1989 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 5.
Matt Pearson — a senior from Utica, Michigan
Kristen Brimus — a junior from Rocky River, Ohio
David Dodson — a senior from Colusa, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | $900 | $1,800 | $7,200 |
$3,000
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$6,500
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Kristen | $1,000 | $2,300 | $5,600 |
$9,000
Automatic semifinalist |
$5,100
15 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Matt | $2,700 | $4,600 | $9,600 |
$8,600
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$11,600
25 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| SCIENCE | HEARTTHROBS | TYPING CLASS | THE MIDDLE AGES | ANAGRAMS | FAMOUS JAMESES |
|
$100
[6]
In 1669 Nicolaus Steno found that the oldest layers of rock are always in this location in sediment
the bottom
Kristen
|
$100
[16]
He used to play Derek on "Silver Spoons", but now he's David on "The Hogan Family"
Jason Bateman
Matt
|
$100
[26]
The platen holds this in your typewriter
paper
Matt
|
$100
[11]
A more accurate name for this conflict would have been the 116 Years War
the Hundred Years' War
Kristen
|
$100
[21]
Mary wants to join this branch of the military
the Army (from Mary)
Kristen
|
$100
[1]
He teamed up with master showman P.T. Barnum in 1881
James Bailey
Kristen
|
|
$200
[7]
By transpiration, some trees may lose a ton of this through their leaves in a single day
water
Matt
|
$200
[17]
His older brother Rob Lowe is a heartthrob, too
Chad Lowe
David
|
$200
[27]
If your typing class uses Selectric typewriters, you should know this company makes them
IBM
|
$200
[12]
During the Middle Ages Istanbul was known by this name, in honor of Constantine the Great
Constantinople
David
|
$200
[22]
Eric is so extravagant he bought a ton of it for his wedding
rice (from Eric)
Kristen
|
$200
[2]
Jim the former running back & James the soul singer have this same last name
Brown
Kristen
|
|
$300
[8]
A tungsten filament in a light bulb doesn't burn up because this has been removed from the bulb
oxygen
Matt
|
$400
[19]
Michael J. Fox was born in Alberta but grew up in this western Canadian province
British Columbia
Matt
|
$300
[28]
The name of that long horizontal piece at the bottom of the keyboard
the space bar
David
Kristen
|
$300
[13]
This adjective referring to the Middle Ages is from the Latin words "medium" & "aevum", which mean middle age
medieval
David
|
$300
[23]
If you give May a big one, she'll candy it & serve it to you
a yam (from May)
Kristen
|
$300
[3]
This American artist painted a famous picture of his mom that now hangs in the Louvre in Paris
(James Abbott McNeill) Whistler
Matt
|
|
$400
[9]
Different ways this group of animals can move include concertina, undulation & sidewinding
snakes
Matt
|
$500
[20]
The 2 Patricks who've played Johnny in "Dirty Dancing", 1 in the film & 1 on the TV series
Patrick Swayze & Patrick Cassidy
|
$400
[29]
If you engage the "lock" on your keyboard, you lock these in
capital letters
Matt
|
$400
[14]
In the 1300s this dread disease killed 1/4 of all the people in Europe
black death
David
|
$400
[24]
It's how Rose felt after she sat on a tack
sore (from Rose)
Kristen
|
$400
[4]
If this 1950s "Rebel Without a Cause" were around today, chances are he'd be older than your dad
James Dean
Matt
|
|
$500
[10]
Known for its longed ringed tail, it's kept as a house pet in Madagascar
a lemur
Matt
|
DD
$1,000
[18]
This heartthrob made hearts throb with thefollowing, the 1st No. 1 Hit of 1988: "Well, I guess it would be nice if I could touch your body / I know not everybody..."
George Michael
David
|
$500
[30]
Typing classes teach you to type the letters Q, A & Z with this finger
your left pinky (the little finger on your left hand)
Matt
|
$500
[15]
Musicians know Gregorian chant was named for Gregory I, who was elected to this office in the year 590
pope
Kristen
|
$500
[25]
Kate bought a table made out of this wood
teak (from Kate)
Matt
|
$500
[5]
The 2 presidents named James who served successive terms
James Madison & James Monroe
Matt
|
| MYTHOLOGY | PRESIDENTS | GEOGRAPHY | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | BOATS & BOATING | AUTHORS' MIDDLE NAMES |
|
$200
[16]
She arose out of the "aphros", or white foam of the sea, & not only walked in beauty, she was beauty
Aphrodite (*Venus)
David
Matt
|
$200
[1]
During Taft's administration over 3,000 of these were imported from Japan to plant in Washington, D.C.
cherry trees
Kristen
|
$200
[11]
The name of this Irish capital is Gaelic for "black pool"
Dublin
David
|
$200
[21]
The ch'in, an ancient type of zither, has been played in this country for over 3,000 years
China
Matt
|
$200
[26]
A "marine parking lot", providing mooring for boats & facilities for supplies & repairs
a marina
Matt
|
$200
[2]
Greenleaf
John Greenleaf Whittier
David
|
|
$400
[17]
Father of the Fates, the Graces & the Muses
Zeus
Kristen
|
$400
[3]
He was the last man with Junior in his name to be elected president
President Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)
|
$400
[12]
England now rules this island discovered by Spanish explorer Juan Bermúdez
Bermuda
Matt
|
$400
[22]
The oliphant was a ceremonial horn made from this part of an elephant
its tusk
David
|
$400
[27]
It's an open, flat-bottomed boat with squared ends, or a kick in football
a punt
Matt
|
$400
[7]
Christian
Hans Christian Andersen
Matt
|
|
$800
[19]
This happened to anyone who locked eyes with Medusa
they turned to stone
Matt
|
$600
[4]
In 1869 he became the 1st graduate of West Point to become president
Grant
David
|
$800
[14]
The name of this Honduran capital, founded as a silver mining town, means "silver hill"
Tegucigalpa
Matt
|
$600
[23]
This small 1-piece transverse flute has been played with drums since the time of the Crusades
the fife
Kristen
|
$600
[28]
This vessel has wings called foils that allow it to rise out of the water at high speeds
a hydrofoil
David
|
$600
[8]
Rice
Edgar Rice Burroughs
David
|
|
$1,000
[20]
1 of the 2 foods fed to baby Apollo that made a man out of him almost immediately
(1 of) ambrosia (nectar)
Matt
|
$800
[5]
He was in his early teens when he found out he was adopted
Ford
David
|
$1,000
[15]
Alphabetically last of all the countries in the world, it was named for an ancient stone city
Zimbabwe
Kristen
|
$800
[24]
In an orchestra, it's the chief bass member of the woodwind section
the bassoon
Matt
|
$800
[29]
Safe-water routes into & out of harbors are marked by buoys of these 2 colors
green & red
David
|
$800
[9]
Bysshe
Percy Shelley
Matt
|
|
DD
$1,100
[18]
It's where Narcissus 1st saw the person he fell in love with
*a pool of water (**in a river)
Kristen
|
$1,000
[6]
He beat his opponent by only 9,464 votes, was inaugurated March 4, 1881 & was killed the same year
Garfield
Matt
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
The 2 vowels that each begin the names of 4 states
I & A
Matt
|
$1,000
[25]
This Indian lute has a pear-shaped body & an long fretted neck
the sitar
|
$1,000
[30]
This keelless Oriental boat having up to 5 masts is used for commerce & sometimes as a home
a (Chinese) junk
David
|
$1,000
[10]
Kinnan
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
|
Holiday on which the U.S. flag is to be flown at half staff until noon
Memorial Day