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Tuesday, January 6, 2015 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]

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Game Recap for Show #6977, 2015-01-06

CONTESTANTS
Val Hannon, a library circulation clerk from Allen, Texas
Alan Hait, an employee benefits consultant from Wilton Manors, Florida
Elliot Yates, an opera producer from New York, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $29,201)

OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, Johnny. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for tuning us in once again. A love of Scandinavia helped our champion, Elliot, come up with the correct response in yesterday's Final, and gave him a two-day total just shy of $30,000. Alan and Val, though, have a desire to upset him as champion, I'm sure. So good luck to all three of you. Here we go. Here are the categories...

JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
WATCH THE BIRDIE (5/5)
FOOD & RELIGION (5/5)
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (4/5, including 1 correct Daily Double)
VOWEL, CONSONANT, VOWEL (5/5) (Alex: Each correct response just three letters.)
A LONG TIME AGO (3/3)
A VEGAS HOTEL, OR... (4/5)

THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Elliot: 11 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Alan: 11 R, 0 W
Val: 4 R, 0 W

Clues revealed: 28
Triple Stumpers: 2
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $2,000



JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Elliot found the Daily Double on the 7th clue. Elliot had $1,000, Alan had $1,000, and Val had nothing in the bank. Elliot made it a True Daily Double, wagering $1,000.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $800: The Ravi Shankar & Vilayat Khan are methods of teaching this instrument

SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Elliot: $3,600
Alan: $2,800
Val: $600

CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS



Alex: Val Hannon is from Texas. She's writing a book, and she made a promise that if she got to be a contestant on this program, you would do what?

Val: I would name a character after you--Alex Trebek.

Alex: Uh-huh. And have you done that?

Val: Yes. The the protagonists' sister is named Alexandra because her parents were huge Jeopardy! fans.

[Laughter]

Alex: So I get to be a girl?

Val: Yes.

Alex: Again?

Val: Again.

Alex: Oh, boy. Well, thank you for the honor.

Val: Oh, you're welcome.

Alex: Is it--is Alexandra a good person?

Val: Oh, yes.

Alex: Okay. Protagonist, not antagonist.




Alex: Alan Hait is from Wilton Manors, Florida. Once met Elizabeth Taylor in an unusual manner.

Alan: It was a very close encounter. I physically collided with Elizabeth Taylor at Heathrow Airport while making a very tight connection for a plane.

Alex: Was she trying to make a tight connection, also?

Alan: I think she was... [Laughs] ...she was getting interviewed by the press, and I zigged, and she zagged and [Claps] there we went.

Alex: Well, what was her reaction afterward?

Alan: She could not have been nicer.

Alex: Good.

Alan: She said, "Let this young man through." And her eyes really are--were violet. She was a very gracious lady.

Alex: Good. I'm glad to hear that.




Alex: Elliot Yates is our champion. What's this about a train and a money issue helped earn you some bucks?

Elliot: Well, I was in Paris a few summers ago, and I pretend that I can speak French because I studied French. So, I had a ticket, and I showed up, and it wouldn't print--I missed the train. Missed it and I could not get a refund 'cause I still don't speak French. So I had to pay another hundred-plus euros to go down to Nice. And on the train, I said, "The only way that I'll be able to make up for this is if I go to those casinos down in Nice and Monaco and win that money back." And you know what? I did.

[Laughter]

Elliot: I won every cent back.

Alex: Good for you.

Elliot: Thank you.

Alex: All right. There's a lesson here, folks. Remember.

[Laughter]

TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1000: It's the smallest member of the orchestra's brass family & also the one with the highest-pitched notes
(Alex: Tell me we're not going to stump you with the simple [*].)

A VEGAS HOTEL, OR... $1000: The region of the upper atmosphere extending upward from the tropopause to about 30 miles above the Earth

SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Elliot: $7,200
Alan: $5,600
Val: $2,000
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
WATCH THE BIRDIE (3/3, including 1 correct Daily Double)
THE UKRAINE STRAIN (4/5)
A LITTLE SPICE (2/5)
STATE FIRSTS (2/2, including 1 correct Daily Double)
NO. 1 BESTSELLERS IN THE ZERO YEARS (3/5)
THE "METRIC" SYSTEM (5/5)

THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Elliot: 10 R (including 1 rebound and 2 DDs), 1 W
Alan: 9 R, 2 W
Val: 0 R, 1 W

Clues revealed: 25
Triple Stumpers: 6
Double Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $9,200



FIRST DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Elliot snagged the next Daily Double on the 22nd clue. Elliot had $14,000, Alan had $9,200, and Val had nothing in the bank. Elliot wagered $2,500.

STATE FIRSTS $2000: In 2007 this state elected the USA's first Indian-American governor
(Alex: Bobby Jindal is the one, and you are correct.)

