2021 Professors Tournament semifinal game 1.
Katie Reed — an associate professor of musicology from Cal State Fullerton
J.P. Allen — a professor of business and innovation from University of San Francisco
Sam Buttrey — an associate professor of operations research from Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam | $2,600 | $6,600 | $19,000 |
$26,401
Finalist |
$19,000
21 R, 0 W |
| J.P. | $4,600 | $6,200 | $13,400 |
$0
2nd place: $10,000 |
$15,800
20 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Katie | $2,000 | $4,600 | $9,000 |
$0
3rd place: $10,000 |
$9,000
13 R, 1 W |
| PROFESSIONS | 19th CENTURY LIT | MODERN SHORTHAND | HISTORIC AMERICANS | BRITISH HUMOR | FOSSIL WORDS |
|
$200
[8]
This type of technician can follow audio, civil & aerospace
engineer
Katie
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$200
[11]
This children's classic tells us that the title character was made from a very ordinary piece of firewood
Pinocchio
Sam
|
$200
[22]
Many have been getting business done WFH, this way
work from home
J.P.
|
$200
[14]
An American lawyer & political activist, James Otis died in 1783 after he was struck by this
lightning
Katie
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$200
[1]
This Monty Python film debates whether African or European swallows could carry coconuts to a temperate zone
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
J.P.
|
$200
[17]
Meaning reduced in amount or force, this past tense used to have an initial "A" & now shows up only before "breath"
bated
Sam
|
|
$400
[10]
The Latin for "tree" gives us the name of this professional who may prune high limbs
arborist
Sam
|
$400
[12]
The title of this Jules Verne tale refers to the distance traveled, not to how deep the characters go
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Katie
|
$400
[23]
F.U.D. stands for fear, uncertainty & this; don't fall victim
doubt
Sam
|
$400
[20]
Labor leader Eugene Debs ran for president 4 times as a candidate for this party, the last time in 1920, while he was in prison
the Socialist Party
Sam
|
$400
[2]
David Bowie sang about this man's "Extras" character: "chubby little loser... pathetic little fat man..."
Ricky Gervais
Katie
|
$400
[16]
It meant a stake or a fence made of stakes; going beyond it meant leaving a protected area
the pale
Sam
|
|
$800
[7]
In charge of the dining room, this job title usually ends in an apostrophe
maître d'
Sam
|
$600
[13]
Title of the Emma Lazarus sonnet read at the Bartholdi Pedestal Fund Art Loan Exhibition in 1883
The New Colossus
Sam
|
$600
[24]
A text-driven computer RPG can be conducted in a virtual domain called an M.U.D., or multi-user this
dungeon
J.P.
|
$600
[26]
Nicknamed "The Angel of the Battlefield", she's the woman seen here; notice the emblem on her collar
Clara Barton
Katie
|
$600
[3]
In 2007 he co-created "Gavin & Stacey" but played Smithy rather than Gavin; these days, he stays up late late on CBS
Corden
J.P.
|
$600
[15]
From Old French for "good", this adjective meant good but now is mainly a companion to "companion"
boon
Sam
|
|
$1,000
[9]
There's a word for a quick race in the middle of this purveyor of men's furnishings
a haberdasher
J.P.
|
$800
[21]
This writer of poems like "Dover Beach" also worked as an inspector of schools
Matthew Arnold
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$800
[25]
You might post your C.V. on this website, L.I. for short
LinkedIn
Sam
|
$800
[27]
The leading physicist on the Manhattan project, in 1963 he would receive the Atomic Energy Commission's Enrico Fermi Award
Oppenheimer
J.P.
|
$800
[4]
An exchange on this TV comedy: "I met someone"; "oh my god, that's amazing! What does he do?"; "He's a priest"
Fleabag
Katie
|
$800
[18]
Once meaning to go, this 4-letter verb now mostly appears before phrases like "one's way"
wend
Sam
|
|
DD
$1,800
[6]
Walter Bagehot, a Victorian who wrote on central banking, had this profession & edited the magazine of the same name
an economist
J.P.
|
$1,000
[29]
This German's 1803 drama "The Natural Daughter" was not a success, though Schiller liked it
Goethe
Katie
|
$1,000
[30]
Certain NBC PSAs were named this, which led to the acronym "TMYK"
the more you know
Katie
|
$1,000
[28]
This Native American finished devising a Cherokee syllabary of 86 symbols around 1821
Sequoyah
Sam
|
$1,000
[5]
Richard Ayoade, typing a distress email on this show: "Dear Sir/Madam ...fire! Help me!... Looking forward to hearing from you"
The IT Crowd
J.P.
