2017 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 4.
Lindsey Henry — a 1st grade teacher from Waco, Texas
Nan Cohen — a high school English teacher from Van Nuys, California
Michael Camp — a high school Spanish teacher from Chicago, Illinois
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael | $1,400 | $2,200 | $11,400 |
$14,800
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$11,800
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Nan | $3,800 | $6,600 | $15,400 |
$22,801
Automatic semifinalist |
$15,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Lindsey | $2,400 | $3,400 | $7,400 |
$1
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$9,400
13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| STRANGER THINGS | ELEMENTARY | THE CROWN | ONCE UPON A TIME | THIS IS "US" | TV DRAMAS |
|
$200
[21]
The billy goat plum of Australia contains 100 times more of this vitamin than an orange
vitamin C
Michael
|
$200
[22]
Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum! One of those is the symbol for this element
iron (Fe)
Lindsey
|
$200
[13]
377 steps & a double-helix staircase take visitors to its crown, which has 24 windows
the Statue of Liberty
Nan
|
$200
[7]
Bullied as a youngster over his looks, he grew up to be a beautiful swan
the Ugly Duckling
Michael
|
$200
[6]
It's the 5-letter acronym for America's chief executive
POTUS
Michael
|
$200
[1]
On "Elementary" Jonny Lee Miller plays Sherlock Holmes & Lucy Liu plays her
Watson
Michael
|
|
$400
[27]
This American's self-written epitaph makes no mention of his years as president from 1801 to 1809
Jefferson
Michael
Lindsey
|
$400
[23]
By volume this gas makes up about 78% of Earth's atmosphere
nitrogen
Michael
Lindsey
|
$400
[14]
You can buy a keepsake ornament as well as cards at its Gold Crown stores
Hallmark
Lindsey
|
$400
[8]
In some versions of the fairy tale, she survives only after the woodsman cuts open the wolf & frees her
Little Red Riding Hood
Nan
|
$400
[9]
A network of blood vessels or nerves, like the solar one
the plexus
Nan
|
$400
[2]
"Once Upon a Time" is set in this fictional New England town
Storybrooke (Maine)
Lindsey
|
|
$600
[28]
The water-holding species of this amphibian can lie dormant in a desert burrow waiting for rain for up to 5 years
frog
|
$600
[24]
Since its discovery in 1940, more than 20 isotopes of this transuranium element have been found, including 239
plutonium
|
$600
[15]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an arch on the monitor.) In architecture, the crown is the top part of an arch, including this central wedge-shaped piece
the keystone
Lindsey
|
$600
[18]
Disney's "Tangled" is based on this fairy tale
"Rapunzel"
Michael
|
$800
[11]
Hop on, grab a seat & enjoy the reprinted works of your favorite author in this single volume
omnibus
Nan
|
$600
[3]
Thisactor plays Dr. Brenner on "Stranger Things"
Matthew Modine
|
|
$800
[29]
He not only made incredible escapes, but in 1918 made a 10,000-pound elephant vanish from a brightly lit stage
Houdini
Lindsey
|
$800
[25]
In Japan seaweed is a major source of this element, a lack of which can lead to a goiter
iodine
|
$800
[16]
Sainte-Chapelle in Paris was built to house relics, including this crown
Jesus' crown of thorns
|
$800
[19]
Here's a contemporary vision of this character who was born inside a tulip and also went by the name of Tiny
Thumbelina
Nan
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
Violinist Jascha Heifetz was born in this Baltic capital in 1901
Vilnius
Nan
|
$800
[4]
On the premiere episode of "This Is Us", she & Milo Ventimiglia were expecting triplets
Mandy Moore
Michael
|
|
$1,000
[30]
Helium cooled to near absolute zero becomes this type of liquid with a 10-letter name that can flow without friction
a superfluid
|
$1,000
[26]
Alloys of this metallic element, atomic No. 22, are used in artificial hips
titanium
Nan
|
$1,000
[17]
The Sahasrarais the crown one of these points of spiritual power in Hinduism
a chakra
|
$1,000
[20]
