Responses for Show #1261 - Monday, February 12, 1990

1990 Teen Tournament semifinal game 1.

Contestants

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Mike Grant, a senior from Kansas City, Missouri

Scott Hoffman, a junior from Holmdel, New Jersey

Richard Morris, a senior from Auburn, Alabama

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Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN LITERATURE
WORD ORIGINS
SPORTS
FOOD
CATS
MUSIC VIDEOS
    $100 22
(Louisa May) Alcott

Richard
    $100 12
palace

Scott
    $100 20
(Alex: Yes, his nose was broken at the time and he wore it until it healed.)

protective mask

Richard
    $100 2
grapes

Scott
    $100 24
claws

Scott
    $100 7
Batman

Scott
    $200 21
Michener

Scott
    $200 13
parachute

Mike
    $900 29
(Alex: The Miami Dolphins is the team.)

Don Shula

Richard
    $200 3
green

Scott
    $200 25
tail

Richard
    $200 8
Paula Abdul

Scott
    $300 1
(Margaret) Mitchell

Scott
    $300 14
(Richard: What is place?)
(Mike: What is city?)

mountain

RichardMike
Triple Stumper
    $300 26
Sacramento

Mike
    $300 4
butterflying

Triple Stumper
    $300 27
(Richard: What is Indian?)

Egyptians

RichardMike
    $300 9
Genesis

Scott
    $400 17
[NOTE: "anyone lived in a pretty how town" was shown in lowercase letters in the clue as displayed.]

E. E. Cummings

Richard
    $400 15
quixotic

Richard
    $400 19
11

Scott
    $400 5
deep fried

Triple Stumper
    $400 23
blue

Scott
    $400 10
Beastie Boys

Scott
    $500 16
Daniel Webster

Scott
    $500 18
trousseau

Triple Stumper
    $500 30
(Richard: Who is Houston?)
(Scott: Who are the Minnesota Twins?)

Montreal Expos or Toronto Blue Jays

RichardScott
Triple Stumper
    $500 6
sausage

Triple Stumper
    $500 28
Siamese

Richard
    $500 11
B-52's

Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 16):

Richard Scott Mike
$100 $2,200 -$100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Richard Scott Mike
$1,500 $2,800 $500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

TEENS IN HISTORY
LAKES & RIVERS
MYTHOLOGY
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
COMMON BONDS
    $200 17
(Richard: What is Portugal?)

Spain

RichardScott
    $200 27
Mexico City

Triple Stumper
    $200 12
Hades

Richard
    $200 1
laser

Mike
    $200 26
Truman

Richard
    $200 25
[Applause for sweeping the category]
(Alex: Well done!)

astronauts

Richard
    $400 16
Marco Polo

Richard
    $400 28
Tigris & Euphrates

Scott
    $400 10
Hercules

Richard
    $400 2
neon

Richard
    $400 8
(Scott: Uh, who is Andrew Jackson?)

Andrew Johnson

RichardScott
    $400 24
(Richard: Who are governors?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)

governors of New York

Richard
    $600 15
Marquis de Lafayette

Richard
    $600 29
Great Salt Lake

Mike
    $1,100 4
6

Richard
    $600 11
air

Scott
    $600 5
(Scott: Uh, who is Teddy Roosevelt?)

McKinley

RichardScott
    $600 23
Supreme Court Justices

Richard
    $800 14
Alexander the Great

Richard
    $800 30
[Applause for Scott joining Mike to be around for Final Jeopardy!]

Lake Geneva

Scott
    $800 3
(Richard: Who is Orion?)

Adonis

Richard
Triple Stumper
    $2,600 18
(Scott: What is gravity?)

the earth rotates on its axis

Scott
    $800 6
Harding

Richard
    $800 22
winners of the Nobel Peace Prize

Richard
    $1000 13
Lady Jane Grey

Richard
    $1000 20
(Richard: Lake Titicaca?)
(Scott: What is Lake Titicaca?)

Lake Maracaibo

RichardScott
Triple Stumper
    $1000 9
golden fleece

Triple Stumper
    $1000 19
(Mike: What are alpha particles?)
(Richard: What are electrons?)

protons

RichardMike
Triple Stumper
    $1000 7
Rutherford B. Hayes

Triple Stumper
    $1000 21
historians

Richard

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Richard Scott Mike
$8,400 $200 $300
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

MONEY
ScottWhat is the Jefferson Memorial
$199
MikeWhat is the Lincoln Memorial?
$299
RichardWhat is Monticello?
$600
Monticello

Final scores:

Richard Scott Mike
$9,000 $1 $1
Finalist 3rd place: $5,000 2nd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Richard Scott Mike
$7,200 $2,800 $300
24 R
(including 2 DDs),
7 W
17 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)
5 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $10,300

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Game tape date: 1990-01-07
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