Show #6706 2013-11-11 (taped 2013-10-22) Teachers Tournament

2013 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

Rico Vazquez — a band teacher from Elmhurst, Illinois

Katie Moriarty — a 5th grade teacher from Cincinnati, Ohio

Anne Baxter — a kindergarten French teacher from Ypsilanti, Michigan

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Anne	$2,800	$8,000	$13,600	$24,801 Automatic semifinalist	$10,800 17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Katie	$3,400	$6,400	$12,400	$16,400 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$14,000 21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Rico	$800	$3,800	$5,800	$11,400 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$5,800 10 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

BIBLICAL WHO'S WHO	LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION FILM!	ANAGRAMMED SCHOOL SUBJECTS	AWARDS & HONORS	STATE CAPITALS	CARBONATION NATION
$200 [1] After Herod promises his stepdaughter anything, she requests this man's head on a platter John the Baptist Rico	$200 [16] In 2011 Jeremy Renner & Simon Pegg followed "Ghost Protocol" in the fourth installment of this series Mission: Impossible Rico	$200 [2] All about life:OILY BOG biology Katie	$200 [11] These awards from the American Theatre Wing bear the nickname of a stage actress-turned-producer the Tonys Katie	$200 [21] This Mississippi capital was named for a general who later became president Jackson (Mississippi) Katie Rico	$200 [26] In 1890 it said it was "good for brain and brawn"; well, it should know--it is a "physician" Dr Pepper Katie
$400 [7] In First Kings he's the first king mentioned David Anne	$400 [17] These 2 eventual state governors grappled, but not over fiscal policy, in the 1987 futuristic flick "The Running Man" Ventura & Schwarzenegger Rico	$400 [3] Maps, not chaps:OH GREY GAP geography Anne	$400 [12] Since 1922 this medal has been awarded for excellence in American writing for children the Newbery Anne Rico	$400 [22] Its National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific contains the graves of WWII, Korean War & Vietnam War dead Honolulu Anne Katie	$400 [27] One type of this beverage that already has a number in its name is called 10, for its calorie count 7-Up Anne
$600 [8] That must have been some exorcism when Jesus cast 7 devils out of her Mary Magdalene Anne	$600 [18] In 2013 this actor was back as "Riddick", left for dead on a nasty planet Vin Diesel Katie	$600 [4] Expressive math:RAGE LAB algebra Katie	$600 [13] This Brit shared the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics for proposing the boson that bears his name (Peter) Higgs Katie	$600 [23] This New England state capital lies on the main pass through the Green Mountains Montpelier Anne	$600 [28] rootbeer.com is operated by this letter-perfect company, around since 1919 A&W Katie
$800 [9] Jesus called this disciple by his Aramaic name, Simon bar-Jona Simon Peter Anne	$800 [19] This Danny Trejo title guy named for his weapon "Kills" again in 2013, & now, Charlie Sheen is involved Machete Rico	$800 [5] The world by numbers:SIT, CATS, SIT statistics Katie	$800 [14] This Academy Award for excellence in producing films is named for the "Boy Wonder" of Hollywood Irving Thalberg Anne	$800 [24] Huey Long'sgravehas an honored place on the grounds of this city's capital building Baton Rouge Anne	$800 [29] I've been billed as "a great tasting soft drink that's strong & bold & refreshing"; they call me Mr. this! Mr. Pibb Rico
$1,000 [10] Joseph was Jacob's 11th son & the firstborn son of this woman Rachel Katie	$1,000 [20] Among the exploits of this character in action films: making 2 Gruber brothers sad & killing a helicopter with a car John McClane Katie	$1,000 [6] The study of you & me:POLYGON TORAH anthropology Anne	$1,000 [15] A violin competition for those 30 & under is held every 5 years in Helsinki & named for this composer Sibelius Rico	DD $3,800 [25] French-Canadian trappers named it for the tree-lined river that provided relief for those crossing the Snake River Plain Boise Anne	$1,000 [30] This energy drink wants you to "Unleash the beast", perhaps with options like M-80 or Assault Monster Rico

Double Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY PRINCIPALS & TEACHERS	AMPHIBIANS	THOSE "R" THE TOP 10 HITS	OLD PAINT	IT'S ALL POLITICS	MORE VOWELS
$400 [6] Harry's hairiest Hogwarts headmaster Dumbledore Katie	$400 [13] The larvae of frogs are known as tadpoles or these, from the Middle English for "wiggle head" pollywogs Katie	$400 [1] Amy Winehouse,2007 "Rehab" Rico	$400 [11] His sister Nan & his dentist B.H. McKeeby were the models for his 1930 masterpiece "American Gothic" Grant Wood Anne	$400 [17] Usually given in January, it was once known simply as the President's Annual Message to Congress the State of the Union Address Anne	$400 [22] A light bulb will sometimes light up over an animated character's head when he gets one of these an idea Katie
$800 [7] This "Sleepy Hollow" teacher had "huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose" Ichabod Crane Anne	$800 [27] Unlike on most salamanders, this part of a newt is flat the tail	$800 [2] The Stray Cats,1982 "Rock This Town" Rico	$800 [12] Rubens often painted his young wife Helene as this love goddess, as in her "and Adonis" Venus Rico	$800 [18] In a 2009 impeachment trial, this state's Senate voted 59-0 to convict Governor Rod Blagojevich Illinois Katie	$800 [23] Shrubby succulent used to treat burns aloe Katie
$1,200 [8] 1961 Muriel Spark novel about an Edinburgh educator in her "Prime" The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Anne Katie	$1,200 [28] If you've heard them croaking together, you know why a group of frogs is known by this musical term a chorus Anne	$1,200 [3] John Denver,1973 "Rocky Mountain High" Katie	$1,200 [14] In 1970, long before iPhones, this realist from Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania painted "Siri" Andrew Wyeth	$1,600 [20] Thisyoung senator is a rising star of the Grand Old Party Marco Rubio Katie	$1,200 [24] Meaning "place" or "stead", this French word is routinely seen between "in" & "of" lieu Anne
$1,600 [9] 1959 novel where you'll find inner city London secondary school teacher Mr. Braithwaite To Sir, with Love Anne	$1,600 [29] A North American salamander known as the Congo this doesn't walk, but slithers in a serpentine fashion the Congo eel	$1,600 [4] Peaches & Herb,1979 "Reunited" Katie	$2,000 [16] His 1936 mural of Jesse James robbing a train is in Missouri's state Capitol Thomas Hart Benton	$2,000 [21] With the war over, Warren Harding made a campaign promise of a "return to" this normalcy Anne	$1,600 [25] 5-letter term for a mathematical proposition assumed without proof an axiom
$2,000 [10] This Dickens novel features Wackford Squeers, the villainous proprietor of Dotheboys Hall Nicholas Nickleby	$2,000 [30] In the South this large salamander is sometimes called a water dog a mudpuppy	$2,000 [5] Jesus Jones,1991 "Right Here, Right Now"	DD $3,000 [15] Hereis a 1640 self-portrait by this Flemish man; note the beard van Dyck Katie	DD $3,000 [19] In the late 1780s, fearing a strong central govt., the anti-these opposed the adoption of the Constitution the (Anti-)Federalists Katie	$2,000 [26] Someone learning a new job--on a locomotive, it sounds like a trainee

Final Jeopardy!

2013 NEWSMAKERS

The name of this woman who achieved a long-held goal in 2013 is a homophone of a word for a water nymph

Diana Nyad

Rico "Who is nyad?" — wagered $5,600

Katie "Who is Diana Nyad?" — wagered $4,000

Anne "Who is Diana Nayad?" — wagered $11,201

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