1989 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 4.
Matt Lindley — a senior from Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Marny Helfrich — a junior from Baltimore, Maryland
Eric Newhouse — a junior from Sioux City, Iowa
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric | $1,800 | $4,400 | $11,600 |
$12,399
Automatic semifinalist |
$10,700
29 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Marny | $400 | $500 | $1,500 |
$3,000
3rd place: $1,000 if not wild card semifinalist |
$1,500
8 R, 3 W |
| Matt | $100 | $600 | $5,400 |
$9,400
2nd place: $1,000 if not wild card semifinalist |
$5,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| THE VIKINGS | ART | SICKNESS & HEALTH | WEIGHTS & MEASURES | VERY GRIMM FAIRY TALES | WORDS WITHIN WORDS |
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$100
[12]
The name of this country came from "Rus", a band of Swedish Vikings who settled in Eastern Europe
Russia
Eric
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$100
[7]
Many of the finest prehistoric paintings were found in these, as a spelunker could tell you
cave
Matt
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$100
[11]
"Flu" is short for this word, which sounds much more serious
influenza
Matt
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$100
[21]
The name of this linear measurement comes from the Latin "uncia", meaning "twelfth part"
inch
Eric
Marny
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$100
[14]
If you believe the Brothers Grimm, these animals eat grandmothers & little girls who wear red
wolves
Eric
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$100
[1]
It's rude to do this with your mouth full of celery stalks
talk (in stalks)
Eric
|
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$200
[13]
In 911 the Vikings got control of this region of France whose name means "Land of the Northmen"
Normandy
Marny
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$200
[8]
This famous statue is so named because it was found on the Greek island of Melos
Venus de Milo
Matt
|
$200
[18]
People who have the mumps are no longer contagious after this disappears
swelling
Marny
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$200
[15]
It's about 5.88 trillion miles
light-year
Eric
|
$200
[22]
The reason Cinderella's stepsisters cut off parts of their feet
to make their feet fit in the glass slipper
Matt
|
$200
[2]
You can add some of this to boiling water to keep your spaghetti from sticking
oil (in boiling)
Marny
Matt
|
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$300
[16]
World Book says the Vikings ate two meals daily but only with these two eating utensils
spoon & knife
Eric
|
$300
[6]
The man in the painting "American Gothic" is grasping this farm implement
pitchfork
Matt
|
$300
[19]
Some doctors use cryosurgery, which is this, to destroy warts
cold (freezing)
Eric
|
$300
[17]
Quite logically, 100 surveyor's links equal one of these
chain
Eric
|
$300
[24]
In some versions of this very Grimm opera, the witch is baked in a gigantic honey cake
Hansel & Gretel
Eric
|
$300
[3]
What a man brings to the woman he wants to marry
ring (in brings)
Eric
|
|
$400
[20]
Old Viking runes aren't crumbled buildings but these
letters
Eric
|
$400
[9]
The name of this art movement is from the French for "beyond what is realistic"
Surrealist
Eric
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$400
[27]
Doctors often also remove these lymphoid tissues when they take out your tonsils
adenoids
Matt
|
$400
[25]
A nail, an ell & a bolt are all used to measure this
cloth
Eric
Matt
|
DD
$500
[29]
In the Grimm version, the queen who tried to poison her was forced to dance until she died
Snow White
Eric
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$400
[4]
It's a Greek letter--in Ypsilanti, Michigan
psi (in Ypsilanti)
Eric
Matt
|
|
$500
[23]
He led what is believed to be the 1st European expedition to the N. American mainland in about 1000 A.D.
