Show #6319 2012-02-23 (taped 2012-01-24) Teachers Tournament

2012-A Teachers Tournament semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Leslie Decker — a high school German and ESL teacher from Austin, Texas

Brooks Humphreys — a high school social studies teacher from Omaha, Nebraska

Nate Rice — a high school ACT prep teacher from Catlettsburg, Kentucky

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Nate	$3,800	$2,000	$9,600	$19,200 2nd place: $10,000	$12,000 16 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Brooks	$600	$1,000	$19,200	$22,601 Finalist	$15,000 15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Leslie	$1,800	$2,400	$11,300	$13,300 3rd place: $10,000	$10,800 14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

OTHER WONDERS OF THE WORLD	FRENCH 101	POTPOURRI	TOYS & GAMES	ROOM SERVICE	COLLEGE MASCOTS
$200 [20] This barrier's name in Chinese, Wanli Ch'ang Ch'eng, says that it's 10,000 li in length, or about 3,000 miles The Great Wall Nate	$200 [4] The French use this word to mean kitchen; we use it to refer to a manner of preparing food cuisine Leslie	$200 [22] If you know the correct procedure, you "know" this, also a tool the drill Nate Brooks	$200 [12] Use mallets to tap out the white blocks in the Hasbro game called don't do this Don't Break the Ice Nate	$200 [10] From a word meaning "before", it's a waiting area that sounds like a good place to make a poker bet an anteroom Leslie	$200 [1] Herbie Husker Nebraska Nate
$400 [21] It was dedicated by Titus in 80 A.D. in a ceremony that also included 100 days of games the Colosseum Brooks	$400 [5] A naive or innocent girl or woman; in the theater, it's an actress who plays such roles an ingenue Nate Brooks Leslie	$400 [23] "Shaping a Life", "Building a Home" & "Creating a World" are on the U.S. postage stamp promoting awareness of this adoption	$400 [13] The Toys R Us 2011 holiday hot toys list included the Leap Pad Explorer from this company LeapFrog	$400 [25] The name of this bright room has also been used to mean a sundial a solarium Brooks	$400 [2] Buckingham U. Badger (University of) Wisconsin Nate
$600 [18] On a peninsula in NW Spain, the Tower of Hercules is perhaps the oldest functioning one of these a lighthouse Nate	$600 [6] A dead-end street, literally the "bottom of the bag" a cul-de-sac Leslie	$600 [24] The pillow type of this delicate fabric isn't made to sleep on; the pillow is the pad that holds the pattern lace	$600 [14] A board game based on this bestselling phone app includes 3 green pigs & a slingshot-style launcher Angry Birds Leslie	$600 [26] From a word meaning "fireplace" comes this term for a theater or hotel lobby a foyer Leslie	$600 [3] The Leprechaun Notre Dame Leslie
$800 [17] The magnificent Suleiman mosque in this city has a dome 175 feet high Istanbul	$800 [7] One who tells stories & anecdotes with skill & wit; the Old French meaning is "to count up" or "reckon" a raconteur Nate	$800 [29] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue.) Can you make out the three letters in thelogothat looks like a man holding a stick? It stands for this musical entity, whose web site ends in "co.uk" the London Symphony Orchestra	$800 [15] These roly-poly figures "wobble, but they don't fall down!" Weebles Nate	$800 [27] A grain focuser & an enlarger are equipment you might need for this room a dark room Brooks	$800 [8] Bevo, a steer University of Texas Nate
DD $2,400 [19] The Alcazaba is the citadel of this Moorish masterpiece in Granada, Spain the Alhambra Nate	$1,000 [11] "Esprit de" this is a feeling of solidarity among members of a group corps Brooks	$1,000 [30] Michael Dukakis attended this Quaker-founded college in Pennsylvania Swarthmore College Brooks	$1,000 [16] A line of wooden puzzles & toys is made by the company called Melissa & him Doug	$1,000 [28] On a submarine or other warship, this room is the main dining area for commissioned officers the ward room	$1,000 [9] The Scarlet Knight Rutgers University Nate

