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Quick Recap - October 6, 2015

October 6, 2015, 4:06 pm
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Today's contestants:

Ernestine Gardner, an administrative assistant from South Bend, IN
John Kozempel, an I.T. consultant from Philadelphia, PA
Matt Jackson, a paralegal from Washington, DC(7-day champ, $190,601)





John came at Matt quite well early on! I thought he should have bet a little bit more on his Daily Double, but what can you do...

After the J! round:
Matt $8,000
John $8,000
Ernestine $600

Matt, of course, went into a second gear in Double Jeopardy - much as was described by Vicki on our last #JeopardyLivePanel!

Scores going into Final Jeopardy!:
Matt $36,800
John $4,400
Ernestine $3,000

Final Jeopardy! category: EUROPEAN AUTHORS

Final Jeopardy! clue: "to explain... Harry by the artless division into wolf and man is a hopelessly childish attempt", he wrote in 1927

Ernestine 3000 + 3000 = 6000
John 4400 - 1611 = 2789
Matt 36800 + 3209 = 40009 (8-day champion, $230,610)

(contestant photo credit: jeopardy.com)


One year ago: Speechless
Two years ago: Can you tell me how to get...
Three years ago: Q and A: Sara Lehmann
Four years ago: Fri-day, Fri-day, Jeopardy! on Friday...
Five years ago: The most important Meals of the day
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Quick Recap - October 7, 2015

October 7, 2015, 3:05 pm
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     Did Alex's talk about the upcoming ToC raise your eyebrows?
     Today's contestants:

Susan Thurman, a scholarship program director from Tucker, GA
Alison Burke, a tutor from Brooklyn, NY
Matt Jackson, a parelegal from Washington, DC(8-day champ, $230,610)

     I wonder who the friend of Matt's is that came in 2nd in a college tournament.
     I can't resist mentioning this puzzling triple-stumper in Sports Nobility: "This controversial head coach led Indiana to 3 NCAA hoops titles & the U.S. to a gold medal in 1984."
     Andy warned me that Matt was going to make an interesting wager in Double Jeopardy. Matt said "5" plus something unintelligible, and Trebek said "5 it is." Closed captioning said Trebek's words were "$5,000 it is." When Matt got it wrong, in fact only $5 was deducted. I bet there was a stop in play. Susan and I are in touch and hopefully she can come to the next live panel. I'd also like to ask her why she said "Norway" after that same response was wrong for Matt!
     I hoped Alison would wager more on her Daily Double! But here are the scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Matt 17395
Alison 9400
Susan 2400

Final Jeopardy category: Movie Characters

Final Jeopardy clue: "Charlton Heston's wardrobe in 1954's 'Secret of the Incas' inspired the clothes worn by this adventurous character 27 yrs later." Puhleeze. This was insta for me and I haven't even seen the movie.

Matt 17395 + 1406 = 18801 (winner!)
Alison 9400 + 7996 = 17396
Susan 2400 - 2300 = 100

     My Coryat was 15000.

(contestant photo credit: jeopardy.com)

One year ago: Faux no they didn't
Two years ago: Can you tell me how to get...
Three years ago: A Day Late, and a Hedgehog Short?
Four years ago: Fri-day, Fri-day, Jeopardy! on Friday...
Five years ago: Blogging to beat the (marching) band




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Throwback Thursday - October 8, 2015 (Battle of the Decades finals!)

October 8, 2015, 8:16 am
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Rewrite time! I had this long spiel done up making fun of Jeanie for having all sorts of pictures ready but she hadn't sent them along, and then she sent me an email with a bunch of pictures! Woohoo!

Remember these posts of Jeanie's from just after the Battle of the Decades tapings?
Wrong Of The South
This One Time At O'Brien's

I know Jeanie loved being in the audience for those!

and, now, the never-before-seen pictures:


Here's one of two people: one of my favorite Jeopardy! contestants ever, and Brad Rutter:


If I'm not mistaken, this is Shane Whitlock, Jeanie, and one of Shane's kids:


General merriment:
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Quick Recap - October 8, 2015

October 8, 2015, 3:05 pm
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Andy here before Jeanie's recap:

Yes, Matt Jackson bet $5 yesterday. Not $5,000. A couple of things I want to share:

1) In yesterday's comment section, Elicia from tomorrow's game provided some excellent from-the-audience insight on what happened.

