2020 Teachers Tournament semifinal game 2.
Jenna Hall — a high school English teacher from Seaside, California
Amanda Baltimore — a 7th grade science teacher from Cocoa Beach, Florida
Meggie Kwait — a middle school humanities teacher from New York, New York
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meggie | $7,400 | $11,000 | $24,400 |
$24,382
Finalist |
$27,200
31 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Amanda | $1,200 | $2,000 | $4,800 |
$7,022
3rd place: $10,000 |
$4,800
12 R, 3 W |
| Jenna | $1,000 | $1,000 | $3,800 |
$7,600
2nd place: $10,000 |
$5,800
8 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| HALL MONITOR | HEAVEN OR HELL | BIRDS OF PREY | WORDS FROM OLD ENGLISH | GOING ON VACATION | I'M FULL OF "N.V." |
|
$200
[6]
In 2019 Abby Wambach was inducted into the national hall of fame for this sport
soccer
Amanda
|
$200
[8]
A 2-word synonym for heaven, it's the "land" of Canaan in Genesis reserved for Abraham & his descendants
the Promised Land
Meggie
|
$200
[23]
These birds of prey are largely nocturnal, but the snowy type often hunts by day
an owl
Amanda
|
$200
[13]
A mounted soldier in armor who served a king or lord
a knight
Meggie
|
$200
[18]
This country's Amalfi Coastnever fails to impress
Italy
Amanda
|
$200
[1]
If a motel is displaying this sign, keep driving
no vacancy
Jenna
|
|
$400
[7]
Lord Stanley & Georges Vezina were 2 of the first inductees into this sport's hall of fame in 1945
hockey
Jenna
|
$400
[9]
One of the sons of Cronus, this Greek god of the underworld has a name that also means the underworld
Hades
Meggie
|
$400
[24]
Found in South America, theharpyis a crested variety of this bird of prey with a wingspan that can reach seven feet
an eagle
Amanda
|
$400
[14]
This verb means to satisfy, especially one's thirst
slake
Meggie
Jenna
|
$400
[19]
Stop by this landmark & take in the amazing vista from Yavapai Point to the North Rim
the Grand Canyon
Amanda
|
$400
[2]
The Sightmark Ghost Hunter Goggle Binoculars will give you this
night vision
Meggie
|
|
$600
[28]
This legend is alphabetically first among modern-era inductees at the International Boxing Hall of Fame
(Muhammad) Ali
Amanda
|
$600
[10]
The name of this Buddhist state of enlightenment comes from the Sanskrit for "extinction"
nirvana
Meggie
|
$600
[25]
The largest bird of prey is this Western Hemisphere vulture that can fly 18,000 feet high & weigh 30 pounds
the condor
Meggie
|
$600
[15]
"Over hill, over" this small valley--both landforms come from the Old English
a dale
Meggie
|
$600
[20]
Headed to Paris? Check out the Impressionist and Postimpressionist works at this museum in a former train station
the Musée d'Orsay
Meggie
|
$600
[3]
The U.S. House of Representatives has 6 of these members, like Puerto Rico's resident commissioner
non-voting
Meggie
|
|
$800
[29]
The Basketball Hall of Fame hosts a preseason college tournament named for this first play in a basketball game
a tip-off
|
$1,000
[12]
A famed Paris avenue bears the name of this blessed land where Greek heroes are sent in the afterlife
the Elysian Fields
Meggie
|
$800
[26]
One of the only terrestrial birds of prey is this species whose name seems more suited for an office than its home in Africa
the secretary bird
Meggie
|
$800
[16]
This word usually comes before "out", meaning to barely manage a living
eke
Meggie
|
$800
[21]
Chile has a beautiful "district" of mountains & water that shares its name with this similar one in north England
the Lake District
Meggie
|
$800
[4]
This country officially merged with its southern neighbor July 2, 1976
North Vietnam
Meggie
|
|
$1,000
[30]
In 2019 Edgar Martinez & Harold Baines were elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame for playing this non-defensive position
designated hitter
Meggie
Amanda
|
DD
$3,000
[11]
The line "Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven" is from this 17th century poem
Paradise Lost
Meggie
|
$1,000
[27]
Reaching speeds of 200 miles per hour, this bird of prey is not only the world's fastest bird, it's also the world's fastest animal
the peregrine falcon
Meggie
|
$1,000
[17]
This geography term meaning a bend or a curve in a coastline sounds like sinking your teeth into something
bight
Amanda
|
$1,000
[22]
ThisB&B island paradise northwest of Tahiti would be a perfect place for some R&R
Bora Bora
Amanda
|
$1,000
[5]
The Mayacamas Mountains to the west and the Vaca Range to the east, enclose this fertile region of Northern California
Napa Valley
Amanda
|
