Responses for Show #7533 - Wednesday, May 17, 2017

2017 Teachers Tournament semifinal game 3.

Contestants

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

Michael Camp, a high school Spanish teacher from Chicago, Illinois

Mary Parker, a high school French and English teacher from Rogers, Arkansas

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Jeopardy! Round responses

A 5-STAR SCHOOL LUNCH
(Alex: Don't ya wish?)
THE MAP OF CANADA
(Alex: Hope you know it.)
MYTHOLOGY
(Alex: We want you to name the film as we deal with...)
TOM HANKS MOVIE QUOTES
WORD ORIGINS
'ALLO, CURRENT GOVERNOR
    $200 16
caviar

Michael
    $200 18
(Michael: What is Superior?)
(Mary: What is Lake... Michigan?)
(Holly: What... is... Ontario?)
(Alex: No, you had three incorrect of the five. The one you were looking for was Lake [*]. It's a beautiful lake.)
(Holly: [*], I almost said [*].)

Huron

MaryMichaelHolly
Triple Stumper
    $200 1
Excalibur

Michael
    $200 9
Forrest Gump

Michael
    $200 15
vodka

Holly
    $200 10
(Michael: Who is Cuomo?)
(Alex: You gotta be a little more specific.)
(Michael: [*]?)
(Alex: Thank--thank you, yes.)

Andrew Cuomo

Michael
    $400 20
bruschetta

Holly
    $400 19
Vancouver (Island)

Mary
    $400 3
the Aztecs

Michael
    $400 13
Sleepless in Seattle

Michael
    $400 25
(Alex: Less than a minute now, Mary.)

skipper

Triple Stumper
    $400 11
Jerry Brown

Michael
    $600 21
Kobe beef

Holly
    $600 2
the Yukon Territory

Mary
    $600 6
(Holly: What is the Underworld? Or hell?)
(Alex: Be a little more specific.)
(Holly: Um...)
(Alex: The name.)

Hades

MaryHolly
    $600 24
(Michael: What is... Captain... can't think of it.)

Captain Phillips

MaryMichael
    $600 26
a poltergeist

Mary
    $600 12
South Carolina

Holly
    $800 22
(Alex: Right; they serve that in school, don't they?)
(Mary: Always!)
(Alex: Yeah.)
[Laughter]

filet mignon

Mary
    $800 4
the Amundsen Gulf

Triple Stumper
    $800 7
Odin

Mary
    $1,000 29
(Michael: What is... Big?)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

The Da Vinci Code

Michael
    $800 27
tariff

Michael
    $800 14
Louisiana

Mary
    $1000 23
crème brûlée

Holly
    $1000 5
Regina

Michael
    $1000 8
eyes

Holly
    $1000 28
microbe

Triple Stumper
    $1000 17
Indiana

Michael

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

Mary Michael Holly
$2,800 $2,800 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mary Michael Holly
$5,000 $3,000 $3,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WOMEN OF MUSIC
ORGANIZATIONS
I LOVE LITERATURE
MATH, NOW...
I NEED SOME TUDOR-ING
I GOT 3 As!
    $400 5
[No applause for Michael's near-run of the category]
(Alex: You know your current WOMEN OF MUSIC, young man. Well done.)
(Michael: I... Hmm, don't know about that last one, but okay.)
[Laughter]

Taylor Swift

Michael
    $400 21
the American Lung Association

Mary
    $400 16
Alice in Wonderland

Mary
    $400 13
apex

Holly
    $400 12
the War of the Roses

Michael
    $400 6
candelabra

Holly
    $800 4
En Vogue

Michael
    $800 22
Amnesty International

Holly
    $800 17
James Joyce

Mary
    $800 25
cosine

Holly
    $800 15
Elizabeth I

Mary
    $800 7
sayonara

Michael
    $1200 1
[Michael selected the first clue.]
(Holly: Who are... The Dixie Chicks?)

the Go-Go's

Holly
Triple Stumper
    $1200 11
YMCA

Holly
    $1200 18
(Michael: What is... Dubliners?)

Middlemarch

MaryMichael
    $1200 26
(Holly: What is... x + 3?)

x - 3

Holly
Triple Stumper
    $1200 14
(Mary: Who is... King John?)
...
(Alex: Who was--oh, Holly, you're whispering it instead of ringing in and saying [*]. "My horse! My kingdom for a horse!")

Richard III

Mary
Triple Stumper
    $1200 8
(Michael: What is a... don't know.)
(Mary: What is a [**]?)
[Originally ruled incorrect; reversed before the Daily Double at clue 23]
...
(Alex: What is [*]?)
(Mary: [*].)
(Alex: Which [**] Falls is.)

a cataract (or Niagara)

MaryMichael
    $1600 2
Aretha Franklin

Michael
    $2,600 23
(Holly: [No response])
...
(Alex: Very much in the news the past year, [*].)
(Holly: Mm, yes.)
(Alex: We have less than a minute to go now.)

the Gold Star Mothers

Holly
    $1600 19
(Alex: Hey, you found your category. You're right.)

E.E. Cummings

Mary
    $1600 27
a kite

Holly
    $1600 9
charlatan

Triple Stumper
    $2000 3
Sia (Furler)

Michael
    $2000 24
Al-Anon

Mary
    $2000 20
(Mary: Who is Hunter S. Thompson?)

Norman Mailer

Mary
Triple Stumper
    $2000 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

an imaginary number

Mary
    $2000 10
(Alex: And that would be [*]. Right? Thank you for--)
(Michael: We got--we got a lot of Bs, I guess.)
[Laughter]

camaraderie

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mary Michael Holly
$12,200 $6,600 $3,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

ERAS IN U.S. HISTORY
(Alex: [To Mary] And it doesn't matter what the wager was. $1,500. You are going to be a finalist; congratulations. You get to play for $100,000.
Come on over here, Mary. Come over here!)
(Mary: Oh!)
(Alex: You were so excited, you forgot to come over here and find out who your opponents are going to be in the finals, which begin tomorrow.)
(David: David Clemmons, Fort Worth, Texas.)
(Nan: Nan Cohen, Van Nuys, California.)
(Alex: They're playing for $100,000. Be sure to join us tomorrow. So long, everybody.)
HollyWhat is Reconstruction
$3,200
MichaelWhat is Unification
$4,600
MaryWhat is Reconstruction
$1,500
Reconstruction

Final scores:

Mary Michael Holly
$13,700 $2,000 $6,400
Finalist 3rd place: $10,000 2nd place: $10,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Mary Michael Holly
$12,200 $7,600 $5,800
17 R,
3 W
16 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)
12 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $25,600

[game clues] [game scores] [suggest correction]

Game tape date: 2017-03-22
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