2016 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 4.WE ASKED: Eric Stonestreet ofModern Family.
Terrie Trebilcock — a high school history and economics teacher from Glen Rock, Pennsylvania
Tenaya Snider — a 10th grade English teacher from Tucson, Arizona
Peter Buchholz — a 6th grade U.S. history and language arts teacher from Minneapolis, Minnesota
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter | $2,600 | $5,400 | $17,000 |
$17,000
Automatic semifinalist |
$22,200
27 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Tenaya | $1,400 | $1,200 | $5,600 |
$600
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$5,600
11 R, 3 W |
| Terrie | $-400 | $1,000 | $7,800 |
$1,300
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$7,800
10 R, 2 W |
| TV TITLE CHARACTERS | SCHOOL SUBJECTS IN GERMAN | A VICE PRESIDENT'S SURNAME | EYES ON THE PRIZE | A VISIT TO NEW YORK STATE | 5 COMMANDMENTS |
|
$200
[7]
The doctor will see you now... Mads Mikkelsen had a bone to pick with you as this cannibal on NBC
Hannibal
Peter
|
$200
[1]
Französisch(the neighbors will be talking)
French
Terrie
|
$200
[6]
Violence, murder & bloodshed provide it
Gore
|
$200
[12]
Shigeru Ban, a pioneer in the use of cardboard, won 2014's Pritzker Prize in this field
architecture
|
$200
[15]
Prospect Point provides excellent views of this attraction; Queen Victoria Park does the same from the Canadian side
Niagara Falls
Terrie
|
$200
[16]
"Thou shalt have no ____ ____ before me"
other gods
Peter
|
|
$400
[8]
Tom Selleck screen-tested as Indiana Jones but turned out to be contractually bound to play this private eye
Magnum, P.I.
Peter
|
$400
[2]
Erdkunde(know der osten from der westen)
geography
Tenaya
|
$400
[27]
A place where a river is shallow enough to be crossed by wading
Ford
Peter
|
$400
[13]
The XPRIZEs include a $10 million competition to make this "Star Trek" diagnostic device a reality
a tricorder
Peter
|
$400
[23]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Sleepy Hollow, NY.) I'm at Sunnyside, near Sleepy Hollow, New York, home of this"Rip Van Winkle" author; he designed the home & grounds himself & wrote, "It is a beautiful spot, capable of being made a little paradise"
Washington Irving
Peter
|
$400
[17]
"Thou shalt not bear ____ ____ against thy neighbour"
false witness
Peter
|
|
$600
[9]
Julia Louis-Dreyfus had adventures as "Old" her, & no, Julia was not "Old Veep"
Christine
Terrie
|
$600
[3]
Kunst(for the next Paul Klee)
art
Peter
|
$600
[28]
Bede, Smith &Clayton Powell, collectively
Adams
|
$600
[14]
Writers who explore the human condition can win a Humanitas Prize; Larry Kramer did for this drama about AIDS
The Normal Heart
Terrie
|
$600
[24]
Want to see the National Baseball Hall of Fame? Head to this village in Otsego County
Cooperstown
Terrie
|
$600
[18]
"Thou shalt not ____ thy neighbour's house"
covet
Peter
|
|
$800
[10]
My name is Jason Lee & I played this title character, a lottery winner
Earl (Hickey)
Peter
|
$800
[4]
Informatik(a thoroughly modern one)
computer
Terrie
|
$800
[29]
It's the yard annoyance seen here
Burr
Peter
|
$800
[21]
Robert Edwards won the 2010 Nobel Medicine Prize "for the development of" this type of "fertilization "
in vitro
Tenaya
|
$800
[25]
(I'm Neil de Grasse Tyson.) I got my first taste of stargazing as a 9-year-old kid in New York City when I took a trip to this facility at the American Museum of Natural History; later I took classes there & today I'm its director
the Hayden Planetarium
|
$800
[19]
"Thou shalt not make unto thee any ____ image"
graven
Terrie
|
|
$1,000
[11]
To Elijah Wood, this character looks like a surly Australian guy in a cheap dog suit
Wilfred
Peter
|
$1,000
[5]
Kochen(break out the brats!)
cooking
Tenaya
|
DD
$2,000
[30]
To collect, hoard or gather (perhaps votes)
Garner
Peter
|
$1,000
[22]
The 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction went to William Kennedy for this "I"-book
Ironweed
|
$1,000
[26]
What could be more serene than a visit to this resort in the Adirondacks, the USA's first Winter Olympics host?
