1997-A Teen Tournament semifinal game 1.
Justin Powell — a junior from Charleston, South Carolina
Tanis O'Connor — a senior from Clearwater, Florida
Matthew Burgess — a freshman from Louisville, Kentucky
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew | $300 | $2,200 | $4,000 |
$8,000
2nd place: $5,000 |
$4,000
13 R, 1 W |
| Tanis | $1,700 | $2,300 | $12,100 |
$3,100
3rd place: $5,000 |
$8,900
21 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Justin | $1,600 | $3,400 | $10,500 |
$20,998
Finalist |
$10,300
24 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| ZOOLOGY | VIDEO GAMES | TEACHERS | CINEMA SEQUELS | SPAIN | FAMILIAR PHRASES |
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$100
[16]
The Burchell's species of this striped equine is found in many parts of eastern Africa
zebra
Matthew
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$100
[1]
You can play "Donkey Kong Land" on the new smaller "Pocket" version of this portable device
Game Boy
Justin
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$100
[7]
Micki & David Colfax sent 3 sons to Harvard after teaching them exclusively in this place
at home
Matthew
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$100
[2]
In the 1992 sequel to this 1990 film, Macaulay Culkin was "Lost in New York"
Home Alone
Tanis
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$100
[17]
Beginning as a Moorish fortress that guarded Toledo to the south, it's now the capital
Madrid
Justin
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$100
[19]
A task that's nearly impossible is compared to "looking for a needle in" one of these
a haystack
Tanis
|
|
$200
[18]
The "wolf" type of this arachnid pounces on its victims like a wolf
spider
Tanis
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$200
[12]
Bugs Bunny & Foghorn Leghorn are competitors in this basketball game for the Sony PlayStation
Space Jam
Justin
|
$200
[8]
Mary McLeod Bethune was a friend of this WWII first lady & advised her husband on minority affairs
Eleanor Roosevelt
Matthew
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$200
[3]
In a 1996 sequel to this film, 2 dogs & a cat are "Lost in San Francisco"
Homeward Bound
Justin
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$200
[28]
The trout stream in "The Sun Also Rises" is above the village of Burguete in this mountain range
Pyrenees
Matthew
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$200
[20]
A person who's "easy to read" is described as "an open" this
book
Justin
|
|
$300
[21]
Both the chinchilla & the chinchilla rat belong to this order of mammals
rodents
Matthew
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$300
[13]
"MK Trilogy" packages all 3 versions of this game on one cartridge
Mortal Kombat
Justin
|
$300
[9]
Like Plato, Corla Hawkins started a small, innovative school called this; hers is in Chicago's inner city
The Academy
Tanis
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$300
[4]
We'll be doggone if Charles Grodin didn't return for this 1993 sequel about a St. Bernard
Beethoven's 2nd
Justin
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$300
[29]
In the Catedral de Burgos you'll find the tomb of this 11th century national hero
El Cid
Justin
|
$300
[22]
This adjective often precedes "as a hound's tooth" or "as a whistle"
clean
Tanis
Justin
|
|
DD
$500
[26]
This shaggy wild ox of Tibet holds its head low like the American bison
yak
Justin
|
$400
[14]
In just 3 days in 1996, this company sold 350,000 new N64 systems featuring Super Mario 64
Nintendo
Tanis
|
$400
[10]
In the 1820s Josiah Holbrook pioneered this, also called continuing education
adult education
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$400
[5]
This 1993 Whoopi Goldberg sequel was subtitled "Back in the Habit"
Sister Act 2
Tanis
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$400
[30]
After Franco's death, this city, host of the 1992 Olympics, changed its street signs from Castilian to Catalan
Barcelona
Matthew
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$400
[23]
When you're up late studying, you're said to be "burning the midnight" this
oil
Matthew
|
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$500
[27]
Among the most primitive fish are the hagfish & this other scaleless fish that looks like an eel
lamprey
Justin
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$500
[15]
"Battlemage" is a multi-player video game based on this collectible card game
Magic: The Gathering
Tanis
Justin
|
$500
[11]
In Sikhism Nanak was the first teacher called this, now a term for any spiritual guide
guru
Tanis
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$500
[6]
The 1993 sequel to this Charlie Sheen comedy was "Part Deux"
Hot Shots!
