2012-A Teachers Tournament final game 1.
Patrick Quinn — a high school German teacher from Chesterfield, Missouri
Justin Hofstetter — a sixth and seventh grade language arts and social studies teacher from Kansas City, Missouri
Brooks Humphreys — a high school social studies teacher from Omaha, Nebraska
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks | $0 | $1,000 | $8,800 | $5,800 |
$9,000
11 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Justin | $1,600 | $6,800 | $11,200 | $4,799 |
$15,200
29 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Patrick | $1,200 | $2,800 | $11,600 | $5,589 |
$11,600
12 R, 1 W |
| 5 FLAGS OVER TEXAS | POSSESSIVE ACTORS' POSSESSIONS | INFO FROM THE WORLD ALMANAC | DOUBLE "I" | MOCK TURTLE | SOUP |
|
$200
[6]
In the 1500s the first European explorers of Texas were from this country, seeking "glory, god & gold"
Spain
Justin
|
$200
[17]
Citrus fruit belonging to one of the "Grumpy Old Men"
Jack's lemons
Justin
|
$200
[22]
Introduced in 2007, the stamp known as this will always be valid as first-class postage even if rates change
the forever stamp
Justin
|
$200
[1]
Aerial, mogul & acrobatic are the 3 types of freestyle in this sport
skiing
Patrick
|
$200
[12]
Oh Mr. tortoise named for this arid environment--you've been called the slowest of all turtles; quite a distinction
a desert tortoise
Justin
|
$200
[2]
This Creole specialty of New Orleans is traditionally served z'herbes ("with herbs") on Good Friday
gumbo
Justin
|
|
$400
[7]
In 1685 La Salle missed the mouth of this river & established a short-lived French colony at Matagorda Bay
the Mississippi
Justin
|
$400
[18]
A quick kiss on the cheek from the movies' Atticus Finch
Gregory's peck
Justin
|
$400
[23]
A list of "informative and useful websites" includes digitalgallery. nypl.org, NYPL standing for this
the New York Public Library
Justin
|
$400
[27]
This state's all-time high temperature was 100 degrees at Pahala on April 27, 1931
Hawaii
Justin
|
$400
[13]
Yo, leatherback, you're the only reptile that comes close to being homeothermic, also called this--weirdo
warm-blooded
Justin
|
$400
[3]
A resort area in the Catskills was known as this belt, from the quantities of this beet soup consumed there
borscht
Patrick
|
|
$600
[8]
In 1821 this newly independent nation took control of Texas
Mexico
Justin
|
$600
[19]
A Bic belonging to the star of "Milk"
Sean's pen
Justin
|
$600
[24]
This policy with a 4-word name that prevented gays from serving openly in the military officially ended Sept. 20, 2011
don't ask, don't tell
Patrick
|
$600
[28]
For an aircraft, it's the slow movement on the ground before takeoff
taxiing
Justin
|
$600
[14]
Your heart has 2 atria, but only one of these chambers--humans have you beat!
a ventricle
Justin
|
$600
[4]
In French, the name of this clear soup that can be served hot or cold means "to have made complete"
consomme
Patrick
|
|
$800
[9]
In 1836 the newly declared Republic of Texas adopted a flag with one of these symbols in the middle
a (lone) star
Brooks
|
$800
[20]
An accounting book belonging to a "Brokeback Mountain" star
Heath's ledger
Justin
|
$800
[25]
Appropriately, the world's fastest roller coaster (149.1mph) is at a theme park named for this Italian sports car
Ferrari
Justin
|
$800
[29]
Games for this product include "Fortune Street", "The Legend of Zelda" & "NASCAR Unleashed"
the Nintendo Wii
Justin
|
$800
[15]
Hey you, the only tortoise with a flat rather than domed shell--not very dignified to be named for this breakfast food
the pancake tortoise
|
$800
[5]
Progresso's first canned soup was this Italian-named favorite, with a recipe using 10 shovels each of peas & carrots
minestrone
Brooks
|
|
DD
$1,600
[10]
Following annexation, the U.S. flag was first raised officially in Texas in this city Feb. 19, 1846
Austin
Brooks
|
$1,000
[21]
An inlet on the Scottish coast belonging to a portrayer of king George VI
Colin's firth
Brooks
Patrick
|
$1,000
[26]
The Robert Byrd Green Bank Telescope, the largest fully steerable radio dish, is in this state
West Virginia
Brooks
|
$1,000
[30]
The Japanese call some highly prized specimens of this mushroom "donko"
shiitake
Brooks
|
$1,000
[16]
Can a wild turtle of rivers & ponds really be proud of sharing this name of Ben Jones' role on "The Dukes of Hazzard"?
