1995 Teen Tournament semifinal game 1.
Halla Yang — a junior from Knoxville, Tennessee
Chuck Truesdell — a senior from Tollesboro, Kentucky
Susannah Batko-Yovino — a junior from Altoona, Pennsylvania
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susannah | $2,600 | $3,300 | $9,200 |
$13,700
Finalist |
$8,300
23 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Chuck | $800 | $3,900 | $6,700 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 |
$6,700
23 R, 4 W |
| Halla | $0 | $300 | $4,800 |
$7,800
2nd place: $5,000 |
$5,100
8 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| BOOKS & AUTHORS | HEARTTHROBS | MARSUPIALS | WORD ORIGINS | THE CLASS TRIP TO WASHINGTON | ODDS & ENDS |
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$100
[9]
This Michael Crichton novel concerns the cloning of dinosaur DNA
Jurassic Park
Chuck
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$100
[8]
He plays Blossom's brother Joey Russo — whoa!
Joey Lawrence
Chuck
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$100
[1]
This Australian tree dweller has only 30 teeth, unlike most marsupials which have 40 to 50
the koala
Susannah
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$100
[6]
The word nerd may come from a character in this children's author's "If I Ran the Zoo"
Dr. Seuss
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$100
[14]
The tour of this bureau includes a visit to the crime labs & a demonstration on the shooting range
the FBI
Chuck
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$100
[26]
He published "Poor Richard's Almanack" under the pseudonym Richard Saunders
Ben Franklin
Chuck
|
|
$200
[10]
"There was something vampiric about rock music" is a quote from her novel "The Vampire Lestat"
Anne Rice
Chuck
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$200
[20]
She steams up the screen as the scheming Amanda on "Melrose Place"
Heather Locklear
Chuck
|
$200
[2]
The red species of this animal is the largest living marsupial
the kangaroo
Susannah
|
$200
[7]
The Algonquin word pocohiquara gave us the name of this hardwood tree
hickory
Chuck
|
$200
[15]
When visiting Arlington National Cemetery, be sure to see the changing of the guard at this site
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Susannah
|
$200
[27]
In 1950 the Minnesota Valley Canning Co. took its name after this advertising symbol—Ho ho ho!
Green Giant
Chuck
|
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$300
[11]
Part one of this Victor Hugo epic is called "Fantine"
Les Miserables
Susannah
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$300
[21]
On this sitcom Steven Q. Urkel uses boss sauce to transform himself into suave heartthrob Stefan Urkel
Family Matters
Chuck
|
$400
[4]
This Tasmanian marsupial eats all of its prey, including the skin & bones
the Tasmanian devil
Susannah
|
$300
[16]
The Latin caedere, "to cut", gave us the name of this 2-bladed snipping implement
scissors
Halla
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$300
[19]
This plane flown by "Lucky Lindy" is suspended from the ceiling of the National Air and Space Museum
the Spirit of St. Louis
Susannah
|
$300
[28]
This fabulist gave us the moral "Slow and steady wins the race"
Aesop
Susannah
|
|
$400
[12]
His original title for "Of Human Bondage" was "Beauty from Ashes", a misquotation from Isaiah
Somerset Maugham
Susannah
|
$400
[22]
He played a teen named Todd on "Sister Kate", but his most famous TV role is Brandon Walsh
Jason Priestley
Chuck
|
DD
$500
[3]
This marsupial has the most northerly range, reaching as far north as Canada
the opossum
Susannah
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$400
[17]
This unit of length equal to 1,760 yards comes from the Latin for "thousand"
the mile
Chuck
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$400
[24]
Visitors may ride a subway that connects this building with the Senate & House office buildings
the Capitol Building
Susannah
Chuck
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$400
[29]
About half the size of a flute, this woodwind is the highest-pitched instrument in an orchestra
the piccolo
Chuck
|
|
$500
[13]
His novel "Ivanhoe" opens "In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the River Don"
Sir Walter Scott
Chuck
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$500
[23]
Chad Allen appears on this frontier series as Dr. Mike's adopted teenage son Matthew
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Chuck
|
$500
[5]
Besides Australia, wallabies can be found on this large island just north of it
