Final Jeopardy: The Cold War (5-9-19)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/9/2019) in the category “The Cold War” was:

The Cold War became entrenched in the mid-1950s after the formation of these 2 rival military alliances

The 4th quarterfinal of the 2019 Teachers Tournament features: Sara DelVillano, a music teacher from Lanham, MD; Melissa Okey, a resource teacher from Panorama City, CA; and Conor Quinn, a world history teacher from Albany, NY.

Click here to leave well wishes and prayers for Alex Trebek. There’s also a link to where you can make a donation to pancreatic cancer research in his honor.

Round 1 Categories: Every Animal Has Its Day – From an “A” to an “F” – Social Studies – Terms from Sports – State Capital Nicknames – An App for Teacher

Sara found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “State Capital Nicknames” under the $1,000 clue on the last pick of the round. She was in the lead with $5,400, $1,800 more than Conor in second place. She bet $2,000 and thought it was Richmond. That was WRONG.

“The Cradle of the Confederacy” & “The Birthplace of Civil Rights” show

WHAT IS MONTGOMERY?

Conor finished in the lead with $3,600. Sara was second with $3,400 and Melissa was last with $3,000.

Round 2 Categories: Taurus Types – Alphabetically Second – Things to Do Outdoors – Literary Characters – Countries’ Music – Film Teachers

Sara found the first Daily Double in “Countries’ Music” under the $1,600 clue on the 10th pick. She was in the lead with $7,000, $200 more than Conor in second place. She bet $3,000 and guessed Indonesia. That was WRONG.

Jaiva, or township jive, is native to this country. show

WHAT IS SOUTH AFRICA?

Sara found the last Daily Double in “Taurus Types” under the $2,000 clue on the last pick of this round. In the lead with $11,600, she had $2,000 more than Conor in second place. She bet $2,000 and couldn’t recall it so she was WRONG.

Those born under the sign of Taurus are devoted, like this woman, Gertrude Stein’s partner & “Autobiography” subject. show

WHO IS ALICE B. TOKLAS?

Sara and Conor finished in a tie for the lead at $9,600. Melissa was next with $5,400.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT ARE NATO & THE WARSAW PACT?

Here is the summary of the BBC’s “Bite-Size” study guide, “Reasons for the Emergence of the Cold War” – “The USA and the Soviet Union’s opposing political and economic beliefs caused the Cold War. NATO and the Warsaw Pact were established. Both competed in an arms race.” Pages 6 and 7 are specifically devoted to NATO and the Warsaw Pact, respectively.

The History Channel has a short youtube presentation on NATO vs. the Warsaw Pact. Here’s what one commenter got out of it: “The presenter is hot.” lol

Melissa wrote down “NATO & USSR.” She lost $4,600 and finished with $800.

Conor got it right. He bet $8,000, bringing him up to $17,600.

Sara had the U.S. and USSR. That only cost her $1,201. She finished with $8,399. That meant Conor Quinn won the game and a semi-final spot.

2 triple stumpers from the last round:

THINGS TO DO OUTDOORS ($1600) Attend a battle reenactment like in La Porte, Texas, where they reenact this one that led to independence from Mexico

LITERARY CHARACTERS ($2000) With bleached skin & large eyes, the Morlocks are strange beasts from the future created by this author

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Foreign Words & Phrases”

Often used to describe artists ahead of their time, it was also the name of a youth militia in WWII Vichy France. show

WHAT IS AVANT-GARDE?

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