2021 Professors Tournament semifinal game 2.
Hester Blum — an English professor from Penn State University in University Park, Pennsylvania
Marti Canipe — an elementary science education professor from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona
Alisa Hove — a botany professor from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alisa | $800 | $3,800 | $13,200 |
$10,200
Finalist |
$11,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Marti | $2,600 | $1,800 | $2,200 |
$0
3rd place: $10,000 |
$2,200
11 R, 3 W |
| Hester | $800 | $1,000 | $4,800 |
$3,600
2nd place: $10,000 |
$8,200
15 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs) |
| ALLITEROCKERS | SUCCULENTS | U.S. COUNTIES | AN INSTRUCTOR | A LECTURER | AN AD JUNKED |
|
$200
[5]
In 1987 this trio that fought for the right to party had the first rap album to top the Billboard charts
the Beastie Boys
Hester
|
$200
[1]
The vera or "true" type of this succulent is pretty & medicinal
aloe
Marti
|
$200
[2]
Washington's most populous county has this 4-letter name, just like a "Dome" once in the state
King
Marti
|
$200
[30]
A dual brake set is a tool of this trade
driver's license instruction
Hester
|
$200
[16]
Einstein lectured that this enjoys "esteem above all other sciences" because "its laws are... certain & indisputable"
mathematics
Alisa
|
$200
[25]
An ad for cold medicine showing a partially bare Mickey Rooney was pulled before it aired during this February 2005 event
the Super Bowl
Marti
|
|
$400
[6]
This band's hits include "Everlong" & "Times Like These"
the Foo Fighters
|
$400
[11]
This succulent that gives us tequila also provides a syrup for a natural sweetener
agave
Alisa
|
$400
[3]
Fittingly, Mille Lacs is a county in this state
Minnesota
Marti
|
$400
[12]
At Oxford, personalizedlearninghas long been based on the student this teacher relationship
tutor
Alisa
Marti
|
$400
[17]
The audience at Martin Heidegger's 1924 lecture on "The Concept of" this may have had the concept that it moves slowly
time
Hester
|
$400
[22]
L'Oréal & Lancôme ads have been junked because of the misleading overuse of this, a verb that is also an Adobe brand
Photoshop
|
|
$600
[7]
After a long "Vacation", these '80s icons returned to the charts with 2020's "Club Zero"
the Go-Go's
Alisa
|
$600
[10]
Nopales are the edible leaf pads of this alliterative cactus
the prickly pear
Marti
|
$600
[4]
This most populous Georgia county is thought to be named for a steamboat pioneer
Fulton
Hester
|
$600
[28]
In 1984 there was a new Barbie doll: instructor of this type of heart-healthy exercises
aerobics
Hester
|
DD
$800
[18]
Biologist T.H. Huxley was a renowned defender of this theory & in 1893 famously lectured on it "& Ethics"
evolution
Hester
|
$600
[20]
The last TV ad for cigarettes to play in the U.S., for Virginia Slims, aired January 1, 1971 on this man's late night talk show
(Johnny) Carson
Alisa
|
|
$800
[8]
He led a rockin' "Family" on such hits as "Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin"
Sly Stone
Alisa
Marti
Hester
|
$800
[15]
This desert tree was named for its resemblance to a biblical leader pointing the way to the promised land
Joshua tree
Hester
|
$800
[13]
These 2 counties that both end in "-folk" border Massachusetts Bay
Suffolk & Norfolk
|
$800
[23]
Martin Koveis best known for playing this type of Japanese-named instructor
a sensei
Alisa
|
$800
[27]
In 1939 this man whose fantasy trilogy was still unpublished lectured "On Fairy Stories" & said fantasy is a higher form of art
Tolkien
Alisa
|
$800
[21]
Ads blocked on Facebook include those for weapons, spyware & this financial service for those newly arrested
bail bonds
Hester
|
|
$1,000
[9]
Thispowerhouse vocalist was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1995
(Janis) Joplin
Alisa
|
$1,000
[26]
Belying their name, these succulents often used as ground cover are native to Africa
ice plants
Alisa
|
$1,000
[14]
This Oklahoma county is in the title of Tracy Letts' play about a dysfunctional family
Osage County
|
$1,000
[29]
A piece on sight-reading strategies was 2013's article of the year in the Journal AMT, American this
