1994 Teen Tournament semifinal game 2.
E.J. Sieracki — a senior from Canton, Michigan
Matt Morris — a senior from Louisville, Kentucky
Gerry Tansey — a junior from Florissant, Missouri
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry | $2,800 | $3,500 | $9,400 |
$5,799
3rd place: $5,000 |
$8,900
22 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Matt | $1,400 | $1,100 | $6,500 |
$10,401
Finalist |
$7,500
18 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| E.J. | $-200 | $2,400 | $5,200 |
$8,200
2nd place: $5,000 |
$5,200
16 R, 3 W |
| ROYALTY | STAR TREK: DS9 | MUSEUMS | PREHISTORIC TIMES | FASHION | VOCABULARY |
|
$100
[1]
This beautiful Egyptian queen was also known as Nefer-Neferu-Aton
Nefertiti
Gerry
E.J.
|
$100
[22]
This Ferengi runs the bar on the promenade
Quark
E.J.
|
$100
[11]
The British Museum stands on the site of Montagu House, its original home, in this capital city
London
Matt
|
$100
[6]
What may be the first hominids, the Austral-opithecines, have been found only on this continent
Africa
E.J.
|
$100
[26]
Originally worn by sailors, these flared pants popular in the '60s have made a comeback in the '90s
bell-bottoms
Gerry
|
$100
[16]
It's the part of a movie ticket you keep as a receipt, or it can mean to strike your toe
stub
Matt
|
|
$200
[2]
Catherine Parr became his sixth wife in 1543 one year after his fifth wife was beheaded
Henry VIII
E.J.
|
$200
[23]
The show is set in this century at the same time as "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
24th
E.J.
|
$200
[12]
A blue sculpture of a hippo known as William is the unofficial mascot of this Fifth Avenue art museum
Metropolitan
Gerry
|
$200
[7]
This class of animal evolved between fish & reptiles
amphibians
Gerry
|
$200
[27]
Hailing from England & noted for their comfort, Doc Martens are these
shoes
E.J.
|
$200
[17]
It can mean of the mouth, or something spoken
oral
Matt
|
|
$300
[3]
The Spanish throne had been vacant for 44 years when he was proclaimed king in 1975
Juan Carlos
Gerry
|
$300
[21]
The station is located next to the first stable one of these quadrant-to-quadrant short-cuts ever known
wormhole
E.J.
|
$300
[13]
Originally, this premier Spanish art museum was designed to be a natural science museum
Prado
Gerry
|
$300
[8]
Early examples of these found at Lascaux were done in 3 basic colors: yellow, black & red
cave paintings
Gerry
|
$300
[28]
In Ancient Rome, the draping of this garment was so complex that some men had special slaves to do it
toga
Gerry
|
$300
[18]
It's what the R stands for in LASER & MASER
radiation
Gerry
|
|
$400
[4]
24-year-old Prince Constantijn is the youngest son of this country's Queen Beatrix
Netherlands
Gerry
E.J.
|
$400
[24]
Rene Auberjonois plays this shape-shifting security officer
Odo
E.J.
|
$400
[14]
The "Stars and Stripes", the 1st research plane to fly over this continent, is in the Virginia Aviation Museum
Antarctica
Matt
|
$400
[9]
It's the invention that divides prehistoric times from historic times
writing
Matt
|
$400
[29]
The traditional garb for graduation day is a gown & this large, square cap with a tassel
mortarboard
E.J.
|
$400
[19]
Equine means horselike, feline is catlike & this is wolflike
lupine
Matt
|
|
$500
[5]
Russia's last empress, she was the wife of Czar Nicholas II
Alexandra
Matt
|
$500
[25]
The symbiont in the body of this Terry Farrell character was previously in a man's body
Dax
E.J.
|
$500
[15]
Even the most jaded traveler should enjoy the Jade Museum in this capital of Costa Rica
San José
Gerry
|
$500
[10]
These early Homo sapiens had brains larger than modern man's & were the first known to bury their dead
Neanderthals
Gerry
|
$500
[30]
It's the brand of clothing whose logo shows a question mark in a down-pointing triangle
Guess
E.J.
