1989 Teen Tournament semifinal game 1.
Elena Whitley — a junior from Raleigh, North Carolina
Matt Lindley — a senior from Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Peter Morris — a sophomore from Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter | $1,100 | $2,400 | $4,200 |
$8,400
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$4,200
16 R, 3 W |
| Matt | $1,000 | $2,800 | $11,100 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$7,000
18 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Elena | $800 | $2,500 | $12,400 |
$9,400
Finalist |
$10,700
21 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| U.S.A. | MAGAZINES | BIRDS | TEENY THINGS | INTERNATIONAL SINGERS | IN OTHER WORDS... |
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$100
[30]
It's the state song of our smallest state; it's also the name of our smallest state
"Rhode Island"
Matt
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$100
[19]
Boy's Life is a monthly magazine of this organization
Boy Scouts
Matt
|
$100
[1]
Geese, crows & ravens are smarter than these supposedly wise birds
owls
Peter
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$100
[15]
Hans Christian Andersen wrote of a princess who could feel this teeny thing under 20 mattresses
pea
Elena
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$100
[6]
Sonny Bono was born in Detroit, & this band's Bono was born in Dublin
U2
Elena
|
$100
[11]
Retire at 9, up at 5, results in one guy being fit plus rich, not to mention smart
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
Peter
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$200
[29]
This Quaker who founded Pennsylvania was once imprisoned in the Tower of London
William Penn
Matt
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$200
[20]
Of the top 50 magazines in circulation, this teen magazine is the only one with an age as its title
Seventeen
Peter
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$200
[2]
Named for the sound it makes, it nests in trees, not in timepieces
cuckoo
Elena
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$200
[16]
If you do something with skepticism, you "take it" with this tiny thing
grain of salt
Peter
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$200
[7]
Sheena Easton is from the west side of this country
Scotland
Peter
Matt
|
$200
[12]
One bit of wood from an ancient cube
a chip off the old block
Peter
|
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$300
[26]
It's the standard 2-letter postal abbreviation for the state you're standing in
CA
Elena
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$300
[21]
This rival news magazine was founded by Thomas J.C. Martyn, a foreign news editor at Time
Newsweek
Matt
|
$300
[3]
Lovebirds, macaws & parakeets are members of this bird family
parrots
Matt
|
$300
[18]
"Singles" in this format can have 4 songs & are only 3" in diameter
little CDs
Peter
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$400
[9]
This Canadian quintet was featured on the "Top Gun" soundtrack singing "Heaven in Your Eyes"
Loverboy
|
$300
[13]
The man that guffaws after all others have finished guffaws the greatest
He who laughs last, laughs best
Peter
Matt
|
|
$400
[27]
A New World Pavilion was built at this Virginia site in 1957 in honor of its 350th anniversary
Jamestown
Matt
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$400
[22]
3 of the 5 founders of this humor magazine had worked together on the Harvard Lampoon
National Lampoon
Peter
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$400
[4]
Instead of flying to a warmer climate, the poorwill does this during the winter
hibernate
Peter
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$400
[24]
An anagram of "item", it's a teeny item, a bug or a sum of money
mite
Elena
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DD
$500
[8]
Country from which the singer of the followinghot hit of '88 hails:"Everybody's doing a brand-new dance, now / (Come on baby, do the Loco-motion)..."
