2021 Professors Tournament quarterfinal game 4.
Julia Williams — an English professor from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana
Ed Hashima — a history professor from American River College in Sacramento, California
Ramón Guerra — an associate professor of English, American literature, and Latino studies from University of Nebraska at Omaha
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramón | $2,800 | $3,800 | $1,400 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$1,400
10 R, 3 W |
| Ed | $2,800 | $8,200 | $27,400 |
$32,100
Automatic semifinalist |
$27,000
30 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Julia | $400 | $1,800 | $5,800 |
$3,800
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$5,800
10 R, 2 W |
| PROF TALK | AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN | WHAT DOES IT PREVENT? | ALL ON YOUR HEAD NOW | COLLEGE SPORTS | LIT CHARACTERS' BAD CHOICES |
|
$200
[7]
Profs definitely want good "P.R.", this process by which academic experts referee papers
peer review
Julia
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$200
[15]
A neutral zone separates Spain from this territory & peninsula, a gateway to the Med that always knows how to rock
Gibraltar
Ed
|
$200
[26]
Higher-octane gasoline: this "kn"oise, partner of the dreaded pinging
knocking
Ramón
|
$200
[17]
Dangle & hoop are types of these but I like your choice of chandelier
earrings
Ramón
|
$200
[2]
In 2021 LSU's men's team claimed the outdoor track & field NCAA title, aided by Terrance Laird's time of 10.05 in this event
the 100 meter
Ramón
|
$200
[1]
"Thy hour and thy harpoon are at hand!"; he should've cut bait & run, as his harpoon issues got much worse the next day
(Captain) Ahab
Ed
|
|
$400
[8]
Remember grad school & getting the yearly payment called this--appropriately, from Latin for "alms"?
stipend
Julia
|
$400
[22]
Stretch your legs for a walk around this entire country; okay, its area is about 500 acres, but still...! Then hit its casino
Monaco
Ed
|
$400
[27]
Bounce dryer sheets, symbolized by a tee shirt & a lightning bolt
static cling
Julia
|
$400
[18]
You profs once wore this flat-topped cap; now you see it on celebrating soon-to-be ex-students once or twice a year
a mortarboard
Ed
|
$400
[11]
With stars like Maya Moore, the Huskies of this U. have won over 90% of their games & 11 national titles in women's basketball since '95
Connecticut (UConn)
Ramón
|
$400
[3]
James, don't break up a family's baseball game & try to kill this girl! Edward will be mad & it just won't end well for you!
Bella Swan
|
|
$600
[9]
A PhD candidate who's finished all the coursework but not that last bit of writing is an ABD, this
all but dissertation
Julia
|
$600
[23]
Let's check out the 88-foot Pompey's Pillar, dedicated around 297 A.D. in this Egyptian city, but we're a tad late on its lighthouse
Alexandria
Ed
|
$600
[28]
The compound levonorgestrel, in products like Mirena
pregnancy
Ed
|
$600
[19]
The Donnersmarck emerald & diamond this, a semi-circular crown, went for $12.7 million in 2011 & it would set off your eyes
a tiara
Ramón
|
$600
[12]
Winners of this prestigious honor introduced in 1935 include Steve Spurrier, Barry Sanders & Jameis Winston
the Heisman Trophy
Ramón
|
$600
[4]
She a) married Roger Chillingworth & b) didn't just head off for Europe with Dimmesdale as soon as she heard the word "prison"
Hester Prynne
Ed
|
|
$800
[10]
This word for a group of associated professors can also mean a natural power or ability
faculty
Ramón
|
$1,000
[25]
Enjoy the days & knights of this nation in the Central Med composed of 5 islands including Cominotto
Malta
Ed
|
$800
[29]
A living trust: this court procedure to carry out the terms of a will
probate
Ed
|
$800
[20]
Spikes of hair framing the face are called these spikes in tribute to a lady of the harbor
liberty spikes
Ed
|
$800
[13]
"On", this Big Ten school! Coached by "Miracle on Ice" team member Mark Johnson, the women's hockey team won the 2021 NCAA title
Wisconsin
Ed
|
$800
[5]
He makes the mistake of trusting O'Brien, which leads to a harsh re-education at the Ministry of Love
Winston (Smith)
Ramón
Julia
|
|
$1,000
[16]
In 1880 Harvard became the first to grant these marvelously restful paid leaves of absence
sabbatical
Julia
|
DD
