1994 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 2.
Valerie Volcovici — a sophomore from Eastchester, New York
Carsten Reichel — a senior from Rome, Georgia
Jesse Irwin — a senior from Orange, Connecticut
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse | $3,100 | $5,400 | $14,200 |
$14,200
Automatic semifinalist |
$15,200
34 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Carsten | $1,000 | $1,300 | $4,700 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$4,700
13 R, 1 W |
| Valerie | $500 | $900 | $1,100 |
$2,199
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$1,100
7 R, 2 W |
| MATH | SOAP OPERAS | RELIGION | TEENS IN HISTORY | U.S. POSTAGE STAMPS | CROSSWORD CLUES "F" |
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$100
[1]
45/5 simplifies to this
9
Jesse
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$100
[6]
Before donning Superman's cape, Dean Cain played Shannen Doherty's boyfriend on this Fox soap
Beverly Hills, 90210
Jesse
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$100
[17]
The Chinese call the Zen form of this religion Ch'an
Buddhism
Carsten
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$100
[11]
She was only about 17 when she began leading French armies against the English in 1429
Joan of Arc
Jesse
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$100
[25]
A stamp honoring this smallest state was issued May 29, 1990, the 200th anniversary of its statehood
Rhode Island
Jesse
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$100
[13]
Hot dog (11)
a frankfurter
Carsten
|
|
$200
[2]
In this plane figure, all the points are equidistant from the center
a circle
Carsten
|
$200
[24]
With son Lucky in tow, this couple returned to "General Hospital" Oct, 29, 1993
Luke & Laura
Jesse
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$200
[10]
It's the religion of about 97% of the people in Portugal
Catholicism
Valerie
|
$200
[18]
While visiting the Potomac Indians in 1613, she was captured by the English & taken to Jamestown
Pocahontas
Carsten
|
$200
[23]
A 17¢ stamp issued in 1986 depicts one of these sleds—mush!
a dog sled
Valerie
|
$200
[14]
Doodle's cap ornament (7)
a feather
Jesse
|
|
$300
[5]
It's the name of the longest side of a right triangle
the hypotenuse
Valerie
|
$300
[28]
On this soap Michael E. Knight plays Tad & Ted & David Canary plays Adam & Stuart
All My Children
Valerie
|
$300
[7]
In this religion practiced in Haiti, a petro loa is a spirit that can be dangerous
Voodoo
Jesse
|
$300
[19]
In her teens she fought Juana la Beltraneja for the succession to the Castilian throne
Queen Isabella
Valerie
|
$300
[22]
In 1991 a 19¢ stamp paid tribute to the centennial of this Manhattan concert hall
Carnegie Hall
Jesse
|
$300
[12]
The pet rock was one (3)
a fad
Carsten
|
|
$400
[4]
If half a dozen oranges cost $1.50, this is the cost per orange
25 cents
Carsten
|
$400
[29]
This ABC daytime soap spells out its one-word name at the end of its theme song
Loving
Jesse
|
$400
[8]
Thousands of members of this group, also known as the Religious Society of Friends, live in Kenya
the Quakers
Jesse
|
$400
[20]
In 1774 at age 16, this marquis married Adrienne de Noailles, a member of a power French family
the Marquis de Lafayette
Jesse
Valerie
|
$400
[26]
A 1988 stamp commemorated Mary Cassatt, who made a good "impression" in this profession
painting
Jesse
|
$400
[15]
Beyond the present tense (6)
the future
Jesse
|
|
$500
[3]
2 lines that intersect to form 90º angles are called this
perpendicular lines
Jesse
|
$500
[30]
On Oct. 18, 1993 Michael Sabatino flew out of "Days of Our Lives" & drove onto this fashion industry soap
The Bold and the Beautiful
|
DD
$500
[9]
The green triangle on the flag of Sudan symbolizes this religion
Islam
Jesse
|
$500
[21]
This "Nine Days' Queen" was just 16 when she was beheaded on Tower Green in 1554
Lady Jane Grey
Jesse
|
$500
[27]
