1997-A Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 5.
Justin Powell — a junior from Charleston, South Carolina
Brian Joseph — a senior from Great Neck, New York
Fran Bigman — a junior from Richmond, Virginia
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran | $900 | $1,600 | $10,600 |
$7,100
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$8,000
16 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| Brian | $300 | $2,800 | $4,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$4,200
13 R, 2 W |
| Justin | $1,500 | $2,500 | $10,100 |
$8,001
Automatic semifinalist |
$9,900
27 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| THE CRUSADES | ETIQUETTE | COMPUTERS | ACTORS & ROLES | ALL ABOUT RIVERS | COMMON BONDS |
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$100
[13]
Peter the Hermit, like Sancho Panza, rode one of these animals through France rousing the peasants
Donkey
Brian
Justin
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$100
[1]
You may write "No Gifts, Please" on invitations to this event at which you receive your diploma
Graduation/Commencement
Justin
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$100
[21]
Mattel Media has created a program that lets the user design fashions for this doll
Barbie
Brian
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$100
[8]
In 1996 this funny man played "The Cable Guy"
Jim Carrey
Brian
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$100
[2]
To rafters, rapids are known by this 2-word term
White water
Brian
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$100
[9]
Tartar, Tabasco, Worcestershire
Sauces
Justin
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$200
[17]
Some orders of these were Teutonic, Templar & of St. John
Knights
Justin
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$200
[4]
If a prom date gives you one of these floral accessories, you must wear it or at least pin it to your purse
Corsage
Justin
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$200
[22]
Hewlett-Packard, Epson & Canon all make the ink-jet variety of these peripherals
Printers
Fran
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$200
[10]
In the movie "I.Q." Walter Matthau portrayed this famous scientist
Albert Einstein
Justin
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$200
[3]
The rills, streams & brooks that feed a river are called these
Tributaries
Fran
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$200
[14]
Folders, Income Tax Returns, Your Nails
Things you file
Brian
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$300
[18]
Kings Baldwin I & II were Christian rulers of this holy Mideastern city
Jerusalem
Brian
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$300
[6]
Of powdering your nose, applying lipstick, or combing your hair, the one you shouldn't do at a restaurant table
Combing your hair
Justin
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$300
[25]
This company describes its pentium chip as "The Computer Inside"
Intel
Brian
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$400
[12]
He played the Joker in 1989's "Batman" & in 1994 turned into a "Wolf"
Jack Nicholson
Fran
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$300
[5]
On an average day the Mississippi dumps over 1 million metric tons of this into the Gulf of Mexico
Silt/Sediment
Fran
Justin
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$300
[15]
Babbo Natale, Le Pere Noel, Kriss Kringle
Different names for Santa Claus
Justin
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$400
[23]
Leading the third Crusade, this English king captured Cyprus
Richard the Lionhearted
Justin
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$400
[29]
If an elevator is crowded, a gentleman needn't remove this when a lady enters
His hat
Brian
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$400
[26]
The "app" in "killer app" stands for this
Application
Justin
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DD
$500
[11]
Bewitching title role currently played on prime time by the actress seen here:(Melissa Joan Hart)
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Justin
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$400
[7]
You may be waiting for the Robert E. Lee on a natural one of these raised river banks created by flood waters
Levee
Justin
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$400
[19]
Walking, Bicycle, Bermuda
Shorts
Brian
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$500
[24]
During the third Crusade, Saladin, sultan of Egypt & Syria, made this Syrian city his headquarters
Damascus
Brian
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$500
[30]
In weddings, small boys may serve as train bearers, or as this more common type of "bearer"
Ring Bearer
Brian
Justin
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$500
[27]
This North Sioux City, S.D. mail order computer maker issues a MasterCard with a cowhide print on it
Gateway 2000
Brian
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$500
[16]
Kimberly Williams, from the "Father of the Bride" movies plays Isabel on this Saturday night TV drama
"Relativity"
Fran
Justin
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$500
[28]
Unlike a delta, it's a deep, broad mouth of a river; the Amazon's stretches several hundred miles upstream
Estuary
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$500
