1987 Teen Tournament final game 2.
Mitch Epner — a senior at Half Hollow Hills West High School from Dix Hills, New York (subtotal of $7,200)
Dana Venator — a junior at Briarcliff High School from Decatur, Georgia (subtotal of $4,600)
Michael Galvin — a senior at Shaker Heights High School from Shaker Heights, Ohio (subtotal of $10,900)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael | $2,100 | $4,700 | $14,900 | $12,900 |
$15,300
34 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Dana | $1,100 | $1,500 | $4,100 | $100 |
$4,100
10 R, 0 W |
| Mitch | $600 | $2,300 | $4,100 | $6,600 |
$4,100
14 R, 2 W |
| AUTOBIOGRAPHIES | 1982 | FICTIONAL ANIMALS | PALINDROMES | ROCK 'N ROLL | TRIVIAL WORLD RECORDS |
|
$100
[10]
"Diahann!"
Diahann Carroll
Michael
|
$100
[1]
People bought red-&-blue glasses in convenience stores to watch this '50s movie fad's debut on TV
3D movie
Michael
|
$100
[4]
In a famous folk tale, this trio safely crossed a "troll bridge"
Three Billy Goats Gruff
Dana
|
$100
[13]
In the frozen food section, it's a tiny type of tater
Tot
Michael
|
$100
[15]
They said their name combined Roxy Music's song "Pyjamarama" with "The Banana Splits"
Bananarama
Michael
|
$100
[22]
Of 3, 5, or 7, # of times park ranger Roy Sullivan was struck by lightning & survived
7
Dana
|
|
$200
[11]
"Fonda: My Life"
Henry Fonda
Dana
|
$200
[2]
When Bashir Gemayel, resident-elect of Lebanon was killed, this country invaded West Beirut
Israel
Mitch
|
$200
[5]
The hare who appeared in the original "Bambi" was replaced by Disney with this cuddly bunny
Thumper
Michael
|
$200
[23]
Christmas, New Year's or Adam's
Eve
Mitch
|
$200
[16]
In June, 1984 they kicked into Billboard's #1 spot with "The Reflex"
Duran Duran
Michael
|
$200
[24]
R. & C. Cummins parented the only 5 different-aged siblings who all share this same calendar statistic
birthday
Mitch
|
|
$300
[14]
"Here's Ed"
Ed McMahon
Michael
|
$300
[3]
In 1982, a Wash. D.C. memorial, designed by a female Yale student, was dedicated to these
Vietnam veterans
Dana
|
$300
[6]
Garfield the cat craves this Italian dish
lasagna
Michael
|
$300
[26]
You can take a little look with this word, Tom
peep
Dana
|
$300
[17]
After they signed with Motown, The Primettes changed their name to this
The Supremes
Michael
|
$300
[25]
In 1973, Walter Watts balanced his way 4550 miles across Canada riding this vehicle
unicycle
Michael
|
|
$400
[20]
"McMahon!
