Show #7988 2019-05-08 (taped 2019-04-01) Teachers Tournament

2019 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

Vicki Leibeck-Owsley — a high school English teacher from Columbia, Kentucky

Alexandra Bicks — a high school ESL teacher from Cambridge, Massachusetts

Francois Barcomb — an 11th grade physics teacher from New Paltz, New York

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Francois $1,000 $7,400 $20,600 $20,600
Automatic semifinalist
$26,600
29 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Alexandra $3,600 $3,400 $7,400 $5,199
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated
$7,000
11 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Vicki $1,200 $3,200 $4,800 $1,000
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated
$4,800
10 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

RECENT BESTSELLERS WOMEN OLYMPIANS THE ELEMENTS SPELL THE BEANS EDUCATIONAL GAMES WORDS IN TEACHER
$200 [9]
"Fire & Blood" is a novel from this author, set centuries before the events in "Game of Thrones"
(George) Martin
Francois
$200 [21]
American saber specialist Ibtihaj Muhammad wore a hijab competing in this Olympic sport in 2016
fencing
Francois
$200 [19]
Alcoa is the nation's largest producer of this element
aluminum
Francois
$200 [6]
Its name comes from being shaped like an internal organ
K-I-D-N-E-Y
Francois
$200 [14]
This "amphibious" company makes the educational line of Leap Pad tablets
LeapFrog
Vicki
$200 [1]
Third from the Sun
Earth
Francois
$400 [10]
Tara Westover wrote of her quest to be this, the 1-word title of her memoir about leaving her survivalist family to go to college
Educated
Alexandra
$400 [25]
In 2016 tennis ace Monica Puig beat 3 Grand Slam champions to win this U.S. territory's first-ever gold medal
Puerto Rico
Alexandra
$400 [20]
Boy, if I had one of this element, atomic No. 28, every time someone said it was first isolated in 1751
nickel
Alexandra
$400 [7]
A chocolate source--not the spelling Swiss Miss uses
C-A-C-A-O
Francois
$400 [15]
In a geography computer game, you need to find out "Where in the World Is" she
Carmen Sandiego
Alexandra
$400 [2]
To provide food for an event
cater
Vicki
$800 [12]
This bard of Bangor revisited the bestseller list with the creepy entry "The Outsider"
Stephen King
Alexandra
$600 [26]
China's Li Xueruitook gold in 2012 in this racquet sport
badminton
Francois
$600 [22]
Protactinium was once called brevium because the first isotope discovered had only a 70-second one of these
a half-life
Francois
$600 [8]
Sizzling cinnamon & juicy pear are 2 popular flavors of it
J-E-L-L-Y
Vicki
$600 [16]
The Amazon Trail is a spin-off from this classic history game
The Oregon Trail
Francois
$600 [3]
To deceive for profit
cheat
DD $1,000 [11]
Both Michael Wolff's "Fire and Fury" & Bob Woodward's "Fear" mention this building in their subtitles
the White House
Alexandra
$800 [27]
Jackie Joyner-Kersee twice won gold in this multi-event Olympic contest
the heptathlon
Francois
$800 [23]
The first 3 halogen or "salt-forming" elements on the periodic table are fluorine, this, bromine
chlorine
Francois
$800 [29]
Geographic AKA of butter beans
L-I-M-A
Francois
$800 [17]
Ms. Frizzle & the yellow title transport feature in web games based on this TV show
The Magic School Bus
Francois
$800 [4]
It was originally reckoned as the amount of land a team of oxen could plow in a day
an acre
Francois
$1,000 [13]
Marlon Bundo is a type of this animal in books from Mike Pence's daughter & from John Oliver's "Last Week Tonight"
a rabbit
Alexandra
$1,000 [28]
Simone Biles won 4 gold medals in Rio: team, all-around, floor exercise & this high-flying event
the vault
Francois
$1,000 [24]
This element precedes carbonate in a compound used to treat gastric ulcers & is definitely some of your...
bismuth (or calcium)
Vicki
$1,000 [30]
Chipotle's ingredients include black beans & this other 5-letter type
P-I-N-T-O
Alexandra Vicki
$1,000 [18]
Mavis Beacon, who has taught this life skill to millions, is not a real person
typing
$1,000 [5]
Jasper & agateare 2 of the many minerals classified as this form of quartz
chert

