2017 Teachers Tournament semifinal game 2.
Eduardo Sevilla — an 8th through 12th grade math teacher from Vienna, Virginia
Susannah Nichols — a high school English teacher from Ferndale, Michigan
Nan Cohen — a high school English teacher from Van Nuys, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nan | $400 | $3,400 | $18,200 |
$23,601
Finalist |
$13,400
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Susannah | $3,600 | $5,200 | $9,600 |
$12,600
3rd place: $10,000 |
$9,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Eduardo | $3,600 | $5,000 | $11,800 |
$18,201
2nd place: $10,000 |
$11,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT | "GREEN" STUFF | COUNTIES OF CALIFORNIA | YOU'RE SO POSSESSIVE! | INFRASTRUCTURE | BEATLES SONG TITLE REVERSALS |
|
$200
[9]
Thislizard, known for changing colors, does it partly to communicate with others ofitskind
a chameleon
Nan
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$200
[20]
A tip of the cap if you know that the Army's special forces are known by this name
the Green Berets
Susannah
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$200
[26]
The A's play in this city, the seat of Alameda County
Oakland
Nan
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$200
[1]
On this festive night in 1999, a new ball made of Waterford crystal made its descent in Times Square
New Year's Eve
Susannah
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$200
[6]
The 600,000 of these that Americans travel over average 40+ years old & 1 in 9 is structurally deficient
bridges
Susannah
Eduardo
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$200
[10]
"Tomorrow"
"Yesterday"
Nan
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$400
[12]
The Indonesian mimic type of this not only changes colors, it can impersonate other sea creatures
an octopus
Eduardo
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$400
[21]
Wisconsin's Fox River empties into it
Green Bay
Eduardo
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$400
[27]
Prominent during the Gold Rush, this county bears the name of a mythical land of gold
El Dorado
|
$400
[2]
Mr. T proudly says he's one of these, devoted to the person who brought him into the world
a mama's boy
Susannah
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$400
[7]
The FAA lists airports as small, medium or large within this 3-letter designation that means you change planes there
hub
|
$400
[11]
"The Short And Straight Boulevard"
"The Long And Winding Road"
Eduardo
|
|
$600
[13]
The praying one gets a lot of press, but thedead leaf onesure lives up toitsname
a mantis
Susannah
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$600
[22]
In 2000 this punk-pop band issued "Warning"; in 2005 they put out "Bullet in a Bible"
Green Day
Susannah
|
$600
[28]
Formed as the last California county in 1907, Imperial County borders Mexico & this U.S. state
Arizona
Nan
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$600
[3]
I'll do my best with what you gave me, but I "can't make a silk purse out of" one of these
a sow's ear
Susannah
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$600
[8]
Traffic & business can come to a halt when this pipeline with a primary nameburstsbeneath the road
the water main
Eduardo
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$600
[17]
"Straighten And Whisper"
"Twist And Shout"
Nan
|
|
$800
[14]
An incredibly poisonous type of stonefish is named for this coral structure with which itblends
reef
Susannah
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$800
[23]
"Sure as God made" these edibles, Cubs fans left some on Harry Caray's grave after the 2016 World Series
little green apples
Nan
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$800
[29]
Los Angeles County was one of the original 27 counties making up the new state of California in this year
1850
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$1,000
[5]
2-word term for one who defends an unpopular cause for the sake of argument
devil's advocate
Eduardo
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$800
[16]
Solid waste is part of infrastructure; some is composted & some recycled, but most ends up in these places
landfills
Nan
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$800
[18]
"Go Separately"
"Come Together"
Susannah
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|
$1,000
[15]
Keep your eyes on the prize and name this flatfish, hatched with eyes like a regular fish that later move to one side ofitshead
a flounder
Eduardo
|
$1,000
[24]
Sperry & Hutchinson were famous for these items that could be traded for all sorts of things
Green Stamps
Nan
|
$1,000
[30]
The largest county in California and the lower 48, it's named for an Italian saint of the 15th century
San Bernardino
Nan
Eduardo
|
DD
$1,200
[4]
On Aug. 3, 1980 Ronald Reagan said "I believe in" these & said the federal government had too much power
states' rights
Susannah
|
$1,000
[25]
Similar to dikes, these structures from the French for "raise" protect dry land from flooding
levees
Susannah
|
