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Fifteen teachers are about to try and school each other for $100,000 in the newest of Jeopardy! grand challenges.

Recaps by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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Alex Trebek

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Jimmy McGuire
Kelly Miyahara
Sarah Whitcomb Foss

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Harry Friedman

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Semifinals: Farabaugh/Collins/Hines
November 14

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. Now only nine remain, as we enter the win-or-go-home phase of the competition.

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. As always, any and all winning accrued depends on how far up the ladder a player goes.

Semifinals begin with these three...

Michael Farabaugh
Charlottesville, VA
Monticello HS
WILD CARD

Whitney Collins
New York City
The Browning School
WILD CARD

John Hines
Tacoma, WA
Todd Beamer HS
GAME 2 WINNER

Jeopardy! round...

AMERICAN
MOVIE IDOL

5 SHADES
GR(E/A)Y

MY PHONE
CAN DO THAT

ANAGRAMMED
US CITIES

THE MAYA

"TW", EH?

Daily Double: $800 The Maya. John has $2800 to Michael's $2600 and Whitney's $1200. John bets $1200 on this: Mayan ruins have revealed workplaces for crafting with this shiny rock formed by the rapid cooling of lava. "What is obsidian?" Correct for $4000!

At the end of Jeopardy!...

$5,600	$5,200	$5,400
Michael	Whitney	John

Double Jeopardy! round...

FUN WITH
SCIENCE

TEACH ME
A SONG

F. SCOTT
FITZGERALD

THE MAP
OF EUROPE

VERB-AL
NAMES

BEFORE &
AFTER

Daily Double #1: $1600 Fun with Science. Of his $8800, Michael bets a big $5000 on this: if you've got a 1982 penny, it could be either mainly copper or mainly this material next to copper on the periodic table. "What is zinc?" Correct for $13,800!

Daily Double #2: $2000 F. Scott Fitzgerald. Whitney's sitting on $11,600, betting $2000 on this: Scott got this title from "Ode to a Nightingale", where it precedes "and haply the Queen-Moon is on her throne". "What is 'A Moveable Feast'?" No, it was "Tender Is The Night" for $9600.

At the end of Double Jeopardy!...

$18,200	$10,400	$13,400
Michael	Whitney	John

Here's what the book says courtesy of J-Archive.com:

- Whitney wins if she risks $800 on a triple stumper where the other two bet against each other.
- John wins if he bets at least $7400 and is correct, while Michael is wrong.
- Michael wins if he bets $8601 and is correct.

Final Jeopardy! category: US PRESIDENTS

THE ONLY 2 PRESIDENTS NEVER TO PRESENT A STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS ARE WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON & THIS MAN

Correct response: who is James Garfield?

Whitney's response: who is Wili Ta? WRONG. Wager: $10,399. Total: $1.
John's response: who is Zachary Taylor? WRONG. Wager: $13,400. Total: $0.
Michael's response: who is George Washington? WRONG. Wager: $8601. Total: $9599.

Finalist: Michael Farabaugh

The other two played to win, and that proved to be their downfall, as Michael ends up holding on to his advantage for the win. Now Michael awaits the winners of the next two matches.

To read all about the tournaments and the contestants, go to www.jeopardy.com.