The Jeopardy Fan

Here is last night's ToC Week 2 Hangout, in case you missed it.
Starting tomorrow, I'm gonna give this publish-in-the-morning thing a try. Now for figuring out how we should title these posts. (Suggestions welcome.)
I didn't watch yesterday's show, but Andy sure did. Doug Perez is our returning champion. Andy really wants him in a panel, so if you know him, give him or us a shout. (I actually want Mariusz and Eugene too.)

Doug

Eugene Britton

Mariusz Galczysnki

That Mariusz is instantly an appealing fellow.
I liked the sound of most every category in this round except, of course, Opera. And like Eugene, I negged on this triple-stumper worth 200: "In 'Il Trovatore,' Leonora kills herself with poison concealed in this piece of jewelry." I just guessed "locket." Did you guys know it? I was especially happy about Expressions from Baseball...but I only got one: "Your figures are pretty close, definitely in this place." How'd you guys do? And I had absolutely never heard that this was a baseball term: "Dinner with your aunt? I can't do it until her next visit, so I've got to take this." If anyone can explain this, I'm all ears. Doug's response of "walk" makes more sense to me. And I've never even heard of this: "Most of the world doesn't care how we pick Daily Doubles; that's real this 2-word phrase." It was a triple-stumper. Those Brad Pitt Film Roles clues were hard, too. I didn't know he was in this: "2013: Samuel Bass, a Canadian abolitionist & carpenter." Mariusz did. I knew I liked him! Strange but I like all three of these guys.
Mariusz found the Daily Double, a video, in Traditional Foods as National Flags. We hadn't seen one yet in the category.
Doug 0
Mariusz 1400 (2 right)
Eugene 400 (2 right and one wrong)
Mariusz wagered it all on this clue: "The recipe for this country's flag, chorizo and arroz."

Mariusz knew it.
I said what Eugene did on this one in Chick Lit: "It's the 'fowl'moral of a fable about a milkmaid who spills her pail before she can sell it & realize her dreams." I ruled out the correct response. Can anyone explain why it is correct? This was the last clue before the first break.
Doug 800 (2 right and one wrong)
Mariusz 3800 (2 right)
Eugene 600 (One right and one wrong)
Doug actually admitted he thinks he's very funny!
At the end of the round:
Doug 1800 (4 right)
Mariusz 8400 (6 right)
Eugene 3400 (4 right)
Mariusz found the first Daily Double of Double Jeopardy in She's a Goddess!
Doug 4600 (3 right)
Mariusz 10400 (One right)
Eugene 4600 (One right)
Mariusz wagered on this clue: "A crater deep inside Kilauea volcano is said to be the home of this goddess responsible for many eruptions." Mariusz and I didn't know. Too bad! Eugene said he was glad when the category was over.
Did anyone else say "Hubba Bubba" on this one in Rhyming Brands?: "It appeared in 1928 to challenge boring old Wrigley's, which you could only sit there and chew."
This weekend I was telling my sister about the time a contestant spelled her response of "gyro." Strangely, that happened a year ago tonight. Today, Eugene spelled "eau" after he pronounced it "ewe"! And he's from Louisiana!
Anyone else say "waterfall" on this one in Puerto Rico?: "Sail over the rainforest on 'The Beast,' one of the world's highest of these at 853 feet."
Like Trebek, I noticed Eugene skipped the 1600 clue in Reign of Terror, which may have been a Daily Double. The clue at 2000 was a triple-stumper, making that Daily Double his. This was the last clue of the round.
Doug 11000 (7 right)
Mariusz 10200 (3 right)
Eugene 13000 (7 right)
Eugene wagered 5. Maybe he was avoiding the Daily Double! This was the clue: "In 1794 her first husband Alexandre de Beauharnais was executed & she was imprisoned." I considered the correct response but said what Eugene did.
The Final Jeopardy category was People in the Arts. Cool! This is the clue: "He once said, 'It is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming wild things.'" Mariusz was right! He added 10150! Doug? Was wrong. He lost 10990. Eugene was wrong and lost 9100. Okay, Mariusz!!
My Coryat today was 15400 (18600 without negs).

One year ago: Blame it on the Rani
Two years ago: Spin. Click. Phew.
Three years ago: [untitled]
Four years ago: Anyone from Tennessee know these responses?

Do you guys watch Sports Jeopardy? I suggest you check this week's episode out at least, if you don't. Anybody know where I can find that Mark Petro for a Hangout?
Do you guys remember Raghuveer Mukkamalla? He told me this week that he has redesigned his trivia website and also has new apps available for Android and Apple. If you try them, let me know what you think!
Yesterday, Mariusz Galczysnki won his first episode. I hope there will be more.

Mariusz

Joel Stjernholm

Aggie Lee

All three contestants were active by the first break.
Mariusz 2200 (5 right and one wrong)
Aggie 600 (2 right)
Joel 2000 (5 right and one wrong)
I don't know about you but I've never heard the word "Yankee" before this response, in Dinner & a Broadway Show: "It looks like someone's cooking this perfect Sunday supper that sometimes has 'Yankee' before its name."

