Responses for Show #2406 - Monday, February 6, 1995

1995 Teen Tournament quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

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Gus Splittorf, a senior from North Canton, Ohio

Gwen Shen, a junior from Hillsborough, California

Chris Jacobs, a sophomore from Orefield, Pennsylvania

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Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORIC NAMES
POP MUSIC
FAMOUS FIRSTS
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
MUSEUMS
ABBREVIATIONS
    $100 1
King Tut

Gus
    $100 3
R.E.M.

Gwen
    $100 11
a motorcycle

Chris
    $100 23
Alice

Chris
    $100 21
Berlin

Gus
    $100 16
savings & loan

Chris
    $200 2
Queen Isabella

Gus
    $200 4
(Gwen: Who were The Carpenters?)
(Alex: Yes, what is [*]?)

a Carpenter

Gwen
    $200 12
Hawaii (the Hawaiian Islands)

Chris
    $200 27
Heathcliff

Gus
    $200 22
(Alex: National Gallery of Canada in the capital of [*].)

Ottawa

Triple Stumper
    $200 17
(Chris: What is Scholastic Assessment Test?)
[Initially ruled incorrect; reversed before the Double Jeopardy! Round because "as of this year, that's what it's called, instead of 'Aptitude'."]

Scholastic Aptitude Test

ChrisGwen
    $300 8
Attila the Hun

Gus
    $300 5
"Endless Love"

Gwen
    $300 13
Oxford

Chris
    $300 28
Dracula

Gus
    $300 24
Oslo

Chris
    $300 18
House of Commons

Gwen
    $400 9
Florence Nightingale

Gus
    $400 6
Nine Inch Nails

Gus
    $400 14
the first Moon landing

Gus
    $400 29
Dorian Gray

Gwen
    $400 25
Gerald Ford

Gus
    $400 19
zero population growth

Gus
    $500 10
Eva Peron

Gus
    $700 7
(Alex: Gus?)
(Gus: I'm sorry, I have no idea.)

Melissa Etheridge

Gus
    $500 15
the Salvation Army

Chris
    $500 30
Anna Karenina

Gwen
    $500 26
(Alexander) Calder

Gus
    $500 20
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (or Treaty)

Chris

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

Chris Gwen Gus
$1,100 $600 $1,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Chris Gwen Gus
$2,300 $2,000 $3,500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

SCIENCE & NATURE
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
RELIGION
QUOTATIONS
19th CENTURY EUROPE
HODGEPODGE
    $200 11
frost

Gwen
    $200 5
Key West

Chris
    $200 21
a rosary

Chris
    $200 13
as I do

Chris
    $200 14
Karl Marx

Gus
    $200 1
Hamelin

Gus
    $400 12
nectarines

Gus
    $400 6
the Chesapeake

Chris
    $400 22
Mormons

Gus
    $400 15
(Gwen: What is sleep?)
...
(Alex: A reference to the Trojan War--even when they [*].)

bring gifts

Gwen
Triple Stumper
    $400 17
Vienna

Chris
    $400 2
1 million

Gwen
    $600 28
(Gwen: What is 8?)
...
(Alex: No bones. Exoskeleton.)

0

Gwen
Triple Stumper
    $600 7
Puget Sound

Gwen
    $600 23
Rosh Hashanah

Chris
    $600 16
(Gus: What is a funeral?)

a war

Gus
Triple Stumper
    $600 18
Duke of Wellington

Chris
    $600 3
U

Gus
    $1,500 29
(Gus: What is the Van Allen belt?)
...
(Alex: The Van Allen belt, of course, much closer to Earth.)

solar wind

Gus
    $800 8
the Green Mountains

Chris
    $800 24
Muslim (or Islam)

Chris
    $800 26
repeat it

Gus
    $800 19
Bismarck

Chris
    $800 4
[Alex reads "Circa" as "Around" in the clue.]

Independence Hall

Chris
    $1000 30
chloroplasts

Gwen
    $1000 9
Montana

Gwen
    $500 25
(Chris: What is Shinto?)

Buddhism

Chris
    $1000 27
Guy Fawkes

Gus
    $1000 20
Garibaldi

Chris
    $1000 10
the Marianas Trench

Gwen

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Chris Gwen Gus
$8,600 $5,200 $5,000

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

PHILANTHROPISTS
(Alex: [To Gus] Well, you're in the right part of the country, but the wrong family, unfortunately.)
GusWho are the Hearsts?
$3,500
GwenWho is Hearst?
$4,801
ChrisWho is Pulitzer?
$600
the Scripps family

Final scores:

Chris Gwen Gus
$8,000 $399 $1,500
Automatic semifinalist 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Chris Gwen Gus
$9,100 $5,200 $7,200
21 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 13 R,
2 W		 20 R,
3 W
(including 2 DDs)

Combined Coryat: $21,500

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Game tape date: 1995-01-03
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