2021 Professors Tournament final game 1.
Contestants
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Alisa Hove, a botany professor from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina
Ed Hashima, a history professor from American River College in Sacramento, California
Sam Buttrey, an associate professor of operations research from Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California
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Jeopardy! Round responses
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| ENDS WITH A SILENT CONSONANT |
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(Ed: What is Hell?)
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(Mayim: What is [*]? The opposite.)
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Paradise
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(Alisa: What are your knots?)
the ropes
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(Mayim: Yes, the "Eternal City".)
Rome
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(Sam: What are stripes?)
wales
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(Mayim: I look terrible in it.)
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a paperbag waist
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(Mayim: And since you're asking, I happen to look good in those.)
[Laughter]
a peplum
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(Mayim: Possibly referring to Oxford English Dictionary editor C.T. [*].)
onions
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Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):
| Sam |
Ed |
Alisa |
| $3,200 |
$2,400 |
-$200 |
Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:
| Sam |
Ed |
Alisa |
| $7,200 |
$4,600 |
$1,400 |
Double Jeopardy! Round responses
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| PLANTS & ANIMALS & FUNGI, OH MY! |
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(Alisa: What are Frosted Flakes?)
Corn Flakes
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the Book of Common Prayer
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Little Steven (Steven Van Zandt)
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(Ed: What is Lowell?)
Springfield
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(Alisa: Oh, I don't have to buzz in.)
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(Mayim: For a professor of botany, that is absolutely correct.)
[Applause]
a rust
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(Alisa: Who are N.W.A.?)
Rage Against the Machine
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Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:
| Sam |
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Alisa |
| $23,200 |
$9,800 |
$6,400 |
Final Jeopardy! Round responses
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| Alisa | What is the South China Sea? | | $2,600 | | Ed | What is the Sea South China Sea? | | $5,200 | | Sam | What is a Indonesian Sea? | | $3,200 |
the Java Sea |
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Final scores:
| Sam |
Ed |
Alisa |
| $20,000 |
$4,600 |
$3,800 |
Game dynamics:
| Sam |
Ed |
Alisa |
| $22,400 |
$9,800 |
$5,400 |
Game tape date: 2021-10-26
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