I got this instantly though from the picture.I'm curious if you've heard it and if it's a regional thing.
Surprisingly, Aggie found the Daily Double of the round in 3 -Letter Words.
Mariusz 3000 (2 right)
Aggie 3400 (4 right)
Joel 3400 (3 right)
This category was easy, and I think I'd gotten them all to this point. Aggie wagered on this clue: "Of Chinese origin, in U.S. slang it originally referred to a craving for opium." Of course Aggie was right. Joel then went 4/5 in A Visit to Tesla to close out the round. And Mr. Trebek said, "Joel, you knew that" about the last clue, a triple-stumper.
Mariusz 3000
Aggie 4800
Joel 5400
The first clue of Double Jeopardy was a Daily Double, in Colorful Geography! It was Mariusz's, then. He wagered it all (hooray!) on this clue: "In the middle ages, this historic region of France included half of what is now Switzerland." Mariusz and I got it! No one was interested in finding Daily Doubles apparently, as all three stayed in the category. I got this triple-stumper on a guess: "This river& its chief tributary, the Vaal, form a drainage basin of around 330,000 square miles in southern Africa."
Joel found the next Daily Double in Music & Movies.
Mariusz 4800 (3 right and 2 wrong)
Aggie 9600 (5 right)
Joel 9000 (5 right and one wrong)
Joel wagered on this clue: "John Lennon said when this'came out in '65, I was actually crying out for' it." I got this, and Joel got it too. We didn't get a time-running-out warning, but there were 4 clues left on the board at the end of the round.
Mariusz 4800
Aggie 8000 (One right and 2 wrong)
Joel 15400 (4 right)
This was the Final Jeopardy category: 20th Century Novels. And this was the clue: "In 1940 House representative from Oklahoma Lyle Boren denounced it as a 'dirty, lying, filthy manuscript.'" I got this, and I'm glad Mariusz did. He doubled his score! Aggie was right too, and she added 7800. (Bye, Mariusz.) Joel was wrong and lost 601! Aggie is the new champ.
I only watched this episode once because I was in a hurry to get home for Thanksgiving. The point is, I didn't track my Coryat.

One year ago: A Nickel for your thoughts
Two years ago: Spin. Click. Phew.
Three years ago: [untitled]
Four years ago: Anyone from Tennessee know these responses?

Can Aggie Lee get her second win?

Andy here; I hope your Thanksgiving has gone awesomely!

Today's players: David Greisman, Michelle Chick, Aggie Lee!

Alex is wearing his "pumpkin tie", claiming he always wears it on Thanksgiving!

J! round categories:
ANAGRAMMED NEW YORK CITIES
KITCHEN CONFIDENTIALS
NBA LAST NAME'S THE SAME
YOU, PRONOUNS, AND ME
WHICH CABINET DEPARTMENT?
THE DAWN OF THE ATOMIC AGE

I really like Aggie's handwriting!

David went 3/5 in NBA LAST NAMES. Things were pretty easy over the first 15 clues -- with only one triple stumper! Scores after 15:
Michelle $4,400
David $2,800
Aggie $800

Apparently Mike Tyson was once rude to David in a press conference (though David does an excellent Tyson impersonation!)

Michelle took a motorcycle endorsement class just before getting married (she said that if anything happened, at least the cast would match the dress!)

Aggie spent two years traveling around Asia, when she was earning a graduate certificate!

CABINET $1000 was where the Daily Double was, and Aggie got to play it (as the 25th clue of the round!) Scores:

David $5,200
Michelle $4,000
Aggie $1,800

Aggie went for $1,600. Her clue: The Office of Natural Resources Revenue. Aggie gave the correct response and put her score at $3,400!

Scores after 30:

David $6,000
Michelle $4,400
Aggie $3,400

DJ! round categories:
SOUNDS LIKE MAD LIBS, BUT REAL?
YO, JOHANN!
POTPOURRI
FEMALE BOOK CHARACTERS
WORLD HISTORY
JUST BEYOND THE "H"ORIZON

WORLD HISTORY $1600 had the first Daily Double on the 4th clue of the round; Michelle got to play it! Scores:

David $6,800
Michelle $5,600
Aggie $3,000

Michelle bet $1,000. Her clue: On Jan. 26, 1808 George Johnston of Australia's New South Wales corps led a mutiny against this Governor and arrested him. Michelle took the direction of "Australian cities named after people" (as I did; she said Melbourne, I said Sydney) and her score went to $4,600.

FEMALE BOOK CHARACTERS $1600 had the second Daily Double; Michelle played this one on the 8th clue of the round! Scores:

David $8,000
Michelle $5,800
Aggie $3,000

Michelle picked $2,000. What is it with contestants and being afraid to bet for the lead? Her clue this time: The first part of "Les Miserables" is called "Fantine"; the second part is named for her. Her correct response put her at $7,800!

There looked like a tape stoppage (as Aggie's facial expression changed) on POTPOURRI $400 (This word meaning to raise anchor has nothing to do with how heavy it is; it's from the old Saxon for to lift or carry) -- she said "hoist" but it was not accepted!

