Show #7535 2017-05-19 (taped 2017-03-22) Teachers Tournament

2017 Teachers Tournament final game 2.

Contestants

Mary Parker — a high school French and English teacher from Rogers, Arkansas (subtotal of $3,600)

Nan Cohen — a high school English teacher from Van Nuys, California (subtotal of $9,000)

David Clemmons — an 11th grade U.S. history teacher from Fort Worth, Texas (subtotal of $10,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
David $4,000 $6,600 $18,200 $36,000 $18,200
23 R, 1 W
Nan $1,200 $5,400 $17,800 $17,800 $17,800
17 R, 0 W
Mary $2,600 $4,800 $17,200 $15,200 $12,200
17 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY EVERY YEAR STATE NICKNAMES THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH LET'S GO DODGERS! YOU'RE SUCH A HOMER
$200 [6]
Gilbert Stuart's iconic paintings include one of this foundingmother
Martha Washington
David Mary
$200 [27]
Home to an annual festival for it, Gilroy, California is the "capital of the world" of this pungent herb
garlic
Mary
$200 [5]
"The Centennial State"
Colorado
David
$200 [13]
If you're in London driving on the left, don't forget to engage your indicator, this, before making a move
your turn signal
David
$200 [25]
Though he never played in L.A., this barrier-breaking Dodger grew up in Southern Calif. & attended UCLA in the 1940s
Jackie Robinson
David
$200 [18]
Every Homeric scholar knows that these 2 epic texts are what Homer is best known for
The Iliad and The Odyssey
Mary
$400 [7]
Thishunter & showman did much to popularize the myth of the American West
Buffalo Bill Cody
David
$400 [30]
Professions not allowed to enter the UK's World's Biggest Liar competition include lawyers & these, like an MP
politicians
Nan
$400 [4]
"The Sagebrush State" &"The Silver State"
Nevada
Nan
$400 [14]
Draughts is this kingly game
checkers
Mary
$400 [24]
In 1958 the Dodgers came to L.A. from this Brooklyn ballpark that had been their home for 4 decades
Ebbets Field
David
$400 [19]
Homer, Alaska calls itself the "capital of the world" for this fish that also starts with an "H"
halibut
David
$600 [8]
The same year the photograph was taken, this high flyer disappeared
Amelia Earhart
David
$600 [26]
Fat pigs & fried brownies are featured at this, the biggest annual event in Iowa
the State Fair
Nan
$600 [3]
"The Constitution State" &"The Nutmeg State"
Connecticut
Mary
$600 [15]
I can't hear you! You need a loud-hailer, one of these handy amplifiers
a megaphone
Mary
$600 [23]
The Dodgers' all-time home-run leader is this "Duke" who had crosstown rivalries with Willie & Mickey
Duke Snider
David
$600 [20]
A 2016 episode of "The Simpsons" was "Simprovised" at the end as this actor took live hotline calls as Homer Simpson
Dan Castellaneta
Nan
$800 [9]
This Native American leader is depictedherealong with a Cherokee writingsystemhe devised
Sequoyah
David
$800 [28]
During an annual festival, the town of Buñol, Spain has a huge fight using these
tomatoes
Mary
DD $1,000 [2]
"The Old Line State"
Maryland
Mary
$800 [16]
If Dennis the Menace hailed from Denston, he'd call this kid's weapon a catapult
a slingshot
Nan
$800 [12]
Since 2011 this Dodgers ace has nabbed 3 Cy Young awards & won 100 games while losing only 37
(Clayton) Kershaw
Nan
$800 [21]
Careful now, kids--the 1872paintingby this man depicts a game of "snap the whip"
Winslow Homer
Nan
$1,000 [10]
The portrait of this man & hisbridewas taken around 1863 by a photographer from Mathew Brady's studio
(General) Tom Thumb
David
$1,000 [29]
In Bruges, Belgium each spring, thousands watch the procession of le Saint Sang, this relic
the blood of Jesus Christ
Mary
$1,000 [1]
"The Gem State"
Idaho
Mary
$1,000 [17]
The queen wants you to add an "I" (& a syllable) to the name of this metal, atomic number 13
aluminum (or aluminium)
Nan
$1,000 [11]
Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2016, this slugging catcher was 1993 National League Rookie of the Year as a Dodger
Mike Piazza
David
$1,000 [22]
In 1892 he bought a first-class ticket on the E. Louisiana Railroad; later, he found himself in front of Judge John Ferguson
Homer Plessy
David

