2016 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 5.
Bill Knuth — a high school special education teacher from East Lansing, Michigan
Cory Harris — a high school English teacher from Mystic, Connecticut
Kaberi Chakrabarty — an elementary bilingual teacher from Joliet, Illinois
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaberi | $4,600 | $4,600 | $8,600 |
$11,600
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$8,200
11 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Cory | $600 | $4,600 | $8,400 |
$16,798
Automatic semifinalist |
$11,400
21 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Bill | $-200 | $1,200 | $13,600 |
$9,999
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$14,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
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$200
[6]
Got milk that's not making you sick because heat was used to kill germs? Thank this French guy & his process
Pasteur
Cory
|
$200
[1]
Monk's Cafe, home of "The Big Salad"
Seinfeld
Cory
|
$200
[13]
Odd considering its angelic association today, its name is from the Old Saxon for "instrument of torture"
a harp
Bill
|
$200
[9]
The marble one seenherewas recovered from Pompeii
an urn
Kaberi
|
$200
[20]
Obliterate means "to destroy"; illiterate, by definition, means unable to do these 2 things
read & write
Cory
|
$200
[8]
"But there is no joy in Mudville--mighty Casey has..."
struck out
Bill
|
|
$400
[7]
This British woman discovered that chimpanzees are not vegetarian but omnivorous
(Jane) Goodall
Cory
|
$400
[2]
The Williamsburg Diner in Brooklyn
2 Broke Girls
|
$400
[25]
Thisinstrument of India can have as many as 20 strings
a sitar
Bill
|
$400
[14]
Term for a college student at any level who hasn't yet received a bachelor's degree
an undergrad
Bill
|
$400
[21]
Careful with these 2 words: one means " unethical"; the other, with a "T", "living forever"
immoral & immortal
Kaberi
Bill
|
$400
[16]
"Theirs not to make reply, theirs not to reason why, theirs but to..."
do and die
Kaberi
Cory
Bill
|
|
$800
[11]
This Italian physicist began writing about his ideas "On Motion" around 1590
Galileo
Cory
|
$600
[3]
The Peach Pit, where Brandon worked
Beverly Hills, 90210
Cory
|
$600
[28]
Our term for a song's words was influenced by the name of this ancient instrument
a lyre
Cory
|
$600
[15]
With only 2 movements, Schubert's "Symphony in B Minor" is dubbed this
"Unfinished"
Kaberi
|
$600
[22]
When you fluster someone, you confuse them; this rhyming word means to blow in loud violent gusts (like the wind)
bluster
Cory
|
$600
[17]
"I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them..."
Sam-I-Am
Cory
|
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
In 1959 she found a 1.75-million-year-old skull at Olduvai Gorge
(Mary) Leakey
Kaberi
|
$800
[4]
Mel's Diner in Phoenix, where you could kiss Flo's grits
Alice
Kaberi
|
$800
[29]
David Kalakaua & Arthur Godfrey are in the hall of fame for this musical instrument
the ukulele
Cory
|
$800
[26]
This service that connects riders & drivers via a phone app is available in more than 65 countries
Uber
Cory
|
$800
[23]
The Seminoles are American Indians; this is coarsely ground durum wheat used to make pasta
semolina
Bill
|
$800
[18]
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women..."