Australia
Matt
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$400
[14]
A single fine deed should be rewarded with the same again
One good turn deserves another
Elena
|
|
$500
[28]
U.S. site at which Begin & Sadat held a peace conference in September 1978
Camp David
Matt
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$500
[23]
Famous for its photography, it started as a weekly in 1936, shut down in 1972 & became a monthly in 1978
Life
Peter
|
$500
[5]
These familiar city birds are also known as rock doves
pigeons
Elena
|
$500
[25]
This "playful" pup is the teeniest variety of poodle
toy
Matt
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$500
[10]
"Take On Me" made them the 1st Norwegian group to have a U.S. No. 1 Hit, & that's no surprise
A-ha
Peter
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$500
[17]
A bigger group produces additional mirth
the more the merrier
Elena
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| HEALTH & NUTRITION | FLAGS | COWBOYS & INDIANS | ENGLAND | NONFICTION | 16th CENTURY SCIENCE |
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$200
[30]
Exercises which are designed to promote the supply & use of oxygen in the body are called this
aerobics
Peter
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$200
[7]
Green on this nation's flag represents Catholics, orange Protestants & white the peace between them
Ireland
Elena
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$200
[16]
Noted for their skill at this, it's been said a Comanche on his feet is out of his element
horsemanship
Matt
|
$200
[1]
William Shakespeare was born & later buried in this town, one of the oldest in England
Stratford-on-Avon
Elena
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$200
[6]
"The Living", "The New English", & "The Revised Standard" version of this book were best sellers
The Bible
Matt
|
$200
[25]
Konrad von Gresner thought these were rocks that just happened to look like bones or shells
fossils
Peter
|
|
$400
[29]
An adult's body can make some of these protein building blocks, but at least 8 must be obtained from food
amino acids
Elena
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$400
[8]
A narrow tapering flag, or what the Dodgers & Athletics both won in 1988
pennant
Elena
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$400
[18]
For normal work a cowboy's was about 40 ft. long, made out of twisted grass & had a honda on one end
lasso (lariat)
Peter
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$400
[2]
These are called lifts in England
elevators
Peter
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$400
[12]
Between stints on "60 Minutes", this humorist wrote the best seller "Pieces of My Mind"
Andy Rooney
Elena
|
$400
[24]
Ludolph of Cologne arrived at this number so accurately, Germans call it the Ludolphine number
pi
Matt
|
|
$600
[28]
Because of an intolerance to lactose, many cannot enjoy this "perfect food"
milk
Matt
|
$600
[9]
On the Soviet flag, these 2 objects represent the workers & peasants
hammer & sickle
Elena
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$600
[19]
A brand of jeans, or a person who took care of the horses on a cattle drive
Wrangler
Elena
|
$600
[3]
He is the spiritual head of the Church of England
Archbishop of Canterbury
Matt
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$600
[13]
Although a mere 87 at the time, this comic wrote "How to Live to be 100-or More"
George Burns
Peter
|
$800
[22]
In 1543 Andreas Vesalius published the 1st accurate work on this subject
human anatomy
|
|
$800
[27]
Carotene, found in carrots, is converted to this vitamin in the intestinal wall
vitamin A
Matt
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$1,000
[11]
The flag of this U.S. cabinet post features a bison & the sun rising over mountains
Department of the Interior (Secretary of the Interior)
Elena
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$800
[20]
Thunderhead Mtn., 5 miles north of Custer, S.D., is being carved into a monument to this Indian leader
Crazy Horse
Matt
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$800
[4]
This dialect in which "lady" becomes "lydy" is spoken primarily in London's East End
cockney
Elena
|
$800
[14]
In 1986, 3 of this cartoonist's "Far Side" books were best sellers
Gary Larson
Elena
|
$1,000
[21]
In 1576 the king of Denmark financed an observatory for this astronomer
Tycho Brahe
Peter
|
|
$1,000
[26]
It's been found that beans, peas & this soluble grain fiber can greatly reduce one's level of cholesterol
oat bran
Matt
|
DD
$2,500
[10]
William Driver, a Salem, Mass. sea captain, gave his U.S. flag this nickname
Old Glory
Elena
|
$1,000
[17]
Last name of Old West arms supplier Eliphalet or Old West artist Frederic
Remington
Elena
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$1,000
[5]
From Henry VII's ascension in 1485 to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603, this royal house ruled England
Tudor
Peter
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$1,000
[15]
"While Reagan Slept" is a collection of this humorist's newspaper columns
Art Buchwald
Elena
|
DD
$4,500
[23]
When signing these, for which he's famous, Gerard Kremer used his Latin name, Geradus Mercator
maps
Matt
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Oscar-winning film whose title character was played at age 3 by Richard Vuu & as an adult by John Lone
The Last Emperor