1987 Teen Tournament final game 1.
Mitch Epner — a senior at Half Hollow Hills West High School from Dix Hills, New York
Dana Venator — a junior at Briarcliff High School from Decatur, Georgia
Michael Galvin — a senior at Shaker Heights High School from Shaker Heights, Ohio
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael | $800 | $2,100 | $8,900 | $10,900 |
$10,100
24 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Dana | $500 | $1,200 | $3,800 | $4,600 |
$3,800
12 R, 2 W |
| Mitch | $1,400 | $3,600 | $5,200 | $7,200 |
$5,100
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| SEA CREATURES | PHYS. ED. | GREETING CARDS | TEEN CUISINE | EASY OPERA | HEARTTHROBS |
|
$100
[13]
After carrying around the fertilized eggs, this sex of pipefish "gives birth" to the young
male
Michael
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$100
[7]
Roman p.e. programs were oriented toward health & preparation for this martial activity
war
Michael
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$100
[1]
1st "cards" were scrolls & clay tablets sent by Egyptians & Chinese early each year with these greetings
Happy new year
Mitch
|
$100
[2]
In 1890, a doctor developed this as an easily digested high protein food, with or without jelly
peanut butter
Michael
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$100
[9]
Though written for a mezzo-soprano, this villain in "Hansel & Gretel" is sometimes sung by a man
witch
Dana
|
$100
[26]
Though he's really 25, he still plays perennial teenager Alex P. Keaton
Michael J. Fox
Mitch
|
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$200
[14]
One scientist estimated this "sandwich" fish has, by age 15, traveled 1 million miles
tuna
Michael
Dana
|
$200
[8]
Form of football popular with the Kennedy clan & high school gym teachers
touch football
Dana
|
$200
[16]
Having no time to write letters, Sir Henry Cole began custom in late 1843 of sending these greetings
Christmas cards
Dana
|
$200
[3]
A St. Louis sign for shoes inspired the name of these little creme-filled sponge cakes
Twinkies
Michael
|
$200
[10]
"Summertime" is a lullaby sung at the beginning of this Gershwin opera
Porgy and Bess
Michael
|
$200
[27]
Princess who gave Rob Lowe the "royal" treatment
Princess Stephanie (of Monaco)
Mitch
|
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$300
[18]
During a 10-year period, a tiger shark may produce and lose 24,000 of these
teeth
Mitch
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$300
[21]
Officially, a softball game is shorter than a baseball game since it has only this many innings
7
Michael
|
$300
[17]
This card began as a Roman "love lottery" in which maidens put their names in an urn for men to pick
Valentine's card
Mitch
|
$300
[4]
A Texas entrepreneur originally paid just $100 for the recipe for this popular corn meal snack
Fritos corn chips
|
$300
[11]
English translation of title of Berlioz's opera "Les Troyens"
The Trojans
Michael
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$300
[28]
Of Bruce Willis, Ted Danson, or John James, the 1 currently unavailable for marriage
Ted Danson
|
|
$400
[19]
A scallop has 30 to 40 of these sense organs around the edge of its shell
eyes
|
$400
[22]
In basketball, the 3 legal ways to advance the ball
dribble, shot & pass
Mitch
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$400
[24]
Worldwide growth of these government agencies in 19th c. greatly spurred the greeting card industry
postal offices
Mitch
|
$400
[5]
At Hollywood's Spago restaurant, you can get this "pie" with duck sausage on it
pizza
Mitch
|
$400
[12]
Of Kawasaki, Suzuki, or Yamaha, name of Madame Butterfly's faithful servant
Suzuki
Mitch
|
DD
$500
[29]
Trio of heartthrobs heard in thefollowing: [instrumental opening of "Take on Me" plays]
A-ha
Mitch
|
|
$500
[20]
Primary reason flying fish "fly"
to escape enemies
|
$500
[23]
In 1860, the 1st college p.e. department was started at Amherst College in this state
Massachusetts
Dana
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$500
[25]
In the 1960s, cards with characters from this comic strip had success unequaled in greeting card industry
Peanuts
Michael
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$500
[6]
Some types of these after school treats are "Louisiana", "Tahiti", "Brussels" & "Geneva"
(Pepperidge Farm) cookies
Mitch
|
$500
[15]
Nearly 6 hours long, his opera "William Tell" was admired by Belini, Wagner, & the Lone Ranger
Rossini
Michael
|
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| IRELAND | GEMS | AMERICAN HISTORY | SPELLING | SEASONAL STUFF | "D" IN MATH |
|
$200
[11]
Not your bank's IRA but Ireland's IRA
Irish Republican Army
Dana
|
$200
[16]
With this gem, named from Latin for "red", the most desirable color is "pigeon's blood"
ruby
Michael
|
$200
[1]
On Feb. 23, 1985, the Senate approved Edwin Meese for this cabinet post
Attorney General
Michael
|
DD
$100
[29]
What "E.T." stands for in the movie "E.T."
