1998 Teen Reunion Tournament preliminary game 4.From the Wang Center for the Performing Arts in Boston, Massachusetts.
Chris Capozzola — a graduate student from Washington, D.C.
Samantha Moeschler — a managed care underwriter from Phoenix, Arizona
Stan Wu — a writer-producer from Los Angeles, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan | $500 | $2,100 | $6,500 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 |
$6,400
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Samantha | $300 | $0 | $1,600 |
$2,600
2nd place: $5,000 |
$1,600
9 R, 3 W |
| Chris | $1,500 | $3,600 | $13,500 |
$13,500
Winner: finalist, if one of 3 top-scoring winners; $7,500 for 4th place |
$11,400
24 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| 10 YEARS LATER | HISTORIC AMERICANS | BAND IN BOSTON | NOVA | MARRIAGE & KIDS | __A__A__A |
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$100
[18]
In 1959 he was president of the Screen Actors Guild; 10 years later he was governor of California
Ronald Reagan
Chris
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$100
[1]
Born on a farm in Dearborn, Michigan in 1863, he repaired steam engines before building cars
Henry Ford
Chris
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$100
[6]
Liv Tyler co-starred in "Armageddon", which featured this Boston band, her dad's, on the soundtrack
Aerosmith
Stan
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$100
[26]
Footage from Iceland & Switzerland was used on "Nova"'s show about this title natural disaster
Avalanche!
Stan
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$100
[8]
"Sponsor" is another term for this; Don Vito Corleone was Johnny Fontane's sponsor
godfather
Samantha
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$100
[13]
Ecuador is the world's largest exporter of this fruit's Cavendish species
banana
Stan
Chris
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$200
[19]
In 1910 there were 46 U.S. states; 10 years later there were this many
48
Chris
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$200
[2]
In 1998 "Profiles in History" offered for sale this Wild West doc's dental kit, seen here
Doc Holliday
Stan
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$200
[7]
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones gained mighty good exposure after appearing in this Alicia Silverstone film
Clueless
Chris
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$200
[27]
This dinosaur's skeleton was discovered in Montana
Tyrannosaurus rex
Chris
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$200
[9]
Georgia & Alabama are among states recognizing this type of marriage without ceremony, based on cohabitation
common law marriage
Samantha
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$200
[14]
"Hats Off" to this country's president Ernesto Perez Balladares
Panama
Samantha
Chris
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$300
[20]
In the '82-'83 season, "60 Minutes" was the No. 1 rated TV show in the U.S.; 10 years later, this was No. 1
60 Minutes
Chris
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$300
[3]
John C. Fremont, who hadn't heard of this scout before hiring him, later wrote tales of his exploits
Kit Carson
Stan
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$300
[23]
The younger brother of New Kid Donnie, he had "Good Vibrations" with the Funky Bunch
Marky Mark
Stan
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$300
[28]
In 1998 "Nova" trekked up this mountain to study the effects of oxygen deprivation
Mount Everest
Chris
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$300
[10]
This married couple, seen here, became a symbol of the idealized family of the 1950s
Ozzie & Harriet Nelson
Chris
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$300
[15]
From Spanish for hut, it's a little shelter that opens onto a swimming pool
Cabana
Stan
|
|
$400
[21]
In 1978 Bob Griese was the starting quarterback for the Dolphins; 10 years later it was this man
Dan Marino
Samantha
|
DD
$500
[4]
Hewas called Armstrong, or "Offie", as a child
General George A. Custer
Stan
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$400
[24]
Peter Wolf was a DJ for Boston's WBCN before joining this "Freeze-Frame" band as its singer
The J. Geils Band
Stan
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$400
[29]
Mission Control played the song "I Can See Clearly Now" for the astronauts who fixed this object
the Hubble Space Telescope
Stan
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$400
[11]
These kits were introduced for home use in the '70s; they didn't come with a rabbit
pregnancy tests
Chris
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$400
[16]
Among Cendant Corporation's hotel chains are Days Inn, Howard Johnson & this inn
Ramada
Chris
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$500
[22]
In 1810 Napoleon was at the height of his power; 10 years later he was on this island
St. Helena
Stan
Samantha
Chris
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$500
[5]
After the Civil War this vice president of the Confederacy served in the U.S. Congress