At the end of the DJ! round, the scores sat at:

Aggie $12,600
Michelle $11,000
David $7,600

FJ! category: Bodies Of Water

FJ! clue: First encountered in 1648 by a man born in Russia, it was eventually named after a man born in Denmark

David 7600 + 4000 = 11600
Michelle 11000 - 4000 = 7000
Aggie 12600 - 9401 = 3199

David'll be back tomorrow to defend his title!

My Coryat: $24,000 (34 right, 3 wrong)

Tonight's scheduled panelists:

Andy Saunders
Jeanie Kenkel
David Kendall
David Greisman
Jennifer Healy
Jeff Xie

Good evening! Andy here; I'm here all week (Try the waitress, tip the veal, yadda yadda...)

So it's Kids Week this week -- we don't normally do much in the way of recaps! But I'd like to suggest that if you're trying to get on the show, that Kids Week can still be useful! We're also lining up a panel for late afternoon Saturday to discuss Kids Week!

My suggestions: Use Kids Week to work on strategy and timing!

Karl Coryat's page suggests the following regarding timing:

When you play along at home, you can get an idea of when the lights are coming on in the studio by when the camera cuts over — a contestant podium very often lights up a tiny fraction of a second later. Try to coincide your "ringing in" with just the tiniest moment after the camera cuts over, without waiting and reacting to the camera cutting over. The time when that happens depends on several factors, including the rhythm of Alex's speech.

Keep that in mind! Meanwhile, you can determine how you would bet under "normal" circumstances when facing the Daily Doubles and Final Jeopardy!

Today's players: Cerulean Ozarow, Brooklyn, NY; Will Harter, Park Ridge, IL; Victoria Agrinya, Woodbridge, VA.

First Daily Double: You have $4,600; your two opponents have $4,600 and $2,200. It's on a $1000 clue, in the 25th clue of the Jeopardy! round.

What do you do?

Keep in mind that bottom row Daily Doubles can be more difficult, so do keep that in mind when making a bet! However, you can afford to be more aggressive, because you have the entirety of Double Jeopardy! to make it up!

(Victoria bet $1,000.)

Second Daily Double: You have $11,000, on the 9th clue of the round, having gotten the first 8 clues of the round. Your two opponents have $5,800 and $4,600. The Daily Double is under a $1,600 slot.

Again, what do you do?

Having gotten the first 8 clues in the round, you're on a roll and liking the category! I wouldn't be afraid to go aggressive here -- but $1,600 Daily Doubles can trip you up!

(Cerulean earned the respect of America tonight by going for -- and hitting -- the True Daily Double.)

Third Daily Double: You have $23,200. Your opponents have $6,200 and $5,400. It's a $1600 clue on the 14th clue of the round. What would you do here?

I would probably take the Ken Jennings route here and bet to end up at some sort of even number, some big number that still isn't too much of my score.

(Cerulean bet $4,800 here.)

Scores going into Final:
Cerulean $25,200
Will $11,800
Victoria $11,000

Cerulean can bet up to $1599 (protecting his lock game over Will). Cerulean did bet $42.
Will should bet $10201 (covering Victoria's double). Will bet $11,000.
Victoria should bet no more than $9,400 (making sure she stays above Will if they are both wrong and Will bets to cover). Victoria bet $11,000.

All 3 missed Final (TV CHARCTERS: This 8'2" character made his debut in 1969 and is still going strong), so Cerulean wins $25,158!

Andy back! Once again, I'm going to recommend focusing on timing and wagering strategy during this Kids Week!

Ryan Elkins, Bensalem, PA
Krissy Brzycki, Indianapolis, IN
Adam Barrow, Greensboro, NC

In his interview, Adam said that he was a Wake Forest fan. You'd think Adam was a Tar Heels fan the way he was playing "Four Corners", though! He took FOREVER to select clues. It felt difficult to watch. In fact, we didn't even get the Daily Double revealed in the Jeopardy! round!

We did get to both of them in Double Jeopardy!, though!

On the first one, you've got 6400; your opponents have 8200, 4000 (it's a 1600 clue, 20th clue of the round)

You're probably dealing with a medium-difficulty Daily Double at $1,600 so I'd probably take category confidence into account a little bit. Definitely bet for the lead, though!

(Krissy bet $2,000.) On the clue itself, you could see her straining to see the picture. As a tip: Make sure you can see at distance!

The final one was a Penultimate Wager for Ryan. He had 16600, his opponents 8400, 5200.

Obviously $201 is the lower bound. But what's the upper bound of "good" wagers?

At $12,601 and higher, you're still in a "crush game" scenario if you're wrong. So really, you can bet anywhere between $201 and $3,999. That said, the higher you go, the more you can bet in Final with your lock game and the more money you can win!

(Ryan bet $400. He got it right for his lock game.)

In Final:
Ryan 17000 + 100 = 17100
Krissy 8400 + 2000 = 10400
Adam 5200 - 5197 = 3

KINGS & QUEENS: Technically this monarch is the head of state of 16 countries including Jamaica and New Zealand

Andy back with the recap of Wednesday's Kids Week episode! Remember to work on timing and strategy this week!

