Andy here with a quick recap of Friday's episode!
Today's contestants:
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J! Round categories:
SHAKESPEARE WITH SPOILER ALERTS
FASHION ABBREV.
BACK TO BASEBALL
U.S. PLACE NAMES
KNOW YOUR CAR
CHECK YOUR "OIL"
SHAKESPEARE $600 had the first Daily Double, on the third clue of the game! It was Sandie's to play, with her at $400, and Rebecca at $200. She bet $1000. Her clue: King Lear has 3 daughters; (spoiler alert) this youngest one lasts the longest but is finally hanged. Sandie couldn't come up with her name and fell to -$600.
The scores at the first break:
Sandie $3,200
Rebecca $2,000
Monique -$400
Sandie works at General Motors; I'm surprised that she waited a bit before getting to the KNOW YOUR CAR category! She went 3/5 in the category! She then negged on the last two BASEBALL clues (sigh...), bringing her back below Rebecca.
The scores after the J! Round:
Rebecca $4,200
Sandie $3,800
Monique -$1,000
DJ! round categories:
WELCOME TO NASHVILLE
BEASTLY RHYME TIME
WOMEN OF CHINESE DESCENT
HISTORIC BATTLES
THE CHARACTER SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS
SPOT ME
Monique started BEASTLY RHYME TIME at the bottom. She should have started at the bottom of HISTORIC BATTLES, as the Daily Double was there! Rebecca got to play it, and she faced the following scores:
Rebecca $9,800
Sandie $6,200
Monique $-1,000
Rebecca bet clue value. Her clue: The U.S. Marines' 6-month battle for this island in the Solomons helped secure American air superiority in the Pacific. Rebecca picked Iwo Jima and fell to $7,800.
From there, Sandie and Monique did well in THE CHARACTER SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS. It was Monique who got to play the final Daily Double, under WOMEN OF CHINESE DESCENT $1600! Scores:
Rebecca $11,000
Sandie $9,800
Monique $5,000
Monique bet $2,500. Her clue: One of Vogue's youngest fashion editors, she was inspired by her own marriage to design wedding gowns. Her correct response put her up to $7,500!
At the end of the round, the scores were:
Sandie $13,400
Rebecca $11,800
Monique $6,700
FJ! category: HISTORIC IRONY
FJ! clue: Theodore Herzl was inspired to begin the work that's the foundation for modern Zionism by an opera by this composer
Monique 6700 - 6700 = 0
Rebecca 11800 + 11800 = 23600
Sandie 13400 + 10300 = 23700
Sandie makes it 3 wins; she'll be back Monday to defend!
ToC update:
1. John Pearson (November 2013 Teacher's Champion)
2. Jim Coury (May 2013 College Champion)
3. Terry O'Shea (February 2014 College Champion)
4. Arthur Chu $297,200 (11 wins)
5. Ben Ingram $176,534 (8 wins)
6. Drew Horwood $138,100 (8 wins)
7. Jared Hall $181,001 (6 wins)
8. Andrew Moore $137,803 (6 wins)
9. Jerry Slowik $121,800 (5 wins)
10. Joshua Brakhage $103,205 (5 wins)
11. Rebecca Rider $101,600 (5 wins)
12. Sarah McNitt $89,398 (5 wins)
13. Rani Peffer $68,701 (5 wins)
14. Mark Japinga $112,600 (4 wins)
15. Mike Lewis $102,800 (4 wins)
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16. Carlos Ross $89,774 (3 wins)
17. Adam Holquist $76,299 (3 wins)
18. Sara Garnett $75,403 (3 wins)
19. Sandie Baker $68,600 (3 wins)
20. Salvo Candela $66,195 (3 wins)
21. Neal Pollack $60,798 (3 wins)
22. John Anneken $60,112 (3 wins)
23. Tim Anderson $56,001 (3 wins)
24. Stuart Anderson $51,601 (3 wins)
25. Bill Tolany $44,200 (3 wins)
Today's contestants:
J! Round categories:
SHAKESPEARE WITH SPOILER ALERTS
FASHION ABBREV.
