2015 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 3.
MaryLou McKenna — a high school math teacher from Harwich, Massachusetts
Eric Hack — a high school Latin teacher from Cape Charles, Virginia
Tracy Alexander — a high school AP Language teacher from Tucson, Arizona
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy | $2,000 | $3,200 | $-1,600 |
$-1,600
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$4,400
13 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Eric | $1,400 | $3,400 | $17,800 |
$17,800
Automatic semifinalist |
$17,800
21 R, 3 W |
| MaryLou | $1,800 | $1,600 | $6,800 |
$3,000
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$8,200
12 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| APPLE IDIOMS FOR TEACHER | CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONG | "C"OUNTRIES | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS | TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY! |
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$200
[1]
To compare 2 things that are essentially different is to compare these
apples & oranges
Tracy
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$200
[28]
To create false responsibility for a crime so that it falls on an innocent person is known by this carpentry term
framing
Tracy
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$200
[3]
"One By One" &"Hakuna Matata"
The Lion King
Tracy
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$200
[5]
In Greek this island's official name is Kipriaki Dhimokratia
Cyprus
Tracy
MaryLou
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$200
[12]
I found this graceful bird in Botswana
swan (in Bot swan a)
MaryLou
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$200
[18]
You discovered a new element, so you & a guest are off to Stockholm to claim this prize first awarded in 1901
the Nobel Prize
Eric
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$400
[9]
Obey this saying & you won't be seeing much of your internist
An apple a day keeps the doctor away
Eric
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$400
[29]
2-word term for a crime committed by an employee of the victimized business
inside job
Tracy
Eric
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$400
[13]
"The People's Song" &"Paris"
Les Misérables
Eric
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$400
[10]
See the retreat of the San Quintin Glacier from1994to2002in the North Patagonian ice field of this country
Chile
Eric
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$400
[14]
In Europe this bird may sit beside a babbling brook
rook (in b rook )
Tracy
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$400
[19]
You've won this book, made in 1455 & one of about 40 left in the world--luxuriate in the rarity!
the Gutenberg Bible
Eric
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$600
[11]
In "Good Will Hunting", Matt Damon uses this rhetorical question to good effect
How do you like them apples?
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$600
[30]
From the Latin for "keeping awake", it's a member of a self-appointed law enforcement group
vigilante
Eric
MaryLou
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$600
[22]
"Pilate's Dream" &"King Herod's Song"
Jesus Christ Superstar
Eric
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$600
[6]
You don't mess with the Zoran when he's Zoran Milanovic, the prime minister of this country
Croatia
Eric
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$600
[17]
Regrettably, it was once hunted to near extinction
egret (in R egret tably)
Tracy
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$600
[20]
For your expose on the gov.'s mime shakedown, it's this, "Honoring excellence in journalism and the arts since 1917"!
the Pulitzer
Tracy
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$800
[8]
Someone who is currying favor with a superior is an apple-this word
polisher
MaryLou
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$800
[24]
The original London Police Commissioner's office at 4 Whitehall Place abutted the street called "Great" this
Scotland Yard
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$800
[26]
"When You're Good To Mama" &"Cell Block Tango"
Chicago
MaryLou
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$800
[4]
This Asian country's flag depicts one of its historical treasures
Cambodia
Eric
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$800
[16]
I saw this bird in my backyard in Andover
dove (in An dove r)
Tracy
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$800
[21]
You've made the winning bid for this star's "Happy Birthday Mr. President" dress, valued at over $1.2 million!
