Show #6710 2013-11-15 (taped 2013-10-22) Teachers Tournament

2013 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

Michael Townes — an English and language arts teacher from Greenville, South Carolina

Timothy Shuker-Haines — a high school history teacher from Williamstown, Massachusetts

Cathy Bloedorn — a chemistry and forsenics teacher from Ellicott City, Maryland

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Cathy	$1,800	$4,000	$6,400	$12,795 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$8,400 13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Timothy	$3,800	$9,400	$13,400	$20,400 Automatic semifinalist	$11,000 19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Michael	$1,000	$4,400	$16,400	$13,800 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$18,000 21 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

ON HIS PRESIDENCY'S SECRET SERVICE	RAP STAGE NAMES	UNIFORMS	TEACHERS' LOUNGE CUISINE	SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER	THE ONIONDESCRIBES THE COUNTRY
$200 [15] Counterfeiting was its target when the Secret Service was created July 5, 1865, early in this new president's term Andrew Johnson Michael	$200 [16] Jay Z's name honors the J & Z subway lines in this borough, his hometown Brooklyn Timothy	$200 [22] Medical apparelnamed after the area & activity used in preparation for surgery scrubs Timothy	$200 [6] Social studies teacher Mr. Clinchy nukes a DiGiorno thin crust one of these & of course, offers to share a pizza Michael	$200 [1] 1,000 years millennium Timothy	$200 [10] Its people speak "64,000 dialects of Hindi as their official language... and Spanish if a Verizon customer presses 2 now" India Michael
$400 [17] During his term Congress directed the Service to protect Jackie Kennedy & her children for 2 years LBJ (Lyndon Johnson) Cathy	$400 [27] Breaking up the name of his home state gave rapper Tramar Dillard this stage name Flo Rida Michael	$400 [23] A neckerchief & a sash for merit badges are part of this organization's uniform the Boy Scouts Timothy	$400 [7] P.E. coach Kear chugs a G series thirst quencher bottle of this brand Gatorade Michael	$400 [2] Pertaining to the heart cardiac Cathy	$400 [11] Enjoy this country's "Vegemite Mine" & "Paul Hogan Institute of Knife Identification" Australia Timothy
$800 [20] During the George W. Bush presidency, the Secret Service was transferred to this Cabinet department the Department of Homeland Security Timothy	$600 [28] This Cuban-American rapper named himself for the tenacious qualities of a certain dog Pitbull Michael	$600 [24] Employees working at Foot Locker dress in the uniform of someone in this other job a referee Michael	$600 [8] English teacher Mr. Voss hates misspelling, so he boycotts these "Stix" that come in grape, cherry & Maui punch flavors Pixy Stix Cathy	$600 [3] Shortened term for an agreement before a marriage that stipulates rights prenup	$600 [12] It "is composed solely of the glamorous Monte Carlo casino... the typical citizen... works a full eight-hour lifetime" Monaco Timothy
$1,000 [21] In this man's term, the Service began protecting foreign dignitaries such as Golda Meir, who had a state dinner with him Richard Nixon	$800 [29] Real name of the guy who was M&M then Eminem Marshall Mathers Michael	$800 [25] Seethe markof the beast on the uniform ofthisNBA team, 65 million years in the making the (Toronto) Raptors Cathy	$800 [9] Mrs. Parsons, the French teacher, has an artisan baguette from this chain whose name means "to the good bread" Au Bon Pain Timothy	$800 [4] Don't fear this machine that cuts standing grain reaper Cathy	$800 [13] It "cannot help but reminisce about the 1800s, when (it) was so powerful it could overtake any country simply by asking politely" Great Britain (or the United Kingdom) Timothy
DD $3,000 [19] In 1902 the Service began full-time protection of the president, this man whose predecessor could've used some protecting Theodore Roosevelt Timothy	$1,000 [30] To distance himself from his absent father, Dwayne Carter Jr. dropped a letter from his name to arrive at this rap name Lil Wayne Cathy	$1,000 [26] The uniform of a German soldier during World War I might have included a Pickelhaube, one of these a (spiked) helmet Michael	$1,000 [18] The English Dept.'s Ms. Montgomery sneaks a Creme Egg from this British confectioner known for its "Bunny" Cadbury Timothy	$1,000 [5] Traditional contradictory-sounding adjective for a parliamentary opposition party loyal	$1,000 [14] "Running... from their problems", this African country's "traditional greeting" is "on your left" Kenya Timothy

