Show #1264 1990-02-15 (taped 1990-01-07) Teen Tournament

1990 Teen Tournament final game 1.

Contestants

Richard Morris — a senior from Auburn, Alabama

Andrew McGeorge — a senior from Topeka, Kansas

Jamie Weiss — a junior from Fairfax, Virginia

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jamie	$1,600	$2,400	$6,000	$12,000	$4,800 17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Andrew	$1,700	$3,100	$7,500	$11,500	$6,100 17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Richard	$1,600	$2,800	$5,600	$9,200	$5,400 20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

WORKS OF ART	TALK SHOW HOSTS	FLOWERS	MATH	RHYME TIME	AESOP'S FABLES
$100 [24] An 1871 painting of an old woman in a long black dress, sitting in a chair Whistler's Mother Andrew	$100 [1] TV Guide said, with an estimated worth of at least $250 million, she may be the richest woman on TV Oprah Winfrey Richard	$100 [18] Skunk cabbage is so named because of this feature which attracts the flies who pollinate it scent (odor) Andrew	$100 [9] Type of math divided into differential & integral calculus Richard	$100 [13] A person who finally arrives at midnight to take you to the prom late date Jamie	$100 [20] This "but sure wins the race" slow Jamie Andrew
$200 [2] A statue of the Madonna with the dead Christ in her arms Pietà Richard	$200 [5] He recorded the album "Large and in Charge" as Chunky A, a 300-pound rapper Arsenio Hall Andrew	$200 [19] In names of flowers this word follows touch-me- & forget-me- not Jamie	$200 [8] Word that describes an angle greater than a right angle, or a person who is a bit slow-witted obtuse Richard	$200 [14] A porcelain platter used to present plaice, pickerel or piranha fish dish Richard	$200 [27] According to Aesop, "The gods help them that" do this help themselves Andrew
$400 [22] A 1920 painting of a grim-faced couple with a pitchfork, standing in front of a farmhouse American Gothic Richard	$300 [11] In 1989 this "Can we talk" comedienne took another shot at a talk show Joan Rivers Richard	$300 [21] Surprisingly, these "violets" named for a continent don't belong to the violet family African violet Richard	$300 [7] Area of mathematical study concerned with the sines, cosines & tangents of angles trigonometry Jamie	$300 [16] Your maternal uncles mother's brothers Jamie Andrew	$300 [28] To console himself for not being able to reach the grapes, he concluded they were sour the fox Jamie
DD $500 [3] An 1880 statue of a naked man with his arm on his knee & his chin resting on his hand The Thinker Richard	$400 [10] Before becoming talk show hosts, Pat Sajak & David Letterman did this on local newscasts weather Andrew	$400 [25] Many flowers whose names end in "-bane" are this; "bana" is an Old English word for murderer poisonous Andrew	$400 [4] Binary number systems use only these 2 digits 0 & 1 Jamie	$400 [15] Tabasco for Bruce Springsteen boss sauce Andrew	$400 [29] The impatient man killed this to get all the gold at once, & after cutting it open found none goose that laid the golden eggs Jamie
$500 [23] An 1889 painting of a sky of blue & yellow swirling over a small village Starry Night Richard	$500 [12] Kathie Lee Gifford spends her weekday mornings with this man, her co-host Regis Philbin Andrew	$500 [26] The name of this flower, also called the marsh marigold, sounds like a petticoat for a cud-chewer cowslip	$500 [6] Number of square inches in a square foot 144 Jamie	$500 [17] A tasty treat for Chewbacca Wookiee cookie Andrew	$500 [30] Saying he might help him in the future, he talked the lion out of eating him the mouse Andrew

Double Jeopardy! Round

LOVERS IN LITERATURE	EDUCATION	FAMOUS AMERICANS	EUROPE	COMMUNICATION	HOME EC
$200 [25] A fairy tale twosome; 1 gorgeous, 1 gruesome the Beauty & the Beast Jamie	$200 [27] This Mormon leader founded the school named for him in 1875 Brigham Young Richard	$200 [20] "Tamer of Lightning" was one of the many sobriquets given to this colonial statesman Ben Franklin Jamie	$200 [1] Crete is the largest of this country's 1,400 islands Greece Richard	$200 [17] Bees don't need a choreographer, they do this naturally to tell others where a pollen source is dance Jamie	$200 [6] Newborn babies need to be burped because they swallow this while feeding air Andrew
$400 [24] Partaking in incestuous kisses, she was Oedipus' mom & Mrs. Jocasta Jamie Richard	$400 [26] On diplomas, this 2-word phrase follows "magna" or "suma" cum laude Jamie	$400 [19] A contract for 10,000 muskets led this cotton gin inventor to create mass production of component parts Eli Whitney Jamie	$400 [13] The official title of the UK is "The United Kingdom of Great Britain &" this place Northern Ireland Richard	$400 [18] The British call it "the blower"; Americans, "the horn" telephone Andrew Richard	$400 [7] These appliances add moisture to a room & prevent static electricity & dried out wood & fabric humidifier Richard
$600 [23] Darcy, "pride" personified, took this Miss Bennet as his bride Elizabeth Jamie Richard	$600 [8] Just signing your name & filling out the forms correctly on your SATs will get you this minimum score 400 Jamie	$600 [3] This explorer was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for becoming the 1st to fly over the North Pole (Richard) Byrd Richard	$800 [11] This river that flows from the Alps to the North Sea was made an int'l waterway by the 1815 Treaty of Vienna Rhine Jamie Andrew	$600 [30] The 2 instruments on which a tattoo may be played a signal to soldiers bugle or drum	$600 [14] In table settings, these are the only utensils placed on the left side of the plate forks Andrew
$800 [22] Dickens fella who loved Estella Pip Richard	$800 [9] Term for a school for training the clergy, it once meant a secondary school for girls seminary Jamie	$800 [2] A close advisor to Washington, he deplored political parties but became leader of the Federalists (Alexander) Hamilton Richard	$1,000 [5] The Mont Blanc Tunnel, which runs 7 mi. under Europe's tallest peak, links these 2 Mediterranean countries France & Italy Andrew	$800 [29] The John Peter Zenger case of 1734-35 was the first big victory for this freedom in the colonies freedom of the press Richard	$800 [15] The overuse of this laundry product will cause towels to lose their absorbency fabric softener Andrew Richard
$1,000 [21] Jane Eyre's guy so autocratic; kept his wife up in the attic (Edward) Rochester Richard	DD $2,200 [10] The first secondary school in the 13 colonies was established in 1635 in this colony Massachusetts Jamie	$1,000 [4] 1 of 2 women who, in 1848, organized the first woman's rights convention, in Seneca Falls, N.Y. Lucretia Mott or Elizabeth Cady Stanton Richard	DD $2,000 [12] Prince Henry the Navigator held court at Sagres on this country's SW tip, overlooking the Atlantic Portugal Andrew	$1,000 [28] As an example of "doublespeak", Prof. Wm. Lutz quotes the EPA calling this "poorly buffered precipitation" acid rain Andrew	$1,000 [16] Sewing scissors that cut a zigzag edge which prevents fabric from fraying pinking shears

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. STATES

In 1820 it became the last New England state admitted to the Union

Maine

Richard "What is Maine?" — wagered $3,600

Jamie "What is Maine?" — wagered $6,000

Andrew "What is Maine?" — wagered $4,000

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