2019 Teachers Tournament semifinal game 2.Category names in the Jeopardy! Round read by Amazon Alexa.
Julia Rosinski Bailey — a 10th grade chemistry teacher from Austin, Texas
Francois Barcomb — an 11th grade physics teacher from New Paltz, New York
Benjamin Schwartz — a middle school English teacher from Stamford, Connecticut
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin | $1,600 | $6,400 | $8,000 |
$5
3rd place: $10,000 |
$5,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Francois | $2,000 | $5,600 | $16,600 |
$18,801
Finalist |
$19,200
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Julia | $2,600 | $6,200 | $9,400 |
$18,797
2nd place: $10,000 |
$9,400
15 R, 2 W |
| IT HAPPENED IN MAY | IDIOMS AROUND THE HOUSE | SATURDAY NIGHT LIVEALUMNI | GAME OF THORNS | TIME FOR GYM | CANADIANA |
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$200
[26]
This Nevada city was founded in May 1905 on 110 acres that would eventually become the city's downtown
Las Vegas
Benjamin
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$200
[12]
If you are being "called on" this floor covering, you are being reprimanded
the carpet
Francois
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$200
[4]
In 2017hereceived an honorary doctorate & delivered the commencement address at his alma mater, USC
Will Ferrell
Benjamin
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$200
[11]
In some legends, this sorcerer teaches the Lady of the Lake magic & she uses it to imprison him in an enchanted thorn bush
Merlin
Benjamin
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$200
[1]
Treadmill users, subtract your age from 200 to get your maximum heart rate that's measured in BPM, short for this
beats per minute
Benjamin
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$200
[16]
Each fall in the Arctic, a herd of these deer--as many as 250,000--travels south to feed in forested regions
caribou
Francois
|
|
$400
[27]
Joan of Arc lifted the Siege of Orleans in May 1429, turning the tide in this long conflict
the Hundred Years' War
Benjamin
|
$400
[21]
Accusing someone of a failing that you also have? That's this expression that mentions 2 pieces of cookware
the pot calling the kettle black
Francois
|
$400
[6]
On receiving the Mark Twain Prize for Humor, she thanked Sarah Palin: "My...resemblance & her crazy voice are the 2 luckiest things"
Tina Fey
Benjamin
|
$400
[13]
The crown-of-thorns species of this marine creature is multi-armed & dangerous to coral reefs
a starfish
Julia
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$400
[2]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates a resistance band.) Let's blast those biceps! With your muscles fully stretched, resistance will be greater as you rise using a band to do these
bicep curls
Francois
|
$400
[17]
Some say the name of this beloved dish is from Quebecois slang for a mess
poutine
Julia
|
|
$800
[29]
Father of the famous Quaker, Admiral William Penn failed to take Hispaniola from the Spanish in April of 1655, but did capture this island in May
Jamaica
Julia
|
$600
[22]
Temporarily staying in a series of other people's homes with makeshift sleeping arrangements is doing this--hang ten!
couch surf (or bed surfing)
Francois
Julia
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$600
[8]
She's given voice to characters in "The Emoji Movie" & "The Nut Job"
(Maya) Rudolph
Benjamin
|
$600
[14]
A thwarted love affair between a Catholic priest & a young woman in Australia is at the heart of this 1977 bestseller
The Thorn Birds
Francois
|
$600
[3]
Proverbially, you do it to "the numbers"; physically, you do it to your abs, on your back with your knees bent & feet flat
crunches, or crunch
Julia
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$600
[18]
25,000 volunteers helped out with the 2010 Winter Olympics hosted by this western city
Vancouver
Francois
|
|
$1,000
[30]
This chemist was guillotined in May 1794; legend has it that the judge said, "The republic has no need of geniuses"
Lavoisier
Julia
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$800
[23]
"The hand that" does this "rules the world"
rock the cradle
Francois
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$800
[9]
"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" leads into "Late Night With" this fellow alumnus
Seth Meyers
Julia
|
$800
[15]
The name of this large, spiny rodent comes from the Latin for "thorn pig"
a porcupine
Julia
|
$800
[5]
Some advice for this 4-letter class--don't stand on the bike pedals with a vertical spine; it reduces power & is bad on your knees
spin class
Francois
|
$800
[19]
Thisprairie province that borders Montana is the only one with no natural features defining its boundaries
Saskatchewan
Julia
|
|
DD
$3,200
[28]
These criminals known for robbery & violence were shot dead on May 23, 1934
Bonnie and Clyde
Benjamin
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$1,000
[24]
Tertullian's proverb "de calcaria in carbonarium" is said to be the source of this phrase for going from bad to worse
out of the frying pan and into the fire
Francois
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$1,000
[10]
He plays hitman & wannabe actor Barry Berkman on HBO
Bill Hader
Julia
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$1,000
[25]
EBTG is short for this band formed by Ben Watt & Tracey Thorn in 1982
Everything But The Girl
|
$1,000
[7]
One dictionary meaning is "to be stationed so as to provide safety assistance"; would you do it for me as I bench 550?
