Preliminaries: Millat/Radden/Tinkham
May 3
It's been said that teachers rank among
the best Jeopardy! players ever. To that end, fifteen of them have been
chosen from all across the nation to do battle at Sony Pictures Studios
for a shot at $100,000 and the title of the first ever Jeopardy!
Teachers Champion. Second place gets $50,000. Third gets $25,000.
Semifinalists who make it to week 2 will receive $10,000. All of this
week's players will receive $5000. All money will be determined, as
always, by how far the players go in the tournament.
This is a standard two-week affair, meaning that all 15 will play this
week, with the five game winners joining the four highest-scoring
non-winners in a win-or-go-home race to the two-day final.
So far, Kathy Casavant has won her way to
week 2. Which of these three exceptional educators will join her?
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Caitlin Millat
Brooklyn, NY
Achievement First Apollo Elementary |
Viki Radden
Bakersfield,
CA
South HS |
Charley Tinkham
San Bruno, CA
Burlingame Intermediate School |
Jeopardy! round...
LITERARY
ALLUSIONS |
GOLDEN GLOBE
WINNERS |
THE BILL OF
RIGHTS |
FLAGS OF
THE WORLD |
I KNEW IT WAS
OVER WHEN... |
"TEA" PARTY |
Daily Double: $800 The Bill of
Rights. At $2400, Charley has twice as much as Viki and $2000 more than Caitlin.
He fronts $1000 on this: this type of citizen army is mentioned in the Second
Amendment. "What is a militia?" Correct for $3400!
At the end of Jeopardy!...
$2,800 |
$2,800 |
$10,200 |
Caitlin |
Viki |
Charley |
Double Jeopardy! categories
are...
MATH,
TEACHERS! |
LYRICAL
MOP UP |
THE MALE
CARES FOR
THE YOUNG |
MYSTERY
MEAT |
TAKE
THE FIFTH |
HERE LIES... |
Daily Double #1: $1200 The Male
Cares for the Young. Charley has $13,400 to $8000 for Caitlin and $2800 for Viki.
Charley bets $1000 on this: several females will lay up to 50 eggs in the nest
of a male of this large flightless South American bird & he'll incubate them.
"What is an emu?" No, it was a rhea for $12,400.
Daily Double #2: $1200 Take the
Fifth. She has $8800 to Charley's $19,600. She only goes for $2000 on this: this
country's current government, the Fifth Republic, has been in effect since 1958.
"What is... Yugoslavia?" No, it was France, dropping her to $6800
At the end of Double Jeopardy!...
It's pretty much an open-and-shut case...
$6,400 |
-$1,600 |
$29,400 |
Caitlin |
Viki |
Charley |
Viki leaves with $5000, while the
second automatic finish is Charley's to lose.
Final Jeopardy! category: AMERICAN POETS
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"BEARING THE
BANDAGES, WATER & SPONGE, STRAIGHT & SWIFT TO MY WOUNDED I GO", HE WROTE IN
"THE WOUND-DRESSER" |
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Correct response: who was Walt
Whitman?
Caitlin's response: Who was Whitman? RIGHT. Wager:
$1. Total: $6401.
Charley's response: Who is Walt Whitman? RIGHT. Wager doesn't matter.
SEMIFINALIST:
Charley Tinkham
Points to Charley for making
it a runaway. Points to Caitlin for knowing when she was beat and taking
advantage of the freed-up space in the wild card race. If she makes it
to next week, look for both to make noise next week.
Another quarterfinal
tomorrow.
To read all about the tournament
and the contestants, go to
www.jeopardy.com.
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