Show #1955 1993-02-19 (taped 1993-01-04) Teen Tournament

1993 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

Fraser Woodford — a senior from Lexington, Kentucky

Suj Vijayan — a senior from Laurel, Maryland

Nancy Dickmann — a senior from St. Louis, Missouri

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Nancy $1,000 $2,800 $10,400 $10,400
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$10,400
24 R, 0 W
Suj $1,000 $3,600 $6,200 $12,399
Automatic semifinalist
$5,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Fraser $2,600 $3,200 $8,000 $10,500
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$4,400
18 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD TV TEENS ENGLISH GRAMMAR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS SIGNS & SYMBOLS EEW, GROSS!
$100 [6]
This N. American country's 1st oil fields were discovered at the turn of the cent. near Tampico on the Gulf Coast
Mexico
Nancy
$100 [7]
He became a teen heartthrob playing cute conservative Alex P. Keaton on "Family Ties"
Michael J. Fox
Nancy
$100 [12]
An exclamatory sentence often expresses such strong feeling that it ends with this punctuation mark
an exclamation point
Fraser
$100 [29]
With shorter strings, the upright type of this generally has a poorer tone than the grand
the piano
Nancy
$100 [22]
This company's "Golden Arches" are its trademark
McDonald's
Fraser
$100 [1]
These segmented worms once widely used in medicine feed by sucking the blood out of other creatures
leeches
Suj
$200 [5]
This largest South American nation's name comes from local wood that resembled glowing embers
Brazil
Suj
$200 [8]
In 1992 17-year-old Becky caused a commotion on this sitcom by eloping with her boyfriend
Roseanne
Suj
$200 [13]
These nouns that refer to specific people, places or things are almost always capitalized
proper nouns
Nancy
$200 [28]
The Scottish Highland & German Dudelsack are mouth-blown; other types of this instrument use bellows
bagpipes
Nancy
$200 [30]
A star inside a circle on a map indicates this
the capital (city)
Suj
$200 [18]
When this turns bad, it's a condition known as halitosis
breath
Nancy
$300 [4]
The regions of Thrace, Macedonia & Epirus make up the northern tier of this country
Greece
Fraser
$300 [9]
Matthew & Gunnar Nelson are sons of this late singer, one of the top teen idols of the '50s
Ricky Nelson
Nancy
$300 [14]
In the sentence "Johnny is amazingly talented", amazingly is this part of speech
an adverb
Nancy
$300 [27]
The piccolo is a smaller version of this instrument & is pitched an octave higher
the flute
Suj
$400 [23]
In Latin America, "X" stands for kids' show host Xuxa; thanks to Spike Lee, it stands for this man in the U.S.
Malcolm X
Suj
$300 [19]
These gastropods were eaten in prehistoric times, long before the special tongs were invented
snails
Nancy
$400 [3]
This county's 3 largest cities are Jiddah, Riyadh & Mecca
Saudi Arabia
Fraser
$400 [10]
In the '70s this "Empty Nest" actress won 2 Emmys for playing teenaged Buddy on "Family"
Kristy McNichol
Fraser
$400 [15]
It's the 1-syllable word that commonly precedes the verb in an infinitive phrase
to
Fraser
$400 [25]
After the double bass, it's the largest member of the violin family
the cello
Suj
$500 [17]
In England, red & white varieties of these flowers have come to symbolize the Lancastrians & Yorkists
roses
Nancy
$400 [20]
Till F. Redi proved them wrong, people thought these appeared in decaying meat by spontaneous generation
maggots
Suj
$500 [2]
Christchurch is the capital of Canterbury Provincial District on this country's South Island
New Zealand
Fraser
$500 [11]
Lara Flynn Boyle played high school senior Donna Hayward, Laura Palmer's best friend on this series
Twin Peaks
Fraser
$500 [16]
A "Jeopardy" response should be phrased in the form of a question, which makes it this kind of sentence
an interrogative sentence
Suj
$500 [26]
You'll rarely "catch" a rock band without this drum, also called a side drum
a snare drum
Fraser
DD $900 [24]
2 common office machines that feature both of the followingsymbols:* #
computers & typewriters
Suj
$500 [21]
The Food Lover's Companion says to buy these when they're bright pinkish-white, plump & firm— no mention of IQ
brains
Nancy

