Jeopardy! recap for Thur., May 9 – Here are the contestants for day 4 of the 2019 Teachers Tournament:

– Conor, high school world history from New York, wasn’t inspired by his teacher dad;
– Melissa, elementary school resource from California, likes kids more than adults ; and
– Sara, middle school instrumental music from Maryland, as a third grader tutored first graders.

Sara missed all three DDs, but still managed to go into FJ in a tie with Conor at $9,600, followed by Melissa at $5,400.

DD1, $1,000 – STATE CAPITAL NICKNAMES – “The Cradle of the Confederacy” and “The Birthplace of Civil Rights” (On the last clue of the round, Sara lost $2,000 from her score of $5,400.)

DD2, $1,600 – COUNTRIES’ MUSIC – Jaiva, or township jive, is native to this country (Sara lost $3,000 from her total of $10,000.)

DD3, $2,000 – TAURUS TYPES – Those born under the sign of Taurus are devoted, like this woman, Gertrude Stein’s partner and “autobiography” subject (On the last clue of the round, Sara lost $2,000 from her score of $11,600.)

FJ – THE COLD WAR – The Cold War became entrenched in the mid-1950s after the formation of these two rival military alliances

History teacher Conor was the only one correct on FJ, adding $8,000 to advance with $17,600. Sara only lost $1,201 and is still in the wild card chase with $8,399, while Melissa dropped $4,600 and is out of the running at $800.

Triple Stumper of the day: No one rang in for a clue that wanted the creator of the Morlocks, H.G. Wells.

Strategy corner: With six clues remaining in DJ and one DD still on the board, the players selected three clues from the first two rows before moving to the higher-value clues.

Correct Qs:
DD1 – What is Montgomery?
DD2 – What is South Africa?
DD3 – Who was Alice B. Toklas?
FJ – What is NATO and the Warsaw Pact?