Responses for Show #8229 - Thursday, June 4, 2020

2020 Teachers Tournament final game 1.

Contestants

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Will Satterwhite, an 8th through 12th grade band and choir teacher from Vinton, Virginia

Meggie Kwait, a middle school humanities teacher from New York, New York

Ben Henri, a 7th through 12th grade vocal music teacher from St. Clair Shores, Michigan

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WE MISS YOU, MISTER ROGERS
(Alex: He's been in the news a lot this past year.)
THE NATURAL WORLD
ASIA
EMMYS FOR WRITING
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
SHORTENED SLANG
    $200 21
Won't you be my neighbor?

Will
    $200 9
an aardvark

Meggie
    $200 15
Mumbai

Meggie
    $200 26
Tina Fey

Meggie
    $200 16
tap dancing

Meggie
    $200 4
(Meggie: What is a staycation? [*]. What is a [*]?)

staycay

Meggie
    $400 22
Pittsburgh

Will
    $400 10
trout

Meggie
    $400 14
Kazakhstan

Ben
    $400 27
Veep

Will
    $400 17
Walk the Dog

Meggie
    $400 5
Bros

Meggie
    $600 23
the Wicked Witch of the West

Ben
    $600 1
marsupials

Ben
    $600 13
Kathmandu

Ben
    $600 28
Sorkin

Will
    $600 18
succulents

Ben
    $600 6
obvy

Meggie
    $800 24
the Challenger

Meggie
    $800 2
the black widow

Will
    $800 12
Tagalog

Will
    $800 29
Black Mirror

Ben
    $800 19
turbans

Meggie
    $800 7
legit

Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
common sense

Will
    $1000 11
(Meggie: What is collagen?)

keratin

BenMeggie
    $1,000 3
(Will: What is the Yellow River?)

the Mekong

Will
    $1000 30
Friday Night Lights

Will
    $1000 20
parkour

Will
    $1000 8
inspo

Meggie

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

Ben Meggie Will
$2,600 $2,000 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Meggie Will
$4,600 $4,400 $5,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

SUMMER READING
WORLD FLAGS
THROWING YOU A CURVE
FORGETFUL SEQUELS
BROTHER
CAN YOU SPARE A RHYME
(Alex: Each correct response will rhyme with the word "spare".)
    $400 14
German

Meggie
    $400 19
green & white

Ben
    $400 9
the supply

Will
    $400 29
Halloween

Ben
    $400 21
Syria

Will
    $400 1
a snare

Will
    $800 15
Carrie Bradshaw

Meggie
    $800 20
the Southern Cross

Meggie
    $800 10
a star

Ben
    $800 30
Superman

Meggie
    $4,400 22
(Meggie: [Whispering] Do it.)
(Will: $4400.)
(Alex: [Chuckles] You heard Meggie say, "Do it".)
[Laughter]
(Alex: Everybody heard you, Meggie.)
(Meggie: It's fun.)
...
(Alex: Aren't you sad now that you didn't do it?)
(Meggie: You should have listened to me.)

Teddy Roosevelt

Will
    $800 2
mare

Will
    $1200 16
(John) Muir

Will
    $1200 26
volcanoes

Ben
    $1200 11
carbon dioxide

Meggie
    $1200 6
[Ben gave the first name, Alex said yes and then Ben added the last name.]

Freddy Krueger

Ben
    $1200 23
Richard III

Ben
    $1200 3
chair

Will
    $1600 17
(Tennessee) Williams

Meggie
    $1600 27
Monaco

Meggie
    $7,600 12
(Meggie: What is... inflation?)

unemployment

Meggie
    $1600 7
Terminator

Ben
    $1600 24
Jesse James

Meggie
    $1600 4
ne'er

Ben
    $2000 18
Edith Wharton

Ben
    $2000 28
(Ben: What is Tasmania?)
(Will: What's Easter Island?)
...
[Scattered applause after Meggie's response and she holds up a hand to playfully shush it]

Christmas Island

BenMeggieWill
    $2000 13
a learning curve

Meggie
    $2000 8
The Exorcist

Meggie
    $2000 25
Lucrezia Borgia

Meggie
    $2000 5
a lair

Ben

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Meggie Will
$15,000 $13,600 $12,000

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

NOTABLE BRITS
(Alex: Don't tell me we caught you guys with this one.)
...
(Alex: [To Ben] What did it cost Ben? [Chuckles] $7,500, leaving him in second place.)
[Ben throws up his arms.]
(Alex: Leaving Meggie in the lead. Remember, this is a two-day total-point affair. So it's coming down to tomorrow. You gotta be with us then. See ya.)
WillWho is Chamberlain?
$6,000
MeggieWho was Astin-Martin
$6,000
BenWho was Davidson?
$7,500
Lawrence of Arabia

Final scores:

Ben Meggie Will
$7,500 $7,600 $6,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ben Meggie Will
$15,000 $21,200 $9,400
17 R,
1 W		 24 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $45,600

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Game tape date: 2020-02-25
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