2011 Teachers Tournament semifinal game 3.
Matt Polazzo — a high school U.S. government teacher from Brooklyn, New York
Charles Temple — a high school English teacher from Ocracoke, North Carolina
Kathy Casavant — a high school English teacher from Oxford, Massachusetts
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathy | $3,000 | $5,400 | $12,000 |
$23,000
2nd place: $10,000 |
$12,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Charles | $1,200 | $5,800 | $21,800 |
$24,001
Finalist |
$21,800
24 R, 1 W |
| Matt | $1,600 | $4,200 | $400 |
$312
3rd place: $10,000 |
$5,000
10 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| 1840s AMERICA | CELEBRITIES IN HIGH SCHOOL | JINGLES ALL THE WAY | 2011 NEWS | LET'S VISIT OTTAWA | RHYMES WITH COOL |
|
$200
[3]
From July 1845 to September 1847, he communed with nature at Walden Pond
Thoreau
Kathy
|
$200
[2]
No big shock--he's the radio personality seenherein his senior year
Howard Stern
Charles
|
$200
[12]
"I don't wanna grow up, I'm a" this "kid, they got the best for so much less, you'll really flip your lid"
Toys"R"Us
Charles
|
$200
[20]
Acting under Chapter VII of their charter, the U.N. voted to institute one of these over Libya, grounding Qaddafi's aircraft
a no-fly zone
Kathy
|
$200
[26]
This Canadian federal police force moved its headquarters to Ottawa in 1920
the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Kathy
|
$200
[1]
"There's an exception to every" one
rule
Matt
|
|
$400
[4]
In 1849 this Cabinet department was created, assuming control of the General Land Office & the Indian Affairs Office
Interior
Charles
|
$400
[13]
She's the future Oscar winner seenherein her senior year
Meryl Streep
Kathy
|
$400
[14]
"My bologna has a first name, it's" this; "my bologna has a second name, it's" this; just say 'em, don't spell 'em
Oscar Mayer
Charles
|
$400
[19]
This homeless man from Ohio stepped into the batter's box of fame thanks to his golden voice
Ted Williams
|
$600
[28]
You'll find Ottawa in the southeastern part of this province, on the Quebec border
Ontario
Charles
|
$400
[8]
Stubborn offspring of a female horse & a male donkey
a mule
Charles
|
|
$600
[5]
In May 1846 the Senate voted 40-2 to declare war on this country
Mexico
Charles
|
$600
[15]
Hadhebragged to fellow students that he was going to be an American rock idol, they might have said "Dream On"
(Steven) Tyler
Matt
|
$600
[21]
"I am stuck on" this brand, 'cause this brand's "stuck on me"
Band-Aid
Charles
|
$600
[16]
Democratic state senators fled this state to stall Gov. Walker's union-busting budget bill
Wisconsin
Charles
|
$800
[29]
A gift from Dutch royalty led to the world's largest festival of this flower, held each May in Ottawa
tulips
Charles
|
$600
[9]
If you're superstitious, I guess I'm supposed to do this
kiss a fool
Kathy
|
|
$800
[6]
On July 12, 1843 he announced that a divine revelation legitimized polygamy
(Joseph) Smith
Matt
|
$800
[24]
Thisactor, whose earliest ambition was to become President, still entertains thoughts of a political run
Alec Baldwin
Matt
|
$800
[22]
"Call" this service company, "that's the name, and away go troubles, down the drain"
Roto-Rooter
Matt
|
$800
[17]
This orbiter that got the Shuttle program back aloft after 2 disasters made its 39th & final flight
Discovery
|
DD
$1,000
[27]
In 1857 she picked out Ottawa to be the capital of Canada
Queen Victoria
Kathy
|
$800
[10]
A bobbin or reel
a spool
Kathy
|
|
$1,000
[7]
At his death in March 1848, he left a fortune estimated at $20 million, acquired in the fur trade & real estate
(John Jacob) Astor
Kathy
|
$1,000
[25]
We're happy to "report" that this young pundit, seen here, was voted wittiest student
Stephen Colbert
Kathy
|
$1,000
[23]
"I want my baby back baby back baby back... baby back ribs" from this place
Chili's
Matt
|
$1,000
[18]
This European country with 2 distinct ethnic groups broke a record by marking 249 days without a government
Belgium
Charles
|
$1,000
[30]
It's Ottawa's team in the National Hockey League
the Senators
Charles
