap (Joy, Leanna & Monica Creel)
Sharon
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$500
[20]
This holiday was first celebrated in the U.S. in 1792, the 300th anniversary of a historic event
Columbus Day
Avi
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$500
[12]
In Egyptian mythology, she was the mother of Horus, the sky god
Isis
Sharon
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$500
[18]
She lived her last 45 years in Chicago's Hull House
Jane Addams
Richard
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$500
[16]
This future president led the fight for the Bill of Rights
James Madison
Avi
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| WORLD HISTORY | CLICHES | ZOOLOGY | NOVELS | THE SOUTH | ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL |
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$200
[27]
He completed vols. 2 & 3 of Karl Marx's "Das Kapital"
Friedrich Engels
Avi
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$200
[24]
To have "one foot in" this means to be hovering on the brink of death
The Grave
Richard
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$200
[30]
Swans often do this in a "V" formation
Fly
Avi
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$200
[1]
This Dickens novel begins "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...."
"A Tale of Two Cities"
Sharon
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$200
[29]
Favorite Southern ones include pecan, chess, sweet potato, black bottom & peach
Pies
Avi
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$200
[25]
Bell came up with the photophone, a device that transmits sound via this
(A beam of) Light
Richard
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$400
[12]
After being expelled as editor of the Socialist "Avanti" in 1914, he founded his own fascist paper
Benito Mussolini
Sharon
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$400
[11]
To "Go whole" this means to stop at nothing, you animal, you
Hog
Sharon
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$400
[19]
Scientists say this relative of the squid has the most highly developed brain among invertebrates
Octopus
Sharon
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$400
[9]
In a John Hersey work, U.S. Major Victor Joppolo obtains one of these for the Italian town of Adano
A Bell
Richard
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$400
[20]
Lalaurie House in this section of New Orleans is said to be haunted by the screams of slaves
The French Quarter
Avi
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$400
[4]
When Bell made the first transcontinental call, this man was once again on the receiving end
Watson
Richard
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$600
[3]
When this conquistador arrived in Mexico in 1519, Aztecs believed he was the god Quetzalcoatl
Hernando Cortez
Sharon
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$600
[26]
If you did this to someone's "goose", you spoiled his plans
Cooked It
Sharon
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$600
[23]
The glass snake isn't really a snake, it's a limbless variety of this reptile
Lizard
Sharon
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$600
[8]
In this novel Winston Smith's job at the Ministry of Truth is to rewrite the public records
"1984"
Avi
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$600
[13]
The First Flight Inn is in this state, as you might expect
North Carolina (near Kitty Hawk)
Avi
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$600
[28]
In 1847 Edison was born in the U.S. & Bell was born in this country
Scotland
Sharon
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$800
[21]
This radical "club" led by Robespierre came to power in 1793 & began the Reign of Terror
The Jacobin Club
Richard
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$1,000
[18]
This phrase comes from the old custom of making the sign of the cross with a coin on someone's palm
Cross My Palm With Silver
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$800
[10]
The indri is the largest of these mammals, but the ring-tailed is probably the best-known
Lemurs
Sharon
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$800
[7]
Frontiersman Natty Bumppo was the title character in this James Fenimore Cooper novel
"The Deerslayer"
Richard
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$800
[14]
America's Young Woman of the Year, a.k.a. Junior Miss, is chosen every summer in this Alabama city
Mobile
Richard
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$1,000
[16]
Most reference sources report that on March 10, 1876 Bell spilled this on his pants
Battery Acid (hence the call, "Watson, come here, I need you")
Richard
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$1,000
[17]
Most of the fighting during this war in the 1850s took place near the Russian port of Sevastopol
The Crimean War
Sharon
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DD
$1,500
[2]
This cliche referring to callousness in the face of calamity was inspired by the emperor Nero
Fiddling While Rome Burns
Sharon
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$1,000
[22]
Weighing up to 110 lbs. or more, the capybara is the largest member of this order of mammals
Rodents
Sharon
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$1,000
[6]
Arthur Koestler's criticism of the Soviet Union in which the party leader is referred to only as No. 1
"Darkness At Noon"
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$1,000
[15]
Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee & "Stonewall" Jackson are depicted on horseback on this GA. monument
Stone Mountain
Richard
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DD
$1,200
[5]
In 1872 he opened a school in Boston to train teachers of these people
The Deaf
Richard
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Tho Shakespeare wrote many plays about kings, she is the only title character who is a queen
Cleopatra