Jeopardy! Teachers Tournament
The Jeopardy! Teachers Tournament is one of the traditional tournaments held each season on the TV quiz show Jeopardy! Contestants in this tournament are full-time teachers of students in grades kindergarten through twelve. A total of 15 players compete, plus one alternate who is invited as a standby. The tournament is similar in format to the Tournament of Champions, Teen Tournament, and College Championship; with the winner receiving $100,000 and a berth in the Tournament of Champions. The first runner-up collects $50,000 and the second runner-up wins $25,000 (or their combined scores from the two-game final, whichever are higher). Semifinalists who are eliminated collect $10,000 while those eliminated in the quarterfinals pocket $5,000.
The only Teachers Tournament winner to win the Tournament of Champions (or advance out of the quarterfinals) is Colby Burnett, who won the 2013 Tournament of Champions and was later invited to 2014's Battle of the Decades, where he advanced to the semifinals.
List of Participants
| Finalists | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|
| Season 27 (May 2–13, 2011) | ||
| Winner: Charles Temple (The Ocracoke School) 1st runner-up: Lori Kissell (Liberty High School) 2nd runner-up: Larry DeMoss (Edgewood High School) |
Kathy Casavant (Oxford High School) Dan Crosby (Maimonides Academy) Matt Polazzo (Stuyvesant High School) Elisabeth Raab (Microsoft's School of the Future) John Shoe (Logan School for Creative Learning) Charley Tinkham (Burlingame Intermediate School) |
Grafton Brown (Corliss High School) Catherine Carson (St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School) Judd Hess (Godinez Fundamental High School) Caitlin Millat (Apollo Elementary School) Viki Radden (South High School) Sally Umbach (Newport Independent Schools) |
| Season 28 (February 15–28, 2012) | ||
| Winner: Patrick Quinn (Ritenour High School) 1st runner-up: Brooks Humphreys (Mercy High School) 2nd runner-up: Justin Hofstetter (Alta Vista Charter Middle School) |
Leslie Decker (Taylor High School) Lisa Johnston (Sacred Heart School) Nate Rice (Boyd County High School) Mary Ann Stanley (Metter High School) Kathryn Wendling (Burnsville High School) Catherine Whiten (Jasper High School) |
John Botti (Landon School) Brad Brown (Hillsboro High School) Jessica Dell'Era (Meadow Homes Elementary School) Steven Evenhouse (Summit Hill Junior High School) Elissa Hoffman (Appleton East High School) Pian Wong (High School of American Studies) |
| Season 29 (November 7–20, 2012) | ||
| Winner: Colby Burnett (Fenwick High School) 1st runner-up: Michael Farabaugh (Monticello High School) 2nd runner-up: Kate Wilson (Loveless Academic Magnet Program) |
Whitney Collins (The Browning School) Marcia Edmundson (Prince George High School) John Hines (Todd Beamer High School) Drew Joanides (Miami Sunset Senior High School) Brenton Montie (Centennial Middle School) Marion Penning (Roland Park Country School) |
Tina Baybay-Bykov (William R. Boone High School) Robin Cheney (Rancho Viejo Montessori School) Francesca Leibowitz (Poly Prep Country Day School) Diana North (Richmond Drive Elementary School) Chris Pae (Berkmar High School) Terry Parker (Westminster Christian School) |
| Season 30 (November 11–22, 2013) | ||
| Winner: John Pearson (Austin Elementary School) 1st runner-up: Mary Beth Hammerstrom (Dimond High School) 2nd runner-up: Becky Giardina (Burke County Middle School) |
Eli Barrieau (Leominster High School) Anne Baxter (Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies School) Patrick Dillon (Munsey Park Elementary School) Maryanne Lewell (Saint John High School) Katie Moriarty (Wyoming Middle School) Timothy Shuker-Haines (Buxton School) |
Cathy Bloedorn (Howard High School) James Brown (Valle Verde Early College High School) Karen Cafaro (Scotland High School) Kati Sorenson (Elkhorn Middle School) Michael Townes (West Greenville Middle School Alternative Program) Rico Vazquez (Sandburg Middle School) |
| Season 31 (February 2-13, 2015) | ||
| Winner: Jennifer Giles (Columbine Elementary School) 1st runner-up: Cathy Farrell (Huron High School) 2nd runner-up: Adam Elkana-Hale (Loyola Academy of St. Louis) |
Mary Bayer (Elgin Academy) Lydia Cuffman (Sequoia High School) Eric Hack (Broadwater Academy) Kate La Rivière-Ganger (Monkton Central School) Erin McLaughlin (Bay Ridge Preparatory School) Colin O'Grady (West Potomac High School) |
Tracy Alexander (Walden Grove High School) Chris Grinvalds (Bennington High School) Martha Jackson (Fremont-Mills Community School District) Michael Jones (Black Hawk Middle School) Marylou McKenna (Barnstable High School) Jay Singleton (Wilson Memorial High School) |
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