Show #8230 2020-06-05 (taped 2020-02-25) Teachers Tournament

2020 Teachers Tournament final game 2.

Contestants

Will Satterwhite — an 8th through 12th grade band and choir teacher from Vinton, Virginia (subtotal of $6,000)

Meggie Kwait — a middle school humanities teacher from New York, New York (subtotal of $7,600)

Ben Henri — a 7th through 12th grade vocal music teacher from St. Clair Shores, Michigan (subtotal of $7,500)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ben	$3,200	$5,400	$21,500	$26,501	$21,000 21 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Meggie	$4,400	$10,400	$13,200	$21,400	$11,000 18 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Will	$1,200	$1,800	$11,200	$0	$8,600 15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

JUST DESSERTS	LITERARY HODGEPODGE	POLITICAL CONVENTIONS	CONTROL "ALT" "DEL"	SOME QUARTER GIVEN	OTHER SPORTS
$200 [2] This cake was named for being made with 16 ounces each of flour, butter, sugar & eggs pound cake Will	$200 [16] It's the only play that Shakespeare set in Scotland Macbeth Meggie	$200 [17] The 1840 Democratic gathering was the first time this 8-letter statement of principles was adopted at a convention a platform Meggie	$200 [5] 2-word Latin term meaning a second self alter ego Will	$200 [23] Georgia's 25-cent piece offers "Wisdom", "Justice", "Moderation" & oh yeah, this fruit, naturally a peach Meggie	$400 [29] I hereby challenge Pat Sajak to this sport where we'll attempt to stay on a spinning piece of floating wood log rolling Ben
$400 [3] A Vienna library has a recipe from 1696 for this flaky pastry & ja, the filling is apple strudel Meggie	$400 [15] Previously bought at a pawn shop, Cormac McCarthy's light blue Olivetti one of these sold at auction in 2009 for over $250,000 a typewriter Meggie	$400 [18] At the 1980 convention, Reagan wanted as his running mate this recent former president, who declined (Gerald) Ford Ben	$400 [6] This ever-circling ballroom dance is in triple time a waltz Meggie	$400 [24] Massachusetts has had this type of soldier at the ready on its 2 bits since its release on January 3, 2000 a Minuteman Will	$600 [1] Armand Duplantis broke the world record in this sport on 2 consecutive Saturdays in 2020, the second time clearing 20' 3" pole vaulting Meggie Will
$600 [4] Different from the New York style, the Japanese variety of this dessert is known for extreme fluffiness cheesecake Will	$600 [12] In "The Jungle Book", he's the "sleepy brown bear who teaches the wolf cubs the "law of the jungle" Baloo Meggie	$600 [19] At the 1924 Dem. convention, a proposal to condemn this 3-word racist org. by name lost by 1 vote after a bitter debate the Ku Klux Klan Ben	$600 [8] An unalterable mark that can never be erased can also be described as this indelible Ben	$600 [25] Washington is shown crossing the Delaware on the quarter of this state, George's destination New Jersey Meggie	$800 [22] In Basque & Spanish regions, pelota vasca is another name for this fast-moving game jai alai Meggie
$800 [7] Literally "lightning" in French, this long, thin chocolate-covered pastry really gives me a charge an eclair Ben	$800 [13] Best known for his "Leatherstocking Tales", he also wrote "The Pilot", one of America's first novels about the sea (James Fenimore) Cooper Ben	$800 [20] In 1880 this former president lost a chance for a 3rd term when Garfield topped the 36th ballot at the GOP convention (Ulysses) Grant Ben Will	$800 [9] The Bonneville these smooth out nicely over 40 square miles salt flats Will	$1,000 [27] South Carolina's coin features this tree that gives the state its nickname as well as that nickname itself, written out the palmetto Will	$1,000 [28] Shooting, swimming & tossing a grenade-like projectile are included in the military version of this 5-event sport pentathlon Meggie
$1,000 [11] This 4-letter caramel custard dessert associated with Spanish recipes dates back to Roman times flan Ben	$1,000 [14] Mary Ann Evans published her novels, including "Adam Bede", under this pen name (George) Eliot Meggie	$1,000 [21] 1864 saw the only convention of the Natl. Union Party, a new name for the GOP to attract the faction called these Democrats the War Democrats	$1,000 [10] California is known for this dry red wine from a black-skinned grape Zinfandel Meggie	DD $3,000 [26] This motto that offers 2 very different options adorns New Hampshire's quarter Live Free or Die Meggie	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

