Show #2874 1997-02-13 (taped 1997-01-09) Teen Tournament

1997-A Teen Tournament final game 1.

Contestants

Akiva Fox — a junior from Newton, Massachusetts

Josh Den Hartog — a junior from Otley, Iowa

Justin Powell — a junior from Charleston, South Carolina

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Justin	$200	$2,200	$7,600	$11,700	$7,600 17 R, 2 W
Josh	$2,100	$2,637	$10,274	$7,274	$7,500 21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Akiva	$1,600	$2,100	$7,700	$5,400	$7,500 18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

1987	MOVIE HEROES	COLORS	THEATRE TALK	BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	BEAKMAN'S WORLD
$100 [17] On June 11 she was elected to a third & final term as British prime minister Margaret Thatcher Akiva	$100 [18] Will Smith played a pilot fighting aliens in this 1996 summer movie Independence Day Justin	$100 [9] It's a creamy white color, or what white piano keys were once widely made of ivory Justin	$100 [6] This 4-letter word for a silent street performer once referred to a type of ancient farce mime Justin	$100 [1] "Choosy moms choose" this brand of peanut butter Jif Josh	$100 [2] With a tongue over a foot long (& located about 16 feet above the ground), it can lick its own ear a giraffe Josh
$200 [19] "Staphylococci" was the word that won Stephanie Petit this national contest the National Spelling Bee Justin	$200 [23] As Annie, she steps in for a fallen bus driver in 1994's "Speed" Sandra Bullock Josh	$200 [12] Appropriate shade of blue to wear at 12 A.M. midnight blue Akiva	$200 [11] The space occupied by the musicians is called this "pit" the orchestra pit Josh	$200 [7] This company's new computer products include the Aptiva S & the Thinkpad 560 IBM Josh	$200 [3] It's the muscle that makes you hiccup & makes your lungs work the diaphragm Josh
$300 [20] She resigned as transportation secretary to work on her husband's presidential campaign, much as she did in 1996 Elizabeth Dole Josh	$300 [24] Yoda teaches this rebel to be a Jedi in "The Empire Strikes Back" Luke Skywalker Josh	$300 [16] This Indian name for corn also refers to the color of corn maize Justin	$300 [13] These lights at the front of the stage floor are at about the same level as the actors' pedal extremities footlights Akiva	$300 [10] This product claims it's "the pain reliever hospitals use most" Tylenol Akiva	$300 [4] These mammals almost never drink water; they get their moisture from eucalyptus leaves koala bears Josh
$400 [27] Later chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, this African-American became National Security Advisor in 1987 Colin Powell Akiva	$400 [25] In his first film, Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, searches for one of these marine mammals a dolphin Justin Akiva	$500 [22] This fruity shade of orange shares its name with the Chinese officials who wore robes of that color Mandarins Justin	$400 [14] Often found in Shakespeare's plays, the stage direction "exeunt" means the actors do this leave Akiva	$400 [29] The Parker Duofold Red Jasper, one of these, features a nib split by hand a pen Akiva	$400 [5] You better buckle up, as his second law of motion shows when your car stops suddenly, you don't Sir Isaac Newton Akiva
$500 [28] Following gall bladder surgery in February, this pop artist passed away Andy Warhol Justin	$500 [26] In "Jingle All the Way", Arnold Schwarzenegger competes to buy this toy superhero Turbo-Man Josh	DD $1,263 [21] The 2 shades of red named for January's & July's birthstones garnet & ruby Josh	$500 [15] Derived from the Greek words for "dance" & "write", it's the art of creating dances, perhaps for a play choreography Josh	$500 [30] In 1970 "Twister" inventor Reynolds Guyer created a 4" foam ball named this by Parker Bros. Nerf Josh	$500 [8] Soap makes water wetter by weakening this, the water's "skin" Surface Tension Josh

