Show #2873 1997-02-12 (taped 1997-01-09) Teen Tournament

1997-A Teen Tournament semifinal game 3.

Contestants

Brandon Frantz — a junior from Woodhaven, Michigan

Josh Den Hartog — a junior from Otley, Iowa

Fran Bigman — a junior from Richmond, Virginia

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Fran $800 $4,000 $7,700 $3,199
3rd place: $5,000
$6,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Josh $1,000 $2,100 $12,200 $15,451
Finalist
$9,100
23 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Brandon $400 $1,700 $3,300 $6,600
2nd place: $5,000
$3,300
14 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC BROTHERS ASTROLOGY WOMEN AUTHORS POP-ROCK ANNUAL EVENTS 4-LETTER WORDS
$100 [2]
John Sherman is remembered for an antitrust act; this brother is remembered for a march to the sea
William Tecumseh Sherman
Brandon
$100 [9]
This sign represents very sensitive people who sometimes withdraw into their little "crab" shells
Cancer
Josh
$100 [1]
In a 1996 novel Jane Mendelsohn adopts the voice of this female aviator, lost on a desert island
Amelia Earhart
Brandon
$100 [10]
With the release of 1991's "Too Legit To Quit", he dropped the M.C. from his name
Hammer
Brandon
$100 [26]
Koreans pay honor to both parents May 8, sometimes the same day Americans honor this one
Mothers
Josh
$100 [7]
It's the "hair apparent" on a lion's or horse's neck
Mane
Brandon
$200 [3]
Brothers Nelson & Winthrop & their nephew Jay of this wealthy family all served as state governors
The Rockefellers
Brandon
$200 [22]
It's the most hircine sign of the Zodiac--by the way, hircine means "goatlike"
Capricorn
Fran
$200 [6]
Kim Wozencraft & Dorothy Uhnak used their experiences in this job to write crime novels
Policewomen
Josh
$200 [11]
In 1996 this group featuring Bobby Brown reunited for a new album called "Home Again"
New Edition
Josh
$200 [27]
Its early April start & its late October end cause many missed appointments
Daylight Savings Time
Fran
$200 [15]
To walk in shallow water
Wade
Fran
$300 [4]
His brother Raul was his comrade in guerrilla warfare against Cuban dictator Batista
Fidel Castro
Brandon
$300 [23]
People born under this sign of the water carrier like to attain knowledge & then "pour it out" for others
Aquarius
Fran
$300 [14]
You'll find all you need to know about Anne, Emily & Charlotte in Juliet Barker's 1,000-page bio of this family
The Brontes
Josh
$400 [13]
"Mr. Jones" could tell you "Recovering The Satellites" is the second album by this Adam Duritz group
Counting Crows
Fran
$300 [28]
A communal dip in the Pacific January 1 in Vancouver, Canada is named for these Arctic animals
Polar Bears
Josh
$300 [19]
It precedes tough, loose & glider
Hang
Josh
$400 [5]
After his brother Raul was arrested in 1995, he fled Mexico, which he'd governed 1988-1994
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Fran
$400 [25]
If this "arachnid" sign is yours, you're probably aggressive & dominant & should be quick on the buzzer
Scorpio
Brandon
$400 [16]
F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife, she based her 1932 novel "Save Me The Waltz" on their life together
Zelda Fitzgerald
Fran
DD $500 [12]
A 1994 album by this group features the song heard here:"...I only wanna be with you..."
Hootie & the Blowfish
Josh
$400 [29]
Mashpee, Massachusetts holds one of these American Indian conferences every July
Pow-Wow
Brandon
$400 [20]
Buss is a synonym for this 4-letter word that also ends in "ss"
Kiss
Fran Josh
$500 [8]
Richard Wellesley, governor-general of India, had to settle for marquess; brother Arthur won this title
Duke of Wellington
Brandon
$500 [24]
This sign of natural-born diplomats is represented by a pair of well-balanced scales
Libra
Fran
$500 [17]
Sites associated with this author's heroine Anne of Green Gables are a tourist draw in eastern Canada
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Fran
$500 [18]
In 1996 this 13-year-old became an overnight sensation with her country hit "Blue"
LeAnn Rimes
Josh
$500 [30]
Countries that celebrate these documents include Mexico on February 5 & the U.S. on September 17
Constitutions
Brandon
$500 [21]
To tightly roll up a flag or a sail
Furl
Fran

