Show #575 1987-02-20 (taped 1986-12-28) Teen Tournament

1987 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

David Simon — a senior at Jonathan Dayton High School from Mountainside, New Jersey

Felicia Corralez — a junior at Belmont High School from Los Angeles, California

Mike Becker — a senior at Jesuit High School from Gretna, Louisiana

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Mike $1,300 $3,600 $7,300 $7,000
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$6,900
23 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Felicia $400 $2,500 $1,700 $0
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$1,700
11 R, 3 W
David $1,300 $2,200 $6,400 $7,301
Automatic semifinalist
$6,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ENGLAND COMIC BOOKS RITUALS STUDENTS ON TV N.E.W.S.
$100 [2]
You'll find 41 keys & 120 brass buttons on a professional model of this "squeezebox"
accordion
David
$100 [8]
In England, you not only need one to get married or drive, but to own a TV
license
Felicia
$100 [1]
In 1986, DC Comics finally explained why costume of this Amazon princess looks like the U.S. flag
Wonder Woman
David
$100 [13]
Ritual phrase used by witches, ghosts, & Transformers when you open your door to them on Halloween
Trick or treat!
Mike
$100 [17]
His 1st continuing series role was as a high school student named Vinnie Barbarino
John Travolta
Mike
$100 [16]
Of north, east, west, or south, the one not part of a U.S. state's name
East
Mike Felicia
$200 [3]
String instrument which calmed down the Frankenstein monster as played by Boris Karloff
violin
Mike
$200 [9]
Shakespeare was born & buried in this town
Stratford-on-Avon
Mike
$200 [4]
Though Billy Batson & Gomer Pyle both say it, only Billy changes into Captain Marvel
shazam
Mike
$200 [14]
While Laplanders hae an involved ritual for this, Eskimos just touch noses
kissing
Mike
$200 [18]
Playing Simone, Khrystyne Haje is 1 of the gifted honors program students in this Howard Hesseman series
Head of the Class
Felicia
$200 [24]
Of north, east, west, or south, the Lt. Col. whose boss was Admiral John Poindexter
(Oliver) North
David
$300 [7]
A guitar maker might worry about getting these ridges on the fingerboard just right
frets
Felicia
$300 [10]
City so named because it's the place where a bridge could be built over the Cam River
Cambridge
David
DD $200 [5]
He played the title comic book character in film whose theme was thefollowing:
Christopher Reeve
Mike
$300 [15]
On October 15, & October 27, 1986, the N.Y. Mets performed the ritual spraying of this over one another
champagne
David
$300 [22]
Number of "Cosby kids" currently in college
2
Felicia
$300 [25]
Of Northwood, Eastwood, Westwood, or Southwood, the one who's "boss" in Carmel, CA.
(Clint) Eastwood
Mike
$400 [11]
To create a simple "mirliton", you need a comb & this
tissue paper
David
$400 [19]
Because of Guy Fawkes , on opening day of this, Beefeaters check for kegs of gunpowder in the cellar
Parliament
Mike
$400 [6]
The destruction of his red & blue suit has left him with just an all-black-with-white-arachnid model
Spider-Man
David
$400 [20]
It's traditionally tossed by well-wishers at weddings as a symbol for fertility
rice
Mike
$400 [23]
During this show's 1st season, Molly Ringwald was among the students at the Eastland School for Girls
Facts of Life
David
$400 [28]
Of North Bend, East Bend, West Bend, or South Bend, a city that's big in Indiana
South Bend
Mike
$500 [12]
Instruments housed in the Leaning Tower of Pisa
bells
Mike
$500 [27]
Temporal head of the Church of England who is responsible for appointing bishops
the monarch (Queen Elizabeth II)
$500 [30]
TV horror film hostess who is now Mistress of the Dark Mansion in "House of Mystery" comic
Elvira
Felicia
$500 [21]
Devout Hindus wish to be cremated in Varanasi & to have their ashes dumped in this river
Ganges
Mike
$500 [26]
Of the original group of students on this show, only Danny Amatullo is still a student
Fame
Felicia
$500 [29]
Of North Bend, East Bend, West Bend, or South Bend, a name that's big in small appliances
West Bend
Felicia

Double Jeopardy! Round

BOTANY INITIALS ANCIENT TIMES SPORTS MATH CLASS FROM THE FRENCH
$200 [7]
A type of dried fruit, or to cut back a plant or tree
prune
Felicia
$200 [6]
If you win the $25 grand, you'll soon find out that IRS means this
Internal Revenue Service
Mike
$200 [14]
Hannibal made history crossing the Alps with 50,000 men, 9000 cavalry troops & about 40 of these animals
elephants
David
$200 [12]
Adding this line to college basketball courts in 1986, the NCAA set it 19'9" from the basket
3-point line
Mike Felicia
$200 [1]
It's a line drawn from the center of a circle to the outer edge
radius
Mike
$200 [25]
An artificial lake where water is collected & stored
reservoir
David
$400 [19]
When roasted they won't make you itch, but cashews are related to this poisonous plant
poison ivy
Mike
$400 [8]
It's the "p" in Op sportswear
Pacific
Mike
$400 [15]
World Book calls this toy, said to originate in China about 3000 years ago, the oldest form of aircraft
kite
Felicia
$400 [13]
With "The Exiles" Rod Stewart doesn't sing, but plays this sport
soccer
Felicia
$400 [2]
Amount you saved buying a $25 clock radio at 20% off
$5
Mike
$400 [26]
A size of typewriter type, or the top members of society
elite
David
$600 [22]
Lilies, like tulips, are grown from these
bulbs
David
$600 [9]
The medical procedure "CPR" stands for this
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
David
$600 [16]
Three years after the Gauls attacked in 390 B.C., this city began building a wall around its 7 hills
Rome
Mike
$600 [17]
City in which the 1984 Winter Olympics were held
Sarajevo
David
$800 [4]
Completes the rule of proportion: "The product of the means is equal to...
the product of the extremes
Mike
$600 [27]
French for "clear-seeing", it's a power some people claim to have
clairvoyance
Felicia
$800 [23]
The President Hoover & Christian Dior are some names among hybrid tea varieties of this flower
roses
$800 [10]
The initials meaning "that is" are not "t.i.", but these, from the original Latin words
i.e.
Mike
DD $600 [18]
So the library in Pergamum would not grow as big as Alexandria's, Egypt forbade export of this material
papyrus
David
$800 [20]
A "try" in rugby is similar to this in American football
touchdown
Mike
$1,000 [5]
Term for the equal factors of a number, as in 3, 3 & 3 for 27
cube root (roots)
Felicia David
$800 [28]
Of the names usually given the 3 daily meals, the one from French
dinner or supper
$1,000 [11]
The largest national broadcast TV network of our north-of-the-border neighbor
CBC
$1,000 [24]
2 of the 4 things that Herodotus wrote would not "stay", or stop, Persian messengers
(2 of) snow, rain, sleet and gloom of night
$1,000 [21]
Performed by men only, it requires the most strength of any gymnastic event
rings
Mike
DD $1,100 [3]
Number of degrees in the angle opposite the hypotenuse of a right triangle
90
Mike

Final Jeopardy!

WEIGHTS & MEASURES

A unit of weight in Spain, it's also a sign of the zodiac

Libra

Felicia "What is Gemini?" — wagered $1,700
David "What is Libra?" — wagered $901
Mike "What is Gemini?" — wagered $300

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