| WOMEN AUTHORS | GREATEST HITS FROM THE SUPREMES | THE HUMAN BODY | DOCUMENTARIES | THE OLD UNIVERSITY TRY | BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$400
[1]
This author of "The Good Earth" also wrote the heartwarming "Christmas Day in the Morning"
Pearl Buck
Meggie
|
$400
[23]
In McCulloch v. Maryland, John Marshall wrote, "The power to" do this 3-letter verb "involves the power to destroy"
tax
|
$400
[6]
This clear, transplantable layer of the eye anterior to the lens is often compared to the crystal on a watch
the cornea
Meggie
|
$400
[11]
Aired on PBS in 1982, this filmmaker's first documentary told of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge
Ken Burns
Amanda
|
$400
[13]
Woof! & meow! & maybe even ribbit? This Ivy League U. in upstate New York awarded the nation's first doctorate of veterinary medicine
Cornell
Meggie
|
$400
[15]
U.S. executive mansion that's a legal confinement to one's own residence instead of prison
White House arrest
Jenna
|
|
$800
[2]
Sheworked at a coffee shop in Toronto before writing dystopian fare
(Margaret) Atwood
Meggie
|
$800
[24]
In Williams v. U.S. William O. Douglas warned of the police taking matters "in their own hands" & these "beastly" courts
a kangaroo court
Jenna
|
$800
[7]
In French le foie is this organ
the liver
Meggie
|
$800
[12]
Spike Lee's "4 Little Girls" tells of the horrific bombing in 1963 of an African American church in this Alabama city
Birmingham
Meggie
|
$800
[14]
I wouldn't look for this university founded in 1875 by a Mormon leader on many lists of top 10 party schools
BYU (Brigham Young)
Jenna
|
$800
[16]
Historic New York City sports arena where Adam & Eve lived in the Bible
Madison Square Garden of Eden
Amanda
|
|
$1,200
[3]
In 1856 she published "Dred", in which she depicted the deterioration of a slave-holding society
Harriet Beecher Stowe
|
$1,600
[26]
Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015 asserted that this type of marriage is legal in all 50 states
same-sex marriage
Meggie
|
$1,200
[8]
In the average adult male, this thighbone is about 19 inches long
the femur
Meggie
|
$1,200
[27]
In 2020 the Oscar for Best Documentary Short went to a film about "Learning to" do this fun activity "in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)"
skateboard
Amanda
|
$1,200
[20]
You could be like William Faulkner & get an Oxford education at this state school that opened in 1848
Ole Miss
Meggie
|
$1,200
[17]
Paul McCartney's Bond theme plays as Bruce Willis fights off bad guys at the Nakatomi Building
"Live And Let Die Hard"
Amanda
Jenna
|
|
$1,600
[4]
"The House on Mango Street" is the first book of fiction by this Mexican-American woman
(Sandra) Cisneros
Jenna
|
DD
$2,000
[25]
In Marbury v. Madison, John Marshall criticized this sitting president for flouting the law
Jefferson
Jenna
|
$1,600
[9]
Erythrocytes are your red blood cells & these are your white blood cells
leukocytes
Amanda
|
$1,600
[28]
A 2011 documentary called this man "Against the World" explores the life of the troubled chess master
Fischer
Meggie
|
$1,600
[21]
In 1884 this private university in New Orleans was renamed after the local merchant who gave the school its first endowment
Tulane
Meggie
|
$1,600
[18]
2012 male stripper cinematic saga that went on to be our 70th Secretary of State
Magic Mike Pompeo
Meggie
|
|
$2,000
[5]
This Danish writer acquired her title by marrying her cousin Bror von Blixen-Finecke, a Swedish baron
Isak Dinesen
|
$2,000
[30]
Leading to the 11th Amendment, Chisholm v. Georgia was overseen by this first Chief Justice
Jay
Meggie
|
$2,000
[10]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a 3D model of the brain on the monitor.) Each hemisphere of the brain contains four lobes with different functions; your ability to process sounds, recognize words & understand them happens in this lobe, named for its location in relation to the sides of the head
the temporal lobe
|
DD
$5,000
[29]
This 1994 documentary follows 2 inner-city Chicago kids who aspire to become pro basketball players
Hoop Dreams
Meggie
|
$2,000
[22]
The William F. Harrah College of Hospitality checks in at this school, a few blocks away from the action
UNLV
Meggie
|
$2,000
[19]
1873 Jules Verne adventure novel that's an NBC soap opera on the air since 1965
Around the World in Eighty Days of Our Lives
Meggie
|
John Ledyard, sailing on Captain Cook's last voyage in search of the NW Passage, was the 1st American to land at what are now these 2 states
Hawaii & Alaska