We've got a great panel lined up for Saturday afternoon to discuss Kids Week experiences of various alumni from Kids Week!

Today's players:
Jake McCrory, Pueblo, CO
Gabby Fusco, Maspeth, NY
Grace Acton, Harvard, MA

We got to all 3 Daily Doubles today!

The first Daily Double was midway through the Jeopardy! round in a $1,000 BIBLE clue.

You have $4,600; your two opponents -- $800 and $400. What would you do?

I would say THE BIBLE is screaming for a category dependent wager, especially at the bottom where the Daily Double is likely to be tougher. If the Bible is strong for you, bet big and take a huge lead! If not, make a small bet and don't let your opponents back into the game!

(Jake bet $500 here.)

Midway through Double Jeopardy, FROZEN $1600 had the first Daily Double in that round!

Betting on this one, you have $7,600; your opponents $7,300 and $600. What would you do?

Daily Double get rates tend to be higher for contestants than they give themselves credit for -- generally people should bet more than they actually do on the Daily Double.

Grace chose to bet $1,000 here.

The final Daily Double was under LET IT "GO" on the 21st clue of the round. Still not late enough to really worry about Final Jeopardy positioning, you have $7,400; your opponents have $7,700 and -$1,400.

On Daily Doubles where the category has quotation marks, I personally find the Daily Double to be easier than the average clue on the board -- because you know the answer needs to have those letters in it! Your own mileage may vary on those clues, but I'd be aggressive when betting here!

(Grace bet $1,000 again.)

Scores going into Final:
Grace $11,600
Jake $9,700
Gabby -$1,400

Final Jeopardy! was US GEOGRAPHY: This city of 650,000 people is the most populous U.S. city not found in a U.S. state

If you're Grace, you should bet $7,801. If you're Jake, you can bet between $1,900 and $5,900 safely.

Jake 9700 - 5101 = 4599
Grace 11600 - 5000 = 6600

This felt las much like a normal Kids Week episode as any. I feel bad that Jeff didn't win -- he deserved to, in my opinion!

Panelists:
Aria Gerson
Josh Woo
David Kendall
Jeff Xie
Jeanie Kenkel
Andy Saunders

Back to regular episodes after Kids Week! I missed Friday's episode because it didn't record for some reason, but say in general these episodes were more entertaining than Kids Week usually is.
This week's contestants:
Marybeth Chmielewski
Travis Darling
Jennifer Gilmore
Peter McGillicuddy
Mindy Miner
Emily Moody
Michael Oliphant
Ryan Pensyl
Ann Conger is going for her second win. (Wow, I haven't blogged in almost two weeks!)

Patrick Fernandez

Ann

Amanda Miller

I negged twice in "Dance" Music, but they were my only two negs in the game. I did get this triple-stumper in Shakespearean Who Said It?: "'Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!'" In high school, some classmates and I had to reenact a scene from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and it's paid off a few times. Actually I did not think this clue was very hard, though.
At the first break:
Ann 5800 (9 right)
Amanda 800 (3 right)
Patrick 0 (One right and two wrong)
I got this triple-stumper at the last second in Anagrams of Each Other: "An insatiable desire for money & a yard tool."
The minute-to-go warning had just been given when Patrick found the Daily Double of the round, in Shakespearean Who Said It?
Ann 6400 (3 right)
Amanda 800
Patrick 3200 (5 right)
Patrick wagered 1200 on this clue: "'Sure, I shall never marry like my sisters, to love my father all.'" I got this but Patrick didn't.
There was one clue left covered at the end of the round.
Ann 7400 (One right)
Amanda 1800 (One right)
Patrick 2400 (2 right)
Patrick also found the first Daily Double of Double Jeopardy, in Rembrandt.
Ann 10200 (2 right)
Amanda 200 (2 wrong)
Patrick 7200 (6 right)
This time Patrick wagered a mere 1600 on this clue: "In addition to his paintings, Rembrandt also did about 300 of these prints from metal plates; wanna see 'em?" I knew this (and Patrick didn't) because I've seen it on Jeopardy! before. (Too bad it was before I started the blog!) But I have yet to learn the reference. I'm sure somebody reading this can tell me....
I thought this triple-stumper wasn't very hard in Crest: "Lions on the British Royal Arms, like the crowned one on the crest, date back to the first king of this name."
Again, Trebek gave the minute warning right before Patrick found the Daily Double in Aqua, Fresh.
Ann 9800 (3 right and 2 wrong)
Amanda 1800 (One right)
Patrick 6800 (3 right and 2 wrong)
He wagered small again: on this clue: "Of the 5 Great Lakes, it's the highest above sea level." He and I were right. Mine was a guess. There were 3 clues left on the board at the end of the round.
Ann 13400 (2 right)
Amanda 3400 (One right)
Patrick 7800
The Final Jeopardy category was Movie Title References. This was the clue: "For this 1971 film the reference is to the 1948 film 'Red River.'" Amanda was wrong and she lost 3300. Patrick was wrong and lost 5601. Ann was wrong too and lost 5600. I'd never have gotten this in a million years, so I'm glad I didn't waste time on it. So Ann wins!
Sorry but these contestants were a bit of a bore today, so I wasn't really pulling for anyone or hoping anyone wouldn't come back. We'll see what tomorrow brings.
My Coryat today was 19000 (20600 without negs).

