Show #7994 2019-05-16 (taped 2019-04-02) Teachers Tournament

2019 Teachers Tournament final game 1.

Contestants

Sara DelVillano — a middle school instrumental music teacher from Lanham, Maryland

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

Conor Quinn — a high school world history teacher from Albany, New York

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Conor	$1,600	$2,200	$4,600	$5,600	$9,000 20 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Francois	$1,600	$7,200	$18,800	$20,400	$18,400 21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Sara	$2,200	$2,800	$6,800	$4,800	$6,800 12 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE ACCESSORIZED TEACHER	CROSSWORD CLUES "L"	DANCING BACK TO DISCO	PLANTS & FLOWERS	TEXT	BOOKS
$200 [5] Your Movado one lets you know it's only 7 hours until the 3:30 bell a watch Conor	$200 [9] A go-between, or a relationship that could be "dangerous"(7) a liaison Conor	$200 [19] The Village People knew "there's a place you can go...when you're short on your dough"; hey, it's "fun to stay" here! at the YMCA Conor	$200 [28] We're itching to tell you that this toxic plant shares its name with a Batman villain poison ivy Sara	$200 [11] Sent in December 1992, the first text message was just these 2 seasonally appropriate words merry Christmas Conor	$200 [18] Here at "Jeopardy!", a TOC is a Tournament of Champions; in a book, it's one of these a table of contents Francois
$400 [1] This accessory is placed between the 3rd & 4th shirt buttons & prevents the look seen here a tie clip Sara	$400 [7] Potato pancake(5) a latke Conor	$400 [20] Donna Summer sang, "Lookin' for some" this title "baby this evenin', I need some" this title "baby tonight" "Hot Stuff" Conor	$400 [29] In addition to the insect in its name, this plant also eats spiders & crickets a Venus flytrap Francois	$400 [12] In 2019 Massachusetts introduced a new service allowing those in need of help to text, not call, this number 911 Sara	$400 [24] To make it easy to add pages late in the process, the intro pages of a book usually get these, not Arabic ones like the text Roman numerals Francois
$600 [2] The First Amendment Center says public school teachers may wear non-obtrusive religious jewelry such as a cross or this; l'chaim! a Star of David Sara	$600 [6] Sane or easily understood(5) lucid Francois	$600 [21] The complete lyrics of Van McCoy's song that had dancers on their feet: "Do it!" & this 3-word phrase do the hustle Sara	$600 [14] It's handy to have one of these plants right in your kitchen for soup & pasta basil Conor	$600 [15] Under sharia law, a man can do this to his wife by notifying her 3 times; in 2009 a Saudi man made news by doing so via text divorce Conor	$600 [25] It's the term for anillustrationfacing a book's title page a frontispiece
$800 [3] In 2015 Turkey's Supreme Court ruled that male teachers may wear these in class; simple studs are probably best earrings Conor	$1,000 [10] A pale purple(8) lavender Francois	$800 [22] An anthem for many, this classic disco tune begins, "At first I was afraid, I was petrified" "I Will Survive" Francois	$800 [13] Crane flower is another name for this avian flower popular in Hawaii, California & Florida a bird-of-paradise Sara	$800 [16] In 2018 agent Peter Strzok was fired from this organization for sending politically charged texts the FBI Sara	$800 [26] This part of many a scholarly book is from the Greek for "book writing" a bibliography Francois
$1,000 [4] Say you love learning with a pair of these showing books; George H.W. Bush wore some to honor his wife's literacy activism socks Conor	DD $2,400 [8] Fungi & algae combo(6) lichen Conor	$1,000 [23] Hitting some really high notes from Dec. 1977 to 1979, this trio had 6 straight No. 1 hits, including "Tragedy" the Bee Gees Francois	$1,000 [30] Thisflower with sword-shaped leaves gets its name from the Latin for "small sword" a gladiola Francois	$1,000 [17] In 2008 a surgeon in Africa with Medecins Sans Frontieres, this organization, saved a life using instructions texted from Britain Doctors Without Borders Francois	$1,000 [27] (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a book and its ISBN.) On the back of every book there's a code; on the one here, the 0 denotes the book is from an English-language country, & the numberherestands for the publisher; the whole series is called an ISBN, this type of book number International Standard Sara