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS MEDICINE PERIODICALS MYTHOLOGY FOREIGN TRAVEL
$200 [21]
During his 16 months of treasonous activities, he used the name "Monk" when dealing with the British
Benedict Arnold
Brandon
$200 [26]
At 15 she won a Golden Globe for "My So-Called Life"; at 16 she played Leonardo DiCaprio's Juliet
Claire Danes
Josh
$200 [6]
Among college students, it's known as the "kissing disease"
Mononucleosis
Brandon
$200 [16]
This magazine abbreviated "GH" features tips in "The Better Way" section
Good Housekeeping
Josh
$200 [1]
Some say these one-eyed giants were master craftsmen who worked for Hephaestus
the Cyclopes
Brandon
$200 [11]
This Bedouin transport also provides food, milk, clothing & fuel
Camel
Josh
$400 [22]
In 1779 this pamphleteer was appointed clerk of the Pennsylvania assembly
Thomas Paine
Fran Josh
$400 [27]
He starred in "Coriolanus" in 1979; a few years later he was "Driving Miss Daisy"
Morgan Freeman
Josh
$400 [7]
Allan Cormack & Sir Godfrey Hounsfield shared the 1979 Nobel Prize for developing this medical scanner
CATscan
Josh
$400 [17]
In 1993 the Chicago Tribune launched Exito!, a weekly paper in this language
Spanish
Fran
$400 [2]
When he was depicted as a child god, Horus, son of this Egyptian goddess, was known as Harpokrates
Isis
Fran
$400 [12]
From March to May Arctic Odysseys leads expeditions on these vehicles in the Baffin area
Dogsleds
Josh
$600 [23]
"If every nerve is not strained... the game is pretty near up", Washington wrote before this New Jersey battle
Trenton
Brandon
$600 [28]
In 1995 he played Iago to Laurence Fishburne's Othello; in 1996 he starred in his own film of "Hamlet"
Kenneth Branagh
Josh
$800 [9]
When testing new drugs, a control group is given this nonmedical substance made of sugar or a saline solution
placebo
Josh
$600 [18]
To help plan a museum of journalism, Peter Prichard quit in '94 as editor of this, "The Nation's Newspaper"
USA Today
Josh Brandon
$600 [3]
Homer described this wife of Zeus as "ox-eyed", which was supposed to be a compliment
Hera
Fran
$600 [13]
It's the traditional color of London's double-decker buses
Red
Fran
$800 [24]
The British surrender at this N.Y. town near Freeman's Farm encouraged France to join the American side
Saratoga
Fran
$800 [29]
He not only starred in but also directed "Looking For Richard", a film about "Richard III"
Al Pacino
Fran
$1,000 [10]
This Baltimore hospital named for its benefactor opened in 1889
Johns Hopkins
Josh
$800 [19]
Unions at this California city's Examiner & Chronicle went on strike in November 1994
San Francisco
Josh
$1,000 [5]
The river god Cephissus was the father of this youth who fell in love with his own reflection in the water
Narcissus
Josh
$800 [14]
This capital's U-Bahn is a subway system with over 150 stations, including Friedrichstrasse & Alexanderplatz
Berlin
Josh
$1,000 [25]
After the war, Congress voted this Prussian a pension of $2500; he became a U.S. citizen in 1783
Baron Von Steuben
Brandon
$1,000 [30]
Helena Bonham Carter played Olivia in the 1996 film of this comedy subtitled "Or, What You Will"
"Twelfth Night"
Fran
DD $3,500 [8]
Down's syndrome can be determined by analyzing this fluid enveloping the fetus in the womb
amniotic fluid
Josh
$1,000 [20]
This edgy science magazine has ceased publication in favor of a completely online version
Omni
Fran
DD $2,500 [4]
The Norns are the Norse counterparts of this Greco-Roman trio that determines human destinies
The Fates (Katho, Lakhesis & Atropos)
Fran
$1,000 [15]
To get around Amsterdam you can rent one of these at the Centraal Station for about 7 guilders a day
Bicycles

Final Jeopardy!

NATIVE AMERICANS

A Pennsylvania city, a canal & a Great Lake are named for this tribe

The Erie

Brandon "Who are the Erie? Hi Web!" — wagered $3,300
Fran "Who are (the Huron) Huron?" — wagered $4,501
Josh "Who are Erie?" — wagered $3,251

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