2) Matt explained the following on his on Facebook fan page:


A note to resolve some apparent confusion: I intended to wager five dollars (one Abe Lincoln) on my second Daily Double...
Posted by Matt Jackson Jeopardy on Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Back to Jeanie.



     This has been one of those days where 4:30 couldn't come quickly enough.

     Today's contestants:

Sameer Rawal, an internal medicine resident from Toronto, ON, Canada
Erik Latshaw, a cellar hand from Los Angeles, CA
Matt Jackson, a paralegal from Washington, DC(9-day champ, $249,411)

     I found Erik on Twitter but he didn't say anything after this:
     I had to laugh with delight when Matt got his first Daily Double right.
     Aren't there two Saarinens? Is this today's controversy?
       
Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Matt 42400
Erik 12800
Sameer 3200

I loved Sameer's reaction when Trebek said Matt's score! What a good sport.

Final Jeopardy category: The European Union

Final Jeopardy clue: "Since Bulgaria joined in 2007, the E.U.'s 3 official alphabets have been our Latin one & these 2."

Sameer 3200 - 416

Erik 12800 + 6300
Matt 42400 - 2400 (winner; duh)

     Trebek says he feared Matt wouldn't lose much?
     My Coryat today was 20000 again.

(contestant photo credit: jeopardy.com)

One year ago: Bordering Misery
Two years ago: Can you tell me how to get...
Three years ago: Not Quite Helm's Deep...
Four years ago: Fri-day, Fri-day, Jeopardy! on Friday...
Five years ago: "Put that in your blog and smoke it"




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Quick Recap - October 9, 2015

October 9, 2015, 4:04 pm
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Not gonna lie, I'm feeling a little bit on the disappointed side after the end of that Blue Jays game today!

Today's contestants:

Elicia Woerle, an interior architectural design student from Los Angeles, CAEmily Rollman, an attorney from Shawneetown, ILMatt Jackson, a paralegal from Washington, DC(10-day champ, $289,411)

Elicia found us a couple of days ago; I'm hoping she can make our next #JeopardyLivePanel!





Matt got off to a bit of slow start; he was actually in the minus for a few questions early on! For a brief moment, though, Matt recovered to the point that both Elicia and Emily were in position to give Matt a single-player Final, but Elicia managed to get her score above $0!

Scores going into Final Jeopardy!:
Matt 35000
Elicia 3600
Emily -1200

Final Jeopardy! category: VIDEO GAMES

Final Jeopardy! clue: As part of its 30th anniversary celebration in 2014, this video game used the slogan "We all fit together"


Elicia 3600 + 0 = 3600
Matt 35000 + 15000 = 50000 (11-day total, $339,411)


(contestant photo credit: jeopardy.com)



One year ago: Andy's Back
Two years ago: Celebrity Feud counts, I guess...
Three years ago: Not Quite Helm's Deep...
Four years ago: On A Tuesday Long Ago...
Five years ago: A colonel of wisdom
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#JeopardyLivePanel Season 2 Episode 4 (October 11, 2015 8pm)

October 11, 2015, 4:30 pm
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Use #JeopardyLivePanel on Twitter to interact with the panel!



Scheduled for this panel:
Amanda Brock
Jim Ellwanger
David Kendall
Andy Saunders
and more!