Double Jeopardy! Round

I NEED A SUPERHERO ANGRY WORDS THEM'S THE RULES OPERA & BALLET RUN IT UP THE FLAGPOLE "C" WHO SALUTES
$400 [1]
This Marvel-ous 2018 title guy got his claws into a Best Picture Oscar nomination
Black Panther
Vicki
$400 [25]
To perturb, or when the 47th-ranked team defeats No. 1
upset
Alexandra
$400 [6]
No hugging allowed according to the Marquess of Queensberry rules for this sport
boxing
Francois
$400 [15]
On Feb. 1, 1896 this tragic Puccini opera with Rodolfo & Mimi was first performed at Turin's Teatro Regio
La Boheme
Vicki
$400 [11]
The flags of the city of Berlin & the canton of Bern both feature this animal
a bear
Francois
$400 [20]
Last in his 1861 class at West Point, he served as an aide to Gen. McClellan & had the nickname "Boy General"
George Armstrong Custer
Francois
$800 [2]
Helen Slater certainly has the resume to play the mom of Kara Zor-El, this title CW heroine
Supergirl
Vicki
$800 [26]
"All the" this 4-letter word can mean widely popular
rage
Francois
$1,200 [8]
Per Monopoly rules, if you land on this space, you must pay the bank either $200 or 10% of your total worth
Income Tax
Francois Vicki
$800 [16]
If you Lakmé, you really Lakmé, you sing the aria known as "The Bell Song" in this vocal range
soprano
$800 [12]
Like its neighbor Venezuela, this country uses atricolor flag
Colombia
Francois
$800 [21]
Though his surrender basically ended the American Revolution, this general got little blame for the defeat back home in Britain
Cornwalis
Alexandra
$1,200 [3]
In 2016 Laura Linney & Will Arnett helped these title reptiles come "Out of the Shadows"
the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Francois
$1,200 [27]
Deal with my this, vengeance as the consequence of anger, & also, I can't resist... Khaaaaan!
wrath
Francois
$1,600 [9]
Country Living magazine's 50 simple etiquette rules include send this personal type of thank you note
handwritten
Vicki
$1,200 [17]
The cowgirl & the champion roper are roles in this ballet with music by Aaron Copland
Rodeo
Alexandra
$1,200 [13]
The flag of the Pitcairn Islands includes a depiction of the anchor of this ship
the H.M.S. Bounty
Francois
$1,200 [22]
Last name of the American brothers George Rogers & William, both military men & explorers
Clark
Francois
$1,600 [4]
Lucius Best is the secret identity of this hero voiced by Samuel L. Jackson in "The Incredibles"
Frozone
Francois
$1,600 [28]
This angry word, pronounced a bit differently, is a substance with a sweet odor when burned
incense
Alexandra
$2,000 [10]
This proposed federal rule would have required all retirement planning advisors to act in their clients' best interests
a fiduciary rule
Francois
$1,600 [18]
Naturally, there's dance music in this Italian's 1859 opera "Un Ballo in Maschera", "A Masked Ball"
Verdi
Francois
$1,600 [14]
The shield on this country's flag is based on one carried by the Maasai people
Kenya
Vicki
$2,000 [24]
This veteran of the Revolutionary War went on to be the first governor of New York state & VP under Jefferson & Madison
(George) Clinton
Francois
$2,000 [5]
Filipino martial arts training helped Caity Lotz play Sara Lance, the "White Canary", who leads the time travelers on this DC TV show
Legends of Tomorrow
$2,000 [29]
3 minor female divinities of Greek myth were collectively known as this
the Furies
Francois
DD $3,000 [7]
Versions of this precept show up in the "Analects" of Confucius & Matthew 7:12
the Golden Rule
Francois
$2,000 [30]
In the 1930s, the Baby Ballerinas Baranova, Toumanova & Riabouchinska were the first stars of this company de Monte Carlo
the Ballet Russe
$2,000 [19]
A malamute is on the flag of this Canadian territory to reflect the dog's important role in the history of the place
the Yukon
Francois Vicki
DD $3,000 [23]
He fought under King Henry of Navarre before joining a 1603 expedition to Canada
Samuel de Champlain
Francois

Final Jeopardy!

WORDS FROM THE COMICS

Used to describe secrecy during WWII, this 2-word term had its psychological meaning popularized by Charles Schulz

security blanket

Vicki "What is brain wash" — wagered $3,800
Alexandra "What is secret agent" — wagered $2,201
Francois "What is warm puppy?" — wagered $0

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