|
$1,000
[11]
He wrote "A Confederacy of Dunces"
John Kennedy Toole
Charles
|
| TAILS FROM SHAKESPEARE | MEAN GIRLS | THE EYES HAVE IT | LOST PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES? | THE NON-WASHINGTON CAPITALS | FRENCH SCRAMBLE |
|
$400
[2]
"O, thereby hangs a tail", says the clown shortly before this villain's entrance in Act 3 of "Othello"
Iago
Matt
|
$400
[9]
This supernatural TV series was full of mean girls: Cordelia, the insane vampire Drusilla & Glory (a sort of evil god)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Charles
|
$400
[25]
Images received by each eye are transposed to a hypothetical single eye named for this mythical character
Cyclops
Kathy
Matt
|
$400
[14]
At Dr. Clark's school we applaud the young man's almost military discipline, but he can't go slapping other boys
Patton
Kathy
|
$400
[1]
A clock tower built in 1530 is a landmark in this Swiss capital city
Bern
Charles
|
$400
[15]
I'm grateful:CRIME
merci
Kathy
|
|
$800
[4]
"Henry VI, Part II" describes an animal that "clapp'd his tail between" these
his legs
Matt
|
$800
[10]
Nobody could do mean like this actress as Alexis Carrington on "Dynasty"
Joan Collins
Kathy
|
$800
[26]
If you have heterochromia, one of these may be blue & the other brown
iris
Matt
|
$800
[19]
Mr. Clay, your son won't raise his own hand; he gets a classmate here at Louisville Central High to raise it for him
Muhammad Ali
Kathy
|
$800
[3]
One night in this Asian city makes a hard man humble, & with 38,850 people per sq. mile in its Sam Peng district, that's a lot of men
Bangkok
Charles
|
$800
[16]
I'm asking nicely:VIOLA'S TULIPS
s'il vous plait
Matt
|
|
$1,200
[6]
"Who knows not where a wasp does wear his sting? In his tail", says Petruchio in this play
The Taming of the Shrew
Charles
|
$1,200
[11]
Alison Arngrim was delightfully nasty as Nellie Oleson, who plagued Laura Ingalls on this '70s series
Little House on the Prairie
Kathy
|
$1,200
[30]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.) To allow your eyes to see clearly at varying distances, fibers called the zonules of Zinn change the shape of this eye part that focuses light onto the retina
the lens
Charles
|
DD
$1,000
[20]
His schoolmaster Mr. Chauvet called him incorrigible & he replied, "Irredeemable, incurable, inveterate..."
(Peter) Roget
Kathy
|
$1,200
[5]
An 1855 earthquake in this Kiwi city raised the harbor bed by over a yard, allowing land to be drained & reclaimed
Wellington
Charles
|
$1,200
[21]
I'm complimenting you:BERET SIN
tres bien
|
|
$1,600
[7]
In "Henry VI, Part I" , Joan of Arc says, "Let frantic Talbot triumph for a while and like" this bird "sweep along his tail"
the peacock
Kathy
|
$1,600
[12]
Marcia Cross did many mean things--like stealing babies--as Dr. Kimberly Shaw on this '90s drama
Melrose Place
Matt
|
$1,600
[29]
The eyes have these 2 types of receptor cells; one gives color vision, the other black & white vision in dim light
rods & cones
Charles
|
$1,600
[23]
Your Francois is the worst bully in the Port-au-Prince schools, though his ambition to be a doctor is commendable
("Papa Doc") Duvalier
Charles
|
$2,000
[18]
The name of this Romanian capital first appears in a document of Vlad the Impaler
Bucharest
Charles
|
$1,600
[22]
A season:TEE
été
Charles
|
|
$2,000
[8]
"My father compounded with my mother under the dragon's tail", laments Gloucester's son in this play
King Lear
Kathy
|
$2,000
[13]
Leighton Meester tells tales out of school as Blair Waldorf on this soapy series
Gossip Girl
|
$2,000
[28]
It's no laughing matter: your eyes are filled with a clear gel called the vitreous this
humor
Charles
|
$2,000
[24]
Madame & Monsieur, young Antoine sits all day playing with toy planes & drawing little princes
Saint-Exupéry
Charles
|
DD
$4,600
[17]
It lies on the shore of its same-named bay, at the mouth of the Pasig River in Luzon
Manila
Matt
|
$2,000
[27]
How many are there?:NICE MOB
combien
|
"A Girl from a Different World" & "Train to the Urals" are chapters in this 1957 work
Doctor Zhivago