Andy back with a recap of Thursday!
No pictures!
Maura McKenna is the challenger for Carolyn Collins and Arthur Chu, who tied yesterday!
Will Arthur win Game #3?
J! round categories:
THE TOP 40 A TO Z
HEALTH & NUTRITION
MISSING LINKS
NEWSPAPERS
BLACK & WHITE & READ
ALL OVER
Arthur continued his hopping all over the board, but found the first Daily Double under BLACK & WHITE & READ $800! Scores:
Arthur $3,800
Maura $1,400
Carolyn $1,200
His clue: This author's 1936 novel "Black Spring", a bawdy tale of Paris, came between 2 more famous books. Arthur went for Hemingway (as did I) and his score fell to $2,800.
At the first break, the scores:
Maura $3,000
Arthur $2,800
Carolyn $400
Coming back out of the break, I found it very difficult to keep up with this game because Arthur kept hopping around the board! At the end of the J! round, the scores were:
Arthur $6,000
Maura $5,600
Carolyn $2,400
Arthur has certainly got the Twitterverse abuzz:
and of course
Even Mental Floss is writing about him though! 6 Elements of Arthur Chu's Jeopardy! Strategy
Those are our Tweets Of The Day!
Back onto the DJ! round. Categories:
KINGS OF ENGLAND NOT BORN IN ENGLAND
NFL STADIUMS
INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
HEY, "PAL"
MATH PROBLEMS
CAN'T STOP MESSIN' WITH TEXAS
This round mostly belonged to Arthur! He saw the first Daily Double under HEY "PAL" $1600. Scores:
Arthur $12,800
Maura $6,400
Carolyn $2,000
Arthur bet $3,000. His clue: This US church is in communion with the See of Canterbury. Arthur's correct answer, his 7th of the round, brought him to $15,800.
It was about this point where I lost track of Arthur's correct responses, but the final Daily Double came out in KINGS OF ENGLAND $1200. Scores:
Arthur $20,200
Maura $6,800
Carolyn $2,800
Arthur bet $1,000. His clue: Born in Hanover, Germany in 1660, he was 54 when he took over the English throne in 1714. Another correct response put him at $21,200.
MATH PROBLEMS seemed to give our players some difficulty!
By the time we got around to NFL STADIUMS, it was pretty much all over but the crying as Arthur had nearly 3 times what his opponents did. He does seem to have a weak spot in sports, though!
Scores going into Final:
Arthur $20,800
Maura $7,200
Carolyn $2,800
FJ! category: COMEDIC ACTRESSES
FJ! clue: She's won Emmys for 3 different TV shows & in 2013 she broke Lucille Ball's record for most nominations by a comedic actress
Carolyn 2800 - 2800 = 0
Maura 7200 + 1599 = 8799
Arthur 20800 - 2000 = 18800
ToC update:
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. Sarah McNitt $89,398 (5 wins)
11. Rani Peffer $68,701 (5 wins)
12. Mark Japinga $112,600 (4 wins)
13. Mike Lewis $102,800 (4 wins)
14. Carlos Ross $89,774 (3 wins)
15. Arthur Chu $82,800 (3 wins)
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16. Adam Holquist $76,299 (3 wins)
17. Sara Garnett $75,403 (3 wins)
18. Salvo Candela $66,195 (3 wins)
19. Neal Pollack $60,798 (3 wins)
20. John Anneken $60,112 (3 wins)
21. Tim Anderson $56,001 (3 wins)
22. Stuart Anderson $51,601 (3 wins)
23. Bill Tolany $44,200 (3 wins)
No pictures!
Maura McKenna is the challenger for Carolyn Collins and Arthur Chu, who tied yesterday!
Will Arthur win Game #3?
J! round categories:
THE TOP 40 A TO Z
HEALTH & NUTRITION
MISSING LINKS
NEWSPAPERS
BLACK & WHITE & READ
ALL OVER
Arthur continued his hopping all over the board, but found the first Daily Double under BLACK & WHITE & READ $800! Scores:
Arthur $3,800
Maura $1,400
Carolyn $1,200
His clue: This author's 1936 novel "Black Spring", a bawdy tale of Paris, came between 2 more famous books. Arthur went for Hemingway (as did I) and his score fell to $2,800.
At the first break, the scores:
Maura $3,000
Arthur $2,800
Carolyn $400
Coming back out of the break, I found it very difficult to keep up with this game because Arthur kept hopping around the board! At the end of the J! round, the scores were:
Arthur $6,000
Maura $5,600
Carolyn $2,400
Arthur has certainly got the Twitterverse abuzz:
I had no idea so many people had so many Jeopardy feels until @arthur_affect shook things up this week.
— Monica F (@nlmtys) January 31, 2014and of course
The worst thing about Arthur is that he searches his name and then enters your mentions without warning. #jeopardy
— Duke E. Brown (@hotterthanjuly) January 31, 2014Even Mental Floss is writing about him though! 6 Elements of Arthur Chu's Jeopardy! Strategy
Those are our Tweets Of The Day!
Back onto the DJ! round. Categories:
KINGS OF ENGLAND NOT BORN IN ENGLAND
NFL STADIUMS
INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
HEY, "PAL"
MATH PROBLEMS
CAN'T STOP MESSIN' WITH TEXAS
This round mostly belonged to Arthur! He saw the first Daily Double under HEY "PAL" $1600. Scores:
Arthur $12,800
Maura $6,400
Carolyn $2,000
Arthur bet $3,000. His clue: This US church is in communion with the See of Canterbury. Arthur's correct answer, his 7th of the round, brought him to $15,800.
It was about this point where I lost track of Arthur's correct responses, but the final Daily Double came out in KINGS OF ENGLAND $1200. Scores:
Arthur $20,200
Maura $6,800
Carolyn $2,800
Arthur bet $1,000. His clue: Born in Hanover, Germany in 1660, he was 54 when he took over the English throne in 1714. Another correct response put him at $21,200.
MATH PROBLEMS seemed to give our players some difficulty!
By the time we got around to NFL STADIUMS, it was pretty much all over but the crying as Arthur had nearly 3 times what his opponents did. He does seem to have a weak spot in sports, though!
Scores going into Final:
Arthur $20,800
Maura $7,200
Carolyn $2,800
FJ! category: COMEDIC ACTRESSES
FJ! clue: She's won Emmys for 3 different TV shows & in 2013 she broke Lucille Ball's record for most nominations by a comedic actress
Carolyn 2800 - 2800 = 0
Maura 7200 + 1599 = 8799
Arthur 20800 - 2000 = 18800
ToC update:
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. Sarah McNitt $89,398 (5 wins)
11. Rani Peffer $68,701 (5 wins)
12. Mark Japinga $112,600 (4 wins)
13. Mike Lewis $102,800 (4 wins)
14. Carlos Ross $89,774 (3 wins)
15. Arthur Chu $82,800 (3 wins)
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16. Adam Holquist $76,299 (3 wins)
17. Sara Garnett $75,403 (3 wins)
18. Salvo Candela $66,195 (3 wins)
19. Neal Pollack $60,798 (3 wins)
20. John Anneken $60,112 (3 wins)
21. Tim Anderson $56,001 (3 wins)
22. Stuart Anderson $51,601 (3 wins)
23. Bill Tolany $44,200 (3 wins)