Show #1026 1989-02-06 (taped 1989-01-04) Teen Tournament

1989 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

Greg Parde — a junior from Minneapolis, Kansas

Elena Whitley — a junior from Raleigh, North Carolina

Dan Chase — a junior from Fairfax, Virginia

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Dan $1,500 $2,300 $8,200 $9,400
Automatic semifinalist
$8,100
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Elena $400 $2,500 $6,400 $5,000
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$7,100
21 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Greg $300 $400 $1,400 $2,800
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$1,400
13 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

GOVERNMENT PHYS. ED. PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE AUSTRALIA EDIBLE ANAGRAMS GUINNESS ANIMAL RECORDS
$100 [3]
In fiscal year 1914, the 1st year these were collected under the 16th Amendment, they totaled $28 million
income taxes
Elena
$100 [8]
In gymnastics it's not for riding on but vaulting over
a horse
Elena
$100 [26]
Pee-wee's preferred style of neckwear is one of these
a (red) bowtie
Elena
$100 [2]
Now comprising only about 1% of the population, they have lived in Australia for more than 30,000 years
the Aborigines
Greg
$100 [16]
Since olden days cooks have sprinkled this on food to make it last
salt (from last)
Dan
$100 [19]
The largest one ever made by birds was built by bald eagles & weighed over 6,700 lbs.
a nest
Elena
$200 [4]
On paper money, a letter in a circle indicates which bank of this system issued it
the Federal Reserve
Dan
$200 [9]
As opposed to interscholastic, in these programs kids of one school compete against each other
intramural
Elena
$200 [27]
Pee-wee has a "farm" full of these insects who spell out messages with their tiny little bodies
ants
Dan
$200 [7]
1 of the 2 animals featured on Australia's coat of arms
(1 of) the kangaroo (emu)
Greg
$200 [17]
It comes from animals, whether they're wild or tame
meat (from tame)
Elena
$200 [20]
A Texas cat named Dusty must have been the cat's meow as she had 420 of these
kittens
Greg
$300 [1]
A person must have been this for 9 years to serve in the U.S. Senate
a U.S. citizen
Elena
$300 [10]
One of the oldest sports in the world, its 2 main styles are freestyle & Greco-Roman
wrestling
Elena
$300 [28]
Pee-wee gets the secret word from Conky, who's one of these
a robot
Dan Greg
$300 [13]
This star co-wrote "Crocodile Dundee" as well as its sequel
Paul Hogan
Elena
$300 [18]
You could eat this crustacean to bolster your courage--but it probably wouldn't help
lobster (from bolster)
Dan
$300 [23]
Some of these arthropods have as many as 750 legs, not a thousand as their name implies
a millipede
Elena
$400 [5]
PACs, which have been the subject of much controversy, are these
political action committees
Dan
$400 [11]
Kids in ancient Athens took P.E. for pleasure & Roman kids used it as training for this
war
Dan
$400 [29]
Pee-wee tells the audience, "For the rest of the day, whenever anyone says the secret word," do this
yell real loud
Greg
DD $400 [14]
Australia lies completely within these 2 hemispheres
Southern & Eastern Hemispheres
Elena
$400 [21]
Pablo hid one of these in his coat
a taco (from coat)
Elena Greg
$400 [24]
The Gaboon viper has the longest of any snake, nearly 2"
the fang
Greg
$500 [6]
This Bill of Rights amendment prohibits double jeopardy as well as self-incrimination
the Fifth Amendment
Dan
$500 [12]
Founded by Eisenhower July 16, 1956, its top award for excellence is an emblem & certificate
the President's Council on Physical Fitness
Elena
$500 [30]
This friend of Pee-wee's, "the most beautiful woman in Puppetland", dresses like a prom queen
Miss Yvonne
$500 [15]
Australians call the countryside "the bush"; their name for the interior is this
the Outback
Dan
$500 [22]
Johnny is so cheap he put only one of these in the cobbler
a peach (from cheap)
Elena
$500 [25]
It's the slowest-moving land mammal, & its name is a synonym for laziness
a sloth
Elena

