1993 Teen Tournament semifinal game 2.
Mit Robertson — a senior from Tupelo, Mississippi
Carrie Pruett — a senior from Goochland, Virginia
Suj Vijayan — a senior from Laurel, Maryland
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suj | $-200 | $300 | $3,900 |
$7,800
3rd place: $5,000 |
$3,900
13 R, 5 W |
| Carrie | $1,800 | $2,600 | $5,800 |
$11,600
2nd place: $5,000 |
$5,800
17 R, 0 W |
| Mit | $1,200 | $3,100 | $12,000 |
$12,000
Finalist |
$12,300
25 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W |
| GEOGRAPHY | TELEVISION | FAMOUS SAILORS | COSMETICS | THE 1970s | OH NO! IT'S SPELLING |
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$100
[10]
Exploration of Idaho's territory began in 1805 with the expedition oi this duo
Lewis & Clark
Carrie
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$100
[3]
Originally, this series was to be titled "Class of Beverly Hills"
Beverly Hills 90210
Carrie
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$100
[19]
Most collections of "The Arabian Nights" include the tale of this "sailor"
Sinbad
Suj
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$100
[17]
If you have an oval face, start applying this cosmetic at the most prominent part of your cheekbones
rouge (blush)
Mit
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$100
[11]
In 1975 this daughter of a grocer became the first woman leader of Britain's Conservative Party
Thatcher
Carrie
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$100
[16]
This citrus fruit was named for Tangier, Morocco
T-A-N-G-E-R-I-N-E
Carrie
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$200
[9]
This London royal palace stands on the site of a mulberry garden
Buckingham Palace
Suj
Carrie
Mit
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$200
[4]
In the 1st episode of this series, Marine J.D. MacGillis proposed to reporter Polly Cooper
Major Dad
Carrie
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$200
[20]
The word odyssey, meaning a long, adventurous voyage, comes from the name of this sailor
Odysseus
Suj
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$200
[27]
Brooke Shields says you can brush baby powder into this if it goes limp
your hair
Carrie
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$200
[12]
After 37 years of rule this Iranian leader fled his nation for a "vacation" on January 16, 1979
the Shah
Mit
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$200
[18]
Jane, who was probably proud of her "Pride and Prejudice", answered to this last name
A-U-S-T-E-N
Suj
Carrie
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$300
[8]
Average annual rainfall in this country ranges from about 28 inches in N. Galilee to 1 inch in the Negev
Israel
Mit
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$300
[5]
This series featured Stephen Baldwin as Buffalo Bill & Josh Brolin as Wild Bill Hickok
The Young Riders
Carrie
Mit
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$300
[21]
In 1947 he sailed the Kon-Tiki from Peru to the Tuamotu Islands in the South Pacific
Thor Heyerdahl
Suj
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$300
[28]
If you want to look glamorous, shade the creases of these with a dark shadow
eyelids
Suj
Carrie
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$300
[13]
On May 4, 1970 national guardsmen fired into a crowd at this Ohio university, killing 2 men & 2 women
Kent State
Mit
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$300
[24]
As a rule, encyclopedia articles on this kind of "procedure" mention Robert's Rules of Order
P-A-R-L-I-A-M-E-N-T-A-R-Y
Mit
|
|
$400
[2]
This river has been called "The Mississippi of Russia"
the Volga
Carrie
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$400
[6]
Cheech Marin plays a temperamental chef at a Miami Beach hotel in this series
Golden Palace
Carrie
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$400
[22]
This Atlanta media mogul is famous for riding the waves as well as the airwaves
Ted Turner
Mit
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$400
[29]
The Humane Society of the United States prints a directory of cosmetics that are not tested on these
animals
Suj
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$400
[14]
Richard Nixon was reelected in 1972, losing only D.C. & Massachusetts to this S. Dakota senator
McGovern
Mit
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$400
[25]
Art lovers still go gaga over this 19th century guy's paintings of Tahiti
(Paul) G-A-U-G-U-I-N
Mit
|
|
$500
[1]
This seaport on Puget Sound 30 miles south of Seattle was incorporated as a city in 1884
Tacoma
Suj
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$500
[7]
Since 1984 Barbara Walters has been a co-host of this newsmagazine show
20/20
Suj
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DD
$700
[23]
In 1841 this American author signed on as a seaman aboard the whaler Acushnet
Melville
Mit
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$500
[30]
Ridge-filler covers slight irregularities in these; apply it before your base coast
fingernails
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$500
[15]
On Jan. 25, 1971 this Ugandan major general toppled his country's government & became dictator
Idi Amin
Mit
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$500
[26]
