Thursday, May 17, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 10:40 am
Game Recap for Show #7764, 2018-05-17
2018 Teachers Tournament final game 1.
CONTESTANTS
Steve Mond, a 9th and 10th grade math teacher from Midvale, Utah
Larry Martin, a second grade teacher from Kansas City, Missouri
Claire Bishop, a high school Latin teacher from Lexington, Kentucky
OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, all. Thank you, Johnny. Jeopardy!'s way of honoring America's teachers is by presenting this annual Teachers Tournament in which the winner receives $100,000. Farmers Insurance's way of honoring teachers is through their Thank America's Teachers campaign and by awarding $1 million in grants to worthy teachers all over the country. Three of the people who have already received some of these grants are Steve, Larry and Claire. As you know, this is a two-day affair. I'll wish you good luck, and start you right now in the first Jeopardy! Round. And you deal with these categories...
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
WHAT A YEAR! (5/5)
BOOKS OF THE BIBLE (3/5, including 1 missed Daily Double)
AUTO ABBREV. (3/5)
HIP-HOP HOORAY! (2/5)
U.S. GEOGRAPHY (5/5)
DOUBLE THAT DOUBLE S! (5/5)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Claire: 8 R, 1 W
Steve: 9 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Larry: 6 R, 1 W
Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 6
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $4,400
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Steve found the Daily Double on the 7th clue. Claire had no money, Larry was in the red with -$800, and Steve was at $1,200. Steve wagered $600.
BOOKS OF THE BIBLE $1000: "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord"
(Steve: What is Beatitudes?)
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Steve: $2,000
Claire: $1,200
Larry: $200
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: Steve Mond is from Utah. He's a math teacher. How long have you been teaching?
Steve: About 12 years now.
Alex: What made you become a teacher?
Steve: I really disliked every profession I had done before, and I started teaching some test prep on the side and just loved working with the kids. And every day for 12 years, I have laughed really hard every day at work. And I'll never look back.
Alex: That's a big positive.
Alex: Larry Martin, we've talked about the fact that you teach these second graders. How many years have you been a teacher?
Larry: Twenty-seven now.
Alex: Twenty-seven. Why teach those kids? With your credentials, you could be teaching in high school, but you stay with these youngsters.
Larry: Well, partly. because I know a little bit about a lot of subjects, and not a lot about any one subject, so--
Alex: Well...
Larry: Teaching second graders really works well.
Alex: I think you know a lot about many things.
Larry: Well, thank you.
Alex: As demonstrated on our program, so good for you.
Alex: Claire Bishop, you're the Latin teacher and scholar.
Claire: That's me.
Alex: Did you excel at Latin when you attended school?
Claire: I did. I first took it in seventh grade, in middle school. It was required for all the students, and then I liked it so much, I chose to take it in high school.
Alex: But why become a Latin teacher? There are so many jobs available to you, other subjects.
Claire: Well, I have always been really interested in vocabulary, grammar, mythology, history, philosophy, religion. And it's a field of study where you get to combine all of those things, so that's why I chose it.
Alex: Absolutely. It covers a lot of territory.
Claire: Yep.
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
BOOKS OF THE BIBLE $800: "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find"
(Larry: What is Proverbs?)
(Claire: What is John?)
HIP-HOP HOORAY! $400: In the past, this hitmaker of "Turn On The Lights" & "Mask Off" was Nayvadius Wilburn
(Steve: Who is Nas?)
AUTO ABBREV. $1000: It helps mix your gas with the right amount of another gas:
O2S
HIP-HOP HOORAY! $1000: Billboard listed 2 of his trilogies, "Blueprint" & "Volume", among the 10 bestselling rap series of all time
HIP-HOP HOORAY! $800: Hooray for this hip-hopper who with "God's Plan" is the only act other than the Beatles with 20 Top 10 hits in one decade
(Steve: Who is Kanye West?)
