Wednesday, July 11, 2012 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:30 am
Game Recap for Show #6418, 2012-07-11
CONTESTANTS
A.J. Motley, a student of diagnostic sonography from Wylie, Texas
Lynn Welch, a pharmacist from Evanston, Illinois
Prabhu Balasubramanian, a product manager from Mountain View, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,199)
OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, Johnny. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. The big question on today's program is not whether Prabhu can defend his "Jeopardy!" title successfully. It's whether I can pronounce his last name correctly.
Prabhu: [Laughs]
Alex: Balasubramanian. Not may-nian, right?
Prabhu: That's right.
Alex: Good. Thank you. Lynn and A.J., your names are easier. Good luck. Let's go to work in the Jeopardy! Round, shall we? Today all of us are dealing with these categories...
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
1933 (4/5, including 1 missed Daily Double)
BABY, YOU'RE A RICH MAN OR WOMAN (5/5)
ABBREVIATED BANDS (4/5)
INTERNATIONALITIES (3/5) (Alex: Each correct response will contain the name of a nationality.)
FAST FOOD (5/5)
"F"-STOPS (5/5)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
A.J.: 13 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Prabhu: 10 R (including 1 rebound), 1 W
Lynn: 3 R, 1 W
Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 3
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $2,200
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
A.J.: $3,400
Prabhu: $3,400
Lynn: $200
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: He has nothing to do with the Mötley Cröe band. His name is A.J. Motley. He is from Texas. And I want to hear about a visit to New Orleans, and in particular, the naked bike ride.
A.J.: Well, I was in New Orleans this past month. Luckily, it was--or this past year in June. Luckily, it wasn't in January. But, um, we were there, walking around on a Saturday morning, having--just sightseeing, and somebody mentioned something about a naked bike parade, uh, for an environmental cause. And within a couple of minutes, sure enough, we're on Bourbon Street, and here come about 500 or more people of varying genders, on bicycles, completely nude. Some with special costumes, but nothing covering anything else.
Alex: And did you want to join them?
A.J.: Oh, no! No, No. No. But I-I did enjoy seeing it. I mean, it's...
[Laughter]
Alex: I don't think I would have enjoyed seeing it.
A.J.: It was odd.
Alex: You may be weird, A.J.
[Laughter]
Alex: Lynn Welch is a pharmacist from Evanston, Illinois, who used to work with worms. Why?
Lynn: I-I used to work with parasitic worms,--
Alex: That's even worse.
Lynn: --and I'm not talking about my coworkers.
[Alex laughs]
Lynn: It was an invertebrate zoology lab.
Alex: And what was the purpose of the study?
Lynn: Uh, they were studying different drugs and their effects on the worms.
Alex: And the effects on the worms? [Laughs] Okay. Hmm.
[Laughter]
Alex: My pill's safe. It didn't kill the worm.
Alex: Prabhu, I wanna hear about the fact that you're a marathon dancer, and you participate in competitions, right?
Prabhu: So it's not--
Alex: You dance till dawn?
Prabhu: It's not competitions, but, uh, my alma mater, Stanford, has an annual event called The Big Dance where it's an all-night dance, from 9:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M. And, uh, it's mostly kind of social ballroom dancing--swing, waltz, Latin.
Alex: What about the tango, that wild...
Prabhu: I can bust it out every now and then.
[Laughter]
Alex: Yeah, you can? I bet you can. All right.
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
A.J. found the Daily Double on the 29th clue. Prabhu had $5,400, Lynn had $1,400, and A.J. was at $7,000. A.J. wagered $2,000.
1933 $1000: He came to the U.S. in 1933 & helped found the School of American Ballet
(A.J.: Who is Nureyev?)
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
INTERNATIONALITIES $400: In this sport invented in Melbourne, goals are worth 6 points & "behinds" are worth 1
(Prabhu: What is Australian rugby?)
(Alex: Yes, Australian rugby--No. Sorry.)
