Show #8535 2021-12-17 (taped 2021-10-26) Professors Tournament

2021 Professors Tournament final game 2.

Contestants

Alisa Hove — a botany professor from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina (subtotal of $3,800)

Ed Hashima — a history professor from American River College in Sacramento, California (subtotal of $4,600)

Sam Buttrey — an associate professor of operations research from Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California (subtotal of $20,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sam	$2,800	$6,800	$13,600	$15,600	$13,200 22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Ed	$3,800	$5,200	$15,400	$1,700	$17,600 22 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Alisa	$800	$3,000	$-1,800	$-1,800	$-1,800 8 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND	MATH, PROFESSORS	MISCELLANY	PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT	MOVIE TAGLINES	BEFORE & AFTER
$200 [1] In 1665 the Great this hit London, killing thousands; the next year, the Great Fire took out 13,000 houses & much of the city the Great Plague Ed	$200 [6] Adjacent these share a side & a vertex without overlapping angles Alisa	$200 [21] The 23rd Psalm begins, "The Lord is my shepherd" followed by these 4 words I shall not want Sam	$200 [11] From Asia, it's a metal plate that is often more than 6 feet across gong Sam	$200 [16] 1995:"Houston, we have a problem" Apollo 13 Alisa	$200 [22] Angling necessity that's a high-flying track & field event fishing pole vault Sam
$400 [2] A 2017 book by Ian Dunt has a title many are asking--this 6-letter word: "What the Hell Happens Now?" Brexit Ed	$400 [7] It's what the symbol seenheremeans less than or equal to Sam	$400 [27] Ikebana is the Japanese art of arranging these flowers Alisa	$400 [12] In an orchestra, it's held at eye level; used by rock lead singers to keep busy, it's often banged on a hip a tambourine Ed	$400 [17] 2010:"You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies"; what's on your mind? The Social Network Ed	$400 [23] Protective glove used to handle hot items on the stove that was the 2012 Republican nominee for president oven Mitt Romney Sam Ed
DD $600 [3] One eye, one arm but all man to Lady Hamilton, in 1799 this naval hero disobeyed an order to leave Naples (& the lady) Horatio Nelson Ed	$600 [8] Let's test your calculating skills: it's 12 times 12 divided by 4 36 Ed	$600 [28] Dance the mazurka & you're doing a national dance of this country Poland Alisa	$600 [13] Larger than bongos, these hand-played drums heardhereoften come in pairs mounted together conga drums Sam Ed	$600 [18] 1992:"...a woman's place is at home... first, second & third" A League of Their Own Ed	$600 [24] A frankfurter within Canis Major hot Dog Star Sam
$800 [4] In January 1606, 2 months after the foiled Gunpowder Plot, Parliament established this date as an annual day of Thanksgiving November 5th Sam	$800 [9] In mathematicalgroupingsparentheses go inside brackets, which go inside these other "br-" symbols braces Alisa	$800 [29] Muhammad Ali called this late home run king "the only man I idolize more than myself" Hank Aaron Sam	$800 [14] Originating in the Caribbean, these instruments were first made from containers used to ship petroleum steel drums Alisa	$800 [19] 1994:"For Harry and Lloyd every day is a no-brainer" Dumb and Dumber Ed	$800 [25] Experimental James Joyce novel requested from the hotel front desk to rouse you from sleep in the morning Finnegans Wake -up call Sam
$1,000 [5] These twins who ran a criminal empire in the east end in the 1950s were among the last prisoners to be held in the Tower of London the Krays Sam	$1,000 [10] In a set of data, the median is the middle point, the mean is the average & this other "M" is the number that occurs most often mode Sam	$1,000 [30] A lack of iodine is the most common cause of this, an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland goiter Sam	$1,000 [15] German for "bell play" gives us the name of this, a set of tuned bars struck with mallets a glockenspiel Ed Alisa	$1,000 [20] 2010:"Get the hot girl. Defeat her evil exes. Hit love where it hurts" Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Alisa	$1,000 [26] Billionaire superhero & inventor of a miniature Arc Reactor/jellyfish relative of the gulf stream Iron Man of war

