1989 Teen Tournament semifinal game 3.
Ryan Godfrey — a senior from Glendale, Arizona
Matt Pearson — a senior from Utica, Michigan
Eric Newhouse — a junior from Sioux City, Iowa
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric | $2,400 | $5,800 | $12,800 |
$16,201
Finalist |
$11,600
26 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| Matt | $1,300 | $1,900 | $5,700 |
$11,400
3rd place: $5,000 |
$5,300
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Ryan | $1,900 | $2,300 | $8,100 |
$15,782
2nd place: $5,000 |
$8,100
17 R, 1 W |
| STATE NAMES | FOOD | MUSICALS IN OTHER WORDS | CONSTELLATIONS | GAMES | TV TRANSPORTATION |
|
$100
[11]
Literally, this Hoosier state is the "land of the Indians"
Indiana
Matt
|
$100
[25]
Guinness says the longest of these ever made contained 20,000 bananas & 3 1/2 tons of ice cream
a banana split
Ryan
|
$100
[22]
"Merry-Go-Round"
Carousel
Eric
|
$100
[20]
The constellation Cancer is represented by this marine animal
a crab
Eric
|
$100
[3]
He created a "magic strategy game" & a "magic picture game" as well as a cube
Rubik
Matt
|
$100
[24]
B.J. McKay ran Bear Enterprises, a company specializing in this type of transportation
trucking
Matt
|
|
$200
[12]
Previously named for France's Charles IX, these 2 states were renamed for England's Charles I
North & South Carolina
Eric
|
$200
[26]
Chocolate Cookiesaurus cookies are shaped like these & hungry kids make them extinct
dinosaurs
Eric
|
$200
[30]
"Felines"
Cats
Matt
|
$200
[14]
This many constellations are officially recognized, the same number as keys on a piano
88
Eric
|
$200
[4]
To play "hot potato" you have to do this to the potato until the music stops
pass it (carry it back and forth)
Ryan
|
$200
[23]
Mrs. King 1st met him in a train depot
the Scarecrow
Eric
|
|
$300
[13]
It's name is probably from the Algonquian for "great river"
Mississippi
Matt
|
$300
[21]
This fine sugar is often used to make icing
powdered sugar (confectioners' sugar)
Ryan
|
$300
[29]
"Miss Oakley Grab That Firearm"
Annie Get Your Gun
Matt
|
$300
[1]
This constellation is named for the brothers Castor & Pollux of Greek mythology
Gemini
Eric
|
$300
[5]
"Squad Leader", "Panzer Leader" & "Patton's Best" are all games based on this war
World War II
Ryan
|
$300
[15]
While Batman had the Batmobile, Batgirl has this
the Batcycle
Matt
|
|
$400
[9]
Since the Spanish discovered this state on Easter Sunday, 1513, they called it "Flowery Easter"
Florida
Eric
|
$400
[17]
A South American mountain range, or a brand of mints you might munch on in the mountains
Andes
Eric
|
$400
[27]
"Greetings, Mrs. Levi!"
Hello, Dolly!
Eric
|
$400
[2]
The scientific names of all constellations are in this language
Latin
Eric
|
$400
[6]
Shakespeare's tragic Moor might have enjoyed this strategy game that shares his name
Othello
Ryan
|
$400
[18]
Latka Gravas fixed these for a living
taxicabs
Eric
|
|
$500
[10]
It's not certain from where this New England state got its name, but it wasn't from the Indians
Maine
Matt
|
$500
[16]
The American Institute for Cancer Research suggests eating this type of natural rice
brown rice
Ryan
|
$500
[28]
"The 46th State!"
Oklahoma!
