Show #1737 1992-03-03 (taped 1992-01-04) Teen Tournament

1992 Teen Tournament semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Raj Raghavan — a junior from Plano, Texas

Jill Young — a junior from Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Matt Kane — a senior from Tulsa, Oklahoma

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Matt	$1,700	$2,587	$4,261	$8,413 2nd place: $5,000	$6,300 17 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Jill	$1,200	$1,500	$5,500	$10,999 Finalist	$5,500 14 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Raj	$600	$3,000	$7,200	$3,399 3rd place: $5,000	$7,200 23 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. CITIES	TIME	COMIC BOOKS	THE APOSTLES	TRANSPORTATION	ANAGRAMS
$100 [5] This city is home to the Utah Symphony Orchestra & the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Salt Lake City Raj	$100 [11] Mathematicians & scientists classify time as this dimension the fourth dimension Raj	$100 [16] He has his own Disney comic plus a "Toontown" spin-off Roger Rabbit Matt Raj	$100 [26] A mount near Madras, India is named after this doubting apostle Thomas Raj	$100 [21] The ancient Egyptians made these simple water craft from bundles of reeds tied together rafts Matt Raj	$100 [6] Emil puts a slice of this fruit in his cola lime (from Emil) Jill
$200 [4] What is now Yale University moved from Saybrook, Conn. to this city in 1716 New Haven Raj	$200 [12] Newton thought time was absolute; Einstein said it was this relative Matt	$300 [18] As this character, Tim Drake's costume is better than Dick Grayson's—no bare legs & it's bulletproof Robin Raj	$200 [27] Jesus gave Simon the name Peter because he likened him to one of these a stone (a rock) Raj	$200 [22] In 1838 Sirius became the 1st ship to cross the Atlantic using only this type of power steam Matt	$200 [7] Olaf flew solo to this Norwegian city Oslo (from solo) Raj
$300 [3] Selma is the seat of this state's Dallas County Alabama Matt	$300 [13] Length in seconds of the time you have to write your Final Jeopardy! question 30 Jill	$400 [19] Rhyming word that completes the title "Archie's Pals 'n'..." Gals Raj	$300 [28] Matthew was a publican, meaning he collected these taxes Jill	$300 [23] To beat the traffic, many residents of Chicago ride the El, which is short for this the elevated train Raj	$300 [8] Nola needs one of these to buy her first car a loan (from Nola) Matt
$400 [1] This seaport was the first Colonial settlement in Georgia Savannah Matt	$400 [14] A month was originally the time between these full moons Jill	$500 [20] In Harvey Comlcs, Hot Stuff is a devil & Wendy is one of these a (good) witch Raj	$400 [29] It's probably no revelation to you that this gospel writer wrote Revelation John Raj	$400 [24] The British refer to this vehicle as a lorry a truck Raj	$400 [9] Petra reads by the light of this slender candle a taper (from Petra) Jill
$500 [2] Sometimes called the "Gateway to Alaska", it's the largest metropolis in the Pacific Northwest Seattle Matt Raj	$500 [15] When it's this time on the International Date Line the date is the same all over the world midnight Raj	DD $513 [17] TV show whose family is seenhereas they appear in Now Comics: Married... with Children Matt	$500 [30] According to tradition, he was crucified on an X-shaped cross, hence the X on the Scottish flag Andrew Matt	$500 [25] America's first wide-body superjet, it went into service in 1970 a 747 Matt	$500 [10] Princess Di's father is a real one of these earl (from real)

Double Jeopardy! Round

EUROPEAN HISTORY	FAMOUS WOMEN	FACTS & FIGURES	BOTANY	AWARDS	"B" IN LITERATURE
$200 [13] After his Blackshirt brigade marched on Rome in 1922, this fascist became Italy's prime minister Mussolini Raj	$200 [22] In a 1990 World Almanac poll, this "20/20" host was rated as the top female news person Barbara Walters Jill	$200 [3] In 1990 the top sellers of these in restaurants were: thin crust, thick crust, pan & stuffed pizzas Jill	$200 [18] This term refers to trees that shed all of their leaves each year, usually in the fall deciduous Matt	$200 [10] The Spingarn Medal honoring achievements by black Americans is awarded by this organization the NAACP Jill	$200 [1] Captain Roger Byam narrates the novel about the mutiny on this ship the Bounty Raj
$400 [14] Around 1300 Rainier I became the first prince of this tiny principality Monaco Raj	$400 [23] Hours before her 1986 wedding, she officially became the Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson Matt Raj	$400 [4] Because GM's Impact runs on this type of power, it produces no air pollution electric power Jill	$400 [27] Around 1775 chemist Joseph Priestley showed that plants produce this gas oxygen Jill	$400 [11] In 1917 the Columbia Univ. School of Journalism submitted its list of candidates for these awards the Pulitzer Prize Raj	$400 [2] 16th century authors wrote poems & plays in this type of unrhymed verse blank verse Matt
$600 [15] This British queen outlived her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, by 39 years Victoria Raj	$600 [24] After almost six years in exile, she returned to the Philippines in November 1991 Imelda Marcos Matt	$600 [5] Launched in 1990 at a cost of about $1.5 billion, it may not be repaired until 1994 the Hubble Telescope Jill	$600 [28] The milkweed is the only plant on which these regal butterflies will lay their eggs a monarch butterfly Jill	$600 [19] The Edgar Award, given by the Mystery Writers of America, is named in honor of this author Edgar Allan Poe Jill	$600 [8] Scholars believe that Zosima, a monk, presents Dostoyevsky's own religious viewpoint in this sibling saga The Brothers Karamazov Matt
$800 [16] In 1871 he became a prince & the chancellor of the new German empire Otto von Bismarck Matt Raj	$800 [25] The 19th Amendment is popularly nicknamed for this reformer who didn't live to see it pass Susan B. Anthony Raj	$800 [6] Bruskin/Goldring says the average American gets 14 pieces of this a week & reads 54% of it junk mail Matt	$800 [29] This largest U.S. cactus is sometimes pollinated by bats the saguaro Matt	DD $800 [20] In conjunction with the Caldecott Medal, the ALA awards this one for children's literature the Newbery Medal Jill	$800 [9] This cruel beadle apprentices Oliver Twist to Mr. Sowerberry, an undertaker Bumble
$1,000 [17] Thousands of these French Protestants were killed during the massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day in 1572 Huguenots Raj	$1,000 [26] After resigning as U.S. ambassador to the U.N., she resumed her professorship at Georgetown University Jeane Kirkpatrick Matt	$1,000 [7] At last count this state had 9 nuclear plants in operation including Three Mile Island Pennsylvania Raj	DD $1,526 [30] Plants absorb water from the soil through their roots by this process osmosis Matt	$1,000 [21] Presented by the AAU, it's considered the most prestigious prize in amateur athletics the Sullivan Award Raj	$1,000 [12] Her Nobel Prize address was published in 1939 under the title "The Chinese Novel" Pearl Buck Raj

Final Jeopardy!

COMPOSERS

The Royal Liverpool Harmonic marked its 150th anniversary by premiering his oratorio

Paul McCartney

Matt "Who was Paul McCartney?????????????" — wagered $4,152

Jill "Who is Paul McCartney?!!!!!!!" — wagered $5,499

Raj "Who was Handel?" — wagered $3,801

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