Tanis
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$500
[25]
A branch of this dynasty, originally French, was restored to the throne in 1814 & again in 1874
Bourbon
Justin
|
$500
[24]
When you settle a bill, you "pay" this person, whether or not he's "pied"
the piper
Matthew
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| THE 1996 ELECTION | ESSAYS | THE CIVIL WAR | SYMPHONIES | U.S. GEOGRAPHY | "V"OCABULARY |
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$200
[2]
Voters of this "Granite State" elected Democrat Jeanne Shaheen as the state's first woman governor
New Hampshire
Matthew
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$200
[20]
Roger Ebert has recently edited a book of essays & other writings on this subject
movies
Justin
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$200
[1]
Nicknamed "Cheese Box on a Raft", it battled the Merrimack March 9, 1862
the Monitor
Justin
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$200
[14]
In 1983 Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Symphony No. 1 made her the first woman to win this prize for music
the Pulitzer Prize
Justin
|
$200
[8]
America's chief mountain system, it forms the Continental Divide
the Rocky Mountains
Tanis
|
$200
[19]
Common term for the "bad guy" in a play or novel
villain
Justin
|
|
$400
[7]
Bob Dole received his highest vote margin over President Clinton, 21%, in this "Beehive State"
Utah
Tanis
|
$400
[21]
Many of H.L. Mencken's noted essays started as newspaper columns in this Maryland city's "Sun"
Baltimore
Tanis
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$400
[3]
On Washington's birthday, 1862 he was inaugurated president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Matthew
|
$400
[15]
Shostakovich's 7th portrays the WWII siege of this city, the once & future St. Petersburg
Leningrad
Matthew
Tanis
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$400
[9]
Laughing Whitefish is a well-known waterfall in this state's Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Tanis
|
$400
[23]
This word is often used to designate a school's first-string sports team
varsity
Tanis
|
|
DD
$700
[11]
This 94-year-old South Carolina Republican won his eighth term to the U.S. Senate
Strom Thurmond
Justin
|
$600
[27]
He wrote his essay "Life Without Principle" after he returned from Walden Pond
Henry David Thoreau
Tanis
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$600
[4]
At the Battle of Mobile Bay he reportedly said, "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!"
Admiral David Farragut
Justin
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$600
[16]
For a choral symphony, Stravinsky wrote settings for the 39th, 40th & 150th of these Biblical songs
Psalms
Tanis
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$600
[10]
This second-largest Hawaiian island is located about 70 miles southeast of Oahu
Maui
Justin
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$600
[24]
"Discretion is the better part of" it
valor
Tanis
|
|
$800
[12]
This Massachusetts senator defeated Governor William Weld to retain his U.S. Senate seat
John Kerry
Justin
|
$800
[28]
This humorist's collection of essays "In Cyberspace" is formatted like a computer manual
Dave Barry
Justin
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$800
[5]
Rewards offered for the capture of this Underground Railroad conductor once totaled $40,000
Harriet Tubman
Matthew
|
$800
[17]
Schubert's 7th symphony is also incomplete, but it's his 8th that bears this title
Unfinished
Justin
|
$1,000
[30]
This 'bleak" swamp covers about 750 square miles in Virginia & North Carolina
the Great Dismal Swamp
|
$800
[25]
It can refer to a boat or a bowl
vessel
Tanis
|
|
$1,000
[13]
Voter turnout was about 49%, the lowest since 1924, when this president defeated John W. Davis
Calvin Coolidge
Justin
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$1,000
[29]
This English philosopher developed the formal style of essays in works like 1625's "Of Beauty"
Francis Bacon
Matthew
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$1,000
[6]
This September 17, 1862 Maryland battle ended with over 27,000 casualties & Lee's retreat
Antietam (or Sharpsburg)
Justin
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$1,000
[18]
Symphony No. 82 by this composer called "Papa" is nicknamed "The Bear"
Franz Joseph Haydn
Matthew
|
DD
$4,000
[22]
The Boston Mountains of Arkansas contain the highest peaks of these mountains
the Ozark Mountains
Tanis
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$1,000
[26]
It's a synonym for wordy
verbose
Tanis
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The 2 planets that have no moons
Mercury & Venus