Eric
|
$500
[8]
Major stars of a constellation are usually given Greek letters in alphabetical order according to this
brightness
Eric
|
$500
[7]
The "Master Detective" version of this game has more suspects, more weapons & more rooms
Clue
Ryan
|
DD
$1,500
[19]
For 25 years this British TV hero has traveled in the vehicle seen here:
Doctor Who
Eric
|
| EXPLORERS | FIRST LADIES | EUROPE | NURSERY RHYMES | NUCLEAR PHYSICS | HODGEPODGE |
|
$200
[3]
In 1520 this explorer found a strait just north of Tierra del Fuego
Magellan
Eric
|
$200
[30]
She was valedictorian of her high school class in Plains, Georgia
Rosalynn Carter
Eric
|
$200
[1]
Though this city has representatives in West Germany's Bundestag, its citizens cannot vote
West Berlin
Eric
|
$200
[22]
When Simple Simon met the pieman, he was going to this event
the fair
Ryan
|
$200
[28]
Nuclear energy is released when this part of the atom is split
the core (the nucleus)
Ryan
|
$200
[29]
In 1988 this nautical character wore a Santa suit on boxes of his Christmas Crunch cereal
Cap'n Crunch
Matt
|
|
$400
[2]
In full armor, sword in one hand, banner of Castile in the other, he waded into the Pacific in 1513
(Vasco Nunez de) Balboa
Eric
|
$400
[26]
Martha Washington is buried at this national shrine in Fairfax County, Virginia
Mount Vernon
Matt
Ryan
|
$400
[7]
You must pass the Matura exam to attend one of this country's universities in Graz, Salzburg or Innsbruck
Austria
Matt
|
$400
[21]
The answer to this question is "3 bags full"
Have you any wool?
Ryan
|
$400
[17]
Radioactive elements give off three kinds of rays named for these Greek letters
alpha, beta & gamma
Matt
|
$400
[27]
L.A.'s Universal Studios is opening a terrifying new attraction, a simulated 8.5 one of these
an earthquake
Matt
|
|
$600
[4]
In 1487 Bartolomeu Dias rounded the southern tip of this continent
Africa
Ryan
|
DD
$800
[11]
Aaron Burr introduced this lady to our future 4th president
Dolley Madison
Eric
|
$800
[9]
The state of N.J. was named after the island of Jersey in this group between England & France
the Channel Islands
Eric
|
$600
[20]
"Hickety pickety, my black hen, she" does this "for gentlemen"
lay eggs
Ryan
|
$600
[16]
Martin Klaproth named this element he discovered in 1789 in honor of a planet found 8 years earlier
uranium
Ryan
|
$600
[25]
By itself it's a gait; with "fox" or "turkey", it's a dance
a trot
Matt
|
|
$800
[5]
This noted sponsor of explorers was the 3rd son of Portugal's King John I
Prince Henry (the Navigator)
Eric
|
$800
[12]
Tina Turner said this glamorous first lady was always her role model
Jackie Kennedy
Matt
Ryan
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
Common name of the treaty the Soviet Union & 6 of its satellites signed in Poland in May 1955
the Warsaw Pact
Matt
|
$800
[19]
As far as we know, it's the only thing that conceited Little Jack Horner ever said
What a good boy am I!
Ryan
|
$800
[15]
If an element has 26 protons, 30 neutrons & 26 electrons, this is its atomic number
26
Eric
|
$800
[24]
In ice skating, examples of these include the Lutz, the double Lutz & spreadeagled Lutz
jumps
Eric
|
|
$1,000
[6]
Founded in 1608 by Champlain as a fur trading post, it was the capital city of New France
Quebec
Matt
|
$1,000
[14]
Mary Tyler Moore played this Mary in a 1988 TV miniseries
Mary Lincoln
Ryan
|
$1,000
[10]
The names of its 3 official languages are both found within the name of this Eastern Bloc country
Czechoslovakia
Eric
|
$1,000
[18]
"As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with" this many wives
7
Ryan
|
$1,000
[13]
It occurs in the core of a reactor when the cooling system fails & temperatures rise above 5,000º F.
meltdown
Eric
|
$1,000
[23]
Anthony Kennedy has replaced Lewis F. Powell in this job
Supreme Court Justice
Matt
|
The 1st of these to fly officially in the U.S. was raised at Fort McHenry at 12:01 A.M. July 4, 1960
50 star U.S. flag