Final Jeopardy: 5-14 to 5-18-18

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of May 14 through May 18, 2018, the last week of the 2018 Teachers Tournament.

Mon, May 14 – Correct answers: 0
CITIES IN LITERATURE: In “Gone with the Wind”, Rhett Butler says this city named for a monarch “is the South, only intensified” show

Tue, May 15 – Correct answers: 3
U.N. LANGUAGES: Of the 6 official U.N. languages, it’s the one that is written in a cursive form only show

Wed, May 16 – Correct answers: 1
MYTHOLOGY: Ulysses & Menelaus were among those who emerged from the “womb” of this, called “tall as a mountain, ribbed with pine” show

Thu, May 17 – Correct answers: 0
SCHOOL SUPPLY WORDS: Adding “P” to a word for a chronic back condition gets you this synonym for graphite or pencil lead show

Fri, May 18 – Correct answers: 2
GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY: 230 miles long, it defined a boundary between a colony founded by Quakers & one founded by Catholics show

Unlike last week, this week’s easiest clue isn’t hard to call. Everyone got FJ on Tuesday. Out of the 2 triple stumpers, we’ll say that School Supplies one was the hardest. The chances on the GWTW clue were pretty good if you had at least watched the scene from the film where Rhett leaves Scarlett. On the School Supplies FJ, Howard’s comment that the clue didn’t even indicate where the “P” was supposed to go was true, although all the players took it to mean that, whatever it was, the word began with “P.”

Jeopardy! must agree that “School Supplies” was the toughest. They put this video up on their youtube channel. It’s so funny that Alex Trebek quoted Scarlett from GWTW at the end!

Congrats to Larry Martin, the 2nd grade teacher from Kansas City, Mo. who won the grand prize of $100,000. We look forward to seeing him again in the next Tournament of Champions. Watch Larry’s reaction, as well as some clips from the games:

All of the teachers who participated in the 2018 Teachers Tournament were winners. In addition to their J! prizes, they received $2,500 grants from Farmers Insurance to fund classroom projects. Here are the complete results:

$100,000 Larry Martin, Kansas City, MO, 2nd Grade Teacher
 $50,000 Claire Bishop, Lexington, KY, High School Latin Teacher
 $25,000 Steve Mond, Midvale, Utah, 9th & 10th Grade Math Teacher

$10,000 winners:
Erika Eason, Derwood, MD, K-12 Technology Teacher
Jake Allen, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, K-12 Gifted & Talented Teacher
Judy Tymkiw, Fortescue, NJ, 8th Grade English Teacher
Katherine Saxby, Alameda, California, High School English & French Teacher
Rachel Niegelberg, Trumansburg, NY, Elem. School Special Ed. Teacher
Scott Montanaro, Portland, OR, H.S. History & Psychology Teacher

$5,000 WINNERS:
Beth Binder, Fort Collins, Colorado, 6th Grade Teacher
Bob Julian, Phoenix, OR, 7th & 8th Grade Social Studies Teacher
Indi Ekanayake, Seattle, Washington, 8th Grade Science Teacher
Lee DiGeorge, Bayside, NY, Middle School English & Technology Teacher
Mary Alice Korth, Dowagiac, MI, 6th-12th Grade Choir Teacher
Ranjani Sheshadri, Friendswood, Texas, 10th & 11th Grade English Teacher