Double Jeopardy! Round

LAW	POETIC OBJECTS	HOME, SWEET HOME	REFUGEES	CELEBRITIES	LATIN MOTTOES & PHRASES
$400 [25] "A" is for this, a printed or written statement given while under oath an affidavit Alisa	$400 [2] "A bird that stalks down his narrow" this "can seldom see through his bars of rage", wrote Maya Angelou cage Sam	$400 [1] This historic German region was home to Hohenzollern Castle, a home to Frederick William IV, king of that region Prussia Alisa	$400 [6] Turkey has more than 3 million refugees from this country racked by Civil War since 2011 Syria Sam	$400 [11] With this man the Entertainer as host of the Emmys in 2021, the ratings went up from the previous year Cedric	$400 [3] Uncovered at Pompeii, the mosaic seenherebears the warning that translates to this in English beware of the dog Sam
$800 [26] Chapter 7, part of this code, has to do with liquidation of property the bankruptcy code Sam	$1,200 [17] "Mending Wall", by Robert Frost contains the line "Good" these "make good neighbors" fences Sam	$800 [8] Prince's Minnesota home & studio has this alliterative name, also the title of a Prince song Paisley Park Ed	$800 [21] In 2021 the area called "Little" this city in Fremont, California prepared for a new wave of Afghan refugees Little Kabul Ed	$800 [12] MJB for short, this R&B singer acted in "The Umbrella Academy" & "Mudbound" Mary J. Blige Ed	$800 [4] New York's state motto is this Latin word that means "ever upward" excelsior Sam
$1,200 [27] Named for a 1966 court ruling, these rights help to protect you from self-incrimination Miranda rights Ed	$1,600 [18] Of this title object Keats asked, "What leaf-fring'd legend haunts about thy shape, of deities, or mortals, or of both" a Grecian urn Ed	$1,200 [9] Hughenden Manorwas the home ofthis2-time British prime minister nicknamed Dizzy Disraeli Sam	$1,200 [22] Many refugees from Africa dwell in Kara Tepe II, a refugee camp on this Greek island also known for its poetic heritage Lesbos Ed	$1,200 [13] She's been nominated for 3 Oscar so far, & won for "The Help" Octavia Spencer Ed Alisa	$1,200 [5] Descartes wrote, "Je pense, donc je suis", which we know as this Latin phrase Cogito, ergo sum Ed
$1,600 [28] Venire is a term for a panel of prospective jurors, to be questioned in this French-named process voir dire Ed	$2,000 [19] "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" contains the sad line "I have measured out my life with" these utensils coffee spoons Sam Ed Alisa	$1,600 [10] In the 1750s George Washington raised the roof on the mansion at this estate to create a full second story & a third-floor garret Mount Vernon Ed	$1,600 [23] Political instability & other causes have sent thousands of refugees from this country into its neighbors Burundi Sam Ed	$1,600 [14] This Houston native was a student at Texas Southern University before her music career took off Megan Thee Stallion Alisa	DD $2,000 [7] The motto of Johns Hopkins University, "Veritas vos Liberabit", translates to this familiar phrase the truth will set you free Sam
$2,000 [29] If the Supreme Court wants the government's views on an issue, a CVSG "calls" for the "view" of this "10th justice" the solicitor general Sam	DD $2,200 [16] Tennyson's "Idylls of the King" describes this "with jewels... on the hilt, bewildering heart and eye" Excalibur Ed	$2,000 [20] This home stands as a "shining brow" on Frank Lloyd Wright's favorite boyhood hill in Wisconsin Taliesin	$2,000 [30] Term for the largest Muslim group of mainly Buddhist Myanmar; many of them have become refugees the Rohingya Ed	$2,000 [15] Seen here, this actor known for "The Wire" died all too soon in 2021 Michael K. Williams Ed	$2,000 [24] In 2021 communiter (together) was added to this Olympic motto that means "faster, higher, stronger" “Citius, Altius, Fortius" Sam

Final Jeopardy!

FRENCH ARTISTS

The catalog of MoMA's first exhibition called this artist who died in 1891 a "man of science" & "inventor of a method"

(Georges) Seurat

Sam "Who is Seurat?" — wagered $2,000

Ed "Who is Claude Mone" — wagered $13,700

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