Music Teacher
Marti
Hester
|
$1,000
[19]
The early 1800s London lectures of this discoverer of sodium brought so much traffic, Albemarle St. had to be made one-way
Humphry Davy
|
$1,000
[24]
This automaker had an ad for its F-Type sports car banned for encouraging "irresponsible driving"
Jaguar
|
| LET'S TALK REVOLUTION | WOMEN AUTHORS | TRANSPORTATION | POP CULTURE MR. OR MRS. | DIFFERS BY A LETTER | 16th CENTURY ARTS |
|
$400
[6]
The 1978-79 revolution in this country is also called the Islamic Revolution
Iran
Hester
|
$400
[1]
She modeled 3 of the sisters in "Little Women" on her own siblings & Jo March after herself
Alcott
Hester
|
$400
[20]
Thisiconic Ford's agile transmission made shifting gears easy, & by 1927, more than 15 million had been sold
the Model T
Hester
|
$400
[9]
Rachel Brosnahan is marvelous in her role as this Jewish housewife-turned-comedian
the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Alisa
|
$400
[12]
The 15th day of March in Rome & a thought
ides & idea
Alisa
|
$800
[19]
Thisend-blown instrument was very popular; Henry VIII had a large collection of them
a recorder
Marti
|
|
$800
[24]
This "splendid" adjective precedes "Revolution" in the name of the 1688 regime change that brought William & Mary to the throne
Glorious
|
$800
[2]
Third time's the charm for this author who won a Pulitzer for her third novel, "The Goldfinch"
Donna Tartt
Hester
|
$800
[15]
Named for what they carry cargo in, these behemoth ships include the one that gotstuckin the Suez Canal in 2021
a container ship
Alisa
Hester
|
$800
[8]
Kevin O'Leary, one of the investors on this series, is frequently referred to as Mr. Wonderful
Shark Tank
Marti
|
$800
[13]
A part of speech & an offer made to you
a preposition & a proposition
Hester
|
$1,200
[21]
This portrait by Leonardo was never delivered to the subject & was sold to the king of France around 1520
the Mona Lisa
Marti
|
|
$1,600
[27]
Imre Nagy, this country's premier, was executed for his role in its 1956 anticommunist revolution
Hungary
Marti
|
$1,200
[3]
She dedicated her first novel, "The Joy Luck Club", "To my mother and the memory of her mother"
Amy Tan
Hester
|
$1,200
[16]
In 1937 the XC-35 was the first plane with a pressurized cabin; before that everyone wore these, now used in emergencies
oxygen masks
Hester
|
$1,200
[7]
Rami Malek won an Emmy for playing Elliot Alderson, a vigilante hacker, on this series
Mr. Robot
Alisa
|
DD
$3,000
[14]
Vindictive punishment for past wrongs & income generated by a government or person
revenue & revenge
Alisa
|
$1,600
[22]
Parmigianino painted a self-portrait in this curved item, also the title of John Ashbery's poem about the painting
a convex mirror
|
|
$2,000
[26]
Pancho Villa was ambushed & killed in 1923; this even-later-in-the-alphabet Mexican revolutionary, in 1919
Emiliano Zapata
Marti
|
$1,600
[4]
This late author's sci-fi & fantasy classics include "The Left Hand of Darkness" & The Earthsea books
Ursula Le Guin
Alisa
|
$1,600
[17]
In 2010 Rocky Robinson reached 376.363 miles per hour, the fastest land speed ever riding one of these
a motorcycle
|
$1,600
[10]
& here's to you, this character who seduces Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate"
Mrs. Robinson
Hester
|
— |
$2,000
[23]
This great German printmaker left a diary of his travels across Europe, including his wife having her purse stolen in Antwerp
Dürer
Hester
|
|
DD
$2,600
[25]
The full name of this 1966-76 upheaval commences with "Great Proletarian"
the Cultural Revolution
Hester
|
$2,000
[5]
At 14, this British author of "White Teeth" changed the first letter of her name from S to Z, thinking it sounded more exotic
Zadie Smith
Alisa
|
$2,000
[18]
"Ride Green" (bright green) "with" this bike & scooter sharing service
Lime
|
$2,000
[11]
On the silver screen this beloved actor played both "Mister Roberts" & "Young Mr. Lincoln"
Henry Fonda
Marti
|
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Puzzlingly heavy & long-lived particles discovered in the 1940s were dubbed this adjective later applied to even smaller particles
strange