1989 Teen Tournament final game 1.
Elena Whitley — a junior from Raleigh, North Carolina
Stan Wu — a senior from Arlington, Virginia
Eric Newhouse — a junior from Sioux City, Iowa
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric | $2,700 | $6,300 | $11,800 | $14,500 |
$9,100
29 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| Stan | $800 | $1,100 | $5,900 | $9,900 |
$4,900
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Elena | $800 | $1,300 | $6,900 | $7,800 |
$6,900
13 R, 0 W |
| 4-LETTER WORDS | FEBRUARY | COOKING | RADIO & TV | HEADS OF GOVERNMENT | HEAVY METAL |
|
$100
[30]
One of these was home to a nursery rhyme old woman with "so many children"
a shoe
Elena
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$100
[7]
Date of the next leap year day
February 29, 1992
Eric
|
$100
[25]
This part of an egg is one of the best thickeners for soup
the yolk
Eric
Stan
|
$100
[26]
During a fight between Roy Innis & some skinheads, this talk show host got his nose broken
Geraldo Rivera
Elena
|
$100
[2]
Chancellor Helmut Kohl
West Germany
Eric
|
$100
[8]
Name two types of current & you'll have the name of this currently popular metal group
AC/DC
Stan
|
|
$200
[29]
Sport in which you hit a ball with a club; in fact, its name backwards means to beat harshly
golf
Eric
|
$200
[9]
On February 3 this country celebrates the festival of Setsubun to drive away evil spirits
Japan
Elena
|
$200
[24]
"Joy of Cooking" says when baking white bread you should do this to your flour before you measure it
sift it
Eric
|
$200
[20]
Famed radio deejay Robert Weston Smith is better known by this name, O-W-W-W!
Wolfman Jack
Stan
|
$200
[3]
President Hosni Mubarak
Egypt
Stan
|
$200
[11]
In 1987 this group's fans experienced "Hysteria" over their follow-up album to "Pyromania"
Def Leppard
Eric
|
|
$300
[14]
Meaning merge, this word was created by merging melt & weld
meld
Eric
|
$300
[10]
Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak was killed in 1933 when Giuseppe Zangara fired at this president-elect
FDR
Eric
|
$300
[23]
As its name indicates, this pulled candy was originally made with H2O from the ocean
saltwater taffy
Eric
|
$300
[19]
Whether airing on Showtime or the FOX network, "It's" this comedian's "Show"'
Garry Shandling
Elena
|
$300
[4]
State President Pieter Willem Botha
South Africa
Elena
|
$300
[1]
Jessica Hahn plays the "Wild Thing" in this comedian's video that featured many metal stars
Sam Kinison
Elena
|
|
$400
[15]
Slew is the past tense of this word
slay
Eric
|
$400
[27]
On Feb., 1790 the Supreme Court met for the 1st time, & this chief justice presided
John Jay
Stan
|
$400
[22]
The Bermuda & sweet Spanish varieties of these are so mild they can be used raw in salads
onions
Eric
Stan
|
$400
[17]
Now in its 8th yr., this national radio show that Bob Coburn hosts lets you call in & talk to rock stars
Rockline
Eric
|
$400
[5]
President Carlos Salinas de Gotari
Mexico
Eric
|
$400
[12]
Parents might want an antidote to this group's hit album "Look What The Cat Dragged In"
Poison
Eric
|
|
$500
[18]
It can precede horse, continent or "Side of the Moon"
dark
Eric
|
$500
[28]
2 great astronomers born in February--1 in Poland in 1473 & 1 in Italy in 1564
Copernicus & Galileo
Eric
|
$500
[21]
This meat is traditionally served with mint sauce or mint jelly
lamb
Eric
|
DD
$1,500
[16]
Show spoofing superheroes which had thefollowingtheme: "Believe it or not, I'm walkin' on air / I never thought I could feel so free"
The Greatest American Hero
Eric
|
$500
[6]
King Fahd
Saudi Arabia
Stan
|
$500
[13]
1 of the 2 "colorful" groups with whom David Coverdale has been lead singer
