2012-A Teachers Tournament semifinal game 1.
Lisa Johnston — a fourth and fifth grade reading and religion teacher from East Boston, Massachusetts
Kathryn Wendling — a high school social studies teacher from Farmington, Minnesota
Justin Hofstetter — a sixth and seventh grade language arts and social studies teacher from Kansas City, Missouri
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin | $6,000 | $7,400 | $18,200 |
$22,200
Finalist |
$18,200
22 R, 2 W |
| Kathryn | $1,200 | $2,000 | $400 |
$619
3rd place: $10,000 |
$2,800
11 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lisa | $-800 | $2,000 | $11,000 |
$21,500
2nd place: $10,000 |
$11,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | ITALIAN DRESSING | ARTHURIAN LIT | A FRUITFUL CATEGORY | GO "BIG" | OR GO HOME |
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$200
[1]
A voracious reader in school, hewould name his band for Aldous Huxley's "The Doors of Perception"
Jim Morrison
Kathryn
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$200
[6]
A hot accessory in the '60s was an Emilio Pucci scarf made of this luxurious material spun by caterpillars
silk
Justin
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$200
[16]
The title of Sharan Newman's "The Chessboard Queen" refers to her
Guinevere
Kathryn
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$200
[17]
The French call this fruit a prune
a plum
Lisa
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$200
[8]
An intolerant person
a bigot
Lisa
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$200
[26]
To this 29-room pad at 10236 Charing Cross Road in Los Angeles, if your name's Hef
the Playboy Mansion
Kathryn
|
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$400
[2]
We wonder ifhewas a heartbreaker back at his Gainesville, Florida high school
Tom Petty
Justin
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$400
[7]
Yes, Giorgio! This designer studied medicine before he put out his first men's wear collection in 1974
Armani
Kathryn
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$400
[18]
John Jakes co-wrote a novel titled this weapon!
Excalibur
Justin
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$400
[22]
As you might guess, the Jonagold apple is a cross between these 2 varieties
the Jonathan & golden delicious
Kathryn
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$400
[12]
2-word slang term for a place crooks get sent
the big house
Justin
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$400
[27]
To Xanadu 2.0, a high-tech complex on the shore of Lake Washington, if you're this software pioneer
Bill Gates
Lisa
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|
$600
[3]
Herose to the rank of Commodore after graduating from Joliet Township High School in Illinois
Lionel Richie
Kathryn
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$600
[9]
Dolce & Gabbana met in this Italian fashion city, where the 2 would show their first women's collection 5 years later
Milan
Justin
|
$600
[19]
Marion Zimmer Bradley brought us through "The Mists of" here
Avalon
Lisa
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$600
[23]
We hope you don't faint at the sight of this fruit
a blood orange
Kathryn
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$600
[13]
In 1958 the Sacramento Union reported that "if" this "is humanoid" it would weigh 450 to 550 pounds
Bigfoot
Justin
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$600
[28]
To the penthouse of this alliterative building at 725 5th Avenue, if you're the star of a reality show filmed downstairs
Trump Tower
Kathryn
|
|
$800
[4]
Shefaced many hurdles at her Missouri high school before hitting it big with songs like "If It Makes You Happy"
Sheryl Crow
Justin
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$800
[10]
Older brother Santo runs the business of this Italian designer murdered in 1997
(Gianni) Versace
Lisa
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$800
[20]
The title of this 15th century work by Sir Thomas Malory kinda gives away the ending
Le Morte d'Arthur
Lisa
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$800
[24]
Beverage brands including Snapple & Hansen's pair up strawberry & this fruit with bright green flesh
kiwi
Lisa
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$800
[14]
Ovis canadensis is this mountain dweller
the bighorn sheep
Lisa
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$800
[29]
To Arlington House, if you're this general who left it April 22, 1861, never to return
(Robert E.) Lee
Lisa
|
|
$1,000
[5]
In 2011 this rap-rocker, seen here without his hat, made a surprise visit to his alma mater, Romeo High School
Kid Rock
Justin
|
$1,000
[11]
One of the first designs of this Italian woman, first name Miuccia, was a handbag made of Pocono nylon
Prada
Justin
Lisa
|
$1,000
[21]
It's T.H. White's 4-part retelling of the legend
The Once and Future King
Justin
|
$1,000
[25]
Grown in the South, the scuppernong is a variety of this
a grape
Lisa
|
$1,000
[15]
Feminine nickname for a huge German artillery piece of World War I
Big Bertha
Justin
|
DD
$1,800
[30]
To Springwood Estate in this New York town, if you're our 32nd president (or his ghost)
Hyde Park
Lisa
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| FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH | TV SPIN-OFFS | GREEK IS THE WORD | U.S. PLACE NAMES | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES | THIS IS... AJEOPARDY!CATEGORY |
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$400
[1]
In February 1977 Clifford Alexander became the first black secretary of this oldest U.S. military branch
the Army
Kathryn
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$400
[6]
"Project Accessory", from this other fashion-minded reality show
Project Runway
Justin
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$400
[19]
"I was underfoot but got the upper hand & won by a nose" is an example of a "mixed" one of these
a metaphor
Kathryn
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$400
[17]
This North Carolina fort likes to "boast" that it's named for a Confederate general who was born in the state
Fort Bragg
Justin
Kathryn
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$400
[11]
A Southerner: "First Lady from Plains"
(Rosalynn) Carter
Kathryn
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$400
[16]
This historical American person spoke the following in 1847"This is... the place."
