1995 Teen Tournament semifinal game 2.
Shannon Shelton — a senior from Detroit, Michigan
Chris Jacobs — a sophomore from Orefield, Pennsylvania
Matt Zielenski — a junior from Broadview Heights, Ohio
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $2,000 | $4,000 | $12,000 |
$11,900
Finalist |
$11,300
26 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Chris | $1,700 | $1,400 | $5,500 |
$10,500
2nd place: $5,000 |
$3,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Shannon | $300 | $2,000 | $4,400 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 |
$4,400
10 R, 1 W |
| TEENS IN HISTORY | HORROR & SCI-FI TV | MATH | MAKEUP TEST | PAN-AMERICA | 4-LETTER WORDS |
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$100
[1]
This saint was only 19 when she died at Rouen in 1431
Joan of Arc
Chris
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$100
[26]
A Saturday night series on Nickelodeon asks, "Are You Afraid of" this
the Dark
Matt
|
$100
[7]
In a fraction the number above the line is the numerator & the number below it is this
the denominator
Matt
|
$100
[14]
Some types of this cosmetic contain tiny fibers of rayon or nylon to make lashes look longer
mascara
Matt
Chris
|
$100
[2]
In Brazil all of this river's 2,000 miles are navigable
the Amazon
Matt
|
$100
[19]
It can mean tardy or deceased
late
Chris
|
|
$200
[3]
As a teen he performed the first American bird banding experiment, on some baby phoebes in 1804
Audubon
Matt
|
$300
[28]
David Duchovny & Gillian Anderson are FBI special agents Mulder & Scully on this series
The X-Files
Matt
|
$200
[8]
A right triangle may be scalene, with no equal sides, or this type, with 2 equal sides
isosceles
Chris
|
$200
[17]
Brooke Shields brushes these with a soft toothbrush & petroleum jelly to keep them "kissing-soft"
lips
Shannon
|
$200
[9]
Pikes Peak is located in this U.S. mountain chain
the Rockies
Chris
|
$200
[21]
It follows ship, soul & play
mate
|
|
$300
[4]
At 15 she was betrothed to Grand Duke Peter; she later became a "Great" empress
Catherine the Great
Matt
|
$400
[29]
In a 1994 TV movie FOX continued this 1989-90 series about the Newcomers
Alien Nation
Shannon
|
$300
[13]
Because it can't be expressed as a simple fraction, pi is considered this type of number
irrational
Shannon
|
$300
[18]
It's one of the oldest types of makeup & its name is French for "red"
rouge
Matt
|
$300
[10]
It's over 40 miles long, opened in 1914 & ships take about 8 hours to pass through it
the Panama Canal
Chris
|
$300
[22]
Kismet or destiny
fate
Matt
|
|
$400
[5]
He was a student in what is now Albania when he learned that his great-uncle Julius Caesar had been killed
Octavian (Augustus)
Chris
|
DD
$500
[27]
Series hosted by the character seen here:
Tales from the Crypt
Matt
|
$400
[15]
An octant, or 1/8 of a circle, measures this many degrees
45
Matt
|
$400
[24]
Encyclopedia Americana says Babylonians made eye shadow of this color from powdered Lapis lazuli
blue
Matt
|
$400
[11]
Colombia's No. 1 agricultural export goes into this drink
coffee
Chris
|
$400
[20]
It can mean to gratify one's appetite or to fill to excess
sate
Matt
Chris
Shannon
|
|
$500
[6]
James IV, a member of the Stuart dynasty, was 15 when he became king of this country in 1488
Scotland
Matt
|
$500
[30]
The new "Star Trek" starship captained by Kate Mulgrew as Kathryn Janeway
Voyager
Shannon
|
$500
[16]
Square the number 6 & you get 36; cube it & you get this number
216
Matt
|
$500
[25]
The alpha-hydroxy types of these are widely used in exfoliating products
acids
Shannon
|
$500
[12]
In August 1993 Pope John Paul II visited Merida on this Mexican peninsula
the Yucatan Peninsula
Matt
|
$500
[23]
It's another term for the head, especially the top portion
pate
Shannon
|
| THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | PLANTS & TREES | WORLD GEOGRAPHY | BALLET | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS | WOMEN AUTHORS |
|
$200
[1]
Francis Bailey, who served at Valley Forge, is believed to have given George Washington this nickname
the Father of His Country
Matt
Chris
|
$200
[6]
Species of this giant grass can reach 120 feet in height & 12 inches in diameter
bamboo
Matt
|
$200
[8]
This Caribbean nation's most populous province is Ciudad di la Habana
Cuba
Matt
|
$200
[16]
"Nobilissima Visione" is Leonide Massine's unusual stylized ballet about this saint of Assisi
Francis
Shannon
|
$200
[18]
Between 1980 & 1985, this doubled from $900 billion to $1.8 trillion; today it's over $4 trillion
the national debt
Chris
|
$200
[21]
Though she wrote 5 other novels, none approached the popularity of her first: "Frankenstein"
(Mary) Shelley
Matt
|
|
$400
[2]
Ichabod, a descendant of this "speak for yourself" Pilgrim, was commander of a N.Y fort
(John) Alden
Matt
|
$400
[7]
This name for trees of the genus Cercis comes from the tradition that Mr. Iscariot hanged himself on one
the Judas (tree)
Chris
|
$400
[12]
Lhasa is the capital & largest city of this land often called the "Roof of the World"
Tibet
Matt
|
$400
[17]
In this Tchaikovsky ballet, it's traditional for the heroine to wear a cap of white feathers
Swan Lake
Chris
|
$400
[19]
It's the title of the person who heads the U.S. Department of Justice
Attorney General
Chris
|
$400
[22]
In her 1975 novel "Curtain", detective Hercule Poirot, dies
Agatha Christie
Chris
|
|
$600
[3]
Painter Charles Willson Peale crossed this river as a part of a battalion December 27, 1776
the Delaware
Chris
|
$600
[9]
Hippocastanaceae is the family that contains these "equine" trees, including the buckeyes
horse-chestnuts
Chris
|
$600
[13]
The largest island in this waterway is the Isle of Wight
the English Channel
|
$600
[28]
"Le Sacre du Printemps" is the French title of this Stravinsky ballet about pagan sacrifice
The Rite of Spring
|
$600
[20]
Among heads of cabinet departments, this person comes 1st in the line of presidential succession
Secretary of State
Matt
|
$600
[25]
Originally entitled "First Impressions", her "Pride and Prejudice" was rejected for publication
(Jane) Austen
Shannon
|
|
$800
[4]
At 97 in 1832 he was the last surviving Revolutionary War general; a South Carolina fort was named for him
Sumter
Shannon
|
$800
[10]
Used for containers, the bottle or calabash type of this plant is among the oldest cultivated
a gourd
|
$800
[14]
In ancient times, this Italian river was known as the Eridanus & the Padus
the Po
Chris
|
$800
[29]
He began studying ballet at age 12 in his native Latvia & defected to the West in 1974, when he was 26
Baryshnikov
Chris
Shannon
|
$1,000
[24]
The first successful cloture vote in the Senate ended the lengthy debate over this treaty in 1919
the Treaty of Versailles
Matt
|
$800
[26]
"Ethan Frome" was published 4 years after she settled permanently in France
(Edith) Wharton
Matt
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Under Horatio Gates, this Polish military leader planned the entrenchments at Saratoga
Kosciuszko
Matt
|
DD
$1,400
[11]
Iceland moss is not really a moss but one of these, a fungus & an alga living symbiotically
a lichen
Matt
|
$1,000
[15]
Over 20 glaciers cover Mount Elbrus, Russia's highest point in this range
the Caucasus
Matt
|
$1,000
[30]
Russian-American choreographer who called his work "The Four Temperaments" "a dance ballet without plot"
George Balanchine
|
DD
$2,500
[23]
Millard Fillmore was the last president to represent this political party
the Whigs
Chris
|
$1,000
[27]
Before turning full time to writing, this "My Antonia" author was an editor at McClure's magazine
Willa Cather
Matt
|
It was completed in 1886 & until 1902 was administered by the Federal Lighthouse Board
the Statue of Liberty