2011 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 1.
John Shoe — a third and fourth grade teacher from Lakewood, Colorado
Dan Crosby — a middle school history teacher from Santa Monica, California
Kathy Casavant — a high school English teacher from Oxford, Massachusetts
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathy | $2,600 | $3,000 | $11,400 |
$21,400
Automatic semifinalist |
$11,400
15 R, 3 W |
| Dan | $-200 | $3,200 | $17,200 |
$21,000
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$18,000
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| John | $2,600 | $4,200 | $13,400 |
$17,201
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$11,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| STATE NAME ORIGINS | BIG-SCREEN EDUCATORS | THE POINT IS... | LIT STUDENTS | JACKS OF ALL TRADES | 4-LETTER FILL IN THE PROVERB |
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$200
[3]
This state's name is from Chippewa words meaning "great water", after the lake of the same name
Michigan
John
|
$200
[12]
1990: Arnold Schwarzenegger as undercover police detective John Kimble, teaching little kids
Kindergarten Cop
John
|
$200
[26]
this character, who's as well-traveled as anyone I know
Waldo
Kathy
|
$200
[1]
Novel in which we learn that one Mr. Caulfield has failed 4 out of 5 classes at Pencey
Catcher in the Rye
Kathy
|
$200
[21]
Jack Wilson of the Eugene Register-Guard writes these opinion pieces, from the Latin for "to put forth"
editorial
Kathy
|
$200
[8]
"Still waters run ____"
deep
John
|
|
$400
[4]
Its name is from the French for "green mountain"
Vermont
Dan
|
$400
[13]
1995: Michelle Pfeiffer as ex-Marine & inner city high school teacher Louanne Johnson
Dangerous Minds
Dan
|
$400
[27]
thisex-world leader
Tony Blair
Dan
|
$400
[2]
You'll find Draco Malfoy studying at this school
Hogwarts
John
|
$400
[22]
Jack Dorsey is chairman of this information network that touts itself as "the evolution of mobile messaging"
Twitter
|
$400
[14]
It may seem permanent but "this, too, shall ____"
pass
John
|
|
$600
[5]
It was named for a king of France
Louisiana
John
|
$600
[15]
1980: Debbie Allen as dance instructor Lydia Grant
Fame
John
|
$600
[28]
this country
Haiti
Dan
|
$600
[9]
This John Irving character is a student at Steering prep school, where he takes up wrestling
Garp
Kathy
Dan
|
$600
[23]
Jack Horkheimer, who passed away in 2010, was the longtime host of PBS' "Star Gazer", devoted to naked-eye this
astronomy
John
|
$600
[18]
"Where there's life there's ____" (the last name of Bing's "Road" partner)
hope
Dan
|
|
$800
[6]
The first part of its name honors the father of the colony's founder; the rest means "woodland"
Pennsylvania
Dan
|
$800
[16]
1986: William Hurt as James Leeds, a new speech teacher at a school for the deaf
Children of a Lesser God
|
$800
[29]
him
St. Joseph
Dan
|
$800
[10]
In an early Stephen King novel, she has the last laugh at Ewen High
Carrie
Kathy
|
$800
[24]
Jack Cawthon, the "Bar-B-Que King" of this town, has a restaurant overlooking the Ryman Auditorium
Nashville
Dan
|
$800
[19]
"The darkest hour is just before ___"
dawn
Dan
|
|
DD
$1,200
[7]
This state was named for an island in the English Channel
New Jersey
Dan
|
$1,000
[17]
1989: Morgan Freeman as baseball bat-wielding principal Joe Clark
Lean on Me
Kathy
|
$1,000
[30]
this Beantown building
the John Hancock Building (Tower)
Kathy
|
$1,000
[11]
This title Shakespeare guy attended school in Wittenberg & 2 of his mates there are later brought into the plot
Hamlet
Kathy
|
$1,000
[25]
Jack Mazzola serves only organic & fair trade at his west village "Stir Brew" this