AUTO ABBREV. $400: LEV:
One of these green machines
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Steve: $3,600
Larry: $3,000
Claire: $2,600
2018 Teachers Tournament final game 1.
CONTESTANTS
Steve Mond, a 9th and 10th grade math teacher from Midvale, Utah
Larry Martin, a second grade teacher from Kansas City, Missouri
Claire Bishop, a high school Latin teacher from Lexington, Kentucky
OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, all. Thank you, Johnny. Jeopardy!'s way of honoring America's teachers is by presenting this annual Teachers Tournament in which the winner receives $100,000. Farmers Insurance's way of honoring teachers is through their Thank America's Teachers campaign and by awarding $1 million in grants to worthy teachers all over the country. Three of the people who have already received some of these grants are Steve, Larry and Claire. As you know, this is a two-day affair. I'll wish you good luck, and start you right now in the first Jeopardy! Round. And you deal with these categories...
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
WHAT A YEAR! (5/5)
BOOKS OF THE BIBLE (3/5, including 1 missed Daily Double)
AUTO ABBREV. (3/5)
HIP-HOP HOORAY! (2/5)
U.S. GEOGRAPHY (5/5)
DOUBLE THAT DOUBLE S! (5/5)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Claire: 8 R, 1 W
Steve: 9 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Larry: 6 R, 1 W
Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 6
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $4,400
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Steve found the Daily Double on the 7th clue. Claire had no money, Larry was in the red with -$800, and Steve was at $1,200. Steve wagered $600.
BOOKS OF THE BIBLE $1000: "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord"
(Steve: What is Beatitudes?)
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Steve: $2,000
Claire: $1,200
Larry: $200
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: Steve Mond is from Utah. He's a math teacher. How long have you been teaching?
Steve: About 12 years now.
Alex: What made you become a teacher?
Steve: I really disliked every profession I had done before, and I started teaching some test prep on the side and just loved working with the kids. And every day for 12 years, I have laughed really hard every day at work. And I'll never look back.
Alex: That's a big positive.
Alex: Larry Martin, we've talked about the fact that you teach these second graders. How many years have you been a teacher?
Larry: Twenty-seven now.
Alex: Twenty-seven. Why teach those kids? With your credentials, you could be teaching in high school, but you stay with these youngsters.
Larry: Well, partly. because I know a little bit about a lot of subjects, and not a lot about any one subject, so--
Alex: Well...
Larry: Teaching second graders really works well.
Alex: I think you know a lot about many things.
Larry: Well, thank you.
Alex: As demonstrated on our program, so good for you.
Alex: Claire Bishop, you're the Latin teacher and scholar.
Claire: That's me.
Alex: Did you excel at Latin when you attended school?
Claire: I did. I first took it in seventh grade, in middle school. It was required for all the students, and then I liked it so much, I chose to take it in high school.
Alex: But why become a Latin teacher? There are so many jobs available to you, other subjects.
Claire: Well, I have always been really interested in vocabulary, grammar, mythology, history, philosophy, religion. And it's a field of study where you get to combine all of those things, so that's why I chose it.
Alex: Absolutely. It covers a lot of territory.
Claire: Yep.
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
BOOKS OF THE BIBLE $800: "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find"
(Larry: What is Proverbs?)
(Claire: What is John?)
HIP-HOP HOORAY! $400: In the past, this hitmaker of "Turn On The Lights" & "Mask Off" was Nayvadius Wilburn
(Steve: Who is Nas?)
AUTO ABBREV. $1000: It helps mix your gas with the right amount of another gas:
O2S
HIP-HOP HOORAY! $1000: Billboard listed 2 of his trilogies, "Blueprint" & "Volume", among the 10 bestselling rap series of all time
HIP-HOP HOORAY! $800: Hooray for this hip-hopper who with "God's Plan" is the only act other than the Beatles with 20 Top 10 hits in one decade
(Steve: Who is Kanye West?)
AUTO ABBREV. $400: LEV:
One of these green machines
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Steve: $3,600
Larry: $3,000
Claire: $2,600