Show #1261 1990-02-12 (taped 1990-01-07) Teen Tournament

1990 Teen Tournament semifinal game 1.

Contestants

Mike Grant — a senior from Kansas City, Missouri

Scott Hoffman — a junior from Holmdel, New Jersey

Richard Morris — a senior from Auburn, Alabama

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Richard	$100	$1,500	$8,400	$9,000 Finalist	$7,200 24 R (including 2 DDs), 7 W
Scott	$2,200	$2,800	$200	$1 3rd place: $5,000	$2,800 17 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Mike	$-100	$500	$300	$1 2nd place: $5,000	$300 5 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN LITERATURE	WORD ORIGINS	SPORTS	FOOD	CATS	MUSIC VIDEOS
$100 [22] "Jo's Boys" was her last novel in the saga of Jo March (Louisa May) Alcott Richard	$100 [12] Many Roman emperors lived on the Palatine Hill, hence this word for a stately mansion palace Scott	$100 [20] In 1929 Clint Benedict of the Montreal Maroons became the first hockey goalie to wear 1 of these protective mask Richard	$100 [2] You need the white seedless variety of this fruit to make sole Véronique grapes Scott	$100 [24] Except for the cheetah, all cats can completely retract these claws Scott	$100 [7] Prince stars in 3 music videos inspired by this blockbuster 1989 film Batman Scott
$200 [21] Author of "Space", "Chesapeake" & "Hawaii" Michener Scott	$200 [13] A skydiver who's prepared to fall might know the name of this apparatus means "to protect from a fall" parachute Mike	$300 [26] In 1985 pro basketball's Kansas City Kings moved to this city Sacramento Mike	$200 [3] If your sauce verte isn't this color, you used the wrong recipe green Scott	$200 [25] The number of bones cats have is variable due to different lengths of this tail Richard	$200 [8] Her "Cold-Hearted" video is a tribute to a number in "All That Jazz" Paula Abdul Scott
$300 [1] "Gone with the Wind" was her only published novel (Margaret) Mitchell Scott	$300 [14] The "berg" in "iceberg" is the German & Dutch word for this mountain Richard Mike	$400 [19] Each team in soccer, field hockey & cricket is allowed this many players on the field 11 Scott	$300 [4] "Insect" term for splitting open & spreading apart shrimp or steak butterflying	$300 [27] This ancient civilization tamed the Kaffir cat & trained it to act as a retriever in hunting Egyptians Richard Mike	$300 [9] The 2-hour video of their "Invisible Touch Tour" was made at London's Wembley Stadium Genesis Scott
$400 [17] He wrote the novel "The Enormous Room" & many poems such as "anyone lived in a pretty how town" E. E. Cummings Richard	$400 [15] Meaning idealistic & impractical, this word comes from the name of Cervante's idealistic hero quixotic Richard	$500 [30] 1 of 2 Major League Baseball teams whose home stadium has a retractable roof Montreal Expos or Toronto Blue Jays Richard Scott	$400 [5] Crullers are cooked this way deep fried	$400 [23] White cats with this color eyes are usually deaf blue Scott	$400 [10] This group uses rap music on their "Paul's Boutique" video, called a pop music equivalent of a maelstrom Beastie Boys Scott
$500 [16] In a Stephen Vincent Benét short story this New Englander saves Jabez Stone from "Mr. Scratch" Daniel Webster Scott	$500 [18] From the French for "bundle", it's the bride's clothing & linens that she brings to her new household trousseau	DD $900 [29] Head coach of the team whose helmet is seen here: Don Shula Richard	$500 [6] A chorizo is one of these which you might throw into your paellero when making paella sausage	$500 [28] When a Burmese mates with one of this breed a Tonkinese results Siamese Richard	$500 [11] People Magazine says they "approach the Beach Boys at their best" on their "Cosmic Thing" video B-52's

Double Jeopardy! Round

TEENS IN HISTORY	LAKES & RIVERS	MYTHOLOGY	PHYSICAL SCIENCE	PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA	COMMON BONDS
$200 [17] Isabella II, queen of this Iberian country, survived an assassination attempt in 1847 when she was 16 Spain Richard Scott	$200 [27] Lake Xochimilco, a swamplike lake in this capital city, is noted for its "floating gardens" Mexico City	$200 [12] The underworld was named after this brother of Zeus who ruled there Hades Richard	$200 [1] One type of this uses a ruby crystal whose atoms are excited into giving off pulses of light laser Mike	$200 [26] He was the first President to authorize the use of an atomic bomb in war Truman Richard	$200 [25] Kathryn D. Sullivan, Margaret Rhea Seddon & Sally K. Ride astronauts Richard
$400 [16] He didn't meet his father until he was 15 or 16, but when he was 17 they left for China Marco Polo Richard	$400 [28] The Shatt al Arab is a channel formed by the confluence of these 2 rivers in southern Iraq Tigris & Euphrates Scott	$400 [10] Hera urged Eurystheus to take this stepchild of hers to task, 12 of them as a matter of fact Hercules Richard	$400 [2] Inert gases discovered in 1898 were krypton, meaning "hidden", xenon, "strange" & this, meaning "new" neon Richard	$400 [8] Though not elected to the job, he was sworn in as U.S. President April 15, 1865 Andrew Johnson Richard Scott	$400 [24] Malcolm Wilson, Hugh Carey & Mario Cuomo governors of New York Richard
$600 [15] He was already an immensely wealthy nobleman when he joined Washington's army at age 19 Marquis de Lafayette Richard	$600 [29] The brine shrimp, artemia, is abundant in this Utah lake Great Salt Lake Mike	$800 [3] Aphrodite lost this handsome love when he was killed by a boar Adonis Richard	$600 [11] Foam rubber is only 10-15% rubber; the rest is this air Scott	$600 [5] Remember the Maine? It was blown up during his administration McKinley Richard Scott	$600 [23] John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White & Harry A. Blackmun Supreme Court Justices Richard
$800 [14] From age 13-16 he studied with Aristotle; at 20 he was King of Macedon Alexander the Great Richard	$800 [30] German-speaking Swiss call crescent-shaped lake the "Genfersee" Lake Geneva Scott	$1,000 [9] It's what made the ram that Mercury gave Nephele unique golden fleece	$1,000 [19] The cyclotron Ernest Lawrence invented in 1932 was designed to accelerate these particles protons Richard Mike	$800 [6] When elected in 1920, he became the 6th Ohio resident to become President Harding Richard	$800 [22] Mother Teresa, Lech Walesa & Desmond Tutu winners of the Nobel Peace Prize Richard
$1,000 [13] 15-year-old "Lady" whose incredibly short reign in England lasted only 9 days Lady Jane Grey Richard	$1,000 [20] South America's largest lake is the one in Venezuela, known for it underwater oil deposits Lake Maracaibo Richard Scott	DD $1,100 [4] Total number of arms & legs on a centaur 6 Richard	DD $2,600 [18] Foucault's pendulum offered the first direct evidence of this the earth rotates on its axis Scott	$1,000 [7] His father died before he was born, so he was raised by his uncle Sardis Birchard Rutherford B. Hayes	$1,000 [21] Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Daniel J. Boorstin & Barbara Tuchman historians Richard

Final Jeopardy!

MONEY

Name of the structure seen on the back of the currently minted nickel

Monticello

Scott "What is the Jefferson Memorial" — wagered $199

Mike "What is the Lincoln Memorial?" — wagered $299

Richard "What is Monticello?" — wagered $600

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