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“Jeopardy!” Airing Second Annual Teacher’s Tournament Through February 28th

Regular Jeopardy! viewers have noticed a tournament currently going on. The syndicated quiz show is saluting the nation’s teachers with its second annual “Teachers Tournament.” The tournament features 15 of the nation’s top kindergarten through 12th grade teachers competing for a $100,000 prize and a guaranteed spot in the next Tournament of Champions, where the winner will get $250,000. Second place will receive $50,000 and third gets $25,000. The championship game airs on February 28th, but be sure to check out the entire lead-up to that show for the next two weeks.

Here’s a list of everyone taking part.

NAME	SCHOOL	HOMETOWN
John Botti	Landon School	Rockville, Md.
Brad Brown	Hillsboro High School	Nashville, Tenn.
Leslie Decker	Taylor High School	Austin, Texas
Jessica Dell’Era	Meadow Homes Elementary School	Oakland, Calif.
Steven Evenhouse	Summit Hill Junior High School	Orland Hills, Ill.
Elissa Hoffman	Appleton East High School	Appleton, Wis.
Justin Hofstetter	Alta Vista Charter Middle School	Kansas City, Mo.
Brooks Humphreys	Mercy High School	Omaha, Neb.
Lisa Johnston	Sacred Heart School	East Boston, Mass.
Patrick Quinn	Ritenour High School	Chesterfield, Mo.
Nate Rice	Boyd County High School	Catlettsburg, Ky.
Mary Ann Stanley	Metter High School	Statesboro, Ga.
Kathryn Wendling	Burnsville High School	Farmington , Minn.
Catherine Whitten	Jasper High School	Plano, Texas
Pian Wong	High School of American Studies	New York, N.Y.

“Teachers play such a vital role in shaping the lives of the students in their classrooms,” said “Jeopardy!” Executive Producer Harry Friedman. “Teachers are so oftentimes underappreciated and underpaid. I can’t think of a better way to show our gratitude than with a tournament of their own.”

“This year’s teachers are not only intelligent, but incredibly quick on the buzzer,” said “Jeopardy!” Host Alex Trebek. “This will be one of the closest tournaments in the show’s history. I can’t think of any other one that’s been more evenly matched.”

Recognize anyone playing, or is anyone from your home town? Here’s part of last year’s tournament.

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