merely players
Cory
|
|
$1,000
[12]
Laura Fermi said this physicist from Scandinavia skied expert snowplows & stylish jumps
Niels Bohr
Kaberi
|
$1,000
[5]
The Minuteman Cafe & Gift Shop, next door to the Stratford Inn in Vermont
Newhart
Kaberi
Bill
|
$1,000
[30]
Thisinstrument evokes the Renaissance & courtly life
the lute
Kaberi
|
$1,000
[27]
A researcher in Tokyo was the first to identify this "fifth taste" that is usually described as savory
umami
Bill
|
$1,000
[24]
An oncologist treats cancer; a conchologist collects shells of this phylum of creatures like sea snails & bivalves
Mollusca
Kaberi
|
$1,000
[19]
"Listen to them--the children of the night. what..." these 3 words
music they make
|
| LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION MOVIE! | WHERE IN THE WORLD? | HOLIDAYS | PRONUNCIATION | QUEENS | MY FAVORITE BURRO |
|
$400
[6]
In this 1997 movie hijackers seize the plane carrying the President, who works from hiding to defeat them
Air Force One
Cory
|
$400
[1]
Citrus County:this state
Florida
Bill
|
$400
[24]
First observed on Nov. 11, 1919, it's now a U.S. federal holiday under this name
Veterans Day
Cory
|
$400
[18]
Shakespeare's First Folio spells this day of the week as it's said, without the first "D"
Wednesday
Cory
|
$400
[15]
Family name of Queen Mary I of England, called "Bloody Mary" for her treatment of her opponents
Tudor
Cory
|
$400
[11]
4-letter word for the noise made by a donkey or burro
bray
Cory
|
|
$800
[7]
Captain Jack, Will Turner & Elizabeth Swann sail off the edge of the map in 2007's "Pirates of the Caribbean: At" this place
World's End
Cory
|
$800
[2]
Popocatepetl volcano:this country
Mexico
Bill
|
$800
[25]
In 1999 New Hampshire was the last state to make this January event a paid state holiday
Martin Luther King Day
Kaberi
Cory
|
$800
[19]
This strip of fish can have a double L & a sounded T; McDonald's prefers a single L & silent T
a filet (or a fillet)
Bill
|
$800
[16]
Blanche of Castile was twice this temporary ruler of France, when her son was little & when he was crusading
regent
Cory
|
$1,200
[13]
The paintingseenheredepicts Bottom, a character in this Shakespeare comedy
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Cory
|
|
$1,200
[8]
In a popular series the heavyset Po is a "Kung Fu Panda" chosen as this more fearsome type of "warrior"
Dragon
Kaberi
|
$1,200
[3]
The Atacama Plateau:this continent
South America
Bill
|
$1,200
[26]
Wisconsin officially celebrates the Feb. 15 birthday of this suffragette
(Susan B.) Anthony
Bill
|
$1,200
[21]
In the French army this rank wears 5 gold stripes & is actually said as it's spelled
a colonel
Bill
|
$1,200
[17]
According to Jewish & Islamic traditions, she was the monarch of an ancient kingdom believed to be in Ethiopia or Yemen
the Queen of Sheba
|
$1,600
[14]
The donkey as a Democratic symbol began in 1828 when this presidential hopeful was called a "jackass"
Andrew Jackson
Bill
|
|
$1,600
[9]
In "300" this Spartan king & his men face off against the Persians at Thermopylae
Leonidas
|
$1,600
[4]
Brunei:this island
Borneo
Cory
|
$1,600
[29]
It may be tax day to the rest of us but April 15 is also Father Damien day in this state
Hawaii
Bill
|
$1,600
[22]
Its tourism commission puts a diacritical mark in the state's name showing the short "a" pronunciation
Nevada
Bill
|
$1,600
[27]
Lisa Halaby took the name Noor al-Hussein in 1978 when shebecame queen consort of this country
Jordan
Bill
|
$2,000
[20]
Seen here in this German city are its fabled four musicians, adonkey& hisfriends
Bremen
Kaberi
|
|
$2,000
[10]
This Shakespeare & "Shackleton" actor directed 2011's "Thor"
(Kenneth) Branagh
Cory
|
$2,000
[5]
The castle seen here:this British city
Edinburgh
Cory
|
$2,000
[30]
Toward the end of every April, Nebraska speaks for the trees as the state observes this holiday
Arbor Day
Bill
|
$2,000
[23]
In this word for sedative drugs like phenobarbital, you can say the second "R" or just fly past it
barbiturate
Cory
|
DD
$1,600
[28]
In 1654 this nation's queen Christina stunned Europe when she abdicated & became a Catholic
Sweden
Bill
|
DD
$3,000
[12]
Governor Bruce Babbitt was on hand for an airlift of hundreds of wild burros out of this landmark in 1981
the Grand Canyon
Cory
|
She wrote in her journal in 1867 that a publisher "asked me to write a girls book. Said I'd try."
Louisa May Alcott