|
$1,000
[19]
"By" this "of force" derives from when the word meant a blow from a weapon
a dint
|
| LATIN AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY | CHEMISTRY | SIDEKICKS | GEMS & JEWELS | LET THERE BE ENLIGHTENMENT | SAY SOMETHING SILLY, PROFESSOR |
|
$400
[8]
El Salvador's volcanoes include this one that has the same name as the capital & is about 7 miles away from it
San Salvador
J.P.
|
$400
[20]
To get this from brine, use the Dow process or insert 2 letters after the "br"
bromine
|
$400
[13]
Harry Shearer voices both Mr. Burns & this devoted executive assistant
Smithers
J.P.
|
$400
[28]
Hawaii's state gem is black this, which is actually the skeleton of a marine creature
coral
J.P.
|
$400
[25]
The 17th & 18th century era of the Enlightenment is also known as the "Age of" this
Reason
J.P.
|
$400
[3]
A trademark of President Biden is using this old-timey word for nonsense or drivel
malarkey
J.P.
|
|
$800
[7]
Almost all of this westernmost region of Mexico is separated from the rest of the country by the Sea of Cortez
Baja California
J.P.
|
$800
[21]
In 1755 Joseph Black called it "fixed air"; today we call it a planetary problem
carbon dioxide
J.P.
|
$800
[15]
Shrek says of this sidekick's ability to talk, "Yeah, it's getting him to shut up that's the trick!"
Donkey
Katie
|
$800
[22]
An October birthstone is this one from the Sinhalese "turamali" with wider color variations than almost any other gem
tourmaline
Katie
|
$800
[19]
Enlightenment thinkers revived the concept of the human mind at birth as a blank slate to be written on, this 2-word Latin phrase
tabula rasa
Sam
|
$800
[2]
Spelled beginning "uff" or "oof", this exclamation was brought by Norwegians to the Upper Midwest
uff da
Sam
|
|
$1,200
[6]
It's the second-largest country in area in South America
Argentina
J.P.
|
$1,200
[24]
"Earth" used to refer to certain oxides; hence this term for samarium & friends
rare earth
J.P.
|
$1,200
[14]
In 1954 DC Comics debuted a series about "Superman's Pal", this copy boy-turned-cub reporter
Jimmy Olsen
Sam
|
$1,200
[23]
An oblong one of these blue gems is in the center of the brooch Prince Albert gave Queen Victoria the day before they wed
sapphire
Sam
|
$1,600
[10]
This "ism" of Jeremy Bentham said actions are right if they promote happiness
utilitarianism
Sam
|
$1,200
[1]
Insert some letters in "campus" to get this word meaning all askew
cattywampus
Katie
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Fed by many rivers like the Ramis & Coata & nestled between Andean ranges, this lake sits at 12,500 feet above sea level
Lake Titicaca
J.P.
|
$1,600
[26]
A 2021 Nobel Prize was awarded for developing organic versions of these substances that galvanize reactions
catalysts
Sam
|
$1,600
[16]
Yvonne Orji plays Issa Rae's best friend on this HBO series
Insecure
Katie
|
$1,600
[29]
Thesered stones are much less expensive than rubies
garnets
Sam
|
$2,000
[18]
This German's 1784 essay "What is Enlightenment?" told readers to "Dare to know!... have the courage to use your own understanding"
(Immanuel) Kant
Katie
|
$1,600
[11]
In "Jabberwocky" this word describes the borogoves
mimsy
Sam
|
|
DD
$5,400
[5]
The 80-mile-wide Mona Passage separates the Dominican Republic from this island
Puerto Rico
J.P.
|
$2,000
[27]
He invented the flasks seenhereto hold liquefied gases
(Sir James) Dewar
Sam
|
$2,000
[17]
Arthur Dent's pal, Ford Prefect is a reporter for this title publication of a sci-fi series
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
J.P.
|
$2,000
[30]
One of the more prized colors of topaz is named for this fortified Spanish wine
sherry
Katie
|
DD
$3,000
[9]
This concept of an actual or implicit agreement between rulers & the ruled gave a 1762 Rousseau work its title
The Social Contract
J.P.
|
$2,000
[12]
This lonely alien brought "Pee-wee's Playhouse" to space so he could have playmates
Zyzzybalubah
|
Due to legislative action of 1707, she was officially the last monarch of independent Scotland
Queen Anne