"Jeopardy!" 11/20- TEACHERS TOURNAMENT CONCLUDES

Tonight's Lead-Off Categories:
THE LIVING ROOM
SCI. ABBREV.
DIFFERS BY A LETTER (each right response has two different words)
LITERARY RELATIVES
THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONGS
NAME THAT U.S. CURRENCY NOTE

$200 Differs by a Letter:

W/ an L, it's skiing in a zigzag course; w/ an H, it's a Hebrew hello.

Michael: "What is slalom/shalom?"- CORRECT ($200)

$400:

W/ a D, it's a cute little indentation on the cheek or chin; w/ a P, it's a not-so-cute blemish.

Kate: "What is a dimple/pimple?"- CORRECT ($400)

$600:

W/ an O as the second letter, it's one's profession; w/ an A, it's time away for rest & relaxation.

Kate: "What is vocation/avocation?"- WRONG (-$200)
Michael: "What is vocation/vacation?"- CORRECT ($800)

$800:

W/ an I in the middle, it's a peculiar mannerism; w/ an A, a subatomic particle.

FIRST TS TONIGHT: Quirk/quark

$1K:

W/ a C, they're natives of Zagreb; w/ a G, it's hulled crushed grain, like buckwheat.

Kate: "What are croats & groats?"- YES INDEED ($800)

First Sci. Abbrev.:

In chemistry, B.P. stands for this; water's is 212 degrees Fahrenheit.

Colby: "What is boiling point?"- YEAH ($200)

$200 They're Playing Our Songs:

"Like a Prayer", "Like a Virgin"

Michael: "Who is Madonna?"- OF COURSE ($1K)

First Name That U.S. Currency Note:

The postmaster of Philadelphia in 1737's on this note.

Kate: "What is the $100 bill?"- RIGHT ($1K)

$400 Sci. Abbrev.:

Estrogen's usually involved in this "therapy", the "HR" in HRT.

Kate: "What is horomone replacement?"- GOT IT ($1,400)

Middle one:

Scanning & transmission are just two types of this instrument abbreviated E.M.

Michael: "What is electron microscope?"- YES INDEED ($1,600)

$800:

It's the M in mRNA, which is RNA that carries instructions from the nucleus to the ribosomes.

Colby: "What is messenger?"- RIGHT ($1K)

$400 They're Playing Our Songs:

"Born This Way", "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich"

Kate: "Who is Lady GaGa?"- ABSOLUTELY ($1,800)

$1K:

The oersted's a unit of strength to measure one of these, M.F. for short.

Michael: "What is...magnetic force?"- INCORRECT ($600)

TS #2: Magnetic field

First Literary Relative:

His novel The Little Drummer Girl was inspired by his sister Charlotte Cornwell, an actress.

TS #3: John le Carre

$400:

This novelist's sister Catharine & brother Henry Ward Beecher were both writers.

Kate: "Who is (Harriet Beecher) Stowe?"- YES ($2,200)

$600:

Their father, clergyman Patrick Brunty, changed the spelling of the family name.

Michael: "Who are The Bronte Sisters?"- RIGHT ($3,200)

Third They're Playing Our Songs Pair:

"Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Love and Peace or Else"

Kate: "Who is U2?"- RIGHT ($2,800)

$800 Literary Relative:

Quaker novelist Jessamyn West was a second cousin of this Quaker President.

Colby: "Who is (Richard) Nixon?"- YEAH INDEED ($1,800)

$800 They're Playing Our Songs:

"Pinball Wizard", "So Sad About Us"

Michael: "Who are The Who?"- RIGHT ($4K)

$1K:

"Some Nights" & "We Are Young"

Colby: "Who's Fun.?"- RIGHT ($2,800)

$400 Name That U.S. Currency Note:

The man on this note served as a lobbyist for the Illinois Central Railroad.

Michael: "What is the $5 bill?"- RIGHT ($4,400)

Starting The Living Room:

In 1950, 10% of American living rooms had this device; by '60, it was about 90%.