|
DD
$1,000
[20]
From the Greek for "self-acting", it's another term for a robot
automaton
Matt
|
| STATE CAPITALS | COOKING | NOTABLE NAMES | BIOLOGY | YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS | SHAKESPEARE |
|
$200
[4]
Tourist sites in this capital include Quincy Market & Faneuil Hall
Boston
E.J.
|
$200
[8]
This kind of sandwich requires just 1 slice of bread; you leave the top uncovered
open-faced
Gerry
|
$200
[24]
The house where she supposedly stitched the first American flag still stands in Philadelphia
Betsy Ross
Matt
|
$200
[9]
In mammals the thorax is divided from the abdomen by this muscular sheet of tissue
diaphragm
Matt
|
$200
[30]
Model U.N. & Youth Government are 2 of the programs available at Ys, short for this organization
YMCA
Matt
|
$200
[22]
Act IV of this play opens in a cave where 3 witches are gathered around a boiling cauldron
Macbeth
Matt
|
|
$400
[5]
Abraham Lincoln wrote his first inaugural speech at his law office in this state capital
Springfield
E.J.
|
$400
[6]
Of gazpacho, minestrone or pepper pot, the one that's supposed to be chilled before serving
gazpacho
E.J.
|
$400
[13]
After defeating Napoleon at Waterloo, he said, "I hope to God that I have fought my last battle"
Duke of Wellington
Matt
|
$400
[14]
While most conifers are evergreens, the larch is this, dropping its leaves each year
deciduous
Matt
|
$400
[29]
It's the emblem of the 4-H Clubs
4-leaf clover
Gerry
|
$400
[21]
This Dane wants to go back to school in Wittenberg but his mother & stepfather talk him out of it
Hamlet
Gerry
|
|
$600
[1]
The name of this capital on the Kansas River is Siouan for "a good place to dig potatoes"
Topeka
Gerry
Matt
|
$600
[7]
Used in salad dressing, the balsamic type of this liquid is made from sweet Trebbiano grapes
vinegar
Gerry
E.J.
|
$600
[10]
This author of "The Divine Comedy" is considered Italy's greatest poet
Dante
Gerry
|
$600
[15]
A nictitating membrane is a "third" one of these found in birds, reptiles & other creatures
eyelid
Gerry
|
$600
[23]
This high school program trains students for commission in the U.S. military reserves
ROTC
E.J.
|
$600
[18]
Title character who enthralled Desdemona with stories of "men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders"
Othello
Gerry
|
|
$800
[2]
This capital was the western terminus of the First Transcontinental Railroad
Sacramento
Matt
|
$800
[26]
To make a yummy low-fat sauce, cook 4 oz. of these bog berries in 1 cup of orange juice until they pop
cranberries
|
$800
[11]
In 1887 he set up the USA's first institution for training librarians
Melvil Dewey
Matt
|
$1,000
[17]
When one of these infectious agents is mature it's called a virion
virus
Matt
|
$800
[25]
Founded in 1919, it trains students in the free enterprise system
Junior Achievement
E.J.
|
$800
[19]
This title character buys the poison that eventually kills him in Mantua, not in Verona
Romeo
Matt
|
|
$1,000
[3]
The Centers for Disease Control is headquartered in this southern capital
Atlanta
E.J.
|
$1,000
[27]
Cajun cooks often fry or boil these freshwater crustaceans that some folks call mudbugs
crawdads (crayfish or crawfish)
Gerry
|
$1,000
[12]
The work of this Polish astronomer touched off the Scientific Revolution
Copernicus
Gerry
|
DD
$1,500
[16]
A halophyte is a plant that tolerates a high level of this in the soil
salt
Gerry
|
DD
$800
[28]
In 1949 its Youth League led by Oliver Tambo & Nelson Mandela gained control of the organization
African National Congress
Gerry
|
$1,000
[20]
Villainous king who admits, "Alas, I rather hate myself for hateful deeds committed by myself"
Richard III
Matt
|
An 1863 poem by this man includes the line "On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five"
Longfellow