1997-A Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 3.
Faith Hillis — a junior from Fairfax, Virginia
Audrey Droesch — a junior from Darien, Connecticut
Matthew Burgess — a freshman from Louisville, Kentucky
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew | $1,300 | $3,200 | $7,600 |
$10,100
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$7,600
19 R, 2 W |
| Audrey | $-300 | $-300 | $3,100 |
$2,100
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$3,100
12 R, 3 W |
| Faith | $200 | $1,900 | $6,900 |
$11,908
Automatic semifinalist |
$8,700
21 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| HISTORY | MUSEUMS | MARCHING BAND | ABBREV. | BIRDS & BEES | MOM ROLES |
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$100
[1]
Sung T'ai Tsu founded this country's Sung dynasty in 960
China
Matthew
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$100
[6]
More than 200 wax figures are on display in the Plaza Theatre of Wax, across from the Alamo in this city
San Antonio
Faith
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$100
[12]
Bush, busby & shako are different types of this part of the uniform
the hat
Audrey
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$100
[13]
When referring to old movies, B&W indicates this
black & white
Audrey
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$100
[22]
The smallest of these smallest birds is the bee type
the hummingbird
Audrey
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$100
[11]
Sometimes her daughter Becky is played by Sarah Chalke, sometimes by Lecy Goranson
Roseanne
Faith
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$200
[2]
This island famous for its stone statues was annexed by Chile in 1888
Easter Island
Faith
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$200
[7]
Vermeer's "Young Woman with a Water Jug" is one of many treasures in this huge 5th Avenue museum
the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Faith
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$200
[15]
This student leader of the band marches with it
a drum major
Faith
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$200
[14]
If an S.A.S.E. is requested, be sure to send one of these
a self-addressed stamped envelope
Faith
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$200
[23]
Because its mouth is extremely wide, the swift can feed on insects while doing this
flying
Matthew
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$200
[27]
With the demise of "Party Girl", Swoosie Kurtz moved on to play Brooke Shields' mom on this series
Suddenly Susan
Audrey
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$300
[3]
In 1860 the Second Maori War broke out in this country
New Zealand
Audrey
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$300
[8]
Arizona State University in this city boasts a museum of geology & an art museum
Tempe
Matthew
Audrey
|
DD
$400
[16]
1963 hit song heard here:
"Louie Louie"
Faith
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$300
[19]
Many newspaper items come from this group, the AP for short
Associated Press
Faith
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$300
[24]
The kiwi is the only bird with these organs located at the tip of its beak
Nostrils
Audrey
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$300
[28]
Cheers to this actress who played Mollie, the mom in the "Look Who's Talking" films
Kirstie Alley
Matthew
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$400
[4]
In 1989 this former Philippine leader died in exile in Hawaii
Ferdinand Marcos
Matthew
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$400
[9]
There's a model railroad museum in the Casa de Balboa in this 2nd-largest city on the U.S. Pacific coast
San Diego
Faith
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$400
[17]
Pitched below the trumpet, the mellophone replaces this brass horn in the marching band
the French horn
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$400
[20]
Formally dissolved in 1991, it's what the U.S.S.R. stood for
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Matthew
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$400
[25]
Usually a bee has this many more wings than a bird
2
Matthew
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$400
[29]
As part of this film family, Anjelica Huston, as Morticia, gave birth to the mustachioed Pubert
the Addams Family
Faith
|
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$500
[5]
In 1521 Martin Luther was summoned to the Diet of this city to renounce his beliefs
Worms
Faith
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$500
[10]
You'll find this Alabama city's museum of art at the Von Braun Civic Center
Huntsville
Matthew
Audrey
Faith
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$500
[18]
A popular 1889 Sousa march was commissioned for an awards ceremony at this newspaper
the Washington Post
Faith
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$500
[21]
Biologically speaking, DNA is an abbreviation for this
deoxyribonucleic acid
Faith
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$500
[26]
Beehives are placed in some orchards specifically for this reason
pollination
Matthew
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$500
[30]
She played Mrs. Gump, Forrest's momma
