Show #7760 2018-05-11 (taped 2018-03-20) Teachers Tournament

2018 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

Ranjani Sheshadri — a 10th and 11th grade English teacher from Friendswood, Texas

Steve Mond — a 9th and 10th grade math teacher from Midvale, Utah

Jake Allen — a K-12 gifted and talented teacher from Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jake	$3,200	$6,600	$18,200	$16,200 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$18,200 23 R, 1 W
Steve	$2,800	$5,000	$10,600	$16,600 Automatic semifinalist	$10,000 16 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Ranjani	$-1,400	$2,800	$12,000	$4,000 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$10,800 15 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

LET'S HAVE A GARAGE SALE	"V"ERBS	SHE DID IT!	ELEMENTARY	MY DEER	WHAT'S ON?
$200 [9] Yakutsk & Irkutsk & all the rest of the regions in this board game will be landing in someone else's territory Risk Jake	$200 [1] To give official sanction to, maybe to help pay for your parking validate Steve	$200 [3] She served 4 terms as prime minister of India Indira Gandhi Steve	$200 [5] Social studies:The 3 branches of government are executive, judicial & this legislative Steve	$200 [7] To be so frightened as to be unable to move is to be in the thrall of this cervine idiom a deer caught in the headlights Steve	$200 [17] The 2018 series "Unsolved" is subtitled "The Murders of" him "& the Notorious B.I.G." Tupac Steve
$400 [10] You haven't horsed around for years; these riding pants seenhereare going into the sale jodhpurs Jake	$400 [2] To leave a job or a room, or to void a legal decision vacate Steve	$600 [22] She studied mountain gorillas in Africa & wrote "Gorillas in the Mist" Dian Fossey Ranjani	$400 [6] English & grammer:Consequentially, it's the misspelled word in the clue, as any proficient liaison wielding a daiquiri knows grammar Jake	$400 [8] You can recognize mule deer & elk tracks:they have this many toes per print two Ranjani	$400 [18] Both actresses who'd played Becky returned when this '90s sitcom got the reboot & was back on ABC in March 2018 Roseanne Jake
$600 [11] A copy of this book printed in mid-15th c. Germany has gone for over $5 million; maybe rethink tagging it for $8 the Gutenberg Bible Steve	$600 [14] 9 letters:to fluctuate, or to waver vacillate Jake	$800 [23] In 2015shemade history as the first African-American female principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater Misty Copeland Ranjani	$600 [25] Music:Meter like 4/4 or 3/2 at the beginning of a piece is called this "signature" time Jake	$600 [19] In a "Sound of Music" song, it's the line that follows "Doe, a deer, a female deer" ray, a drop of golden sun Jake	$600 [20] In space, we heard a crew of people scream right after the Super Bowl when Netflix released this "Paradox" in 2018 The Cloverfield Paradox
$800 [12] Parents of a baby just starting to sit up will go for this item, with food tray & the all-important safety crotch post a high chair Jake	$800 [13] To let off steam, literally or figuratively vent Jake Ranjani	DD $1,000 [4] She won gold in track & field at the 1932 summer Olympics & was the leading money winner in women's golf, 1948 to 1951 Babe Didrikson Zaharias Steve	$800 [26] History:The 3rd & last Punic War ended with the destruction of this city & the enslavement of its people Carthage Ranjani	$800 [28] "The wild deer, wandring here & there, keeps the human soul from care", wrote this poet in "Auguries of Innocence" (William) Blake Jake	$800 [21] Amy Berg had the pleasure of writing for J.K. Simmons & J.K. Simmons in the "Love the Lie" episode of this Starz show Counterpart
$1,000 [16] Who wouldn't want a VHS copy of this Adam Sandler golf movie? Bob Barker kicks butt Happy Gilmore Steve	$1,000 [15] To slander or defame to vilify Ranjani	$1,000 [24] In the 1870s she founded the Christian Science movement Mary Baker Eddy Jake	$1,000 [27] Science:Lava & igneous rocks form from this molten rock magma Ranjani	$1,000 [29] Felix Salten created her as Bambi's love interest Faline Ranjani	$1,000 [30] Oh, honey, he's been half of "Will & Grace" for 20 years now Eric McCormack Steve

