2018 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 3.
Judy Tymkiw — an 8th grade English teacher from Fortescue, New Jersey
Scott Montanaro — a high school history and psychology teacher from Portland, Oregon
Mary Alice Korth — a 6th-12th grade choir teacher from Dowagiac, Michigan
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Alice | $1,400 | $2,800 | $12,000 |
$2,000
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$13,000
17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Scott | $400 | $3,200 | $14,900 |
$14,400
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$16,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Judy | $200 | $1,200 | $7,600 |
$15,200
Automatic semifinalist |
$6,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| IN THE STATE MUSEUM | PRONOUN TEST | DON'T GIVE UP THE RELATIONSHIP | DISNEY FACTS | VIRUSES | LET'S KNOT |
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$200
[1]
A full-size replica of the 1903 Wright flyer
North Carolina
Mary Alice
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$200
[3]
Let's hear a song of this first-person reflexive pronoun
myself
Scott
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[21]
Truly the royal we, these 2 celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on Nov. 20, 2017
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip
Judy
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$200
[10]
Hippo ballerinas perform a hypnotic "Dance Of The Hours" in this 1940 film
Fantasia
Mary Alice
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$200
[26]
To hackers, this way into a house also means a security bypass that can let a virus infect a computer
a backdoor
Mary Alice
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$200
[15]
A strong climber's knot called the Flemish bend is AKA the "figure" this, which it resembles before it's pulled tight
eight
Scott
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$400
[2]
The 1629 Winthrop Charter
Massachusetts
Judy
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$400
[4]
This indefinite pronoun is a synonym for "zilch"
nothing
Judy
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$400
[22]
On their 25th anniv. Michelle told Barack "You're still my" these 2 words (without "forever")
best friend
Scott
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$400
[11]
When Walt was trying to create Disneyland, he got sizable funding from this TV network Disney now owns
ABC
Judy
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$400
[27]
The first example of this -ware that extorts money to unlock your files was sent on disks to HIV researchers in 1989
ransomware
Mary Alice
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$400
[16]
A knot once used to secure air ships is called this bend, after one of "Z" most famous ones
a Zeppelin bend
Judy
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$600
[7]
Nolan Ryan's Baseball Hall of Fame ring
Texas
Mary Alice
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$600
[5]
It can mean "each" or "one or the other"
either
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[23]
Maybe this TV Dr. used his 40+-year marriage to Robin to write his book "Relationship Rescue"
Dr. Phil
Judy
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$600
[12]
Songs from this 1951 Disney adaptation include "All In The Golden Afternoon" & "I'm Late"
Alice in Wonderland
Mary Alice
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$600
[28]
The St. Louis encephalitis virus is transmitted in a cycle of bird to this insect to bird
mosquito
Scott
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$600
[17]
Buntline & clove are versions of this type of knot, also a word for a period of military service
a hitch
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$800
[8]
Napoleon's death mask
Louisiana
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$800
[6]
Thanks for waiting while I finished that call--now I'm all this second-person possessive pronoun
yours
Mary Alice
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$800
[24]
Psychology Today:You 2 aren't mind readers--this 13-letter word "is the most important part of your relationship"
communication
Mary Alice
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$800
[13]
Disney's CEO since 2005, he's brought Pixar, Lucasfilm & Marvel into the Mouse House
Robert Iger
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$800
[29]
This virus that sometimes breaks out on cruise ships is named for Norwalk, Ohio
norovirus
Scott
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$800
[18]
Used to ascend & descend ropes, the Valdotain tresse is used by these professionals, from Latin for "tree"
arborists
Judy
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DD
$1,000
[9]
Andrew Jackson's leather wallet
Tennessee
Mary Alice
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$1,000
[20]
Let's not argue about whether it's OK to use this 5-letter relative pronoun instead of "that" in a restrictive clause
which
Judy
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$1,000
[25]
Lisa Rinna credits keeping things steamy for her marriage to this actor lasting "150 years in Hollywood math"
Harry Hamlin
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$1,000
[14]
The title animal in this, Disney's first live-action comedy, is a Bratislavian sheepdog
The Shaggy Dog
Judy
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$1,000
[30]
Stuxnet was created to damage this country's nuclear weapons program by making its centrifuges self-destruct
Iran
Scott
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$1,000
[19]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew ties a knot.) The rabbit comes out of the hole, goes around the tree, then back down the hole in a mnemonic for tying this classic knot used in sailing & rescue work
