2015 Teachers Tournament semifinal game 2.
Eric Hack — a high school Latin teacher from Cape Charles, Virginia
Kate La Rivière-Gagner — a fifth and sixth grade teacher from Starksboro, Vermont
Jennifer Giles — a third grade teacher from Longmont, Colorado
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer | $2,000 | $6,200 | $14,200 |
$14,400
Finalist |
$16,200
21 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kate | $1,400 | $3,400 | $6,600 |
$0
3rd place: $10,000 |
$6,600
12 R, 4 W |
| Eric | $-400 | $2,400 | $5,900 |
$5,900
2nd place: $10,000 |
$7,400
16 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs) |
| WINDOW TO THE WORLD | FOOD & DRINK | PREFIXES | THE NAME OF THE BOARD GAME | CELEBRITY SIBLINGS | AMERICAN HISTOR-"E" |
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$200
[6]
Isthat thinglopsided? Or did I have one too many cocktails?
the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Jennifer
|
$200
[1]
It's the piña in a piña colada
a pineapple
Eric
|
$200
[26]
This thoroughly modern prefix means "one thousandth"
milli-
Jennifer
|
$200
[21]
Rhinoplasty or appendectomy, for example
Operation
Jennifer
|
$200
[16]
These twins called their fashion line Elizabeth and James, the names of their 2 siblings
the Olsen twins
Kate
|
$200
[11]
This 1863 document says, "I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves... henceforeward shall be, free"
the Emancipation Proclamation
Eric
|
|
$400
[7]
Outside our window we have a view of this old city
Jerusalem
Eric
|
$400
[2]
Prosciutto is Italian for this meat, especially the Parma kind
ham
Jennifer
|
$400
[27]
Meaning "between", it comes before "section" & "galactic"
inter-
Kate
|
$400
[22]
The USS Missouri is an Iowa-class one
Battleship
Eric
|
$400
[17]
He directed younger brother Casey in "Gone Baby Gone"
Ben Affleck
Kate
|
$400
[14]
Ben Franklin, John Adams & Thomas Jefferson chose this motto for the Great Seal of the United States
E pluribus unum
Kate
|
|
$600
[8]
I feel safer watching from inside the goings-on in this city
Pamplona
Eric
|
$600
[3]
This soda brand free of preservatives, artificial flavors & colors also makes Junior Juices for kids
Hansen's
Jennifer
|
$600
[28]
A prefix meaning "after" is found in this word meaning an after-death examination
postmortem
Jennifer
|
$600
[25]
The Sherman Act of 1890 was meant to combat this type of business
Monopoly
Eric
|
$600
[18]
Thesesiblings come from a film-making family
the Gyllenhaals
Jennifer
|
$600
[15]
Some 12 million immigrants were processed through this 27.5-acre place
Ellis Island
Jennifer
|
|
$800
[9]
Looks like a crisp, clear day in the neighborhood called Oldthis city, its country's second-largest
Montreal
Jennifer
Kate
Eric
|
$800
[4]
The French dish moules mariniere translates to mariner's or sailor's these
mussels
Kate
|
$800
[29]
"Pharyngo" & "laryngo" both refer to this part of the body
the throat
Jennifer
|
$800
[24]
Slang for a tornado
Twister
Jennifer
|
$800
[19]
Between the 2 of them, these siblings have won the mirrorball trophy on "Dancing with the Stars" 7 times
(Derek & Julianne) Hough
Eric
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
Its construction began in 1817 & took advantage of the Mohawk River Gap in the Appalachian Mountains
the Erie Canal
Eric
|
|
$1,000
[10]
Across the water is this South African landmark--pull up a chair!
