Show #7528 2017-05-10 (taped 2017-03-21) Teachers Tournament

2017 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

Cody Vest — a high school English teacher from Fayetteville, Arkansas

Stephanie Mitchell — an 8th grade language arts teacher from Effingham, Illinois

David Clemmons — an 11th grade U.S. history teacher from Fort Worth, Texas

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
David	$3,600	$4,800	$10,400	$10,800 Automatic semifinalist	$9,600 17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Stephanie	$3,400	$5,200	$8,800	$4,800 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$8,800 15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Cody	$1,200	$1,600	$10,400	$6,800 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$12,400 16 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY INSTRUCTION	SAVING UP	THE PREZ SEZ	HIT THE GYM	TYPES OF STREETS	TV DINNERS
$200 [2] Professor Henry Higgins is introduced in this Shaw play Pygmalion Cody	$200 [26] The U.S. Treasury introduced the savings type of these in 1935 & made them electronic-only in 2012 bonds Cody	$200 [1] In a transcript:"I want you all to stonewall it" Nixon Stephanie	$200 [16] Of the treadmill, bench or leg sled, the piece of gym equipment where you're most likely to exercise the pectorals the bench Stephanie	$200 [7] In "Baa Baa Black Sheep", the little boy lives down it the lane David	$200 [21] Glenn & Abraham somehow sit down to dinner at the end of this show's season 7 premiere The Walking Dead Cody
$400 [3] Silvanus Kettleburn taught how to care for magical creatures at Hogwarts until this half-giant took over Hagrid Cody	$400 [27] Be careful with this proverbial place to stash cash: an Israeli woman threw away her mom's old one containing $1 mil. a mattress David	$400 [8] "The release of atomic energy (is) a new force too revolutionary to consider in the framework of old ideas" Truman David	$400 [17] A basic piece of gym equipment is the rack named for this knee-bending exercise squats Stephanie	$400 [11] D.C.'s Pennsylvania, which has been called America's Main Street avenue Stephanie	$400 [22] At a "Big Bang Theory" dinner, this character complains to Amy that Xbox One was released after Xbox 360 Sheldon Cooper David
$600 [4] The typhus epidemic that swept through Lowood School didn't stop this Bronte heroine from going on to teach there Jane Eyre Cody	$600 [28] As many parents try to do, a 529 plan lets you invest income-tax-free to save up for this major outlay for college David	$600 [9] "2.Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas" Woodrow Wilson David	$600 [18] You'll move through 8-10 different exercise stations to work different muscle groups in this kind of "round" training circuit training Stephanie	$600 [12] In the Hollywood Hills, Blue Jay (it rhymes) way David	$600 [23] Law enforcement issues come up at the Reagan family Sunday dinners in many episodes of this CBS drama Blue Bloods
$800 [5] In "The Once and Future King", the education of the "Wart" is monitored by this mage Merlin Stephanie	$800 [29] An emergency fund sees you through losing your job; this weather-named fund is for onetime expenses like major car repairs a rainy day fund Stephanie	$800 [10] "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is" Clinton Stephanie	$800 [19] The Springfree brand of this lets you spring without springs; composite rods are used instead a trampoline	$800 [14] Lake Shore, home to Chicago's Gold Coast drive David Stephanie	$800 [24] On this show when Edith told a dieting Archie he's only allowed one zucchini, he replied, "Who the hell wants more?" All in the Family David
DD $1,000 [6] In a 1944 book this teacher says, "I know no one in Bangkok at all" Anna (Leonowens) Stephanie	$1,000 [30] CUNA, their national assoc., reminds us that they give back their profits to customers, like in higher interest a credit union David Stephanie	$1,000 [13] What he said in his inaugural: "We admit of no govt. by divine right"; what he should have said: "I need a heavier coat!" William Henry Harrison David	$1,000 [20] Kids of all ages get a kick learning this muscle strong enough to keep your trunk erect is the largest muscle in the body your gluteus maximus Cody	$1,000 [15] Merritt is one & despite the name, stopping on it is ill-advised parkway Stephanie	$1,000 [25] In "Killing Utne", an episode of this animated show, the title secret agent can't stop a dinner-party assassination Archer Cody

