Andy here with his final recap of the week!
Today's contestants:
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Chip survived yesterday. Will he survive today? Alex commented that both Chip and Joe were "giants"; the bigger they are, the harder they fall?
J! round categories:
SAFETY IN NUMBERS
CENTURY 19
10-LETTER WORDS
THEY TURNED MY BOOK INTO A MOVIE
DEATH
TAXES
CENTURY 19 $800 had the first Daily Double; it was Dana's to play, even though Joe got off to the best start!
Scores:
Joe $2,400
Dana $1,000
Chip $0
Dana bet $1,000. Her clue: In 1898 this U.S. battleship went to Havana Harbor in part to protect U.S. citizens, but it would never leave
At the first break, the scores were:
Joe $3,400
Dana $2,200
Chip $800
Chip is 6'7"; the second-tallest person in his family, his dad, is 6' tall!
Coming out of the break, THEY TURNED MY BOOK INTO A MOVIE $800 was a Triple Stumper ("World War Z"); hands up, who got it?
At the end of the J! round, the scores were:
Joe $6,800
Chip $3,600
Dana $3,000
DJ! round categories:
ANCIENT ROME
THE "I"S HAVE IT
ANATOMY
SOAP BRANDS DEFINED
U.S. ISLANDS
BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES
An amusing Triple Stumper in BEFORE & AFTER $1600: The Edsels' 1961 doo-wop hit is a song by Dorothy & the munchkins celebrating a notable demise in "The Wizard Of Oz". Alex said the word I put in parentheses, but that's not part of the title!
ANATOMY $1200 had the first Daily Double; it was Joe's to play with the following scores:
Joe $8,400
Dana $7,400
Chip $5,600
Joe bet $1,600. His clue: The sigmoid section of this part of the digestive tract is named for its "S" shape. Joe's answer of "small intestine" dropped him to $6,800. He got his $1,600 back on the next clue.
SOAP BRANDS DEFINED $1600 was a Triple Stumper, though I'm sure it was the brand everyone was thinking at the start of the category! (A type of dentin)
It appears as if the judges have decided to set a leniency precedent in the respect that Chip was given no fewer than three chances to pronounce "Narragansett Bay" - I hope that people remember this! To add insult to injury, the following clue had the Daily Double! Scores:
Joe $9,600
Chip $8,000
Dana $3,800
Chip bet $2,000. His clue: 3 islands lie within this lake in New York's Adirondacks: Buck Island, Moose Island & Hawk Island. Chip gave no answer. His score fell to $6,000.
Scores going into Final:
Joe $11,600
Chip $6,000
Dana $4,600
FJ! category: GROUNDBREAKING NONFICTION
FJ! clue: Chapters in this 1962 classic include "Earth's Green Mantle", "Needless Havoc", "Rivers of Death"& "And No Birds Sing"
Dana 4600 + 4500 = 9100
Chip 6000 + 6000 = 12000
Joe 11600 - 401 = 11199
No Tweets of the Night, either, as everything that I felt would be worthy, I saw no tweets on!
It's tough to give the "holding everything else constant" on the Narragnasett Bay ruling because the Daily Double truly changes everything. That being said, it was a judge's ruling, and they do appear to be setting a precedent. In that respect, I think I'm okay with it. Someone may need to remind me of this the next time this happens, though!
Jeanie will have Chip's third game on Monday, where he attempts to get on the ToC list! In the meantime, she'll have a trip recap too!
Today's contestants:
Chip survived yesterday. Will he survive today? Alex commented that both Chip and Joe were "giants"; the bigger they are, the harder they fall?
J! round categories:
SAFETY IN NUMBERS
CENTURY 19
10-LETTER WORDS
THEY TURNED MY BOOK INTO A MOVIE
DEATH
TAXES
CENTURY 19 $800 had the first Daily Double; it was Dana's to play, even though Joe got off to the best start!
Scores:
Joe $2,400
Dana $1,000
Chip $0
Dana bet $1,000. Her clue: In 1898 this U.S. battleship went to Havana Harbor in part to protect U.S. citizens, but it would never leave
At the first break, the scores were:
Joe $3,400
Dana $2,200
Chip $800
Chip is 6'7"; the second-tallest person in his family, his dad, is 6' tall!
Coming out of the break, THEY TURNED MY BOOK INTO A MOVIE $800 was a Triple Stumper ("World War Z"); hands up, who got it?
At the end of the J! round, the scores were:
Joe $6,800
Chip $3,600
Dana $3,000
DJ! round categories:
ANCIENT ROME
THE "I"S HAVE IT
ANATOMY
SOAP BRANDS DEFINED
U.S. ISLANDS
BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES
An amusing Triple Stumper in BEFORE & AFTER $1600: The Edsels' 1961 doo-wop hit is a song by Dorothy & the munchkins celebrating a notable demise in "The Wizard Of Oz". Alex said the word I put in parentheses, but that's not part of the title!
ANATOMY $1200 had the first Daily Double; it was Joe's to play with the following scores:
Joe $8,400
Dana $7,400
Chip $5,600
Joe bet $1,600. His clue: The sigmoid section of this part of the digestive tract is named for its "S" shape. Joe's answer of "small intestine" dropped him to $6,800. He got his $1,600 back on the next clue.
SOAP BRANDS DEFINED $1600 was a Triple Stumper, though I'm sure it was the brand everyone was thinking at the start of the category! (A type of dentin)
It appears as if the judges have decided to set a leniency precedent in the respect that Chip was given no fewer than three chances to pronounce "Narragansett Bay" - I hope that people remember this! To add insult to injury, the following clue had the Daily Double! Scores:
Joe $9,600
Chip $8,000
Dana $3,800
Chip bet $2,000. His clue: 3 islands lie within this lake in New York's Adirondacks: Buck Island, Moose Island & Hawk Island. Chip gave no answer. His score fell to $6,000.
Scores going into Final:
Joe $11,600
Chip $6,000
Dana $4,600
FJ! category: GROUNDBREAKING NONFICTION
FJ! clue: Chapters in this 1962 classic include "Earth's Green Mantle", "Needless Havoc", "Rivers of Death"& "And No Birds Sing"
Dana 4600 + 4500 = 9100
Chip 6000 + 6000 = 12000
Joe 11600 - 401 = 11199
No Tweets of the Night, either, as everything that I felt would be worthy, I saw no tweets on!
It's tough to give the "holding everything else constant" on the Narragnasett Bay ruling because the Daily Double truly changes everything. That being said, it was a judge's ruling, and they do appear to be setting a precedent. In that respect, I think I'm okay with it. Someone may need to remind me of this the next time this happens, though!
Jeanie will have Chip's third game on Monday, where he attempts to get on the ToC list! In the meantime, she'll have a trip recap too!