Final Jeopardy: Teachers (5-7-19)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/7/2019) in the category “Teachers” was:
As a teenager, this woman regained her sight thanks to 2 surgeries in 1881 & 1882
The 2nd quarter-final of the 2019 Teachers Tournament features these instructors: Tara Baxter, an English teacher from Tucson, AZ; Matthew Bunch, a civics and world history teacher from Miami, FL; and Trevor Crowell, a Spanish teacher from Mountain View, CA.
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Round 1 Categories: The Jet Propulsion Laboratory – Juice World – In the Principal’s Desk – Sitcomedy – Anagram the Last Word -That’s the Ticket!
Trevor got the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Jet Propulsion” under the $1,000 clue on the very last pick of the round. He was in second place with $5,000, $1,400 less than Matthew’s lead. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
To curate the best images, music & messages to put on the 2 golden records, time capsules of info about earth the 2 Voyagers would send outside the solar system, the project created a committee headed by this astronomer & author (image shown).
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Trevor finished in the lead with $7,000. Matthew was second with $6,400 and Tara was last with $3,000.
Round 2 Categories: Quoting the Classics – Actors Not Acting – Central America – In the Orchestra – Back”Pack” – The Transcontinental Railroad
Trevor found the first Daily Double in “Central America” under the $1,600 clue on the 9th pick. He was in second place with $8,200 at this point, $1,800 less than Matthew’s lead. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
A fruit & a bean, they were once the basis of Central America’s economy & are now its most important fair trade crops. show
Trevor found the last Daily Double in “Quoting from the Classics” under the $1,600 clue, with 6 clues left after it. In second place with $12,000, he had $1,200 less than Matthew’s lead. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
Plato: “Democracy passes into despotism” show
Trevor finished in the lead with $15,600. Matthew was next with $12,400 and Tara was in third place with $1,000.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Helen Keller’s famous teacher Anne Sullivan lost her eyesight at age 5 due to trachoma. She underwent two successful eye surgeries in her teens that resulted in her regaining enough eyesight to enable her to read printed material. This happened when she was a student at Perkins School for the Blind. The school was already famous for founder Samuel G. Howe’s success in educating Laura Bridgman, who became friends with Sullivan. After her graduation from Perkins, Sullivan was engaged to tutor a deaf and blind child, Helen Keller. Their story has inspired the world and been transformed into the well-known stage play and film “The Miracle Worker.”
From 2004: HUMANITARIAN LADIES ($200) Her parents chose Anne Sullivan as her private teacher on the advice of Alexander Graham Bell
Tara got it right. She bet it all and finished with $2,000.
Matthew did not have a response. He lost $2,800, leaving him with $9,600.
Trevor came up with Sullivan’s famous student, Helen Keller. That only cost him $100 so he won the semi-final spot with $15,500.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
QUOTING THE CLASSICS ($800) Aesop’s moral to this insect fable: “It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow”
BACK”PACK” ($800) Queen Helene says it uses natural English clay in this facial treatment
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Famous Teachers”
W.J. Bryan gave the keynote speech at this man’s high school graduation in 1919; 6 years later their paths would cross again. show
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When will shows with James holzhauer return?
He will be back on May 20th, Hillary
I was expecting this to be another triple solve, but I’m surprised Matthew didn’t have a response.
Who is more prestigious: Helen Keller or Anne Frank?
I say both.
I don’t see any basis for comparison there, Albert. They are inspirations for completely different reasons. Helen Keller overcame the hand she was dealt and lived a very long life. Anne Frank was a victim of the Holocaust in her teens and never had a chance at fulfilling her potential..
by the way, the link in the recap to the Perkins School goes to Anne Sullivan’s bio on their site. How she got into the Perkins School is, imo, more inspirational than Helen Keller because Keller’s family had connections. She may very well have gone to the Perkins School whether she knew Anne Sullivan or not.
Sullivan got herself in that prestigious school. Its founder, Samuel Howe was the head of a very prominent family. His wife was Julia Ward Howe (Battle Hymn of the Republic).
Wow. Second game in a row that a contestant has ran up the categories, and that made Tara’s game rough, yet she came with the correct response. Also, she gave a shout-out to her students. Well done, producers, you managed to make a mistake about the no shout-outs rule. Anyway, whoever wins Ateneo and FEU will face UST for the finals, so anything can still happen.
Well at least one knew about Anne Sullivan today but still Trevor’s response was good enough to please the judges. When did you last see the miracle worker John and VJ? What was some of your favorite scenes
@Lou, I haven’t seen that film in decades and I just mostly remember realizing what a great actress Patty Duke was.
LINK: 9 clues from this game
Note on the $1600 “Orchestra” clue: ($1600) Orchestral these are a lot less domey than the church types (it had an image similar to this)
from what I’ve seen around the web (not just going by wikipedia), they should have given Tara “chimes”
@VJ I think Trevor’s selection of DD reminds me of James Holzhauer, am I right?
@John Christian, idk, it didn’t look like Trevor or anyone else was trying to find the DDs to me.
I think you confused the $1600 clue where she gave “chimes” as a response (that included the picture) , with the $2000 clue, which was the bassoon.
But your point is well taken. It looks like every site linked in the first page of Google results for “tubular bells instrument” mentions that they are also known as chimes (or orchestra chimes), so I think that was a big mistake on the judge’s part.
Thanks, JP, you’re right — I mixed those clues up. Just fixed it.
Now, obviously, I don’t know much about orchestra instruments, but I wondered (after I saw that they are also called chimes) what Alex expected her to say that would have made it acceptable in their eyes.
She wouldn’t possibly say orchestral chimes because that word was in the clue
Semifinalists:
Joe Rengstorf: $20,401
Trevor Crowell: $15,500
Wild Cards:
Julia Rosinski Bailey: $15,200
Matthew Bunch: $9,600
Mariah Minges Klusman: $4,795
Tara Baxter: $2,000
Against Matt and Trevor, Tara had a rough time today. They were jumping the gun.