Finals:
Humphreys/Hofstetter/Quinn - Part 1
February 27
Fifteen teachers have competed at Sony
for the title of 2012 Teacher's Champion and a guaranteed shot at a
quarter-million in the next Tournament of Champions. Of them, nine
semifinalists - five automatic qualifiers and four wild cards - have
emerged. Of THEM, three have o2012 utlasted their opponents - social
studies teacher Justin Hofstetter, social studies teacher Brooks
Humphreys, and from Friday, German teacher Patrick Quinn. In the course
of the next two games, one of them will win $100,000, a spot in the next
$250,000 Tournament Of Champions, and the title of 2012 Teachers
Tournament.
Second place is guaranteed $50,000, while
third will get $25,000.
Welcome to Honors Trivia. Part 1 of the
doubleheader begins... NOW!
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Brooks Humphreys
Omaha, NE
Omaha Mercy HS
FINALIST |
Justin Hofstetter
Kansas City, MO
Alta Vista Charter MS
FINALIST |
Patrick Quinn
Chesterfield,
MO
Ritenour HS
FINALIST |
Jeopardy! round...
5 FLAGS
OVER TEXAS |
POSSESSIVE
ACTORS'
POSSESSIONS |
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DOUBLE "I" |
MOCK
TURTLE |
SOUP |
A sample response in category #2
would be "What is Tom's Cruise?"
Daily Double: $1000 5 Flags Over
Texas. Brooks has $1600... and he's blowing the wad on this: following
annexation, the US flag was first raised officially in TExas in this city 19,
1846. "What is Houston?" Nope, it was Austin.
At the end of Jeopardy!...
$1,000 |
$6,800 |
$2,800 |
Brooks |
Justin |
Patrick |
Double Jeopardy! round...
LITERARY
TITLE
OVERLAPS |
SMALL TALK |
EUROPEAN
HOLIDAYS |
ROLLING
STONES
LYRICS |
SOCIAL
STUDIES |
PLACES TO "C" |
Daily Double #1: $1600 Places to
"C". Brooks is in third by a mile and a half with $3800 to Justin's $13,200.
He'll try for second with $3000 riding on this: this body of water receives many
rivers, including the Ural & the Kura. "What is the Caspian Sea?" Correct for
the tie with $6800!
Daily Double #2: $1200 Social
Studies. Justin is in the lead with $16,800, almost double his nearest opponent
Brooks ($8800). He bets $4000 on this: "The Social" this plural noun "Marketing
Book" has chapters on networks like MySpace & Facebook. "... You got me, Alex."
Media's a plural noun. Justin's bitter beer face puts him back at $12,800.
At the end of Double Jeopardy!...
$8,800 |
$11,200 |
$11,600 |
Brooks |
Justin |
Patrick |
Final Jeopardy! category: US MEMORIALS
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"NO DAY SHALL
ERASE YOU FROM THE MEMORY OF TIME", FROM VIRGIL'S "AENEID", IS INSCRIBED ON
A WALL AT THIS MEMORIAL |
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Correct response: what is the 9/11
Memorial?
Brooks' response: what is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial? WRONG. Wager: $3000. Total: $5800.
Justin's response: what is the Vietnam Memorial? WRONG. Wager: $6401.
Total: $4799.
Patrick's response: what is the D-Day Memorial? WRONG. Wager: $6011. Total:
$5589.
Not a sure thing any more,
isn't it?
We're back to more or less a
level playing field. Come back tomorrow to see who graduates to the big
leagues.
To read all about the tournaments
and the contestants, go to
www.jeopardy.com.
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