Sally Field
Matthew
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| FOREIGN LITERATURE | PEOPLE | WORLD GEOGRAPHY | INVENTORS | TV NEWS | BLACK AMERICA |
|
$200
[1]
Reading the Iliad & Odyssey in their original language is this language to us
Greek
Audrey
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$200
[16]
It's the nickname of Vice President Gore's wife, Mary Elizabeth
"Tipper"
Audrey
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$200
[11]
More than 80% of Algeria is covered by this desert
Sahara
Faith
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$200
[21]
At age 7 this "Wizard Of Menlo Park" attended public school for 3 months--his only formal education
Thomas Edison
Matthew
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$200
[30]
Though Walter Cronkite retired at 65, this 65-year-old CBS anchorman, his successor, doesn't plan to
Dan Rather
Matthew
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$200
[4]
He's currently the only black justice on the Supreme Court
Clarence Thomas
Matthew
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$400
[2]
Pope John Paul II's poem "Easter Vigil 1966" was first published in this, his native language
Polish
Audrey
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$400
[17]
As Elwood Blues, he hosts "The House of Blues Radio Hour"
Dan Aykroyd
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$400
[12]
Gwynedd & Clwyd are the northernmost counties in this country, part of the United Kingdom
Wales
Faith
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$400
[22]
In 1832 this telegraph inventor became professor of painting & sculpture at NYU
Samuel Morse
Audrey
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$400
[29]
Because of the staged quality of these two 1996 events, TV may not cover them live in the year 2000
the Democratic & Republican National Conventions
Matthew
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$400
[5]
As TLC & Boyz II Men could tell you, it's singer-songwriter-producer Kenneth Edmonds' nickname
"Babyface"
Faith
|
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$600
[3]
This author of "Crime and Punishment" wrote "The Idiot" while on the run from creditors
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Matthew
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$600
[18]
This "If It Makes You Happy" singer once sang back-up for Michael Jackson
Sheryl Crow
Faith
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$600
[13]
Part of this South American country's city of La Paz lies in a canyon carved by the La Paz River
Bolivia
Faith
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$600
[23]
This sewing machine inventor's uncle Tyler invented the spring bed
Elias Howe
Matthew
Faith
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$600
[28]
In 1996 Rupert Murdoch, owner of this network, launched an all-news channel
Fox
Audrey
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DD
$400
[15]
The modern civil rights movement began in 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus
Rosa Parks
Faith
|
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$800
[6]
His "Eventyr, fortalte for Born", or "Fairy Tales, Told for Children" was published in 1835
Hans Christian Andersen
Audrey
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$800
[19]
In a 1996 ad campaign Nike ran this Seattle Mariner for president
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Matthew
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$800
[8]
This city became the capital of the Saud dynasty in the early 1800s
Riyadh
Matthew
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$800
[24]
Eureka! This man who discovered the law of hydrostatics invented the compound pulley & the catapult
Archimedes
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$800
[27]
George Clooney boycotted "Entertainment Tonight" to protest this TV newsmagazine videotaping him
Hard Copy
Audrey
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$600
[9]
This botanist donated his life savings to a research foundation at Tuskegee bearing his name
George Washington Carver
Matthew
|
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$1,000
[7]
In due process you can tell us his "Der Prozess" was metamorphosed into English as "The Trial"
Franz Kafka
Faith
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$1,000
[20]
Nick Park's "Wallace & Gromit" shorts have earned 3 Oscars using this film making process
claymation
Matthew
|
DD
$800
[14]
Bordered by Syria & Israel, this small country is only 135 miles long & 35 miles wide
Lebanon
Faith
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$1,000
[25]
In 1929 this American launched the first instrument-carrying rocket
Robert Goddard
Faith
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$1,000
[26]
Pat Buchanan & Michael Kinsley are 2 of the pundits who've been "caught in" this CNN debate show
Crossfire
Matthew
Faith
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$800
[10]
Arkansas' first woman director of the Department of Health, she became U.S. Surgeon General in 1993
Joycelyn Elders
Faith
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In 44 B.C. he was made dictator for life, a post abolished after he died the same year
Julius Caesar