2012-B Teachers Tournament final game 2.
Michael Farabaugh — a high school chemistry teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia (subtotal of $10,000)
Colby Burnett — a high school world history teacher from Chicago, Illinois (subtotal of $10,600)
Kate Wilson — a high school AP English teacher from Montgomery, Alabama (subtotal of $3,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kate | $2,200 | $2,200 | $5,000 | $10,000 |
$6,600
15 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Colby | $1,000 | $4,200 | $20,600 | $18,671 |
$20,600
20 R, 0 W |
| Michael | $2,600 | $6,400 | $8,600 | $14,100 |
$11,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE LIVING ROOM | SCI. ABBREV. | DIFFERS BY A LETTER | LITERARY RELATIVES | THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONGS | NAME THAT U.S. CURRENCY NOTE |
|
$200
[22]
In 1950 10% of American living rooms had this device; by 1960 it was about 90%
a television
Michael
|
$200
[6]
In chemistry, B.P. stands for this; water's is 212 degrees Fahrenheit
the boiling point
Colby
|
$200
[1]
With an "L", it's skiing in a zigzag course; with an "H", it's a Hebrew hello
slalom/shalom
Michael
|
$200
[14]
His novel "The Little Drummer Girl" was inspired by his sister Charlotte Cornwell, an actress
John le Carré
|
$200
[7]
"Like A Prayer","Like A Virgin"
Madonna
Michael
|
$200
[8]
The postmaster of Philadelphia in 1737 is on this note
the $100
Kate
|
|
$400
[23]
In the early 20th c. "living room" became more popular than this term that has a "funeral" type
a parlor
Kate
|
$400
[9]
Estrogen is usually involved in this "therapy", the "HR" in HRT
hormone replacement
Kate
|
$400
[2]
With a "D", it's a cute little indentation on the cheek or chin; with a "P", it's a not-so-cute blemish
dimple/pimple
Kate
|
$400
[15]
This novelist's sister Catharine & brother Henry Ward Beecher were both writers
(Harriet Beecher) Stowe
Kate
|
$400
[12]
"Born This Way","Beautiful, Dirty, Rich"
Lady Gaga
Kate
|
$400
[21]
The man on this note served as a lobbyist for the Illinois Central Railroad
the $5
Michael
|
|
$600
[25]
Thisnon-fiery portion of a fireplace extends into a room & may be raised
a hearth
Kate
|
$600
[10]
Scanning & transmission are just 2 types of this instrument abbreviated E.M.
electron microscope
Michael
|
$600
[3]
With an "O" as the second letter, it's one's profession; with an "A", it's time away for rest & relaxation
vocation/vacation
Kate
Michael
|
$600
[16]
Their father, clergyman Patrick Brunty, changed the spelling of the family name
the Brontë sisters
Michael
|
$600
[17]
"Sunday Bloody Sunday","Love And Peace Or Else"
U2
Kate
|
$600
[27]
In 1790 the man on this note submitted a "Report on the National Bank"
the $10
Colby
|
|
$800
[26]
A type of oversized, often under-read book is named for & seen on this piece of living room furniture
a coffee table
Colby
|
$800
[11]
It's the "M" in mRNA, which is RNA that carries instructions from the nucleus to the ribosomes
messenger
Colby
|
$800
[4]
With an "I" in the middle, it's a peculiar mannerism; with an "A", a subatomic particle
quirk/quark
|
$800
[18]
Quaker novelist Jessamyn West was a second cousin of this Quaker president
(Richard) Nixon
Colby
|
$800
[19]
"Pinball Wizard","So Sad About Us"
The Who
Michael
|
$800
[28]
A man who served Tennessee in both the House & the Senate is on this note
the $20
Michael
|
| — |
$1,000
[13]
The oersted is a unit of strength to measure one of these, M.F. for short
magnetic field
Michael
|
$1,000
[5]
With a "C", they're natives of Zagreb; with a "G", it's hulled crushed grain, like buckwheat
Croats/groats
Kate
|
DD
$1,600
[24]
His mother, Charlotte Champe Stearns, was a poet & social worker
T.S. Eliot (or Thomas Stearns Eliot)
Kate
|
$1,000
[20]
"Some Nights" &"We Are Young"
fun.
