Hello! Andy here with Thursday's show recap!
Today's challengers: Sarah Orman and Adam Johnston. Rani Peffer's won $28,712 in her first two games; will she make it onto the ToC list after today's games?
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J! round categories:
AROUND THE USA
SONG & DANCE
LITERARY BUNNIES
HODGEPODGE
THE FABRIC OF OUR LIVES
ALAS, POOR... (all words which rhyme with "Yorick")
We went through POOR... and HODGEPODGE before Adam decided out of the blue to go to AROUND THE USA $600. Because the world hates me, it revealed a Video Daily Double.
Scores:
Rani $2,800
Adam $800
Sarah $0
Adam bet $1,000. The clue: As the U.S. expanded its territory westward, this point moved from the east coast in 1776 to south dakota in 1959 with the addition of Alaska and Hawaii. Adam's correct response put him at $1,800.
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At the opening break, the scores ended up at:
Rani $3,200
Adam $2,000
Sarah -$400
Rani's husband proposed to her by putting a ring in fast food French Fries. Rani joked, "thank goodness I wasn't up to ketchup yet"!
Sarah got SONG & DANCE $1000 to get her score back on the good side. She got in a few more times before the end of our round! This round did belong to Rani, though! Scores at the end of 30:
Rani $8,600
Adam $3,400
Sarah $1,800
Also, congratulations to J! Archive, as I believe their 250,000th clue will be entered in very soon!
DJ! Round categories:
BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS
THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS
O-E-O-E
WHAT ISLAND?
99 MODELS OF GEAR
ON THE WALL
After going through WHAT ISLAND and BUSINESS, Adam started Daily Double hunting again and found it under BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS $1600! The scores were:
Rani $9,800
Adam $8,200
Sarah $2,600
Adam bet $6,000! I was not expecting to see that! His clue: The longest-serving Labour Prime Minister ever. Adam went for Benjamin Disraeli and his score fell to $2,200.
The $2,000 clue, a Triple Stumper: Alternated with Gladstone between 1868 and 1880. Alas, poor Adam...
99 MODELS OF GEAR was a sports category (athletes who wore the number 99), but we only got through 3 of the clues!
After the minute-to-go signal, Rani decided to try to take out the final Daily Double, and she found it under ON THE WALL $1200! Scores:
Rani $14,600
Sarah $5,000
Adam $4,600
Rani bet clue value: ...of this museum is a portrait of Elizabeth Petrovna as a child (1712-13) by Ivan Nikitin. Rani said "the Louvre" and fell to $13,400. Only one clue was seen, and scores going into Final were:
Rani $14,200
Sarah $5,000
Adam $4,600
FJ! category: LITERARY INFLUENCES
FJ! clue: The "Gossip Girl" series of books was inspired by this Pulitzer-Prize winning novel also set in New York City but 120 years earlier
Adam 4600 - 3000 = 1600
Sarah 5000 - 4300 = 700
Rani 14200 - 1777 = 12423
And now the ToC standings!
1. Jim Coury (May 2013 College Champion)
2. Ben Ingram $176,534 (8 wins)
3. Drew Horwood $138,100 (8 wins)
4. Jared Hall $181,001 (6 wins)
5. Andrew Moore $137,803 (6 wins)
6. Joshua Brakhage $103,205 (5 wins)
7. Rebecca Rider $101,600 (5 wins)
8. Mark Japinga $112,600 (4 wins)
9. Mike Lewis $102,800 (4 wins)
10. Adam Holquist $76,299 (3 wins)
11. Sara Garnett $75,403 (3 wins)
12. Salvo Candela $66,195 (3 wins)
13. Neal Pollack $60,798 (3 wins)
14. John Anneken $60,112 (3 wins)
15. Tim Anderson $56,001 (3 wins)
16. Stuart Anderson $51,601 (3 wins)
17. Bill Tolany $44,200 (3 wins)
18. Rani Peffer $41,135 (3 wins)
We'll see tomorrow if Rani can get to 4 wins! See you then!
