Show #1035 1989-02-17 (taped 1989-01-05) Teen Tournament

1989 Teen Tournament final game 2.

Contestants

Elena Whitley — a junior from Raleigh, North Carolina (subtotal of $7,800)

Stan Wu — a senior from Arlington, Virginia (subtotal of $9,900)

Eric Newhouse — a junior from Sioux City, Iowa (subtotal of $14,500)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Eric $1,500 $5,400 $13,600 $13,600 $10,600
27 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Stan $700 $500 $2,900 $5,800 $2,900
9 R, 3 W
Elena $1,100 $2,700 $5,300 $5,600 $9,300
22 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WORD ORIGINS TEEN CUISINE AMERICAN HISTORY THE METRIC SYSTEM BROOKE SHIELDS SAYS "FUN" STUFF
$100 [2]
The "acu" in acupuncture comes from the Latin for these instruments used in acupuncture
needles
Elena
$100 [20]
This national hamburger chain's patties are square, but the buns are still round
Wendy's
Eric Elena
$100 [6]
This president's 5-year-old son died in 1864 after falling from a porch in Richmond
Jefferson Davis
Stan
$100 [19]
Everyday temperature measurements in the metric system are made using this scale
Celsius
Elena
$100 [30]
If you have trouble doing this at night, Brooke suggests wearing a mask or listening to harp music
sleep
Stan
$100 [23]
Something that produces an enjoyment level greater than primates in a keg is said to be this
more fun than a barrel of monkeys
Elena
$200 [3]
A large tomb is called this because of the majestic one built for King Mausolus in the 4th cent. B.C.
a mausoleum
Elena
$200 [18]
The best-selling diet soda in the U.S. with about 11.5% of the soft drink market
Diet Coke
Eric
$200 [7]
This wild frontiersman's first & middle names were James Butler; where Bill came from isn't known
(Wild Bill) Hickok
Eric
$200 [11]
Speedometers on most cars in the U.S. can be read in either miles per hour or these
kilometers per hour
Stan
$200 [24]
Brooke chills 2 spoons in ice water & holds them against these body parts when they look puffy
her eyelids
Elena
$200 [22]
In a popular carol, line that follows "Jingle all the way!"
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh
Elena
$300 [1]
Originally made in Nimes, France, this fabric was called serges de Nimes
denim
Eric
$300 [21]
A, new variety of Hostess Twinkies now comes with this fruit mixed with the creme filling
strawberry
Eric
$300 [8]
In early New England, wearing the letter "A" was 1 punishment for this
adultery
Elena
$300 [14]
The prefix meaning thousandfold is kilo-, & thousandth part this
milli
Eric Stan
$300 [25]
She warns that this habit can turn your teeth brown & make your clothes closet stink
smoking
Eric
$400 [15]
According to the commercial, the 2 things chewing Doublemint gum can do for you
double your pleasure and double your fun
Stan
$400 [4]
This rodent's name comes from Middle French for "spiny pig"
a porcupine
Eric
$400 [27]
Ralston Purina's donut-shaped cereal sold in chocolate & glazed varieties is named for this donut chain
Dunkin' Donuts
Elena
$400 [9]
Samuel Sewall was the only judge at these colonial trials who later repented publicly
the Salem witch trials
Stan
$400 [13]
The meter was 1st defined a 1 ten-millionth of the distance between this point & the equator
the North Pole
Eric
$400 [26]
According to Brooke, girls should always put this on their earlobes, as well as their faces
make-up
Eric Stan
$500 [16]
Frivolously diverting activity, when you're grounded there's no more of this famous pair, Buster
fun & games
Eric
$500 [5]
From the Latinized form of his last name, a "Shavian" is a fan of this man
Bernard Shaw
Elena
$500 [28]
"E.T." created a sales boom for this candy
Reese's Pieces
Eric
$500 [10]
In 1848 Lucretia Mott & Elizabeth Cady Stanton held the 1st U.S. convention to promote this
women's rights
Eric
$500 [12]
A group of scientists in this country set up the metric system in the 1790s
France
Eric
$500 [29]
Brooke massages a little baby oil into these instead of applying a base coat
her fingernails
Elena
DD $1,500 [17]
Title of thefollowing1984 hit which made its singer a star: "I come home in the morning light / My mother..."
"Girls Just Want To Have Fun"
Eric