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD CAPITALS	CLASSICAL COMPOSERS	OCCUPATIONS	AMERICAN HISTORY	POETRY	FRANCOPHILE UNDER "M"
$200 [3] Wangfujing Street, this city's most famous shopping district, is located east of Tiananmen Square Beijing Akiva	$200 [1] This "Messiah" composer's "Rinaldo" was the first Italian opera written for the London stage George Frideric Handel Justin	$200 [16] In older movie theaters this worker stood by to change reels every 20 minutes Projectionist Akiva	$200 [11] From 1804 to 1806 this pair explored the area between the Mississippi River & the mouth of the Columbia River Lewis & Clark Josh	$200 [23] Carl Sandburg called this city a "Player with railroads and the nation's freight handler" Chicago Josh	$200 [21] Thank you very much; it's how you say "thank you very much" in French merci beaucoup Justin Akiva
$400 [7] This capital of the Czech Republic is known as the "City of 100 Spires" Prague Akiva	$400 [2] After the death of his father in 1695, he went to live & study with his brother, Johann Christoph Johann Sebastian Bach Josh	$400 [17] One who loads & unloads gear for a rock band; Meat Loaf starred in a film of the same name Roadie Josh	$400 [12] On March 10, 1977, this Cesar Chavez labor group signed an agreement with the Teamsters union United Farm Workers Akiva	$400 [24] This Scottish poet wrote the songs "Comin' Thro' The Rye" & "The Banks O' Doon" Robert Burns Josh Akiva	$400 [22] In Paris it's just the thing to get around underground Metro Josh
$600 [8] This Afghan city was capital of the Mogul Empire from 1504 to 1526 Kabul Akiva	$600 [4] After his breakup with novelist George Sand in 1847, he composed no more works Frederic Chopin Justin	$800 [19] William Brennan held this job 1956-1990 Supreme Court Justice Justin Akiva	$600 [13] In 1920 this president signed legislation returning the railroads to private ownership Woodrow Wilson Justin	$600 [25] She wrote "Some keep the sabbath going to church--I keep it, staying at home--" Emily Dickinson Akiva	$600 [27] She was just 15 when she moved from Vienna to Versailles in 1770 for an arranged marriage Marie Antoinette Justin
DD $1,000 [9] The name of this largest African city is Arabic for "The Victorious" Cairo Akiva	$800 [5] "Clair de Lune", the 3rd movement of this French composer's' "Suite Bergamasque", is often played separately Claude Debussy Justin	$1,000 [20] On July 6, 1994 a sudden wind led to the deaths of 14 of these workers in Colorado Firefighters	$800 [14] The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 repealed this "compromise" of 1820 The Missouri Compromise Justin	$800 [26] In 1590 the first 3 books of this proposed 24-book epic poem by Edmund Spenser were published The Faerie Queene Justin	$800 [29] In 1991 he appointed Edith Cresson as the first woman prime minister of France Francois Mitterrand Josh
$1,000 [10] 1 of 2 capitals located on South America's Rio de la Plata estuary Buenos Aires & Montevideo Justin	$1,000 [6] "My Musical Life" was the 1909 memoir of this "Scheherazade" composer Rimsky-Korsakov Akiva	DD $4,637 [18] Willy Loman is called a drummer, a synonym for this occupation Salesman Josh	$1,000 [15] The government leasing oil reserves to Mammoth Oil in 1922 caused this scandal the next year Teapot Dome Josh	$1,000 [28] Longfellow wrote that this "wreck" "Sailed the wintry sea; and the skipper had taken his little daughter..." The Hesperus Akiva	$1,000 [30] The Sacre-Coeur Basilica stands atop a hill in this area of Paris Montmartre Justin

Final Jeopardy!

NOVELS

Just before its 1897 publication, its title was changed from "The Un-Dead" to this

Dracula (by Bram Stoker)

Justin "What is Dracula?" — wagered $4,100

Akiva "What isUlyssesDracu?" — wagered $2,300

Josh "What is Frankenstein?" — wagered $3,000

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