$1,000
[19]
"You'll Shun The Moon"
"I'll Follow The Sun"
Susannah
|
| -ISMS & -OLOGIES | TV CAMPUS | ADVERBS | THEATRE | FILL IN THE ____ | AWFUL WORLD LEADERS |
|
$400
[15]
This religious movement centered in Jamaica is based on the idea of an African Messiah
Rastafarianism
Nan
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$400
[10]
Neptune High is named for a sea god; this title mystery solver who went there has a war god in her name
Veronica Mars
Susannah
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$400
[20]
To be "late" this stylish way is to arrive so that you are noticed
fashionably
Susannah
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$400
[1]
In 2017 Glenn Close returned to Broadway as Norma Desmond in a revival of this musical
Sunset Boulevard
Eduardo
|
$400
[2]
Original title of "The Star-Spangled Banner":"Defence Of Fort ____"
McHenry
Eduardo
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$400
[26]
Likely fraudulent 1924 Italian elections gave personal power to this fascist
Mussolini
Eduardo
|
|
$1,200
[17]
John Pawson has used lots of empty space to become the father of this design -ism, as in the monastery here
minimalism
Susannah
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$800
[11]
Played by Alexis Bledel, Rory on this Netflix show's "A Year in the Life" returned to Chilton Academy in 2016
Gilmore Girls
Susannah
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$800
[21]
The Constitution:The VP "shall be president of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless" they're divided this way
equally
Nan
Eduardo
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$800
[7]
In 1967 David Hays founded the Natl. Theatre of the Deaf--a decade after working on this play about Helen Keller
The Miracle Worker
Susannah
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$800
[3]
Herculean labor:Cleaning the ____ of King Augeas
stables
Nan
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$800
[27]
Britannica, on this Ugandan:"Noted for his abrupt changes of mood... often extreme in his nationalism"
Idi Amin
Nan
|
|
$1,600
[18]
This branch of zoology deals with amphibians as well as reptiles
herpetology
Nan
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$1,200
[12]
"The Wonder Years" & "Freaks and Geeks" were set at schools named for this president with Scottish roots
McKinley
Susannah
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$1,200
[23]
This word for going in a slanting direction sounds just like a Harry Potter location
diagonally
Nan
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$1,200
[8]
Jesse Tyler Ferguson went back to school as one of the original classmates in "The 25th Annual Putnam County" this
spelling bee
Eduardo
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$1,200
[4]
The King James Version of Genesis:"And God said, let there be a ____ in the midst of the waters"
a firmament
Susannah
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$1,200
[28]
On Dec. 17, 1989 security forces under Nicolae Ceausescu were ordered to fire on demonstrators in this country
Romania
Susannah
|
|
$2,000
[19]
This -ism favored by psychologist William James takes the view that what is useful is what is best
pragmatism
Nan
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$1,600
[13]
On "King of the Hill", Bobby was chosen to be the mascot for the school named for this legendary NFL coach
Tom Landry
Eduardo
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$1,600
[24]
Happening in an absurd or self-contradictory way, like the chicken & egg dilemma
paradoxically
Susannah
|
DD
$2,000
[9]
Act I of this play:"A country road. A tree. Evening, Estragon, sitting on a low mound, is trying to take off his boot"
Waiting for Godot
Eduardo
|
$1,600
[5]
Named for physicist Georg:____'s law of electrical resistance
Ohm
Eduardo
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$1,600
[29]
His radical reforms in Cambodia caused more than 1 million deaths from 1975 to 1979
Pol Pot
Nan
|
|
DD
$5,600
[16]
The 2 similar-sounding words for the study of insects & the study of word origins
entomology and etymology
Nan
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$2,000
[14]
Students learn spells & more at Brakebills, a school in this Syfy TV show based on Lev Grossman's books
The Magicians
Nan
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$2,000
[25]
Given with much hesitation & unwillingness, from the Latin for "struggling against"
reluctantly
Nan
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$2,000
[22]
In "Six Degrees of Separation", a young black man named Paul claims to be this actor's son
Sidney Poitier
|
$2,000
[6]
A Matisse work:"The Joy of ____"
Life
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$2,000
[30]
This Dominican dictator fomented prejudice against migrants from Haiti & had thousands of them killed in 1937
Trujillo
Susannah
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The book "From Marble to Flesh" is a biography of this statue that was created from 1501 to 1504
David