2012-B Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 4.
Brenton Montie — a sixth grade social studies teacher from South Lyon, Michigan
Marcia Edmundson — a high school French teacher from Chesterfield, Virginia
Tina Baybay-Bykov — an AP world history teacher from Orlando, Florida
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tina | $200 | $2,000 | $6,000 |
$1,000
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$6,000
10 R, 2 W |
| Marcia | $1,300 | $5,100 | $15,100 |
$20,100
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$15,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Brenton | $1,400 | $3,400 | $17,200 |
$21,200
Automatic semifinalist |
$15,400
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| BODY LANGUAGE | YOU'RE HISTORY! | SITCOMEDY | BRUSH UP YOUR SHAKESPEARE | ORGANIZATIONS | "P" IS FOR FASHION |
|
$200
[16]
"Pay through the ____"
nose
Tina
|
$200
[1]
Born in Caracas in 1783, he's been called the "George Washington of South America"
(Simón) Bolívar
Tina
|
$200
[3]
A gift of a used napkin makes Sheldon Cooper of this show gasp, "I possess the DNA of Leonard Nimoy?"
The Big Bang Theory
Marcia
|
$200
[11]
Play in which a magician endures hardships as an exiled ruler on an island
The Tempest
Marcia
|
$200
[24]
Started in 1971, it's also known by its French name, Medecins sans Frontieres
Doctors Without Borders
Tina
|
$200
[8]
Dr. Denton sleepers & (oo la la!) French maid sleepers are types of these
pajamas
|
|
$400
[17]
"An albatross around one's ____"
neck
Marcia
|
$400
[2]
In 1703 he founded a city that served as Russia's capital until 1918
Peter the Great
Marcia
|
$400
[4]
The joke was on Archie when Sammy Davis Jr. planted a kiss on his cheek on this show
All in the Family
Marcia
|
$400
[12]
It's the name of the father of the title prince of Denmark
Hamlet, Sr.
Brenton
|
$400
[27]
Though there's not a lot of oil in Austria, this international organization has been based in Vienna since 1965
OPEC
Brenton
|
$400
[9]
Fine, expensive straw of the jipijapa plant is handwoven in Ecuador, yet marketed as this type of hat
a Panama hat
Brenton
|
|
$600
[18]
"Tongue in ____"
cheek
Tina
|
$600
[21]
Known as the father of the Keystone State, he also fathered 14 children
William Penn
Marcia
|
$600
[5]
This sitcom's Al Bundy got new glasses, looked at his family & around his house, then stomped the glasses
Married... with Children
Brenton
|
DD
$500
[13]
It's the last word spoken by Richard III
horse
Marcia
|
$600
[28]
OLPC is a learning organization standing for "One" of these computers "Per Child"
a laptop
Brenton
|
$600
[10]
It's a slip-on shoe with a low-cut throat & usually a medium to high heel
a pump
Marcia
|
|
$800
[19]
"In the ____ of Morpheus"
arms
|
$800
[22]
This Borgia died in 1519 from childbirth complications, leaving behind at least 5 other kids
Lucretia
Tina
|
$800
[6]
When this sitcom psychiatrist said he was dating a supermodel, no one believed him & everyone thought he was going nuts
Frasier
Brenton
|
$800
[14]
In "Henry V", he's the swaggering soldier named for a weapon
Pistol
Marcia
|
$800
[29]
You are getting sleepy as we tell you the Intl. Association of Youth these offers tips on suggestibility
Hypnotists
Marcia
|
$800
[25]
In 1958 France's Societe de Bonneterie de Tergnier patented mitoufle, a brand of this sheer item for ladies' legs
pantyhose
Marcia
|
|
$1,000
[20]
"An army marches on its ____"
stomach
Marcia
|
$1,000
[23]
On Feb. 1, 1587 Elizabeth I reluctantly signed this royal woman's death warrant
Mary (Queen of Scots)
Brenton
|
$1,000
[7]
As Rev. Jim on "Taxi", this actor plays piano flawlessly, stops & says, "I must have had music lessons"
Christopher Lloyd
|
$1,000
[15]
Rosalind flees to the Forest of Arden in this play
As You Like It
Brenton
|
$1,000
[30]
There's a Comoros Islands-based association for the preservation of this fish, once thought extinct