Double Jeopardy! Round

LANDMARKS COMPUTERS U.S. HISTORY GRAMMAR BALLET BIBLICAL PARENTS
$200 [8]
One of these in Moscow, the Rossiya, can accommodate 6,000 guests
a hotel
Dan
$200 [16]
In LOGO, a program to teach kids to use computers, the cursor resembles this shelled reptile
a turtle
Greg
$200 [1]
In 1793 Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin near Savannah in this state
Georgia
Dan
$200 [14]
In English there are 6 of these: present, past, future, present perfect, past perfect & future perfect
tenses
Elena
$200 [6]
In South Africa, a bishop, in ballet a skirt
a Tutu
Elena
$200 [13]
His kids weren't Moe, Larry & Shemp but Ham, Japheth & Shem
Noah
Greg
$400 [9]
A landmark in this British city is the twin-to were d Royal Liver Building
Liverpool
Greg
$400 [17]
Computers were given part of the blame for this October 19, 1987 event
the stock market crash
Dan
DD $300 [5]
136 years apart, Franklin Pierce & John Sununu left this state to go to the White House
New Hampshire
Elena
$400 [22]
The word which should replace the 1st "which" in this phrase
that
Elena Greg
$400 [7]
The Royal Danish Ballet was founded in this city in 1748
Copenhagen
Greg
$400 [18]
Isaac's mom & dad, they were 91 & 101 years old respectively when he was born
Sarah & Abraham
Elena
$600 [10]
Built to keep out invaders, much of its present structure dates back to the Ming Dynasty
the Great Wall of China
Dan
$600 [28]
Steve Jobs said his new computer, called the NeXT will 1st be sold exclusively to these institutions
schools (colleges, universities)
Greg
$400 [2]
From 1894 to his death in 1909 this Apache leader was a tourist attraction at Ft. Sill in Okla.
Geronimo
Greg
$600 [23]
Words that end in LY are usually this part of speech
an adverb
Elena
$600 [15]
A hoard of mice is defeated by a Christmas present in this popular holiday ballet
The Nutcracker
Greg
$600 [21]
Amram & Jochebed had 3 children: Miriam & these 2 guys who led a group out of Egypt
Aaron & Moses
Elena
DD $900 [11]
Statue that has thefollowingview:
the statue of Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial
Dan
$800 [29]
Using 400 computers, a team has broken down a 100-digit number into these, used as secret codes
prime factors
$600 [3]
In 1951 the government began testing these at a site about 60 miles northwest of Las Vegas
nuclear bombs (atomic bombs)
Greg
$800 [24]
To often split them is to often misuse them
the infinitive
Dan Greg
$800 [19]
The ballet "Le Beau Danube", set in a Viennese park, is danced to this composer's music
Johann Strauss
Elena
$800 [26]
He was so proud of his son Joseph, he gave him a spiffy coat of many colors
Jacob
Dan Greg
$1,000 [12]
Charlemagne celebrated Christmas in 800 A.D. in this landmark which was rebuilt 800 years later
St. Peter's Basilica
$1,000 [30]
If you have an extra $44 million, you can buy his & hers Y-MP/832 supercomputers from this company
Cray
$800 [4]
The 1st English colony was established in 1585 on this island, & was promptly lost
Roanoke Island
Elena
$1,000 [25]
A verb form ending in "ing" used as a noun is a gerund; used as an adjective it's this
participle
Elena
$1,000 [20]
"Aurora's Wedding", the 3rd act of this ballet, is sometimes presented by itself
Sleeping Beauty
Dan
$1,000 [27]
You'd be wise to know these were Solomon's parents
David & Bathsheba
Dan

Final Jeopardy!

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

The 7 largest banks in the free world are headquartered in this country

Japan

Greg "What is Japan?" — wagered $1,400
Elena "What is the United States?" — wagered $1,400
Dan "What is Japan?" — wagered $1,200

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