2017 Teachers Tournament final game 1.
Mary Parker — a high school French and English teacher from Rogers, Arkansas
Nan Cohen — a high school English teacher from Van Nuys, California
David Clemmons — an 11th grade U.S. history teacher from Fort Worth, Texas
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | $1,200 | $3,800 | $7,600 | $10,000 |
$12,600
15 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Nan | $5,400 | $6,800 | $20,500 | $9,000 |
$15,200
20 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Mary | $200 | $2,800 | $11,600 | $3,600 |
$11,600
18 R, 3 W |
| THE ART OF WAR | SOME OF YOUR BUSINESS | TV SITCOM BY EPISODES | WRITTEN IN 18-SOMETHING | GOING DUTCH | 2 BY 4 |
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$200
[16]
The medieval embroidery seenheredepicts the events & personalities of this invasion
the Norman invasion of England (or Norman Conquest)
David
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$200
[21]
In 1896 he paired with Charles Henry Dow to compute a daily industrials average
(Edward) Jones
David
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$200
[26]
"The Puffy Shirt" &"The Summer of George"
Seinfeld
Nan
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$200
[1]
"A Visit from St. Nicholas" ends, "Happy Christmas to all, and to all" this
a good night
David
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$200
[11]
The capital city is Amsterdam, but the government of the Netherlands resides in this city
The Hague
David
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$200
[6]
The best place to put the Irish Spring in your shower when you're done with it
a soap dish
Nan
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$400
[17]
Frederick Hart'ssculpturein D.C. honors thesoldiersof this war
the Vietnam War
David
Nan
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$400
[22]
In 2014 the Massachusetts Supreme Court gave the green light to showroom sales of this luxury electric car
a Tesla
David
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$400
[27]
"A Hard Jay's Night" &"Phil on Wire"
Modern Family
Mary
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$400
[2]
This 1862 novel whose title translates to "The Wretched" made its author a lot of bread
Les Misérables
Mary
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$400
[12]
This potent potable was created in the Netherlands under the name genever
gin
Mary
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$400
[7]
An agency that collects vittles & gives them to those in need
a food bank
Mary
|
|
$600
[18]
Depicting an ambitious nighttime crossing, the 1851canvasseenhereis known by this 4-word title
Washington Crossing the Delaware
David
|
$600
[23]
Despite $10 billion in annual revenue, this sports league was technically a nonprofit & its office tax-exempt until 2015
the NFL
Mary
|
$600
[28]
"Hostage Situation" &"Captain Peralta"
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Mary
|
$600
[3]
This 1898 science fantasy was brought to horrifying quasi-reality in a 1938 Orson Welles broadcast
The War of the Worlds
Nan
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$600
[13]
A sabot is another name for this type of wooden shoe originally worn by Dutch farmers
a clog
Nan
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$600
[8]
It's the highest winning hand you can have in hold 'em besides a straight flush or royal flush
four aces
|
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$800
[19]
Tom Lea's World War IIpaintinghighlighting the problem of shell shock is titled "That 2,000 Yard" one of these
a stare
Nan
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$800
[24]
In 1986 this Virgin tycoon won a title for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic by powerboat
Richard Branson
Nan
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$800
[29]
"Joanie's First Kiss" &"Richie Almost Dies"
Happy Days
David
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$800
[4]
Acting guru Stanislavsky had trouble learning his lines for the 1899 premiere of this playwright's "Uncle Vanya"
Chekhov
Nan
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$800
[14]
This "colorful" dynasty led the Dutch revolt against Spain & later became the royal family
the House of Orange
David
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$800
[9]
Go low & tell us this name of the symbol seen here
a bass clef
Nan
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$1,000
[20]
This Spanish artist's"Third of May 1808"depicts the tragic fate of some who resisted Napoleon's occupation
Goya
Mary
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$1,000
[25]
Like Bruno Magli, Ultrasonic made these, but unlike Bruno, the CEO & COO vanished with all its money
shoes
|
$1,000
[30]
"And the Big Buttercream Breakthrough" &"And the Taste Test"
2 Broke Girls
|
DD
$1,400
[5]
This man wrote, "Could it be possible! This old saint in the forest hath not yet heard of it, that God is dead!"