New Guinea
Susannah
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$500
[18]
This word for the science that deals with food & nourishment comes from the Latin meaning "to suckle"
nutrition
Chuck
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$500
[25]
From 1877-1895 this ex-slave & orator lived in a house that's now a popular tourist attractions
Frederick Douglass
Susannah
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$500
[30]
It's the only one of the Great Lakes that doesn't border Canada
Lake Michigan
Chuck
|
| AMERICAN HISTORY | JOURNALISM | AROUND THE WORLD | HEALTH & MEDICINE | ARTISTS | COMPUTERS |
|
$200
[2]
Pioneer James W. Marshall discovered gold at this California mill in 1848
Sutter's Mill
Chuck
Halla
|
$200
[26]
It was the only paper in the world to print the entire WWI peace treaty; it was all fit to print
the New York Times
Chuck
|
$200
[21]
Though Quechuan & Jivaroan are spoken in Ecuador, this is the country's official language
Spanish
Chuck
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$200
[16]
The battery for one of these heart regulators operates for 7 or 8 years before it needs replacing
a pacemaker
Susannah
|
$200
[8]
He arranged the folded hands in the "Mona Lisa" so the subject formed a pyramid shape
Leonardo da Vinci
Halla
|
$200
[1]
In 1984 Apple Computer introduced this model line
Macintosh
Susannah
Chuck
|
|
$400
[3]
On Nov. 20, 1789 New Jersey became the first state to ratify this group of constitutional amendments
the Bill of Rights
Halla
|
$600
[27]
The newspaper uses this page to declare its opinions
the editorial page
Susannah
|
$400
[22]
This famous desert covers the northern half of Mali
the Sahara
Susannah
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$400
[17]
Tetracycline is one of the most common of these drugs used to fight bacterial infections
antibiotics
Susannah
|
$400
[12]
This artist's Rose Period is characterized by paintings harlequins & circus performers
Picasso
Susannah
|
$400
[7]
This term for a single point in a graphic image is short for "picture element"
a pixel
Susannah
Chuck
|
|
DD
$500
[5]
In 1736 John & Charles Wesley visited this colony at the invitation of James Oglethorpe
Georgia
Halla
|
$800
[29]
A conventional news story has 2 parts: the body & this, which summarizes the story
the lede
Susannah
|
$600
[23]
Papeete, the capital of French Polynesia, lies on this beautiful island
Tahiti
Susannah
|
$600
[18]
This doctor's "Home Guide to Emergency Medical Situations" has a section on his own "Maneuver"
Henry Heimlich
Susannah
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$600
[13]
He painted "Starry Night" while confined to the asylum of Saint-Paul in Saint-Remy
Vincent van Gogh
Chuck
|
$600
[9]
Term for the small picture that represents an object on a display screen
an icon
Chuck
|
|
$600
[4]
In 1934 Pres. Roosevelt nationalized this metal & set the purchase price at 50 cents per ounce
silver
Susannah
Chuck
|
$1,000
[30]
Name for the group of reporters whose beat is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
the White House press corps
|
$800
[24]
The name of Zihuatanejo, a resort town in this country, is Nahuatl for "beach of the women"
Mexico
Susannah
|
$800
[19]
While women are the carriers of this hereditary bleeding disorder, they rarely develop it themselves
hemophilia
Halla
|
$800
[14]
In 1934 this "American Gothic" artist became a professor of fine arts at the University of Iowa
Grant Wood
Chuck
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$800
[10]
A trackball is basically one of these control devices lying on its back
a mouse
Halla
|
|
$1,000
[6]
U.S. Army General Leslie Groves was chief administrator of this program to build the atom bomb
the Manhattan Project
Halla
|
DD
$1,100
[28]
It can be a regular feature or a division of a page
a column
Susannah
|
$1,000
[25]
It's the religion of 97% of the people of Luxembourg
Catholic
Susannah
|
$1,000
[20]
This tick-borne disease accompanied by fever, aches & a rash was first identified in Conn. in 1975
Lyme disease
Chuck
|
$1,000
[15]
After years of apprenticeship this Dutch artist of "The Night Watch" began signing his own works in 1625
Rembrandt
Susannah
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$1,000
[11]
This unit relating to the speed of a modem is named for Jean Maurice Emile Baudot
baud
Halla
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The name of this organization comes from the phrase "philosophia biou kubernetes"
Phi Beta Kappa