[20]
Bubbles, A Whistle, A test youdidn't study for
Things you blow
Brian
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| ASTRONOMY & SPACE | FLOWERS | AROUND THE WORLD | U.S. HISTORY | NOVELS & NOVELISTS | WORDS TO THE WISE |
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$200
[25]
From Earth, this planet's 100,000 or so ringlets appear as just 3 broad rings
Saturn
Justin
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$200
[8]
Convallarin, a heart stimulant, is obtained from this flower "of the valley"
Lily
Fran
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$200
[13]
The strait at South America's southern tip is named for this explorer who discovered it
Ferdinand Magellan
Justin
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$200
[6]
The U.S. added the Badlands of South Dakota through this acquisition of land
The Louisiana Purchase
Justin
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$200
[1]
She published a romantic novel called "Valperga" in 1823, 5 years after giving birth to "Frankenstein"
Mary Shelley
Fran
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$200
[21]
"People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes" is good advice from this "dear" columnist
"Dear Abby"
Fran
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$400
[26]
British scientists announced that they had found organic material in a second meteorite from this planet
Mars
Justin
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$400
[9]
The berrylike fruit, or hip, of this thorny bush is an important source of vitamin C
Rose
Justin
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$400
[14]
Residents of this Italain city refer to it as Firenze
Florence
Fran
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$400
[7]
Passed in 1913, the 17th Amendment allows for the direct election of these members of Congress
Senators
Fran
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$400
[2]
His novel "Nicholas Nickleby" was first published in serial form in "Bentley's Miscellany"
Charles Dickens
Justin
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$400
[22]
This Calcutta nun said, "There is a net of love by which you can catch souls"
Mother Teresa
Brian
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$600
[27]
In 1996 the sun went an exceptional 36 days without a visible one of these dark patches
Sunspots
Justin
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$600
[18]
As its name suggests, the flowers of this climbing plant open in the A.M. & often close by afternoon
Morning Glory
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$800
[16]
The national name of this country is Magyar Koztarsasag
Hungary
Justin
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$600
[10]
Following his "Gospel of Wealth", this steel magnate gave away over $350 million
Andrew Carnegie
Justin
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$600
[3]
Alfred de Vigny's historical novel "Cinq-Mars" concerns a 17th century plot against this French cardinal
Cardinal Richelieu
Justin
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$600
[23]
The caution "Don't Trust Anybody Over" this age came out of Berkeley in the 1960s
30
Fran
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$800
[28]
Scientists conjecture that this gas giant's moon Europa may sustain an icy ocean
Jupiter
Justin
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$1,000
[20]
Spider, irregular incurve & pompon are types of this symbol of Japan
Chrysanthemum
Fran
Justin
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$1,000
[17]
The Solidarity monument in this Polish port city honors workers killed during the 1970 shipyard strikes
Gdansk
Fran
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$800
[11]
When the market for this crop bottomed out in the 1870s, central Floridian farmers began growing oranges
Cotton
Justin
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$800
[4]
An immigrant named Jurgis Rudkus is the leading character in his "meaty" novel "The Jungle"
Upton Sinclair
Justin
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$800
[24]
This Tennessee frontiersman's motto was "Be always sure you're right--then go ahead"
Davy Crockett
Justin
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$1,000
[29]
In April 1997 one of these named Hale-Bopp will be among the brightest objects in the night sky
Comet
Brian
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DD
$2,000
[19]
This state flower of Kansas is thought to have originated in South America
Sunflower
Fran
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DD
$2,000
[15]
In 1822 Dom Pedro declared Brazil's independence from this country
Portugal
Fran
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$1,000
[12]
Named for 3 cities, this railway connected Kansas to California
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
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$1,000
[5]
A Cavalier falls in love with a Roundhead's daughter in "Peveril of the Peak" by this "Ivanhoe" author
Sir Walter Scott
Justin
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$1,000
[30]
"Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody" is one of his lessons taken from kindergarten
Robert Fulghum
Fran
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The former kingdom of Saxony is now located in this country
Germany