SECOND DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
It was Elliot who snatched up the last Daily Double of the game on the 24th clue. Elliot had $17,700, Alan had $9,200, and Val had nothing in the bank. Elliot wagered $2,300.

WATCH THE BIRDIE $1600: This fictional sleuth from St. Mary Mead enjoyed her knitting, gardening & bird-watching

TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND
THE UKRAINE STRAIN $1200: Last name of 2 boxing brothers Wladimir & 2014 Ukrainian protest leader Vitali

A LITTLE SPICE $800: This quill spice has anti-microbial properties & can be used as a food preservative

A LITTLE SPICE $1600: Cayenne pepper comes from the chili pepper, a member of this family that includes potatoes & eggplant
(Alan: What is capsicum?)

A LITTLE SPICE $2000: One of the ingredients in Chinese five-spice powder is this spice seen here, named for its shape & for another spice
(Elliot: What is anise seed?)
(Alex: We want more than that.)
(Elliot: Um... what is anise seed spice?)
[Laughter]
(Alan: What is anisette?)
...
(Alex: It's named for its shape and for another spice. Anise or "annis" is the other spice. The shape is star. We needed both words. [*] or [*] seed.)

NO. 1 BESTSELLERS IN THE ZERO YEARS $2000: 1980: His newest epic was "The Covenant", spanning the settlement of South Africa

NO. 1 BESTSELLERS IN THE ZERO YEARS $1600: 2000: This John Grisham novel concerns 3 disgraced judges who hatch another scam while in jail

SCORES ENTERING FINAL JEOPARDY!
Elliot: $20,000 (lock game)
Alan: $9,600
Val: $0

FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
ASIA

VENUSIAN MONOLOGUES/MARTIAN CHRONICLES
Lock for first place.
Elliot: Wager between $0 (venusian) and $799 (martian), and enjoy your victory.
Alan: You've no hope of catching up... unless Elliot does something stupid. So risk as much as $9,599; you needn't worry about falling into third place.

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Meaning "waterless place" this 500,000-square-mile area lies in what's called a "rain shadow" of the Himalayas

FINAL SCORES
Alan: $9,600 + $9,600 = $19,200 (What is the Gobi?) (2nd place)
Elliot: $20,000 + $799 = $20,799 (What is the Gobi Desert?) (29202-day champion: $20,799)

Total Potential Lach Trash: $11,200

GAME DYNAMICS
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CORYAT SCORES
Elliot: $18,600, 21 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W
Alan: $9,600, 20 R, 2 W
Val: $0, 4 R, 1 W
Combined Coryat: $28,200

BATTING AVERAGES
Alan: 21/58 = .362
Elliot: 22/61 = .361
Val: 4/58 = .069
Team: 47/63 = .746

MISCELLANEOUS INTERESTING CLUES
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $600: Japanese orchestras include shakuhachi, traditionally made of this

FOOD & RELIGION $400: A group of strictly vegetarian Hindus sued a restaurant for selling them not strictly vegetarian these Indian items

FOOD & RELIGION $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew takes apart a cake.) The king in king cake refers to the three magi who visited baby Jesus, himself represented by the baby hidden inside a slice, all in homage to this Christian festival observed on January 6th

THE "METRIC" SYSTEM $400: An equilateral triangle is; a scalene triangle isn't
(Alan: What is isometric?)
[originally ruled incorrect, reversed later in the round because "isometric means of equal sides"]

THE "METRIC" SYSTEM $2000: Pertaining to the branch of math that deals with the measurement of triangles
(Val: What is trigonometry?)
...
(Alex: [*]. You had to get the "c" in there.)

A LITTLE SPICE $1200: This spice comes from a root that, as you can see, is horn-shaped, & its name comes from the Sanskrit for "horn-shaped"

THE UKRAINE STRAIN $1600: This actress was "Up in the Air" before coming down to Earth in "Bates Motel"

CORRECT RESPONSES
the sitar
trumpet
the stratosphere
Louisiana
Miss Marple
Klitschko
cinnamon
nightshade
star anise
James Michener
The Brethren
the Gobi Desert
bamboo
samosas
Epiphany
symmetrical (or isometric)
trigonometric
ginger
Vera Farmiga
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Asia
Meaning "waterless place", this 500,000-square mile area lies in what's called a "rain shadow" of the Himalayas.

Spoiler
What is the Gobi Desert?

Elliot Yates: $20,000+$799=$20,799 ...now a 3-day champion with $50,000
Alan Hait: $9,600+$9,600=$19,200
Val Hannon: $0
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This game shows how hitting the Daily Doubles can make or break you. If Alan hits them, he could have won the game rather than being locked out. Good job by Elliot hunting and finding the last one.

It took me a bit on FJ, but did not have to do any deep thinking, the only Asian desert that came to mind.

