WEDNESDAY
November 10:
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KERMIN FLEMING
Lexington, KY
Junior, Carnegie Mellon |
AMORY JENDREK
Knoxville, TN
Freshman, Davidson |
CASEY RETTERER
Olney, MD
Sophomore, Maryland |
Jeopardy!
categories: Reporting from the White House,
Video Games, It's a Monarchy, They Do Good Work,
Colleges & Universities, "Y"? Because We Like
You!
Daily Double: $600
They Do Good Work. Kermin ($6800 to Amory's
$1400 and Casey's $2000) wagers the level. Clue:
It's the small independent state that's
headquarters to the aid group Caritas
Internationalis. Kermin's guess:
"What is the Vatican?" Correct for $7400.
End of Round:
Kermin - $9600
Amory - $3800
Casey - $2200
Double Jeopardy! categories: Weird History,
Films of teh 21st Century, Da Ology Show, Trash
Talkin', Travel, By Twain
Daily Double #1: $800 By Twain.
Kermin ($13,200 to Amory's $3800 and Casey's
$5800) wagers $2200. Clue: It's the title locale
of the story Twain originally called "Jim Smiley
and his Jumping Frog". Kermin's
guess: "Where is Calaveras County?" Correct for
$15,400.
Daily Double #2: $1600 Travel. Kermin
($28,200 to Amory's $8600 and Casey's 7000) wagers
five dollars to secure his lead late in the
round. Clue: The Peer Gynt ski area has been
called this country's best place for
cross-country skiing. Kermin's guess: "What
is Norway" Correct
for $28,205.
End of Round:
Kermin - $30,205
Amory - $8600
Casey - $7000
Final Jeopardy! Category: World Flags. Answer:
Never directly seen in the Northern Hemisphere,
it's featured on the flags of 5 of the world's
countries. Correct response: What is the
Southern Cross?
Casey's question: What is the Southern Cross? (RIGHT) Wager:
$7000. Final score: $14,000.
Amory's question: What is the Southern Cross? (RIGHT) Wager:
$2400. Final score: $11,000.
Kermin's question: What is the Southern Cross? (RIGHT)
Wager: $1337 (C-Note: Got Leet?). Final score: $31,542 - SEMI-FINALIST
TA
Chico Says...: "Da Ology Show"... I was
fighting the urge not to say "Booyakasha". Not
more than two games in, and Kermin is emerging
as a contender, if not the man to beat. If he
was any better with mental math skill, he
would've been... another Jeopardy! champion. I
say that, because the same could've been said
for Arthur Gandolfi, the first champ in the
Tournament of Champions earlier this year. He
was dominating the front game, but eventually
lost the championship match. Bottom line, if
Kermin wants to win, he's going to have to be a
lot more pennywise with his wagers. As for
Casey, he knew that in tournament play, if
you're behind, you don't just play to stay, you
play to win. I say look for him to do some
damage as a wild card.
THURSDAY
November 11:
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AMANDA NOWOTNY
New Castle, PA
Sophomore, Pittsburgh |
JEFF LOVE
Burlingame, CA
Sophomore, Stanford |
VICKY MANOS
Levittown, NY
Sophomore, St. Johns |
Jeopardy!
categories: Flower, Dough, Cheese, The Upper
Crust, "Deep" Dish, We Want Pisa!
Daily Double: $800
Dough. Jeff ($3200 to Amanda's
$800 and Vicky's $1800) wagers $1500. Clue:
Cherry blossoms are featured on the back of the
coin worth 100 of these. Jeff's guess:
"What are yen?" Correct for $4700.
End of Round:
Amanda - $2000
Jeff - $6300
Vicky - $4600
Double Jeopardy! categories: The 20th Century,
Albums, Foreign Travel, Their Alma Maters,
Houses of Worship, Computer Jargon.
Daily Double #1: $1600 The 20th Century. Vicky ($12,200 to
Jeff's $9100 and Amanda's
$800) wagers $2000. Clue: On Feb. 20, 1962 the
destroyer USS Noa found him floating in the
Atlantic after a journey of 75,679 miles.
Vicky's
guess: "Who is Cousteau?" Correct
question: Who is John Glenn?; Vicky drops to
$10,200.
Daily Double #2: $1200 Their Alma Maters. Amanda
($2000 to Jeff's $7900 and Vicky's $10,200) wagers
$1800. Clue: JFK (John Forbes Kerry). Amanda's guess: "What
is Yale?" Correct
for $3800.
End of Round:
Amanda - $5800
Jeff - $11,500
Vicky - $10,200
Final Jeopardy! Category: British Novel
Characters. Answer:
WE Henley, the amputee who wrote the brave poem
"Invictus", inspired this character in an 1883
book. Correct response: Who is Long John Silver?