Michael: "What is TV?"- INDEED ($4,600)

$400:

In the early 20th Century, "living room" became more popular than this term that has a "funeral" type.

Kate: "What is a parlor?"- CORRECT ($3,200)

Last Literary Relative:

DD! She bets half.

His mother, Charlotte Champe Stearns, was a poet & social worker.

"Who is (Jack) Frost?"...not him; it was T.S. Eliot.

$600 Living Room:

This non-fiery part of the fireplace extends into a room & maybe raised.

Kate: "What is a hearth?"- YUP ($2,200)

$800:

A type of oversized, often under-read book's named for & seen on this piece of living room furniture.

Colby: "What's a coffee table?"- RIGHT ($3,600)

$600 Name That U.S. Currency Note:

In 1790, the man on this note submitted a "report on the national bank".

Colby: "What's the $10?"- GOOD ($4,200)

$800:

A man who served TN in both the House & the Senate's on this note.

Michael: "What is the $20?"- RIGHT ($5,400)

$1K:

No. 21 in a West Point class of 39 graces this note.

Michael: "What is the $50 bill?"- SCORE ($6,400)

TIME EXPIRES

Double J! Layout:
GIFTED & TALENTED
THE WAR OF...12
WORD ORIGINS
STATES BY LAKE
TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL
THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY

First State By Lake:

Catahoula Lake, Bayou D'Arbonne Lake

Michael: "What is LA?"- RIGHT ($6,800)

Opening Word Origin:

This word for a specially-equipped vehicle was modified from a longer French phrase meaning "walking hospital".

Kate: "What is ambulance?"- RIGHT ($2,600)

$800 State By Lake:

Leesville Lake, Buckeye Lake

Colby: "What is OH?"- HAS TO BE ($5K)

$800 Word Origin:

Dan Castellaneta of "The Simpsons" said this interjection was in imitation of a faux curse in Laurel & Hardy.

Michael: "What is D'oh?"- YOU BET ($7,600)

$1,200:

VIDEO DD! He risks his current lead on this from Jimmy at the Ozark Empire Fair in Springfield, MO:

This term for the part of a fair or carnival where other sideshows & amusements are located comes from the site of an 1893 expo held in Chicago.

"What is the boardwalk?"...no, it's midway.

$1,600:

Swedish gives us this word for a person appointed to investigate complaints against a government or an organization.

TS #3: Ombudsman

$2K:

This fifth category of taste on the tongue corresponds to savoriness & in Japanese means "deliciousness".

Kate: "What is Umami?"- IS RIGHT ($4,600)

Middle State By Lake:

Lake Charlevoix, Lake Cadillac

Michael: "What is MI?"- YEP ($6,200)

$1,600:

FINAL DD! He wagers $1,200 this time.

Lake Bemidji, Bass Lake (a few dozen of those)

"What is...MN?"...should've bet more- he's right for a new total of $7,400.

$400 Gifted & Talented:

His father Leopold called him "the miracle which God let be born in Salzburg".

Michael: "Who is Mozart?"- RIGHT ($7,800)

$800:

At the age of 14, he checked in triumphantly at the 1958 U.S. Chess Championship.

Michael: "Who is Bobby Fischer?"- YEAH ($8,600)

$1,200:

This cellist-cellist made his Carnegie-Carnegie Hall debut in 1964 at the age of nine.

Kate: "Who is Yo-Yo Ma?"- GOT HIM ($5,800)

$1,600:

I'll "wager" you know the name of this 17th C. French philosopher & math whiz who wrote an essay on conic sections at 16.

Kate: "Who is (Rene) Descartes?"- INCORRECT ($4,200)
Colby: "Who is (Blaise) Pascal?"- YES ($6,600)

$400 War:

In the War of the Holy League, a big deal in 1512, the man in this post assembled an alliance against France.

Colby: "What's the Pope?"- RIGHT ($7K)

$800:

A Russian movie's titled "1612", the year Polish occupation of this Moscow central fortress ended.