Lake Placid
Peter
|
$1,000
[20]
"Thou shalt not take the name of the ____ ____ ____ ____ ____"
the Lord, thy God, in vain
Peter
Tenaya
|
| TEACHERS | ALL ABOUT ANIMALS | BRITISH AUTHORS | VITAMINS & SUPPLEMENTS | INDEPENDENCE DAYS | THE COMMON "CORE" |
|
$400
[2]
He didn't yet have Wolverine's claws to motivate his P.E. students at England's Uppingham School
Hugh Jackman
Tenaya
|
$400
[17]
This tallest land animal was once known as a camelopard
a giraffe
Tenaya
|
$400
[16]
You'll find Emma Watson in an unfinished work by her & Emma Woodhouse in a finished work by her
Jane Austen
Peter
|
$400
[26]
Black cohosh is a popular remedy for this symptom of menopause that includes sweating
hot flashes
Peter
|
$400
[11]
On July 26, 1847 this African country's independence was granted by the Amer. Colonization Society
Liberia
Tenaya
|
$400
[1]
It's found in the e-mail address seen here
an underscore
Peter
|
|
$800
[3]
This magician must have spoken when he taught Latin at a New Jersey high school
(Raymond) Teller
Terrie
|
$800
[18]
These quadrupeds can open their jaws 150 degrees & are strong enough to bite a crocodile in half
a hippopotamus
Peter
Tenaya
|
DD
$400
[24]
"A Clockwork Counterpoint" is a 2010 study of this author's more than 250 musical compositions
(Anthony) Burgess
Peter
|
$800
[27]
Vitamin K, required for the synthesis of prothrombin, helps blood do this
clot
Peter
|
$800
[12]
It wasn't until 2005 that the Dutch recognized August 17, 1945 as the independence day for this Asian island nation
Indonesia
Terrie
|
$800
[7]
It's where I write "72" at the end of 9--no, make that 18--holes of golf
the scorecard
Tenaya
|
|
$1,200
[4]
(Hi. I'm Eric Stonestreet of Modern Family.) I studied comedy at this famed Chicago improv theater, where Tina Fey was one of my teachers
Second City
Peter
|
$1,200
[19]
It's not George W.'s offspring, but this tree-dwellingprimateof Africa
a bush baby
Peter
|
$800
[22]
2012's "The Casual Vacancy" was her first published novel for adults
J.K. Rowling
Tenaya
|
$1,200
[28]
Linus Pauling wrote a book advocating taking megadoses of this vitamin to ward off colds
vitamin C
Peter
|
$1,200
[13]
In 1996 its people voted to declare its independence day as July 3, 1944, the day Minsk was liberated from the Nazis
Belarus
Tenaya
|
$1,200
[8]
It's the tasty species Thunnus alalunga
albacore
Terrie
|
|
$1,600
[5]
Seen here, former Philly high school teacher Jesse Williams is Dr. Jackson Avery on this TV drama
Grey's Anatomy
|
$1,600
[20]
With 4 toes on each foot, pigs are classified as even-toed members of this hoofed animal group
ungulates
Peter
|
$1,200
[23]
This detective author wrote 4 follow-ups to 1912's "The Lost World"
Arthur Conan Doyle
Peter
|
$1,600
[29]
Theseberrieshave a four-letter name with three vowels & high levels of antioxidants
acai berries
Peter
|
$1,600
[14]
On Nov. 28, 1912 Ismail Qemali declared Albania's independence from this empire
the Ottoman Empire
Peter
Tenaya
|
$1,600
[9]
Explicit, or a band like Black Flag
hardcore
Tenaya
|
|
$2,000
[6]
Ezra Koenigcut short his teaching career when this quartet that he fronts got a record deal
Vampire Weekend
Peter
|
DD
$2,000
[21]
During their trip around S. America, Magellan's crew saw new creatures including this bird they called a black goose
a penguin
Peter
|
$2,000
[25]
He progressed from a youth of "vice and ungodliness" to writing "The Pilgrim's Progress"
John Bunyan
Terrie
|
$2,000
[30]
The "Co" in CoQ10, which acts as an antioxidant, is short for this
coenzyme
Tenaya
|
$2,000
[15]
The subject of a 1999 peace agreement, on Feb. 17, 2008 it proclaimed independence from Serbia
Kosovo
Terrie
|
$2,000
[10]
Robertson Davies wrote about this mythical monster with the head of a man & body of a lion
the manticore
Peter
|
In 1855 he wrote, "The public appears disposed to be amused even when they are conscious of being deceived"
P.T. Barnum