Amanda's question: Who is Oliver Twist? (WRONG) Wager:
$5800. Final score: $0.
Vicky's question: Who ? (WRONG) Wager:
$800. Final score: $9400 - SEMI-FINALIST
Jeff's question: Who is Tiny Tim? (RIGHT) Wager:
$4000. Final score: $7500
TA
Chico Says...: Vicky did the smart thing in
wagering small, guaranteeing her a respectable
position in wild-card standing even if she
didn't win today. But I wouldn't look for her in
the final. She just got lucky this time. And in
a way, so did Jeff, as the home court doesn't do
well by Amanda. Jeff may have had the game
locked up if he didn't decide to be a hero.
Instead, he has what may be only a
semi-respectable wild card score. He has the
skill needed to survive in the front game, but
if he makes the semis, he's going to have to
step up in the Final. Basically, Jeff made a
mistake he didn't need to make today.
FRIDAY
November 12:
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LARRY MARSHALL
Kansas City, MO
Junior, Missouri |
KELLEY BURD
Bristol, WV
Junior, West Virginia |
MATT BUSHELL
Fairfield, CT
Junior, Georgetown |
Jeopardy!
categories: Pits Burg, Monkey Business, That's
So Random!, Name That Century, Holidays &
Observances, Get a Degree
Daily Double: $1000
Holidays & Observances. Matt ($1800 to Kelley's
$7200 and Larry's $1000) says "Let's make it a
true Daily Double!" Clue:
On July 24 several South American countries
celebrate the 1783 birth of this man. Matt's guess:
"Who is Simon Bolivar?" Correct for $3600.
End of Round:
Larry - $2600
Kelley - $10,400
Matt - $3000
Double Jeopardy! categories: American
Literature, College Football, Merrie Olde
England, Resumes of World Leaders, Better Living
Through Chemistry, These Words Are in
Jeopardy! (correct responses will be
composed of letters in the word "jeopardy")
Daily Double #1: $2000 American Literature. Matt ($6600 to
Larry's $3000 and Kelley's
$14,000) wagers only $1400. Clue: Hemingway's
epigraph to this novel includes a biblical
passage that begins, "One generation passeth
away...".
Matt's
guess: "What is The Old Man & The Sea?" Correct
question: What is The Son Also Rises?;
Matt drops to
$5200.
Daily Double #2: $1600 Merrie Olde England. Matt
($6000 to Larry's $5000 and Kelley's $14,400) wagers
just $1200. Clue: the ceremony of Riding the
Bounds in Berwick, Northumberland began as a
defense against raiders from this nation. Matt's guess: "What
is France?" Correct
question: What is France?; Matt drops to $4800.
End of Round:
Larry - $5000
Kelley - $13,200
Matt - $3600
Final Jeopardy! Category:
On the Globe. Answer: 2-word alternate name for
0 degrees longitude. Correct response: What is
Prime Meridian?
Matt's question: What is Greenwich Mean? (WRONG) Wager:
$3600. Final score: $0.
Larry's question: What is the Prime Meridian? (RIGHT) Wager:
$5000. Final score: $10,000
Kelley's question: What is the Prime Meridian? (RIGHT) Wager:
$3. Final score: $13,203 - SEMI-FINALIST
TA
Chico Says...: Someone give Kelley's thumb a
band-aid; that trigger just carried her through
the rounds! With a stronger mental base during
the front games, she could make her way to the
big dance next Monday. Matt could've held back
like he did with the Daily Doubles, but going
for it all and then going for what he THOUGHT
was the right answer cost him big. Larry's case
is just the opposite, as he comes up with the
right answer to put him in prime wild-card
contention.
MONDAY
November 15:
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LILY WANG
Plano, TX
Junior, Columbia |
ARI SCHOENHOLTZ
Bethesda, MD
Senior, Williams |
LINDSEY
HARGROVE
Bel Air, TX
Senior, Texas |
Jeopardy!
categories: Pittstory, Nonmusical MTV, Horned
Animals, Fraternity Suit, Poetry, What's that
Word...?
Daily Double: $800
Poetry. Lily ($6400 to Ari's
$5200 and Lindsey's $2600) doubles the level. Clue:
He believed "a leaf of grass is no less than the
journey-work of the stars". Lily's guess: "Who
is Walt Whitman?" Correct for $8000.
End of Round:
Lily - $8000
Ari - $5200
Lindsey - $2600
Double Jeopardy! categories: Pitt Story, The
Enlightenment, The Lone Representative, Our
Troubled Planet, International Traffic, Rhyme
Time
Daily Double #1: $1600 Rhyme Time. Lindsey ($4200 to
Lily's $8400 and Ari's
$5200) wagers $2000. Clue: A calamity that
befalls the Dutch seat of government.