a coelacanth
Brenton
|
$1,000
[26]
Generic name for man-made fibers developed in the 1930s that are shrinkproof & wrinkle-resistant
polyester
Marcia
|
| "MON" DAY | TWO'S DAY | HUMP DAY | THOR'S DAY | FRY DAY | WEAK END |
|
$400
[6]
They're part of a jungle gym
monkey bars
Marcia
|
$400
[12]
A 2.0 grade point average is equivalent to this letter
C
Brenton
|
$400
[21]
While this bovine of the American plains has a thick beard & a hump, the true buffalo has neither
a bison
Brenton
|
$400
[7]
Thor is an Old Norse word for this weather phenomenon
thunder
Tina
Brenton
|
$400
[1]
Oklahoma's official state meal includes this, CFS for short
chicken fried steak
Brenton
|
$400
[24]
The U.K.'s Guardian said it stank when this superhero reversed Earth's rotation at the end to save Lois Lane
Superman
Marcia
|
|
$800
[14]
U.S. investors have over $2.7 trillion in these safe but not sexy funds
money market funds
Tina
|
$800
[13]
This numeration system that works with base 2, not 10, renders the number 2 to look like 10
binary
|
$800
[22]
This largest deer is also the tallest land mammal in North America, measuring about 6 feet to the shoulders
a moose
Marcia
|
$800
[8]
The Norse believed that during storms, Thor rode one of these, drawn by goats
a chariot
Marcia
|
$800
[2]
When this New Orleans sandwich is made with fried oysters, it's called "the peace maker"
a po' boy
Tina
|
$800
[25]
Peter Travers said this "simian" Mark Wahlberg reboot had a "lame surprise ending"
Planet of the Apes
Brenton
|
|
$1,200
[15]
A title for a well-regarded Catholic, such as a papal chaplain
Monsignor
Tina
|
$1,200
[18]
In "The 12 Days of Christmas", it's the gift on the second day
two turtledoves
Marcia
|
$1,200
[23]
The thorny devil lizard, which has a spiny hump, feeds entirely on this social insect & may eat 3,000 in a single meal
an ant
Marcia
|
$1,200
[9]
O gods, rain fire on Marvel & Paramount for making this slimy god Thor's brother
Loki
Marcia
|
$1,200
[3]
Thesedeep-fried Mexican treats are often coated with cinnamon & sugar
churros
Brenton
|
$1,600
[27]
The Washington Post said the end of this Spielberg film about a robotic boy would bring "legendary befuddlement"
A.I. ( Artificial Intelligence )
Brenton
|
|
$1,600
[16]
Slang word for a name or, especially, a nickname
moniker
Tina
|
DD
$2,000
[19]
83, odd;937, odd...I guess 2 really is the only even one of these
a prime number
Marcia
|
$1,600
[29]
Named for its odor, itlives farther north than any other hoofed animal
the musk ox
Brenton
|
$1,600
[10]
Brok & Sindri, members of this race, made many magic objects for Norse gods, including Thor's hammer
dwarves
|
$1,600
[4]
A classic Passover breakfast is this dish, matzoh that's been soaked in water, dipped in egg & fried like French toast
matzo brei
|
$2,000
[28]
The New York Times said this 1956 film about a grade schooler with an evil streak had an "asinine closing-credits sequence"
The Bad Seed
Brenton
|
|
$2,000
[17]
I'm a big rock fan, &here's a big rock that's classified as this kind of object
a monolith
Marcia
|
$2,000
[20]
2 is lucky in China & in this most common Hong Kong dialect is pronounced the same way as the word for "easy"
Cantonese
Tina
|
$2,000
[30]
The wild species of this 2-humped camel have smaller humps & less hair than their domesticated brethren
the Bactrian camel
Tina
Brenton
|
$2,000
[11]
This was the name of Thor's hammer, which could return like a boomerang
Mjolnir
|
$2,000
[5]
This Pennsylvania Dutch pastry is named for what the batter is dripped through before it's fried
funnel cake
|
DD
$3,000
[26]
Slate called the last scene of this 2007 Oscar winner based on Cormac McCarthy's novel "a tacked on chunk of meaning"
No Country for Old Men
Brenton
|
First publicly performed in 1745, this song sometimes has its pronouns changed
"God Save The Queen" (or "King")