Show #2701 1996-05-06 Teen Tournament

1996 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

Geoff Hatchard — a senior from Reese, Michigan

Talisha Burton — a senior from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Julee Baber — a senior from Winchester, Kentucky

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Julee $1,100 $1,600 $8,200 $10,000
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$6,800
21 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Talisha $1,100 $2,800 $5,200 $9,000
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$5,200
14 R, 2 W
Geoff $-100 $1,900 $6,800 $11,500
Automatic semifinalist
$8,000
20 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

ANIMALS FAMILIAR PHRASES STATE CAPITALS POP MUSIC SAINTS FIRST NOVELS
$100 [22]
The cockatiel is closely related to these other parrots with a similar name
a cockatoo
Talisha
$100 [17]
Originally, smugglers said, "The coast is" this when there was no threat of interference from coastal guardians
clear
Geoff
$100 [1]
When visiting this state capital, don't miss Six Flags Over Georgia, which is nearby
Atlanta
Talisha
$100 [12]
Entertainment Weekly reported the video for his "Scream" duet with sister Janet cost $7 million
Michael Jackson
Julee
$100 [6]
In art Saint Agnes is often portrayed holding one of these young sheep, a symbol of innocence
a lamb
Talisha
$100 [7]
"Treasure Island"
Robert Louis Stevenson
Julee
$200 [23]
There are 3 living species of this marsupial, all members of the family Vombatidae
wombat
Julee Talisha
$200 [18]
When you're really, really happy you're "on" this number "cloud"
9
Julee
$200 [2]
This city is home to the University of Wisconsin's largest campus
Madison
Julee
$200 [13]
Members of this "Joshua Tree" band began playing together as Dublin high school students
U2
Julee
$200 [27]
This saint was held prisoner for about a year in 1202 during a dispute between Assissi & Perugia
Francis
Geoff
$200 [8]
"Interview with the Vampire"
Anne Rice
Talisha
$300 [24]
Though classified as a carnivore, this "giant" Chinese mammal feeds primarily on bamboo
a panda
Julee
$300 [19]
The phrase "No news is" this dates at least as far back as the 1600s
good news
Geoff
$300 [3]
It's about 60 miles northeast of Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Talisha
$300 [14]
Her "All I Wanna Do" earned a Grammy as 1994's Record of the Year
Sheryl Crow
Julee
$300 [28]
Saint Malachy brought about this country's use of the Roman liturgy, instead of the Celtic
Ireland
Julee
$300 [9]
"The Catcher in the Rye"
J.D. Salinger
Julee
$400 [25]
These omnivores with masklike facial markings & bushy ringed tails can weight over 30 pounds
raccoon
Julee
$400 [20]
A person who shuts himself away from the outside world is said to live in an "ivory" one
a tower
Geoff
$400 [4]
The "Corner of Celebrities", a small area of this city, contains the homes of many historic Kentuckians
Frankfort
Geoff
$400 [15]
This group's tour was delayed in 1995 when drummer Bill Berry was struck by an aneurysm
R.E.M.
Julee
$400 [29]
Saint Bruno of Cologne was co-regent of this empire; his brother Otto I was emperor
the Holy Roman Empire
Talisha
$400 [10]
"To Kill a Mockingbird"
Harper Lee
Talisha
$500 [26]
The deer species of this parasite transmits Lyme disease to humans
a tick
Talisha
$500 [21]
Students of Latin know that a person who's not welcome is persona non this
grata
Talisha
DD $500 [5]
The 2 state capitals whose names start with "Mont"
Montpelier (Vermont) & Montgomery, Alabama
Geoff
$500 [16]
Trent Reznor is the only permanent member of this band, NIN for short
Nine Inch Nails
Geoff
$500 [30]
This apostle, called Levi in Mark's gospel, is the patron of tax collectors
Matthew
Julee Geoff
$500 [11]
"The Bridges of Madison County"
Robert James Waller
Julee