One year ago: 17 in a row
Two years ago: Who's afraid of the big bad Woolf?
Three years ago: The Boys Are Back in Town
Four years ago: Into the woods

Hi guys. I did schedule a post for 9 this morning, and I was surprised just now seeing it wasn't there. You may have noticed I published the post immediately last night by mistake (and deleted it). When I tried again, apparently I just changed the date but not the time, because it was scheduled for 6:13 tonight. Sorry.
So today Ann Conger's opponents are:

Ann

Peter McGillicuddy

Marybeth Chmielewski

I was plowing through On the Menu til I negged on this one worth 1000: "A signature starter at P.F. Chang's is Chicken Lettuce these." I've never been to P.F. Chang's, okay? I said "egg rolls" in an attempt for the sweep. This triple-stumper though was a no-brainer for me, in A European Holiday: "Jan Hus, born in what's now this country, is honored there on July 6, the day he was burned at the stake in 1415." I remember studying this in school. I also got this triple-stumper in What's Killing You?: "'The Ring.'" I said "videotape," which is not what Trebek said. I'm counting it anyway. This was the last clue before the first break.
Ann 1200 (4 right and 2 wrong)
Marybeth 1000 (3 right)
Peter 1600 (4 right)
I was also sweeping Kiddie Lit Title Words when I guessed (and negged) on this one: "'The ______ Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales.'" Ann knew it though! Then I only got the 1000 clue in A Categorical Denial: "6-letter way to renounce one's heirs."
I got the two right that we'd seen thus far when Peter found the Daily Double in See How They Ran.
Ann 5600 (7 right)
Marybeth 1000
Peter 4200 (5 right)
Peter wagered 1200 on this easy one: "This history-making candidate is seen here in 1984 identifying with regular working folks."

This was no problem for Peter either. He got the last two right also and ended the round with 6600.
Mary Beth found the first Daily Double of Double Jeopardy in U.S. Cities.
Ann 6000 (One right)
Marybeth 2600 (One right)
Peter 7800 (2 right)
She wagered it all on this clue: "A Montana city is named for a peak called 'Big'this." I guessed and was right, but Marybeth was wrong.
Peter soon found the next Daily Double in Female Firsts, a category which Marybeth seemed to favor!
Ann 6000
Marybeth 800 (One right)
Peter 9400 (One right)
Peter wagered 2000 on this clue: "San Francisco's 38th mayor, she was the first woman in the post." I didn't know this fact, but Peter did.
I made up "abolical" and felt pretty good about it on this one in Proof Reading: "There's no 'di' in this term for a short theorem used to prove a larger one-- but watch out for the horns anyway." It was a triple-stumper. I got this triple-stumper though in Catch Our Type "O"s: "This 5-letter Latin word for hatred is an English word, too." I got this next clue too, a triple-stumper in the same category: "Synonyms for this adjective are 'supernatural'& 'obscured from view.'"
At the end of the round:
Ann 6800 (3 right and one wrong)
Marybeth 1200 (One wrong)
Peter 17400 (6 right)
The Final Jeopardy category was Literary Inspirations. This was the clue: "The peat bogs of Dartmoor, England inspired the fictional home of the beastly title character in this 1902 tale." Marybeth was right and added 1199. Ann was wrong and lost 4000. Peter too was wrong and lost 2000, but he plays again tomorrow.
My Coryat today was 19600 (24000 without negs).

One year ago: Again, some blog post titles write themselves
Two years ago: Who's afraid of the big bad Woolf?
Three years ago: The Boys Are Back in Town
Four years ago: Dancing with the Geeks?

Yesterday, Peter McGillicuddy defeated a two-time champ in a lock. Let's see what he does today.

Peter

Sorry but only one picture has uploaded as of now. I can add the other two later if you want.
At the first break:
Peter 1800 (4 right and one wrong)
Mindy 3800 (7 right!)
Travis 800 (3 right)
Peter found the Daily Double of the round in 5,5. (Each response consists of two words, each 5 letters.)
Peter 3600 (2 right)
Mindy 5000 (2 right and one wrong)
Travis 2400 (3 right)
I expected Peter to wager conservatively, and he did (1200) on this clue: "Dissenting in Hammer v. Dagenhart, Oliver Wendell Holmes said the excessive use of this work force was evil." I got this but Peter didn't. Trebek said then there was less than a minute left in the round. Three clues were left on the board.
Peter 2400
Mindy 5400 (One right)
Travis 3000 (One right)
Mindy answered a clue about Africa correctly just before finding the first Daily Double of Double Jeopardy. She'd been to Africa as a student!
Peter 2800 (One right)
Mindy 7000 (2 right)
Travis 4600 (2 right)
Mindy wagered 2500 on this clue in Point "A" to Point "B": "One a state capital, these 2 cities on AmTrak's Empire Service fill the bill." She was right! But then she is from New York.
I haven't seen this movie in 21st Century Movie Quotes, but even I knew this just thanks to watching the Oscars: "'Look at me--I'm the captain now.'" Yay, Travis found a Daily Double there!
Peter 6000 (2 right and one wrong)
Mindy 13100 (2 right)
Travis 5400 (One right)
I hoped Travis would wager it all, but he chose 2500 on this clue: "'Your final answer for 20 million rupees.'" I knew this one too. So did Travis. Then I swept 11-Letter Words and Travis too went on a tear. So did Peter, then! We got another time warning but we saw all the clues. How did Mindy lose that huge lead?!
Peter 15200 (7 right)
Mindy 13500 (One right)
Travis 13500 (5 right)
The Final Jeopardy category was U.S. Presidents. This was the clue: "The first man in the 20th C. to hold all 4 federally elected offices: Congressman, Senator, Vice Pres. & President." Travis was wrong and he lost everything. :-( Mindy was wrong and she lost everything too! Peter was wrong and lost 11801. (I was wrong too.) So we'll see Peter tomorrow! Do you think he was the most worthy?
I didn't track my Coryat today - I'd like to watch Husker basketball online at 7 and I think I'll have to go where there's wifi for that.

