Tuesday, June 19, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 11:30 am
Game Recap for Show #6402, 2012-06-19
David Menchaca game 4.
CONTESTANTS
Victoria Steinberg, a freelance writer from Forest Hills, New York
Curt Renshaw, a naval officer from Washington, D.C.
David Menchaca, a law student originally from Long Beach, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $69,102)
OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, Johnny. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. On yesterday's program, the margin was only $1, but it was enough to keep David as champion and allow him to win $28,801. Curt and Victoria, you've got your work cut out for you today as you face the champion, but good luck. Here we go, Jeopardy! Round--first round of play today features these categories...
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
IRON, MAN (4/5)
AMERICAN YEARBOOK (4/5, including 1 correct Daily Double)
SEEING SHADES OF RED (4/5)
THE NAME ON THE AIRPORT (5/5)
BRAND "EX" (4/5)
NBA MVPS (3/5) (We want you to name the team as we give you the NBA MVP.)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Curt: 11 R (including 1 rebound and 1 DD), 1 W
David: 9 R, 1 W
Victoria: 4 R, 1 W
Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 6
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $5,000
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Curt found the Daily Double on the 7th clue. David had $400, Curt had $200, and Victoria had a deficit with -$800. Curt wagered $500.
AMERICAN YEARBOOK $400: In 1867 it cost the U.S. about 2 cents an acre to buy this
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
David: $2,800
Curt: $2,300
Victoria: -$800
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: I'm curious about something that happened in Victoria Steinberg's life. It says here that you went to an all-boys high school?
Victoria: Yes, I did.
Alex: How did that happen?
Victoria: Uh, there was a court case. It's a special school in New York City, and there was a court case 'cause it was all boys, and they had to admit women, and--well, girls--and there were 200 of us out of 2,800 students.
Alex: 200 out of 2,800?
Victoria: Right.
Alex: That's 14:1 ratio.
Victoria: Yes.
Alex: I can do the math.
Victoria: Right.
Alex: Curt Renshaw from Washington, D.C. You and I have met before?
Curt: We have. Uh, 1994, in the Arabian--Persian Gulf, uh, you flew out to our ship to do a USO meet-and-greet, and, uh...
Alex: It was a frigate?
Curt: It was a cruiser.
Alex: Cruiser?
Curt: It was a cruiser. And it was about 110 degrees. And, uh, came up to the bridge where I had the deck, and--and you actually drove the ship to pick up a simulated man-overboard. [Speaks indistinctly]
Alex: Yeah, and that ship moves. And it leans, believe me. That was fun.
Alex: David Menchaca is our champion. Met the President of Estonia.
David: Yeah. Quite by accident.
Alex: Oh, good, I thought you might have been in trouble or something.
David: No. Um, I was on a choir tour um, with my choral side in college.
Alex: Mm-hmm.
David: And we were going into this old stone church to check it out, and his entourage just emerged from this old stone church, and we got to meet with him. Um, he's a very nice guy. He was actually born in, uh, New Jersey.
Alex: Yeah, accidental meetings like that are a lot of fun. It takes the security guides--guys by surprise, and they--they all get uptight real fast, but that's okay.
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
NBA MVPS $800: 1971:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
(Curt: Who are the Lakers?)
(Victoria: Who are the 76ers?)
NBA MVPS $1000: 2011:
Derrick Rose
AMERICAN YEARBOOK $1000: 1952's McCarran-Walter act dropped race-based quotas for this but imposed quotas based on nationality
IRON, MAN $400: The most common form of steel is named for this element that alloys with the iron
BRAND "EX" $1000: Nautilus, Inc. uses infomercials to sell this brand of home gym
SEEING SHADES OF RED $800: It also means to abandon & leave without aid or resources
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Curt: $4,700
David: $4,200
Victoria: $1,600
David Menchaca game 4.
CONTESTANTS
Victoria Steinberg, a freelance writer from Forest Hills, New York
Curt Renshaw, a naval officer from Washington, D.C.
David Menchaca, a law student originally from Long Beach, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $69,102)
OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, Johnny. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. On yesterday's program, the margin was only $1, but it was enough to keep David as champion and allow him to win $28,801. Curt and Victoria, you've got your work cut out for you today as you face the champion, but good luck. Here we go, Jeopardy! Round--first round of play today features these categories...
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
IRON, MAN (4/5)
AMERICAN YEARBOOK (4/5, including 1 correct Daily Double)
SEEING SHADES OF RED (4/5)
THE NAME ON THE AIRPORT (5/5)
BRAND "EX" (4/5)
NBA MVPS (3/5) (We want you to name the team as we give you the NBA MVP.)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Curt: 11 R (including 1 rebound and 1 DD), 1 W
David: 9 R, 1 W
Victoria: 4 R, 1 W
Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 6
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $5,000
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Curt found the Daily Double on the 7th clue. David had $400, Curt had $200, and Victoria had a deficit with -$800. Curt wagered $500.
AMERICAN YEARBOOK $400: In 1867 it cost the U.S. about 2 cents an acre to buy this
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
David: $2,800
Curt: $2,300
Victoria: -$800
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: I'm curious about something that happened in Victoria Steinberg's life. It says here that you went to an all-boys high school?
Victoria: Yes, I did.
Alex: How did that happen?
Victoria: Uh, there was a court case. It's a special school in New York City, and there was a court case 'cause it was all boys, and they had to admit women, and--well, girls--and there were 200 of us out of 2,800 students.
Alex: 200 out of 2,800?
Victoria: Right.
Alex: That's 14:1 ratio.
Victoria: Yes.
Alex: I can do the math.
Victoria: Right.
Alex: Curt Renshaw from Washington, D.C. You and I have met before?
Curt: We have. Uh, 1994, in the Arabian--Persian Gulf, uh, you flew out to our ship to do a USO meet-and-greet, and, uh...
Alex: It was a frigate?
Curt: It was a cruiser.
Alex: Cruiser?
Curt: It was a cruiser. And it was about 110 degrees. And, uh, came up to the bridge where I had the deck, and--and you actually drove the ship to pick up a simulated man-overboard. [Speaks indistinctly]
Alex: Yeah, and that ship moves. And it leans, believe me. That was fun.
Alex: David Menchaca is our champion. Met the President of Estonia.
David: Yeah. Quite by accident.
Alex: Oh, good, I thought you might have been in trouble or something.
David: No. Um, I was on a choir tour um, with my choral side in college.
Alex: Mm-hmm.
David: And we were going into this old stone church to check it out, and his entourage just emerged from this old stone church, and we got to meet with him. Um, he's a very nice guy. He was actually born in, uh, New Jersey.
Alex: Yeah, accidental meetings like that are a lot of fun. It takes the security guides--guys by surprise, and they--they all get uptight real fast, but that's okay.
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
NBA MVPS $800: 1971:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
(Curt: Who are the Lakers?)
(Victoria: Who are the 76ers?)
NBA MVPS $1000: 2011:
Derrick Rose
AMERICAN YEARBOOK $1000: 1952's McCarran-Walter act dropped race-based quotas for this but imposed quotas based on nationality
IRON, MAN $400: The most common form of steel is named for this element that alloys with the iron
BRAND "EX" $1000: Nautilus, Inc. uses infomercials to sell this brand of home gym
SEEING SHADES OF RED $800: It also means to abandon & leave without aid or resources
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Curt: $4,700
David: $4,200
Victoria: $1,600