These horseback riding breeches make your hips look huge but are very tight from the knee to the ankle
J-O-D-H-P-U-R-S
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| THE MIDDLE AGES | REALLY OLD SONGS | MONEY MATTERS | BIOLOGY | THE UNITED NATIONS | LITERARY POTPOURRI |
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$200
[6]
The emblem painted on a knight's shield was called his coat of these
coat of arms
Suj
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$200
[30]
Legend says this national anthem was first sung in 1814 in front of a tavern in Baltimore
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
Carrie
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$200
[16]
It's the signature on the back of a check
endorsement
Mit
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$200
[19]
To breathe, fish take water in through the mouth & pass it through these, which absorb the oxygen
the gills
Mit
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$200
[1]
This body has 15 members, 5 of which are permanent
the Security Council
Suj
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$200
[11]
In a tale by Aesop, a mouse talks this animal out of eating him; later the mouse saves him
the lion
Mit
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$400
[7]
The years 1347 to 1350 may have been the "darkest" days of this disease that devastated Europe
the black death
Mit
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$400
[29]
"Young Folks At Home" was a 19th century parody of this Stephen Foster song
"Old Folks At Home"
Suj
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$400
[17]
The opposite of bear, this person expects stock or commodity prices to rise
a bull
Mit
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$400
[23]
Robert Hooke gave this term to the compartments in plant & animal tissue he saw under his microscope
cells
Mit
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$400
[2]
The World Bank is headquartered in this U.S. city, not in New York City
Washington
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$400
[12]
Bagheera is the black panther who watches over this boy in "The Jungle Book"
Mowgli
Mit
|
|
$600
[8]
Knights & their lords enjoyed playing this board game which still features knights today
chess
Suj
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DD
$500
[28]
Walter Kittredge wrote the song heardhereduring this war; he tried to enlist but was turned down: "Tenting tonight, tenting tonight, / Tenting on the old camp ground"
the Civil War
Mit
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$600
[18]
This division of the Treasury Department is responsible for collecting excise as well as income taxes
the I.R.S.
Suj
Carrie
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$600
[24]
Recombinant DNA technology is the manipulation of these
genes
Suj
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$600
[3]
To keep peace between Greeks & Turks, U.N. forces have been on this island since 1964
Cyprus
Suj
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$600
[13]
By the end of Dickens' novel about Little Nell, this title shop has been torn down
The Old Curiosity Shop
Carrie
|
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$800
[9]
When he became Duke of Normandy in 1035, he wasn't a conqueror yet; he was only 8
William
Carrie
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$600
[26]
Cowboys who sing "Red River Valley" sound a bit French when they say, "Do not hasten to bid me" this
adieu
Mit
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$800
[20]
This sustained rise in the level of prices in the economy can be "creeping" or "hyper"
inflation
Suj
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$800
[21]
Common name of the non-mobile aquatic animals scientifically called Porifera, or "having pores"
sponges
Mit
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$800
[4]
The U.N.'s European headquarters in Geneva is in the palace of this U.N predecessor
the League of Nations
Mit
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$800
[14]
In a Hawthorne novel, Arthur Dimmesdale reveals that he bears this title insignia on his chest, too
the Scarlet Letter
Suj
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$1,000
[10]
Born around 742, this great king of the Franks had fair hair, a thick neck & a pot belly
Charlemagne
Carrie
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$800
[27]
The duo who wrote, "I'm called little buttercup, dear little buttercup though I could never tell why"
Gilbert & Sullivan
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$1,000
[22]
GATT, a multinational institution set up in 1947, is the "General Agreement on Tariffs" & this
Trade
Mit
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$1,000
[25]
The diploid number of chromosomes in man
46
Mit
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DD
$1,000
[5]
This Egyptian is the first secretary-general from Africa
(Boutros) Boutros-Ghali
Mit
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$1,000
[15]
To help you understand it, there's now "A Reader's Companion" to his "A Brief History of Time"
Stephen Hawking
Mit
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Of the 9 tried for this 1770 event, 7 were acquitted & 2 charged with manslaughter, branded & let go
the Boston Massacre