Show #1737 - Tuesday, March 3, 1992

1992 Teen Tournament semifinal game 2.

Contestants

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Raj Raghavan, a junior from Plano, Texas

Jill Young, a junior from Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Matt Kane, a senior from Tulsa, Oklahoma

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

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Matt Jill Raj
$1,700 $1,200 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Jill Raj
$2,587 $1,500 $3,000

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
    $200 22
In a 1990 World Almanac poll, this "20/20" host was rated as the top female news person
    $200 3
In 1990 the top sellers of these in restaurants were: thin crust, thick crust, pan & stuffed
    $200 18
This term refers to trees that shed all of their leaves each year, usually in the fall
    $200 10
The Spingarn Medal honoring achievements by black Americans is awarded by this organization
    $200 1
Captain Roger Byam narrates the novel about the mutiny on this ship
    $400 14
Around 1300 Rainier I became the first prince of this tiny principality
    $400 23
Hours before her 1986 wedding, she officially became the Duchess of York
    $400 4
Because GM's Impact runs on this type of power, it produces no air pollution
    $400 27
Around 1775 chemist Joseph Priestley showed that plants produce this gas
    $400 11
In 1917 the Columbia Univ. School of Journalism submitted its list of candidates for these awards
    $400 2
16th century authors wrote poems & plays in this type of unrhymed verse
    $600 15
This British queen outlived her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, by 39 years
    $600 24
After almost six years in exile, she returned to the Philippines in November 1991
    $600 5
Launched in 1990 at a cost of about $1.5 billion, it may not be repaired until 1994
    $600 28
The milkweed is the only plant on which these regal butterflies will lay their eggs
    $600 19
The Edgar Award, given by the Mystery Writers of America, is named in honor of this author
    $600 8
Scholars believe that Zosima, a monk, presents Dostoyevsky's own religious viewpoint in this sibling saga
    $800 16
In 1871 he became a prince & the chancellor of the new German empire
    $800 25
The 19th Amendment is popularly nicknamed for this reformer who didn't live to see it pass
    $800 6
Bruskin/Goldring says the average American gets 14 pieces of this a week & reads 54% of it
    $800 29
This largest U.S. cactus is sometimes pollinated by bats
    DD: $800 20
In conjunction with the Caldecott Medal, the ALA awards this one for children's literature
    $800 9
This cruel beadle apprentices Oliver Twist to Mr. Sowerberry, an undertaker
    $1000 17
Thousands of these French Protestants were killed during the massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day in 1572
    $1000 26
After resigning as U.S. ambassador to the U.N., she resumed her professorship at Georgetown University
    $1000 7
At last count this state had 9 nuclear plants in operation including Three Mile Island
    DD: $1,526 30
Plants absorb water from the soil through their roots by this process
    $1000 21
Presented by the AAU, it's considered the most prestigious prize in amateur athletics
    $1000 12
Her Nobel Prize address was published in 1939 under the title "The Chinese Novel"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Jill Raj
$4,261 $5,500 $7,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

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

Final scores:

Matt Jill Raj
$8,413 $10,999 $3,399
2nd place: $5,000 Finalist 3rd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Matt Jill Raj
$6,300 $5,500 $7,200
17 R,
4 W
(including 2 DDs)		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 23 R,
5 W

Combined Coryat: $19,000

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Game tape date: 1992-01-04
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