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCHOOL'S OUT IN JUNE THE OSCAR-WINNING ROLE POETRY FROM B TO D FAMOUS SHIPS ALTERNATIVE FACTS
$400 [12]
From 1834 to June 1838, Louisa May's dad Bronson Alcott ran the Temple School in a temple of this fraternal order
the Freemasons
David
$400 [19]
Winning for her role as Rose Maxson, she called "Fences" a movie about "life & forgiveness & grace"
Viola Davis
Nan Mary
$400 [1]
In Longfellow's "Tales of a Wayside Inn", the tale told by the landlord is of this man's ride
Paul Revere
Mary
$400 [7]
You'll find it behind a basketball hoop
a backboard
David
$400 [21]
In the summer of 1620, it made 2 unsuccessful attempts to cross the Atlantic before succeeding in September
the Mayflower
Mary
$400 [30]
The planets & Sun were thought to revolve around the Earth; in the 16th century, this Polish astronomer proved otherwise
Copernicus
David
$800 [13]
A sometimes brutal school for boys opened in 1900 as the Florida State this type of school & closed in June 2011
reform school
David
$800 [18]
Everybody loved his Raymond Babbitt, who definitely, definitely loved Wapner more
Dustin Hoffman
$800 [2]
Maya Angelou wrote that this title creature "sings of freedom"
the caged bird
David
$800 [8]
Seen here, the turkey vulture is also known by this unappealing moniker
a buzzard
Nan
$800 [22]
In 2002, 140 years after this ironclad had sunk, itsturretwas raised from the sea
the Monitor
David
$800 [29]
A long-held notion was that a planet called this, like Spock's home, was between the Sun & Mercury; it was debunked
Vulcan
David
$1,200 [14]
St. Mary's College closed in June 1931, the same year this alumnus who founded the Chicago White Sox passed away
Charles Comiskey
$1,200 [3]
In his umpteenth Western, he was Rooster Cogburn
John Wayne
Nan
$1,200 [4]
About these, Edgar Allan Poe wrote, "What a world of merriment their melody foretells!"
the bells
Nan
$1,200 [9]
Firing-squad executee accessory
a blindfold
Mary
$1,200 [23]
When Columbus acquired his flagship, it was called La Gallega; he changed its name to this
the Santa María
Nan
$1,600 [27]
Stress & a rich diet were blamed for this type of lesion in the stomach; turns out the culprit is the bacteria H. pylori
an ulcer
Mary
$1,600 [15]
St. Paul's College in Virginia, 1888-June 2013, is one of many shuttered HBCUs, short for these "colleges & universities"
historically black colleges and universities
David
$1,600 [17]
This man was recruited to portray Harvey Milk
Sean Penn
Mary
$1,600 [5]
A stretch of East 127th Street in New York City has been named for this poet known for such poems as "The Weary Blues"
Langston Hughes
Mary
$1,600 [10]
Distaff equivalent of a groomsman
a bridesmaid
Nan
$1,600 [24]
Now part of a Boston museum, this 220-year-old ship fought against the Barbary pirates & in the War of 1812
Old Ironsides (or the U.S.S. Constitution )
David
$2,000 [26]
Here's a 19th century depiction of thepracticeof this science, proved to be utter malarkey
phrenology
Nan
$2,000 [16]
In June 2016 the flag was lowered at an Albuquerque military academy named for this Philippine peninsula of WWII carnage
the Bataan Peninsula
David
$2,000 [20]
(Blue) Jasmine turned into a red-hot role for this Aussie
Cate Blanchett
Nan Mary
DD $3,000 [6]
This Englishman was buried in 1771 in St. Giles' Churchyard, the reputed subject of his famous elegy
Thomas Gray
Mary
$2,000 [11]
It's where on your person you might find Presidents Washington, Jackson & Lincoln
a billfold
Nan
$2,000 [25]
In 1577 it left England with 4 sister ships; the sister ships didn't make it around the world but it did
the Golden Hind
David
DD $5,000 [28]
The 18th c. had the phlogiston theory of combustion; Lavoisier subbed in the theory of this newly discovered gas
oxygen
Mary

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. CITIES

In 2015 it returned to the list of the 50 most populous U.S. cities, 10 years after dropping off

New Orleans

Mary "What is Detroit?" — wagered $2,000
Nan "What is New Orleans?" — wagered $0
David "What is New Orleans?" — wagered $17,800

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