Colby: "What's The Kremlin?"- GOT IT ($7,800)

Middle answer:

In 1412, an uneasy truce in this long conflict was almost over.

Colby: "What's the Hundred Yrs. War?"- RIGHT ($9K)

$1,600:

In 1912, Serbia was fighting this empire in the first Balkan War.

Colby: "What is the Ottoman?"- RIGHT ($10,600)

For a Sweep:

In 1212, victory at Las Navas de Tolosa ended Alfonso VIII's 40 yrs. of warfare against them.

Colby: "What are Moors?"- SWEEP! ($12,600)

$400 Too Cool for School:

Another day of ditching for this symbol of Pittsburgh's NHL team, who once wore a scarf.

Colby: "What is the Penguin?"- RIGHT AGAIN ($13K)

$800:

Batman's chilly foe "Mr." this commits crimes to help his love Nora; we can't allow that at J! High.

Colby: "Who is Mr. Freeze?"- RIGHT AGAIN ($13,800)

$1,200:

Jack Torrance, frozen at the end of this Stephen King tale, is an excellent typist, but somewhat creepy.

Colby: "What's The Shining?"- GOT IT AGAIN ($15K)

$1,600:

Part giant, part jinn, this Narnia antagonist weakens w/ the thaw; that's when classes get started!

Kate: "Who is The White Witch?"- YES ($5,800)

$2K:

Not sure I'd want Ozymandias, of this DC Comics group, to leave his antarctic lair for my classroom.

Colby: "Who are The Watchmen?"- YEAH ($17K)

$400 The National Film Registry:

The National Film Registry has preserved documentary footage of this natural disaster from Apr. 18, 1906.

Colby: "What is the S.F. Earthquake?"- RIGHT ($17,400)

$800:

Disney animators studied real animals & photos of the forests of ME to portray nature in this '42 film.

Kate: "What is 'Bambi'?"- CORRECT ($6,600)

Last State By Lake:

Schroon Lake, Chautauqua Lake

TS #4: NY

Wrapping Up Gifted & Talented:

By 8, this three-named 19th C. English philosopher had read all of Herodotus' work-- in the original Greek.

Kate: "Who is...(Bertrand) Russell?"- WRONG ($4,600)

TS #5: John Stuart Mill

$1,200 National Film Registry:

"Newark Athlete", an experimental film from 1891, was made at his lab in West Orange, NJ.

Kate: "Who is...(Alexander Graham) Bell?"- WRONG AGAIN ($3,400)
Colby: "Who is (Thomas) Edison?"- RIGHT ($18,600)

$1,600:

This Michael Jackson music video created so much buzz that it was released theatrically in 35 millimeter.

Kate: "What is 'Thriller'?"- GOT IT ($5K)

LAST CLUE BEFORE FINAL J!:

This director made 1992's "El Mariachi" in two weeks for $7K.

Colby: "Who is (Robert) Rodriguez?"- RIGHT ($20,600)

Pre-FJ! Scores for Tonight:
Kate: $5K
Colby: $20,600- WILL WIN $100K!
Michael: $8,600

THIS EVENING'S CORYAT SCORES:
Kate: $6,600
Colby: $20,600
Michael: $11,600

TWO-NIGHT CORYAT SCORES FOR THIS TOURNEY FINAL:
Kate: $12,600
Colby: $32,400
Michael: $24,600

FJ! CATEGORY: The U.S. Constitution.

Found in Article 3, Sec. 3 & requiring the testimony of two witnesses to prove, it's the only crime defined in The Constitution.

KATE:
Response: "What is treason?"
Final Score Tonight: $10K
OVERALL FINAL SCORE: $13K

MICHAEL:
Response: SAME AS KATE
Final Score Tonight: $14,100
OVERALL FINAL SCORE: $24,100

COLBY:
Response: "What is perjury?"
Final Score Tonight: $18,671
WINS $100K W/: $29,271