Show #2183 1994-02-16 (taped 1994-01-03) Teen Tournament

1994 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

Matt Morris — a senior from Louisville, Kentucky

Alice Handley — a senior from Capitola, California

Scott Alport — a senior from Overland Park, Kansas

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Scott $400 $1,900 $4,500 $500
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$4,500
11 R, 1 W
Alice $1,000 $2,300 $5,900 $3,900
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$6,100
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Matt $1,900 $2,300 $12,100 $12,000
Automatic semifinalist
$10,900
28 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY AMERICA TELEVISION MONEY MATTERS MUSIC FAMOUS WOMEN WORD ORIGINS
$100 [2]
The War of 1812 began June 18, 1812 when the U.S. declared war on this country
England
Alice
$100 [25]
Dan Castellaneta won a special Emmy in 1993 for playing Homer on this FOX animated series
The Simpsons
Matt
$100 [26]
To determine your net worth, add your assets & subtract these
your debts (liabilities)
Scott
$100 [6]
It's the term for a piece or passage played by only one performer
solo
Matt
$100 [23]
On Oct. 11, 1984 she met George Bush in a vice presidential debate in Philadelphia
Geraldine Ferraro
Matt
$100 [1]
A synonym for labyrinth, it comes from the Old English word masian, meaning "'to confuse"
maze
Matt
$200 [3]
To avoid exploitation like that of Niagara Falls, Congress made this the first national park
Yellowstone
Matt
$200 [24]
This science fiction series features a "talking" dolphin named Darwin
seaQuest
Alice
$200 [27]
To earn more money to buy music CDs, you might invest in a bank CD, which stands for this
a certificate of deposit
Scott
$200 [15]
It's the note found at the approximate center of a piano keyboard
middle C
Matt
$200 [21]
She died in 1901 on the Isle of Wight, in the 64th year of her reign
Queen Victoria
Alice
$200 [5]
The Greek for "flat-footed" gives us the name of this duck-billed mammal
the platypus
Alice
$300 [4]
In July 1804 this vice president killed a man in a duel
Aaron Burr
Scott
$300 [9]
In 1993 Debbe Dunning replaced Pamela Anderson as the "Tool Time" girl on this sitcom
Home Improvement
Alice
$300 [28]
A dollar sign looks like an S with a line through it & this unit's symbol resembles a crossed L
a pound
Alice
$300 [14]
Of the 3 natural male singing voices, it's the highest one
tenor
Scott Alice
$300 [17]
In 1957 Louis S.B. Leakey suggested she begin studying the chimpanzees of Tanzania
Jane Goodall
Alice Matt
$300 [19]
A partial wig used to cover baldness, its name comes from Old French for "tuft of hair"
a toupee
Scott
$400 [7]
He negotiated the Treaty of Kanagawa, which opened Japan's ports to U.S. ships
Commodore Perry
Scott Matt
$400 [11]
Connie Chung is hostess of this CBS news magazine
Eye to Eye
Matt
$400 [29]
The discount rate at which national banks borrow money is set by this agency, & in turn can affect the prime rate
the Federal Reserve Board
Scott
$400 [10]
Including over half the musicians, it's the largest section of a symphony orchestra
strings
Alice Matt
$400 [16]
In "The Fountainhead", she wrote, "Great men can't be ruled"
Ayn Rand
Matt
DD $300 [22]
The name of this type of legislative body comes from French for "to talk"
parliament
Alice
$500 [8]
This state seceded almost 4 months before shots were fired on Fort Sumter
South Carolina
Matt
$500 [12]
This current sitcom is based on books by a Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist
Dave's World
Alice Matt
$500 [30]
A special currency unit called the ecu is used among members of this European organization
the Common Market
Matt
$500 [13]
The cantata & oratorio came into being during this period of music that lasted until around 1750
the Baroque
Matt
$500 [18]
Once dismissed as "a mom in tennis shoes", Patty Murray won a Senate seat from this state in 1992
Washington
Scott
$400 [20]
The name of this bed pad comes from the Arabic taraha, meaning "to throw"
a mattress