Cooter
|
$1,000
[11]
This name for a thick soup that usually contains pureed seafood is also used for a type of unglazed white porcelain
bisque
Justin
|
| LITERARY TITLE OVERLAPS | SMALL TALK | EUROPEAN HOLIDAYS | ROLLING STONES LYRICS | SOCIAL STUDIES | PLACES TO "C" |
|
$400
[6]
"The Canterbury _____ of a Wayside Inn"
Tales
Brooks
|
$400
[16]
Derogatory term for a short person, or a tasty crustacean of the suborder natantia
a shrimp
Brooks
|
$400
[17]
In Lithuania this holiday is the first Sunday in May, a week earlier than in the United States
Mother's Day
Brooks
Justin
|
$400
[1]
" 'Cause I try... and I try... and I try... and I try..."
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
Patrick
|
$400
[24]
"Days in the Lives of Social" these professionals follows them as they deal with prisoners, youths & the elderly
social workers
Justin
|
$400
[11]
Nathan's started its annual hot dog eating contest in 1916 on this "island"
Coney Island
Justin
|
|
$800
[7]
"The Old Man and the _____ Around Us"
Sea
Justin
|
$800
[20]
An old term for a tree stump, these days it refers to the smallest animal in a litter
a runt
Justin
|
$800
[18]
An October German holiday is named for this world-changing Protestant movement
the reformation
Justin
|
$800
[2]
"Oo, a storm is threat'nin', my very life today, if I don't get some shelter, oo yeah, I'm gonna fade away"
"Gimme Shelter"
Justin
|
$800
[25]
David S, Barnes' "The Making of a Social Disease" is subtitled this lung illness "in 19th century France"
tuberculosis
Justin
|
$800
[12]
The Greek sector of Nicosia, the capital of this country, is known as Lefkosia
Cyprus
Justin
|
|
$1,200
[8]
"A Tale of Two _____ of the Plain"
Cities
Patrick
|
$1,200
[21]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) It may sound like a mini meerschaum, but it's actually this lab tool, used to transfer smallmeasured volumes of liquid
a pipette
Brooks
|
$1,200
[19]
In July 1880 this commemoration of a revolutionary event was declared a national holiday in France
Bastille Day
Brooks
Patrick
|
$1,200
[3]
"It's down to me, the way she talks when she's spoken to, down to me, the change has come, she's" this
"Under My Thumb"
Brooks
|
$1,600
[27]
Brooks Adams' "The Theory of Social" these discusses the French & industrial ones, among others
Revolutions
Patrick
|
$1,200
[13]
This South Carolina city is on a peninsula between the Ashley & Cooper Rivers
Charleston
Brooks
Patrick
|
|
$1,600
[9]
"A Room with a _____ From the Bridge"
View
Patrick
|
$1,600
[28]
6-letter word used by People magazine to describe Rachael Ray's "Dancing with the Stars" dress
skimpy
Justin
|
$1,600
[22]
To celebrate St. David's day, the Welsh wear this onion relative in their caps or as a corsage
the leek
Justin
|
$1,600
[4]
"Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name... but what's puzzling you is the nature of my game"
"Sympathy for the Devil"
Justin
|
$2,000
[30]
Jean-Jacques Rousseau's classic "The Social" this was published in 1762
The Social Contract
Patrick
|
$2,000
[15]
You may want to bring a flak jacket if visiting this republic whose oblast was formed by the Bolsheviks in 1922
Chechnya
Justin
|
|
$2,000
[10]
"Tales of a Fourth Grade _____ Lasts Forever"
Nothing
Justin
|
$2,000
[29]
Unimportant, or an old Louisiana term for a small coin
picayune
|
$2,000
[23]
On August 1 the Swiss remember the day in 1291 when 3 of these territorial divisions made an alliance
cantons
Brooks
|
$2,000
[5]
"I saw her today at the reception, a glass of wine in her hand"
"You Can't Always Get What You Want"
Patrick
|
DD
$4,000
[26]
"The Social" this plural noun "Marketing Book" has chapters on networks like Myspace and Facebook
Media
Justin
|
DD
$3,000
[14]
This body of water receives many rivers, including the Ural & the Kura
the Caspian Sea
Brooks
|
"No day shall erase you from the memory of time", from Virgil's "Aeneid", is inscribed on a wall at this memorial
the 9/11 Memorial in New York City