Responses for Show #6997 - Tuesday, February 3, 2015

2015 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

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Michael Jones, a middle school special education teacher from Madison, Wisconsin

Cathy Farrell, a high school science teacher from Wyandotte, Michigan

Lydia Cuffman, a high school history teacher from Redwood City, California

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Jeopardy! Round responses

TV: A NICE PLACE TO START
PRESIDENTIAL MOMS
THE WORLD ALMANAC 2015
THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION
OH, THERE'S THE BELL
TIME FOR RE-"CESS"
    $200 2
Tom Hanks

Michael
    $200 7
John F. Kennedy

Michael
    $200 12
Ferguson

Cathy
    $200 13
[ERRATUM: The scientist's name is "Stephen Hawking", not "Steven Hawking".]

the chicken or the egg

Cathy
    $200 22
the 1812 Overture

Michael
    $200 1
(Michael: What is inspiration?)

necessity

CathyMichael
    $400 3
Adam Sandler

Cathy
    $400 8
Wilson

Cathy
    $400 27
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Michael
    $400 14
forsaken me

Lydia
    $400 23
cowbell

Lydia
    $400 18
procession (or processional)

Lydia
    $600 4
Tommy Lee Jones

Lydia
    $600 9
George H.W. Bush

Michael
    $600 28
the Great Lakes

Cathy
    $600 15
(Michael: What is "Who are you?")
...
(Alex: Oh, scary scene--[*]--[*]--[Snarls])
(Lydia Cuffman's students at Sequoia High School: [Playing "Think!" on band instruments] Good luck, Ms. Cuffman! [Cheering])

Is it safe?

Michael
Triple Stumper
    $600 24
chime

Cathy
    $600 19
accessible

Lydia
    $800 5
Clint Eastwood

Lydia
    $800 10
James Knox Polk

Triple Stumper
    $800 29
the UN Security Council

Michael
    $800 16
(Alex: Yep. She lost.)

the carpool lane

Lydia
    $800 25
Rutgers

Cathy
    $800 20
secession

Lydia
    $1000 6
Alex P. Keaton

Cathy
    $1,000 11
Ulysses S. Grant

Michael
    $1000 30
(Michael: What is... Saturn?)
...
(Cathy Farrell's students at Huron High School: Good luck on Jeopardy!, Ms. Farrell! [Cheering])

Pluto

CathyMichael
    $1000 17
(Lydia: What is [*]? [Trailing off] That is the... question...)

To be, or not be

Lydia
    $1000 26
oranges & lemons

Lydia
    $1000 21
incessant

Lydia

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Lydia Cathy Michael
$1,800 $2,400 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Lydia Cathy Michael
$7,800 $5,400 $1,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ROCKIN' MUSEUMS
QUOTABLE PLAYS
A LONG TIME AGO IN CANADA
HIGH PLACES
A SHOW OF HANDS
WELL, THEY SOUND THE SAME...
    $400 6
Michael Jackson

Lydia
    $400 1
The Taming of the Shrew

Lydia
    $400 26
the War of 1812

Cathy
    $400 8
Mount

Lydia
    $400 21
a steering wheel

Lydia
    $400 15
carrot/karat

Lydia
    $800 7
ABBA

Cathy
    $800 2
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Cathy
    $800 27
the Iroquois

Michael
    $800 12
(Michael: What is pass?)
[Originally ruled incorrect; reversed before Daily Double at clue 29]

Peak (or Pass)

Michael
    $800 22
(Michael: What is the market? The free market, capitalism?)

the invisible hand (of the market)

LydiaMichael
    $800 17
(Michael: What is wife?)

misses/missus

CathyMichael
    $1200 9
the Motown Museum

Lydia
    $3,000 3
(Cathy: What is A Raisin in the Sun?)

Equus

Cathy
    $1200 28
(Michael: What is New Brunswick?)

Nova Scotia

CathyMichael
    $1200 13
horn

Michael
    $1200 23
rocks the cradle

Lydia
    $1200 18
mood/mooed

Lydia
    $1600 10
Seattle

Michael
    $1600 4
Pygmalion

Lydia
    $3,000 29
Huron

Cathy
    $1600 14
Newport

Lydia
    $1600 24
hand jive

Cathy
    $1600 19
lien/lean

Cathy
    $2000 11
Stevie Ray Vaughan

Michael
    $2000 5
A Man for All Seasons

Michael
    $2000 30
(Jacques) Cartier

Michael
    $2000 16
(Lydia: What is Benghazi?)
(Cathy: What is Petronas?)

burj

LydiaCathy
Triple Stumper
    $2000 25
Hands Across America

Cathy
    $2000 20
aisle/isle

Cathy

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Lydia Cathy Michael
$15,400 $14,600 $9,200

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

MATH TERMS
MichaelWhat is equatio
$9,200
CathyWhat is algebra?
$10,000
LydiaWhat is a proof?
$2,000
algorithm

Final scores:

Lydia Cathy Michael
$13,400 $4,600 $0
Automatic semifinalist 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Lydia Cathy Michael
$15,400 $16,200 $9,200
22 R,
1 W
20 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)
14 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W

Combined Coryat: $40,800

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