2020 Teachers Tournament final game 1.
Will Satterwhite — an 8th through 12th grade band and choir teacher from Vinton, Virginia
Meggie Kwait — a middle school humanities teacher from New York, New York
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 | $2,600 | $4,600 | $15,000 | $7,500 |
$15,000
17 R, 1 W |
| Meggie | $2,000 | $4,400 | $13,600 | $7,600 |
$21,200
24 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Will | $600 | $5,200 | $12,000 | $6,000 |
$9,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| WE MISS YOU, MISTER ROGERS | THE NATURAL WORLD | ASIA | EMMYS FOR WRITING | RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES | SHORTENED SLANG |
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$200
[21]
Of this 5-word signature query, Mr. Rogers said, "I suppose it's... an invitation for somebody to be close to you"
Won't you be my neighbor?
Will
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$200
[9]
Though it resembles an anteater, this African animal, the only member of order Tubulidentata, is actually related to the elephant
an aardvark
Meggie
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$200
[15]
The center of the nation's film industry, this city is also the capital of India's Maharashtra state
Mumbai
Meggie
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$200
[26]
"30 Rock" earned her 2 awards for writing; there were others for starring & executive producing as well
Tina Fey
Meggie
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$200
[16]
Stomps, toe punches & heel clicks are all part of this activity that Bojangles was famous for
tap dancing
Meggie
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$200
[4]
It rhymes with vacay & means a vacay where you don't leave town
staycay
Meggie
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$400
[22]
The show was produced in this city, making it easy for Lynn Swann to come by & show off his uniform--& his ballet moves
Pittsburgh
Will
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$400
[10]
The brook & lake types of this freshwater fish are sometimes crossbred to make "splakes"
trout
Meggie
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$400
[14]
At about 1 million square miles, this "stan" is the largest landlocked country in the world
Kazakhstan
Ben
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$400
[27]
In 2015 govt. work paid off for Armando Iannucci, who won for co-writing the "Election Night" episode of this HBO comedy
Veep
Will
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$400
[17]
Tricks you can quickly learn to do with a yo-yo include "Around the World" & this one popular with Rovers & Fidos
Walk the Dog
Meggie
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$400
[5]
In an interview in 2020, Hillary Clinton had some thoughts on Senator Sanders' "online Bernie" these
Bros
Meggie
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$600
[23]
Margaret Hamilton visited Mr. Rogers in 1975 to help kids understand make-believe & not fear this "Wizard of Oz" character
the Wicked Witch of the West
Ben
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$600
[1]
From the Latin for "pouch", it's any member of a group of various non-placental animals
marsupials
Ben
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$600
[13]
Part of the Old Palace of the Malla kings, the Taleju Temple is found in this capital of Nepal
Kathmandu
Ben
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$600
[28]
In 2000 government work paid off for Rick Cleveland & this creator of "The West Wing"
Sorkin
Will
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$600
[18]
Easy gardening might include planting some cactus or aloe, both from this group of plants with a name from Latin for "juice"
succulents
Ben
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$600
[6]
It's a 4-letter shortened way to say "very apparent"
obvy
Meggie
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$800
[24]
In 1986 Mr. Rogers did a show to help children deal with grief & death after the explosion of this transport
the Challenger
Meggie
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$800
[2]
You see females a lot more often than males of this North American venomous spider, hence its name
the black widow
Will
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$800
[12]
The language called Filipino is based on this one
Tagalog
Will
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$800
[29]
Charlie Brooker & William Bridges won 2018's limited series award for the "USS Callister" episode of this high-tech anthology
Black Mirror
Ben
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$800
[19]
As a conchologist, you can stroll the beaches collecting whelks, cowries or these, named for Muslim or Sikh headwear
turbans
Meggie
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$800
[7]
Take an adjective for theater that's serious & artistic-minded, cut it in half & you get this word, as MC Hammer knows
legit
|
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$1,000
[25]
Mr. Rogers noted "those all-important three Cs: caring, confidence, and" this, also a Thomas Paine title
common sense
Will
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$1,000
[11]
Sheep wool is mainly composed of this form of fibrous protein that also makes up hair & fingernails
keratin
Ben
Meggie
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DD
$1,000
[3]
16-foot stingrays can be found in the waters of this 2,700-mile-long Indochinese river
the Mekong
Will
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$1,000
[30]
In 2011 Jason Katims had clear eyes, a full heart & couldn't lose an Emmy for this H.S. football drama
Friday Night Lights
Will
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$1,000
[20]
This urban running, jumping & climbing activity originated from a French special forces training course
parkour
Will