This "poor little girl, with bare head and naked feet" tries to keep warm on New Year's Eve but ends up freezing to death
the Little Match Girl
Nan
|
$1,000
[12]
After rescuing Andromeda from a sea monster, he marries her
Perseus
Nan
|
$1,000
[5]
Here's this actress who takes the crown on "The Crown"
Claire Foy
Lindsey
|
| CASTRO'S CUBA: 1959-2016 | 9-LETTER WORDS | BESTSELLING NONFICTION | U.S. CITIES | AKAs | THE SILENT MOVIE ERA |
|
$400
[13]
Fidel's efforts to export revolution to this continent cost the lives of more than 4,000 Cubans, half in Angola
Africa
Michael
|
$400
[12]
Sodom was destroyed by fire & it
brimstone
Michael
|
$400
[6]
Published just 2 weeks after his death, "A Life Well Played" features stories & anecdotes from this golf legend
(Arnold) Palmer
Michael
|
$400
[7]
If you're in front of the former Sears building seen here, you're in this city
Seattle
Michael
|
$400
[1]
It's the less formal name for table tennis
ping-pong
Nan
|
$400
[30]
One of the first film versions of this novel was in 1921 with Douglas Fairbanks as d'Artagnan
The Three Musketeers
Lindsey
|
|
$800
[14]
In 2015 in Havanahesaid, "Presidents Obama and Castro made a courageous decision to stop being the prisoners of history"
John Kerry
Lindsey
|
$800
[18]
Fiefs were part of this social system that was a big hit in the Middle Ages
feudalism
Nan
|
$800
[22]
This Elizabeth Gilbert bestseller is subtitled "One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia"
Eat, Pray, Love
Lindsey
|
$800
[8]
In this Rhode Island resort town, you can visit such mansions as Rosecliff & the Breakers
Newport
Michael
Nan
|
$800
[2]
"My Country 'Tis Of Thee" is alternately known by this one-word title
"America"
Lindsey
|
$800
[29]
"The Sheikh" starred this short-lived heartthrob
(Rudolph) Valentino
Nan
|
|
$1,200
[15]
On January 25, 1998, 300,000 gathered in the Plaza de la Revoluciónfor this man's Mass on the last day of his historic visit
Pope John Paul II
Michael
|
$1,200
[19]
A city in Iowa, or a type of sofa
a davenport
Michael
|
$1,200
[23]
In "Making Rounds with Oscar", Oscar is one of these who comforts dying patients in their final hours
a cat
Nan
|
$1,200
[9]
Let's head for spring break at this "Fort" city known as the "Venice of America" for its many inland waterways
Fort Lauderdale
Lindsey
|
$1,200
[3]
Persian, the official language of Iran, is also known by this 5-letter name
Farsi
Michael
|
$1,200
[28]
1915's "The Birth of a Nation" is controversial today, as it glorified this sheety group
the Ku Klux Klan
Nan
|
|
$1,600
[16]
With new cars scarce, Cubans preserved classic U.S. models like the Bel Airfrom this automaker
Chevrolet
|
$1,600
[20]
For normal depth perception, the eyes work together in this type of vision
binocular
Nan
|
$1,600
[24]
In "The Book of Joy", the Dalai Lama & this South African archbishop share stories & wisdom on finding happiness in life
Desmond Tutu
Michael
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
This Soap Box Derby city was co-founded in 1825 by Simon Perkins, an official with the Ohio Canal Fund
Akron, Ohio
Lindsey
|
$1,600
[4]
Varicella is another name for this childhood disease
chickenpox
Nan
|
DD
$1,200
[27]
Seen here is a still from the 1925 silent version of this film, partly shot here in Culver City
Ben-Hur ( A Tale of the Christ )
Michael
|
|
$2,000
[17]
In 1980Arnaldo Tamayo Méndezbecame the first Latin American in orbit aboard one of these Soviet spacecraft
Soyuz
|
$2,000
[21]
This type of belt worn by gunmen has little slots to hold extra ammunition
a bandolier
|
$2,000
[25]
Before "Silent Spring", she had an early 1950s bestseller with "The Sea Around Us"
Rachel Carson
Michael
|
$2,000
[11]
This Georgia city is known as the "Sweet Onion Capital of the World"
Vidalia
Lindsey
|
$2,000
[5]
From the Greek for "wolf man", it's another term for werewolf
lycanthrope
Nan
|
$2,000
[26]
A thrilling story of WWI pilots, it won the first Academy Award for Best Picture
Wings
|
Often used to describe artists ahead of their time, it was also the name of a youth militia in WWII Vichy France
avant-garde