Next week's contestants:
Matt Akridge - Hardinsburg, KY (WLKY)
Michael Baker - New York, NY (WABC)
Dana Desprois - Arlington, VA (WJLA)
Christine Gengaro - Los Angeles, CA (KABC)
Corbett Hancey - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (NTV)
Sally Hatfield - Lakeview, MI (WWMT)
Matt Jackson - Washington, DC (WJLA)
Julia Novakovic - Pittsburgh, PA (WPXI)
Zelda Pulliam - Chicago, IL (WLS)
Victor Quillen - Kingsport, TN (WCYB)
Josh Silverman - Miami, FL (WPLG)

One year ago: Andy's Back
Two years ago: Put on your yarmulke...
Three years ago: I'm a Stranger Here Myself...
Four years ago: On A Tuesday Long Ago...
Five years ago: Untitled
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Quick Recap - October 12, 2015

October 12, 2015, 3:28 pm
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Welcome to another week of recaps! I've put my stats-man hat on and noticed that Matt had 319 correct responses in his first 11 games, and it's going to inspire a new feature I'll be working on!

Today's contestants:
Julia Novakovics, an archivist from Pittsburgh, PA
Victor Quillen, a career counsellor from Kingsport, TN
Matt Jackson, a paralegal from Washington, DC(11-day champ, $339,411)



Matt turned up the heat today, nailing $10,000 on a late Daily Double! No, I haven't charted the game yet to add to Matt's total of 319!

Scores going into Final Jeopardy!:
Matt $39,600
Victor $12,000
Julia $7,000

Final Jeopardy! category: HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS

Final Jeopardy! clue: Its restitchings over the centuries helped perpetuate the story of King Harold II being struck in the eye with an arrow


Julia 7000 + 3002 = 10002
Victor 12000 + 2001 = 14001
Matt 39600 + 11400 = 51000 (12-day champion, $390,411)


(contestant photo credit: jeopardy.com)

One year ago: Dan's On A Roll
Two years ago: How's this for low Congressional approval?
Three years ago: The Loch Fyne Monster
Four years ago: Untitled
Five years ago: A princess and diva appear on Jeopardy!
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Comparing Matt Jackson to the Decade's Other Long Win Streaks: Part 1 (Correct Responses)

October 13, 2015, 6:02 am
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Matt Jackson won his 12th game last night. Our #JeopardyLivePanel discussions the past few episodes have centered around "how long will his streak last?" Let's look at the numbers.

I went to J! Archive and added up the number of correct responses of the five contestants who played in at least 12 regular games (that being, Ken Jennings, Julia Collins, David Madden, Arthur Chu, and Matt Jackson). Here are the numbers:


Number of Correct Responses over first 12 games
Data source: j-archive.com

Over Matt's first five games, he was only an average of just under three correct responses a game behind Ken (Ken's total 154, Matt 141), and ahead of Julia (110), David (136), and Arthur (120).

Looking at Ken's sixth through twelfth games, though, Ken seemed to find another gear, breaking 38 correct responses five times (Matt has only broken 30 twice). I would posit that this would be due to the extra buzzer familiarity that Ken had over his opposition at this point; since Ken's streak, the show has given new players significantly more buzzer rehearsal time. Matt has still had the second-best correct response count over Games 6 through 12. It would not surprise me in the least to see Matt surpass Julia's streak. I'm not sure how much he'll threaten Ken, though.

Part 2 of this comparison will look at the five players on Daily Doubles.
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Quick Recap - October 13, 2015

October 13, 2015, 2:59 pm
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Today's contestants:

Christine Gengaro, a college professor and writer from Los Angeles, CA
Corbett Hancey, a journalist from Halifax, NS, Canada
Matt Jackson, a paralegal from Washington, DC(12-day champ, $390,411)

     Did anyone sit and stare for the whole Seussical Titles? I did sweep It's Taco Tuesday. Huh. If I'd swept Flowers, I'd have taken it as a sign I should buy the roses I was eyeing at the store today.

Final Jeopardy category: Modern American Poetry

Final Jeopardy clue: "A critic said this 1956 poem was 'a tirade...against those who do not share the poet's...sexual orientation.'" Discuss?!

Matt 30800-9599 (winner!)

Corbett 10600+150
Christine 5200-5200

     My Coryat today was 24400.

One year ago: Dan's On A Roll
Two years ago: Q & A with Cori Wilhelm!
Three years ago: Andy talks Jeopardy!
Four years ago: Untitled
Five years ago: A princess and diva appear on Jeopardy!

