Responses for Show #8224 - Thursday, May 28, 2020

2020 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

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Mary Kate Trausch, a high school science teacher from Vernon Hills, Illinois

Matt Joyal, a high school history teacher from Hampstead, New Hampshire

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

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Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN HEALTH CARE
MYTHOLOGY
CHOIR PRACTICE
IN THE STATE CAPITAL
TEACHING THE SPORT
THE LANGUAGE OF DE-FEET
    $200 26
nurses

Matt
    $200 11
(Ben: Who is Minerva?)

Venus

BenMary Kate
    $200 1
a cappella

Matt
    $200 6
Honolulu

Matt
    $200 16
(Matt: What is a knuckleball?)

a fastball

BenMatt
    $200 21
(Ben: What is tete-a-tete?)
...
(Alex: Tete-a-tete implies some entirely different relationship.)
[Laughter]

toe to toe

BenMatt
    $400 27
emergency

Ben
    $400 12
(Ben: Who are the Olympians?)

the Titans

BenMary Kate
    $400 2
alto

Ben
    $400 7
Annapolis

Ben
    $400 17
a spiral

Ben
    $400 22
foot in mouth

Ben
    $600 28
(Alex: Yes, and he's very specific on the part of the law.)

pre-existing

Ben
    $600 13
(Matt: Who are Romulus and Remus?)

Castor & Pollux

BenMatt
    $600 3
the Lord's Prayer

Ben
    $600 8
Sacramento

Ben
    $600 18
Princeton

Ben
    $600 23
your archenemy

Matt
    $800 29
[NOTE: Mary Kate added an apostrophe S.]

St. Jude

Mary Kate
    $800 14
(Mary Kate: Who is the Medusa?)

the Hydra

BenMary Kate
    $800 4
response

Matt
    $2,000 9
(Ben: What is Florida?)

Tallahassee

Ben
    $800 19
spike

Mary Kate
    $800 24
a footlocker

Matt
    $1000 30
Blue Cross, Blue Shield

Matt
    $1000 15
Circe

Mary Kate
    $1000 5
Geneva

Matt
    $1000 10
Concord, New Hampshire

Triple Stumper
    $1000 20
the sand wedge

Ben
    $1000 25
the heel

Ben

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

Ben Matt Mary Kate
$800 $1,600 $800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Matt Mary Kate
$5,200 $4,200 $2,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ANCIENT HISTORY
A POTPOURRI OF PICTURES
10-LETTER WORDS
POEMS
I'M A CHICK
MAGNET
    $400 1
Crete

Ben
    $400 6
the Hope Diamond

Matt
    $400 16
(Matt: What is [*]?)
(Alex: Yes.)
(Matt: What is abdicate?)
(Alex: Yes. No. The first one. I ruled on you on the first.)
(Matt: Okay.)
(Alex: Don't change your mind after I've ruled on you.)

abdication

Matt
    $400 30
water

Ben
    $400 21
The Sims

Ben
    $400 11
iron

Ben
    $800 2
silk

Ben
    $800 7
Vietnam

Mary Kate
    $800 17
(Matt: What is carcinogenic?)

a carcinogen

BenMatt
    $100 29
a caged bird

Ben
    $800 22
Foghorn Leghorn

Ben
    $800 12
a compass

Mary Kate
    $1200 3
[ERRATUM: Millennium is misspelled.]

Tehran

Ben
    $1200 8
Guevara

Ben
    $1200 18
backsplash

Matt
    $1200 27
a carriage

Ben
    $1200 23
Robot Chicken

Ben
    $1200 13
computers

Matt
    $1600 4
Papyrus

Ben
    $1600 9
(M.C.) Escher

Matt
    $1600 19
expatriate

Ben
    $1600 26
(Langston) Hughes

Ben
    $1600 24
Gonzo

Ben
    $1600 14
New Mexico

Mary Kate
    $2000 5
(Alex: Right you are, good going.)
[No applause for running the category]

the Temple of Artemis

Ben
    $2000 10
an amphora

Matt
    $2000 20
gastronomy

Ben
    $2000 28
William Wordsworth

Triple Stumper
    $2000 25
Impractical Jokers

Triple Stumper
    $4,000 15
(Mary Kate: Who is... Cavendish?)

(Michael) Faraday

Mary Kate

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Matt Mary Kate
$24,500 $10,200 $1,600
(lock game)

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WORD ORIGINS
Mary KateWhat is the bandwagon?
$1,599
MattWhat is up
$800
BenWhat is a fad?
$822
bandwagon

Final scores:

Ben Matt Mary Kate
$23,678 $9,400 $3,199
Automatic semifinalist 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ben Matt Mary Kate
$27,200 $10,200 $5,600
32 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 15 R,
3 W		 8 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $43,000

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Game tape date: 2020-02-24
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