2018 Teachers Tournament final game 2.
Steve Mond — a 9th and 10th grade math teacher from Midvale, Utah (subtotal of $2,600)
Larry Martin — a second grade teacher from Kansas City, Missouri (subtotal of $11,799)
Claire Bishop — a high school Latin teacher from Lexington, Kentucky (subtotal of $1,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claire | $2,300 | $5,500 | $14,700 | $19,201 |
$15,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Larry | $2,200 | $5,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 |
$17,000
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Steve | $1,800 | $3,400 | $9,000 | $4,499 |
$9,000
14 R, 3 W |
| THE SCHOOL YEAR | PLANT ILLNESSES | CROSSWORD CLUES "A" | HOME ROOM | SOCCER | PUTTING THE VICE IN VICE PRESIDENT |
|
$200
[26]
In 1996 Trenton State College became the College of this state
New Jersey
Claire
|
$200
[6]
If gardeners overdo this, it deprives the roots of oxygen & can lead to root rot
water
Larry
|
$200
[29]
Dry, like the desert(4)
arid
Steve
|
$200
[1]
In a real estate listing, FDR stands for a "formal" this, probably only used a few times a year
a formal dining room
Claire
|
$200
[9]
First held in Uruguay in 1930, it's the largest single-sport tournament in the world
the World Cup
Larry
|
$200
[2]
He was noticeably drunk at Lincoln's second inauguration; a little over a month later, he was president
Andrew Johnson
Claire
|
|
$400
[27]
In 1825 this author graduated from Maine's Bowdoin College, where he gambled, partied & didn't get scarlet As
(Nathaniel) Hawthorne
Larry
|
$400
[12]
Black spot does what its name suggests, most commonly to the leaves of these beloved flowers' bushes
roses
Claire
|
$400
[28]
Payment to your ex(7)
alimony
Steve
|
$400
[11]
Like "pad", this 3-letter word for a room was once often used after "bachelor"
den
|
$400
[18]
In 2016 Neymar led this nation to its first-ever Olympic gold medal in soccer
Brazil
Larry
Steve
|
$400
[19]
John Breckinridge, veep to this president, 1857-1861, hightailed it out of the U.S. to escape treason charges
Buchanan
Claire
|
|
$600
[25]
In 1818 Daniel Webster argued before the Supreme Court to stop New Hampshire from taking over this private college
Dartmouth
Steve
|
$600
[30]
Ulmus hollandica Major is the scientific name for this tree in the name of a devastating disease
Dutch elm disease
Larry
|
$600
[24]
Catching fish using hook, line & sinker(7)
angling
Claire
|
$600
[23]
It can mean just a room, or a gathering of intellectuals like that of Madame de Stael in the 1790s
salon
Larry
|
$600
[17]
The Timbers represent this city in Major League Soccer
Portland
Claire
|
$600
[22]
On Oct. 11, 1973 The New York Times said he "quits vice presidency and admits tax evasion in '67"
Spiro Agnew
Claire
|
|
$1,000
[5]
In 1999 Harvard merged with this venerable women's school
Radcliffe
Steve
|
$800
[21]
The gall type of this tiny arachnid can cause hairs, berrylike globes or other growths on your plants
a mite
Larry
|
$800
[20]
Handy with both hands(12)
ambidextrous
Claire
|
$800
[16]
About 19th century female writers, a 1979 classic of literary criticism is titled "The Madwoman in" this room
the attic
Larry
|
$800
[10]
Winner of the FIFA award for Best Soccer Player of the Year in 2016 & 2017, hewas named in part for President Reagan
Cristiano Ronaldo
Steve
|
$800
[3]
A 19th century man on the go, he was indicted for murder & later tried for treason
(Aaron) Burr
Larry
|
|
DD
$1,500
[15]
This Pennsylvania college was founded in 1832, 31 years before it served as a field hospital
Gettysburg
Claire
|
$1,000
[13]
This word for a disease that causes the plant to wither may be "early" or "late" when it afflicts potatoes
blight
Claire
|
$1,000
[14]
Herschel or Sagan(10)
astronomer
Claire
|
$1,000
[8]
The kitchen named for this man is long & narrow, just like the kind you would find on one of his train cars
Pullman
Steve
|
$1,000
[7]
