2017 Teachers Tournament semifinal game 3.
Holly Cannon — a high school chemistry teacher from Klein, Texas
Michael Camp — a high school Spanish teacher from Chicago, Illinois
Mary Parker — a high school French and English teacher from Rogers, Arkansas
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary | $2,800 | $5,000 | $12,200 |
$13,700
Finalist |
$12,200
17 R, 3 W |
| Michael | $2,800 | $3,000 | $6,600 |
$2,000
3rd place: $10,000 |
$7,600
16 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Holly | $1,200 | $3,000 | $3,200 |
$6,400
2nd place: $10,000 |
$5,800
12 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| A 5-STAR SCHOOL LUNCH | THE MAP OF CANADA | MYTHOLOGY | TOM HANKS MOVIE QUOTES | WORD ORIGINS | 'ALLO, CURRENT GOVERNOR |
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$200
[16]
Always a popular lunch line item, the Iranian beluga type of this food can cost $10,000 for a pound
caviar
Michael
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$200
[18]
Ontario's Wasaga Beach is the world's longest freshwater beach, 9 miles along Georgian Bay, an arm of this lake
Huron
Mary
Michael
Holly
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$200
[1]
In some versions of the myth, Uther had used this sword long before his son Arthur removes it from the stone
Excalibur
Michael
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$200
[9]
"Bubba was my best good friend"
Forrest Gump
Michael
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$200
[15]
Cheers to you if you know that this potent potable derives its name from the Russian word for "water"
vodka
Holly
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$200
[10]
He followed in Dad's footsteps as New York's guv
Andrew Cuomo
Michael
|
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$400
[20]
This Italian dish of garlic toast topped with tomatoes & olive oil tempts palates in the cafeteria
bruschetta
Holly
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$400
[19]
About 750,000 live on this Canadian island, the largest on the Pacific coast of North America
Vancouver (Island)
Mary
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$400
[3]
The mythical birthplace of this pre-Columbian people was Aztlan, the "White Land"
the Aztecs
Michael
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$400
[13]
"She wants to meet me at the top of the Empire State Building"
Sleepless in Seattle
Michael
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$400
[25]
From the Middle Dutch word for "ship" comes this term for the captain of a small ship or boat
skipper
|
$400
[11]
He followed in Dad's footsteps as California's guv
Jerry Brown
Michael
|
|
$600
[21]
The students rave about this type of Wagyu steak from Hyogo Prefecture, so pale when raw it's almost white
Kobe beef
Holly
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$600
[2]
Bigger than Sweden but home to just 35,000 people, this territory is famous for an 1890s gold rush
the Yukon Territory
Mary
|
$600
[6]
In Greek mythology rivers leading into this place include Cocytus, Phlegethon, Acheron & Styx
Hades
Mary
Holly
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$600
[24]
"Listen up, we have been boarded by armed pirates"
Captain Phillips
Mary
Michael
|
$600
[26]
The name of this spirit is from the German for "rattle" & "ghost"
a poltergeist
Mary
|
$600
[12]
When Nikki Haley became ambassador to the U.N., Henry McMaster succeeded her as gov. of this state
South Carolina
Holly
|
|
$800
[22]
Why, Lunchlady Doris, your version of this 2-word pricey boneless cut of beef from the tenderloin... mwah!
filet mignon
Mary
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$800
[4]
This gulf named for the Norwegian who explored the area between 1903 & 1906 is at the western end of the NW Passage
the Amundsen Gulf
|
$800
[7]
After drinking from the fountain of Mimir, he becomes the wisest Norse god
Odin
Mary
|
DD
$1,000
[29]
"Why couldn't Jesus have been a father & still been capable of all those miracles?"
