1995 Teen Tournament final game 2.
Deborah Sager — a senior from Reston, Virginia (subtotal of $7,200)
Matt Zielenski — a junior from Broadview Heights, Ohio (subtotal of $24,000)
Susannah Batko-Yovino — a junior from Altoona, Pennsylvania (subtotal of $12,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susannah | $200 | $1,900 | $6,700 | $13,400 |
$5,500
18 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Matt | $2,700 | $5,900 | $12,900 | $18,300 |
$11,900
26 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Deborah | $200 | $1,000 | $5,100 | $10,100 |
$4,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| ASTRONOMY & SPACE | GAMES | AMERICANA | BIOGRAPHIES | VOCABULARY | FOOD POTPOURRI |
|
$100
[1]
In 1850 astronomer William Bond discovered this planet's third ring
Saturn
Deborah
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$100
[6]
Hey dude--in 1990 this TV show inspired a "Don't Have a Cow" dice game
The Simpsons
Matt
|
$100
[11]
It became capital of the Colorado Territory in 1867 & capital of Colorado in 1876
Denver
Susannah
|
$100
[12]
"Last Train to Memphis" covers this late rock singer's life up to his Army service in Germany
Elvis
Deborah
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$100
[20]
If you're a fan of someone or something, be advised that fan is short for this
fanatic
Matt
|
$100
[23]
You can make pudding & cookies, as well as pie, from the flesh of this jack-o-lantern gourd
a pumpkin
Matt
|
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$200
[2]
During its 1986 visit, a 20-million-pound chunk of this comet was blown away
Halley's comet
Susannah
|
$200
[7]
In Monopoly a question mark appears in each of the 3 spaces marked this
Chance
Susannah
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$200
[13]
In the late 1800s the Republicans became known as the G.O.P., which stands for this
the Grand Old Party
Matt
|
$200
[15]
Einhard's 9th century biography of this king was called "Vita Karoli Magni"
Charlemagne
Matt
|
$200
[22]
Term for a dog's snout, or a device that fits over it to prevent biting
a muzzle
Susannah
|
$200
[25]
This fast food chain officially introduced the Colonel's Rotisserie Gold in 1993
KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)
Matt
|
|
$300
[3]
It was America's first, & so far only, space station
Skylab
Susannah
|
$300
[8]
This milkcap game that's sweeping the world derives its name from a tropical juice drink
Pog
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$300
[14]
O. Henry called this autumn holiday "the one day that is purely American"
Thanksgiving
Susannah
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$300
[18]
This "Silas Marner" author's first biographer was her husband, John Cross
George Eliot
Deborah
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$300
[24]
A synonym for vagabond, it starts with the same 3 letters
vagrant
Susannah
|
$300
[28]
The frosting for German chocolate cake contains this tropical ingredient, flaked & sweetened
coconut
Susannah
|
|
$400
[4]
Laika, the first canine cosmonaut, flew aboard the 2nd of these Russian satellites in 1957
Sputnik
Matt
|
$400
[9]
This game in which you repeat the pattern of 4 colored lights is billed as "The Ultimate Brain Battle"
Simon
Susannah
Matt
|
$400
[16]
The nightly ghost tour of this 2nd colonial capital of Virginia visits popular local "haunts"
Williamsburg
Matt
|
$400
[19]
J.W.D. Trythall's "El Caudillo" was a political biography of this 20th century Spanish leader
(Francisco) Franco
Susannah
|
$400
[26]
It's the 9-letter term for an officeholder who's a candidate for reelection
incumbent
Matt
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$400
[29]
The name of this popular dip comes from the Nahuatl words ahuacatl--"Avocado"--& molli "sauce"
guacamole
Matt
|
|
$500
[5]
In a national contest, students chose the name of this space shuttle that replaced the Challenger
Endeavour
Susannah
Matt
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$500
[10]
A fantastic island shrouded in intrigue & betrayal is at the heart of this top-selling CD-ROM game
Myst
Matt
|
$500
[17]
This first lady was vice president of her sophomore class at Georgia Southwestern College
Rosalynn Carter