Colby
|
$1,000
[29]
No. 21 in a West Point class of 39 graces this note
the $50
Michael
|
| GIFTED & TALENTED | THE WAR OF ...12 | WORD ORIGINS | STATES BY LAKE | TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL | THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY |
|
$400
[10]
His father Leopold called him "the miracle which God let be born in Salzburg"
Mozart
Michael
|
$400
[14]
In the War of the Holy League, a big deal in 1512, the man in this post assembled an alliance against France
the pope
Colby
|
$400
[2]
This word for a specially equipped vehicle was modified from a longer French phrase meaning "walking hospital"
ambulance
Kate
|
$400
[1]
Catahoula Lake, Bayou D'Arbonne Lake
Louisiana
Michael
|
$400
[19]
Another day of ditching for this symbol of Pittsburgh's NHL team, who once wore a scarf
a penguin
Colby
|
$400
[24]
The National Film Registry has preserved documentary footage of this natural disaster from April 18, 1906
the San Francisco earthquake
Colby
|
|
$800
[11]
At the age of 14 he checked in triumphantly at the 1958 U.S. chess championship
Bobby Fischer
Michael
|
$800
[15]
A Russian movie is titled "1612", the year Polish occupation of this Moscow central fortress ended
the Kremlin
Colby
|
$800
[4]
Dan Castellaneta of "The Simpsons" said this interjection was in imitation of a faux curse in Laurel & Hardy
d'oh
Michael
|
$800
[3]
Leesville Lake, Buckeye Lake
Ohio
Colby
|
$800
[20]
Batman's chilly foe "Mr." this commits crimes to help his love Nora; we can't allow that at Jeopardy! High
Mr. Freeze
Colby
|
$800
[25]
Disney animators studied real animals & photos of the forests of Maine to portray nature in this 1942 film
Bambi
Kate
|
|
$1,200
[12]
This cellist-cellist made his Carnegie-Carnegie Hall debut in 1964 at the age of 9
Yo-Yo Ma
Kate
|
$1,200
[16]
In 1412 an uneasy truce in this long conflict was almost over
the Hundred Years' War
Colby
|
$1,600
[6]
Swedish gives us this word for a person appointed to investigate complaints against a government or an organization
ombudsman
|
$1,200
[8]
Lake Charlevoix, Lake Cadillac
Michigan
Michael
|
$1,200
[21]
Jack Torrance, frozen at the end of this Stephen King tale, is an excellent typist, but somewhat creepy
The Shining
Colby
|
$1,200
[28]
"Newark Athlete", an experimental film from 1891, was made at his lab in West Orange, New Jersey
Edison
Kate
Colby
|
|
$1,600
[13]
I'll "wager" you know the name of this 17th c. French philosopher & math whiz who wrote an essay on conic sections at 16
(Blaise) Pascal
Kate
Colby
|
$1,600
[17]
In 1912 Serbia was fighting this empire in the First Balkan War
the Ottoman
Colby
|
$2,000
[7]
This fifth category of taste on the tongue corresponds to savoriness & in Japanese means "deliciousness"
umami
Kate
|
DD
$1,200
[9]
Lake Bemidji, Bass Lake (a few dozen of those)
Minnesota
Michael
|
$1,600
[22]
Part giant, part jinn, this Narnia antagonist weakens with the thaw; that's when classes get started!
the White Witch
Kate
|
$1,600
[29]
This Michael Jackson music video created so much buzz that it was released theatrically in 35 millimeter
Thriller
Kate
|
|
$2,000
[27]
By 8, this 3-named 19th c. English philosopher had read all of Herodotus' work--in the original Greek
John Stuart Mill
Kate
|
$2,000
[18]
In 1212 victory at Las Navas de Tolosa ended Alfonso VIII's 40 years of warfare against them
Moors
Colby
|
DD
$2,600
[5]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us some attractions at the Ozark Empire Fair in Springfield, MO.) This term for the part of a fair or carnival where sideshows & other amusements are located comes from the site of an 1893 Expo held in Chicago
the midway
Michael
|
$2,000
[26]
Schroon Lake, Chautauqua Lake
New York
|
$2,000
[23]
Not sure I'd want Ozymandias, of this DC Comics group, to leave his Antarctic lair for my classroom
the Watchmen
Colby
|
$2,000
[30]
This director made 1992's "El Mariachi" in 2 weeks for $7,000
(Robert) Rodriguez
Colby
|
Found in Article 3, Section 3, & requiring the testimony of 2 witnesses to prove, it's the only crime defined in the Constitution
treason