Question:  what's the preliminaries where evening gown is 8.988
SQL: SELECT "Preliminaries" FROM "1-12094609-1" WHERE "Evening Gown" = '8.988';

Question:  what's the swimsuit where average is 8.670
SQL: SELECT "Swimsuit" FROM "1-12094609-1" WHERE "Average" = '8.670';

Question:  what's the evening gown where preliminaries is 8.977
SQL: SELECT "Evening Gown" FROM "1-12094609-1" WHERE "Preliminaries" = '8.977';

Question:  what's the preliminaries where state is South Dakota
SQL: SELECT "Preliminaries" FROM "1-12094609-1" WHERE "State" = 'South Dakota';

Question:  what's the evening gown where state is South Dakota
SQL: SELECT "Evening Gown" FROM "1-12094609-1" WHERE "State" = 'South Dakota';

Question: what is the total number of average where evening gown is 8.988
SQL: SELECT COUNT("Average") FROM "1-12094609-1" WHERE "Evening Gown" = '8.988';