Show #2181 1994-02-14 (taped 1994-01-03) Teen Tournament

1994 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

Dorothy Thompson — a senior from Manchester, Connecticut

Gerry Tansey — a junior from Florissant, Missouri

Paul Loeffler — a senior from Los Banos, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Paul	$-900	$100	$4,100	$8,200 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$4,100 11 R, 5 W
Gerry	$2,500	$3,800	$12,000	$14,000 Automatic semifinalist	$10,900 24 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Dorothy	$100	$2,000	$8,300	$11,300 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$7,800 23 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

FIRST LADIES	SONG LYRICS	TRANSPORTATION	MAMMALS	THE BEACH	THE "LAST" CATEGORY
$100 [1] She married LBJ after a courtship of only 2 months Lady Bird Johnson Gerry	$100 [16] "Start spreadin' the news, I'm leavin' today, I want to be a part of it" this place, this place New York Dorothy	$100 [25] Term for the person who drives a train an engineer Paul Gerry	$100 [7] Tijuana Street photographers paint burros to resemble these African equines zebras Dorothy	$100 [20] The Guinness record for the height of one of these built with just hands, buckets & shovels is 19'6" a sand castle Dorothy	$100 [3] Something about to tumble down is standing on these its last legs Gerry
$200 [2] She was widowed a second time by the death of Aristotle Onassis in 1975 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Dorothy	$200 [17] "Nothing could be finer than to be in" this place "in the morning" Carolina Dorothy	$200 [27] On Chrysler's 1994 minivans, a canister of argon gas was added to help inflate these faster airbags Gerry Dorothy	$200 [12] The snowshoe variety of this mammal has a gray- brown coat in the summer & a white coat in the winter a rabbit (a hare) Gerry	$200 [22] Top players in the beach version of this sport include Sinjin Smith & Randy Stoklos volleyball Gerry	$200 [8] It breaks a camel's back the last straw Gerry
$300 [4] Her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, left her a very rich widow at the age of 26 Martha Washington Paul	$300 [18] "We are" this, "We are the children, we are the ones to make a brighter day" the world Dorothy	$300 [28] They propel a scull oars (rowers) Paul	$300 [13] Catch a howler red-handed, or a red-handed howler, & you've caught one of these a monkey Paul	$300 [23] This toy was originally called the Pluto Platter, but that name was tossed out the Frisbee Gerry	$300 [9] It's what you have when your joke succeeds when all told you it would fail the last laugh Dorothy
$400 [5] Before she became First Lady in 1933, she taught at Todhunter, a girls' school Eleanor Roosevelt Gerry	$400 [19] In a well-known Christmas carol, he "looked out on the feast of Stephen" Good King Wenceslas Paul	$400 [29] In 1982 this atomic submarine was designated a national historic landmark the Nautilus Gerry	$400 [14] In 1800 over 50,000 of these bears roamed the West; today there are only about 1,000 grizzlies Dorothy	$400 [24] It's riding the waves with no board bodysurfing Paul	$400 [10] A desperate attempt, such as defending the endmost trench a last ditch effort Paul Gerry Dorothy
DD $600 [6] There is no known portrait of Margaret, wife of this "Old Rough and Ready" president Zachary Taylor Gerry	$500 [21] "Seventy-six trombones led the big parade, with" this many "cornets close at hand" 110 Gerry	$500 [30] The Statistical Abstract says this mode of transport caused 600,649 injuries in 1991, so kids, wear helmets bicycles Dorothy	$500 [15] This Australian marsupial is divided into 1 common & 2 hairy-nosed species the wombat Paul Dorothy	$500 [26] Tanners have to know their lotion's SPF, which stands for this sun protection factor Dorothy	$500 [11] This phrase about the standings is traced to Dodger manager Leo Durocher nice guys finish last Gerry

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 20th CENTURY	NUTRITION	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	AROUND THE WORLD	BOOKS & AUTHORS	ODDS & ENDS
$200 [10] During the century Spain created the fifth column & this country the Fifth Republic France Paul	$200 [26] It's our most critical nutrient, since we can't go much more than a week without it water Dorothy	$200 [6] This university has its main campus in Ann Arbor & branch campuses in Dearborn & Flint the University of Michigan Dorothy	$200 [2] Sri Lanka is one of the world's leading producers of these beverage leaves tea Dorothy	$200 [1] "A Different Kind of Christmas" by this "Roots" author is about a plantation owner's son who rejects slavery Alex Haley Gerry Dorothy	$200 [21] Blue Laws, which still exist in some areas, forbid business transactions on this day of the week Sunday Paul
$400 [13] He was Soviet premier during the Cuban Missile Crisis (Nikita) Khrushchev Gerry Dorothy	$400 [27] Eggs with shells of this color are nutritionally the same as the white ones brown Dorothy	$400 [8] The Jester is the humor magazine at this NYC Ivy League university Columbia Dorothy	$400 [17] Many descendants of the ancient Maya still live in the northern part of this Mexican peninsula Yucatan Peninsula Gerry	$400 [3] In 1922 this creator of Winnie-the-Pooh wrote a detective novel called "The Red House Mystery" A.A. Milne Dorothy	$400 [22] In league play, this can weigh up to 16 pounds & have a maximum circumference of 27 inches a bowling ball Paul Dorothy
$600 [14] In July 1937 papers headlined the disappearance of Frederick Noonan & this person Amelia Earhart Dorothy	$600 [28] This "complex" includes 8 individual vitamins the B complex Gerry	$600 [9] Colleges in this state include Burlington, Marlboro & Green Mountain Vermont Paul	$600 [18] The Avon River flows through Christchurch, a picturesque city in this South Pacific country New Zealand Gerry	$600 [4] Originally, he spun the tale of "The Hobbit" for his own children J.R.R. Tolkien Paul	$600 [25] Agoraphobia is the fear of open places; this is the fear of enclosed ones claustrophobia Gerry
$800 [15] On Aug. 27, 1975 this emperor, the "Lion of Judah", died a state prisoner in Ethiopia Haile Selassie Gerry	$800 [29] Sugars are simple types of these; starches are complex types carbohydrates Dorothy	$800 [11] This West Lafayette, Ind. school claims its 400-member marching band as the USA's largest Purdue Dorothy	$800 [19] Thailand is bordered on the west by this country once known as Burma Myanmar Gerry	$800 [5] The title of this Amy Tan book refers to a social club formed by mothers who play mah jongg The Joy Luck Club Paul	$800 [24] Stannum is another name for this metallic element tin Gerry
$1,000 [16] Chilean general who led the 1973 junta that deposed Salvador Allende Pinochet Gerry	$1,000 [30] This metal used to galvanize steel is one of the trace elements the body needs in tiny amounts zinc Dorothy	DD $1,500 [12] Affiliated with Harvard, it was once known as the Soc. for the Collegiate Instruction of Women Radcliffe Dorothy	DD $2,000 [20] The sultan of this country lives in the $500 million "Palace of Righteous Light" Brunei Gerry	$1,000 [7] Tom Clancy called his fourth novel "The Cardinal of" this the Kremlin Paul	$1,000 [23] In 1979 the Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare was divided into these 2 separate departments Health & Human Services & Education Paul

Final Jeopardy!

THE 1970s

In August 1993 the last of the contaminated water from this 1979 accident site was evaporated

Three Mile Island

Paul "What is Three Mile Island?" — wagered $4,100

Dorothy "What is 3 mile island" — wagered $3,000

Gerry "What is Three Mile Island?" — wagered $2,000

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