JUST DESERTS	PUBLISHERS	ACTORS & ACTRESSES	PHYSICS GLOSSARY	ALL ABOUT ART	WORDS COINED IN THE 1920s
$400 [18] Home to Burning Man, Black Rock Desert is in the northwest part of this state Nevada Meggie	$400 [13] Children's book publisher Puffin is an offshoot of this other bird-y publisher Penguin Will	$400 [3] The divorcing spouses in "Marriage Story" were played by Adam Driver & her (Scarlett) Johansson Will	$400 [8] A nucleon is either of these 2 basic constituents of an atomic nucleus a proton or a neutron Ben	$400 [1] Rembrandt painted many biblical scenes, including "The Blinding of" this strong man Samson Will	$400 [28] A trademark name for tissue, it began making the rounds in the 1920s as a cold cream remover Kleenex Ben
$800 [19] The Taklamakan desert spans over 100,000 square miles of the Uyghur autonomous region in this country China Ben	$1,200 [15] The name of audiobook publisher Tantor comes from an elephant in the series about this ape man Tarzan Ben	$800 [4] Josh O'Connor played budding writer Lawrence Durrell on "The Durrells in Corfu"; on season 3 of "The Crown", he's this royal son Prince Charles Will	$800 [9] This colorful-sounding type of radiation has wavelengths between the visible part of the spectrum & X-rays ultraviolet Ben	$800 [2] This Impressionist's series paintings, done under different light & weather conditions, included haystacks & the Houses of Parliament Monet Ben	$800 [26] We got this word from a 1920 play by Karel Capek about mechanical men & women robot Ben Meggie
$1,200 [20] "P" is for this desert that takes up large parts of Argentina & Chile the Patagonian Desert Meggie	$1,600 [16] In 1990 William Collins & Sons was bought by News Corporation, which smushed this other publishing name in front Harper Meggie Will	$1,200 [5] Shebased her stage name on the word "awkward", which she says describes her Awkwafina Will	$1,200 [10] The linear type of this device increases the speed of particles as they move toward a target at the end of a tunnel an accelerator Ben	$1,200 [22] Sinners are headed down, down, down in a detail from this part of the Sistine Chapel with a final-sounding name The Last Judgment	$1,200 [24] On the rise & entering English in the 1920s was this political movement led by Mussolini fascism Meggie
$1,600 [21] Named for a founding father of Israel, Ben-Gurion University of this desert area is a leading research university the Negev Will	$2,000 [17] Random House's Lenny Books imprint is run by this creator of the TV show "Girls" Lena Dunham Meggie	$1,600 [6] If you really want to call this young actor by his name, pronounce it the French way, Tim-o-tay Chalamet Will	$1,600 [11] Every second, our sun creates energy by the nuclear fusion of 600 million tons of this element into helium hydrogen Ben	$1,600 [29] This artist is seenherein New Mexico, holdingoneof her own canvasses (Georgia) O'Keeffe Meggie	$1,600 [25] The 8-letter name of this female sex hormone was coined in 1927 estrogen Ben
$2,000 [23] Locals call the bleak Skeleton Coast where the Atlantic meets this desert "The Land God Made in Anger" the Namib (Desert) Ben Will	DD $3,400 [14] The name of this publisher known for its book fairs is a word meaning "related to education" Scholastic Will	$2,000 [7] Not many actors do cranky as well as this man, who plays Norman on "The Kominsky Method" (Alan) Arkin Ben	$2,000 [12] A baryon is a particle made of 3 of these, which come in "flavors" including charm & strange quarks Meggie	—	DD $2,500 [27] Right on "Q", this designation for a standard keyboard, first developed for the typewriter, came into use in 1929 QWERTY Ben

Final Jeopardy!

18th CENTURY NOVELS

The title character of this 1726 novel reaches 4 different lands as a result of a shipwreck, a storm at sea, pirates & a mutiny

Gulliver's Travels

Will "What is ?" — wagered $11,200

Meggie "What is Gulliver's Travels? (Thanks, Mom + Dad!)" — wagered $8,200

Ben "What is 😬 Gulliver's Travels?" — wagered $5,001

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