Marilyn Monroe
MaryLou
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$1,000
[7]
In Deuteronomy we find "He led him about, He instructed him, He kept him as" this
the apple of His eye
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$1,000
[25]
This task, creating a background of a bad guy, is done at the FBI's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime
profiling
Eric
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DD
$1,400
[27]
"We're Not Gonna Take It" &"Don't Stop Believin'"
Rock of Ages
MaryLou
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$1,000
[2]
This landlocked African nation is the fifth-largest in area on the continent but is sparsely populated
Chad
MaryLou
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$1,000
[15]
The Percheron is a large horse; this is a large bird
heron (in Perc heron )
Tracy
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$1,000
[23]
It's a pirate getaway as you'll enjoy a 3-day, 2-night stay at the port of Berbera in this East African country
Somalia
Tracy
MaryLou
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| THEY SAID IT | THE NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME | SOLVE THE MYSTERY TITLE | THAT'S ANCIENT CITY HISTORY | YOUR TV CHARACTER IS DEAD TO ME | THE MI"DD"LE |
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$400
[15]
This sexy '30s actress: "I used to be Snow White, but I drifted"
Mae West
Eric
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$400
[26]
Born in Hartford in 1814, this revolver innovator helped build the firearms industry
Colt
Eric
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$400
[16]
A Poe story featuring C. Auguste Dupin:"The ____ Letter"
Purloined
MaryLou
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$400
[10]
Bollywood wasn't even a gleam in Ashoka's eye when he ruled this island city in the 3rd century B.C.
Mumbai
Tracy
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$400
[19]
Winning an Emmy as James turned out to be a nice parting gift for Dan Bucatinsky on this Kerry Washington drama
Scandal
MaryLou
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$400
[1]
3-1, 5-2, 600-1; what are the...?
odds
Tracy
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$800
[14]
"How can 'the consent of the governed' be given, if the right to vote be denied?"
Susan B. Anthony
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$800
[27]
This 1986 inductee developed hundreds of plant varieties, including a tuber with his name
(Luther) Burbank
Tracy
Eric
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$800
[17]
Sue Grafton:"V Is for..."
Vengeance
Tracy
MaryLou
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$800
[9]
The sand in this Roman amphitheater was sometimes dyed red to disguise the blood
the Colosseum
Eric
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$800
[20]
In 2014 the clock stopped ticking for Audrey on this Fox drama
24
Eric
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$800
[5]
A duck's walk (not the one Chuck Berry did)
waddle
Eric
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$1,600
[12]
"Soldiers, from the summit of yonder pyramids forty centuries look down upon you"
Napoleon
Eric
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$1,600
[29]
Working as a fur trader, he saw folks freezing food in winter & got the idea to create a new industry
Birdseye
Eric
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$1,200
[18]
Michael Chabon:"The ____ Policemen's Union" (oy!)
Yiddish
MaryLou
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$1,200
[8]
This Biblical city's first walls, dating to 8000 B.C., were some 13 feet high & supported by a 28-foot watchtower
Jericho
MaryLou
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$1,200
[21]
Henry Blake was shockingly shot down offscreen on this classic warcom
M*A*S*H
Eric
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$1,200
[4]
Slang for a villain in life or entertainment
baddie
MaryLou
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$2,000
[13]
"The atomic bomb was the turn of the screw. It has made the prospect of future war unendurable"
(Robert) Oppenheimer
Eric
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DD
$2,000
[28]
He gave his name to a pressure-ignited internal combustion engine & was also a linguist
Rudolf Diesel
Tracy
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$1,600
[24]
A sci-fi/mystery by Isaac Asimov:"The ____s of Dawn"
Robot
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$1,600
[7]
Knossos was the principal city of this oldest Aegean civilization, & that's no bull
the Minoans
Eric
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$1,600
[22]
Fans were shocked when this lawyer & sometime lover of "The Good Wife" was killed off in 2014
Will Gardner
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$1,600
[3]
Adjective for a person who trudges or a book that's hard to get through
plodding
Tracy
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DD
$4,000
[11]
"The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time"
Thomas Jefferson
Tracy
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$2,000
[30]
Best known in another field, sheinvented a device vital to modern wireless communications
Hedy Lamarr
MaryLou
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$2,000
[25]
John Sandford:"Rules of", "Eyes of" & "Field of" this
Prey
MaryLou
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$2,000
[6]
Erech & Kish were cities of this earliest known civilization that flourished in Iraq in the 3rd millennium B.C.
Sumeria
Eric
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$2,000
[23]
T.R. Knight's Dr. George O'Malley was pulseless in Seattle after getting bussed off this long-running drama
Grey's Anatomy
Eric
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$2,000
[2]
One who has attained full prajna, or enlightenment
Buddha
Tracy
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It is mentioned in the motto on Minnesota's flag & is depicted on Alaska's
the North Star