bowline
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| CLASS OF 1918 | PLANET EARTH | DIFFERS BY A VOWEL | LITERATURE IN SPANISH | POLITICAL TERMS | HI, MOM! |
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$400
[22]
After graduating from the Hunan Normal School in 1918, this future leader took a great leap forward to Beijing
Mao
Scott
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$400
[17]
Home to 10% of the world's known species, this rainforest covers 1.2 billion acres, 60% of it in Brazil
the Amazon rainforest
Mary Alice
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$400
[12]
The waltz & a dimwit
dance and dunce
Mary Alice
Judy
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$400
[1]
Guillermo Cabrera Infante's "Infante's Inferno" captures this country before the 1959 Communist revolution
Cuba
Mary Alice
Scott
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$400
[11]
To "toe" this is to outwardly agree with all the positions of a political organization
the line
Mary Alice
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$400
[6]
Georgia May Jagger uses her dad's pout in following her mom, Jerry Hall, into this job--the super type
a model
Judy
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$800
[23]
In 1918 Margaret Mitchell left this type of school named for bringing society girls' education to completion
finishing school
Mary Alice
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$800
[18]
They're sometimes called grasslands or savannahs, but in "God Bless America", they're called these
prairies
Mary Alice
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$800
[13]
A dried fruit & lying flat & facedown
prune and prone
Judy
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DD
$500
[5]
Mario Vargas Llosa based "The Time of the Hero" on his harsh treatment in military school in this South American capital
Lima
Scott
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$1,200
[26]
It can mean a wallet, a purse or a type of issue that affects the take-home pay of workers
a pocketbook
Judy
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$800
[7]
John Dickerson of this daily CBS A.M. program is the son of Nancy, the first reporter to speak to JFK after his inauguration
CBS This Morning
|
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$1,200
[24]
Witchcraft came after graduation from St. Louis' Central High for Agnes Moorehead, Endora on this sitcom
Bewitched
Judy
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$1,200
[19]
This field around Earth weakens before the 2 poles reverse, every 300,000 years or so
the magnetic field
Scott
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$1,200
[14]
It's thebedroom styleon the left & what thepersonon the right is hoping for
a loft and a lift
Mary Alice
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$800
[2]
Not the tower but this place of Babel in a Borges story contains every possible book with every arrangement of letters
library
Scott
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$1,600
[27]
Senate Rule 22 is named for this, the only formal procedure for ending a filibuster
cloture
Scott
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$1,200
[8]
Laura Dern is seen here with her mom, this fellow Oscar-nominated actress
Diane Ladd
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$1,600
[29]
1918 was a big year for this woman: she graduated from Lanier High in Alabama & met F. Scott Fitzgerald at a dance
Zelda Fitzgerald
Judy
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$1,600
[20]
2-word name for the U.S. region where a high frequency of its namesake vortexes can appear every year
Tornado Alley
Mary Alice
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$1,600
[15]
A litter of pigs & a long, shallow trench made by a plow
a furrow and a farrow
Judy
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$1,200
[3]
1949's "The Kingdom of This World", an early work in this style blending naturalism & fantasy, includes a manifesto of it
magical realism
Scott
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DD
$2,000
[25]
Sen. Al Beveridge coined this term in 1912 for political support at the local level "grown from the soil" of people's needs
grassroots
Judy
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$1,600
[9]
Mia Farrow's children include this TV & New Yorker journalist
Ronan Farrow
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$2,000
[30]
This future composer was far from "The Common Man" when he graduate from Boys' H.S. in Brooklyn in 1918
Aaron Copland
Mary Alice
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$2,000
[21]
An annual 1-million-strong migration of these animals crosses the Mara River through a gauntlet of crocs
the wildebeest
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$2,000
[16]
Often confused, one word means to cause a change in & the other is the result
effect and affect
Mary Alice
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$1,600
[4]
Circa 1554 "Lazarillo de Tormes" originated this genre about a lowborn scamp & his travels & adventures
picaresque
Scott
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$2,000
[28]
A room used in sound recording, this phrase means a group of people who repeat & reinforce each other's beliefs
echo chamber
Scott
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$2,000
[10]
Carlene Carter's 10th studio album includes "Tall Lover Man" by this woman, Carlene's mom
June Carter Cash
Scott
Judy
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A 12-minute piece of music from this opera depicts Alpine dawn, a storm & the calm, & ends in a section called a galop
William Tell