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD FACTS HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES POETRY HISTORIC NAMES THE NEW TESTAMENT LOST TIME
$200 [5]
Romanians call this "beautiful blue" river Dunarea
the Danube
Matt
$200 [17]
Forefather's Day, December 21, honors the 1620 landing of the pilgrims at this spot
Plymouth Rock
Matt
$200 [1]
Poe was referring to these when he wrote, "What a world of merriment their melody foretells!"
bells
Alice
$200 [8]
Mark Antony declared her "Queen of Queens"
Cleopatra
Matt
$200 [19]
Matthew 3 begins with this man "preaching in the wilderness of Judaea"
John the Baptist
Scott
$200 [23]
On Oct. 31, 1993, at 2 A.M., all Amtrak trains stopped for this length of time
one hour
$400 [6]
Pickled herring & omelets are among the taste treats in this ever-popular Swedish buffet
a smorgasbord
Alice
$400 [20]
On October 12, the date of this U.S. holiday, Honduras & the Bahamas celebrate Discovery Day
Columbus Day
Matt
$400 [2]
Because of her seclusion, she was called "The Nun of Amherst"
Emily Dickinson
Alice
$400 [9]
Some folks called this great 19th century orator "The God-like Daniel"
Daniel Webster
Matt
$400 [18]
The shepherds were told how to recognize Jesus: he'd be the baby wrapped in these
swaddling clothes
Matt
$400 [26]
Amount of time Rip Van Winkle lost while asleep on the mountain
20 years
Matt
$600 [13]
In Ireland, the Irish form of this Celtic language is usually called Irish
Gaelic
Alice
$600 [24]
The earliest that this holiday can occur is March 22; the latest, April 25
Easter
Alice
$600 [3]
Poem containing the line, "With my crossbow I shot the albatross!"
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
Matt
$600 [10]
The teacher and spy who said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"
Nathan Hale
Matt
$600 [16]
Mark 3 says Jesus ordained this many people & gave them the power to cast out devils
12
Scott
$600 [27]
Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands skipped Aug. 21, 1993 when it moved from one side of this line to the other
the International Date Line
Alice
$800 [14]
Wayang puppet plays are a traditional entertainment on the island of Java in this country
Indonesia
Scott
$800 [25]
On Feb. 29, 1952 this president signed a bill designating September 17 as Citizenship Day
Truman
Matt
DD $1,000 [4]
This Frost poem ends, "I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference"
"The Road Not Taken"
Matt
$800 [11]
He was a beekeeper before he became world-famous for climbing Mount Everest in 1953
Edmund Hillary
Matt
$800 [21]
The epistles to his colleagues Timothy & Titus are called the pastoral epistles
Paul
Alice
$800 [29]
The Grimms' Sleeping Beauty, Briar-Rose, was 15 when she went to sleep which made her this old when she awoke
115
Matt
$1,000 [15]
Found in Tibet, the dzo is a cross between a cow & this beast of burden
yak
Alice Matt
$1,000 [28]
National Freedom Day, Feb. 1, commemorates the signing of the 13th Amendment, which abolished this
slavery
Matt
$1,000 [7]
After visiting this ruined medieval church July 13, 1798, Wordsworth put his thoughts into a poem
Tintern Abbey
DD $2,000 [12]
Gujarati was the native language of this 20th century leader, the prophet of nonviolence
(Mahatma) Gandhi
Matt
$1,000 [22]
Following the crucifixion, he provided his own tomb for Jesus
Joseph of Arimathea
Scott
$1,000 [30]
The Proust title that literally translates to "In Search of Lost Time" is known as this in English
Remembrance of Things Past
Alice Matt

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS SPEECHES

In a 1963 speech JFK declared, "2,000 years ago the proudest boast was 'civis romanus sum.' Today" it's this

Ich bin ein Berliner

Scott "What is ask not what your country can do for you, what you can do for" — wagered $4,000
Alice "What is A" — wagered $2,000
Matt "What I don't know." — wagered $100

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