The Da Vinci Code
Michael
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$800
[27]
From the Arabic for "to make known", it's a tax imposed by a government on imported or exported goods
tariff
Michael
|
$800
[14]
In 2015 John Bel Edwards defeated David Vitter to win this state's governorship, y'all
Louisiana
Mary
|
|
$1,000
[23]
Using a broiler to caramelize a sugar topping on a chilled, stirred custard is key to this 2-word French dessert kids love!
crème brûlée
Holly
|
$1,000
[5]
Rising above the Saskatchewan prairie in this city is the largest provincial legislative building in Canada
Regina
Michael
|
$1,000
[8]
The ultimate night watchman, the mythical giant Argus has 100 of these
eyes
Holly
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— |
$1,000
[28]
Bacteria comes from a Greek word meaning "small stick"; this related word goes back to the Greek for "small" & "life"
microbe
|
$1,000
[17]
As part of his 2017 inaugural ceremonies in this state, Eric Holcombjoined a Hinkle Fieldhouse shootaround
Indiana
Michael
|
| WOMEN OF MUSIC | ORGANIZATIONS | I LOVE LITERATURE | MATH, NOW... | I NEED SOME TUDOR-ING | I GOT 3 As! |
|
$400
[5]
Nicknamed "T-Swizzle", she teamed with One Directioner Zayn Malik for "I Don't Wanna Live Forever"
Taylor Swift
Michael
|
$400
[21]
This association abbreviated ALA wants to eliminate tobacco use & improve air quality
the American Lung Association
Mary
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$400
[16]
The White Rabbit is running late, leading to all kinds of trouble at the start of this 1865 book
Alice in Wonderland
Mary
|
$400
[13]
Give us an "A" in this 4-letter math word for the tip of a cone or pyramid
apex
Holly
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$400
[12]
The Tudors came on the scene under Owen Tudor, who fought on the Lancaster side during these "floral" wars
the War of the Roses
Michael
|
$400
[6]
Thisword is properly plural, but you can use it for just one
candelabra
Holly
|
|
$800
[4]
"Hold On" is a 1990 hit by this female quartet whose name includes a Madonna song title
En Vogue
Michael
|
$800
[22]
The logo of this human rights watchdog features a candle surrounded by barbed wire
Amnesty International
Holly
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$800
[17]
He took 17 years to write his last novel, "Finnegans Wake"
James Joyce
Mary
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$800
[25]
Arccos denotes the inverse of this trigonometric function
cosine
Holly
|
$800
[15]
The Tudor line died out in 1603, when the childless reign of this monarch came to an end
Elizabeth I
Mary
|
$800
[7]
It's Japanese for "goodbye"
sayonara
Michael
|
|
$1,200
[1]
The song heardherewas a 1982 hit for this band who didn't know how to play their instruments when they first formed
the Go-Go's
Holly
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$1,200
[11]
More than the title of a disco hit, it has 2,700 locations & 600,000 volunteers just in the United States
YMCA
Holly
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$1,200
[18]
A 2015 BBC poll of literary critics said the greatest British novel is this George Eliot work named for a town
Middlemarch
Mary
Michael
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$1,200
[26]
It's the square root of x2- 6x + 9
x - 3
Holly
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$1,200
[14]
The Tudors claimed the British throne with a victory over this monarch at Bosworth Field
Richard III
Mary
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$1,200
[8]
Any big waterfall
a cataract (or Niagara)
Mary
Michael
|
|
$1,600
[2]
In 1967 "I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)" began her run of soul classics with Atlantic Records
Aretha Franklin
Michael
|
$2,000
[24]
The wife of an AA co-founder started this organization for families of problem drinkers
Al-Anon
Mary
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$1,600
[19]
This poet & typographic innovator wrote lines capturing childhood like "when the world is puddle-wonderful"
E.E. Cummings
Mary
|
$1,600
[27]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a quadrilateral on the monitor.) A quadrilateral with two adjacent sides of length "a" & two adjacent sides of length "b" gets this high-flying name from its familiar shape
a kite
Holly
|
— |
$1,600
[9]
You fraud! You quack! You this 9-letter word!
charlatan
|
|
$2,000
[3]
She signed a highly unusual deal with RCA that stated she wouldn't tour or do press for her album "1000 Forms of Fear"
Sia (Furler)
Michael
|
DD
$2,600
[23]
The organization of these bereaved mothers of armed service members dates back to 1928
the Gold Star Mothers
Holly
|
$2,000
[20]
In the '60s this controversial novelist wrote journalistic works like "Miami and the Siege of Chicago"
Norman Mailer
Mary
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$2,000
[28]
Mathematicians use the letter i to represent the square root of -1, this "unit"
an imaginary number
Mary
|
— |
$2,000
[10]
It's kind of a mash-up of comradeship & bonhomie
camaraderie
|
On April 11, 1865 Abraham Lincoln spoke of "the mode, manner, and means of" this, which he would not live to see
Reconstruction