Show #6144 2011-05-05 (taped 2011-03-28) Teachers Tournament

2011 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

Sally Umbach — a third grade special education teacher from Cincinnati, Ohio

Charles Temple — a high school English teacher from Ocracoke, North Carolina

Grafton Brown — a high school Spanish teacher from Chicago, Illinois

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Grafton	$1,000	$2,600	$7,800	$5,000 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$7,800 11 R, 1 W
Charles	$200	$2,800	$22,800	$20,600 Automatic semifinalist	$21,200 28 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Sally	$4,300	$6,100	$4,100	$7,100 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$4,600 14 R (including 1 DD), 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS	SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG	LOW TECH	POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS	U.S. GEOGRAPHY	ALL "AMERICAN"
$200 [26] This co-author of "Manifest Der Kommunisttischen Partei" was born May 5, 1818 (Karl) Marx Charles Sally	$200 [11] You're nuts if you don't know this title of hits by Seal, Icehouse & Patsy Cline "Crazy" Charles	$200 [16] A tactical formation in the form of a V, or an "issue" dividing an otherwise unified group a wedge Charles	$200 [21] "For" Michigan Republican congressman Hoekstra's "sake!" Pete's Charles	$200 [1] This state's largest county, San Bernardino, was divided in 1893 to form Riverside County California Charles	$200 [6] Their publications include "First Aid Fast" & a "Babysitter's Handbook" the American Red Cross Grafton
$400 [27] Philosopher Soren Kierkegaard was born May 5, 1813 in this capital Copenhagen Sally	$400 [12] The Eagles in 1975 & The Emotions in 1977 both hit No. 1 singing about "The Best Of" this "My Love" Charles	$400 [17] Ticonderoga is no. 1 in making no. 2 these, introduced in 1913 pencils Grafton	$400 [22] "For the love of" Wyoming senator Enzi! Mike Grafton	$400 [2] Leadville in the Rockies in this state is the USA's highest incorporated city Colorado Charles	$400 [7] A gorilla named Koko learned to communicate using gestures from this American Sign Language Sally
$600 [28] Born May 5, 1919, Giorgios Papadopoulos became dictator of this country in 1967 Greece Charles	$600 [13] Robbie Nevil & B*witched had tunes called this French phrase meaning "that's life" "C'est La Vie" Sally	$600 [18] 16 tablespoons equals one of these a cup Sally	$600 [23] "Heavens to" ex-New York lieutenant governor McCaughey! Betsy Charles	$600 [3] At about 1,700 square miles, this saline lake is one of the largest lakes in the world with no outlet the Salt Lake Sally	DD $500 [10] In 2009 the U.S. Mint issued a quarter for this territory featuring an ava bowl, a whisk & a coconut tree American Samoa Sally
$800 [29] This May-5 born Monty Python member & BBC travel filmmaker is a commando of the Order of the British Empire (Michael) Palin Charles Sally	$800 [14] Sammy Davis Jr. in 1972 & Christina Aguilera in 2007 sang about this sweet guy "Candyman" Sally	$800 [19] This brand says its "magic" tape is "the original matte-finish, invisible tape" Scotch Grafton	$800 [24] "Geez" House Rules Committee ranking Democrat Slaughter Louise Sally	$800 [4] Nome, Alaska lies on this peninsula named for a 19th century Secretary of State the Seward peninsula Grafton	$600 [8] In 2009 this organization that maintains the largest registry for purebred dogs celebrated its 125th anniversary the American Kennel Club Sally
$1,000 [30] A culinary foundation is named for this dean of American cookery who was born in Portland May 5, 1903 James Beard Sally	$1,000 [15] Sticky-sweet title of No. 1s for Bobby Goldsboro in 1968 & Mariah Carey in 1997 "Honey" Sally	$1,000 [20] 11-letter word for embroidery on canvas, with uniform spacing of stitches in a pattern needlepoint	$1,000 [25] South Carolina legislator John "O'Goshen!" land Sally	$1,000 [5] (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The northwest angle belongs to the U.S., although it doesn't look that way; it's the only part of the lower 48 that extends miles north of this parallel of latitude the 49th parallel Charles	$800 [9] When Iowa farmers & their wives first saw this 1930 painting of a farm couple, many of them were downright angry American Gothic Sally

