2020 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 4.
Mary Kate Trausch — a high school science teacher from Vernon Hills, Illinois
Matt Joyal — a high school history teacher from Hampstead, New Hampshire
Ben Henri — a 7th through 12th grade vocal music teacher from St. Clair Shores, Michigan
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | $800 | $5,200 | $24,500 |
$23,678
Automatic semifinalist |
$27,200
32 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Matt | $1,600 | $4,200 | $10,200 |
$9,400
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$10,200
15 R, 3 W |
| Mary Kate | $800 | $2,400 | $1,600 |
$3,199
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$5,600
8 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| AMERICAN HEALTH CARE | MYTHOLOGY | CHOIR PRACTICE | IN THE STATE CAPITAL | TEACHING THE SPORT | THE LANGUAGE OF DE-FEET |
|
$200
[26]
Hey career seekers--one estimate says that as baby boomers age, the U.S. will need 371,000 more registered these in 2028 than in 2018
nurses
Matt
|
$200
[11]
Cupid's mom is this Roman goddess
Venus
Ben
Mary Kate
|
$200
[1]
Choral Director Magazine says in high school this Italian term "is all the rage", fueled by the "Pitch Perfect" movies
a cappella
Matt
|
$200
[6]
Duke Kahanamoku Beach
Honolulu
Matt
|
$200
[16]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates a baseball pitch.) Grip the ball with your index & middle fingers along the narrow part of these amsto throw this sinking, two-seam variety of this basic baseball pitch
a fastball
Ben
Matt
|
$200
[21]
Directly confront someone & you're going this-to-this with them
toe to toe
Ben
Matt
|
|
$400
[27]
It's the "E" in EMTALA, a 1986 federal law that says a hospital must treat patients with serious conditions who can't pay
emergency
Ben
|
$400
[12]
This race of gods includes the 12 children of Uranus & Gaia
the Titans
Ben
Mary Kate
|
$400
[2]
Some choir directors put the lower voices in the middle: the STBA arrangement, with "A" short for this range
alto
Ben
|
$400
[7]
The United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Ben
|
$400
[17]
To keep a football pass on target, throw it so it spins in a tight one of these 6-letter motions
a spiral
Ben
|
$400
[22]
This lingual "disease" of making inappropriate statements has 2 body parts
foot in mouth
Ben
|
|
$600
[28]
(Hi, I'm Jimmy Kimmel, and...) in speaking out on health care, one thing I'm passionate about is prohibiting insurance companies from refusing coverage based on this type of condition, as per the Affordable Care Act, Part 1, Subpart 1, Section 2704
pre-existing
Ben
|
$600
[13]
2 stars in the constellation Gemini are named for these twins of myth
Castor & Pollux
Ben
Matt
|
$600
[3]
Choir staple "Baba Yetu" means "our father" in Swahili & is basically this prayer
the Lord's Prayer
Ben
|
$600
[8]
Sutter's Fort State Historic Park
Sacramento
Ben
|
$600
[18]
If your basketball team is extra savvy, you can teach them this motion offense named for an Ivy League school & its Tigers
Princeton
Ben
|
$600
[23]
A curved part of the foot is a crucial part of this term for your chief rival
your archenemy
Matt
|
|
$800
[29]
This children's research hospital in Memphis has a 94% cure rate of acute lymphocytic leukemia
St. Jude
Mary Kate
|
$800
[14]
Iolaus helps his uncle Hercules slay this many-headed water monster
the Hydra
Ben
Mary Kate
|
$800
[4]
Get dialogue going between a soloist & the choir in the style "call &" this
response
Matt
|
$1,000
[10]
Dedicated to Christa McAuliffe & Alan Shepard, the Mc Aul Mc Aul Mc Aul Mc Aul Mc Aul Mc Aul Mc AulMcAuliffeardoveryer
Concord, New Hampshire
|
$800
[19]
In a classic volleyball scoring sequence, this finishing hit follows "bump, set"
spike
Mary Kate
|
$800
[24]
A soldier's small trunk
a footlocker
Matt
|
|
$1,000
[30]
These 2 colorful health insurance plans, 1 from Texas & 1 from the northwest, began to unify in the 1940s
Blue Cross, Blue Shield
Matt
|
$1,000
[15]
In art from the 400s B.C., Odysseusis offered a drink by this sorceress who had already turned his men into swine
Circe
Mary Kate
|
$1,000
[5]
Choir robes have their origins in a gown named for this Swiss city, a center of Calvinism
Geneva
Matt
|
DD
$2,000
[9]
Hernando de Soto State Archaeological Site
Tallahassee
Ben
|
$1,000
[20]
If your golf ball gets stuck in a bunker, reach for this club with a loft of around 54 to 56 degrees & an "S" on the head