(1 of) Whitesnake (Deep Purple)
Eric
|
| FAMOUS TEENAGERS | JEWELRY | ENGLISH LITERATURE | ZOOLOGY | BODIES OF WATER | HEAVY METALS |
|
$200
[30]
This youthful outlaw's real name may have been Henry McCarty, & we're not kidding
Billy the Kid
Eric
|
$200
[21]
In the nursery rhyme, the lady at Banbury Cross has these on her fingers & bells on her toes
rings
Eric
|
$200
[1]
Polynesia the parrot taught him the language of birds
Dr. Dolittle
Eric
|
$200
[7]
The desert-dwelling sand grouse uses its feathers to carry this back to its young
water
Eric
Stan
|
$200
[8]
According to the Bible, John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the waters of this river
the River Jordan
Stan
|
$200
[10]
1 of 3 common metallic elements that is easily magnetized when put in a magnetic field
(1 of) iron (cobalt & nickel)
Eric
|
|
$400
[29]
Teenage actress Tina Yothers plays typical teenager Jennifer Keaton on this sitcom
Family Ties
Stan
|
$400
[22]
New jewelry made of this tusk material is a pale cream color, but age may turn it yellow
ivory
Eric
|
$400
[2]
The story of Little Dorrit's father in debtor's prison was based on his father's experiences
Charles Dickens
Eric
|
$400
[15]
This large animal's name comes from the Greek for "river horse" although it's more closely related to the pig
a hippopotamus
Stan
|
$400
[9]
This river forms over half the border between Mexico & the U.S.
the Rio Grande
Eric
|
$400
[11]
Only gold & silver are more ductile than this metal, which is more valuable than either of them
platinum
Eric
|
|
$600
[28]
Andre Agassi is one of this sport's new stars
tennis
Elena
|
$600
[23]
This type of engraved gem features a raised design, often a scene from classical mythology
a cameo
Elena
|
$600
[3]
Title character of H.G. Wells' 1897 novel who was heard more than seen
The Invisible Man
Eric
|
$600
[6]
One species of fish in Oman can regrow the optic lobes on this organ, the only vertebrate known to do so
the brain
Stan
|
$600
[16]
Toronto, Canada is on the shores of this Great Lake
Lake Ontario
Eric
Stan
|
$600
[12]
Soft solder is made of tin & this heavy metal that's so soft a fingernail can scratch it
lead
Elena
|
|
$800
[26]
In 1560 this 18-year-old queen of Scotland was already a widow
Mary, Queen of Scots
Stan
|
$800
[24]
Handy Tan suntan lotion comes inside this piece of jewelry, so you can wear it to the beach
a bracelet
Eric
|
$1,000
[5]
He wrote "The Lord of the Isles" 5 years after "The Lady of the Lake"
Sir Walter Scott
Elena
|
$800
[19]
Pit Organs in some snakes allow them to locate & strike at prey by sensing this
heat
Eric
|
$800
[17]
Almost completely surrounded by land, the name of this sea means "in the middle of land"
the Mediterranean
Elena
|
$800
[13]
Its chemical symbol is Hg, from hydrargyrum, meaning "water silver"
mercury
Eric
|
|
DD
$2,000
[27]
The last teenager to rule England
Queen Victoria
Stan
|
$1,000
[25]
A popular brand of jewelry sold in department stores, or the last name of a French impressionist
Monet
Stan
|
DD
$2,500
[4]
Keeping the same initials, these sisters published under the pan names Currer, Ellis & Acton Bell
the Bronte sisters
Eric
|
$1,000
[20]
This zoologist's writings include "My Friends, the Wild Chimpanzees & "In the Shadow of Man"
Jane Goodall
Elena
|
$1,000
[18]
Famous in music, it flows nearly 2,000 miles, from the Black Forest to the Black Sea
the Danube
Stan
|
$1,000
[14]
The name of the stomach medicine Pepto-Bismol comes from the fact it contains this heavy metallic element
bismuth
Elena
|
She was the 1st woman to win a Nobel Prize
Marie Curie