2019 Teachers Tournament semifinal game 1.
Sara DelVillano — a middle school instrumental music teacher from Lanham, Maryland
Trevor Crowell — a high school Spanish teacher from Mountain View, California
Joe Rengstorf — a middle school special education teacher from Poulsbo, Washington
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe | $1,200 | $1,800 | $6,800 |
$5,399
2nd place: $10,000 |
$4,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 7 W |
| Trevor | $2,400 | $5,800 | $10,600 |
$100
3rd place: $10,000 |
$12,600
17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sara | $1,800 | $4,800 | $14,400 |
$7,599
Finalist |
$14,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| 3 OF A KIND | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES | PARTS OF SPEECH | BIOGRAPHY SUBJECTS | SHOW | TELL |
|
$200
[14]
Beluga, blue, bowhead
whale
Joe
|
$200
[9]
This university, the Bruins of the Pac-12, waves its banners in blue & gold
UCLA
Joe
|
$200
[1]
Ohhhhh man, that curry just ain't sitting well right now:curry
a noun
Trevor
|
$200
[4]
In 1991 William Martin called this North Carolina evangelist a "Prophet With Honor"
Billy Graham
Joe
|
$200
[16]
This daytime talk show host is now putting everyday folks through her "Game of Games"
Ellen
Trevor
|
$200
[21]
Although he may be legendary, William Tell is one of the best-known heroes of this nation
Switzerland
Joe
Sara
|
|
$400
[15]
Fiesta, Falcon, Fusion
Ford vehicles
Sara
|
$400
[10]
The Woodstock Theological Library is part of this D.C. Jesuit school
Georgetown
Trevor
|
$400
[2]
In shock, I wandered among the players--how had I, Alex Trebek, become Super Bowl MVP?:among
a preposition
Trevor
|
$400
[5]
Robert Massie's detailed biography of this Russian ruler is subtitled "Portrait of a Woman"
Catherine the Great
Sara
|
$400
[17]
"Schooled", a spinoff of "The Goldbergs", takes place in this decade, one later than its parent show
the '90s
Sara
|
$400
[22]
This form of "William" is in the German title of Friedrich Schiller's play about Tell
Wilhelm
Sara
|
|
$600
[26]
Oh Hell!, slapjack, war
card games
Sara
|
$600
[11]
Founded in 1754 as King's College, it's the oldest institution of higher learning in New York
Columbia
Trevor
|
$600
[3]
I'll close with the final stitch now...uh-oh, where's my watch?:uh-oh
exclamation (or interjection)
Joe
|
$800
[7]
"The Professor and the Madman" is about the insane murderer who helped create this reference work
the OED , or the Oxford Dictionary
|
$600
[18]
The Poodle, the Alien & the Monster were some celebrity disguises on this Fox music show
The Masked Singer
Trevor
|
$600
[23]
In the traditional William Tell story, this is the cause of death of the cruel governor Gessler
shot with an arrow
Joe
|
|
$800
[27]
Kahoolawe, Lani, Niihau
Hawaiian islands
Joe
Trevor
|
$800
[12]
John Steinbeck studied marine biology at this private California school on & off 1919-1925, but never got a degree
Stanford
Trevor
|
$800
[29]
Yesterday I realized I should learn to play jazz flute:yesterday
adverb
|
DD
$1,000
[6]
Peter Guralnick's book about "The Rise of Elvis Presley" is aptly titled "Last Train to" this city
Memphis
Sara
|
$800
[19]
This bestselling Japanese author takes on America's clutter on the Netflix show "Tidying Up"
(Marie) Kondo
Trevor
|
$800
[24]
Theovertureto this Italian composer's opera about William Tell is used to speed things up
Rossini
Sara
|
|
$1,000
[28]
Balvenie, Bowmore, Bunnahabhain
types of Scotch
Joe
|
$1,000
[13]
A land-grant school, it started out as East Alabama Male College; it got its colorful name in 1960
Auburn
Joe
|
$1,000
[30]
Sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee:lest
conjunction
|
$1,000
[8]
"The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters" is about "The Tragic and Glamorous Lives" of Jackie Kennedy&this sis, who died in 2019
Lee Radziwill
Joe
|
$1,000
[20]
In "I Am the Night", Chris Pine is a reporter caught up in this real-life unsolved Hollywood murder case
