2019 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 4.
Conor Quinn — a high school world history teacher from Albany, New York
Melissa Okey — an elementary school resource teacher from Panorama City, California
Sara DelVillano — a middle school instrumental music teacher from Lanham, Maryland
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sara | $3,000 | $3,400 | $9,600 |
$8,399
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$16,600
20 R, 5 W (including 3 DDs) |
| Melissa | $2,200 | $3,000 | $5,400 |
$800
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$5,400
14 R, 5 W |
| Conor | $1,600 | $3,600 | $9,600 |
$17,600
Automatic semifinalist |
$9,600
16 R, 1 W |
| EVERY ANIMAL HAS ITS DAY | FROM AN "A" TO AN "F" | SOCIAL STUDIES | TERMS FROM SPORTS | STATE CAPITAL NICKNAMES | AN APP FOR TEACHER |
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$200
[1]
The world day for this long-necked animal is June 21, the longest day of the year
a giraffe
Melissa
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$200
[2]
It was the customary utterance of Sandy, seen here
arf
Melissa
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$200
[3]
It's South America's most populous country
Brazil
Sara
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$200
[17]
The name of this style of boxing that lacked a key piece of gear now means "without conventional niceties"
bareknuckle boxing
Conor
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$200
[24]
"The Mile High City"
Denver
Melissa
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$200
[16]
With the Kahoot! app teachers can assign learning challenges as this task done outside of class, & it corrects itself!
homework
Conor
|
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$400
[4]
Thesepups are beautiful every day, but that fact is officially celebrated April 21
a bulldog
Conor
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$400
[8]
An artificial grasslike ground covering first used in Houston around 1965
Astroturf
Sara
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$400
[13]
It precedes "blight" or "decay" to refer to unsightly parts of a town or city
urban
Conor
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$400
[18]
I say, old chap, if you're dealing with a tricky situation, it might be this 2-word term from cricket
a sticky wicket
Conor
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$400
[25]
"The Big Peach"
Atlanta
Conor
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$400
[20]
Listen to Third Rock streaming radio or track orbiting satellites with this agency's app
NASA
Sara
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$600
[6]
This -hog can come out of the shadow of the groundhog; February 2 honors both animals
a hedgehog
Sara
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$600
[9]
Today chiefly used in viola music, it's the music score symbol with a 2-word name seen here
an alto clef
Sara
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$600
[5]
In January 2019 this South American country's national assembly declared its president a "usurper" & named its own replacement
Venezuela
Sara
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$600
[19]
This 3-word phrase meaning without rules or limits comes from a free-form style of wrestling
no holds barred
Melissa
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$600
[28]
"Crabtown"
Annapolis
Sara
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$600
[21]
This company's app called Classroom helps you streamline your classes & is included free with its G Suite for Education
Google
Sara
|
|
$800
[7]
April 6 is the perfect day to celebrate this breed seen here
Siamese
Melissa
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$800
[11]
An alcoholic drink served before a meal to stimulate the taste buds
an aperitif
Sara
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$800
[14]
Something a popular circus has, or the idea that a political party can accommodate diverse views
a big tent
Conor
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$800
[26]
This term for a concerted effort is a defensive strategy in basketball
full-court press
Melissa
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$800
[29]
"The Almond Capital of the World"
Sacramento
Sara
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$800
[22]
Study Blue simulates these little rectangles used by kids to study for tests & by contestants to prep for "Jeopardy!"