Table Mountain
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[5]
It's the familiar Japanese name for what's also called the golden oak mushroom
a shiitake
Kate
|
$1,000
[30]
Meaning "height", it comes before "phobia" & "polis"
acro-
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[23]
Nixon's spaniel
Checkers
Eric
|
$1,000
[20]
First names of the Mara sisters; one was the girl with the dragon tattoo & the other had a "House of Cards" fall on her
Rooney & Kate
Kate
|
$1,000
[12]
Congress passed this act in 1807 to deal with abuses to U.S. shipping by England & France
the Embargo Act
|
| CHEMICAL ELEMENT PAIRS | FEMALE AUTHORS | BACK PACS | CLASSICAL MUSIC | MOVIE NARRATORS | ENDS WITH 2 VOWELS |
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$400
[1]
The 2 that are the components of rust
iron & oxygen
Jennifer
|
$400
[21]
In Concord, Massachusetts, you can tour the home where she wrote & set "Little Women"
(Louisa May) Alcott
Eric
|
$400
[26]
In 1944 the first political action committee sought funds for this president's re-election
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Kate
Eric
|
$400
[6]
This Handel oratorio begins "Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people, saith your God"
The Messiah
Jennifer
|
$400
[16]
"Taxi Driver"
Robert De Niro
Eric
|
$400
[11]
From the Latin for "one", it means one of a kind
unique
Kate
|
|
$800
[2]
The first 2 transuranium elements
neptunium & plutonium
|
$800
[22]
Author of more than 200 works, Nora Roberts was the first inductee of the Hall of Fame for writers in this genre
romance
Kate
Eric
|
$800
[27]
PACs must register with the FEC, short for this
Federal Election Commission
Kate
Eric
|
DD
$500
[8]
Hokusai's painting "The Great Wave" graced the cover of the first edition of this Debussy work's sheet music
La mer
Eric
|
$800
[17]
"The Usual Suspects"
Kevin Spacey
Jennifer
|
$800
[12]
Meaning unacceptable or forbidden in society, it's also a "Game of Unspeakable Fun!" from Hasbro
Taboo
Jennifer
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Symbols Os & Ir, they are the 2 densest naturally occurring elements
osmium & iridium
Jennifer
Eric
|
$1,200
[23]
Meg Cabot created the not-quite-ready-to-be-royal Mia in this young adult series of "Diaries"
The Princess Diaries
Eric
|
$1,200
[28]
Unveiled in 2014, the Freedom Partners Action Fund isn't a regular PAC but this kind that can give without limits
a super PAC
Kate
|
$800
[7]
This Verdi opera was inspired by a plot from French Egyptologist August Mariette
Aida
Eric
|
$1,200
[18]
"March of the Penguins"
Morgan Freeman
Eric
|
$1,200
[13]
The name of this woodwind is from the French for "high" & "wood"
oboe
Jennifer
|
|
DD
$2,000
[4]
The 2 that were discovered by the Curies
radium & polonium
Jennifer
|
$1,600
[24]
The title of Maeve Binchy's novel "Tara Road" refers to a street in this world capital
Dublin
Kate
|
$1,600
[29]
Lawrence Lessig's Mayday PAC reached a $5 million goal in this "Big Group" online way
crowdfunded
Kate
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$1,600
[9]
Brahms' "Wiegenlied: Guten Abend, Gute Nacht" is better known by this name
"Brahms' Lullaby"
Jennifer
|
$1,600
[19]
"Goodfellas"
Ray Liotta
Jennifer
|
$1,600
[14]
Seen here, it's Florida's state marine mammal
a manatee
Eric
|
|
$2,000
[5]
The first two metals, they're the two that aremissing from thetable
lithium & beryllium
|
$2,000
[25]
"The Hundred Secret Senses" is one of her novels exploring Asian-American family relationships
Amy Tan
Kate
|
$2,000
[30]
This architect of 2 George W. Bush presidential campaigns created the Conservative Victory Project PAC in 2013
(Karl) Rove
Eric
|
$2,000
[10]
In 1953 this asst. conductor of the N.Y. Philharmonic became the first American to conduct at La Scala
Leonard Bernstein
Eric
|
$2,000
[20]
"The Princess Bride"
Peter Falk
Jennifer
|
$2,000
[15]
One of the main characters in the opera "Rigoletto" is the duke of this city
Mantua
|
Winner of a Tony for Best Musical, it culminates with an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Jersey Boys