Show #7530 - Friday, May 12, 2017

2017 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

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Dennis McDonald, an elementary school math teacher from New Windsor, Maryland

Susannah Nichols, a high school English teacher from Ferndale, Michigan

Holly Cannon, a high school chemistry teacher from Klein, Texas

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Jeopardy! Round

ALMA MATERS
TITLE ANIMALS
TEXTBOOKS
THIS WEBSITE USES COOKIES
WORLD CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS
(Alex: And finally, we want you to...)
GRADE THAT WORD
    $200 7
In the Ivy:
Anderson Cooper,
Jodie Foster
    $200 1
Title type of animal in a 2005 "Chronicles of Narnia" movie
    $200 25
The textbook "Alone with Others" is "An Existential Approach to" this Asian religion
    $200 15
"Wonderfilled" is a section of this sandwich cookie's website
    $200 2
The Nehru Memorial Museum & Library
    $200 9
This abbreviation for a method of child delivery earns a middling mark
    $400 8
On the Charles River:
Buzz Aldrin,
Bill Hewlett
    $400 3
2008 animated film about a portly black & white hero who becomes the Dragon Warrior
    $400 26
Van Eyck's "Man in a Red Turban" is on the cover of the 7th edition of H.W. Janson's textbook on this subject
    $400 16
snackworks.com has a recipe for fluffy banana pudding parfaits, which use 40 of this wafer brand
    $400 14
The Nobel Peace Center
    $400 10
June 6 just squeaks by as the anniversary of this
    $600 17
Across the pond:
John Cleese,
John Milton
    $600 4
(Hi, I'm Neil Flynn.) On "The Middle", my character Mike Heck loves this Quentin Tarantino movie about Mr. White, Mr. Orange, Mr. Pink & a diamond heist gone bad
    DD: $2,200 27
Lewis Vaughn's "Beginning" these is subtitled "An Introduction to Moral Philosophy"
    $600 22
Debra's Special Tin is part of the signature collection on the website of this cookie brand
    $600 20
Fallen Monument Park, featuring the guys seen here, is in this city
    $600 11
You had to flip "Purple Rain" to hear "God", one of these better-than-average tunes
    $800 18
In the heartland:
Joe Montana,
Nicholas Sparks
    $800 5
With 5 Oscars including Christopher Walken's, this 1978 Michael Cimino film shot to the top
    $800 28
Curl up with "Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy: From Thales to" this founder of logic
    $800 23
The website of this Scottish brand says Scottish thistles adorn its shortbread rounds, packaged in a red tartan box
    $800 21
Museo del Canal Interoceanico
    $800 12
This type of building with triangular front & back walls & a long sloping roof gets top marks
    $1000 19
Out west:
Chelsea Clinton,
Peter Thiel
    $1000 6
As Rufus T. Firefly in 1933, Groucho doled out this avian potage
    $1000 29
First published in 1858, this textbook was based on dissections performed on unclaimed corpses
    $1000 24
"Homemade recipe, homemade taste", says this chocolate chip brand with a name that rhymes
    $1000 30
The Sibelius Monument
    $1000 13
This setting that controls a camera lens aperture doesn't get a pass

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

Holly Susannah Dennis
$1,600 $2,000 $3,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Holly Susannah Dennis
$400 $8,600 $3,600

Double Jeopardy! Round

ALMA MATTERS
THE CIVIL WAR
MUSIC TO YOUR EARS
WHERE YOU AT, SHAKESPEARE?
IT'S A GROUP THING
CROSSWORD CLUES "N"
    $400 23
Alma Gluck was a celebrated lyric one of these high-ranging singers
    $400 1
More famous for a Montana battle, he & his men kept Jeb Stuart from attacking the Union rear at Gettysburg
    $400 9
"I got 99 problems, but (my fantastic wife, who I love very much) ain't one"--can you spot where we changed his lyric?
    $400 14
This tragedy is Dunsinane in the membrane with the "sound & fury" speech within the walls
    $400 10
Moe,
Larry,
Shemp
    $400 2
Spry like Jack be
(6)
    $800 24
The world is in good hands with the kids of Alma College, who have won the most national awards in Model this org.
    $800 7
A devil fish was one of these weapons used by the Confederate navy
    $800 19
The Bee Gees sang, "Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother, you're" doin' this
    $800 15
On an island in his first scene, this guy explains to his daughter, "Twelve year since, thy father was the Duke of Milan"
    $800 11
Short,
tall,
grande,
venti
    $800 3
Type of energy or family
(7)
    $1200 26
Recently sold for $36 million, a work by Lawrence Alma-Tadema shows the finding of Moses by this royal relative
    $1200 8
On Nov. 1, 1861 this hero of the Mexican War resigned as general-in-chief of the Union armies
    $1200 21
He ascnded the charts with "Starboy", featuring Daft Punk
    $1200 16
Here's Laurence Olivier as Henry V, inspiring his troops in this country
    $1200 12
Union shown here, formed from three first syllables
    $1200 4
Drivel
(8)
    $1600 27
Once the "sex goddess" of this country's movies, Alma Moreno was elected to its Parañaque City council in 2007
    $1600 29
His son Custis served as an aide-de-camp to Jefferson Davis during the war
    $1600 22
This "Godfather of Soul" gave us "I don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door, I'll Get It Myself) (Part 1)"
    DD: $3,000 17
2 ladies in this tragedy, playing rough in Gloucester's castle: "Hang him instantly"--"Pluck out his eyes"
    $1600 13
Appearing with the opening of the 7 Seals: conquest, war, famine & death
    DD: $2,000 5
Nighttime piano piece
(8)
    $2000 28
Alma Bridwell White was a major early evangelist of this movement but didn't believe in speaking in tongues
    $2000 30
Both neighbors of Illinois, these 2 border states did not secede but groups there sent delegates to the CSA Congress
    $2000 25
Ever on our mind, Rihanna sang, "No matter what I do, I'm no good without you, & I can't get enough, must be" this hit
    $2000 18
The very first scene in Venice has the villain complaining about not getting a promotion at work in this play
    $2000 20
Prior to 1800, New York City, Trenton & Baltimore, among others
    $2000 6
Mother-of-pearl
(5)

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Holly Susannah Dennis
$6,000 $14,000 $11,600

Final Jeopardy! Round

PLACE NAMES
A town named for its location where a river in Devon meets the English Channel, it's also the name of a college in New Hampshire

Final scores:

Holly Susannah Dennis
$12,000 $19,000 $11,100
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated Automatic semifinalist 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Holly Susannah Dennis
$6,000 $11,000 $11,200
11 R,
5 W		 17 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W

Combined Coryat: $28,200

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Game tape date: 2017-03-21
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