Double Jeopardy! Round

ARCHIPELAGO-GO	SIGNS & SYMBOLS	COMPOSERS	RHYMES WITH DUCK	GENERAL SCIENCE	FRIENDS OF DOROTHY
$400 [15] The Malay Archipelago has also been called the East these the East Indies Stephanie	$400 [6] Yield traffic signs are in this geometric shape & painted red around the perimeter a triangle David	$400 [1] His music, like "In The Hall Of The Mountain King", was inspired by the grandeur of his native Norway's landscape (Edvard) Grieg David	$400 [17] 2-word phrase for a novice's good fortune beginner's luck Cody	$400 [26] This scale is measured in values from 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral the pH scale Cody	$400 [8] Dorothy Lamourstarred in 7 road movies with pals Bob Hope and this crooner Bing Crosby David
$800 [22] The Zhoushan Archipelago receives a lot of silt from this longest Asian river the Yangtze Stephanie	$800 [7] This symbol added to telephone keypads in the 1960s is called an octothorpe because it has 8 pointed ends the pound Cody	$800 [2] While Hans von Bulow conducted "Tristan und Isolde", his wife Cosima conducted an affair with this man, its composer Wagner Cody	$800 [18] Grub or vittles, Charlie chuck	$800 [27] Thrust propels the weight of an airplane forward; this directly opposing force tends to hold it back drag Stephanie	$800 [9] Rose & Blanche were friends of Dorothy, played by Bea Arthur, on this sitcom The Golden Girls Cody
$1,200 [23] The exclusively Swedish-speaking Ahvenanmaa Archipelago in the Baltic Sea belongs to this eastern neighbor Finland David	$1,200 [13] Like Athena, Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom, was depicted with this bird as her symbol the owl Cody	$1,600 [4] Here's a favorite by this composer Tchaikovsky David	$1,200 [19] A Daihatsu Hijet or Fiat Strada a truck Cody	$1,200 [28] 6 noble gases were discovered between 1894 & 1900 with argon being the first & this one, Rn, the last radon David	$1,200 [10] Robert Benchley & Harold Ross were 2 of the friends she met for lunch at the Algonquin Hotel Dorothy Parker Cody
$1,600 [24] Lajes Field on this Portuguese archipelago is the home of the USAF's 65th Air Base Group the Azores David	DD $2,000 [14] The company that makes this tool trademarked its cross & shield symbol in 1909 a Swiss Army knife Cody	DD $2,000 [3] This colorful Johann Strauss Jr. composition made its debut in Vienna in February 1867 the "Blue Danube Waltz" David	$1,600 [20] Explosive-sounding 4-word phrase meaning return on an investment bang for your buck Stephanie	$1,600 [29] Sodium hypochlorite, NaOCl, is the main ingredient in this laundry product bleach	$1,600 [11] Karen Carpenter flew in for the opening night of the Ice Capades--she had become friends with this skater Dorothy Hamill Cody
$2,000 [25] Will you quit yapping about the Yap Islands, part of the Federated States of this Micronesia	$2,000 [16] The symbol seenhererepresents this on a music score a crescendo Stephanie	$2,000 [5] In an early 1800s love letter, this composer wrote, "Though still in bed, my thoughts go out to you, my immortal beloved" Beethoven Stephanie	$2,000 [21] Courage pluck Cody	$2,000 [30] These white blood cells that have a single well-defined nucleus are the largest blood cells the monocytes	$2,000 [12] Halle Berry had a new friend named Emmy after playing this Dorothy who starred in "Carmen Jones" & "Porgy and Bess" Dorothy Dandridge Cody

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY BOOKS

"I felt his spurs in my side & I heard his battle cry" is a line from this 1982 book that became a stage sensation & later a movie

War Horse

Stephanie "What is Seabiscuit?" — wagered $4,000

Cody "What is Equus?" — wagered $3,600

David "What is the War Horse?" — wagered $400

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