One year ago: Age is just a number
Two years ago: Who's afraid of the big bad Woolf?
Three years ago: The Boys Are Back in Town
Four years ago: [untitled]

I daresay Peter McGillicuddy got a bit lucky yesterday! Will we update the ToC list with today's game?

He did all right yesterday. Can he do it again?

Andy here!

Remember to tune in tomorrow at 6:30 Eastern for our Live Panel!

This week's players:

Rex Marzke (KHOU) Houston, TX
Alysha Rooks (WVUE) New Orleans, LA
Ryan Pensyl (WBRE) Shamokin, PA
Josh Vittor (WABC) New York, NY
Jean Parker (WAKA) Montgomery, AL
Kurt Fritzsche (WXIX) Loveland, OH
Anne Hand (WBZ) Acton, MA
Kevin Hozey (WTLV) Jacksonville, FL
David Emery-Peck (WOIO) Oberlin, OH
Chris Trumpy (KABC) Ventura, CA
Allison Fraser (WJLA) Alexandria, VA

Today's players: Alysha Rooks and Rex Marzke will do battle against Ryan Pensyl? Will Ryan win his third? He won $32,000 over his first two games!

Alysha had "Rooks" on her contestant podium!

J! round categories:
THE END OF THE BOOK
____ & ____
WEBSITES
THE ART OF RELIGION
NEW YORK IN THE MOVIES
I'LL BE "BACK"

At the end of the 15th clue and the first break, the scores were:

Rex $3,600
Rooks $1,600
Ryan $1,200

It seemed to me that Rooks was using a lot of body movement to ring in!

Meanwhile, it took a long while before we saw the Daily Double! In fact, it was the final clue of the round -- the bottom of WEBSITES -- that had it!

Rooks played it, with scores at:

Rooks $5,200
Rex $4,000
Ryan $2,600

Rooks bet $2,000. Her clue: This literature-based website was named for a title scrivener. She said Scriven and fell to $3,200 for the end of the round!

DJ! round categories:
GO FOURTH BY NAME
PARKS
THE WALLABY
POP CULTURE RELATIVES?
ANCIENT SCIENCE
THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY PAGE 1,001

When calling the dictionary category the first time, Rooks pointed out "The writers were bored". I got a chuckle out of that. I like her! Apparently Page 1001 has words starting with LE.

PARKS $1600 had the first Daily Double of the round, on the round's 24th clue! Rooks played this one, too, with scores at:

Rex $10,400
Ryan $9,400
Rooks $8,400

Rooks bet $2,000. Her clue: It took workers months in 1880 to transport this 69-foot shaft from a Staten Island dock to Central Park. Her correct response of "the Obelisk" put her at $10,400!

We didn't get to the final Daily Double -- it was either at $800 or $1200! Scores going into Final:

Rex $10,800
Rooks $10,400
Ryan $7,400

FJ! category: POETRY

FJ! clue: The narrator mistakes the presence of this title creature for the wind & later calls it prophet

Ryan 7400 - 7400 = 0
Rooks 10400 + 8012 = 18412
Rex 10800 - 13 = 10787

So, Alysha Rooks is the new Jeopardy! champion, and she'll be back to defend tomorrow!

Scheduled to appear:
Andy Saunders
Jeanie Kenkel
Terrence Jordan
Ben Ingram
Emily Moody

Here is tonight's fun Hangout, in case you missed it! I notice I like the Hangout more, the more I participate. :-) One of these days my image will appear in the still image! I only regret that I'm getting my hair done tomorrow and not today.
I got an e-mail today from the Game Show Network about a "Game Show Flashback" show, and the image included a couple of Jeopardy! lecterns. When I checked to see what tier GSN is on, I found out it isn't extra at all. I don't know how long I've been getting it, but it looks like I haven't missed any Jeopardy! on it. I'm recording the Flashback show. Did you guys watch it?
Today's contestants:

Josh Vittor

Alysha Rooks

Jean Parker

I'm so pleased that there's a contestant named Jean today! And then Picture the Politician! Rooks started there! I got this triple-stumper in the category: "Class president and prom king, he doesn't look much different today than he did in high school."

