Show #6145 2011-05-06 (taped 2011-03-28) Teachers Tournament

2011 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

Judd Hess — a high school English teacher from Huntington Beach, California

Larry DeMoss — a high school English teacher from Ellettsville, Indiana

Catherine Carson — a fourth grade language arts, math, and social studies teacher from Washington, D.C.

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Catherine	$1,000	$2,200	$1,000	$1,500 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$1,000 7 R, 3 W
Larry	$2,400	$4,800	$19,200	$22,000 Automatic semifinalist	$18,000 22 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Judd	$2,600	$4,800	$5,200	$8,399 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$13,400 20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE PRESIDENT WHO WROTE...	SUMMER SCHOOL	WHO'S YOUR MAMA?	BONE UP FOR THE TEST	ISLANDS	FROM D TO E
$200 [6] "Dreams From My Father" Barack Obama Catherine	$200 [26] A hot time in Calcutta, or a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn Indian summer Larry	$200 [10] Kate Hudson Goldie Hawn Judd	$200 [9] This small, flat, triangular bone in the knee is not directly connected with any other bone the patella Larry	$200 [1] The U.S.A.'s number one commercial fishing port, Dutch Harbor, is in these islands, named for a people who have lived there for 4,000 years Aleutian Islands Catherine	$200 [11] In a deck of cards, it's another name for a 2 a deuce Judd
$400 [7] "My Life" (2004) Bill Clinton Larry Judd	$400 [27] The Germans' summer offensive of 1942 in this country was driven in part by a need to gain oil supplies from the Caucasus the Soviet Union Judd	$400 [22] Liza Minnelli Judy Garland Larry Judd	$400 [18] The number of pairs of these in mammals varies from 9 in whales to 24 in sloths; humans normally have 12 ribs Judd	$400 [2] 124 islets, reefs & shoals & 8 major islands make up this U.S. state Hawaii Larry	$400 [12] It can mean heavenly, perfect or pertaining to God divine Judd
DD $400 [8] "Hunting the Grisly" Theodore Roosevelt Judd	$600 [28] The crookneck variety of this alliterative item is seen here a summer squash	$600 [23] Jamie Lee Curtis Janet Leigh Larry	$600 [19] Finger tendons run through a "tunnel" almost completely surrounded by these bones of the same name the carpal Catherine Larry	$600 [3] Sand Island is part of this central Pacific atoll that entered history in June 1942 with the actions of carriers nearby Midway Island Larry	$600 [13] This form of glucose is also called grape sugar dextrose Catherine
$800 [16] "Six Crises" Nixon Larry	$800 [29] Nokomis, Chingachgook & Chickasaw are these operated by the YMCA summer camps Judd	$800 [24] Sean Astin Patty Duke Astin	$800 [20] "U" know it's the inner of 2 bones in the forearm when viewed with the palm facing forward the ulna Catherine	$800 [4] Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the capital of these Spanish Atlantic islands only 67 miles off the coast of Africa the Canary Islands Larry	$800 [14] Adjective used to describe an easily managed or readily trained animal, perhaps a horse docile Larry
$1,000 [17] "Principles of Mining" Hoover Larry	$1,000 [30] From the Latin for "sun standing still", in 2011 it will happen at 5:16 P.M. GMT on June 21 the summer solstice Judd	$1,000 [25] Isabella Rossellini Ingrid Bergman	$1,000 [21] This bone is attached to the fibula throughout its length by an interosseous membrane the tibia Catherine	$1,000 [5] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.)The Florida Keys curve southwest for about 200 miles from Elliott Key to Loggerhead Key in this "dry" national park Dry Tortugas National Park	$1,000 [15] It's the rodent seen here&, surprisingly, it's awake a dormouse Judd

Double Jeopardy! Round

DUTCH BOYS	SPORTS WEIGHTS & MEASURES	"NEW" IN THE BOOKSTORE	LESSEN PLAN	THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT	SCHOOLING YOU IN LATIN
$400 [22] This Dutchman died in July 1890; his brother Theo died 6 months later & was buried next to him Van Gogh Judd	$400 [11] In the pros, this prolate spheroid contains a pressure of 13 PSI & has 16 lace holes a football Catherine	$400 [12] Aldous Huxley later regretted not having put nuclear power in this futuristic novel Brave New World Larry	$400 [6] The 1914 Clayton one of these business-restricting acts prohibits mergers when they "lessen competition" antitrust Larry	$400 [21] Wynton Marsalis the trumpet Larry Judd	$400 [1] This word is from a Latin adverbial phrase meaning "by the hundred" percent Larry
$800 [23] This manager of Elvis was born Andreas Cornelius Van Kuijk in the Netherlands Col. Tom Parker	$800 [17] Made of hard black rubber, it must be 1 inch thick, 3 inches in diameter & weigh from 5 1/2 to 6 ounces a hockey puck Judd	$800 [13] This book is made up of 27 books the New Testament Judd	$800 [7] Because of 2010 Census tallies, New York & Ohio each lost 2 of these congressmen Larry	$800 [27] Albert Einstein the violin Judd	$800 [2] I am, you are, they are, it's from the Latin for "to yoke together" conjugate Judd
$1,200 [24] A campaign against the Portuguese cost this last Dutch Colonial Governor of New York his right leg Stuyvesant Judd	$1,200 [18] It's 2 inches wide & 15 feet from the backboard the free-throw line Catherine Larry	$1,200 [14] Things get tense with the boyfriend when Bella cuts her arm in this Stephenie Meyer book New Moon Judd	$1,200 [8] To lessen his reliance on Chinese bureaucrats, Kublai Khan used foreigners like this man born in Venice in 1254 Marco Polo Larry	$1,200 [28] Harry Truman the piano Larry	$1,200 [3] It's not beginner & it's not advanced, it's this 12-letter word from the Latin for "in the middle" intermediate Catherine
$1,600 [25] This great Dutch Navigator sighted New Zealand on Dec. 13, 1642 (Abel) Tasman Catherine Judd	$2,000 [20] In baseball, it measures 18 feet in diameter & reaches a height of 10 inches at its center a pitching mound Judd	$1,600 [15] Tom Wolfe edited an anthology of reportage titled this The New Journalism Larry	$1,600 [9] This French obstetrician created a method to lessen pain-increasing tension in childbirth (Fernand) LaMaze Larry	$1,600 [29] Dave Barry & Stephen King the guitar Larry Judd	$1,600 [4] The name of this type of social club is from the Latin for "sister" sorority Larry
$2,000 [26] This Delft painter might have used a camera obscura; his friend Anton Van Leeuwenhoek was a master lens maker Johannes Vermeer	DD $8,000 [19] It stretches 62 feet, 10 3/16 inches from foul line to the pit a bowling lane Judd	$2,000 [16] First published in the late 17th Century, it was for 50 years the only elementary school textbook in the American colonies The New England Primer	DD $3,200 [10] An airplane rises due to this Swiss man's "effect", as a fluid's pressure lessens when its speed increases the (Daniel) Bernoulli effect Larry	$2,000 [30] Robin Williams (starting when he did "Moscow On The Hudson") the saxophone	$2,000 [5] From the Latin for "of the side", it's a type of football pass lateral Larry

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. LANDMARKS

It contains over 5,000 tons of steel, rises 630 feet in the air & is in the shape of an inverted catenary curve

The St. Louis Gateway Arch

Catherine "What is the St. Louis Arch?" — wagered $500

Judd "What is the St. Louis Arch?" — wagered $3,199

Larry "What is the Gateway Arch?" — wagered $2,800

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