BACK TO BASEBALL
U.S. PLACE NAMES
KNOW YOUR CAR
CHECK YOUR "OIL"
SHAKESPEARE $600 had the first Daily Double, on the third clue of the game! It was Sandie's to play, with her at $400, and Rebecca at $200. She bet $1000. Her clue: King Lear has 3 daughters; (spoiler alert) this youngest one lasts the longest but is finally hanged. Sandie couldn't come up with her name and fell to -$600.
The scores at the first break:
Sandie $3,200
Rebecca $2,000
Monique -$400
Sandie works at General Motors; I'm surprised that she waited a bit before getting to the KNOW YOUR CAR category! She went 3/5 in the category! She then negged on the last two BASEBALL clues (sigh...), bringing her back below Rebecca.
The scores after the J! Round:
Rebecca $4,200
Sandie $3,800
Monique -$1,000
DJ! round categories:
WELCOME TO NASHVILLE
BEASTLY RHYME TIME
WOMEN OF CHINESE DESCENT
HISTORIC BATTLES
THE CHARACTER SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS
SPOT ME
Monique started BEASTLY RHYME TIME at the bottom. She should have started at the bottom of HISTORIC BATTLES, as the Daily Double was there! Rebecca got to play it, and she faced the following scores:
Rebecca $9,800
Sandie $6,200
Monique $-1,000
Rebecca bet clue value. Her clue: The U.S. Marines' 6-month battle for this island in the Solomons helped secure American air superiority in the Pacific. Rebecca picked Iwo Jima and fell to $7,800.
From there, Sandie and Monique did well in THE CHARACTER SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS. It was Monique who got to play the final Daily Double, under WOMEN OF CHINESE DESCENT $1600! Scores:
Rebecca $11,000
Sandie $9,800
Monique $5,000
Monique bet $2,500. Her clue: One of Vogue's youngest fashion editors, she was inspired by her own marriage to design wedding gowns. Her correct response put her up to $7,500!
At the end of the round, the scores were:
Sandie $13,400
Rebecca $11,800
Monique $6,700
FJ! category: HISTORIC IRONY
FJ! clue: Theodore Herzl was inspired to begin the work that's the foundation for modern Zionism by an opera by this composer
Monique 6700 - 6700 = 0
Rebecca 11800 + 11800 = 23600
Sandie 13400 + 10300 = 23700
Sandie makes it 3 wins; she'll be back Monday to defend!
ToC update:
1. John Pearson (November 2013 Teacher's Champion)
2. Jim Coury (May 2013 College Champion)
3. Terry O'Shea (February 2014 College Champion)
4. Arthur Chu $297,200 (11 wins)
5. Ben Ingram $176,534 (8 wins)
6. Drew Horwood $138,100 (8 wins)
7. Jared Hall $181,001 (6 wins)
8. Andrew Moore $137,803 (6 wins)
9. Jerry Slowik $121,800 (5 wins)
10. Joshua Brakhage $103,205 (5 wins)
11. Rebecca Rider $101,600 (5 wins)
12. Sarah McNitt $89,398 (5 wins)
13. Rani Peffer $68,701 (5 wins)
14. Mark Japinga $112,600 (4 wins)
15. Mike Lewis $102,800 (4 wins)
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16. Carlos Ross $89,774 (3 wins)
17. Adam Holquist $76,299 (3 wins)
18. Sara Garnett $75,403 (3 wins)
19. Sandie Baker $68,600 (3 wins)
20. Salvo Candela $66,195 (3 wins)
21. Neal Pollack $60,798 (3 wins)
22. John Anneken $60,112 (3 wins)
23. Tim Anderson $56,001 (3 wins)
24. Stuart Anderson $51,601 (3 wins)
25. Bill Tolany $44,200 (3 wins)