Final Jeopardy: 6-1 to 6-5-20

Here are the Final Jeopardy questions and answers for the week of June 1 through June 5, 2020, the last week of the 2020 Teachers Tournament.

Mon, June 1 – Correct answers: 2
EUROPEAN HISTORY: Once Europe’s leading military power & later the largest state in Germany, it was abolished by the Allies in 1947 show

Tue, June 2 – Correct answers: 2
AMERICAN FIRSTS: John Ledyard, sailing on Captain Cook’s last voyage in search of the NW Passage, was the 1st American to land at what are now these 2 states show

Wed, June 3 – Correct answers: 3
EUROPEAN LANDMARKS: As described in an 1831 book, it has “three recessed and pointed doorways…immense central rose window…two dark and massive towers” show

Thu, June 4 – Correct answers: 0
NOTABLE BRITS: On this man’s death in a 1935 motorcycle accident, Churchill said, his “pace of life was faster & more intense than the ordinary” show

Fri, June 5 – Correct answers: 2
18th CENTURY NOVELS: The title character of this 1726 novel reaches 4 different lands as a result of a shipwreck, a storm at sea, pirates & a mutiny show

The one triple stumper of the week contained some info that has come up on Jeopardy! often enough. It was a triple stumper the last time it was a Final Jeopardy! clue so all we can say is it must be one of those facts that slip away. The easiest clue was on Wednesday when everyone got Quasimodo’s hangout.

Compare these clues to the clues in the last week of the 2019 Teacher’s Tournament.

All of the teachers who participated in the 2020 Teachers Tournament were winners. Here are the complete results:

$100,000 Ben Henri, 7th-12th grade vocal music teacher, St. Clair Shores, MI
$50,000 Meggie Kwait, middle school humanities teacher, New York, NY
$25,000 Will Satterwhite, 8th-12th grade band & choir teacher, Vinton, VA

$10,000 winners:
Amanda Baltimore, 7th grade science teacher, Cocoa Beach, FL
Jenna Hall, a high school English Teacher, Seaside, CA
Jong Ho Kim, a high school math teacher from Lombard, IL
Katie LaBarge, a high school science teacher, Cambridge, MA
Lauren Schneider Lipton, a high school health teacher, Seattle, WA
Sam Matson, a high school English teacher, Cookeville, TN.

$5,000 WINNERS:
Allison Thomas, a 7th grade civics teacher, Port St. Lucie, FL.
Anne Pulju, a high school English teacher, Sandy Spring, MD
Ivory Johnson, a high school social studies teacher, Hollandale, MS
Matt Joyal, a high school history teacher, Hampstead, NH
Mary Kate Trausch, a high school science teacher, Vernon Hills, IL
Peter Gouveia, a 7th grade English teacher, Rye, NY

Here is “Let’s Look at Some Math” from Wednesday’s game: