2015 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 2.
Michael Jones — a middle school special education teacher from Madison, Wisconsin
Cathy Farrell — a high school science teacher from Wyandotte, Michigan
Lydia Cuffman — a high school history teacher from Redwood City, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lydia | $1,800 | $7,800 | $15,400 |
$13,400
Automatic semifinalist |
$15,400
22 R, 1 W |
| Cathy | $2,400 | $5,400 | $14,600 |
$4,600
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$16,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Michael | $1,200 | $1,600 | $9,200 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$9,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| TV: A NICE PLACE TO START | PRESIDENTIAL MOMS | THE WORLD ALMANAC2015 | THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION | OH, THERE'S THE BELL | TIME FOR RE-"CESS" |
|
$200
[2]
He's seenhereas he looked playing Buffy Wilson on "Bosom Buddies"
Tom Hanks
Michael
|
$200
[7]
Rose Fitzgerald
John F. Kennedy
Michael
|
$200
[12]
The "Top 10 News Topics of 2014" included unrest in this Missouri suburb
Ferguson
Cathy
|
$200
[13]
The film version of Steven Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" asks the classic question "Which" of these 2 "came first?"
the chicken or the egg
Cathy
|
$200
[22]
A classic 1958 recording of this Tchaikovsky work used NYC's Riverside Church bells, freaking out local residents
the 1812 Overture
Michael
|
$200
[1]
Proverbially, it's the mother of invention
necessity
Cathy
Michael
|
|
$400
[3]
"Big Daddy" & "Little Nicky" were both in the future when he was playing Theo's friend Smitty on "The Cosby Show"
Adam Sandler
Cathy
|
$400
[8]
Janet "Jessie" Woodrow
Wilson
Cathy
|
$400
[27]
This, "ADHD, is one of the most common neurobehavioral disorders of childhood"
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Michael
|
$400
[14]
In Mark 15:34 Jesus cries, "My God, my God, why hast thou" these 2 words
forsaken me
Lydia
|
$400
[23]
To quote Christopher Walken, "I gotta have more" this instrument that kicks off "Honky Tonk Women"
cowbell
Lydia
|
$400
[18]
A line of people or vehicles moving in a slow & formal way
procession (or processional)
Lydia
|
|
$600
[4]
This future "Men in Black" agent spent much of the '70s emoting as Dr. Mark Toland on "One Life to Live"
Tommy Lee Jones
Lydia
|
$600
[9]
Dorothy Walker
George H.W. Bush
Michael
|
$600
[28]
These "form the world's largest freshwater body (in surface area)"
the Great Lakes
Cathy
|
$600
[15]
Laurence Olivier wants an answer to this 3-word question in "Marathon Man", then he strikes a nerve
Is it safe?
Michael
|
$600
[24]
It means to ring a bell; or, before "in", to enter a conversation
chime
Cathy
|
$600
[19]
The sign seenhereis officially known as the international symbol of this word
accessible
Lydia
|
|
$800
[5]
In the 1960s he was assistant cattle drive boss Rowdy Yates on "Rawhide"
Clint Eastwood
Lydia
|
$800
[10]
Jane Knox
James Knox Polk
|
$800
[29]
This body "consists of 15 members, five with permanent seats"
the UN Security Council
Michael
|
$800
[16]
An Arizona gal's losing court case answered the question whether pregnant women could use this part of the road
the carpool lane
Lydia
|
$800
[25]
This university's fight song "The Bells Must Ring" says, "We'll fling the scarlet banner out" & "RU, rah rah"
Rutgers
Cathy
|
$800
[20]
The formal withdrawal of a region from a country
secession
Lydia
|
|
$1,000
[6]
On "Family Ties", Michael J. Fox played this politically conservative character
Alex P. Keaton
Cathy
|
DD
$1,000
[11]
Hannah Simpson
Ulysses S. Grant
Michael
|
$1,000
[30]
"On July 14, 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will fly by" this "on its way to the Kuiper belt"
Pluto
Cathy
Michael
|
$1,000
[17]
"Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" follows this query
To be, or not be
Lydia
|
$1,000
[26]
These 2 fruits, "say the bells of St. Clements" in an old rhyme; produce used to be unloaded nearby
oranges & lemons
Lydia
|
$1,000
[21]
Adjective meaning ceaseless or uninterrupted
incessant
Lydia
|
| ROCKIN' MUSEUMS | QUOTABLE PLAYS | A LONG TIME AGO IN CANADA | HIGH PLACES | A SHOW OF HANDS | WELL, THEY SOUND THE SAME... |
|
$400
[6]
Artifacts at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame include this singer's sequined glove
Michael Jackson
Lydia
|
$400
[1]
From Shakespeare: "Kiss me, Kate, we will be married o' Sunday"
The Taming of the Shrew
Lydia
|
$400
[26]
Land battles in this war involving the United States were fought mainly in Canada
the War of 1812
Cathy
|
$400
[8]
In geographic names, this word precedes Marcy & Shasta
Mount
Lydia
|
$400
[21]
Popular Mechanics says that when holding this, your hands should actually be at 9 & 3
a steering wheel
Lydia
|
$400
[15]
A unit of gold's purity, or Bugs Bunny's preferred diet
carrot/karat
Lydia
|
|
$800
[7]
Knowing me, knowing you, you'll love their Stockholm museum where you can see costumes & memorabilia
ABBA
Cathy
|
$800
[2]
"Maggie? Why are you so catty?"
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cathy
|
$800
[27]
The 1701 Peace of Montreal ended a century of fighting with this native peoples confederacy
the Iroquois
Michael
|
$800
[12]
This word follows Lassen & Wheeler
Peak (or Pass)
Michael
|
$800
[22]
Using a term from 1759, Mitt Romney said this "moves faster & better than the heavy hand of the government"
the invisible hand (of the market)
Lydia
Michael
|
$800
[17]
A group of young ladies, or one married one
misses/missus
Cathy
Michael
|
|
$1,200
[9]
Head to Detroit & Hitsville U.S.A. to visit this museum founded by Esther Gordy Edwards
the Motown Museum
Lydia
|
$1,600
[4]
From 1913: "I don't want to talk grammar. I want to talk like a lady"
Pygmalion
Lydia
|
$1,200
[28]
In 1621 England awarded Scotsman William Alexander this territory, now the name of a province
Nova Scotia
Cathy
Michael
|
$1,200
[13]
You'll find this animal part in the names of several Alps
horn
Michael
|
$1,200
[23]
A William Ross Wallace poem says that the "hand" that does this is the "hand that rules the world"
rocks the cradle
Lydia
|
$1,200
[18]
An emotional state, or what the cow did
mood/mooed
Lydia
|
|
$1,600
[10]
With its roots in rock 'n' roll, the EMP, originally Experience Music Project, is located in this West Coast city
Seattle
Michael
|
$2,000
[5]
"Sir Thomas More, is there anything you wish to say to me concerning the king's marriage with Queen Anne?"
A Man for All Seasons
Michael
|
$2,000
[30]
From an Inuit word meaning "village", Canada got its name in 1535 from this Frenchman
(Jacques) Cartier
Michael
|
$1,600
[14]
The 3 1/2-mile Cliff Walk in this Rhode Island city passes several mansions
Newport
Lydia
|
$1,600
[24]
Big in the '50s, this dance with leg-slapping & hitchhiker thumbs made a "Dancing with the Stars" cameo in 2014
hand jive
Cathy
|
$1,600
[19]
A legal claim, or with little adipose tissue
lien/lean
Cathy
|
|
$2,000
[11]
A recent exhibit at the Grammy Museum in LA was "Pride & Joy: The Texas Blues of"this guitarist, who died in 1990 at age 35
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Michael
|
DD
$3,000
[3]
"Alan's always been such a gentle boy. He loves animals! Especially horses"
Equus
Cathy
|
DD
$3,000
[29]
In 1610 Etienne Brule went to live with these people & became the first European to see the Great Lake named for them
Huron
Cathy
|
$2,000
[16]
It's Arabic for "tower"; there's a 162-story one in Dubai
burj
Lydia
Cathy
|
$2,000
[25]
Barbra Streisand & Jane Fonda sang to promote this 1986 event in which people around the U.S. literally came together
Hands Across America
Cathy
|
$2,000
[20]
Any channel to walk down, or Guernsey in the English Channel
aisle/isle
Cathy
|
This word for a process that leads to the solution to a problem comes from the Arabic name of a 9th century mathematician
algorithm