1997-A Teen Tournament final game 2.
Akiva Fox — a junior from Newton, Massachusetts (subtotal of $5,400)
Josh Den Hartog — a junior from Otley, Iowa (subtotal of $7,274)
Justin Powell — a junior from Charleston, South Carolina (subtotal of $11,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin | $1,600 | $3,300 | $9,500 | $5,425 |
$9,300
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Josh | $1,700 | $3,600 | $9,000 | $13,928 |
$6,800
21 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Akiva | $800 | $800 | $5,200 | $0 |
$4,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| BOOKS ABOUT TEENS | TRANSPORTATION | SITCOM NEIGHBORS | STATE CAPITALS | INTRAMURALS | ALGEBRA |
|
$100
[23]
A recent book by Edward Humes covers "A Year in the Life of" this court for young offenders
juvenile court
Josh
|
$100
[1]
According to census data, the average time for this trip in metropolitan areas is 23.2 minutes
Trip to work/commute
Akiva
|
$100
[2]
Skippy was the Keatons' neighbor on "Family Ties" & Urkel fills the role for the Winslows on this show
"Family Matters"
Josh
|
$100
[9]
Taking 40 years to build, the Mormon Temple was dedicated in this capital in 1893
Salt Lake City
Akiva
|
$100
[21]
This intramural game is also called ping-pong
Table tennis
Josh
|
$100
[3]
It's the value of r when 1/5 = 9/r
45
Akiva
|
|
$200
[27]
One of history's most famous diaries was written by this Jewish girl in hiding during WWII
Anne Frank
Akiva
|
$200
[13]
The basket beneath a balloon is called this, like a Venetian boat
Gondola
Akiva
|
$200
[4]
As Kramer, Michael Richards lives across the hall from him
Jerry Seinfeld
Josh
|
$200
[14]
The California gold rush helped put this state capital on the map
Sacramento
Justin
|
$200
[22]
In this football variation, a play ends when a cloth is pulled from the back pocket of the ball carrier
Flag football
Akiva
|
$200
[5]
The coefficient of the term n is understood to be this number
1
Josh
|
|
$300
[28]
Mary Pipher's bestseller about troubled teen girls is called "Reviving" this Hamlet heroine
Ophelia
Akiva
|
$300
[16]
Term for a bus, elevator or NYC subway train that makes few stops
Express
Josh
|
$300
[10]
In 1996 Olivia d' Abo moved into the same building as Jonathan Silverman on this series
"The Single Guy"
Akiva
|
$400
[17]
It's nicknamed "The Roger Williams City"
Providence, Rhode Island
Justin
|
$300
[24]
This fast-paced game can be played 3-on-3 on a half-court
Basketball
Akiva
|
$300
[6]
It's the lowest positive number with prime factors of 2, 3 & 5
30
Josh
|
|
$400
[29]
Margaret Mead changed the field of anthropology with 1928's "Coming of Age in" this place
Samoa
Justin
|
$400
[19]
In the 19th century Gustavus Swift developed this type of railway car to preserve his packed meat
Refrigerator Car
Justin
|
$400
[11]
David Leisure, famous as liar Joe Isuzu, played Richard Mulligan's neighbor on this sitcom
"Empty Nest"
Justin
|
DD
$500
[15]
It's located on the Kentucky River, about 50 miles east of Louisville
Frankfort
Justin
|
$400
[25]
In this type of tournament all participants play each other at least once
Round Robin
Josh
|
$400
[7]
The commutative property of addition tells us that x plus y is equal to this
y plus x
Josh
|
|
$500
[30]
"For Real" is "The Uncensored Truth" about teens from Jane Pratt, who edited this "backtalking" magazine
Sassy
Akiva
|
$500
[20]
Some surfing techniques were adapted to concrete by devotees of this device
skateboard
Josh
Akiva
|
$500
[12]
He also plays Sheneneh Jenkins, the loud mouthed lady who lives across the hall from him
Martin Lawrence
Justin
|
$500
[18]
In 1624 Dutch settlers founded Fort Orange on the site of this present-day capital
Albany, New York
Justin
|
$500
[26]
Played on a racquetball court, wallyball follows the rules of this net sport
Volleyball
Josh
|
$500
[8]
On a graph this ordered pair represents the origin
0,0
Josh
|
| THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION | THE BODY HUMAN | OPERA | NOTABLE NAMES | ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS | AROUND THE LIBRARY |
|
$200
[8]
April Glaspie, ambassador to this nation, held a controversial meeting with Saddam Hussein July 25, 1990
Iraq
Josh
|
$200
[2]
Most people have 12 pairs of these bones, all attached to the spine
Ribs
Josh
|
$200
[1]
In a Verdi opera, Odabella saves this famous Hun from being poisoned so she can kill him herself
Attila
Josh
|
$200
[17]
In 1792 this silversmith cast the first church bell made in Boston
Paul Revere
Justin
|
$200
[26]
Gustave Moreau's 19th century painting of this saint & the dragon is in London's National Gallery
St. George
Josh
|
$200
[16]
A widely used book classification system is named for this major Washington, D.C. library
Library of Congress
Akiva
|
|
$400
[12]
Bush sent 14,000 troops into Panama in 1989 & 4,500 into this U.S. city in 1992 to quell riots
Los Angeles
Justin
|
$400
[3]
It's the term for a narrow tube in the body, like the alimentary or have rsian
Canal
Justin
|
$400
[4]
This Austrian was just 14 when he composed his 1770 opera "Mitridate, Re Di Ponto"
W.A. Mozart
Justin
|
$400
[20]
In 1971 he took another giant leap, becoming professor of aerospace engineering at the Univ. of Cincinnati
Neil Armstrong
Josh
|
$400
[27]
His 1892 painting "Manao Tupapau" depicts a young Tahitian girl & a scary-looking spirit
Paul Gauguin
Justin
|
$400
[18]
Library photocopying that's "systematic" infringes on this legal protection
Copyright
Akiva
|
|
$600
[13]
Bush's first major foreign policy move was a deal with Congress on aid to these Nicaraguan rebels
Contras
Justin
|
$600
[9]
It's the shorter of the 2 bones of the forearm, or a term used in geometry
Radius
Josh
|
$600
[5]
A buzzard flies overhead & inspires the cast of this Gershwin opera to sing "The Buzzard Song"
Porgy and Bess
Akiva
|
$600
[21]
As a student this creator of the inkblot test was nicknamed Kleck, which means "inkblot"
Hermann Rorschach
Akiva
|
$600
[28]
The "Dying Slave", sculpted by this Italian master in the early 1500s, is in the Louvre
Michelangelo
Akiva
|
$600
[19]
Novelist Nicholson Baker has criticized libraries for destroying these & replacing them with databases
Card catalogs
Josh
|
|
$800
[14]
In 1992 he quit as Secretary of State to run Bush's reelection campaign
James Baker
Justin
|
$1,000
[11]
From the Latin for "hard mother", it's the toughest & outermost of the membranes that cover the brain
Dura Mater
Justin
|
$800
[6]
"The Witches", the 1st opera by this composer of "Madama Butterfly", may be based on the ballet "Giselle"
Giacomo Puccini
Akiva
|
$1,000
[23]
After completing "The Prince" in 1513, he turned to "Discourses on the First 10 Books of Livy"
Niccolo Machiavelli
Justin
|
$800
[29]
Not surprisingly, his 1872 painting "Musicians of the Orchestra" shows ballet dancers in the background
Edgar Degas
Justin
|
$800
[24]
Term for extensive arrangements of bookshelves; they may be opened or closed to the public
stacks
Justin
Akiva
|
|
$1,000
[15]
The kinder, gentler Bush proposed increased funds for this HHS preschool program
Head Start
Justin
|
DD
$3,000
[10]
Sufferers of Graves' disease are often given radioactive iodine to destroy all or part of this gland
the thyroid gland
Josh
|
$1,000
[7]
This composer of the "New World Symphony" wrote the operas "The Cunning Peasant" & "The Pigheaded Peasants"
Antonin Dvorak
Justin
|
DD
$2,000
[22]
As the sixth ruler of Babylon's first dynasty, he laid down the laws
Hammurabi
Akiva
|
$1,000
[30]
Her 1936 painting "Summer Days" shows an animal skull & flowers floating above a desert landscape
Georgia O'Keeffe
Josh
|
$1,000
[25]
Unlike microfilm, these sheets used on machines let the reader start at any point in a printed record
Microfiche
Justin
Josh
|
He was the fourth Secretary of State, & the fourth Chief Justice
John Marshall