(contestant photo credit: jeopardy.com)




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Comparing Matt Jackson to the Decade's Other Long Streaks - Part 2 (Other Statistics)

October 14, 2015, 10:58 am
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Here is Part 2

In Part 1, I compared Matt Jackson to Ken Jennings, Arthur Chu, David Madden, and Julia Collins in terms of their number of correct responses. Here is Part 2, where the five players are compared in terms of their performance on Daily Doubles, %age of lock games, and average Coryat score.



As you can see, Matt seems to have a very strong knowledge of what he knows and doesn't know, and is using that knowledge to maximum effect thus far on the Daily Doubles, picking up over $100,000 on those clues alone! Of course, the Daily Doubles are much higher-variance, so an opponent able to take out those Daily Doubles might certainly leave him more vulnerable.

Matt still has a higher Coryat score than Arthur, Julia, and David. Those streaks, however, were before The Final Wager and The Jeopardy! Fan brought strategy more into the forefront; information on how to end a long streak wasn't as readily available as it was even two years ago!

We'll see what happens tonight as Matt makes his 14th appearance.

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Quick Recap - October 14, 2015

October 14, 2015, 3:32 pm
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Andy here! Interestingly enough, I met Sally from today's episode at the Kansas City auditions (we were staying at the same Airbnb). She had auditioned the day before, and I credit the chat I had with her in the morning before my own audition to be mostly responsible for how well things went for me on July 1! (Thank you so much, Sally.) Now on to the recap with Jeanie:





Today's contestants:

Sally Hatfield, an English as a Second Language instructor from Lakeview, MI
Michael Baker, a travel media editor from New York, NY
Matt Jackson, a paralegal from Washington, DC(13-day champ, $411,612)

     Does Matt look tired to you today? And does Michael look like Mark Japinga behind his lectern?
     Nice of Matt to own up to being wrongly credited with a correct response, after the Jeopardy round.
     I tried to keep track of my Coryat, but somewhere I got lost and the last two clues on my Jeopardy board didn't match what was on the TV. Which means I got up and walked around during Double Jeopardy. ;-)

Final Jeopardy category: U.S. Landmarks

Final Jeopardy clue: "For its 50th anniv. in 2012, the roof of this landmark was temporarily repainted its original color, galaxy gold."

Matt 17800 - 17401

Michael 17600 - 2399 (winner)
Sally 7600 - 7600

(contestant photo credit: jeopardy.com)

One year ago: Oh, Danny Boy
Two year ago: Q & A with Cori Wilhelm!
Three years ago: Andy talks Jeopardy!
Four years ago: Auk!
Five years ago: A princess and diva appear on Jeopardy!




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Quick Recap - October 15, 2015

October 15, 2015, 4:03 pm
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Today's contestants, for the first game of the post-Matt Jackson era:

Dana Desprois, an attorney from Arlington, VA
Josh Silverman, a graduate student from Miami, FL
Michael Baker, a travel media editor from New York, NY(1-day champ, $15,201)



Michael found a Daily Double on the last clue played to break Josh's lock game!

Scores going into Final Jeopardy!:
Josh $15,200
Michael $10,600
Dana $3,800

Final Jeopardy! category: THE MIDDLE EAST

Final Jeopardy! clue: With an area of 4,000 square miles, it’s the only primarily Arabic-speaking country in the Middle East that has no desert


Dana 3800 - 800 = 3000
Michael 10600 - 4601 = 5999
Josh 15200 + 6001 = 21201


Josh seemed very happy to be the champion! He'll be back tomorrow to defend his title.