Nietzsche
Nan
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$1,000
[15]
Before the Netherlands switched to the euro, this was its primary unit of currency
the (Dutch) guilder
Mary
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$1,000
[10]
Term for the practice of a new restaurant letting diners in to work out the kinks before officially launching
a soft open
Nan
|
| MOURNING ASSEMBLY | BALLET | A ROUND OF GULF | PLANTS & FLOWERS | PRO RUSSELL-ING | DOUBLE VOWEL IN THE MIDDLE |
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$400
[15]
In response to Australia's 1938 sesquicentenary, this group held a day of mourning that has since been a yearly event
the Aborigines
Nan
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$400
[13]
Balanchine's "Who Cares?" features the music of this other George, including "Fascinatin' Rhythm"
Gershwin
Mary
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$400
[11]
This gulf's leading ports include Basra & Abu Dhabi
the Persian Gulf
David
Nan
Mary
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$400
[1]
Here's this plant of the Carolinas in action
the Venus flytrap
Mary
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$400
[30]
This Celtic who battled Wilt Chamberlain had a 22.5-rebound average & won 11 NBA titles in a 13-year career
Bill Russell
David
|
$400
[4]
To sleep a bit longer; now hit the button!
snooze
Mary
|
|
$800
[16]
Millions descended on Tehran in 1989 after the death of this cleric & leader
Ayatollah Khomeini
Mary
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$800
[14]
Choreographer Maurice Bejart called this Stravinsky ballet "The Phoenix Reborn from Ashes"
The Firebird
Mary
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$800
[12]
World Book describes this as "a great curved arm of the Atlantic... that covers nearly 700,000 square miles"
the Gulf of Mexico
Nan
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$800
[2]
Popular ones of these plants for growing indoors include the maidenhair, button &, of course, Boston
a fern
Mary
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$800
[29]
After filing for divorce in 2011, this comic might have said, "Katy? Bar the door!"
Russell Brand
Nan
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$800
[7]
A fowl enclosure
a coop
Nan
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$1,200
[17]
Celebrating the departed, Catholic priests wear black for mourning on this day that follows All Saints' Day
All Souls' Day
Mary
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$1,200
[23]
In a classic 1890 ballet, the fairy of the songbirds dances at the christening of this fairy-tale heroine
Sleeping Beauty
|
$1,200
[22]
The Speke Gulf is at the southeastern corner of this lake, Africa's largest
Lake Victoria
Mary
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$1,200
[3]
For homemade pesto, you'll want to have a couple of these plants handy
basil
Nan
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$1,200
[28]
Sweet Keri Russell was deliberately cast against type as a tough Soviet spy on this TV drama
The Americans
Nan
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$1,200
[8]
To swindle one out of sheep's wool
fleece
Nan
|
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$1,600
[18]
Throngs mourned August Spies, one of these no-government types hanged in 1887 for his role in the Haymarket riots
an anarchist
Nan
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$1,600
[24]
Let's have a conference to discuss ABT's 2016 ballet based on this Plato dialogue about love
the Symposium
Mary
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$2,000
[20]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a gulf on the monitor.) On October 25, 1944, Vice Admiral John S. McCain, the senator's grandfather, led a task group to answer the Seventh Fleet's calls for help in the battle for this gulf off the Philippines
the Battle of Leyte Gulf
Mary
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$1,600
[5]
You'll find these colorful flowers near the end of the alphabet
zinnias
Nan
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$1,600
[27]
In an Oscar-winning role, he went into Maximus Decimus Meridius overdrive
Russell Crowe
Mary
|
$2,000
[10]
This 4-letter name of a chief Canaanite god means "lord"
Baal
David
|
|
$2,000
[19]
Thisiconic jazz clarinetist's passing in 2016 led to a jazz-filled procession through the French Quarter
Pete Fountain
David
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$2,000
[25]
"The Tale of the Stone Flower", this "Peter and the Wolf" composer's last ballet, tells the tale of Danila, a stone cutter
Prokofiev
David
Nan
|
DD
$5,000
[21]
The Gulf of Antalya is part of this country's long southern coast on the Mediterranean
Turkey
David
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$2,000
[6]
The castor bean plant contains this protein, one of the deadliest toxins known
ricin
Mary
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$2,000
[26]
He's played Snake Plissken, Wyatt Earp & "the strongest man in the world"
Kurt Russell
David
|
DD
$6,500
[9]
People get buzzed practicing apiculture, AKA this
beekeeping
Nan
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A 1936 New York Times review called the debut novel by this author "in all probability, the biggest book of the year: 1,037 pages"
Margaret Mitchell