Matt
|
$500
[21]
John H. Davis' book about this American political family 1848-1984 is subtitled "Dynasty & Disaster"
the Kennedys
Deborah
|
DD
$1,500
[27]
From the Latin for "earth", it's another word for patio
terrace
Matt
|
$500
[30]
This basic gumbo ingredient consists of tapering green pods that become sticky when stewed
okra
Susannah
|
| THE 1880s | ARCHITECTURE | ISLANDS | NOTABLE NAMES | TRANSPORTATION | DRAMA |
|
$200
[4]
In 1881 this ex-president published "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government"
Jeff Davis
Matt
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$200
[9]
Usually meaning a building used for gambling, it can also be an ornamental pavilion or small house
a casino
Deborah
|
$200
[14]
This Alaskan island chain lies at roughly the same latitude as England
the Aleutian Islands
Susannah
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$200
[16]
This jeans maker who died in 1902 once served as director of the Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank
Levi Strauss
Deborah
|
$200
[24]
First used in Japan around 1870, this 2-wheeled cart was pulled by a runner
a rickshaw
Susannah
|
$200
[1]
His first play, "The Trumpet Shall Sound", premiered in 1926, 12 years before "Our Town"
Thornton Wilder
Deborah
|
|
$400
[5]
In 1885 this female sharpshooter joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
Annie Oakley
Matt
|
$400
[12]
This cast metal was used in building from the late 18th century until superseded by steel
iron
Matt
|
$400
[15]
3 of the world's 10 largest islands, Baffin, Victoria & Ellesmere belong to this country
Canada
Deborah
|
$600
[18]
This scientist was the 1st woman to win a Nobel Prize, & the 1st person to win it twice
Marie Curie
Deborah
|
$400
[25]
Usually drawn by 4-6 horses, this means of public transport got its name from resupply points along the route
a stagecoach
Susannah
|
$400
[2]
He chose to premiere his play "Pygmalion" in Vienna in 1913
Shaw
Deborah
|
|
$600
[6]
In 1888 he perfected his Kodak camera
(George) Eastman
Matt
|
$600
[13]
All classical orders of these supports have a base except for the Greek doric
columns
Deborah
|
$600
[21]
It's the largest island in Narrangansett Bay
Rhode Island
Susannah
Matt
Deborah
|
$800
[19]
A 1988 National Geographic article said this explorer may have missed the North Pole in 1909 by 30 to 60 miles
(Robert) Peary
Deborah
|
$600
[26]
In 1796 this steamboat designer published a "Treatise on the Improvement of Canal Navigation"
(Robert) Fulton
Matt
|
$600
[3]
Commedia Dell'arte is also called "comedy of" these, which most of the actors wore on their faces
masks
Matt
|
|
$800
[7]
The original site of this British observatory was established in 1884 as 0º longitude
Greenwich
Deborah
|
$800
[27]
Ribbed vaults & flying buttresses are features of this style that followed Romanesque
Gothic
Matt
|
$1,000
[23]
The Moluccas, or Spice Islands, belong to this island nation
Indonesia
Susannah
|
$1,000
[20]
In 1521 he wrote a pamphlet "On Monastic Vows" while hiding at Wartburg Castle
Martin Luther
Susannah
|
$800
[29]
The Motor Carrier Act of 1935 gave this agency, the I.C.C., authority over motor vehicles
the Interstate Commerce Commission
Susannah
|
$800
[8]
This southerner's 1964 play "The Eccentricities of a Nightingale" is a revision of his "Summer and Smoke"
Tennessee Williams
Susannah
|
|
$1,000
[11]
In 1886 this cartoonist left Harper's Weekly, where he had created the Republican elephant symbol
(Thomas) Nast
Matt
Deborah
|
$1,000
[28]
Frederick Law Olmsted, co-designer of Central Park, planned the Palo Alto campus of this university
Stanford
Susannah
Matt
|
DD
$2,000
[22]
The Iraklion Archaeological Museum on this Greek island features Minoan artifacts
Crete
Susannah
|
DD
$1,500
[17]
This labor leader who died in 1993 founded America's first successful union of farm workers
(Cesar) Chavez
Deborah
|
$1,000
[30]
On May 10, 1869 the Central Pacific & this railroad met at Promontory, Utah
the Union Pacific
Matt
|
$1,000
[10]
The last play he wrote was "Oedipus at Colonus"; his grandson produced it after his death
Sophocles
Matt
|
Set in Scandinavia, not in Britain, it's the longest surviving epic poem written in Old English
Beowulf