Double Jeopardy! Round

RHYMING MOVIES	LESSER-KNOWN WOMEN	"ICK"Y WORDS	FACTS ABOUT AUTHORS	ENGINEERING	TOOT SWEET
$400 [10] Mike Myers took on the feline role in this adaptation of a Dr. Seuss classic The Cat in the Hat Leslie	$400 [1] Vinnie Ream was commissioned in 1866 to do a Capitol rotunda statue of this man; pretty good likeness Lincoln Nate	$400 [11] A light, quick blow or touch, or slang for a movie a flick Nate	$400 [16] He was a merchant seaman, then roamed around the U.S. before publishing "On the Road" (Jack) Kerouac Leslie	$400 [26] This building in Italy tilts 3.97 degrees off the vertical The Leaning Tower of Pisa Brooks	$400 [21] A military band & the tooting of a piccolo are part of the instrumentation of this Tchaikovsky overture, opus 49 the 1812 Overture Brooks
$800 [8] TV's Bill Cosby & Robert Culp were replaced by Eddie Murphy & Owen Wilson in this 2002 film I Spy Brooks	$800 [2] In 1963 Maria Goeppert Mayer became the only woman besides her to win a Nobel Prize in Physics Marie Curie Leslie	$800 [12] Slender & crisp, they're known as grissini in Italy breadsticks	$800 [17] His experiences as a medical student were fodder for his semi-autobiographical novel "Of Human Bondage" (Somerset) Maugham Leslie	$800 [27] On April 28, 1869 laborers laid a record 10 miles of track in one day in the final stretch of building this the transcontinental railroad Nate	$1,200 [23] The bassoon represents grandfather & the clarinet is a cat in this Prokofiev "tale for children" Peter and the Wolf Brooks
$1,200 [7] Hugh Jackman rocked & socked audiences in this 2011 robot fighting film Real Steel	$1,600 [4] A board certified pediatrician, Antonia Novello was sworn into this post by Sandra Day O'Connor in 1990 Surgeon General Nate	$1,200 [13] Difficult to please, like Morris the cat finicky Leslie	$1,200 [18] This European woman who wrote "The Second Sex" also wrote about communist China Simone de Beauvoir Brooks	$1,200 [29] Connecting lower Manhattan with Jersey City, it was the world's first ventilated underwater vehicular tunnel the Holland Tunnel Nate	$1,600 [24] Act II of this Verdi opera features a triumphal march played on archaeologically correct valveless trumpets Aida Brooks
$1,600 [6] Colin Farrell played a vampire in this remake of an '80s flick Fright Night Leslie	DD $1,700 [3] Massachusetts' state heroine is Deborah Samson, who, disguised as a male soldier, fought in this war The American Revolution Leslie	$1,600 [14] It's the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction bailiwick Brooks	$1,600 [19] During the German occupation of France, this "Godot" playwright was active in the resistance (Samuel) Beckett Nate	$1,600 [30] The first section of this waterway was dug around 400 B.C.; Kublai Khan added a link to Beijing in the 1200s the Grand Canal	$2,000 [25] No wonder it caused a riot: this Stravinsky work is overwhelmingly scored for drums & wind instruments, not strings The Rite of Spring Brooks
$2,000 [9] Bette Midler was one of 3 witches in this aptly named 1993 comedy Hocus Pocus Nate	$2,000 [5] Olive Riley, who passed away at 108, was known as the world's oldest this, posting some 70 entries online about her life blogger Nate	$2,000 [15] Last name of the lawyer who served as FDR's Secretary of the Interior (Harold) Ickes Brooks	$2,000 [20] She was in Haiti on a Guggenheim fellowship when she wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God" (Zora Neale) Hurston Leslie	$2,000 [28] The USA's largest producer of hydropower, this Washington structure has 12 million cubic yards of concrete the Grand Coulee dam Brooks	DD $5,000 [22] This Sousa piece, the official march of the U.S., includes the tooting of the euphonium, clarinet & cornet "Stars And Stripes Forever" Brooks

Final Jeopardy!

SINGERS

On the eve of Earth Day, 2011, he became the first performer inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame

John Denver

Nate "Who is John Denver?" — wagered $9,600

Leslie "Who is John Denver?" — wagered $2,000

Brooks "Who is John Denver?" — wagered $3,401

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