Yesterday Sarah McNitt won her second episode, which means I might be updating the ToC list tonight. Let's find out!
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| Sarah |
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| Stacy Meyers |
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| Gudrun Juffer |
Did you see Stacy jamming the signaling device? Having seen or experienced many a Jeopardy! rehearsal, I doubt she was doing it then. She seemed to be trying to ring in on most everything, and at the first break everyone had some success.
Sarah 2400 (7 right and one wrong)
Gudrun 2000 (3 right)
Stacy 1600 (4 right)
I had a feeling Twitter was gonna explode over the downright ridiculous - sorry - incorrect responses all three contestants gave to this one in Thrown of Games: "354 wins did not overcome the controversy as this ex-Red Sox pitcher didn't make the Hall of Fame cut in 2013." For once I agree with Mr. Trebek's reaction. And note he didn't say his customary "No harm no foul"! I bet he went on a rant during the commercial break. If I'd been there, I'd know! I mean, these people had to know they don't know baseball if they throw out such wild guesses...so don't ring in. You know what, though? I didn't find any good tweets as of publication.
Okay, I think this is the first time I've had to blog an audio clue. It's the Daily Double of the round, in Beethoven. Stacy found it, the second-to-last clue (but as you'll see it wound up being the last one).
Sarah 4400
Gudrun 2200
Stacy 2800
It would've taken me a long time to both remember how to record sound and then how to embed it here, so I made this a video. I was hoping Stacy would hurry - the longer the video the longer I expected the video to take to arrive in my e-mail. And as of publication, it hasn't yet. :-( But I expect to be up all night, so when it comes I'll stick it in.
Stacy found the next Daily Double too, in Blade Runner.
Sarah 10800 (6 right)
Gudrun 3800 (3 right and one wrong)
Stacy 10600 (6 right)
Stacy wagered 1000 on this clue: "In a Tennyson poem, Bedevere is asked to make a run with this& fling it 'into the middle mere.'" Stacy didn't know it.
Gudrun got the next clue right, and the next was the Daily Double in Metropolis.
Sarah 10800
Gudrun 4200
Stacy 9600
Gudrun wagered it all on this clue: "In 1890 the population of this U.S. city bordering Mexico was 16,000; today, it's 1.3 million." Now I know why this comment was left earlier today. Gudrun was wrong, and after Sarah answered the next clue Mr. Trebek said there was less than a minute left in the round. Come on, Gudrun!
Four clues were left covered when time ran out.
Sarah 13600 (2 right)
Gudrun 1200 (One right!)
Stacy 10400 (One right and one wrong)
The Final Jeopardy category is Shakespeare. This is the clue: "This 5-letter name appears 7 times in Shakespeare titles, more than any other name." Gudrun got it right! She added 1100. Stacy got it wrong. She lost 7600. Sarah got it, so she wins! She adds 4000. 3-day 46000. So I do indeed add her to the ToC list. But she needs a fourth win to actually be in the running for the next ToC:
1. John Pearson (November 2013 Teacher's Champion)
2. Jim Coury (May 2013 College Champion)
3. Ben Ingram $176,534 (8 wins)
4. Drew Horwood $138,100 (8 wins)
5. Jared Hall $181,001 (6 wins)
6. Andrew Moore $137,803 (6 wins)
7. Jerry Slowik $121,800 (5 wins)
8. Joshua Brakhage $103,205 (5 wins)
9. Rebecca Rider $101,600 (5 wins)
10. Rani Peffer $68,701 (5 wins)
11. Mark Japinga $112,600 (4 wins)
12. Mike Lewis $102,800 (4 wins)
13. Carlos Ross $89,774 (3 wins)
14. Adam Holquist $76,299 (3 wins)
15. Sara Garnett $75,403 (3 wins)
16. Salvo Candela $66,195 (3 wins)
17. Neal Pollack $60,798 (3 wins)
18. John Anneken $60,112 (3 wins)
19. Tim Anderson $56,001 (3 wins)
20. Stuart Anderson $51,601 (3 wins)
21. Sarah McNitt $46,000 (3 wins)
21. Bill Tolany $44,200 (3 wins)
I didn't feel like watching tonight's episode before blogging about it. Maybe because I'm already posting later than I'd like. ;-) And I have tennis and American Idol to watch and cookies to bake. (Now you see why I will be up all night, but it's a pleasure!)
One year ago: I'll say what she's saying
Two years ago: A sure Betsy
Three years ago: Crazy like a Fox