This woman who wrote, "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord" appears on a 14¢ stamp
Julia Ward Howe
|
$500
[16]
Psychological slip (8)
a Freudian slip
Jesse
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| GEOGRAPHY | CRAFTS | THE SUPREME COURT | OPERA | FOOD & DRINK | ENGLISH LIT. |
|
$200
[16]
The Straits of Florida connect the Atlantic Ocean with this gulf
the Gulf of Mexico
Carsten
|
$200
[19]
You can make these by rolling beeswax around a wick or by pouring hot wax into a mold
a candle
Jesse
|
DD
$5
[27]
CJ Salmon P. Chase wrote an opinion finding some of his own work in this cabinet post unconstitutional
Secretary of the Treasury
Jesse
|
$200
[1]
Debussy never finished his opera "La chute de la maison Usher", based on this Poe story
The Fall of the House of Usher
Jesse
|
$200
[13]
Reese's baking chips are this flavor, not chocolate
peanut butter
Valerie
|
DD
$5
[26]
The prefatory sonnet to Spencer's "The Faerie Queene" was written by this Elizabethan courtier
Sir Walter Raleigh
Jesse
|
|
$400
[7]
Fossilized remains of dinosaurs & the giant rhinoceros have been found in this Mongolian desert
the Gobi Desert
Carsten
|
$400
[18]
Ceramic products are often fired twice in this special oven, once before glazing & once after
a kiln
Jesse
|
$200
[8]
He was the only president to appoint more than one Chief Justice: Jay, Rutledge & Ellsworth
President Washington
Jesse
|
$400
[4]
Operas are sung in Flemish by the Royal Flemish Opera, which is based in this country
Belgium
Jesse
|
$400
[2]
In 1992 this company introduced a colorless, sugar-free beverage called Tab Clear
the Coca-Cola Company
Jesse
Carsten
|
$200
[12]
He published "Kidnapped" & "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" in the same year, 1886
Robert Louis Stevenson
Carsten
|
|
$600
[9]
Churchill, Manitoba, a grain-exporting center, is the chief port on this Bay
the Hudson Bay
Jesse
|
$600
[3]
Tesserae is the term for the bits of colored glass or marble used in this type of artwork
mosaic
Carsten
|
$400
[17]
She served on the federal appeals court for the District of Columbia from 1980 to 1993
(Ruth) Ginsburg
Jesse
|
$600
[5]
Italian operas call this mythological character Orfeo, but you probably know him by this name
Orpheus
Jesse
|
$600
[10]
The "string" type of this dairy product is at its stringiest when it's really, really fresh
cheese
Jesse
|
$400
[6]
In the 1500s the Earl of Surrey introduced this kind of unrhymed verse into English literature
blank verse
Jesse
|
|
$800
[20]
At 16,633 square miles, it's the smallest of the Scandinavian countries
Denmark
Carsten
Valerie
|
$800
[22]
The name of this craft comes from 2 Japanese words meaning "to fold paper"
origami
Valerie
|
$600
[15]
His 1991 confirmation by the Senate was by the closest margin this century
Clarence Thomas
Jesse
|
$800
[29]
"Almira" was the first of dozens of operas written by this composer of the great oratorio "Messiah"
Handel
Carsten
|
$800
[14]
To make asparagus a la Polonaise, you need some of this common green garnish
parsley
Jesse
|
$600
[11]
The 1st novels of this gloomy, mysterious genre were set during medieval times, as the name implies
gothic
|
|
$1,000
[21]
Among the tributaries of this European river are the Neckar, Moselle & Ruhr
the Rhine
Jesse
|
$1,000
[23]
It's the art of cutting & polishing gems, or the person who does it
lapidary
|
$800
[28]
James F. Byrnes, appointed by this president in 1941, hadn't graduated from high school
FDR
Jesse
|
$1,000
[30]
"The Buzzard Song" in this Gershwin opera never achieved the same popularity as "Summertime"
Porgy and Bess
Jesse
|
$1,000
[25]
Occhi di trota is a type of pasta whose name means this fish's eyes
the trout
Jesse
|
$800
[24]
This author's favorite of his own novels was "The Antiquary", not "Ivanhoe"
(Sir Walter) Scott
Carsten
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In 1992 he became the first foreign head of state to be convicted by a U.S. jury
Manuel Noriega