Show #6473 2012-11-07 (taped 2012-10-01) Teachers Tournament

2012-B Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

Diana North — a first grade teacher from Rock Hill, South Carolina

Michael Farabaugh — a high school chemistry teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia

Colby Burnett — a high school world history teacher from Chicago, Illinois

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Colby	$3,800	$8,000	$19,800	$20,001 Automatic semifinalist	$18,400 24 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Michael	$800	$3,200	$14,000	$18,000 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$11,600 16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Diana	$1,400	$4,200	$13,800	$10,000 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$13,800 15 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

WHO WROTE THESE KIDS' BOOKS?	SUMMER 2012	U.S. GEOGRAPHY	SIDE DISHES	GREAT NAMES IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL	RHYME FIGHTER
$200 [9] "Freckle Juice" & "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" Judy Blume Michael	$200 [6] July set this record for the continental U.S., beating out July 1936 the hottest July (high temperatures accepted) Diana	$200 [1] Whidbey Island, just north of Seattle, provides the northern boundary of this body of water Puget Sound Colby	$200 [7] Most places put this cabbage salad on the side, but Pittsburgh's Primanti Bros. puts it on the sandwiches coleslaw Colby	$200 [8] Hugs Etienne wraps up ballcarriers for the Badgers of this Big 10 university Wisconsin Michael	$200 [11] What students "pull" staying up until morning studying an all-nighter Colby
$400 [10] "The Reptile Room" & "The Austere Academy", both from "A Series of Unfortunate Events" Lemony Snicket Diana	$400 [20] Embarrassing royal photos everywhere!--Kate's in France, this prince's in Vegas Prince Harry Diana	$400 [2] An outpost called Fort Raccoon was wisely renamed & became this capital of Iowa Des Moines Colby	$400 [21] If you're "sufferin'", you might want a bowl of this dish succotash Michael	$400 [12] Ego Ferguson apparently has ample self-esteem for the Bayou Bengals of this state school LSU Colby	$400 [15] A professional who comes up with the words for advertisements a copywriter Michael
$600 [22] "A Swiftly Tilting Planet" & "A Wind in the Door" Madeleine L'Engle	$600 [28] Summer's last day saw the last flight of this space shuttle, thrilling Californians on its way to a final home in Los Angeles Endeavour Colby	$800 [4] Prior to 1850 this Northern California peak was known by several names, including Sasty Mount Shasta Colby	$600 [25] Rachael Ray has a recipe called "no-pain" this Chinese noodle dish lo mein Michael Diana	$600 [13] Perhaps the most appropriate name ever: Wave Ryder, of this service academy the U.S. Naval Academy Colby	$600 [16] "Shade of pale" in a Procol Harum song whiter Colby
$800 [23] "The Sign of the Twisted Candles" (Nancy Drew, book 9) Carolyn Keene Michael	$800 [29] He won the 100- & 200-meter dashes in London, the first to do so at consecutive Olympics Usain Bolt Colby Michael	DD $1,000 [3] The Sakonnet, Seekonk & Providence Rivers are saltwater arms of this bay Narragansett Bay Colby	$800 [26] Tostones are usually made by frying this fruit; if you're not in the Caribbean, bananas may be easier to come by plantains Diana	$800 [14] The Demon Deacons of this North Carolina university have an unlikely secret weapon--defensive end Godspower Offor Wake Forest University Diana	$800 [17] Holy head coveringseen here a miter Colby
$1,000 [24] "Farmer Boy" & "On the Banks of Plum Creek" Laura Ingalls Wilder Michael	$1,000 [30] Ambassador Christopher Stevens was killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate in this Libyan city Benghazi Colby	$1,000 [5] Awash in glorious lava, Mount Haleakala lies on this "Valley Isle" Maui	$1,000 [27] Award-winning chef Marcella Hazan said calling this Italian dish "a cornmeal mush is a most indelicate use of language" polenta Diana	$1,000 [19] Terrance Bullitt & Happiness Osunde get defensive for the Red Raiders of this alliterative Big 12 school Texas Tech Colby	$1,000 [18] In sports a close match is "a real" this a nail-biter Colby

Double Jeopardy! Round

"NEA"	COMPOSERS	EDUCATION NATION	THE 1980s, QUICK!	LOVE & MARRIAGE	HORSE & CARRIAGE
$400 [9] This layer of the eye has no blood vessels the cornea Diana	$400 [1] For his 1869 "Romeo and Juliet" overture, this Russian adapted the sonata form to mirror the play's structure Tchaikovsky Michael	$400 [24] The Pierre & Marie Curie University France Colby Michael	$400 [3] Depositors freaked during the S&L crisis, short for these institutions savings & loans Diana	$400 [8] His ex-wife Demi Moore attended his 2009 marriage to British model Emma Heming (Bruce) Willis Colby Michael	$400 [4] This Old West passenger & mail carriage got its name from the stations where it made stops a stagecoach Colby Diana
$800 [10] Mary Ann Esposito's book on 3 yeast doughs is "What You" this Knead Michael	$800 [2] Paris critics called this Polish composer "the Ariel of the piano" Chopin Colby	$800 [25] Uppsala University Sweden Colby	$800 [6] Soviet withdrawal from this country was completed on Feb. 15, 1989 Afghanistan Michael	$800 [16] Carrie Underwood is conveniently married to Mike Fisher, of the NHL Predators of this city Nashville Colby	$800 [5] The Conestoga & this vehicle, seen here, were instrumental in the western expansion of the United States covered wagons Colby
$1,200 [13] This pet critter is part of the cavy family guinea pig	$1,200 [7] Though nicknamed "Papa", this Austrian composer had no children; he was, however, the "father of orchestral music" Haydn Diana	$1,200 [26] The University of Adelaide Australia Colby	$1,600 [18] A Dec. 3, 1984 chemical leak killed thousands in this city in India Bhopal Colby	$1,200 [20] She wrote "Sex & the Single Girl" early in her 51 years as a married girl, to producer David Brown Helen Gurley Brown Diana	$1,200 [21] If you catch a "cab", you might know cab is from the longer name of this old type of light carriage cabriolet Michael
$1,600 [14] This state capital is on the Gastineau Channel Juneau (Alaska) Michael	$2,000 [12] (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) A silver rose is central to the action in "Der Rosenkavalier" by this composer Richard Strauss Michael	$1,600 [27] Pusan National University South Korea Diana	$2,000 [19] He was in control as Reagan's first Secretary of State Alexander Haig Michael	$1,600 [29] The ink on her divorce papers was still wet when she married Gregg Allman in 1975 Cher Diana	$1,600 [22] Now a term for a 2-door car, it was once an enclosed 4-wheeled carriage with the driver's seat outside coupe (or coupé) Michael Diana
$2,000 [15] This Trojan hero is Aphrodite's son Aeneas Michael	DD $4,000 [11] This German composer married Franz Liszt's daughter Cosima, 24 years his junior (Richard) Wagner Michael	$2,000 [28] King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia Colby	DD $2,200 [17] With U.S. help in 1983, Sir Paul Scoon returned to power in this island nation Grenada Colby	$2,000 [30] This actor & Phoebe Cates have been married since 1989 (Kevin) Kline Colby	$2,000 [23] From the Russian, it's a name for a carriage drawn by 3 horses a troika Diana

Final Jeopardy!

PLAYS

Referring to its 2 acts, an Irish critic described it as "a play in which nothing happens, twice"

Waiting for Godot

Diana "What is Waitin for Godot?" — wagered $3,800

Michael "What is Waiting for Godot?" — wagered $4,000

Colby "What Waiting for Godot" — wagered $201

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