Preliminaries: Collins/Joanides/Wilson
November 13
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.
At the end of this game, we will have
your final nine semifinalists.
Whitney Collins
New York City
The Browning School |
Drew Joanides
Miami
Miami Sunset SHS |
Kate Wilson
Montgomery, AL
Loveless Academic Magnet Program HS |
Jeopardy! round...
ROBOTS &
CYBORGS |
9-LETTER
WORDS |
A YEAR TO
REMEMBER |
SMALLER
THAN A
BREADBOX |
20th CENTURY
LITERATURE |
F.H. |
Daily Double: $800 9-Letter Words.
Drew has $2600 and is behind Kate's $3400. He bets the difference, $800, on
this: a standard of measurement, especially one 3 feet long. "What is a
yardstick?" Correct for $3400!
At the end of Jeopardy!...
$4,800 |
$3,400 |
$4,400 |
Whitney |
Drew |
Kate |
Double Jeopardy! round...
NATIVE
AMERICANS |
NAME THAT
BIBLE BOOK |
LAWRENCE OF
ARABIA |
TEACHER'S PET |
ALWAYS
WITH THE
HAND RAISED |
A 4 "O"
AVERAGE |
Daily Double #1: $1600 Name That
Bible Book. Kate has $7600 and the lead. She bets $2000 of it on this: it says,
"Salute Andronicus" & "Salute Asyncritus". "What is 1 Corinthinans?" No, it was
Paul's First Epistle to the Romans, dropping her to $5600.
Daily Double #2: $1200 Native
Americans. Drew has $13,400, going for $1400 on this: on February 11, 1805 Jean
Baptiste Charbonneau was born to this Shoshone woman at Fort Mandan, North
Dakota. "Who is Sacagawea?" Correct for $14,800!
At the end of Double Jeopardy!...
$9,600 |
$16,400 |
$11,600 |
Whitney |
Drew |
Kate |
As always, each contestant
in the tournament will receive a copy of Educational Insights'
"Classroom Jeopardy!" for their schools.
Final Jeopardy! category: BORN & DIED
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HE WAS BORN IN
1728 IN YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND & DIED IN A SKIRMISH FEBRUARY 14, 1779 IN
KEALAKEKUA BAY, HAWAII |
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Correct response: who is Captain
James Cook?
Whitney's response: who was Captain J. Cook? RIGHT. Wager: $2001. Total: $11,601.
Kate's response: who is Capt. J. Cook? RIGHT. Wager: $7601.
Total: $19,201.
Drew's response: who is Cook? RIGHT. Wager: $6801. Total: $23,201.
Semifinalist: Drew Joanides
Scared, Drew? He's gone from
in the red to in the semis thanks to a couple of rallies. He needs to
not fall into that trap if he wants to end up in the finals.
And you know what they say,
the point of this week is to get to next week? EVERYONE'S getting to
next week!
Colby Burnett
GAME 1 WINNER |
Whitney Collins
WILD CARD |
Marcia Edmundson
WILD CARD |
Michael Farabaugh
WILD CARD |
John Hines
GAME 2 WINNER |
Drew Joanides
GAME 5 WINNER |
Brenton Montie
GAME 4 WINNER |
Marion Penning
GAME 3 WINNER |
Kate Wilson
WILD CARD |
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Starting tomorrow, it's
win-or-go-home as the quest for $100,000 continues.
To read all about the tournaments
and the contestants, go to
www.jeopardy.com.
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