He has better hair then! Rooks negged on this. Oh, and I have to get off the couch again to take a picture for this triple-stumper I got: "He's the late House Speaker speaking to reporters here."

"Trent Lott," Jean?! And do I really have to get up again to take a picture of this triple-stumper I got in Ernie?!: "Cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller created this mischievous young girl."

Trebek is as surprised as I am that these are being missed. At least I didn't have to get up for this triple-stumper I got in "Bert": "This long word for a frivolously chatty woman dates back to the 1500s." Apparently they haven't seen "The Sound of Music."

This was the last clue before the first break.
Rooks 3400 (7 right and one wrong)
Jean 200 (2 right and one wrong)
Josh 600 (2 right)
I doubt you'll see either Trebek with a lizard on his shoulder or Trebek's hair getting almost touched again anytime soon.
Rooks found the Daily Double of the round in Name the Decade. Categories like these tend to be tricky!
Rooks 4000 (2 right and one wrong)
Jean 600 (2 right)
Josh 200 (One wrong)
Even Rooks said "This could go a lot of ways" before wagering 1000 on this clue: "The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is created." She was right!
I thought my getting-up clues were over, but then I got this triple-stumper in Body of Evidence: "Riding shotgun on the kidneys, these glands weigh barely 5 grams each but produce vital hormones."

At the end of the round:
Rooks 6200 (2 right)
Jean 3000 (4 right and one wrong)
Josh -800 (2 right and 3 wrong)
Ooh, these Double Jeopardy categories! Mr. Trebek was right; it's a good selection!
Josh came out swinging and got the first 3 clues right in Element Symbol Fun?! The next two were triple-stumpers I doubt very much anyone got. I did get this triple-stumper in The Movie Man: "John Wayne returns to Ireland: 'The _____ Man.'"
Andy threw this word around in our Hangout tonight, but I'd have gotten it anyway, in Getting Lucky Words: "How unexpected & lovely to find this 13-letter adjective that describes such a situation!"
Josh found a Daily Double, in Historical Fiction!
Rooks 8200 (3 right)
Jean 3400 (One right)
Josh 2400 (5 right and 2 wrong)
Josh wagered on this clue: "14-year-old Mary catches the eye of Henry VIII, but her sister Anne is soon favored by him in this novel by Philippa Gregory." Boo, Josh was wrong!! All that work he had done. Then he negged on the next one.
Like in the Jeopardy round, Trebek gave the less-than-a-minute warning with 6 clues left. Josh got out of the hole on the last one! He drew a laugh from the audience when he slunk down on his lectern. He looked a little like Bob Harris then!
Rooks 11400 (2 right)
Jean 3800 (One right and one wrong)
Josh 400 (3 right and one wrong)
The Final Jeopardy category was South America. This was the clue: "In 2004 the dollar replaced the guilder as the monetary unit of this country." Josh was wrong and lost 325. Jean was wrong but she didn't wager anything. Rooks and I were right. She added 12. Yes, 12. We'll see her tomorrow!
I did not track my Coryat today. But I should have, yeah?

One year ago: Jeanie makes it 5/5
Two years ago: The One Where Andy Spends 30 Minutes Yelling At His Television Screen
Three years ago: Reading Rush
Four years ago: Jeopardy! goes to Honah Lee

So yesterday Rooks won her second episode. Here she is again today, then.
Andy knew one of these contestants from being on the same quiz bowl circuit:

Kurt Fritzche

Alysha Rooks

Anne Hand

And that would be Anne.
We didn't have near the "stand-and-stares" we did yesterday. The first break seemed to come very quickly, at least the second time through. I did warn Andy I didn't have much to say today! Tonight the big project will be finding contestants for our next Hangout. I already know of a couple things I can try. I also want to watch this week's Sports Jeopardy.
Rooks 2800 (4 right)
Anne 4200 (7 right)
Kurt 2000 (4 right)
Anne found the Daily Double of the round in City by Statue.
Rooks 2800
Anne 5200 (2 right)
Kurt 2000
She wagered 3000 on this clue: "The Bronze Fonz." I guessed this instantly, but Anne was wrong and didn't seem to know the connection after the response was revealed.
I notice Kurt sure enunciates: "Twen-ty/Twen-ty,""U.V.,""La Nin-yah,""stainless steel,""Nay-der." And there were more in Double Jeopardy! I didn't notice it the first time through!
When I saw the DeLorean in the video clue, I hoped that was the response they were looking for! (Sorry, after yesterday I do not want to get up and take a picture!) Then "Back to the Future." No such luck. Did you guys know "gull wing doors"? Nobody picked it up even after Kurt said "seagull" doors. This was the last clue of the round.
Rooks 3600 (2 right)
Anne 2600 (One right)
Kurt 4800 (5 right and one wrong)
Anne found the first Daily Double of the round in What a Coup!
Rooks 3600
Anne 3800 (2 right)
Kurt 4800
She wagered 3000 on this clue: "In 1968 this Arab Nationalist party sent the old government in Iraq to the showers." She was right!
I swept Platinum Bands! Hooray!
I do have to say I saw this in a crossword puzzle the other day, in The Title Who.... I didn't know it then or now, but I'm reading this book in the hopes it'll do me some good. The clue: "Oliver Sacks: 'The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a....'"
Rooks found the next Daily Double in Philosophy. I think there was one clue on the board after this.
Rooks 9600 (5 right)
Anne 14800 (7 right)
Kurt 13600 (9 right and one wrong)
See; not as many triple-stumpers! Rooks wagered on this clue: "Metaphysics is often divided into 2 areas: ontology, the study of being, & this, the study of the physical universe." Is it just me or did she look like she was waiting for time to run out when she didn't know? It took a while but it finally did. The last clue was a triple-stumper.
The Final Jeopardy category was The AFI's 100 Greatest Films. This was the clue: "One of the top 20, this 1946 film was based on a short story published as 'The Man Who Was Never Born." It was a triple-stumper! Rooks lost 5000, Kurt lost 399 and Anne lost 13601. We see Kurt tomorrow then, for another lesson in speech. ;-)
I really really thought Rooks was going to last a long while. My Coryat today was 22200 (23600 without negs).