the Black Dahlia
Trevor
|
$1,000
[25]
The bad guys in the William Tell story work for this Austrian dynasty
Habsburgs
Sara
|
| WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE | ALMOST RHYMES WITH ORANGE | NOBEL PEACE PRIZES | THING + BODY PART = CONDITION | COLORFUL SHAKESPEARE | FILM IN THE BLANK |
|
$400
[11]
This "monstrous" Scottish lake contains an island that in the 15th century was home to a castle
Loch Ness
Trevor
|
$400
[6]
This form of rock music that emerged in the 1990s was also known as the Seattle sound
grunge
Trevor
|
$400
[26]
Al Gore won along with the IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on this
climate change
Joe
|
$400
[14]
An underdeveloped right myocardium is known as "parchment" this organ
heart
Joe
|
$400
[21]
In Sonnet 17, Shakespeare fears that his writings might turn to this color with age & "be scorn'd like old men of less truth"
yellow
Joe
|
$400
[1]
The making of a rock journalist:"Almost ____"
famous
Sara
|
|
$800
[12]
Sri Lanka, India & Myanmar all border this bay
the Bay of Bengal
Joe
|
$800
[7]
"Some like it hot, some like it cold, some like it in the pot, nine days old"
porridge
Trevor
|
$800
[28]
Ralph Bunche won for his efforts in ending the war that began when this country came into being in 1948
Israel
Trevor
|
$800
[15]
One more reason to monitor this substance in your diet: it can build up & cause strawberry gallbladder
cholesterol
Joe
Trevor
|
$800
[22]
Pretending to dissuade Othello from jealousy, he calls the emotion "the green-eyed monster"
Iago
Sara
|
$800
[2]
Geena & Susan played them:"____ & ____"
Thelma & Louise
Joe
|
|
$1,200
[13]
It's the gulf seen here--that's Prince Edward Island near the south end
the Gulf of St. Lawrence
|
$1,200
[8]
If this squeaks every time you enter or leave a room, try taking out the pin & lubricating it
a hinge
Joe
|
$1,600
[29]
The ICBL, or International Campaign to Ban these long-lasting weapons, took home the honor in 1997
land mines
Sara
|
$1,200
[16]
Wearing an ill-fitting shoe can contribute to "hammer"-this
toe
Joe
|
$1,200
[23]
"Tellest thou me of black and blue?" says Falstaff in this comedy; "I was beaten myself into all the colors of the rainbow"
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Trevor
|
$1,200
[3]
"Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and ____ ____ ____"
love the bomb
Joe
|
|
$1,600
[19]
Built in the 1970s, a bridge over this strait connects the Asian & European sections of Istanbul
the Bosporous
Joe
|
$1,600
[9]
It can mean a medicated throat candy, or in geometry, the shape seen here
a lozenge
Sara
|
$2,000
[30]
The 1931 Nobel Peace Prize was shared by 2 Americans:Nicholas Butler & this Hull House cofounder
Jane Addams
|
$1,600
[17]
This undergarment "liver" is caused by the stays of said undergarment pressing on a rib
a corset
Joe
Sara
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
At the end of a major battle in this play, the future Henry VII declares, "We will unite the white rose and the red"
Richard III
Trevor
|
$1,600
[4]
"The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But ____ ____ ____ ____"
came down a mountain
Sara
|
|
$2,000
[20]
Much of Venezuela's oil has come from the basin of this lake, the country's largest
Lake Maracaibo
Joe
|
$2,000
[10]
A severe form of this skin disease in dogs is caused by a mite that can give humans scabies
mange
Sara
|
DD
$3,400
[27]
The Declaration of the Rights of the Child was a pivotal achievement for this organization
UNICEF
Joe
|
$2,000
[18]
The book "Hillbilly Elegy" describes dental problems known as this citrusy soda "mouth"
Mountain Dew
Joe
|
$2,000
[25]
This doomed, sarcastic friend of Romeo's insists, "I am the very pink of courtesy"
Mercutio
Trevor
|
$2,000
[5]
From 2004:"Eternal ____ ____ ____ ____ ____"
sunshine of the spotless mind
Trevor
|
John & Priscilla Alden lie in the USA's oldest maintained cemetery, which like a poem about the couple, is named for this person
Myles Standish