the sand wedge
Ben
|
$1,000
[25]
A babyface is a good-guy pro wrestler; this is the term for the bad guy
the heel
Ben
|
| ANCIENT HISTORY | A POTPOURRI OF PICTURES | 10-LETTER WORDS | POEMS | I'M A CHICK | MAGNET |
|
$400
[1]
Around 1500 B.C. the kings who ruled from the city of Knossos on this Greek island dominated the Aegean
Crete
Ben
|
$400
[6]
Housed at the Smithsonian, this sparkling object is said to be cursed
the Hope Diamond
Matt
|
$400
[16]
The act of renouncing the throne
abdication
Matt
|
DD
$100
[29]
Maya Angelou wrote that it "sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still"
a caged bird
Ben
|
$400
[21]
The third iteration of this game named for the virtual people created has an add-on where you fight with Charles the evil chicken
The Sims
Ben
|
$400
[11]
Of the elements that are naturally ferromagnetic, it's the one the phenomenon of ferromagnetism is named for
iron
Ben
|
|
$800
[2]
A half cocoon discovered in Shanxi Province in 1926 is evidence of Chinese cultivation of this fabric 6,000 years ago
silk
Ben
|
$800
[7]
The Lady Buddha Statuetowers over the city of Da Nang in this country
Vietnam
Mary Kate
|
$800
[17]
Any substance known to produce cancer, like benzene or coal-tar pitch
a carcinogen
Ben
Matt
|
$400
[30]
In "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" it was this, this "every where, nor any drop to drink"
water
Ben
|
$800
[22]
A fictional radio senator named Claghorn influenced this bombastic animated rooster
Foghorn Leghorn
Ben
|
$800
[12]
You can magnetize a needle & place it on a cork in a bowl of water to make one of these
a compass
Mary Kate
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Dating back to the 3rd Millenium B.C., the Iranian city of Rayy was sacked by Mongols in 1220 & the survivors moved to this new capital
Tehran
Ben
|
$1,200
[8]
That's Fidel Castroon the left in 1959, sharing a laugh with this guerilla leader, his second in command
Guevara
Ben
|
$1,200
[18]
Dive in to this, the tile on the wall behind a kitchen countertop
backsplash
Matt
|
$1,200
[27]
In Emily Dickinson's "Because I Could Not Stop for Death", the narrator rides with death in one of these that "held but just ourselves"
a carriage
Ben
|
$1,200
[23]
In the opening of this stop motion Adult Swim show, a mad scientist breathes life into a recently smooshed fowl
Robot Chicken
Ben
|
$1,200
[13]
In the early 1950s IBM gave these better memories with the introduction of magnetic core storage
computers
Matt
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Algebra was around in Ancient Egypt & shows up in the scroll known as the Rhind this, for the material it was written on
Papyrus
Ben
|
$1,600
[9]
Germany's Stuttgart City Libraryhas been described as having the feel of this Dutch artist's mind-bending works
(M.C.) Escher
Matt
|
$1,600
[19]
One who has left his or her native land; Americans living in, say, Ecuador form this "community"
expatriate
Ben
|
$1,600
[26]
This eminent Harlem Renaissance poet wrote, "Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be"
(Langston) Hughes
Ben
|
$1,600
[24]
On "The Muppet Show" the love of this Muppet's life was Camilla the chicken
Gonzo
Ben
|
$1,600
[14]
One of the most powerful non-destructive magnets in the world is in this state at Los Alamos National Laboratory
New Mexico
Mary Kate
|
|
$2,000
[5]
Plutarch wrote that the same day Alexander the Great was born, this temple, a wonder of the world, burned in Ephesus
the Temple of Artemis
Ben
|
$2,000
[10]
From Greek meaning "bearer on both sides", it's the name of the ancient two-handled vessel seen here
an amphora
Matt
|
$2,000
[20]
The Greek for "stomach" gives us this word for the science of good eating
gastronomy
Ben
|
$2,000
[28]
Though this romantic poet lived to be 80, he didn't manage to publish his long poem "The Prelude" before he died in 1850
William Wordsworth
|
$2,000
[25]
In one punishment of this truTV reality game show, Sal had to match wits with some chickens on the loose
Impractical Jokers
|
DD
$4,000
[15]
An 1845 letter from the 21-year-old future Lord Kelvin inspired this British scientist to show how magnetism & light are related
(Michael) Faraday
Mary Kate
|
P.T. Barnum, whose traveling shows carried musicians, coined this word that now represents something growing in popularity
bandwagon