Responses for Show #7531 - Monday, May 15, 2017

2017 Teachers Tournament semifinal game 1.

Contestants

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David Clemmons, an 11th grade U.S. history teacher from Fort Worth, Texas

Sara Holub, a high school choir teacher from Green Bay, Wisconsin

Gail Ansheles, a kindergarten teacher from Santa Fe, New Mexico

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Jeopardy! Round responses

LESSEN PLAN
GOALS
CONCEPTS
MATERIALS
"E"VALUATION
(Alex: Look for a word that begins with the letter E as your correct response.)
SUMMERY
    $200 6
carbs

Sara
    $200 8
polo

David
    $200 18
Heisenberg

Sara
    $200 15
macadam

David
    $200 1
an emerald

Sara
    $400 7
(David: What is your body?)

your blood type

David
Triple Stumper
    $400 9
Mia Hamm

David
    $400 17
empirical

Triple Stumper
    $400 22
(Alex: Yes, kids in kindergarten use it.)

Silly Putty

Gail
    $400 2
ethanol

David
    $600 12
South Beach

Sara
    $600 10
Mario Lemieux

David
    $600 19
unified field theory

Triple Stumper
    $600 21
steel wool

Sara
    $600 3
estate

Sara
    $600 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

"Heat Wave"

Gail
    $800 13
bone broth

Gail
    $800 11
(Alex: [*], the great [*].)

Pelé

Sara
    $800 20
(Gail: What is... constructivism?)

originalism

Gail
Triple Stumper
    $800 23
acoustic foam

Triple Stumper
    $800 4
an eagle

Sara
    $800 27
(David: What is... muslin?)

seersucker

GailDavid
    $1000 14
kombucha

Triple Stumper
    $1000 16
lacrosse

Sara
    $2,000 25
(Alex: [Before Sara wagers] We have less than a minute to go.)

Occam's razor

Sara
    $1000 24
vellum

Sara
    $1000 5
the escudo

Triple Stumper
    $1000 26
(David: What is hibernation?)
...
(Alex: Talking about summer; [*], not hibernation.)

estivation

David
Triple Stumper

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

Gail Sara David
$800 $3,200 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Gail Sara David
$1,800 $8,000 -$400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

1917 -- 100 YEARS AGO
BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS
ELECTION GLOSSARY
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
IN THE BOOKSTORE
AFTER BURNER
(Alex: "B-U" words that come up in the dictonary after "burner".)
    $400 1
Cleopatra

Gail
    $400 3
Cats

Gail
    $400 2
a stump speech

Sara
    $400 28
the Indian Ocean

David
    $400 8
Saturday Night Live

David
    $400 13
a burro

Gail
    $800 16
Pasadena

Gail
    $800 15
Aladdin

David
    $800 4
a wedge issue

Gail
    $800 27
Prince Edward Island

David
    $800 9
Roots

David
    $800 14
a bushel

Sara
    $1200 23
tanks

David
    $1200 18
(David: What is Monty Python and the Holy Grail?)

Spamalot

SaraDavid
    $1200 5
matching funds

Gail
    $1200 26
the Bering Strait

David
    $1200 10
Jane Austen

Gail
    $1200 17
busywork

Sara
    $6,000 22
(David: Alex, let's make it a True Daily Double.)
[Cheering and applause]
(Alex: It chokes you up. Let's see how you deal with this.)

Upton Sinclair

David
    $1600 19
The Book of Mormon

David
    $1600 6
canvassing

Triple Stumper
    $2,000 25
(Alex: Say something.)
(David: What is Montserrat?)
(Alex: No, what is [*]? "Mountain white".)

Mont Blanc

David
    $1600 11
The Last Lecture

Sara
    $1600 29
burnish

Gail
    $2000 21
the Bolsheviks

David
    $2000 20
Rent

David
    $2000 7
at-large

Gail
    $2000 24
the Khyber Pass

David
    $2000 12
Harry Bosch

Gail
    $2000 30
the Bushido code

David

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Gail Sara David
$12,600 $13,200 $17,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE PULITZER PRIZES
(Alex: [To Sara] After that year, 1947, they determined that the method of transmission was not significantly important.)
GailWhat is radio?
$12,600
SaraWhat is Telegraph?
$12,000
DavidWhat is the telegraph telegram?
$10,000
telegraph (or telegram)

Final scores:

Gail Sara David
$0 $25,200 $27,600
3rd place: $10,000 2nd place: $10,000 Finalist

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Gail Sara David
$12,600 $12,200 $15,200
14 R,
1 W		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $40,000

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Game tape date: 2017-03-22
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