Double Jeopardy! Round

FIELD TRIP	SHAKESPEARE'S PEOPLE	ODD WORDS	THE STARS	YOUR 1990s HIT PARADE	OLD SCHOOL
$400 [21] A memorialcrossmarks 1513's Battle of Flodden Field near the border of these 2 British countries England and Scotland Steve	$400 [1] He is the last to stab Julius Caesar Brutus Ranjani	$400 [14] If you're somnambulating, you're doing this; go back to bed! sleepwalking Jake	$400 [6] The North Star isn't fixed; it was Thuban & will be Vega, but now it's this 7-letter one Polaris Ranjani	$400 [27] Rolling Stone called this biggest Nirvana hit "the song that blew up the world" "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Jake	$400 [9] This language used to be common even in public school curricula, but in the '60s even the Catholic church dropped it Latin Steve
$800 [22] A valley in Jerusalem is said to be the location of the Field of Blood, bought with this man's rejected silver Judas Iscariot Jake	$800 [2] Ariel is this magician's assistant Prospero Ranjani	$800 [15] Anatomically, medius is another word for this digit middle finger Jake	$800 [7] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows constellations on the monitor.) A region of the sky is nicknamed the Sea for its water-themed constellations, which include the River, the Whale & this one, pouring out his water jug onto the Southern Fish Aquarius Jake	$800 [28] In an R.E.M. hit, "That's me in the corner, that's me in the spotlight" doing this losing my religion Steve	$800 [10] After Sputnik, our schools tried to catch up with the "new" type of this; it was quickly subtracted from the curriculum math Steve
$1,200 [23] Jacobs Field opened in 1994 in this Midwest city & soon began a 455-game sellout streak for baseball Cleveland Jake	$1,600 [4] In "The Merchant of Venice", she gives the "quality of mercy" speech Portia Ranjani	$1,200 [16] This word for a medical fraud has a longer version that ends with "salver" quack	$1,200 [8] Alcyone is the brightest start in this group also known as the "7 Sisters" the Pleiades Steve	$1,200 [29] In 1996 she was No. 1 on the hit parade with "Because You Loved Me" Celine Dion Jake	$1,200 [11] You dipped a fountain pen, & sometimes a classmate's pigtails, into it ink (or inkwell) Jake
$1,600 [24] The Sea Stack Field on Sweden's Gotland Island has impressiverock formationsemerging from this sea the Baltic Sea Jake Ranjani	DD $2,000 [3] He calls himself "his Moorship's ancient" Iago Ranjani	$1,600 [17] A vestige of something; when pluralized, it's the sediment left over in wine or coffee dreg Jake	DD $2,000 [19] This constellation known as "The Chained Lady" contains the nearest spiral galaxy to our own Andromeda Ranjani	$1,600 [30] Including "The River" & "Unanswered Prayers", he had country hits in every year of the '90s Garth Brooks Jake	$1,600 [12] Microfilm is spooled in rolls; this similarly named medium can fit about 100 pages on a 4" x 6" sheet microfiche Ranjani
$2,000 [25] Partly within Jasper National Park in this Canadian province, you'll find the largest ice field in the Rockies Alberta Jake	$2,000 [5] He is told, "If I be waspish best beware my sting" Petruchio Ranjani	$2,000 [18] Y is the only vowel in this unusual word that means an alignment of 3 heavenly bodies like the Earth, Moon & Sun syzygy Ranjani	$2,000 [20] This red star is also known as Alpha Scorpii Antares Ranjani	$2,000 [26] Sadly this group that gave us "Linger" lost its lead singer Dolores O'Riordan in 2018 The Cranberries Steve	$2,000 [13] This 5-letter word meaning "the same" was one name for copies made through spirit duplication; the smell was addictive ditto Jake

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. POLITICAL HISTORY

President Madison is credited with the 1st of these 2-word actions; he didn't sign an 1812 bill after Congress had adjourned

a pocket veto

Steve "What is a pocket veto?" — wagered $6,000

Ranjani "What executive privilege" — wagered $8,000

Jake "What isexecutipresidential veto" — wagered $2,000

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