Show #2868 1997-02-05 (taped 1997-01-08) Teen Tournament

1997-A Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

Faith Hillis — a junior from Fairfax, Virginia

Audrey Droesch — a junior from Darien, Connecticut

Matthew Burgess — a freshman from Louisville, Kentucky

Scores

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)

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY MUSEUMS MARCHING BAND ABBREV. BIRDS & BEES MOM ROLES
$100 [1]
Sung T'ai Tsu founded this country's Sung dynasty in 960
China
Matthew
$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
$100 [12]
Bush, busby & shako are different types of this part of the uniform
the hat
Audrey
$100 [13]
When referring to old movies, B&W indicates this
black & white
Audrey
$100 [22]
The smallest of these smallest birds is the bee type
the hummingbird
Audrey
$100 [11]
Sometimes her daughter Becky is played by Sarah Chalke, sometimes by Lecy Goranson
Roseanne
Faith
$200 [2]
This island famous for its stone statues was annexed by Chile in 1888
Easter Island
Faith
$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
$200 [15]
This student leader of the band marches with it
a drum major
Faith
$200 [14]
If an S.A.S.E. is requested, be sure to send one of these
a self-addressed stamped envelope
Faith
$200 [23]
Because its mouth is extremely wide, the swift can feed on insects while doing this
flying
Matthew
$200 [27]
With the demise of "Party Girl", Swoosie Kurtz moved on to play Brooke Shields' mom on this series
Suddenly Susan
Audrey
$300 [3]
In 1860 the Second Maori War broke out in this country
New Zealand
Audrey
$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
$300 [19]
Many newspaper items come from this group, the AP for short
Associated Press
Faith
$300 [24]
The kiwi is the only bird with these organs located at the tip of its beak
Nostrils
Audrey
$300 [28]
Cheers to this actress who played Mollie, the mom in the "Look Who's Talking" films
Kirstie Alley
Matthew
$400 [4]
In 1989 this former Philippine leader died in exile in Hawaii
Ferdinand Marcos
Matthew
$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
$400 [17]
Pitched below the trumpet, the mellophone replaces this brass horn in the marching band
the French horn
$400 [20]
Formally dissolved in 1991, it's what the U.S.S.R. stood for
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Matthew
$400 [25]
Usually a bee has this many more wings than a bird
2
Matthew
$400 [29]
As part of this film family, Anjelica Huston, as Morticia, gave birth to the mustachioed Pubert
the Addams Family
Faith
$500 [5]
In 1521 Martin Luther was summoned to the Diet of this city to renounce his beliefs
Worms
Faith
$500 [10]
You'll find this Alabama city's museum of art at the Von Braun Civic Center
Huntsville
Matthew Audrey Faith
$500 [18]
A popular 1889 Sousa march was commissioned for an awards ceremony at this newspaper
the Washington Post
Faith
$500 [21]
Biologically speaking, DNA is an abbreviation for this
deoxyribonucleic acid
Faith
$500 [26]
Beehives are placed in some orchards specifically for this reason
pollination
Matthew
$500 [30]
She played Mrs. Gump, Forrest's momma
Sally Field
Matthew

Double Jeopardy! Round

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
$200 [16]
It's the nickname of Vice President Gore's wife, Mary Elizabeth
"Tipper"
Audrey
$200 [11]
More than 80% of Algeria is covered by this desert
Sahara
Faith
$200 [21]
At age 7 this "Wizard Of Menlo Park" attended public school for 3 months--his only formal education
Thomas Edison
Matthew
$200 [30]
Though Walter Cronkite retired at 65, this 65-year-old CBS anchorman, his successor, doesn't plan to
Dan Rather
Matthew
$200 [4]
He's currently the only black justice on the Supreme Court
Clarence Thomas
Matthew
$400 [2]
Pope John Paul II's poem "Easter Vigil 1966" was first published in this, his native language
Polish
Audrey
$400 [17]
As Elwood Blues, he hosts "The House of Blues Radio Hour"
Dan Aykroyd
$400 [12]
Gwynedd & Clwyd are the northernmost counties in this country, part of the United Kingdom
Wales
Faith
$400 [22]
In 1832 this telegraph inventor became professor of painting & sculpture at NYU
Samuel Morse
Audrey
$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
$400 [5]
As TLC & Boyz II Men could tell you, it's singer-songwriter-producer Kenneth Edmonds' nickname
"Babyface"
Faith
$600 [3]
This author of "Crime and Punishment" wrote "The Idiot" while on the run from creditors
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Matthew
$600 [18]
This "If It Makes You Happy" singer once sang back-up for Michael Jackson
Sheryl Crow
Faith
$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
$600 [23]
This sewing machine inventor's uncle Tyler invented the spring bed
Elias Howe
Matthew Faith
$600 [28]
In 1996 Rupert Murdoch, owner of this network, launched an all-news channel
Fox
Audrey
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
$800 [6]
His "Eventyr, fortalte for Born", or "Fairy Tales, Told for Children" was published in 1835
Hans Christian Andersen
Audrey
$800 [19]
In a 1996 ad campaign Nike ran this Seattle Mariner for president
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Matthew
$800 [8]
This city became the capital of the Saud dynasty in the early 1800s
Riyadh
Matthew
$800 [24]
Eureka! This man who discovered the law of hydrostatics invented the compound pulley & the catapult
Archimedes
$800 [27]
George Clooney boycotted "Entertainment Tonight" to protest this TV newsmagazine videotaping him
Hard Copy
Audrey
$600 [9]
This botanist donated his life savings to a research foundation at Tuskegee bearing his name
George Washington Carver
Matthew
$1,000 [7]
In due process you can tell us his "Der Prozess" was metamorphosed into English as "The Trial"
Franz Kafka
Faith
$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
$1,000 [25]
In 1929 this American launched the first instrument-carrying rocket
Robert Goddard
Faith
$1,000 [26]
Pat Buchanan & Michael Kinsley are 2 of the pundits who've been "caught in" this CNN debate show
Crossfire
Matthew Faith
$800 [10]
Arkansas' first woman director of the Department of Health, she became U.S. Surgeon General in 1993
Joycelyn Elders
Faith

Final Jeopardy!

RULERS

In 44 B.C. he was made dictator for life, a post abolished after he died the same year

Julius Caesar

Audrey "Who wasCaesarAlexander the Gr." — wagered $1,000
Faith "Who was Julius Caesar? Hi Lunch Bunch! :)" — wagered $5,008
Matthew "Who was Julius Caesar?" — wagered $2,500

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