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCIENTISTS	ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS	WHY SO BLUE?	JURY DUTY	WHEN IN ROME?	EPONYMS
$400 [1] This man's injected dead virus vaccine inspired Albert Sabin's live-virus oral vaccine for polio (Jonas) Salk Sally	$400 [2] This 1963 epic included 79 sets & 26,000 costumes Cleopatra Charles	$400 [18] Utah's state tree is the blue type of this evergreen the spruce Charles	$400 [10] A deadlocked jury is this 4-letter word hung Charles	$400 [3] The U.S. Fifth Army comes to town: June 4 of this year 1944 Charles	$400 [8] This 2-word term for a skeptic refers to one of Jesus' apostles a doubting Thomas Charles
$800 [14] This naturalist wrote, "for my own part I would as soon be descended from that heroic little monkey" (Charles) Darwin Charles	$800 [27] Variety called it "a horse picture" with "a new dramatic find--moppet Elizabeth Taylor" National Velvet Grafton Charles	$800 [19] Seen here, a Navajo bracelet features this mineral turquoise Grafton	$800 [23] This type of jury charged with deciding whether there's enough evidence to try a person may have up to 23 members a grand jury Charles	$800 [4] Michelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel: this century the 16th Sally	$800 [9] This big hair style is derived from the title of a mistress of Louis XV a madame pompadour Grafton
$1,200 [15] Despite his advocacy of megadoses of vitamin C, he & his wife Ava got cancer Linus Pauling	$1,200 [28] Mike Todd was killed in a plane crash while Liz was making this film in which she played Maggie Pollitt Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Grafton	$1,200 [20] This jeweler's blue box is a registered trademark Tiffany Charles	$1,200 [24] The general type of this military tribunal must have at least 5 members & the defense attorney may be military or civilian court-martial Grafton	$1,200 [5] Mussolini becomes prime minister: this decade the 1920s Grafton Charles Sally	$1,600 [12] This ancient king of Lydia, thought the wealthiest man on earth, had the Midas touch, hence the phrase "as rich as" him Croesus Charles
DD $2,000 [16] This Russian's work on gastrointestinal secretions in animals earned him a Nobel prize Pavlov Charles	$1,600 [29] Liz won an Oscar for her role as a battlesome wife in this adaptation of an Albee play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Charles	$1,600 [21] The vase seenhereis made from this semiprecious stone lapis lazuli Grafton	$1,600 [25] In the Manson trial this isolation of a jury to protect it from outside influences lasted 8 1/2 months sequestering Charles	$1,600 [6] Rome burns while an emperor relaxes in his villa at Antium: this century 1st (A.D.) Charles	$2,000 [13] This flower seenhereis named for a German botanist a zinnia Sally
$2,000 [17] He discovered that the observed frequency of light waves is affected by the relative motion of the source & detector Doppler Charles	$2,000 [30] James Dean, Rock Hudson & Liz formed a love triangle in this Texas-set film Giant Charles	$2,000 [22] The blue type of this game fish, M. nigricans, has a long pointed bill a marlin Charles	$2,000 [26] In selecting jurors, an attorney may reject some for no stated reason--this type of challenge a peremptory challenge	$2,000 [7] Charlemagne is crowned emperor by Pope Leo III: this day, 800 A.D. Christmas Charles	DD $2,400 [11] To abstain from buying or doing trade with, in honor of an Irish landlord against whom such tactics were used to boycott Charles

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD LEADERS

Shortly after he received the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize, his country ceased to exist

Mikhail Gorbachev

Sally "Who is Gorbachev?" — wagered $3,000

Grafton "Who is Brada?" — wagered $2,800

Charles "Who is Havel?" — wagered $2,200

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