Show #7531 2017-05-15 (taped 2017-03-22) Teachers Tournament

2017 Teachers Tournament semifinal game 1.

Contestants

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

Sara Holub — a high school choir teacher from Green Bay, Wisconsin

Gail Ansheles — a kindergarten teacher from Santa Fe, New Mexico

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Gail	$800	$1,800	$12,600	$0 3rd place: $10,000	$12,600 14 R, 1 W
Sara	$3,200	$8,000	$13,200	$25,200 2nd place: $10,000	$12,200 16 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
David	$1,400	$-400	$17,600	$27,600 Finalist	$15,200 18 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

LESSEN PLAN	GOALS	CONCEPTS	MATERIALS	"E"VALUATION	SUMMERY
$200 [6] "Bacon & Butter" gives recipes that follow a ketogenic diet, one that by definition is high in fat & low in these carbs Sara	$200 [8] Saddle up & try to score in this sport where the goal posts are 10 feet tall & 24 feet apart polo David	$200 [18] Since 1927 this German's uncertainty principle has kept physicists guessing Heisenberg Sara	$200 [15] Drop "IA" from the name of a Hawaiian nut & you get this form of pavement macadam David	$200 [1] Jared sells a silver ring with this kind of lab-created gemstone for 40 bucks an emerald Sara	$600 [28] Marilyn Monroe & Martha & the Vandellas both had songs titled this, a period of exceptionally hot weather "Heat Wave" Gail
$400 [7] In the title "Eat Right 4 Your Type", it's what "type" refers to your blood type David	$400 [9] Finishing in 1994, this women's soccer star brought home the bacon for UNC, scoring 103 goals Mia Hamm David	$400 [17] This adjective meaning based on observation is from Latin for "experienced" empirical	$400 [22] Invented as a synthetic rubber, it was introduced to the public in a plastic egg at Easter Silly Putty Gail	$400 [2] This gasoline additive cost about $2.00 a gallon in early 2017 ethanol David	$800 [27] The name of this light striped fabric used for summer suits comes from the Persian for "milk & sugar" seersucker Gail David
$600 [12] A professor of exercise physiology at the University of Miami added workouts to a book on this diet "Supercharged" South Beach Sara	$600 [10] A "super" hands-on owner, he bought the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1999 & scored 35 goals for the team in 2000-01 Mario Lemieux David	$600 [19] The effort to unite electromagnetism & gravity in a single theoretical framework is known as "unified" this theory unified field theory	$600 [21] The original S.O.S & Brillo pads married soap & this material steel wool Sara	$600 [3] James Gandolfini's was valued at an estimated $70 million estate Sara	$1,000 [26] During hot, dry periods, some reptiles enter into an inactive state called this, from the Latin for "summer" estivation David
$800 [13] Dr. Kellyann says you shed pounds & wrinkles with this alliterative stock made from short ribs or a chicken carcass bone broth Gail	$800 [11] He scored 12 goals in 14 WC games & was declared a national treasure in Brazil to keep him from leaving to play in Europe Pelé Sara	$800 [20] This -ism says the Constitution isn't ever-evolving but should be applied based on what its authors intended originalism Gail	$800 [23] Thistype of foam is used for soundproofing, as its name suggests acoustic foam	$800 [4] The U.S. Mint offers a 1-ounce "American" this gold bullion coin for about $1,600 an eagle Sara	—
$1,000 [14] The "Big Book" of this now-trendy fermented tea with a Japanese name tells how to brew it and extols its health benefits kombucha	$1,000 [16] Football was not the only field Jim Brown hit as a Syracuse senior, with 43 goals in only 10 games in this sport lacrosse Sara	DD $2,000 [25] A medieval philosopher gave his name to this sharp idea that the simpler of 2 competing theories is preferable Occam's razor Sara	$1,000 [24] Old French for "calf" gives us the name of this textured paper used for manuscripts vellum Sara	$1,000 [5] Once used in Portugal, this monetary unit abbreviated Esc. was worth 100 centavos the escudo	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

1917--100 YEARS AGO	BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS	ELECTION GLOSSARY	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	IN THE BOOKSTORE	AFTER BURNER
$400 [1] Theda Bara vamped on screen to big box office as this historic temptress Cleopatra Gail	$400 [3] "The Jellicle Ball" & "Memory" Cats Gail	$400 [2] This type of speech gets its name from the natural object politicians would stand on to gain height a stump speech Sara	$400 [28] This third-largest ocean is less than half the size of the Pacific the Indian Ocean David	$400 [8] "Live from New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of" this TV show Saturday Night Live David	$400 [13] He's in Spain, so he's called this a burro Gail
$800 [16] The 100" Hooker telescope, the world's largest in 1917, began operating on Mt. Wilson above this Rose Bowl city Pasadena Gail	$800 [15] "Arabian Nights" & "Friend Like Me" Aladdin David	$800 [4] This type of issue sounds like a section of iceberg lettuce, but it's a polarizing question that can divide voters a wedge issue Gail	$800 [27] Canada's smallest province, it's also the only one that's not connected to the North American mainland Prince Edward Island David	$800 [9] This Alex Haley classic that's subtitled "The Saga of an American Family" Roots David	$800 [14] 4 pecks = 1 of these a bushel Sara
$1,200 [23] The British rolled out these fearsome vehicles in their first massed use for the Battle of Cambrai tanks David	$1,200 [18] "Knights Of The Round Table" & "Find Your Grail" Spamalot Sara David	$1,200 [5] These public funds to candidates from the federal government equal dollar for dollar what was given by individuals matching funds Gail	$1,200 [26] America's Little Diomede & Russia's Big Diomede Islands are only 2 1/2 miles apart in this waterway the Bering Strait David	$1,200 [10] In one volume, "The Complete Novels" by her, including "Mansfield Park" Jane Austen Gail	$1,200 [17] Something you're made to do that takes up time but doesn't achieve a lot busywork Sara
$2,000 [21] In Russia this political faction overthrew Kerensky's short-lived provisional government the Bolsheviks David	$1,600 [19] "Making Things Up Again" & "Baptize Me" The Book of Mormon David	$1,600 [6] Sounding like covering something in fabric, it can refer to wooing voters directly or to pre-election polling canvassing	DD $2,000 [25] Rising 15,800 feet, it's known in Latin as Mons Albus Mont Blanc David	$1,600 [11] This book by dying college professor Randy Pausch based on a talk he gave to his class in 2007 The Last Lecture Sara	$1,600 [29] To make smooth by rubbing burnish Gail
DD $6,000 [22] This muckraking author's novel "King Coal" exposed abuses in the U.S. mining industry Upton Sinclair David	$2,000 [20] "La Vie Boheme" & "Seasons Of Love" Rent David	$2,000 [7] It's the term for Vermont's single U.S. Representative who serves the whole state at-large Gail	$2,000 [24] A caravan path & a paved road run the length of this strategic pass that links Afghanistan & Pakistan the Khyber Pass David	$2,000 [12] "The Wrong Side of Goodbye", a recent bestseller by Michael Connelly featuring this detective Harry Bosch Gail	$2,000 [30] Samurai lived by this code the Bushido code David

Final Jeopardy!

THE PULITZER PRIZES

In 1947 a journalist from the Washington Post became the last to win a Pulitzer for national reporting by this means

telegraph (or telegram)

Gail "What is radio?" — wagered $12,600

Sara "What is Telegraph?" — wagered $12,000

David "What is thetelegraphtelegram?" — wagered $10,000

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