Show #1738 1992-03-04 (taped 1992-01-04) Teen Tournament

1992 Teen Tournament semifinal game 3.

Contestants

April McManus — a senior from Woodbury, Minnesota

Rob Marus — a junior from Little Rock, Arkansas

Pat Gavin — a sophomore from Kingston, Massachusetts

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Pat $1,000 $1,900 $2,400 $4,800
3rd place: $5,000
$5,900
20 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Rob $400 $1,200 $4,000 $8,000
2nd place: $5,000
$3,900
13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
April $2,000 $4,000 $11,300 $11,300
Finalist
$12,000
24 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE CONSTITUTION RAPPERS HINTS FROM HELOISE WOMEN AUTHORS RIVERS "T" TIME
$100 [26]
The building in which the signing took place Sept. 17, 1787 is now known as this
Independence Hall
Rob
$100 [11]
With his latest album, "Too Legit to Quit", this rapper dropped the "M.C." from his name
Hammer
April
$100 [9]
Diets can chill unopened cans of soup in the fridge, then skim this off the top before heating
the fat
Pat
$100 [16]
Her 1967 novel "The Outsiders" is the best-selling children's paperback of all time
S.E. Hinton
Pat
$100 [10]
The Ottawa River drains Grand Lake Victoria & the river drains Lake Victoria
the Nile
Pat
$100 [21]
Queens sit on regular chairs too; these special seats are for ceremonial occasions
thrones
April
$200 [27]
Because some states refused to approve it as is, this section was submitted in September 1789
the Bill of Rights
Pat
$200 [12]
This white rapper's real name is Robert Van Winkle
Vanilla Ice
Pat
$200 [8]
Hot peppers can irritate your skin, so Heloise says to wear these when you handle them
gloves
April
$200 [17]
Her 1974 book "Blubber" told of the persecution of an overweight fifth grader by her classmates
Judy Blume
April
$200 [7]
It's been called the chief waterway of the Soviet Union
the Volga River
Rob April
$200 [22]
Because the color blue was associated with constancy, this phrase describes a very loyal person
"True blue"
Rob
$300 [30]
The original constitution is on display at this national building in Washington, D.C.
the National Archives
Pat
$300 [13]
In 1990 this group's "As Nasty as They Wanna Be" LP was judged obscene by a Florida judge
2 Live Crew
Rob
$300 [4]
The rubbing type of this can remove hair spray haze from your bathroom mirror
alcohol
Rob
$300 [18]
Nadine Gordimer of this African country won the 1991 Nobel Prize for Literature
South Africa
April
$300 [6]
In 1896 gold was discovered along the Klondike, a tributary of this nearly 2,000-mile-long river
the Yukon River
Pat
$300 [23]
Frugality, or the type of shop that sells used goods to benefit a charitable organization
thrift
Pat
$400 [29]
Along with basic freedoms, the 1st amendment guarantees the right to "peaceably" do this
assemble
April
$400 [14]
This NBC series was the first prime-time network TV program to star a rap artist
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Pat
$400 [3]
Heloise says you can use a cup of this brew made from leaves to clean varnished furniture.
tea
Pat
$400 [19]
Her character Hercule Poirot retired from the Belgian police in 1904 & became an amateur sleuth
Agatha Christie
Pat
DD $500 [5]
Until 1990 the Elbe River formed part of the border between these 2 countries
East & West Germany
Rob
$400 [24]
A quisling isn't a little quiz show, it's a synonym for this
traitor
Pat
$500 [28]
Article III defines this crime as levying war against the U.S. or giving aid and comfort to its enemies
treason
Rob
$500 [15]
A combination of rap and guitar rock took his "Wild Thing" single to No. 2 on the Billboard pop chart
Tone Lōc
April
$500 [2]
Heloise wraps a tennis ball in a dust rag & tosses it when these arachnoid structures are hard to reach
spider webs
April
$500 [20]
This "Wise Blood" author's first name was Mary; Flannery was her middle name
Flannery O'Connor
April
$500 [1]
Punjab means "Land of the 5 Rivers", referring to the 5 rivers that empty into this one
the Indus (River)
Pat Rob April
$500 [25]
It's a team of 3 horses that pulls a Russian vehicle of the same name
a troika
April