spot
Julia
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$1,000
[20]
In 1497 Newfoundland & Labrador were claimed for England by this Italian-born explorer
John Cabot (or Giovanni Caboto)
Benjamin
|
| A PLACE ON THE LAKE | NON-POLITICAL PRESIDENTS | POETS & POETRY | THE MORE "C"OMMON WORD | LET'S PUT ON A MUSICAL | TICK...TICK...BOOM! |
|
$400
[17]
It's the most populous city on Lake Michigan
Chicago
Benjamin
Francois
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$400
[19]
In 2019 Randi Weingarten, pres. of this union, AFT for short, joined L.A. educators on the picket line
the American Federation of Teachers
Benjamin
|
$400
[5]
He began a poem, "I celebrate myself, and sing myself"
(Walt) Whitman
Benjamin
|
$400
[1]
Masticate:This 4-letter action
chew
Julia
|
$400
[2]
We'll need a lot of people in the company to get a rousing performance of "Masquerade" from this Andrew Lloyd Webber show
The Phantom of the Opera
Julia
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$400
[14]
A precision-guided bomb with controls that direct its fall is this "clever" type
a smart missile (or a smart bomb)
Francois
Julia
|
|
$800
[18]
The second-largest city in Tanzania is the port of Mwanza on this African lake
Victoria
Benjamin
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$800
[20]
After resigning as president of the American Red Cross, she founded the National First Aid Society
Clara Barton
Francois
|
$800
[6]
A poem about these title insects "in the Garden" says, "Here come real stars to fill the upper skies"
fireflies
Julia
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$800
[9]
Cudgel:A short, heavy one of these
a club
Francois
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$800
[16]
Okay, so Val, who sings "Dance: Ten; Looks: Three" in this musical, should definitely be a hoofer
A Chorus Line
Francois
Julia
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$2,000
[27]
Water pressure causes these antisubmarine weapons to explode at a preselected distance below the surface
a depth charge
Francois
|
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$1,200
[21]
This spa town, a big name in bottled water, is on the French shore of Lake Geneva
Evian
Francois
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$1,200
[24]
In 2019, after more than 6 years in the post, Jim Yong Kim withdrew as president of this international lending organization
the World Bank
Benjamin
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$1,200
[7]
"The Burial of the Dead" is the first of 5 sections that make up this T.S. Eliot poem
"The Waste Land"
Francois
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$1,200
[10]
Nubilous:Literally, this
cloudy
Francois
|
$1,200
[4]
Sets we're going to need for "Carrie":the White home, the pig farm & this festive event where things get bloody at the end
the prom
Benjamin
|
— |
|
DD
$2,000
[22]
Abu Simbel is on the shore of this body of water that didn't exist before 1970
Lake Nasser
Francois
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$1,600
[26]
This author & first president of the National Organization for Women is seenhereon the 50th anniversary of the 19th Amendment
(Betty) Friedan
Benjamin
|
$1,600
[8]
Completes the line by Stevie Smith:"I was much further out that you thought and not waving but" this
drowning
Francois
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$2,000
[12]
Parturition:This 10-letter word
childbirth
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$1,600
[3]
"Kismet" is set in this world capital, so we'll need people to play mosque worshippers
Baghdad
Benjamin
|
— |
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$2,000
[23]
Come visit Goryachinsk, located on the shore of this oldest & deepest freshwater lake
Lake Baikal
Francois
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$2,000
[25]
In 1892 he founded the Sierra Club & served as its first president
John Muir
Francois
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$2,000
[13]
Struck by the appearance of his cousin in a spangled mourning dress, he wrote, "She walks in beauty, like the night"
Lord Byron
Benjamin
|
DD
$3,000
[11]
Ectothermic
cold-blooded
Francois
|
$2,000
[15]
Hire some bagpipers! Like Tommy who loves his Fiona, we shall return to this musical
Brigadoon
Julia
|
— |
In 2006 Arizona State University renamed its college of law in honor of this history-making woman & longtime Arizona resident
Sandra Day O'Connor