2017 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 1.
Graham Toben — a middle school English teacher from Portola Valley, California
George Deane — a high school humanities teacher from Colchester, Vermont
Gail Ansheles — a kindergarten teacher from Santa Fe, New Mexico
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gail | $800 | $3,800 | $13,800 |
$15,800
Automatic semifinalist |
$13,800
16 R, 1 W |
| George | $2,300 | $4,100 | $9,100 |
$2,100
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$9,800
15 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Graham | $1,200 | $800 | $8,400 |
$8,400
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$8,400
15 R, 4 W |
| ANATOMICALLY CORRECT | HALL OF FAMERS BY SPORT | PARTS OF THE WHOLE | 20th CENTURY AMERICA | NEWSPAPERS | THE "A.P." |
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$200
[26]
Messages from your brain can travel along this system at more than 200 miles per hour
your nervous system
George
|
$200
[7]
Jerome Bettis
football
Graham
|
$200
[16]
Style, stigma, stamen
the flower
George
Graham
|
$200
[2]
On April 16, 1963 he wrote, "I am in Birmingham because injustice is here"
Martin Luther King Jr.
Gail
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$200
[1]
Launched in 1982, it became our country's first national general-interest daily newspaper
the USA Today
George
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$200
[12]
A.P. is this type of course taught in high school with an exam for college credit
Advanced Placement
Graham
|
|
$400
[27]
To filter out waste, each day these internal organs process about 50 gallons of blood
kidneys
Gail
|
$400
[8]
Hank Greenberg
baseball
|
$400
[17]
Keep, parapet, moat
a castle
Graham
|
$400
[3]
We weren't at war yet when this organization was founded in 1941, butitwas soon busy making the troops' lives better
the USO
Gail
|
$400
[22]
It grew out of a newsletter first published in 1883 that covered the day's business & financial news
The Wall Street Journal
George
|
$400
[13]
Hyphenated term used to describe someone who has more than his or her fair share of injuries & mishaps
accident-prone
Gail
|
|
$600
[28]
You have over 600 of these, some move you around & you'll use about 100 to answer me
muscles
Graham
|
$600
[9]
Chris Mullin
basketball
Graham
|
$600
[18]
Hammer, damper pedal, keys
a piano
George
|
DD
$500
[6]
A sign at the 1912 Progressive Party convention read, "I want to be" one of these "with antlers on my forehead"
a bull moose
George
|
$600
[23]
In 2014 this paper won a Pulitzer Prize for its "Breaking News Reporting" of the marathon bombing
The Boston Globe
Gail
|
$600
[14]
This type of clerk receives & processes invoices
Accounts Payable
Gail
|
|
$800
[29]
As we age, our red marrow is gradually replaced by this color marrow
yellow marrow
Graham
|
$800
[10]
Jennifer Capriati
tennis
Graham
|
$800
[19]
Phone clamp, extendable monopod, shutter button
a selfie stick
George
Graham
|
$600
[4]
In August 1992 the U.S. military began relief efforts in this African nation but soon got involved in interclan fighting
Somalia
Graham
|
$800
[24]
Authorized by the Department of Defense, it's the patriotic paper aimed at U.S. military serving abroad
Stars and Stripes
|
$800
[15]
A mercury barometer measures this A.P.
atmospheric pressure
George
|
|
$1,000
[30]
Cricoid cartilage, which encircles the throat, forms the bottom of this structure, just above the trachea
the larynx
|
$1,000
[11]
Dick Weber
bowlers
|
$1,000
[20]
Envelope, burner, basket or gondola
a hot air balloon
Gail
|
$800
[5]
This first Disney animated feature had its world premiere on December 21, 1937
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Gail
George
|
$1,000
[25]
One of Britain's "Big 3" newspapers, in 1959 it dropped Manchester from its name
The Guardian
|
$1,000
[21]
It's what the letters stood for in A&P, the name of a grocery chain
Atlantic & Pacific
Gail
|
| ALSO FOUND IN THE CLASSROOM | THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE | PROVIDE US THE LATIN ABBREVIATION | RELIGION | SINGERS WHO ACT | PIRATES' FAVORITE AUTHORS--"R"! |
|
$400
[1]
After a few years inactive, the "Doomsday" one moved in a pessimistic direction in 2017
a clock
Graham
|
$400
[26]
Its northernmost point is Cape York, Queensland, which juts into the Torres Strait
Australia
George
|
$400
[21]
"Before noon"
A.M.