Also a term used in baseball, it's what the Brits call a soccer field
a pitch
Claire
|
$1,000
[4]
Schuyler Colfax, No. 2 to this military hero, got implicated in shady contracts to build the Union Pacific Railroad
(Ulysses) Grant
Larry
Steve
|
| HAUTE FOR TEACHER | ISLANDS | WORDS FROM SWAHILI | THE LITERARY CHARACTER'S LAST NAME | ARE YOU THEIR GOD? | IT'S ME, MARGARET |
|
$400
[14]
"Haute" means this in French, as in haute trahison, this type of treason
high
Larry
|
$400
[2]
Goat Island separates the American part of this natural wonder from the Canadian part
Niagara Falls
Claire
|
$400
[16]
While this Swahili word means "journey", it mentions nothing of big-game hunting
safari
Claire
|
$400
[4]
Dickens' title Nicholas
Nickleby
Larry
|
$400
[1]
Not to be outdone, Horagalles, the Sami embodiment of this Norse god, carries 2 hammers
Thor
Claire
|
$400
[17]
On "M*A*S*H" Loretta Swit played head nurse Margaret Houlihan, better known by this nickname
Hot Lips
Larry
|
|
$800
[29]
In haute cuisine, bechamel, espagnole, hollandaise, tomato & veloute are the 5 "mother" these
sauces
Claire
|
$800
[28]
5.7-million-year-old human-like footprints have been discovered on this largest Greek island
Crete
Steve
|
$800
[25]
An "A" was added to the end of the Swahili word for "first" to name this December holiday
Kwanzaa
Claire
|
$800
[27]
Dahl's Charlie
Bucket
Larry
|
$800
[11]
The Mesopotamian god Enbilulu was placed in charge of these 2 rivers
the Tigris and the Euphrates
Steve
|
$800
[24]
Season 2 of this Netflix show featured the lavish wedding of Princess Margaret, played by Vanessa Kirby
The Crown
Claire
|
|
$1,200
[30]
You'll find this public university in Terre Haute
Indiana State
Steve
|
$1,600
[8]
The 3 main islands making up the U.S. Virgin Islands are St. Croix, St. John & this
St. Thomas
Claire
Larry
|
$1,200
[23]
This word can mean "crocodile" in Swahili, but Kobe Bryant knows it means a snake to most of us
mamba
Steve
|
$1,200
[7]
Nabokov's Dolores
Haze
|
$1,200
[12]
Teutonic gods Saxnot, Woden & Thunor had to be specifically renounced at the Saxon version of this Christian rite
baptism
Larry
Steve
|
$1,200
[26]
In 1939 this actress starred with Judy Garland in "Babes in Arms" in black-&-white & "The Wizard of Oz" in green
(Margaret) Hamilton
Larry
|
|
$1,600
[21]
Haute ecole is the most elaborate form of this strict equestrian training, a longtime Olympic competition
dressage
Larry
|
DD
$2,000
[3]
(Sarah shows a map on the monitor.) Between Cuba and Puerto Rico, you'll find this politically divided island that was named by Columbus, who landed there in 1492
Hispaniola
Claire
|
$1,600
[15]
This game's name comes from a Swahili word meaning "to build"; oddly, the exact opposite happens in gameplay
Jenga
Steve
|
$1,600
[5]
King's Carrie
White
Larry
|
$1,600
[10]
It's fitting that this Roman goddess for whom a summer month is named is the goddess of marriage
Juno
Steve
|
$1,600
[19]
In "Animal Crackers", this actor tells Margaret Dumont, "Ever since I met you, I've swept you off my feet"
Groucho Marx
Steve
|
|
DD
$5,000
[22]
The Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture includes Dior & the house founded by her, real name Gabrielle
Coco Chanel
Larry
|
$2,000
[9]
New Caledonia & the Loyalty Islands in the South Pacific are part of an overseas possession of this country
France
Steve
|
$2,000
[18]
Bob Hope was in a movie called "Call Me" this 5-letter word for "master"
Bwana
Larry
|
$2,000
[6]
Du Maurier's Rebecca (her married name)
de Winter
|
$2,000
[13]
In 1278 Chinese villager Tin Hau was deified by this alliterative Mongol emperor, becoming goddess of the sea
Kubla Khan
Claire
|
$2,000
[20]
In the '90s this comic starred in "All-American Girl", the first sitcom about an Asian-American family
(Margaret) Cho
Larry
|
230 miles long, it defined a boundary between a colony founded by Quakers & one founded by Catholics
the Mason-Dixon line