1996 Teen Tournament semifinal game 3.
Julee Baber — a senior from Winchester, Kentucky
Ben Healy — a junior from Hinsdale, Illinois
Derek Bridges — a junior from Greensburg, Pennsylvania
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek | $800 | $2,300 | $9,500 |
$19,000
Finalist |
$8,100
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Ben | $1,700 | $3,400 | $10,200 |
$1,399
3rd place: $5,000 |
$8,600
23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Julee | $1,300 | $2,600 | $2,600 |
$2,600
2nd place: $5,000 |
$2,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| THE INSECT WORLD | RAIDS | BAKING | RECREATION | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS | ANAGRAMS |
|
$100
[21]
In some female insects, the ovipositor, made to deposit these, may also be used as a stinger
eggs
Derek
|
$100
[1]
Shih Huang-ti is credited with building this structure for protection against nomadic raiders
the Great Wall of China
Julee
|
$100
[23]
Refrigerator & drop are 2 types of this sweet treat
a cookie
Ben
|
$100
[4]
Pitch and putt is a shorter version of this game
golf
Derek
|
$100
[11]
This Civil War general never held elective office prior to being elected president in 1868
Grant
Derek
|
$100
[16]
I like to eat a sub when I ride this vehicle
a bus (from sub)
Julee
|
|
$200
[22]
The codling type of this insect is known for destroying fruit, not clothes
the moth
Derek
|
$200
[2]
In 1895 Sir Leander Starr Jameson led a raid into the Transvaal region of this present country
South Africa
Derek
Julee
|
$200
[26]
The Italian bread known as focaccia is liberally drizzled with this oil before baking
olive oil
Julee
|
$200
[7]
In this sport, if you "ride a roller coaster" you go up & down the face of a wave
surfing
Ben
|
$200
[12]
This current Speaker of the House received a Ph.D. in European history from Tulane
Newt Gingrich
Julee
|
$200
[17]
This Ms. Moore makes far more than a dime per film
Demi (from dime)
Ben
|
|
$300
[24]
The brown-banded type of this kitchen pest is one of the most common
a cockroach
Ben
|
$300
[3]
Frederick Douglass tried unsuccessfully to talk this man out of raiding Harpers Ferry
John Brown
Ben
Julee
|
$300
[27]
Lady Baltimore, a 3-layered one of these, was first mentioned in an Owen Wister novel
a cake
Ben
|
$300
[8]
This form of hiking is so named because you carry all of your equipment in a knapsack
backpacking
Ben
|
$400
[14]
On Sept. 25. 1995's "Larry King Live", he announced a drive to launch a new political party
Ross Perot
Derek
|
$300
[18]
Someone who helps change this baby garment should be repaid with a kindness
a diaper (from repaid)
Derek
|
|
$400
[25]
This "royal" food that queen bees eat forms inside glands in the heads of worker bees
royal jelly
Derek
|
$400
[5]
In the Bible he was captured in a raid on Sodom & was rescued by Abraham
Lot
|
$400
[29]
This Jewish sabbath bread can be spelled beginning with "ch" or "h"
challah
Ben
|
$400
[9]
This backyard game grew out of an earlier version known as battledore & shuttlecock
badminton
Ben
|
DD
$500
[13]
It's the number of associate justices on the U.S. Supreme Court
8
Julee
|
$400
[19]
It's a good ole name for a lion or a pope
Leo (from ole)
Ben
|
|
$500
[28]
True flies belong to the order Diptera, whose name is from the Greek for "two" of these body parts
wings
Julee
|
$500
[6]
Named for Augusto Sandino, the Sandinistas conducted raids in this country in the 1960s & the 1970s
Nicaragua
Ben
|
$500
[30]
Choux pastry is used to make cream puffs & these oblong chocolate pastries topped with icing
an eclair
Julee
|
$500
[10]
Large ones of these are used for acrobatics & jumping; mini ones are good for jogging
a trampoline
Julee
|
$500
[15]