Double Jeopardy! Round

BIOLOGY THE CIVIL WAR RELIGION THE ORCHESTRA COLLEGE DEGREES GENGHIS KHAN
$200 [30]
This colorless, odorless liquid makes up over 60% of the human body's weight
water
April
$200 [6]
The federal garrison in this fort surrendered April 13, 1861 after one day of fighting
Fort Sumter
Pat
$200 [1]
He received his first revelation from Allah on Mount Hira around 610
Muhammad
Rob
DD $100 [21]
This double-reed instrument sounds the A to which the rest of the orchestra tunes itself
the oboe
April
$200 [11]
What the "M" stands for in M.D. or D.M.D.
Medical
April
$200 [17]
Genghis was a member of this tribe
the Mongol tribe
Pat
$400 [29]
Flowers secrete this sugar-containing liquid to attract insect pollinators
nectar
Pat Rob
$400 [10]
Winning the battle of this city November 25, 1863 gave the Union control over all its choo-choos
Chattanooga
Rob
$400 [2]
This symbol of Judaism is often referred to as the Mogen David
the Star of David
Rob
$200 [27]
This percussion instrument named for its shape is usually played with a thin metal beater
the triangle
Rob
$400 [22]
One of the most common master's degrees is this, abbreviated M.A.
Master of the Arts
Rob
$400 [16]
For Genghis Khan it was Temujin
his real name
Pat
$600 [28]
This vitamin is produced in the skin when it's produced by ultraviolet light from the sun
vitamin D
April
$600 [9]
After this major battle July 21, 1861, the North believed the war had begun in earnest
the First Battle of Bull Run
Pat
$600 [3]
Many early Englanders including Roger Williams were members of this extreme Protestant group
the Puritans
April
$400 [26]
The concertmaster is the first player of the first section of this instrument
the violin
April
$600 [23]
An M.S. in C.E. is a Master of Science in Civil Engineering; an M.S. in Ch.E. is this
Chemical Engineering
Pat Rob
$600 [15]
This grandson of Genghis' founded the Yuan Dynasty
Kublai Khan
Pat
$800 [19]
An oncogene is a gene that can can cause this disease in its host
cancer
April
$800 [8]
Of the men on "his" July 3, 1863 charge at Gettysburg, fewer than 25% returned
(George) Pickett
April
$800 [4]
Central to Buddhist & Hindu thought is this concept of a soul being reborn in a new body after death
reincarnation
April
$600 [25]
This composer invented a half tuba/half horn instrument especially for use in his "Ring" cycle
Richard Wagner
Pat
$800 [20]
A B.D. is a Bachelor of this; an M.Div. is a Master of it--let us pray
Divinity
April
$800 [12]
In 1889 Russians found the ruins of Karakorum, which Genghis chose as this in 1220
his capital
Pat
DD $3,500 [18]
This is the bending of parts of a plant in response to directional light stimulus
heliotropism or phototropism
Pat
$1,000 [7]
Attending church in this city April 2, 1865, Jefferson Davis got a message to evacuate
Richmond (Virginia)
Pat
$1,000 [5]
It's the collective term for the blessings listed by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount
the Beatitudes
April
$1,000 [24]
This type of "woodwind" has no reed & is commonly made of metal
a flute
April
$1,000 [14]
If you're a financial wizard, you know a D.B.A. is this
a Doctor of Business Administration
Pat
$1,000 [13]
Genghis' Pax Mongolica reopened this trade route that Marco Polo later used to get to China
the Silk Road
Rob

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. STATES

2 of only 3 U.S. states which have all straight-line boundaries

(2 of) Colorado, Utah, & Wyoming

Pat "What are Utah & Colorado?" — wagered $2,400
Rob "What are Colorado & Wyoming" — wagered $4,000
April "What are Wyoming & Utah?" — wagered $0

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