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Jeopardy! Teachers Tournament
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The Jeopardy! Teachers Tournament is one of the traditional tournaments held each season on the TV quiz show ' 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 , , and ; 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 is November 2012 winner Colby Burnett, who won the 2013 Tournament of Champions. He was later invited to 2014's , where he advanced to the semifinals, and was also invited to the Jeopardy! All-Star Games in 2019 (where he competed as Captain of his team of three players) along with 2015 winner Jennifer Giles (who competed as a member of team Buzzy Cohen). 2013 winner John Pearson was the alternate of the All-Star Games appearing in the audience on Facebook live. 2016 winner Jason Sterlacci is the only other Teachers champion to advance out of the quarterfinals of the Tournament of Champions, advancing to the semifinals in the 2017 event. One Teachers Tournament winner, 2018's Larry Martin, died before reaching the Tournament of Champions.
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