Coffee
John
|
$1,000
[20]
"There are none so ____ as those who will not hear"
deaf
Dan
|
| HEAD OF THE CLASSICAL MUSIC | IT'S SHOWTIME! | CORNERSTONES | DEAD LINES | POTPOURRI | CROSSWORD CLUES "B" |
|
$400
[1]
He concluded his "Ring" cycle with "The Twilight of the Gods" in 1874
Wagner
Dan
|
$400
[6]
On Showtime 2, you could see what the housemates on this Julie Chen-hosted show were like "After Dark"
Big Brother
Kathy
|
$400
[30]
As president of the Mormon church, he laid one of the cornerstones for the Salt Lake temple in 1853
Brigham Young
John
|
$400
[21]
This character said, "Every time a child says, 'I don't believe in fairies', there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead"
Peter Pan
John
|
$400
[11]
Craig Ferguson is a proud Glaswegian--a native of this city
Glasgow
Dan
|
$400
[16]
Biblical tower town(5)
Babel
Kathy
|
|
$800
[2]
This "Carmen" composer became a student at the Paris conservatory just before turning 10
Bizet
John
|
$800
[7]
Only 1 of these 2 magicians speaks, but both are "pit bulls for the truth"
Penn & Teller
Dan
|
$800
[29]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Red Cross headquarters in Washington, D.C.)In 1915, this president made a short trip from the White House to lay thecornerstonefor the American Red Cross headquarters
Wilson
Dan
|
$800
[22]
In 1975 this comedian-director wrote, "It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens"
Woody Allen
John
|
$800
[12]
Sheet retailers try to impress you with this number, 300 or 600 or even 1,500
thread count
John
|
$800
[17]
Fasten your seat belt(6)
buckle
Dan
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Erich Korngold had this middle name, so he had to become a composer, of movie scores like "Captain Blood"
Wolfgang
Kathy
|
$1,200
[8]
Buck, Alice & T are personalities among the "United States of" her
Tara
Dan
|
$1,200
[24]
In June 1825, 50 years after the battle, Lafayette laid the
the Bunker Hill monument
Kathy
Dan
|
$1,600
[26]
In "Rabbit is Rich", he wrote, "the great thing about the dead, they make space"
Updike
Dan
|
$1,200
[13]
The Crooked House seenherewas completed in 2003 in Sopot in this country; thelanguageover the door is a big clue
Poland
John
|
$1,200
[18]
A desert nomad(7)
Bedouin
Kathy
Dan
|
|
$1,600
[4]
In 1867 he founded the Norwegian Academy of Music
Grieg
Kathy
|
$1,600
[9]
Joss Stone played Anne of Cleves on this drama where Henry VIII had heir problems
The Tudors
Kathy
|
DD
$2,000
[25]
The cornerstone for this Virginia school's first building, the Wren Building, was laid in 1695
the College of William & Mary
Dan
|
$2,000
[27]
"The Ballad of" this gaol says, "something was dead in each of us, and what was dead was hope"
Reading Gaol
Kathy
|
$1,600
[14]
Alfalfa has a long one of these primary roots; on older plants it can go down 50 feet
a taproot
Kathy
|
$1,600
[19]
To invite or summon(6)
beckon
John
|
|
$2,000
[5]
Here's a surprise: "The Drumroll" is the nickname of symphony No. 103 by this Austrian composer
Haydn
Dan
|
$2,000
[10]
This title E.R. woman had an affair, forged an organ donor card, etc., etc.
Nurse Jackie
Dan
|
$2,000
[28]
In June 1904 the cornerstone for the U.S. Naval Academy chapel was laid by this hero & admiral
George Dewey
|
DD
$3,200
[23]
John Donne wrotethat "any man's death diminishes me... therefore never send to know" this Hemingway title
for whom the bell tolls
John
|
$2,000
[15]
It's the illustration facing the title page of a book
the frontispiece
Kathy
|
$2,000
[20]
"Decameron" dude(9)
Boccaccio
Dan
|
It's the only Canadian province that is separated from the North American mainland
Prince Edward Island