flash cards
Melissa
Conor
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$1,000
[10]
The world day for these birds, whether emperor or gentoo, is April 25
a penguin
Sara
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$1,000
[12]
Thisstriped hyena relative of Africa feeds chiefly on insects
an aardwolf
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$1,000
[15]
A 1951 work on this person in societies of northern Asia says he is "magician and medicine man... priest, mystic and poet"
a shaman
Melissa
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$1,000
[27]
It's a 2-word evasive football maneuver that presidents are regularly accused of making around Congress
an end run, or end around
Melissa
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DD
$2,000
[30]
"The Cradle of the Confederacy" & "The Birthplace of Civil Rights"
Montgomery, Alabama
Sara
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$1,000
[23]
Teachers share pictures with parents via the app called "Class" this 4-letter word, just like a Japanese martial arts school
dojo
Melissa
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| TAURUS TYPES | ALPHABETICALLY SECOND | THINGS TO DO OUTDOORS | LITERARY CHARACTERS | COUNTRIES' MUSIC | FILM TEACHERS |
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$400
[26]
Duarte was the maiden name of this First Lady born in the Pampas of Argentina May 7, 1919
Eva Perón
Conor
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$400
[1]
Of branches of the U.S. government as listed by the National Constitution Center
judicial
Conor
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$400
[25]
Toss around one of these, originally called a Pluto platter
a Frisbee
Melissa
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$400
[7]
You'll find the Cheshire Cat (or at times only part of him) in this 19th century children's classic
Alice in Wonderland
Sara
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$400
[6]
Jingju, or Beijing this music drama, is a popular Chinese form
an opera
Melissa
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$400
[20]
Bridgette Wilson-Sampras attempts to teach third grade to this grown-up funnyman in "Billy Madison"
Adam Sandler
Conor
|
|
$800
[27]
John Paul Stevens was replaced at work by this woman, a fellow Taurus
(Elena) Kagan
Conor
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$800
[2]
Of books of the Pentateuch in the King James Bible
Exodus
Sara
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$800
[21]
Hit the water & paddle your own boat of this type with a palindromic name
a kayak
Conor
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$800
[16]
In "Paradise Lost", Abdiel is one of these & the only one of Lucifer's group who refuses to betray heaven
an angel
Sara
Conor
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$800
[8]
Common at Japanese folk festivals, taiko are barrel-shaped these instruments
drums
Conor
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$800
[12]
In "Night School" Tiffany Haddish uses extreme methods to help this comedian get his G.E.D.
(Kevin) Hart
Sara
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$1,200
[28]
Born April 25, 1917 this jazz legend known for her sweet voice & her scat singing racked up 14 Grammy Awards
Ella Fitzgerald
Sara
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$1,200
[3]
Of Hogwarts houses
Hufflepuff
Sara
Melissa
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$1,200
[22]
Soar through the air & get your adrenaline going with this sport
paragliding
Sara
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$1,200
[17]
Robert Bloch used serial killer Ed Gein as the basis for this character in "Psycho"
Norman Bates
Melissa
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$1,200
[9]
Irish euro coins feature the traditional musical instrument called clairseach or the "Irish" this
a harp
Sara
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$1,200
[13]
Richard Dreyfuss played this teacher, whose title "Opus" is more about the students he taught than the music he wrote
Mr. Holland
Conor
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$1,600
[29]
This woman seenhereworked hard & made great sacrifices in the search for racial equality
Coretta Scott King
Sara
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$1,600
[4]
Of the 7 Disney dwarfs
Doc
Sara
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$1,600
[23]
Attend a battle reenactment like in La Porte, Texas, where they reenact this one that led to independence from Mexico
the Battle of San Jacinto
Melissa
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$1,600
[18]
A tailor in a play by G.B. Shaw, he extracts a thorn from a lion's paw & is spared later in the arena by that lion
Androcles
Melissa
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$2,000
[11]
It's the principal percussion instrument of northern India
the tabla
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$1,600
[14]
Audiences said "Goodbye" to this teacher played by Robert Donat in 1939 & Peter O'Toole in 1969
Mr. Chips
Melissa
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|
DD
$2,000
[30]
Those born under the sign of Taurus are devoted, like this woman, Gertrude Stein's partner & "Autobiography" subject
Alice B. Toklas
Sara
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$2,000
[5]
Of the reindeer in "A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Comet
Melissa
Conor
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$2,000
[24]
Plant some of these flowers of the violet family
pansies
Sara
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$2,000
[19]
With bleached skin & large eyes, the Morlocks are strange beasts from the future created by this author
H.G. Wells
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DD
$3,000
[10]
Jaiva, or township jive, is native to this country
South Africa
Sara
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$2,000
[15]
In "Stand and Deliver", Edwards James Olmos gets his dropout-prone kids ready to pass a test in this tough branch of math
calculus
Melissa
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The Cold War became entrenched in the mid-1950s after the formation of these 2 rival military alliances
NATO and the Warsaw Pact