Andy here with one final recap for this week! Also, Jeanie wanted me to let you all know that she'll have a post recapping her time at O'Brien's pub quiz coming up tomorrow!
Today's contestants:
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Jon is Canadian! Will Varun slot in on our ToC list?
J! round categories:
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA SAYS SO
HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS
LITERATURE
2013 CDs
HERBS & SPICES
___ING THE ___
Jon had an excellent time of it in LITERATURE, getting 3/5!
The bottom clue in ___ING THE ___ was the Daily Double, and it was Varun's to play! Scores:
Greg $2,200
Jon $2,000
Varun $1,800
Varun bet $700. Clue: This African custom seen at many weddings of African Americans symbolizes sweeping away the old. Varun was unable to come up with an answer and fell to $1,100 at the first break.
Jon had a pretty good week when he got The Call; he also got engaged and received notification that the Yale Law Journal was publishing him! He then got 4/5 in BRITANNICA coming out of the break!
By the end of the J! round, the scores were:
Jon $5,800
Varun $2,700
Greg $2,200
DJ! round categories:
CONVERSATIONAL GERMAN
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
PRE-FAME CELEBS IN ADS
IT'S SNOWING
"MERRY"
CHRISTMAS
CHRISTMAS $1600 had the first Daily Double! It was Jon's to play. Scores:
Jon $6,600
Greg $1,800
Varun $1,500
Jon bet $2,000. His clue: With peace on Earth on their minds, Israel's Menachem Begin & this leader met in Egypt on Christmas Day 1977. Jon's correct response put him at $8,600.
Varun did well to start in Physical Science; however, Jon got the $1200 clue. As you can probably guess, $1600 had the Daily Double. Scores:
Jon $9,800
Varun $3,100
Greg $1,800
Jon bet $3,000. His clue: Nothing's final, it's all in this, also the name for magnetic lines that run from pole to pole forming magnetic fields. Jon went for "medial lines" and fell to $6,800.
Meanwhile, Greg took this opportunity and found his buzzer mojo after this, charging into the lead! Once again, Varun decided he'd rather play low-valued clues when far behind after the minute-to-go signal. Not sure why, though! 4 clues went unplayed in GERMAN, and scores going into Final were:
Greg $11,800
Jon $11,600
Varun $6,700
FJ! category: 20th CENTURY LITERARY TERMS
FJ! clue: The writer who named this U.S. movement said the term referred to supreme blessedness, not exhaustion
Varun 6700 - 0 = 6700
Jon 11600 + 300 = 11900
Greg 11800 - 11401 = 399
Another Canadian is our champion, and he'll be back to defend Monday! Jeanie will have a couple of posts this weekend!
Today's contestants:
Jon is Canadian! Will Varun slot in on our ToC list?
J! round categories:
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA SAYS SO
HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS
LITERATURE
2013 CDs
HERBS & SPICES
___ING THE ___
Jon had an excellent time of it in LITERATURE, getting 3/5!
The bottom clue in ___ING THE ___ was the Daily Double, and it was Varun's to play! Scores:
Greg $2,200
Jon $2,000
Varun $1,800
Varun bet $700. Clue: This African custom seen at many weddings of African Americans symbolizes sweeping away the old. Varun was unable to come up with an answer and fell to $1,100 at the first break.
Jon had a pretty good week when he got The Call; he also got engaged and received notification that the Yale Law Journal was publishing him! He then got 4/5 in BRITANNICA coming out of the break!
By the end of the J! round, the scores were:
Jon $5,800
Varun $2,700
Greg $2,200
DJ! round categories:
CONVERSATIONAL GERMAN
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
PRE-FAME CELEBS IN ADS
IT'S SNOWING
"MERRY"
CHRISTMAS
CHRISTMAS $1600 had the first Daily Double! It was Jon's to play. Scores:
Jon $6,600
Greg $1,800
Varun $1,500
Jon bet $2,000. His clue: With peace on Earth on their minds, Israel's Menachem Begin & this leader met in Egypt on Christmas Day 1977. Jon's correct response put him at $8,600.
Varun did well to start in Physical Science; however, Jon got the $1200 clue. As you can probably guess, $1600 had the Daily Double. Scores:
Jon $9,800
Varun $3,100
Greg $1,800
Jon bet $3,000. His clue: Nothing's final, it's all in this, also the name for magnetic lines that run from pole to pole forming magnetic fields. Jon went for "medial lines" and fell to $6,800.
Meanwhile, Greg took this opportunity and found his buzzer mojo after this, charging into the lead! Once again, Varun decided he'd rather play low-valued clues when far behind after the minute-to-go signal. Not sure why, though! 4 clues went unplayed in GERMAN, and scores going into Final were:
Greg $11,800
Jon $11,600
Varun $6,700
FJ! category: 20th CENTURY LITERARY TERMS
FJ! clue: The writer who named this U.S. movement said the term referred to supreme blessedness, not exhaustion
Varun 6700 - 0 = 6700
Jon 11600 + 300 = 11900
Greg 11800 - 11401 = 399
Another Canadian is our champion, and he'll be back to defend Monday! Jeanie will have a couple of posts this weekend!