A fairly well played game, a bit surprised neither board was finished.
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Thanks for that hour-long explanation about why you needed "star anise", Alex. Without that, we could have a) not had a runaway and b) had three people in FJ.
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grindcore wrote:Thanks for that hour-long explanation about why you needed "star anise", Alex. Without that, we could have a) not had a runaway and b) had three people in FJ.
He babbled about something late in the first round that kept at least one of the final two clues hidden.
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Good God, did Val ever even manage to ring in once?!

What led to "cream of mushroom" on Food and Religion?

Birdie in J! and Vowel-Consonant-Vowel were easy runs for me. (Surf's Up > Happy Feet, by the way.) Also ran Spice in DJ!

Surprised myself with only 2/5 in Instruments. Couldn't get castanets or bamboo, and thought trumpet was too easy.

On the other hand, I felt "samosa" was undervalued at $400.

Had Best Sellers down as an 0/5 as soon as it came up. No amount of pausing was getting me any of those. Wales at $400? Really?

Lach Trash: symmetrical, cinnamon, nightshade, star anise.

Waterless place = desert = uhhhhhhh.............. Stop doing that, brain.
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Val looked VERY nervous. When the cameras zoomed in on her after her first response you could see her hand was noticeably shaking. I felt sorry for her. It looked like she knew a lot of answers (or at least was willing to buzz in) but couldn't get her timing right.
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This would've been an easy FJ no matter what, but that bit about 'waterless place' was just silly. Might as well have shown it on a map and said "this place".

Klitschko brothers, a TS, followed an Oksana Baiul instaget. *shrug*
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Congratulations to Elliot on his third win. I got 34 clues correct including nightshade, star anise, and FJ.
jpr281 wrote:Val looked VERY nervous. When the cameras zoomed in on her after her first response you could see her hand was noticeably shaking. I felt sorry for her. It looked like she knew a lot of answers (or at least was willing to buzz in) but couldn't get her timing right.
I agree.
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Judges: Age instead of era acceptable?
I got Road Runner, but for those curious about Mel Blanc like I was: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Julian_(artist)
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ACW wrote:Judges: Age instead of era acceptable?
I got Road Runner, but for those curious about Mel Blanc like I was: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Julian_(artist)
pretty sure age and era are fundamentally different things.
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Bamaman wrote:This game shows how hitting the Daily Doubles can make or break you. If Alan hits them, he could have won the game rather than being locked out. Good job by Elliot hunting and finding the last one.

It took me a bit on FJ, but did not have to do any deep thinking, the only Asian desert that came to mind.

A fairly well played game, a bit surprised neither board was finished.
THe score was $9200 Alan to $20000 Elliott when the last clue of DJ! was about to be picked. Alex gave the LTAM warning. Elliott picked the one remaining $400 clue. Alan got it. Any other clue picked at that point gotten by ALan would have been a non-lock game, and the $800 clue picked and gotten by ALan would have been the first lock tie games under the revised rules.
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Thought of Tibet first, thinking the Gobi was too far from the Himalayas to be in their rain shadow, switched to an actual desert instead.
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grindcore wrote:Thanks for that hour-long explanation about why you needed "star anise", Alex. Without that, we could have a) not had a runaway and b) had three people in FJ.
Then a reversed ruling about Isometric and Symmetric right before the first DD in DJ! was hit.
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27 right.

Birdie- 4; Food- 2; Music- 3; VCV- 4; Ago- 3; Vegas- 2
Birdie- 2; Ukraine- 2; Spice- 0; State- 2; No. 1- 2; Metric- 1

Lach trash: "Stratosphere", "Klitschko"

Very first thought was Mongolia, but I quickly settled on the right desert.
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ACW wrote:Judges: Age instead of era acceptable?
Nope, they're fundamentally different things.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_t ... erminology

I liked that episode though. Elliot looks much stronger as a Jeopardy player than he did yesterday, and he's better with taking TSs instead of making risky guesses. You could tell he really wanted to go for that trumpet clue.

Val...made me worried I was about to witness a seizure on television for a bit.
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I thought of trumpet, but it seemed way too mainstream compared with the others in the category.
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Bamaman wrote:I thought of trumpet, but it seemed way too mainstream compared with the others in the category.
No kidding. I almost threw out "piccolo trumpet" since I know they're higher pitched than regular trumpets, but that might've been too much.
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I'm liking Elliot as a champ. I hope he wins tomorrow to get into ToC consideration.

Val, on the other hand, looked very nervous and couldn't get a rhythm going. Tough to see, but it happens.

Alan seemed more comfortable with the upper level clues, and unfortunately for him, it lead to his defeat. Elliot must have picked up on this and went to work looking for Daily Doubles.

I greatly overthought FJ and ended up with Tibet.
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