The Final Jeopardy question (9/26/2012) in the category “TV Animation” was:

This teen duo debuted in a 1992 animated short in which they played baseball with a frog.

New champ, David Schuman, won the game yesterday with $4,300, the most money after no one knew Final Jeopardy, or “winning ugly,” as Alex Trebek says. Today he takes on these two players: Sheri Boysen, from Houston, TX and  Mike Malaier, from Tacoma, WA. Whoever wins will be sitting pretty.

David found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Museums.” He was in the lead with $3,800, $400 more than Sheri. He bet $1,500, took a shot with “The Louvre” and that was WRONG.

Architect Pierre Cuypers designed this museum that houses Vermeer’s “The Kitchen Maid.’
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WHAT IS THE RIJKSMUSEUM?

Sheri finished in the lead with $4,200. Mike was second with $2,200 and David was last with $700.

Mike found the first Double Jeopardy Daily Double in “Chemistry.” He was now in the lead with $8,600, $3,600 more than Sheri in second place. He bet $3,600 and he was RIGHT.

Used as a purification process, it’s the evaporation of liquid and then the condensation of the vapor.
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WHAT IS DISTILLATION?

Sheri was sweeping through “Literary Tabloid Headlines” when she found the last Daily Double. She was still in second place but only $3,200 behind Mike’s lead (in spite of his big DD win). She bet $3,800, and she was RIGHT.

1847: “Attic head case sets fire to house when hubby falls for new governess.”
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WHAT IS JANE EYRE?

Mike finished in the lead with $20,600. Sheri was next with $16,400 and David was in third place with $4,300.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO ARE BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD?

“Teen” was obviously the operative hint in the clue. MTV’s dysfunctional teenagers made their first appearance in “Frog Baseball,” a short by their creator Mike Judge. We must say we are surprised they even used it. Beavis and Butt-head were not involved in game with a frog that knew how to play baseball. They played baseball with each other and the frog was the baseball!

“Beavis and Butt-head play baseball with an unsuspecting frog, leading to the utter demise of the smashed amphibian.” (Youtube: Frog Baseball)

David wrote down “The Wonder Twins.” Zan and Jayna, two shape-shifting super teens, made their animated debut in 1977 on ABC. He lost his $4,300 bet and finished with $100.

Sheri wrote down “Phineas & Ferb,” two pre-teens who made their animated debut in 2007 on The Disney Channel. She lost a big $15,000 with that reply and finished with $1,400.

Mike thought it was “Ren & Stimpy,” a chihuahua and a cat, who debuted on Nickelodeon in 1991. He bet $12,500 so he became the new champ with $8,100.