Double Jeopardy! Round

PLANTS & TREES COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES INVENTORS THE MOVIES ISLANDS HISTORY
$200 [30]
In North America the Scotch species of this tree is widely used as a Christmas tree
*a pine (**a fir)
Julee Geoff
$200 [6]
Most of this Ivy League's school's 380-acre campus lies just across the Charles River from Boston
Harvard
Julee Geoff
$200 [21]
The first important product from his Menlo Park, N.J. lab was the carbon telephone transmitter
Thomas Edison
Julee Talisha
$200 [11]
In 1995 this 43-year-old actor played Bond, James Bond
Pierce Brosnan
Geoff
$200 [16]
This island just 2 miles off Italy's mainland is that country's largest administrative region
Sicily
Geoff
$200 [1]
Declaration of Independence signer who proved lightning is electricity
Benjamin Franklin
Julee
$400 [29]
The juice or gel in the leaves of this succulent perennial is used on insect bites & burns
aloe
Talisha
$400 [7]
From 1905 to 1947, this coeducational state University in Tallahassee was a college for women
Florida State
Geoff
$400 [22]
This American's first steamboat was successfully tested in France on the Seine River in 1803
Fulton
Geoff
$400 [12]
Odd Couple Jack Lemmon & Walter Matthau were bickering again in this 1995 sequel to "Grumpy Old Men"
Grumpier Old Men
Julee
$400 [17]
The smallest of New York City's 5 boroughs shares its name with this island
Manhattan
Julee
$400 [2]
In 27 B.C. Caesar Octavianus was given this title meaning "holy" or "consecrated" by the Roman Senate
Augustus
Geoff
$600 [28]
The winged pairs of seeds this tree bears often resemble an airplane propeller
maple
Geoff
$600 [8]
This school's athletic teams are known as the Buckeyes
Ohio State
Geoff
DD $700 [23]
This man for whom a temperature scale is named established Britain's first physics lab
Lord Kelvin
Geoff
$800 [14]
Tom Hanks told Premiere magazine he took home a jar of Tang as a souvenir from this movie
Apollo 13
Geoff
$600 [18]
St. John's, the easternmost city in North America, lies on this Canadian island
Newfoundland
Julee Talisha
$600 [3]
This Macedonian named about 10 cities for himself & one for his horse Bucephalus
Alexander the Great
Geoff
$800 [26]
Species of this fiber-producing plant include American upland & Egyptian
cotton
Geoff
$800 [9]
Schools in this state include Clemson & the Citadel
South Carolina
Talisha
$800 [24]
In 1861, 9 years after creating an automatic safety elevator, he invented a steam-driven elevator
Otis
Julee
$1,000 [15]
He's the voice of Buzz Lightyear
Tim Allen
Julee
$800 [19]
Large lakes in this nation include Lake Lanao on Mindanao Island & Laguna de Bay on Luzon
the Philippines
Julee
$800 [4]
Between 1976 & 1989, this country's official name was Kampuchea
Cambodia
Geoff
$1,000 [27]
The western sword species of this spore-bearing plant grows in the forest of the Pacific coast
a fern
Talisha
$1,000 [10]
Undergraduates at this school near Palo Alto, Calif use the Green & Meyer Libraries
Stanford
Talisha
$1,000 [25]
He based his pin-tumbler cylinder lock on a mechanism developed by ancient Egyptians
Yale
DD $2,000 [13]
He starred in the 1995 film that featured the prop seen here:
Robin Williams
Julee
$1,000 [20]
A string of small islands known as Adam's Bridge stretches from India to this nearby island nation
Sri Lanka
Geoff
$1,000 [5]
From 1278 to 1918, this dynasty ruled Austria
the Hapsburg Dynasty
Julee

Final Jeopardy!

DATES

The building of the Erie Canal, B&O Railroad & Washington Monument began on this date in different years

July 4th

Talisha "What is July 4th?" — wagered $3,800
Geoff "What is July 4th?" — wagered $4,700
Julee "What is July 4th?" — wagered $1,800

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