Jeopardy! recap for Mon., May 13 – The opening game of second round of the 2019 Teachers Tournament featured these contestants:

– Sara, middle school instrumental music from Maryland, whose students have to study music;
– Trevor, high school Spanish from California, teaches Spanish because he likes Spanish; and
– Joe, middle school special ed from Washington state, says the foundation of teaching is respect.

Despite not finding either DD in DJ, Sara was able to maintain a lead most of the round and show the way into FJ with $14,400 vs. $10,600 for Trevor and $6,800 for Joe.

DD1, $600 – BIOGRAPHY SUBJECTS – Peter Guralnick’s book about “The Rise of Elvis Presley” is aptly titled “Last Train to” this city (Sara won the window maximum of $1,000.)

DD2, $1,600 – COLORFUL SHAKESPEARE – At the end of a major battle in this play, the future Henry VII declares, “We will unite the white rose and the red” (Trevor lost $2,000 from his score of $9,800 while trailing Sara by $3,000.)

DD3, $1,200 – NOBEL PEACE PRIZES – The declaration of the rights of the child was a pivotal achievement for this organization (Joe won $3,400 on a true DD.)

FJ – AMERICANA – John and Priscilla Alden lie in the USA’s oldest maintained cemetery, which like a poem about the couple, is named for this person

Everyone was incorrect on FJ, and despite a record of 1-for-4 on DDs and 0-for-2 on FJs, Sara advanced to the final, dropping $6,801 to win with $7,599.

Strategy corner: Trevor wagered nearly everything on FJ, but a better strategy would have been to bet $3,000, which would have given him a $1 victory when Sara missed. The only possible downside for that wager would have been forcing a tiebreaker with Joe if both were correct and Joe doubled up.

Triple Stumpers of the day: No one knew William Tell was a hero in Switzerland or could identify certain words in sentences as an adverb and a conjunction. Also, Alex was clearly disappointed the players couldn’t name the Gulf of Saint Lawrence on a map.

Pavlov: Hull House = Jane Addams, referenced in at least 8 clues over the past decade.

This day in Trebekistan: Alex opened the show by saying that last week, “for some strange reason” the players didn’t seem “comfortable with the categories”. Translation: Sorry about the lousy gameplay last week, but don’t worry, James will be back soon.

Correct Qs:
DD1 – What is Memphis?
DD2 – What is “Richard III”
DD3 – What is UNICEF?
FJ – Who was Miles Standish?