2015 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 1.
Colin O'Grady — a high school English teacher from Alexandria, Virginia
Erin McLaughlin — a fifth grade teacher from Queens, New York
Martha Jackson — a high school math teacher from Tabor, Iowa
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martha | $5,000 | $7,200 | $5,200 |
$400
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$8,000
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Erin | $1,000 | $2,400 | $7,600 |
$12,600
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$7,600
10 R, 0 W |
| Colin | $2,400 | $5,800 | $21,200 |
$21,200
Automatic semifinalist |
$24,200
27 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| "C" YOU AT THE MOVIES | TEXT TALK | IN THE STATE CAPITAL | RECENT NONFICTION | KEEP CALM | CARRY ON |
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$200
[1]
Billy Crystal so liked the horse he rode in this 1991 comedy that he rode him at the Oscars
City Slickers
Erin
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$200
[11]
RBTL implores you to keep an eye on the subtext & to "read" this way
between the lines
Colin
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$200
[6]
The Empire State Plaza
Albany
Erin
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$200
[22]
"The Most Dangerous Book" takes a look at the battle to get this James Joyce work published
Ulysses
Martha
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$200
[16]
Assume this conciliatory tone, also the name of an ocean
Pacific
Colin
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$200
[21]
Take along a couple of these for your flight, maybe Maxim or Bon Appetit
magazines
Colin
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$400
[2]
Elizabeth Taylor's costume budget for this 1963 historical drama was $194,800 & included a gold cloth dress
Cleopatra
Martha
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$400
[12]
I have no idea what you're talking about; I'm SITD, "still" this
in the dark
Colin
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$400
[7]
Central High School, site of a 1957 clash on desegregation
Little Rock
Colin
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$400
[27]
"A Nice Little Place on the North Side" is George Will's affectionate look at this baseball team & its 100-year-old park
the (Chicago) Cubs
Colin
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$400
[18]
Be this adjective, found in the name of a drug type that includes Xanax
tranquil
|
$400
[17]
Bring some crossword puzzles or this type, seen here
Sudoku
Martha
|
|
$600
[3]
Paul Newman's role as a chain gang prisoner in this film was inspired by a safecracker named Donald Garrison
Cool Hand Luke
Colin
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$600
[13]
I'm not laughing out loud, but I do have a VBG, one of these
a very big grin
Martha
|
$600
[8]
Thomas Edison State College
Trenton (New Jersey)
Erin
|
$600
[28]
Glenn Greenwald's "No Place to Hide" is subtitled this man, "the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State"
(Edward) Snowden
Erin
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$600
[19]
You won't capsize if you keep "on an even" this part of a boat
keel
Martha
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$600
[23]
Carry on your MP3 player with your download of the album "Cheek to Cheek" by the unlikely duo of Lady Gaga & him
Tony Bennett
Colin
|
|
$800
[4]
Emma Stone & Nicolas Cage voice members of a modern Stone Age family in this 2013 animated film
The Croods
Colin
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$800
[14]
I'm agreeing with you & complimenting us both by texting you GMTA, this 4-word phrase
great minds think alike
|
$800
[9]
The Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts
Raleigh
Martha
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$800
[29]
"My Happy Days in Hollywood" is the memoir of this TV writer, director & producer
Garry Marshall
Martha
Erin
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$800
[20]
Be this 6-letter word, like a gentle person, a smooth scotch or easy listening music
mellow
|
$800
[24]
For a sweet treat carry on these chocolate-covered Girl Scout cookies, the top seller
Thin Mints
Martha
|
|
$1,000
[5]
British housewives bare it all, or nearly all, to earn money for charity in this 2003 comedy
Calendar Girls
Martha
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$1,000
[15]
On dating sites, discerning types may want to stay away from the acronym NSA, meaning this
no strings attached
|
DD
$2,200
[10]
The graves of Daniel Boone & his wife, Rebecca
Frankfort
Martha
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$1,000
[30]
"13 Hours" is an inside account of the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in this city
Benghazi
Colin
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$1,000
[26]
This peaceful state is the name of a prayer that's been a major part of AA since the 1940s
the serenity prayer
Colin
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$1,000
[25]
Good news! You can carry on perishables along with up to 5 pounds of this, solid carbon dioxide
dry ice
Martha
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| I MYTH YOU | HARD ROCKERS | BRITISH NICKNAMES | ORGANIZATIONS | WE LIECH LIECHTENSTEIN! | STRIKE IT "RICH" |
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$400
[7]
This Norse trickster god directed the blind Hodur's mistletoe toss that got Balder dashed
Loki
Colin
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$400
[2]
"Can't you see me standin' here, I got my back against the record machine... ah, might as well jump (jump!)"
Van Halen
Erin
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$400
[11]
The late "People's Princess"
Diana
Martha
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$400
[21]
According to the United Negro College Fund, this "is a terrible thing to waste, but a wonderful thing to invest in"
a mind
Colin
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$400
[24]
Perhaps taking a cue from the Swiss, Liechtenstein proclaimed itself this in 1868
neutral
Erin
|
$400
[1]
Capital captured in 1865
Richmond
Colin
|
|
$800
[8]
Don't confuse this Egyptian mother goddess, sister & consort of Osiris, with a Mideast terrorist group of the same name
Isis
Colin
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$800
[3]
"Take me down to the Paradise City, where the grass is green & the girls are pretty, oh, won't you please take me home?"
Guns N' Roses
Colin
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$800
[13]
"The Lady with the Lamp"
Florence Nightingale
Martha
|
$800
[22]
The Hugo Awards are given annually by the WSFS, the World this Society
Science Fiction
Erin
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$800
[25]
Liechtensteiners didn't much take to Luther; more than 75% practice this form of Christianity
Catholicism
Martha
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$800
[12]
To increase isotopes in uranium
enrich
Colin
|
|
$1,200
[9]
Let's drink to the Greeks, who dedicated the Great Theater in Athens to this god, Bacchus' alter ego
Dionysus
Colin
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$1,200
[4]
"If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now, it's just a spring clean for the May Queen"
Led Zeppelin
Colin
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$1,600
[16]
"The Hero of Trafalgar"
Nelson
Erin
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$1,200
[23]
Members of this org. originally aimed at rural youth pledge their head, heart, hands & health for their greater community
4-H
Colin
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$1,200
[28]
Most of the population speaks Alemmanic, a dialect of this language
German
Colin
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$1,200
[14]
Powerful prelate pictured here
Cardinal Richelieu
Colin
|
|
$1,600
[10]
For 14th century Aztecs, this god was the patron of priests & inventor of the calendar
Quetzalcoatl
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$1,600
[5]
"The walls were shaking, the earth was quaking, my mind was aching, & we were making it, & you... shook me all night long"
AC/DC
Colin
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$2,000
[17]
"The Blind Poet" (1608-1674)
John Milton
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$2,000
[27]
More accuracy in family histories is the goal of this organization, NGS for short, whose roots go back to 1903
the National Genealogical Society
Colin
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$1,600
[29]
In 1924 Liechtenstein adopted the Swiss this as its currency
franc
Colin
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$1,600
[18]
French term for those with recently acquired wealth
nouveau riche
Colin
|
|
$2,000
[20]
A sleepless dragon helped these nymphs guard the golden apples Gaia gave Hera
the Hesperides
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$2,000
[6]
"Girls, girls, girls... long legs & burgundy lips, girls, girls, girls... dancin' down on the Sunset Strip... girls, girls, girls"
Motley Crue
Colin
|
DD
$3,000
[15]
"The Last King of America"
George III
Colin
|
DD
$4,000
[26]
This Utah institute is devoted to discovering & training new filmmakers, composers & theater artists
Sundance
Martha
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$2,000
[30]
The Prince paid a furniture record $37 million to add ajeweledcabinetof this blackwood to his private art collection
ebony
Erin
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$2,000
[19]
The 2-toed Struthio camelus
an ostrich
|
The street address of his presidential library is 40 Presidential Drive
Ronald Reagan