One year ago: O Canada!
Two years ago: The One Where Andy Spends 30 Minutes Yelling At His Television Screen
Three years ago: Reading Rush
Four years ago: Take me out of the ballgame (please!)

Tune in here at 7 PM Eastern on December 21st for our weekly panel discussion!

This week's contestants:
Becca Allred
Brian Hamilton
Bert Ifill
Heather Seal-Breslin
Carly Shevinsky
Amy Williamson
Vaughn Winchell
Jason Zbanek
And today:

Melissa Applebee

Allison Fraser

Avishai Gebler

What do you guys think of the story I link to in Melissa's caption?
Yesterday Allison won for the second time. I see this is our first recap with her! Good thing because, of course, she might join the ToC list today.
Of course I facepalmed over this triple-stumper in Panhandle States: "Chimney Rock, a landmark on the Oregon Trail, is located on the North Platte river in this state's panhandle."
Allison found the Daily Double of the round in Nobel Prize-Winning Authors.
Allison 1200 (4 right and one wrong)
Avishai 4200 (6 right)
Melissa -400 (One right and one wrong)
Allison wagered it all on this brainless clue: "This woman is truly 'Beloved,' winning a Pulitzer in 1988 & a Nobel in 1993." She got it. At the first break:
Allison 3200 (One right)
Avishai 4200
Melissa 600 (One right)
I crushed this Jeopardy round, sweeping 3 categories, going I believe 25/30 with no negs. At the end of it:
Allison 5800 (5 right and 2 wrong)
Avishai 6200 (5 right and one wrong)
Melissa 3200 (5 right)
The first clue of Double Jeopardy was a triple-stumper, but the next one was a Daily Double, which belonged to Melissa then. She wagered 1000 on this clue in The 1920s: "In 2012 the top 1% of earners had their biggest share of U.S. household income since this year just before a crash." She was right.
Allison found the next Daily Double in National Parks of the World.
Allison 13800 (7 right)
Avishai 10200 (5 right)
Melissa 9000 (3 right)
Allison wagered 2000 on this clue: "A Tanzanian national park on this plain features grassland & migrating antelope & zebras." She got it right.
There were 5 clues left when we got the less-than-a-minute warning. I got this triple-stumper in Earth Science before the round was over: "If a mineral is scratched by topaz but not quartz, its hardness lies between 7 & 8 on this scale." At the end of the round:
Allison 19400 (3 right)
Avishai 12600 (2 right)
Melissa 9800 (Two right)
The Final Jeopardy category is Word Origins. This is the clue: "In the mid-1960s, a decade after it first appeared in a holiday tale, this word came to be used for any mean killjoy." Come on. I'm shocked that anyone got this wrong, but Melissa did. She lost 9601. Avishai was right of course and he added 12600! Allison was wrong!! She lost 5900. Avishai is the new winner.
My Coryat yesterday was 10400 (16600 without negs). My Coryat today was 21400 (23000 without negs).

One year ago: Q & A with Adam Holquist!
Two years ago: What just happened?
Three years ago: What is Louisiana?
Four years ago: All bets are off. Well, most of them.

Fowls and fouls

@CIESStudentRep goes for win #2

Happy Thanksgiving, and Aggie goes for win #2

Black Friday as David Greisman goes for Win #2

Live Panel Discussion #15 (November 30, 2014 6:30pm Eastern)

Making The Best Use Of Kids Week (Plus, Cerulean Has Moxie)

The Wake Forest Four Corners?

Kids Week 2014 -- Day 3

LIVE PANEL: Kids Week 2014

Ann goes for win #2

Ann went for win #3

Peter goes for win #2

Peter tries for win #3

Ryan tries to win his second!

The Three R's

LIVE PANEL LINK: Episode #17 (December 16, 2014, 6:30 PM Eastern)

Get on up

Rooks and done

LIVE PANEL #18 - December 21, 2014, 7:00 PM Eastern

Down through Chimney Rock with good St. Nick