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$1,000
[8]
Merriam-Webster says this word for something that gives you great ideas follows in the footsteps of "convo" & "rando"
inspo
Meggie
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| SUMMER READING | WORLD FLAGS | THROWING YOU A CURVE | FORGETFUL SEQUELS | BROTHER | CAN YOU SPARE A RHYME |
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$400
[14]
During WWII, a Jewish girl protects an escaped P.O.W. in Bette Greene's Y.A. novel "Summer of My" this nationality "Soldier"
German
Meggie
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$400
[19]
Nigeria & Saudi Arabia both have flags of these 2 colors
green & white
Ben
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$400
[9]
In economics, the demand curve plots a product's price vs. demand for it; this curve plots price vs. available quantity
the supply
Will
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$400
[29]
This 2018 horror movie is a sequel to the 1978 original & skips over the 2002 sequel where Jamie Lee Curtis' character is killed
Halloween
Ben
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$400
[21]
Until a fatal car accident in 1994, Basil, not brother Bashar, was heir to father Hafez al-Assad as this country's leader
Syria
Will
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$400
[1]
A rope trap
a snare
Will
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$800
[15]
In the prequel novel "Summer & the City", this Candace Bushnell character discovers New York City
Carrie Bradshaw
Meggie
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$800
[20]
An exotic bird of paradise occupies the top half of Papua New Guinea's flag, with this constellation on the bottom
the Southern Cross
Meggie
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$800
[10]
In astronomy, a light curve graphs changes in magnitude of one of these, especially the variable type
a star
Ben
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$800
[30]
When this superhero "Returns" in a 2006 film, he must have spun the world backwards to erase movies No. 3 & 4, which were ignored
Superman
Meggie
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$1,200
[23]
Edward IV made this scoliosis-suffering brother duke of Gloucester; in return, he made Edward's sons prisoners
Richard III
Ben
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$800
[2]
It's also a term for a female zebra or donkey
mare
Will
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$1,200
[16]
This Scottish naturalist recounts his trip to California in his memoir "My First Summer in the Sierra"
(John) Muir
Will
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$1,200
[26]
5 of these natural phenomena are depicted on Nicaragua's flag; the country boasts many more active ones
volcanoes
Ben
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$1,200
[11]
Used in global warming studies, the Keeling curve charts the buildup of this gas in earth's atmosphere
carbon dioxide
Meggie
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$1,200
[6]
The 2nd film in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series titled this guy's "Revenge" was just treated like a bad dream in later films
Freddy Krueger
Ben
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$1,600
[24]
A couple months after this more famous brother's death, Frank gave himself up & was acquitted of murder & robbery
Jesse James
Meggie
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$1,200
[3]
First this for any instrument is coveted in an orchestra
chair
Will
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$1,600
[17]
This playwright must have loved the season: he wrote "Summer & Smoke", "Suddenly, Last Summer" & "Clothes for a Summer Hotel"
(Tennessee) Williams
Meggie
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$1,600
[27]
The red & white on this French-speaking principality's flag date back to 1339 & its royal arms
Monaco
Meggie
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$2,000
[13]
Unlike the way it's often used, a "steep" one of these doesn't mean the subject is tough, it means you get more ability quicker
a learning curve
Meggie
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$1,600
[7]
"Dark Fate", the latest film in this series, ignores all the sequels after "Judgment Day"
Terminator
Ben
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$2,000
[25]
Ever the loving brother, Cesare Borgia had this sister's husband Alfonso murdered in 1500
Lucrezia Borgia
Meggie
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$1,600
[4]
This contraction precedes "-do-well" in a term for a shady person
ne'er
Ben
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$2,000
[18]
This woman's New England novels include "Ethan Frome" & the lusty "Summer", which she referred to as "hot Ethan"
Edith Wharton
Ben
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$2,000
[28]
The endemic golden bosunbirdadorns theflagof this Australian island territory named for the day of its discovery
Christmas Island
Ben
Meggie
Will
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DD
$7,600
[12]
The Phillips curve shows that wages tend to increase faster as the rate of this goes down
unemployment
Meggie
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$2,000
[8]
William Peter Blatty wrote this film "III", ignoring the first sequel that had Linda Blair return as the once-possessed Regan
The Exorcist
Meggie
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DD
$4,400
[22]
Elliott, brother of this 20th century president, was also father to a first lady
Teddy Roosevelt
Will
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$2,000
[5]
A puma's home in the mountains, or a "Dragon's" in an arcade
a lair
Ben
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On this man's death in a 1935 motorcycle accident, Churchill said, his "pace of life was faster & more intense than the ordinary"
Lawrence of Arabia