1992 Teen Tournament semifinal game 3.
April McManus — a senior from Woodbury, Minnesota
Rob Marus — a junior from Little Rock, Arkansas
Pat Gavin — a sophomore from Kingston, Massachusetts
| 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 |
| 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
|
| 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
|
2 of only 3 U.S. states which have all straight-line boundaries
(2 of) Colorado, Utah, & Wyoming