E-X-T-R-A-T-E-R-R-E-S-T-R-I-A-L
Michael
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$200
[6]
Singer who said "God had to create disco music so that I could be born & be successful"
Donna Summer
Mitch
|
$200
[21]
In the numeral 1.1, it's what the period in the middle is called
decimal point
Michael
|
|
$400
[12]
Roughly triangular in shape, this stringed musical instrument has become a symbol for Ireland
harp
Dana
|
$400
[17]
Today, most fine natural pearls are found in this oil-rich Mideast Gulf
Persian Gulf
Michael
|
$400
[2]
In April 1961, John F. Kennedy authorized the Bay of Pigs invasion of this country
Cuba
Dana
|
$200
[26]
To spell incorrectly
M-I-S-S-P-E-L-L
Michael
Dana
Mitch
|
DD
$300
[9]
Natural path of descent between 2 points on a ski slope, or designer's autumn collection
fall line
Michael
|
$400
[22]
1/360th of a circle, used in geography to measure longitude & latitude
degree
Mitch
|
|
$600
[13]
In 1845, this farming disaster started waves of emigration to U.S. & Australia
potato famine
Mitch
|
$600
[18]
What emerald, marquise, & cabochon usually refer to
cuts of diamonds
Dana
|
$600
[3]
After her husband's death in 1865, this First Lady lived in Europe & in an Illinois sanitarium
Mary Todd Lincoln
Dana
Mitch
|
$400
[27]
Writing paper & envelopes, or the kind of store that sells them
S-T-A-T-I-O-N-E-R-Y
Michael
|
$400
[7]
You can make sparks fly when you chomp on this flavor of Life Savers in the dark
wintergreen
Michael
|
$600
[23]
A 10-sided figure
decagon
Michael
|
|
$800
[14]
The church opposed this, so in June 1986 Irish voters rejected attempts to legalize it
divorce
Michael
Mitch
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$800
[19]
This world power is 2nd only to Africa in diamond production
Soviet Union
Dana
|
$800
[4]
The year Jamestown was settled
1607
Michael
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$600
[28]
The "Q" in "IQ"
Q-U-O-T-I-E-N-T
Michael
|
$600
[8]
It's what a young & tender fowl is called & what an older person "is not"
spring chicken
Michael
|
$800
[24]
In geometry, a line that slants in an oblique direction
diagonal
Dana
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Name of Ireland's & the British Isles' longest river & Ireland's major airport
Shannon
|
$1,000
[20]
It's believed iron is the coloring agent of this familiar purple member of the quartz family
amethyst
Michael
|
$1,000
[5]
Spanish-born major general who commanded the Union forces at Gettysburg
General Meade
|
$1,000
[30]
From Latin "to be born again", it was European revival of classical art & literature from 14th -16th century
R-E-N-A-I-S-S-A-N-C-E
Michael
|
$1,000
[10]
Bakers know the special feature of this pan is its removable "sides"
springform
Dana
|
$1,000
[25]
Frenchman generally credited with inventing analytic geometry
(René) Descartes
Michael
|
Only state entirely in the Pacific Time Zone that doesn't border on the Pacific
Nevada