2015 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 4.
Chris Grinvalds — a high school history teacher and coach from Bennington, Nebraska
Jennifer Giles — a third grade teacher from Longmont, Colorado
Mary Bayer — a middle and high school drama teacher from Hoffman Estates, Illinois
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary | $400 | $200 | $9,000 |
$9,000
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$10,400
13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jennifer | $3,800 | $6,000 | $18,400 |
$18,800
Automatic semifinalist |
$18,000
22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Chris | $600 | $4,000 | $8,400 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$6,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| 1-LETTER STOCK SYMBOLS | OLYMPIC SPORTS BY GOLD MEDALIST | WHAT DO I HEAR? | OTHER BIBLE BOOKS | COLORFUL RHYME TIME | THE MATH & NOTHING BUT THE MATH |
|
$200
[15]
S:This 3rd-largest wireless telecom company in the United States
Sprint
Jennifer
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$200
[21]
1980:Eric Heiden
men's speed skating
Chris
|
$200
[6]
Worldwide there are more than 40 different species of this often coastal denizen
a seagull
Mary
|
$200
[11]
Part I of a 2004 "Bible" for this subject is "Parts of Speech"; Part II is "Dissecting the Sentence"
grammar
Jennifer
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$200
[1]
A very dark tire-changing aid
a black jack
|
$200
[26]
This spiteful word is the average of all the numbers in a data set
mean
Jennifer
|
|
$400
[17]
P:This company that lets users create personal radio stations
Pandora
Jennifer
|
$400
[22]
2004:Ian Thorpe
swimming
Chris
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$400
[7]
Much of what became this pastime originated in France during the Middle Ages
tennis
Jennifer
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$400
[12]
"Nautical", "Girls", "Tribal" & "Lower Back" are categories in the "Bible" of this art
tattooing
Mary
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$400
[2]
An azure adhesive
blue glue
Mary
|
$400
[27]
x + y = 8 & x = 3y, so y = this
2
Jennifer
|
|
$600
[18]
V:To their credit, this corporation is global
Visa
Mary
Jennifer
Chris
|
$600
[23]
1976:Michael Spinks
boxing
Chris
|
$600
[8]
Your students won't remember when this device connected you to the Internet, but will you?
a modem
Jennifer
|
$600
[13]
In titles these 2 words precede "The Bible" as well as "The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"
Zen and
Jennifer
|
$600
[3]
An ivory illumination
a white light
Chris
|
$600
[28]
It's a line segment that connects the 2 endpoints of an arc
a chord
Mary
|
|
$800
[19]
Z:This way to find a home
Zillow
Jennifer
|
$800
[24]
1996:Dominique Dawes
gymnastics
Chris
|
$800
[9]
You've been warned--the alert for one of these, from the Spanish for "thunder", is heard here
a tornado
Mary
Chris
|
$800
[14]
Chapters in this professional's "Bible" include "Aperitifs" & "Tropical Drinks"
a bartender
Chris
|
$800
[4]
A flaxen member of the violin family
a yellow cello
Jennifer
|
$800
[29]
It's the slope of the line seen here; to calculate it, divide the change in y by the change in x
1
Jennifer
|
|
$1,000
[20]
R:This rental transportation & supply chain company
Ryder
Mary
|
$1,000
[25]
1968:Jean-Claude Killy
downhill skiing
Chris
|
DD
$1,400
[10]
Vivaldi wrote forit, but it's also popular in American bluegrass music
the mandolin
Mary
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$1,000
[16]
In the 1890s this daughter of Judge Daniel Cady published "The Woman's Bible"
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Chris
|
$1,000
[5]
A jade luster
a green sheen
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[30]
We're handing out this multiplication property that says a(b + c) = ab + ac
the distributive property
Jennifer
|
| 20th CENTURY EUROPE | CROSSWORD CLUES "K" | SAINTS GO MARCHING IN | U.S. BODIES OF WATER | ENTERTAINING RELATIVES | SHAKING UP SHAKESPEARE |
|
$400
[16]
This dying Archduke told his wife Sophie, "Don't die darling, live for our children"
Franz Ferdinand
Jennifer
|
$400
[11]
Class for kids(12)
kindergarten
Jennifer
|
$400
[21]
5th century pope Celestine I sent this man & future saint to Ireland, where he is said to have established 300 churches
St. Patrick
Chris
|
$400
[22]
The Pecos River flows through New Mexico & Texas before emptying into this big river
the Rio Grande
Chris
|
$400
[6]
Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest & Barbara Hershey were "Hannah & Her ____"
Sisters
Mary
|
$400
[5]
With a happy ending:"YOU SAIL KITE"
As You Like It
Mary
|
|
$800
[17]
In the 1950s Basel became the first city in this country to allow women to vote in local elections
Switzerland
Jennifer
|
$800
[12]
Total Japanese drama(6)
kabuki
Mary
|
$800
[27]
Regarding Jesus, this saint celebrated on June 24 lived up to the activity from his name
John the Baptist
|
$1,200
[24]
French traders gave this lake, a gem in the state of Idaho, a name meaning "heart of the awl"
Coeur d'Alene
Jennifer
|
$800
[7]
Rosalind Russell played the free-spirited "____ Mame"
Auntie
Chris
|
$800
[4]
It is a fairy tale:"RUMMAGE MASTERMIND DISH"
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Chris
|
|
$1,200
[18]
After this North African nation was given independence in 1962, some army officers accused de Gaulle of betraying France
Algeria
Chris
|
$1,200
[13]
Mardi Gras mob(5)
krewe
Jennifer
|
$1,200
[28]
In 1979 John Paul II made this animal-loving saint the patron saint of ecology
St. Francis (of Assisi)
Jennifer
|
$1,600
[25]
This large man-made lake on the Utah-Arizona border was named for a noted explorer & geologist
Lake Powell
Chris
|
$1,200
[8]
A country song says, "____ Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys"
Mammas
Chris
|
$1,200
[1]
It's a funny one:"FORESTRY CHEER DOOM"
The Comedy of Errors
|
|
$1,600
[19]
By 1921 Romania, Czechoslovakia & Yugoslavia formed a defense alliance called the Little this, French for "understanding"
Entente
Jennifer
|
$1,600
[14]
Laughing Australian kingfisher(10)
kookaburra
Jennifer
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
Born at Lourdes in 1844, she was canonized in 1933
Bernadette
Jennifer
|
$2,000
[26]
Nashville's history goes back to Fort Nashborough, built on the banks of this river in 1780
the Cumberland
Mary
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$1,600
[9]
We heard from CCR about "A Fortunate ____"
Son
Mary
|
$1,600
[2]
It's got murders, rape & heads baked in a pie:"CUSTODIAN NUT SIR"
Titus Andronicus
Mary
|
|
$2,000
[20]
He was the president of Germany who appointed Hitler chancellor
von Hindenburg
|
$2,000
[15]
Yogurt-like drink similar to kumiss(5)
kefir
Mary
|
$2,000
[30]
You know he's still venerated as a saint & looks out for ferry workers... whaddya want? A medal?
St. Christopher
Jennifer
|
DD
$3,200
[23]
Thisbeautiful lake in the Cascade Mountains is nearly 2,000 feet deep
Crater Lake
Chris
|
$2,000
[10]
Paul Rudd was "Our Idiot ____"
Brother
Mary
Chris
|
$2,000
[3]
One of its characters really is a hero:"GOD BOA HATH CONTINUUM"
Much Ado About Nothing
Mary
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Efforts to save historic treasures threatened by the creation of the Aswan High Dam led UNESCO to create this list
the World Heritage (Sites) list