Show #1031 1989-02-13 (taped 1989-01-05) Teen Tournament

1989 Teen Tournament semifinal game 1.

Contestants

Elena Whitley — a junior from Raleigh, North Carolina

Matt Lindley — a senior from Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Peter Morris — a sophomore from Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

Scores

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

Jeopardy! Round

U.S.A. MAGAZINES BIRDS TEENY THINGS INTERNATIONAL SINGERS IN OTHER WORDS...
$100 [30]
It's the state song of our smallest state; it's also the name of our smallest state
"Rhode Island"
Matt
$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
$100 [15]
Hans Christian Andersen wrote of a princess who could feel this teeny thing under 20 mattresses
pea
Elena
$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
$200 [29]
This Quaker who founded Pennsylvania was once imprisoned in the Tower of London
William Penn
Matt
$200 [20]
Of the top 50 magazines in circulation, this teen magazine is the only one with an age as its title
Seventeen
Peter
$200 [2]
Named for the sound it makes, it nests in trees, not in timepieces
cuckoo
Elena
$200 [16]
If you do something with skepticism, you "take it" with this tiny thing
grain of salt
Peter
$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
$300 [26]
It's the standard 2-letter postal abbreviation for the state you're standing in
CA
Elena
$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
$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
$400 [22]
3 of the 5 founders of this humor magazine had worked together on the Harvard Lampoon
National Lampoon
Peter
$400 [4]
Instead of flying to a warmer climate, the poorwill does this during the winter
hibernate
Peter
$400 [24]
An anagram of "item", it's a teeny item, a bug or a sum of money
mite
Elena
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
$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
$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
$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
$500 [17]
A bigger group produces additional mirth
the more the merrier
Elena

Double Jeopardy! Round

HEALTH & NUTRITION FLAGS COWBOYS & INDIANS ENGLAND NONFICTION 16th CENTURY SCIENCE
$200 [30]
Exercises which are designed to promote the supply & use of oxygen in the body are called this
aerobics
Peter
$200 [7]
Green on this nation's flag represents Catholics, orange Protestants & white the peace between them
Ireland
Elena
$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
$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
$400 [8]
A narrow tapering flag, or what the Dodgers & Athletics both won in 1988
pennant
Elena
$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
$400 [2]
These are called lifts in England
elevators
Peter
$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
$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
$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
$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
$800 [20]
Thunderhead Mtn., 5 miles north of Custer, S.D., is being carved into a monument to this Indian leader
Crazy Horse
Matt
$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
$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
$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

Final Jeopardy!

FILMS OF THE '80s

Oscar-winning film whose title character was played at age 3 by Richard Vuu & as an adult by John Lone

The Last Emperor

Peter "Who was The Last Emperor?" — wagered $4,200
Matt "What is Ganhdi?" — wagered $11,100
Elena "What is?" — wagered $3,000

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