Today's challengers: Sarah Orman and Adam Johnston. Rani Peffer's won $28,712 in her first two games; will she make it onto the ToC list after today's games?
AROUND THE USA
SONG & DANCE
LITERARY BUNNIES
HODGEPODGE
THE FABRIC OF OUR LIVES
ALAS, POOR... (all words which rhyme with "Yorick")
We went through POOR... and HODGEPODGE before Adam decided out of the blue to go to AROUND THE USA $600. Because the world hates me, it revealed a Video Daily Double.
Scores:
Rani $2,800
Adam $800
Sarah $0
Adam bet $1,000. The clue: As the U.S. expanded its territory westward, this point moved from the east coast in 1776 to south dakota in 1959 with the addition of Alaska and Hawaii. Adam's correct response put him at $1,800.
Rani $3,200
Adam $2,000
Sarah -$400
Rani's husband proposed to her by putting a ring in fast food French Fries. Rani joked, "thank goodness I wasn't up to ketchup yet"!
Sarah got SONG & DANCE $1000 to get her score back on the good side. She got in a few more times before the end of our round! This round did belong to Rani, though! Scores at the end of 30:
Rani $8,600
Adam $3,400
Sarah $1,800
Also, congratulations to J! Archive, as I believe their 250,000th clue will be entered in very soon!
DJ! Round categories:
BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS
THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS
O-E-O-E
WHAT ISLAND?
99 MODELS OF GEAR
ON THE WALL
After going through WHAT ISLAND and BUSINESS, Adam started Daily Double hunting again and found it under BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS $1600! The scores were:
Rani $9,800
Adam $8,200
Sarah $2,600
Adam bet $6,000! I was not expecting to see that! His clue: The longest-serving Labour Prime Minister ever. Adam went for Benjamin Disraeli and his score fell to $2,200.
The $2,000 clue, a Triple Stumper: Alternated with Gladstone between 1868 and 1880. Alas, poor Adam...
99 MODELS OF GEAR was a sports category (athletes who wore the number 99), but we only got through 3 of the clues!
After the minute-to-go signal, Rani decided to try to take out the final Daily Double, and she found it under ON THE WALL $1200! Scores:
Rani $14,600
Sarah $5,000
Adam $4,600
Rani bet clue value: ...of this museum is a portrait of Elizabeth Petrovna as a child (1712-13) by Ivan Nikitin. Rani said "the Louvre" and fell to $13,400. Only one clue was seen, and scores going into Final were:
Rani $14,200
Sarah $5,000
Adam $4,600
FJ! category: LITERARY INFLUENCES
FJ! clue: The "Gossip Girl" series of books was inspired by this Pulitzer-Prize winning novel also set in New York City but 120 years earlier
Adam 4600 - 3000 = 1600
Sarah 5000 - 4300 = 700
Rani 14200 - 1777 = 12423
And now the ToC standings!
1. Jim Coury (May 2013 College Champion)
2. Ben Ingram $176,534 (8 wins)
3. Drew Horwood $138,100 (8 wins)
4. Jared Hall $181,001 (6 wins)
5. Andrew Moore $137,803 (6 wins)
6. Joshua Brakhage $103,205 (5 wins)
7. Rebecca Rider $101,600 (5 wins)
8. Mark Japinga $112,600 (4 wins)
9. Mike Lewis $102,800 (4 wins)
10. Adam Holquist $76,299 (3 wins)
11. Sara Garnett $75,403 (3 wins)
12. Salvo Candela $66,195 (3 wins)
13. Neal Pollack $60,798 (3 wins)
14. John Anneken $60,112 (3 wins)
15. Tim Anderson $56,001 (3 wins)
16. Stuart Anderson $51,601 (3 wins)
17. Bill Tolany $44,200 (3 wins)
18. Rani Peffer $41,135 (3 wins)
We'll see tomorrow if Rani can get to 4 wins! See you then!