Preliminaries: Hines/Liebowitz/Parker
November 8
Teachers are the backbone of our American
school system. Fifteen of them are particularly strong and gifted. Those
15 were invited to Culver City to take part in the third annual (sort
of) Jeopardy! Teachers Tournament. The one that rises to the head of the
class will win $100,000 and a guaranteed
slot in the next Tournament of Champions.
Second place is guaranteed $50,000, while third will get $25,000 in a
standard two-week event. Semifinalists are guaranteed at least $10,000,
while quarterfinalists are guaranteed $5000 for participation. As
always, any and all winning accrued depends on how far up the ladder a
player goes.
Only nine of the fifteen that compete week one will be invited to return
in week two, however, the five winners this week and four wild card
top-scorers.
Colby Burnett is the only one on the honor roll so far, but he's about
to get some company.
John Hines
Tacoma, WA
Todd Beamer HS |
Francesca Liebowitz
Brooklyn
Polly Prep Country Day School |
Terry Parker
Cutler Bay, FL
Westminster Christian School |
Jeopardy! round...
WHERE'S
THAT? |
FILL IN
THE QUOTE |
JEOPARDY!
ENNUI |
50 YEARS OF
JAMES BOND
FILMS |
BUSINESS
IS GOOD |
"RE"-CESS |
Daily Double: $800 50 Years of James
Bond. John has $2000, a $600 lead over Terry. He goes all-in on this: the title
of the 16th Bond film, it's also what's denoted by the "00" prefix. "What is 'Licence
to Kill'?" FOR THE DOUBLER, $4000!
At the end of Jeopardy!...
$7,200 |
$600 |
$3,400 |
John |
Francesca |
Terry |
Double Jeopardy! round...
FIZZ ED |
DOUBLE-TALK
NAMES |
CLEOPATRA |
TOUGH
2-LETTER
WORDS |
RUSSIAN
NOVELISTS |
WEIRDPODGE |
Daily Double #1: $1200 Cleopatra.
Francesca needed to find this one at $1400. John is in front with $7600. She
bets the max of $2000 on this: when she took the throne of Egypt, Cleopatra
claimed to be the living embodiment of this Egyptian goddess. "Who is Isis?"
CORRECT for $3400.
Daily Double #2: $1600 Russian
Novelists. John finds it and can expand on his lead at $13,200. He fronts $2000
on this: from 1945-1953, he was imprisoned in labor camps for writing a letter
critical of Stalin. "Who is Solzhenitsyn?" CORRECT for $15,200!
At the end of Double Jeopardy!...
The best Francesca can hope for is Wild Card...
$15,200 |
$7,400 |
$11,000 |
John |
Francesca |
Terry |
As always, each contestant
in the tournament will receive a copy of Educational Insights'
"Classroom Jeopardy!" for their schools.
Final Jeopardy! category: US CITIES
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THE SEAL OF THIS
HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND CITY HAS THE PHRASE "WHAT A GLORIOUS MORNING FOR
AMERICA" & THE DATE "APRIL 19" |
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Correct response: what is
Lexington, MA?
Francesca's response: what is Boston? WRONG. Wager: $7400. Total: $0.
Terry's response: what is Boston? WRONG. Wager: $4201.
Total: $6799.
John's response: what is Plymouth? WRONG. Wager; $6801. Total: $8399.
Semifinalist: John Hines
Save for a Final Jeopardy!
freezeout, it was all John all the time. Terry and him went back and
forth, but ultimately John had the luck to find Daily Doubles to put him
ahead.
Who'll join him? Stay tuned.
To read all about the tournaments
and the contestants, go to
www.jeopardy.com.
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