Double Jeopardy! Round

NOTED PERSONALITIES INTHE WORLD ALMANAC	READING THE DETECTIVES	GIVE US 2 C's & AN A	DISEASES	RAID!	THE LENGTH OF THE MOVIE
$400 [25] "Frontiersman, congressman; died defending the Alamo" Davy Crockett Timothy	$400 [20] This Carolyn Keene youth sleuth was featured with "The Clue Crew" in "Pony Problems"! Have you guys been moonlighting?! Nancy Drew Timothy	$400 [8] The offering of a life to a deity, truly moving the runner along a sacrifice Michael	$400 [1] Robert Koch in 1882 was first to link a germ to this disease (before that, you could say the info was TB-A) tuberculosis Michael	$400 [16] Ragnar who raids a British monastery, is one of these title people in a 2013 History Channel series a Viking Michael	$400 [2] From 2001, "Hedwig and the Angry..." Inch Timothy
$800 [26] "Devised decimal system of library-book classification" (Melville) Dewey Cathy	$800 [21] With its toxic tentacles, thelion's mane jellyfishis the killer in one of the last cases of this British detective Sherlock Holmes Cathy	$800 [9] Sorcery practiced by a female, it's... witchcraft Cathy	$800 [7] Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is more commonly known as the disease of this man who died in 1941 Lou Gehrig Michael	$800 [17] This Biblical patriarch led a daring raid with his servants to rescue his nephew Lot Abraham	$800 [3] Dentist meets mobster in "The Whole..." Nine Yards Michael
$1,200 [27] "Abolitionist who led murder of 5 proslavery men; hanged" John Brown Michael	$1,200 [22] "G" is for this author, creator of Kinsey Millhone Sue Grafton Timothy	$1,200 [10] This math branch can also pose a problem for your dentist as a hard deposit on your teeth calculus Timothy	$1,200 [13] The disease that kills all these animals in Egypt in Exodus 9:6 is believed to have been anthrax livestock (or cattle) Cathy Timothy	$1,200 [18] In 1780 this "Swamp Fox" led guerrilla raids against British supply lines in South Carolina Francis Marion Michael	$1,200 [4] Tom Hanks runs death row The Green Mile Michael
$1,600 [28] "Original CEO of McDonald's Corp.; oversaw company's vast expansion" (Ray) Kroc Cathy	$1,600 [23] D.C. is in crisis after the president's kids get kidnapped in "Kill" this James Patterson detective Alex Cross Michael	$1,600 [11] Golden Earring? Billy Squier? It's this rock format like WROQ 101 classic rock Cathy	DD $1,600 [14] CFTR, the defective gene responsible for transmitting this metabolic disease, lies in the middle of chromosome 7 cystic fibrosis Michael	$1,600 [19] Israeli forces brought a black Sedan just like Idi Amin's on the July 1976 raid on this airport to rescue hostages Entebbe Timothy	$1,600 [5] 2005 remake about a football team of convicts The Longest Yard Michael
$2,000 [29] "Chemist; studied chemical bonds; campaigned for nuclear disarmament" (Linus) Pauling Cathy	$2,000 [24] Don't fiddle while another player burns you by knowing this Rex Stout character whose sidekick is Archie Goodwin Nero Wolfe Timothy	$2,000 [12] A system that reflects on a large scale the structure of a smaller system a macrocosm Cathy Michael	$2,000 [15] In the U.S., 1911 saw the last major outbreak of this bacterial disease spread by contaminated water cholera Cathy Timothy Michael	DD $2,000 [30] In February 1942 he wrote that the purpose of his upcoming raid was "to bomb and fire the industrial center of Japan" Jimmy Doolittle Cathy	$2,000 [6] From 1958, beware the "Attack of" this leggy "Woman" 50-Foot Cathy

Final Jeopardy!

PLAY CHARACTERS

In Peter Roach's phonetics glossary, this alliterative guy is "the best-known fictional phonetician"

Henry Higgins

Cathy "Who is Henry Higgins?" — wagered $6,395

Timothy "Who is Henry Higgins?" — wagered $7,000

Michael "Who is... ?" — wagered $2,600

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