Double Jeopardy! Round

EUROPEAN HISTORY SCIENCE BIOGRAPHIES HOMOPHONES ELECTION '92 HODGEPODGE
$200 [2]
In 1981 this country's government recognized Rural Solidarity, a union of farmers
Poland
Fraser
$200 [24]
In fireflies the chemical luciferase acts on luciferin to produce this
light
Fraser
$200 [11]
Not surprisingly, you can read all about this "Peanuts" creator in a biography titled "Good Grief"
Schulz
Nancy
$200 [21]
To pour down or rule over
rain/reign
Nancy
$200 [1]
This man defeated President Bush by about 5% of the popular vote
Bill Clinton
Fraser
$200 [16]
Hershey makes Reese's Peanut Butter Cups as well as these related candies with a rhyming name
Reese's Pieces
Nancy
$400 [3]
In 1839 this British monarch proposed marriage to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Queen Victoria
Nancy
$400 [25]
This fine-grained, tough quartz makes a spark when struck against steel
flint
Suj
$400 [12]
He's the subject of a 1992 biography subtitled "The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist"
(Charles) Darwin
Suj
$400 [22]
Was acquainted with or freshly made
knew/new
Fraser
$400 [4]
This first American to orbit the Earth was elected to a 4th term as senator from Ohio
John Glenn
Fraser
$400 [17]
These marionette features are often made of linen thread or fishline
the string
Nancy
$800 [6]
His 41-year reign, from 27 B.C. to 14 A.D., was the longest of any emperor who ruled from Rome
Augustus
Nancy
$600 [26]
In human anatomy the lowest 2 pairs of these bones are "floating"
ribs
Nancy
$600 [13]
"An American Rhapsody" is a 1988 biography of this American composer
Gershwin
Nancy
$600 [23]
Blabbed or rang a bell
told/tolled
Fraser
$600 [7]
This third party presidential candidate got over 19 million votes but no electoral votes
Ross Perot
Fraser
$600 [18]
This little English prince will celebrate his 18th birthday on June 21 in the year 2000
Prince WIlliam
Nancy Fraser
$1,000 [8]
After helping capture the city of Ceuta, Morocco in 1415, this Portuguese prince was named its governor
Prince Henry (the Navigator)
Fraser
$800 [29]
A bloom of tiny marine dinoflagellates produces this colorful tide
a red tide
Suj
$800 [14]
"The Polio Man", a 1962 biography, tells of this doctor who developed the first polio vaccine
(Jonas) Salk
Nancy
$800 [27]
Stabbed by a bull's horn or a drinking vessel made out of a vegetable shell
a gourd (gored)
Nancy
$1,000 [10]
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, a Native American, won election to the Senate from this state
Colorado
Suj
$800 [19]
This playwright who wrote "The Piano Lesson" was born in April but has another month in his name
August Wilson
DD $2,000 [5]
In 1963 Josip Broz Tito made himself president for life of this country
Yugoslavia
Fraser
$1,000 [30]
Colloquially called the kneecap, this flat, triangular bone is one of the sesamoid bones
the patella
Suj
$1,000 [15]
Merle Miller's book "Plain Speaking" is "an Oral Biography of" this 33rd president
Harry Truman
Suj Fraser
$1,000 [28]
Take a quick look or the summit
peek/peak
Nancy
DD $3,000 [9]
Carol Moseley Braun of this state became the first African-American woman elected to the Senate
Illinois
Fraser
$1,000 [20]
If you want to visit the Brigham Young University Earth Science Museum, you have to go to this city
Provo (Utah)
Nancy Fraser

Final Jeopardy!

NEW ENGLAND

In Washington, D.C.'s Statuary Hall, the state of Vermont is represented by this patriot

Ethan Allen

Suj "Who was Ethan Allen" — wagered $6,199
Fraser "Who is Ethan Allen?" — wagered $2,500
Nancy "Who is Ethan Allen?" — wagered $0

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