Leif Ericson
Eric
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$500
[10]
His grandmother was a pioneer for women's rights in Peru, & he painted the women of Tahiti
Gauguin
Marny
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$500
[28]
Fainting is caused by a sudden drop in this
blood pressure
Eric
Matt
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$500
[26]
Originally, this measurement of ocean depths was the length of rope between one's out-stretched arms
fathom
Eric
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$500
[30]
She was taken away from her parents because her mother ate rampion from the witch's garden
Rapunzel
|
$500
[5]
Pronoun you can use when talking about a girl named Cheryl
her (in Cheryl)
Eric
Marny
|
| SPAIN | SCIENTISTS | AMERICAN LITERATURE | 1986 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES | PIANO LESSON |
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$200
[4]
These islands were named for the Latin for "dog", not for the yellow birds that are also found there
Canaries
Eric
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$200
[27]
Back in 1917 George Hale showed off his new 100 inch reflecting one of these on Mt. Wilson
telescope
Eric
|
$200
[1]
James Whitcomb Riley wrote a poem about this "Little Orphant"
Annie
Matt
|
$200
[6]
On May 5 Pravda published its 1st major account of this late April accident
Chernobyl
Eric
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$200
[2]
This former actor is probably the most famous graduate of Illinois' Eureka College
Ronald Reagan
Eric
|
$200
[21]
The strings inside your piano are struck by these, but they didn't come from a hardware store
hammer
Marny
|
|
$400
[3]
1492 was a banner year for Spain; Columbus reached America & these invaders were finally defeated
Moors
Matt
|
$400
[18]
The Russians consider Alexander Popov as the inventor of this, not Marconi
radio
Marny
|
$400
[5]
His trip to the Arctic on a seal hunting ship provided background for "The Sea Wolf"
Jack London
Eric
|
$400
[8]
A 1986 law moved the start of this from the last to the 1st Sunday in April
daylight savings (daylight saving time)
Matt
|
$400
[7]
Like Brooke Shields, F. Scott Fitzgerald attended this N.J. univ., but he didn't graduate
Princeton
Matt
|
$400
[26]
Like some guitars, pianos have strings made of this metal
steel
Marny
|
|
$600
[12]
Cervantes' "Don Quixote" made this Spanish province famous
La Mancha
Matt
|
$600
[20]
American physicist Robert Millikan gave this name to the radiation bombarding the earth
cosmic rays
Eric
Matt
|
$600
[15]
For Tom Braden "Eight is Enough", but in Frank Gilbreth's family, kids were "cheaper" this way
by the dozen
Matt
|
$600
[9]
He "drew" a "line of death" across the Gulf of Sidra & dared the U.S. to cross it
Muammar Qadafi
Matt
|
$600
[19]
Founded in 1538, the University of Santo Domingo in this country is the oldest in the New World
Dominican Republic
Eric
|
$800
[29]
The piano was invented in this country in 1709
Italy
Matt
|
|
$800
[13]
While bullfighting is Spain's most distinctive sport, this int'l sport is the most popular
soccer
Matt
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$800
[24]
Scottish chemist who invented the flask now called a Thermos bottle
Sir James Dewar
|
$800
[16]
A Sinclair Lewis novel about the medical profession, it's a homophone of a heavy metal band
Arrowsmith
Eric
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$1,000
[11]
Eugene Hasenfus was the only survivor in a supply plane shot down over this country in October
Nicaragua
Eric
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$800
[22]
This Washington, D.C. univ. is the oldest Catholic institution of higher education in the U.S.
Georgetown
Matt
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$1,000
[30]
Pianolas, which were popular in the late 1800s, are also known by this name
player pianos
Eric
Marny
Matt
|
|
$1,000
[14]
This famous cellist left Spain in 1939 as a protest against the Franco government
Pablo Casals
Eric
|
$1,000
[25]
In the 1830s Charles Babbage tried to make an "analytical engine", a mechanical one of these
computer
Eric
|
$1,000
[17]
The 1985 movie "Smooth Talk" was based on her short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"
Joyce Carol Oates
|
DD
$1,200
[10]
Viewed for the 1st time in 74 years, it was found about 500 miles south of Newfoundland
wreck of the Titanic
Matt
|
$1,000
[23]
Smith College, the largest privately endowed women's college in the U.S., is in this state
Massachusetts
Marny
|
DD
$2,000
[28]
Residence where you'd find the piano seen here, donated by the Steinway family in 1938
the White House
Eric
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She was the guest of honor at the last state dinner President Reagan hosted
Margaret Thatcher