Brigham Young
|
|
$1,200
[3]
On Feb. 15, 1804 New Jersey became the last northern state to do this
outlaw slavery
Lisa
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$800
[7]
"Mayberry R.F.D.", from this sitcom
The Andy Griffith Show
Justin
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$800
[24]
Plethein, "to be full", gave us this word for an abundance that starts with "pleth"
a plethora
Justin
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$800
[18]
This river, part of the Oregon-Washington border, was named in 1792 for Robert Gray's ship
the Columbia
|
$800
[12]
An aviator: "The Spirit of St. Louis"
(Charles) Lindbergh
Justin
|
$800
[20]
It's the U.S. military service whose members learn the creed Johnny is reciting"This is... my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine."
the United States Marine Corps
Justin
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Feb. 1948 riots in Accra sparked a movement that led to this country's becoming one of Africa's first to boot the colonists
Ghana
Justin
|
$1,200
[8]
"Croc Files", from this nature show
The Crocodile Hunter
Justin
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$1,200
[25]
A Greek word meaning "one who walks on tiptoes" gave us this word for a circus performer or an Adobe product
acrobat
Lisa
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$1,600
[28]
This New Mexico city on old Route 66 was named for a paymaster on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, not a pollster
Gallup
Lisa
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$1,200
[13]
A Russian-American novelist: "Speak, Memory"
Vladimir Nabokov
|
$1,200
[21]
& now Johnny presents a memorable line from this 2006 film"This is... Sparta!"
300
Justin
|
|
$2,000
[5]
At a Feb. 1957 meeting a civil rights group chose this 3-word name; "Christian" was added later in the year
Southern Leadership Conference
Kathryn
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$1,600
[9]
"Mama's Family", from this star's variety show
Carol Burnett
Justin
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$1,600
[26]
On "American Idol", certain celebrity guests act as these, from the name of a trusted adviser to Odysseus
a mentor
Justin
|
DD
$3,000
[29]
The name of this suburb of Washington, D.C. is from the Hebrew for "house of grace"
Bethesda
Lisa
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$1,600
[14]
A Vietnam veteran: "Born on the Fourth of July"
Ron Kovic
Justin
Lisa
|
$1,600
[22]
It's the biblical event at which the following was spoken"This is... my body."
the Last Supper
Lisa
|
|
DD
$2,400
[2]
A vessel called this historic ship "of Liberia" left the U.S. in February 1820 carrying free blacks back to Africa
the Mayflower
Kathryn
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$2,000
[10]
"NCIS", from this other military procedural
JAG
Lisa
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$2,000
[27]
The distinctive character or culture of a people; it's also a brand of water
ethos
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— |
$2,000
[15]
A militant & prisoner: "Soul on Ice"
(Eldridge) Cleaver
Justin
Kathryn
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$2,000
[23]
Here's Johnny with the words this American journalist used to introduce his WWII broadcasts"This is... London."
Edward Murrow
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In Chapter 1 of the Acts of the Apostles, Matthias is chosen to replace him
Judas