Lindsey's
guess: "What is a Hague Plague?" Correct...
but too late;
Lindsey drops to
$2200.
Daily Double #2: $1600 The Enlightenment. Lily ($17,600 to
Ari's $5600 and Lindsey's $6200) wagers $2000. Clue:
Time's July 5, 2004 cover story was "the Radical
Mind of" this American Enlightenment thinker.
Lily's guess: "Who is Benjamin Franklin?" Correct
question: Who is Thomas Jefferson?; Lily drops to $15,600.
End of Round:
Lily - $26,400
Ari - $6800
Lindsey - $6200
Final Jeopardy! Category:
Beethoven. Answer: Poet & Critic Ludwig Rellstab
compared this piano work to a nighttime boat
ride on Lake Lucerne. Correct response: What is
the Moonlight Sonata?
Lindsey's question: What is Moonlight Sonata? (RIGHT) Wager:
$5000. Final score: $11,200.
Ari's question: What is the Moonlight Sonata? (RIGHT) Wager:
$6800. Final score: $13,600
Lily's question: What is the Moonlight Sonata? (RIGHT) Wager:
$3600. Final score: $30,000 - SEMI-FINALIST
TA
Chico Says...: The front game was all Lily,
all the time. Alex even noted that her quick
dispatch was very Jenningsian (not those words,
of course). Broad-base knowledge plus an itchy
buzzer finger equals my second instant pick to
make the final (the first being Kermin). And
kudos to Ari and Lindsey for going big when they
needed to clinch a wild-card. Speaking of which,
with this game in the books, six of the nine
flights to Wednesday's semi are booked, with
automatic berths Lily, Kermin, Vicky & Kelley
and wild cards Casey and Ari guaranteed slots.
Lindsey and Amory are on the bubble. Tomorrow's
game will hold all the answers.
TUESDAY
November 16:
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RACHEL McCOOL
Pittsburgh, PA
Sophomore, Dickinson |
BRAD SELVIG
Jacksonville, FL
Sophomore, Florida State |
CHRIS MAES
Green Bay, WI
Senior, Wisconsin |
Jeopardy!
categories: The God Squad, Music on my iPod, Our
Founding Fathers, Collegiate Fine Dining,
Shocking!, You Have Too Much...
Daily Double: $800
Our Founding Fathers. Rachel ($2000 to Brad's
$2000 and Chris's -$800) wagers $1000. Clue:
One of the leading architects of the Revolution
was this second cousin of the second US
President. Chris's guess: "Who
was Samuel Adams?" Correct for $3000.
End of Round:
Rachel - $5400
Brad - $3400
Chris - $5400
Double Jeopardy! categories: You're Swimming In
It, The Agassi & The Ecstasy, Shakespeare,
General Ed., Passing Time on Campus, Double "L".
Daily Double #1: $1600 Shakespeare. Rachel ($11,800 to
Brad's $2600 and Chris's
$7400) wagers $3000. Clue: Act I of this tragedy
begins in a palace in Alexandria.
Rachel's
guess: "What is 'Antony & Cleopatra'?" Correct
for
$14,800.
Daily Double #2: $1600 Double "L". Rachel ($17,200 to
Brad's $3400 and Chris's $12,600) wagers $2800. Clue:
It can refer to the oars used to propel a boat,
or a racing boat propelled by those oars.
Rachel's guess: "What is a scull?"
Correct for $20,000.
End of Round:
Rachel - $19,600
Brad - $5400
Chris - $8200
TA Chico
says...: Even if he were to double up on
Final Jeopardy!, Brad is pretty much out of it
at this point UNLESS he gets FJ! right and his
opponents get it wrong AND bet big. The cut-off
for wild card is $11,000, set by Amory on the
first prelim.
Final Jeopardy! Category:
Occupations. Answer: While working as one,
Charlotte Bronte complained that one of these
"has no existence, is not considered as a
living... being". Correct response: What is a
governess?
Brad's question: What is a secretary? (WRONG) Wager:
$5400. Final score: $0.
Chris's question: What is a maid? (WRONG) Wager:
$7800. Final score: $400
Rachel's question: What is a governess? (RIGHT) Wager:
$2500. Final score: $22,100 - SEMI-FINALIST
TA
Chico Says...: So you see the strategy now.
Don't count on the Final to bail you out. You
have to have a strong front game as well. Brad
started strong, but didn't finish. Rachel did,
and she is rewarded with a seat amongst the
semis. I would see her in the final with Kermin
and Lily IF they don't face each other in the
semis first. And speaking of which, here are
your final nine:
Prelim Winner |
Prelim Winner |
Wild Card Winner |
Wild Card Winner |
Prelim Winner |
Prelim Winner |
Wild Card Winner |
Wild Card Winner |
Prelim Winner |
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