(contestant photo credit: jeopardy.com)

One year ago: Oh, Danny Boy
Two year ago: Ryan #JeopardyVote
Three years ago: Andy talks Jeopardy!
Four years ago: Auk!
Five years ago: A princess and diva appear on Jeopardy!
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Quick Recap - October 16, 2015

October 16, 2015, 2:58 pm
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Today's contestants:

Matt Akridge, a program analyst from Hardinsburg, KY
Zelda Pulliam, an income tax specialist from Chicago, IL
Josh Silverman, a graduate student from Miami, FL (1-day champ, $21,201)
     When I looked for panelists for the next Hangout (tomorrow at 7 Central), I found that Zelda, near as I can tell, was an actress on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Notice she chose On Broadway first!
     Did you notice Trebek said "John Silverman" at Josh's (long) interview?
     I love Josh's fistpumps!

Final Jeopardy category: Baseball Teams

Final Jeopardy clue: "When translated, the full name of this major league baseball team gets you a double redundancy."

Josh 20000 - 6401 (winner)
Zelda 9600 - 8600
Matt 13200 - 13000

My Coryat today was 11200.

(contestant photo credit: jeopardy.com)

One year ago: Sigh.
Two years ago: Ryan #JeopardyVote The Sequel
Three years ago: Two Canadians!
Four years ago: Untitled
Five years ago: A princess and diva appear on Jeopardy!

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#JeopardyLivePanel Season 2 Episode 5 (Saturday Oct. 17 8pm Eastern)

October 17, 2015, 4:33 pm
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Scheduled to appear:
Ben Ingram
Jeanie Kenkel
Ezgi Ustundag
Elicia Woerle
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Quick Recap - October 19, 2015

October 19, 2015, 2:59 pm
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Today's contestants:

Dean Meyer from Winder, Georgia
Martin Schmidt from Media, Pennsylvania
Josh Silverman, from Miami, Florida (returning champ)

     This week's other contestants:
Robert Arrowood
Alison Saunders
Dennis Golin
Kelly Winck
Philip Clark
Jennifer Robinson
Becky Sullivan
Sean Anderson

Final Jeopardy category: Today's International Film Stars. I actually feel good about this one. After I'd typed that, Trebek asked if it sounded like a hard category!

Final Jeopardy clue: "The first 2 Spanish actors to win acting Academy Awards, they got married soon after they both had won." Yep, I got this.

Josh 8400 - 4601 = 3799 :-(
Martin 9200 - 6601 = 2599
Dean 15700 + 3000 = 18700

 I didn't track my Coryat today.

One year ago: Hip to know "square"
Two years ago: Ryan #JeopardyVote, final answer
Three years ago: It's always "Can I""Can I""Can I"
Four years ago: The Ls don't have the Eyes
Five years ago: Sara gets called for unsportsmanlike conduct

(contestant photo credit: jeopardy.com)





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Quick Recap - October 20, 2015

October 20, 2015, 3:13 pm
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Today's contestants:

Alison Saunders, an architectural historian from Baton Rouge, LA
Robert Arrowood, a former realtor from Provincetown, MA
Dean Meyer, a scientific editor from Winder, GA (1-day champ, $18,700)

(No, Alison is no relation!)




I thought Dean underbet slightly on her mid-game Daily Double; if she'd gone all-in she would have had the lead going into Final!

Scores going into Final Jeopardy!:
Robert $13,000
Dean $12,000
Alison $7,200

Final Jeopardy! category: 20TH CENTURY NOVELS

Final Jeopardy! clue: A line from this 1995 novel is “the infant glistened a scandalous shade of pale emerald”


Alison 7200 + 7100 = 14300
Dean 12000 + 12000 = 24000
Robert 13000 + 12500 = 25500


I dunno; it feels as though most of the betting was a bit of a head-scratcher to me today!

(contestant photo credit: jeopardy.com)

One year ago: Guy Smily
Two years ago: Ryan #JeopardyVote, final answer
Three years ago: Deja deja deja deja vu
Four years ago: The Ls don't have the Eyes
Five years ago: Sara gets called for unsportsmanlike conduct
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Quick Recap - October 21, 2015

October 21, 2015, 4:15 pm
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Today's contestants:

Kelly Winck, a grants and developments manager from Knoxville, TN
Dennis Golin, a video editor from New York, NY
Robert Arrowood, a former realtor from Provincetown, MA (1-day champ, $25,500)


With scores at 16000-14000-4000 going and Dennis facing a Daily Double on the final clue of Double Jeopardy!, he chose to bet $2,000. Not sure how I feel about that!