ABBREVIATED BANDS $1000: LP isn't just a long-playing record--it's also this "New Divide" band
INTERNATIONALITIES $800: A Geneva council in 1713 set forth rules on the opening of these controversial numbered financial tools
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Prabhu: $6,000
A.J.: $5,000
Lynn: $800
CONTESTANTS
A.J. Motley, a student of diagnostic sonography from Wylie, Texas
Lynn Welch, a pharmacist from Evanston, Illinois
Prabhu Balasubramanian, a product manager from Mountain View, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,199)
OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, Johnny. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. The big question on today's program is not whether Prabhu can defend his "Jeopardy!" title successfully. It's whether I can pronounce his last name correctly.
Prabhu: [Laughs]
Alex: Balasubramanian. Not may-nian, right?
Prabhu: That's right.
Alex: Good. Thank you. Lynn and A.J., your names are easier. Good luck. Let's go to work in the Jeopardy! Round, shall we? Today all of us are dealing with these categories...
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
1933 (4/5, including 1 missed Daily Double)
BABY, YOU'RE A RICH MAN OR WOMAN (5/5)
ABBREVIATED BANDS (4/5)
INTERNATIONALITIES (3/5) (Alex: Each correct response will contain the name of a nationality.)
FAST FOOD (5/5)
"F"-STOPS (5/5)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
A.J.: 13 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Prabhu: 10 R (including 1 rebound), 1 W
Lynn: 3 R, 1 W
Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 3
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $2,200
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
A.J.: $3,400
Prabhu: $3,400
Lynn: $200
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: He has nothing to do with the Mötley Cröe band. His name is A.J. Motley. He is from Texas. And I want to hear about a visit to New Orleans, and in particular, the naked bike ride.
A.J.: Well, I was in New Orleans this past month. Luckily, it was--or this past year in June. Luckily, it wasn't in January. But, um, we were there, walking around on a Saturday morning, having--just sightseeing, and somebody mentioned something about a naked bike parade, uh, for an environmental cause. And within a couple of minutes, sure enough, we're on Bourbon Street, and here come about 500 or more people of varying genders, on bicycles, completely nude. Some with special costumes, but nothing covering anything else.
Alex: And did you want to join them?
A.J.: Oh, no! No, No. No. But I-I did enjoy seeing it. I mean, it's...
[Laughter]
Alex: I don't think I would have enjoyed seeing it.
A.J.: It was odd.
Alex: You may be weird, A.J.
[Laughter]
Alex: Lynn Welch is a pharmacist from Evanston, Illinois, who used to work with worms. Why?
Lynn: I-I used to work with parasitic worms,--
Alex: That's even worse.
Lynn: --and I'm not talking about my coworkers.
[Alex laughs]
Lynn: It was an invertebrate zoology lab.
Alex: And what was the purpose of the study?
Lynn: Uh, they were studying different drugs and their effects on the worms.
Alex: And the effects on the worms? [Laughs] Okay. Hmm.
[Laughter]
Alex: My pill's safe. It didn't kill the worm.
Alex: Prabhu, I wanna hear about the fact that you're a marathon dancer, and you participate in competitions, right?
Prabhu: So it's not--
Alex: You dance till dawn?
Prabhu: It's not competitions, but, uh, my alma mater, Stanford, has an annual event called The Big Dance where it's an all-night dance, from 9:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M. And, uh, it's mostly kind of social ballroom dancing--swing, waltz, Latin.
Alex: What about the tango, that wild...
Prabhu: I can bust it out every now and then.
[Laughter]
Alex: Yeah, you can? I bet you can. All right.
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
A.J. found the Daily Double on the 29th clue. Prabhu had $5,400, Lynn had $1,400, and A.J. was at $7,000. A.J. wagered $2,000.
1933 $1000: He came to the U.S. in 1933 & helped found the School of American Ballet
(A.J.: Who is Nureyev?)
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
INTERNATIONALITIES $400: In this sport invented in Melbourne, goals are worth 6 points & "behinds" are worth 1
(Prabhu: What is Australian rugby?)
(Alex: Yes, Australian rugby--No. Sorry.)
ABBREVIATED BANDS $1000: LP isn't just a long-playing record--it's also this "New Divide" band
INTERNATIONALITIES $800: A Geneva council in 1713 set forth rules on the opening of these controversial numbered financial tools
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Prabhu: $6,000
A.J.: $5,000
Lynn: $800