$1,200
[24]
This city can be said to be twice on the Mediterranean coast; one as a world capital, the other in Lebanon
Tripoli
Ed
|
$1,000
[30]
Ladybugs & lacewings: these garden menaces also known as plant lice
aphids
Ed
|
$1,000
[21]
Let's go one this hat seenhereover the line, & chef up something delicious
a toque
Ed
|
$1,000
[14]
Mia Hamm won 4 national soccer titles with this southern school
the University of North Carolina
Ed
|
$1,000
[6]
True love wins out, but he wasn't smart to let his friend Mr. Darcy talk him into leaving Jane Bennet in the lurch
Mr. Charles Bingley
|
| YIDDISH THEATER | SCIENCE VOCABULARY | STATE SONGS | DESCRIBING THE TV DRAMA | IN RECENT YEARS | SHOW ME YOUR P-H-D |
|
$400
[6]
David Moishele is an aging wealthy merchant with problematic children in the 1892 play "The Yiddish" this Shakespeare tragedy
King Lear
Ed
|
$400
[26]
From a word meaning "insect", it's the study of bugs
entomology
Julia
|
$400
[1]
Lyrics from this Louisiana state song include "You make me happy when skies are gray"
"You Are My Sunshine"
Julia
|
$400
[11]
It's a Mads Mads Mads Mads Mikkelsen world; the doctor will eat you now
Hannibal
Ramón
Ed
|
$400
[21]
The 2016 Summer Olympics were held in this South American city
Rio
Ramón
|
$400
[16]
A son or daughter by marriage
a stepchild
Ramón
Ed
|
|
$1,200
[8]
Yiddish theater's beginnings are associated with this Jewish holiday involving dressing up in costume
Purim
Ed
|
$800
[27]
Atoms share a pair of electrons in this type of chemical bond
covalent
Ramón
Ed
|
$800
[2]
With words by King David Kalakaua, its state song urges, "Be loyal to your chief"
Hawaii
Ed
|
$800
[12]
On since 2010 but cast job security? Iffy; Michael Rooker was Norman Reedus' brother, remember that?
The Walking Dead
Ed
|
$800
[25]
In 2010 Apple released this tablet & sold more than 3 million in the first 80 days
iPad
Ed
|
$800
[17]
To arrest a criminal suspect
apprehend
Julia
|
|
$1,600
[9]
The play "Chantzhe in Amerika" is about a woman wanting to learn this modern skill; "How I Learned to" do it is a non-Yiddish play
drive
|
DD
$1,200
[28]
"Specific" this is the ratio of a substance's density to that of a standard substance, often water
gravity
Ed
|
$1,200
[3]
This state has an official song & several honorary ones including "Live Free Or Die" & "The Old Man Of The Mountain"
New Hampshire
Ed
|
$1,200
[13]
Simon & Daphne, streaming steamily; episodes included "The Duke & I" & "Art of the Swoon"
Bridgerton
Julia
|
$1,200
[24]
David Cameron is seen here with this home secretary, his successor as prime minister
Theresa May
Ed
|
$1,200
[18]
In 2021 4 astronauts landed in the Gulf of Mexico in the USA's first nighttime one of these since 1968
a (crewed) splashdown
Ed
|
|
$2,000
[10]
To Marlon Brando, "Stella" also meant this woman from a Yiddish theater dynasty, the teacher who changed his life
Stella Adler
Ed
|
$1,600
[29]
In physics, a body at rest is in "static" this if all the forces acting on it cancel each other out
equilibrium
|
$1,600
[4]
The state song of Indiana is titled "On The Banks Of" this river "Far Away"
the Wabash
Julia
|
$1,600
[14]
Catherine, dressing to empress; we're stanning Fanning
The Great
|
$1,600
[23]
In 2015 this disease also known as German measles was declared eradicated in the Americas
rubella
Ed
|
$1,600
[19]
Squid & octopuses are members of this class of marine mollusks
cephalopods
Ed
|
|
DD
$2,400
[7]
A surprise New York hit in 2018 was a Yiddish-language "Fiddler on the Roof"; this song becomes "Ven Ikh Bin A Rotshild"
"If I Were A Rich Man"
Ed
|
$2,000
[30]
This slow wobbling of the Earth's axis of rotation completes a cycle every 26,000 years or so
precession
|
$2,000
[5]
One of Colorado's state songs is where these wildflowers grow
the columbines
Ramón
|
$2,000
[15]
An island resort is not quite paradise; Jennifer Coolidge deals with the ashes of a relationship
White Lotus
Julia
|
$2,000
[22]
In 2018 it was reported that this British firm had accessed the personal data of up to 87 million Facebook users
Cambridge Analytica
Ed
|
$2,000
[20]
These sacred writings of Hinduism explain the fundamental tenets of the religion
Upanishads
|
Dubbed "The Greatest Construction Show on Earth", when completed it connected Minnesota to Montreal
the St. Lawrence Seaway