Scores going into Final Jeopardy!:
Dennis 18000
Robert 14000
Kelly 4000

(These scores would be much more interesting when ties were still allowed!)

Final Jeopardy! category: THE PRIME MERIDIAN

Final Jeopardy! clue: Besides the U.K., it’s the only country that the prime meridian touches that starts with a vowel


Kelly 4000 + 4000 = 8000
Robert 14000 - 5999 = 8001
Dennis 18000 + 13999 = 31999


(contestant photo credit: jeopardy.com)
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Quick Recap - October 22, 2015

October 22, 2015, 4:37 pm
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Today's contestants:

Jennifer Robinson, a manufacturing technician from Windham, ME
Philip Clark, a high school librarian from Falls Church, VA
Dennis Golin, a video editor from New York, NY(1-day champ, $31,999)
     Okay, there must be a joke to the way Dennis selected "the herb, Alex"?

Final Jeopardy category: The Civil War

Final Jeopardy clue: "There were about 900 casualties in the 1862 battle of Secessionville, fought in this state."

Dennis 14100 + 13000 = 27100 (winner)

Philip 12000 + 8000 = 20000
Jennifer 13000 + 13000 =26000


I didn't track my Coryat today.

(contestant photo credit: jeopardy.com)


One year ago: Teleflubbies
Two years ago: Ok, go
Three years ago: Deja deja deja deja vu
Four years ago: The Ls don't have the Eyes
Five years ago: Fruity language indeed

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Quick Recap - October 23, 2015

October 23, 2015, 5:22 pm
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Today's contestants:

Sean Anderson, a law professor from Champaign, ILBecky Sullivan, a news producer from Kansas City, MODennis Golin, a video editor from New York, NY(2-day champ, $59,099)
(Sorry, Becky, but I hope your baseball team loses tonight!)


Wow. Dennis sent all $11,000 he had at a late-game Daily Double and came up empty!

Scores going into Final Jeopardy!:
Sean $15,600
Becky $6,000

Final Jeopardy! category: FLOWERS

Final Jeopardy! clue: The flower pictured here is called this, also a disparaging term for people on the political left




Becky 6000 - 6000 = 0
Sean 15600 + 3599 = 19199


Becky's response of "pansy" gave Alex a good laugh!

(contestant photo credit: jeopardy.com)

One year ago: Success is not final
Two years ago: Applause
Three years ago: Spiraling out of control
Four years ago: The Ls don't have the Eyes
Five years ago: Fruity language indeed
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Quick Recap - October 26, 2015

October 26, 2015, 3:13 pm
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Today's contestants:

Tom Flynn, a bartender from New York, NY
Beth Horn, a nanny from Dallas TX
Sean Anderson, a law professor from Champaign, IL(1-day champ, $19,199)
     This week's other contestants:
Dave Treptow of Milwaukee, WI
Jayne Lady of Iowa City, IA
Chris Lastrapes of Tulsa, OK
Nikki Grillos of New York, NY
Damien Martin of Overland Park, KS
Julie Stapel of La Grange Park, IL
Katie Walker of Chapel Hill, NC
Justin Morales of Omaha, NE

Final Jeopardy category: Pop Music History

Final Jeopardy clue: "Appropriately, this 1984 blockbuster was the first music CD mass-produced in the United States."

Sean 23000 + 6101 = 29101 (winner)

Beth 4800 - 4500 = 300
Tom 8400 - 8400 (!) = 0

     I did not track my Coryat today, but I'm discovering I don't watch the show when I don't. I need to do it every time. What did you guys think of this final clue?

(contestant photo credit: jeopardy.com)

One year ago: Success is not final
Two years ago: Controvrsy, Controvers
Three years ago: Prisoner Of Trebekistan: An Important Read
Four years ago: Stand and deliver
Five years ago: Untitled

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