Jim McMahon
Mitch
|
$400
[8]
Newsweek said this '82 strike forced husbands to talk to their wives for 8 consecutive Sundays
pro football strike
Michael
|
$400
[7]
Ferdinand the bull liked to sit under a cork tree and do this
smell the roses (smell the flowers)
Mitch
|
$400
[27]
It's a young dog, from head to tail or vice versa
pup
Michael
|
DD
$400
[18]
This group got their name from a movie magazine article on Sinatra's trip to California
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Michael
|
$400
[29]
Errol Bird did this for 10 hours & 15 minutes, and he isn't even Swiss
yodel
Mitch
|
|
$500
[21]
"The Raw Pearl"
Pearl Bailey
Mitch
|
$500
[9]
When he died, his replacement, Yuri Andropov, was one of the pallbearers at his funeral
Leonid Brezhnev
Michael
|
$500
[12]
Bull's-eye is the "red-eyed" dog as mean as his master Bill Sikes in this Dickens' classic
Oliver Twist
Dana
|
$500
[28]
More & more scarlet
redder
Michael
|
$500
[19]
This group's 1st XV albums were titled with Roman numerals, their latest, 16, 17 & 18 are not
Chicago
Mitch
|
$500
[30]
In 1978, Billy Nichols waterskied this way for 2 hours & 42 minutes
barefoot
Michael
Mitch
|
| AUSTRALIA | SCIENCE | PHOTOGRAPHY | SPORTS | LAW | SCARY MOVIES |
|
$200
[12]
This odd egg-laying Australian mammal is said to have been "put together by a committee"
duck-billed platypus
Michael
|
$200
[6]
Water freezes at this temperature centigrade
zero
Michael
|
$200
[24]
Among the 1st surviving war photos are Fenton's of the Crimean War & Mathew Brady's of this war
American Civil War
Dana
|
$200
[2]
After college, this All-Pro center went to the Milwaukee Bucks before coming to the Lakers
Lew Alcindor or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Mitch
|
$200
[16]
Depending on the locality, these courts handle claims for up to $5000
small claims court
Michael
|
$200
[1]
Director George Romero gave us their "Night" in 1968, their "Dawn" in '79, & their "Day" in '85
the Dead
Michael
|
|
$400
[13]
Of 43, 57 or 82%, percentage of convicts among European settlers during 1st 45 years of settlement
82%
Mitch
|
$400
[7]
Copernicus taught that this was at the center of the universe, too
sun
Michael
Mitch
|
$400
[25]
Type of pictures produced by color reversal film; too many of your trip might send friends fleeing
slides
Michael
|
$400
[3]
As a radio announcer, Ronald Reagan did baseball play-by-play of this Chicago team
Cubs
Mitch
|
$400
[17]
Legal term for smuggled goods, it sounds like a Nicaraguan "freedom fighters" rock group
contraband
Michael
|
DD
$400
[5]
Kind of animal you'd expect to meet after hearing this:
great white shark
Michael
|
|
$600
[15]
Species of this aromatic Australian tree are the tallest hardwood in the world
eucalyptus
Mitch
|
DD
$400
[11]
Continent which contains most of the world's fresh H2O
Antarctica
Michael
|
$600
[26]
In 1935, Eastman Kodak introduced this film to the world; in 1973 Paul Simon sang about it
Kodachrome
Michael
|
$600
[4]
Degrees of difficulty in this water sport range from 1.1 to 3.5
diving
Michael
|
$600
[18]
Because of over 11,500 asbestos-related lawsuits, the Manville Corporation filed for this
bankruptcy
Dana
|
$600
[19]
Shot in two days in 1960, it was recently remade as a multimillion dollar musical
Little Shop of Horrors
Michael
|
|
$800
[20]
Though just over 1% of the population, they hold title to at least 10% of the land
Aborigines
Michael
|
$600
[9]
He won 2 Nobel Prizes, 1 for Chemistry, in '54 & 1 for Peace in '62, trying to stop nuclear testing
Linus Pauling
Mitch
|
$800
[27]
On the standard scale of shutter speeds, the number 500 stands for this length of time
1/500ths of a second
Michael
|
$800
[8]
Hartford, Conn. is represented in the major pro league of this sport
hockey
Michael
|
$800
[22]
She's the only woman on the U.S. Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Connor
Dana
|
$800
[23]
Number of "Friday the 13th" movies that have come out after "The Final Chapter"...so far
2
Michael
Mitch
|
|
$1,000
[21]
Australia is not only a member of ANZUS, but also this Asian alliance
SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization)
Michael
|
$1,000
[14]
Man-made "missing link" which fooled scientists for almost 40 years
Piltdown Man
Michael
|
$1,000
[28]
This photographer who died in 1984 was famed for black & white landscapes of the west
Ansel Adams
Dana
|
$1,000
[10]
Often the biggest, the last player on a tug-of-war team is aptly called this
anchor
Michael
|
$1,000
[29]
A court order stopping a person or group from doing something
injunction
Michael
|
$1,000
[30]
It's Freddy's last name in "A Nightmare on Elm Street" & its sequel, "A Nightmare on Elm Street 2"
Krueger
|
The presidential message delivered to Congress December 2, 1823 is better known as this
Monroe Doctrine