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is an agency in this cabinet department
the Interior
Julee
|
$500
[20]
David Hyde Pierce knows all his lines as this character on "Frasier"
Niles (from lines)
Derek
|
| CHARLES DICKENS | CAPITAL CITIES | NOTABLE WOMEN | COMPUTERS | GEMS & JEWELRY | THE 5th |
|
$200
[3]
"Nicholas Nickleby"' Mr. Squeers "had but one eye, and the popular prejudice runs in favour of" this many
two
Julee
|
$200
[2]
This German city is serviced by a subway, the U-Bahn & an elevated train, the S-Bahn
Berlin
Ben
|
$200
[13]
In 1995, for her work on literacy, this former first lady received the Freedom Forum's Free Spirit Award
Barbara Bush
Julee
|
$200
[10]
These small, portable computers are divided into clamshell & lunchbox types based on shape
laptops
Derek
|
$200
[24]
Flaws are considered desirable in this green beryl gem
an emerald
Julee
|
$200
[30]
This French emperor died in exile on St. Helena May 5, 1821
Napoleon Bonaparte
Julee
|
|
$400
[4]
The name of this "A Christmas Carol" character has become synonymous with avarice
Ebenezer Scrooge
Ben
|
$400
[7]
Capital in which you'd find the Baths of Diocletian & the Capitoline Museum
Rome
Julee
|
$400
[14]
Before establishing her famous wax museum, she was an art tutor to King Louis XVI's sister
Madame Tussaud
Ben
|
$400
[11]
This device converts digital data into analog signals for transmission over telephone lines
a modem
Ben
|
$400
[26]
The Koh-i-Noor is one of the best known of these gems
the diamond
Derek
|
$600
[27]
Serving a total of 8 years, 7 months & 25 days, he resigned as British prime minister April 5, 1955
Churchill
Derek
|
|
$600
[5]
In 1824 Dickens' father was sent to this kind of prison
a debtor's prison
Ben
|
$800
[8]
In population, it's the largest Scandinavian capital by far
Copenhagen (in Denmark)
Derek
Ben
Julee
|
$600
[15]
This temperance leader taught primary school before receiving her "divine call" to smash saloons
Carrie Nation
Derek
|
$600
[16]
H&R Block, Inc. has announced it's spinning off this large online service
CompuServe
Derek
Ben
Julee
|
$600
[23]
The fire type of this gem is red; the prase, green
an opal
Ben
Julee
|
$800
[21]
Since the 4th was a Sunday, this 5th president was sworn in for his 2nd term March 5, 1821
Monroe
Julee
|
|
$800
[6]
In 1960 this Dickens novel about a foundling was turned into a musical play
Oliver Twist
Derek
|
$1,000
[9]
One legend says this Ukrainian capital was founded by 3 brothers: Kii, Shchek & Khoriv
Kiev
Derek
|
$800
[17]
This author of "The Joy Luck Club" sometimes performs in a band with Stephen King
Amy Tan
Ben
|
$800
[19]
Many computer operations, such as the speed of memory chips, are measured in this unit, ns
nanoseconds
Ben
|
$800
[25]
Montana & Cape rubies are actually this January birthstone
the garnet
Ben
|
$1,000
[22]
He was in custody November 5, 1605 after preparing to blow up the British Parliament
Guy Fawkes
Derek
|
|
$1,000
[12]
This 1854 work attacks the utilitarian philosophy fostered by industrialization
Hard Times
Ben
|
DD
$2,000
[1]
This capital's Government Palace stands on the site of Pizarro's palace, which inspired its architecture
Lima (Peru)
Derek
|
$1,000
[18]
She became Pakistan's 1st female prime minister after spending most of the early 1980s under arrest
Benazir Bhutto
Derek
|
$1,000
[20]
Times & Helvetica are examples of this, a complete set of characters belonging to one typeface
a font
Derek
|
$1,000
[28]
Non-blue examples of this corundum gem are called fancy
sapphires
Ben
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
It ended December 5, 1933 after Utah ratified the 21st Amendment
the Prohibition
Ben
|
This site on the Schuylkill River was named for a small ironworks nearby
Valley Forge