Responses for Show #3270 - Friday, November 20, 1998

1998 Teen Reunion Tournament final.
From the Wang Center for the Performing Arts in Boston, Massachusetts.

Contestants

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Eric Newhouse, a public policy coordinator from Sioux City, Iowa

Chris Capozzola, a graduate student from Washington, D.C.

David Javerbaum, a Harvard graduate whose musical was produced off-Broadway originally from Maplewood, New Jersey

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Jeopardy! Round responses

BEFORE COLUMBUS
MUMMY DEAREST
twentysomething
DA BULLS
BEARS
THE STOCK MARKET
    $100 2
Vikings

David
    $100 26
(Eric: Who is Lon Chaney?)
(David: Who is Bela Lugosi?)

Boris Karloff

DavidEric
Triple Stumper
    $100 24
twenty questions

Eric
    $100 1
Michael Jordan

Chris
    $100 29
a polar bear

Eric
    $100 7
over the counter

David
    $200 3
buffalo (or bison)

David
    $200 27
Goosebumps

Eric
    $200 25
(Alex: Right, and we have less than a minute to go.)

a 21-gun salute

Chris
    $200 8
the Lakers

David
    $200 30
winter

David
    $200 12
mutual funds

Eric
    $500 4
(Alex: You figured it out. You used logic, and it worked.)

a tomahawk

David
    $300 23
cats

Chris
    $300 15
20/20

David
    $300 9
Dennis Rodman

Eric
    $300 28
honey (bear)

Chris
    $300 20
Standard & Poor's

David
    $400 5
Arizona

Chris
    $400 14
resurrect the dead (bring a mummy back to life)

Eric
    $400 11
twenty-six

Chris
    $400 16
three-pointer

David
    $400 19
a cave bear

Chris
    $400 21
margin

Eric
    $500 6
the Iroquois League

Chris
    $500 13
(David: What is London?)
(Chris: Uh, what is... Alexandria?)

(Alex: Chris was taking us sort of to the right place, the right country; "What is [*]?")

Cairo

DavidChris
Triple Stumper
    $500 10
the twenty-third century

Eric
    $500 17
center

Eric
    $500 18
the spectacled bear

Triple Stumper
    $500 22
(Eric: Uh, what are junk bonds?)

LEAPS

Eric
Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 12):

David Chris Eric
$1,100 $1,400 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

David Chris Eric
$1,700 $2,100 $2,100

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

REUNIONS
THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES
FILMS OF THE 1980s
PHYSICS
POET-TREE
FILE UNDER "P"
(Alex: Keep in mind that each correct response will begin with that letter.)
    $200 3
West Virginia

David
    $200 6
Terms of Endearment

David
    $200 13
Lewis Carroll

Eric
    $200 17
Pluto

Chris
    $400 4
(Chris: What is Missouri?)

South Carolina

ChrisEric
    $400 26
[David did not include the leading article in his response.]

A Nightmare on Elm Street

David
    $400 27
(David: What is [*]?)
[David's volume trailed off such that the second part of his response was nearly inaudible.]
(Alex: Say it...)
(David: [*]?)
(Alex: [*], yes.)
(David: REUNIONS for $400.)
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

half-life

David
    $400 15
(Robert) Frost

Chris
    $400 18
a panda

David
    $3,100 25
(Alex: Five clues after this one; we may not even have time. Eric, you're in second place with $4,900.)
(Eric: Wouldn't that be nice. Um...)
(Alex: Hurry.)
(Eric: $3,100.)
(Alex: All right. For $8,000 as your total, here is the clue. Take a look...)

the Sex Pistols

Eric
    $600 22
(Alex: [After Eric selects the next clue] Minute to go.)

Antietam

Eric
    $600 8
the Snowman

Eric
    $2,300 20
optics

David
    $600 16
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Chris
    $600 14
[Alex sings the end of the clue to the tune of "Macho Man".]

Passover

Chris
    $800 24
(Chris: Who are [*] and... Sammy Davis Jr.?)

Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin

ChrisEric
    $800 21
New Jersey

Chris
    $800 7
Brooke Shields

Chris
    $800 19
electron-volt

Triple Stumper
    $800 2
spare that tree

Chris
    $800 10
(Chris: What is a point?)
(Eric: What is... a pin?)

a prong

DavidChrisEric
    $1000 23
Germany

Chris
    $1000 12
Chapel Hill

Chris
    $1000 5
Blade Runner

Chris
    $1000 11
elasticity

Eric
    $1000 1
(Chris: What is Hiawatha?)
(Eric: What is... Esmeralda?)

Evangeline

ChrisEric
Triple Stumper
    $1000 9
(David: What is [**]?)
[Originally ruled incorrect; reversed before Final Jeopardy!]

primordial (soup) (or the primeval soup)

DavidEric

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

David Chris Eric
$7,400 $6,300 $8,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE SUPREME COURT
(Alex: [To Eric] ...doesn't matter what the wager was, but it was enough. $6,801. You've got $14,000 today. You're the winner. Come on over here, Eric. ... Three very talented young men. We're back in Los Angeles for our regular games on Monday. We hope to see you then. So long, everybody. Thank you for your hospitality, Boston!)
ChrisWho is Hughes?
$6,300
DavidWho is Taf Taft
$5,201
EricWho is O.W. Holmes?
$6,801
Oliver Wendell Holmes

Final scores:

David Chris Eric
$2,199 $0 $14,801
1st runner-up: $15,000 + University Games' "Game of the Year" + Tigris Pyramid + Movana 2nd runner-up: $10,000 + University Games' "Game of the Year" + Tigris Pyramid + Movana Tournament champion: $50,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

David Chris Eric
$5,500 $6,300 $5,500
17 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W
18 R,
5 W
17 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $17,300

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Game tape date: 1998-09-19
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