George
|
$400
[16]
The ultimate goal of Buddhism is this perfectly peaceful & enlightened state
nirvana
George
Graham
|
$400
[11]
Lenny Kravitz played Cinna, Katniss' stylist in this film series
The Hunger Games
Graham
|
$400
[6]
With "A Clash of Kings" & "A Storm of Swords", this author is a buccaneer favorite
George R.R. Martin
Graham
|
|
$800
[2]
Term for anything transparent & rounded; the snow type is a popular souvenir
a globe
Gail
|
$800
[27]
Malebo Pool is a 200-square-mile lake-like expansion of this river near Kinshasa
the Congo River
|
$800
[22]
"In the year of our Lord"
A.D.
Gail
|
$800
[17]
It took over 40 years to build, but their templein Temple Square was finally completed in 1893
the Mormons
George
|
$800
[12]
This New Orleans native has acted on the big screen and the small screen
Harry Connick Jr.
Gail
|
$800
[7]
He wrote of the Corsairs of the Umbar, seaborne raiders corrupted by Sauron
J.R.R. Tolkien
George
Graham
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Arnold Schwarzenegger got this title nickname in a 1996 movie because he made people's pasts disappear
an eraser
George
|
$1,200
[28]
Monaco is divided into 4 quarters; this one famous for its casino was named in honor of Prince Charles III
Monte Carlo
Graham
|
$1,200
[23]
"That is"
i.e.
Gail
|
$1,600
[19]
In Judaism this high holiday starts the new year & 10 days of penitence
Rosh Hashanah
Gail
|
$1,200
[13]
She slayed 'em as the Countess on "American Horror Story: Hotel"
Lady Gaga
Graham
|
$1,200
[8]
As wee lads, most pirates got goosebumps reading his series of the same name
R.L. Stine
Gail
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Cliffs made of this form of soft, fine-grained white limestone rise on both sides of the Strait of Dover
chalk
Graham
|
$1,600
[29]
This mountain system extends for more than 1,200 miles from Agadir, Morocco to Tunis, Tunisia
the Atlas Mountains
George
|
$1,600
[24]
"Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews"
INRI
|
$2,000
[20]
Knock knock, who's there? It's members of this denomination whose name references Isaiah 43:10
Jehovah's Witnesses
Graham
|
$1,600
[14]
Selena Gomez played Alex Russo, one of the magic kids on this Disney series
The Wizards of Waverly Place
|
$1,600
[9]
All the mateys love the work of this graphic novelist, whose Zap Comix work is seen here
R. Crumb
Gail
|
|
$2,000
[5]
A covert operation by one country's operatives pretending to be from another country is a "false" this attack
a false flag attack
|
DD
$2,000
[30]
Johor Bahru, Malaysia is a bedroom community of this tiny island nation across the Johor Strait
Singapore
George
|
$2,000
[25]
In 2 letters, "doctor of law"
J.D.
Gail
|
DD
$3,000
[18]
The person who holds this religious office also bears the title Primate of All England
the Archbishop of Canterbury
George
|
$2,000
[15]
She tamed her sometimes wild hairdos to play Mary Jackson in "Hidden Figures"
Janelle Monáe
|
$2,000
[10]
Pirates cheered when this historian & military leader was chosen as Donald Trump's national security advisor
Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster
|
Year in which the Department of Energy was created, the Indy 500 had its first female driver & the 1st president was sworn in under a nickname
1977