Double Jeopardy! Round

PREHISTORIC ANIMALS FICTION MONTHS MEDICINE CINEMATIC SPECTERS NATIONAL PARKS
$200 [29]
This "tyrant lizard king" was the most feared meat-eater of its time
the Tyrannosaurus rex
Elena
$200 [4]
Number of gables in title house of a Nathaniel Hawthorne novel
7
Eric
$200 [16]
This month has charm & is also an anagram of it
March
Eric
$200 [30]
This type of surgery was named for the way Julius Caesar supposedly was born
a cesarian section
Eric
$200 [11]
The director of this 1988 Christmas film said he wanted the wires that lifted Carol Kane to be visible
Scrooged
Elena
$200 [1]
Lake Windermere, this country's largest lake, is located in its Lake District National Park
England
Elena
$400 [28]
The lovely triceratops had three of these on its face
horns
Eric
$400 [5]
In this novel, Holden Caulfield says Stradlater, his roommate, is a secret slob who shaves with a rusty razor
The Catcher in the Rye
Eric
$400 [17]
Beaver Cleaver's mom
June
Eric
$400 [25]
This worm lives in beef muscle & can infest the human intestinal tract
a tapeworm
Eric
$400 [12]
Geena Davis & Alex Baldwin haunted their own house in this 1988 hit film
Beetlejuice
Elena
$400 [2]
Ye gods! You'll find Olympus National Park in this country
Greece
Stan
$600 [27]
Many of these flying reptiles had a wingspan about 5 times that of a bald eagle
a pterodactyl
Elena
$600 [6]
Passepartout is the French valet who travels with Phileas Fogg in this Jules Verne novel
Around the World in Eighty Days
Elena
$600 [18]
1 of 2 major religions whose calendars contain months of only 29 or 30 days
(1 of) Islam (Judaism)
Eric Stan
$600 [24]
Gingivitis is an inflammation of this part of the body caused by poor nutrition or hygiene
the gums
Stan
$600 [13]
Seen briefly in "Ghostbusters", this little green guy is featured in the TV cartoon series
Slimer
Eric
$600 [3]
Ibex goats range in the peaks of Schweizerische National Park in this country
Switzerland
Eric
$1,000 [23]
All dinosaurs classed as sauropods had this number of toes on each foot, like modern lizards
5
Eric Stan
$800 [7]
New England state mentioned in the title of a Mark Twain novel, he also lived there
Connecticut
Eric
$800 [19]
Pronounced one way it means majestic, pronounced this way, a month
august
Elena
$800 [22]
This disease which can affect many muscles, not just those of the mouth, is also called lockjaw
tetanus
Eric
$800 [14]
Steven Spielberg co-wrote & co-produced this 1st of 3 films about the Freeling clan's ghost trouble
Poltergeist
Elena
$800 [9]
Pre-Columbian cliff & cave dwellings can be found in Mesa Verde National Park in this country
the United States
Elena
DD $2,600 [26]
Dinosaurs lived during this era, the age of reptiles
the Mesozoic
Eric
$1,000 [8]
"Apocalypse Now" was based on this author's "Heart of Darkness"
Joseph Conrad
Stan
DD $4,000 [20]
Total number of days in all the months whose names end in "ber"
122
Elena
$1,000 [21]
Overactivity in this gland found in the neck can cause hot flashes, weight loss & rapid heartbeat
the thyroid
Elena
$1,000 [15]
Her list of roles includes a mermaid, a cave woman & in 1988's "High Spirits", a ghost
Daryl Hannah
Eric
$1,000 [10]
This country's Ujung-Kulon Nature Reserve is a refuge for the Javan tiger & Javan rhino
Indonesia
Elena

Final Jeopardy!

STATE CAPITALS

2 of the 4 state capitals with "City" in their names

(2 of) Carson City, Oklahoma City, Jefferson City, or Salt Lake City

Stan "What are Carson City and Oklahoma City?" — wagered $2,900
Elena "What are Oklahoma City and Carson City?" — wagered $300
Eric "What are Jefferson City &OklahomaCity?" — wagered $0

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