Double Jeopardy! Round

GRITTY	EUROPEAN HISTORY	"NEW" ENTERTAINMENT	PEOPLE ON THE MAP	BIBLE TRANSLATION	ADD A VOWEL
$400 [16] The grit number of this abrasive material can go upwards of 2,000; 200 will do fine for some home projects sandpaper Sara	$400 [11] Kitchen ovens left unattended by King Charles II's bakers may have led to this 1666 disaster the Great London Fire Conor	$400 [6] Jess Day was the title character on this Fox sitcom New Girl Conor	$400 [1] Port Said on the Suez Canal is named for Muhammad Said Pasha, the khedive of this country Egypt Francois	$400 [26] Many version of the Bible use the word "murder" in the 10 commandments, but the King James Version uses this shorter verb kill Conor	$400 [21] A body of water smaller than a lake adds a vowel to become a unit of weight a pond and a pound Conor
$800 [17] Bacterial conjunctivitis in this organ begins with feelings of discomfort & grittiness the eye Francois	$800 [12] This tribunal targeting heretics reached a peak under Torquemada in the 1490s with about 2,000 burned at the stake the Inquisition Conor	$800 [7] In 2011 this Carolina Panther became the first rookie to pass for 400 yards in his NFL debut Cam Newton Sara	$800 [2] What's now the Iraqi town of Sadr City was previously named for this tyrant Saddam Hussein Conor	$800 [27] St. Jerome translated much of the Bible into this language for the Vulgate Latin Conor Francois	$800 [22] A broad smile welcomes a vowel & turns into a seed of wheat grin and grain Francois
$1,200 [18] When a mollusk gets a bit of grit inside, it covers the bit with this substance mother-of-pearl Francois	$1,200 [13] Drink up, mes amis! In 1814 this dynasty returned to power in France the Bourbons Francois	$1,200 [8] An April 1981 theatrical rerelease added this 3-word subtitle to the opening crawl A New Hope Francois	$1,200 [3] This country's beautiful island of Santorini gets its name from the martyr Saint Irene Greece Conor	$1,200 [28] John Wycliffe had this brother sell his birthright to Jacob for bread and pottage; in other versions it's lentil stew Esau Francois	$1,200 [23] A daily meal eats up a vowel to start a new venture lunch and launch Sara
$1,600 [19] The Anjou type of this fruit has gritty flesh & doesn't change color as it ripens a pear Francois	DD $2,000 [14] This extreme right-wing ideology big in 1930s & '40s Europe gets its name from a Roman bundle of wooden rods Fascism Francois	$1,600 [9] Ryan Eggold stars as superdoc Max Goodwin, reforming the title hospital in the Big Apple, on this NBC drama New Amsterdam Conor	DD $2,000 [4] The Karen neighborhood of Nairobi was once the home of this author Isak Dinesen, or Karen Blixen Conor	$1,600 [29] Many translations use this 4-letter word, as in seek God "with all thy heart and all thy" this; Robert Alter uses "being" soul Conor	$1,600 [24] One of the 4 divisions in a card deck antes up a vowel to be a hotel room upgrade suit and suite Sara
$2,000 [20] "Mule Variations" won a Folk Album Grammy for this gravel-voiced singer who also acted in "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Tom Waits	$2,000 [15] 6th century Byzantine emperor Justinian defeated these eastern Goths in Italy Ostrogoths Conor Francois	$2,000 [10] Wesley Snipes won an NAACP Image Award for his role as a drug lord in this 1991 movie, opposite Ice T as an undercover cop New Jack City Sara	$2,000 [5] Bolivia & this city, its capital, are both named for men known as liberators Sucre Conor Sara	$2,000 [30] The Message Bible brings "a prize-winning heifer" to the prodigal son's feast instead of this familiar phrase a fatted calf Francois	$2,000 [25] To fuse metal using heat fires up a vowel to emerge as a word meaning to exercise power weld and wield Francois

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY BESTSELLING AUTHORS

He once said, "In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage...who we are and where we have come from"

Alex Haley

Conor "Who is Haley??" — wagered $1,000

Sara "Who is ?" — wagered $2,000

Francois "Who is Alex Haley?" — wagered $1,600

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