Alexander Stephens
Chris
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$500
[25]
Aimee Mann of this "Voices Carry" band attended the Berklee School of Music
'Til Tuesday
Samantha
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$500
[30]
The actions of this type of ant show how it got its name
leafcutter
Samantha
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$500
[12]
Samuel Johnson described this type of event as "The triumph of hope over experience"
a second marriage
|
$500
[17]
Holy Land fortress seen here
Masada
Stan
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| NOVELIST-PLAYWRIGHTS | THEY USED TO BE TEENAGERS | POLITICIANS | IT'S JUST A THEORY | DOCUMENTARIES | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS |
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$200
[10]
Gore Vidal's play about this president opened & closed a few weeks before the Watergate break-in
Richard Nixon
Samantha
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$200
[1]
By 1965 this teenage Austrian was so muscular he was named Junior Mr. Europe
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Samantha
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$200
[3]
This former senator & conservative icon from Arizona passed away in 1998 at age 89
Barry Goldwater
Samantha
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$200
[11]
His theory of evolution is widely accepted; his son George's theory of the moon's origin isn't
Charles Darwin
Stan
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$200
[25]
Patricio Guzman chronicled Salvador Allende's overthrow in "The Battle of" this country
Chile
Chris
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$200
[18]
"Bullitt" star McQueen &Uganda's Amin
Steve & Idi
Stan
|
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$400
[13]
He had a play on Broadway called "The Traitor" in 1949, 2 years before his novel "The Caine Mutiny" appeared
Herman Wouk
Stan
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$400
[2]
This star of "A Time To Kill" was voted the hand somest guy at Longview High; you might want to "Contact" him
Matthew McConaughey
Chris
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$600
[7]
Between 1811 & 1852 this Kentuckian served in the House, the Senate & as Secretary of State
Henry Clay
Stan
|
$400
[15]
Karen Horney critiqued the biologically-based theory of this founder of psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud
Chris
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$800
[24]
Type of graveyard that's the subject of the documentary "Gates of Heaven" & of a Stephen King book
a pet cemetery
Chris
|
$400
[19]
Heavyweight champ Larry &golfing champ Tom
Holmes & Watson
Samantha
|
|
$600
[14]
In 1908 this "Of Human Bondage" author had 4 of his plays running in London at the same time
Somerset Maugham
Samantha
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$600
[4]
Meryl Streep played Laurey in her high school production of this Rodgers & Hammerstein musical
Oklahoma!
Stan
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$800
[8]
In 1996 he published a very personal account of his daughter Terry's "Life and Death Struggle with Alcoholism"
Senator George McGovern
Chris
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— |
$1,000
[23]
Jean Rouch's 1961 "Chronicle of a Summer" originated this style, French for "film truth"
Cinema Verite
Stan
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$600
[20]
Jekyll's dark half &a worshipper at the Golden Temple in the Punjab
Hyde & Sikh
Stan
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$800
[16]
His first play, "The Silver Box", premiered in 1906, the same year he published Book I of "The Forsyte Saga"
John Galsworthy
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$800
[5]
Seen here as a youth, this son of a senator was captain of the football team at St. Alban's in Washington, D.C.
Al Gore
Chris
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$1,000
[9]
This Texan served in the house for 25 consecutive terms & was Speaker of the House 3 times
Sam Rayburn
Chris
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— | — |
$800
[21]
A WWII German defensive line &Judge Bean
Siegfried & Roy
Stan
|
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$1,000
[17]
This play by Agatha Christie that opened in 1952 is still running; they'll never build a better one
The Mousetrap
Chris
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$1,000
[12]
In the '40s this Supreme Court justice was a cute cheerleader at her high school in Brooklyn
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Chris
|
DD
$2,500
[6]
Alaska's second most populous city is named for this man who was vice president under Teddy Roosevelt
Charles Fairbanks
Chris
|
— | — |
$1,000
[22]
"The Magic Mountain" author &a 1978 Christopher Reeve role
Mann & Superman
Chris
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Plans are for steel cables to temporarily replace the over 800 tons of lead that counterbalance it
The Leaning Tower of Pisa