I think Christi Esterle said something like "I'll take it" when she won for the first time yesterday. I'd like to see if she has the most money at the end again today.
My sisters were listening in on some of this, and one of them caught on to the Bruce Springsteen theme board in the Jeopardy round.
I got this triple-stumper on a guess, in The Ghost of Tom Joad: "...was told 'They's a grove of'these -- & 'a guy with a gun that got the right to kill you if you touch one.'" Then I should've rung in on this one in Cover Me: "In military slang, your 'cover' refers to this article of clothing."
Here's a shocking triple-stumper in Born in the U.S.A.: "In 2012 this Ala.-born ex Sec. of State was one of the first 2 female members of Augusta National Golf Club."
At the first break:
Christi 3400 (6 right and one wrong)
Jeff Versteeg 1600 (3 right and one wrong)
Beverly Garcia 1600 (4 right)
Here's the second triple-stumper I couldn't believe, in Bruce Springsteen: "'Everybody's got'this body part, a song Bruce first intended to give to the Ramones."
Christi found the Daily Double of the round in Glory Days. There was one clue on the board after it.
Christi 4800 (5 right and one wrong)
Jeff 3200 (5 right and 2 wrong)
Beverly 1400 (2 right and 2 wrong)
Christi wagered 1000 on this clue: "April 9 is Bataan Day, AKA Day of Valor, on the Bataan Peninsula & in the rest of this nation." Christi and I didn't know it. The last clue of the round was a triple-stumper.
Forgive me but due to unforeseen circumstances I didn't track my Coryat the second round, and just am blogging it. My Coryat for the first round was 8400 (10000 without negs).
Beverly got the first two clues of Double Jeopardy right, then found the Daily Double, all in Colleges & Universities.
Christi 4800
Jeff 3200
Beverly 2600
Beverly wagered just 1000 on this clue: "The campus of the university of this state is in Orono, named for a Penobscot chief." As I was just in this state, it was a snap. Beverly got it easily too!
And even though I wasn't keeping track of my score, I knew the answer to this triple-stumper in Double Letters: "A prairie one was similar to but smaller than a conestoga wagon."
I had to wonder if the contestants were asleep when they missed this triple-stumper in Mr. Secretary: "This father of a recent presidential candidate was HUD secretary under Nixon." Then Joe Biden read a clue. My sister and I were just talking about him today, twice!
Jeff found the next Daily Double, in Scientific Non-American. Look how close the game is:
Christi 5400 (2 right and one wrong)
Jeff 6000 (3 right)
Beverly 5200 (One right)
This category sounds hard to me, and we hadn't yet seen any clues in it. Jeff wagered 2500 on this clue: "This English astronomer died on Jan. 14, 1742 at age 85; that's 9 years longer than we would've expected." Jeff and I got it right.
I got the "Roentgen" triple-stumper in Scientific Non-American, but sorry, I'm not taking the picture you'd need to solve the clue! I also got this one in Cliffs: "The La Quebrada cliff divers at this Mexican resort city perform daily shows, diving from more than 100' into a shallow inlet."
Here are the scores at the end of the round:
Christi 12200 (7 right and one wrong)
Jeff 11700 (3 right and one wrong)
Beverly 6000 (3 right and 2 wrong)
The Final Jeopardy category was Famous Objects. This was the clue: "In 1950, the England-Scotland border was closed for the first time in 400 years to try to recover this stolen item." Beverly was wrong and lost everything. Jeff was wrong too and lost only 501. Whoa, Christi got it right! She added 12000 to her score, and will play again tomorrow.
One year ago: It's not a perfect game
Two years ago: Let's play a love game
Three years ago: There's a place for us
Four years ago: Tennis, anyone?
