Friday, September 27, 2013 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 11:30 am
Game Recap for Show #6675, 2013-09-27
CONTESTANTS
Andrew Mugica, an options trader originally from Libertyville, Illinois
Sarah Zucker, an Internet entrepreneur and screenwriter from Los Angeles, California
Neal Pollack, a writer from Austin, Texas (whose 3-day cash winnings total $60,798)
OPENING REMARKS
Thank you, Johnny. And thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
It hasn't always been easy, but Neal has performed very well, indeed, in those three victories.
Sarah and andrew, you have your work cut out for you today, but good luck to all of you.
Let's go to work.
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
SPACE SHUTTLE FLYOVERS (5/5)
30 MINUTES OF EXERCISE A DAY (5/5)
THE VOWELS ARE MYTHING (5/5) (Alex: ... in the clues, but you have to identify the mythological figure)
THE GOOD (3/5, including 1 missed Daily Double)
THE "BAD" (5/5) (Alex: [*] will come up at the beginning of each correct response)
THE UGLY (4/5)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Neal: 14 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Andrew: 7 R (including 1 rebound), 0 W
Sarah: 6 R, 1 W
Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 2
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $1,400
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Neal: $5,400
Andrew: $2,200
Sarah: $1,200
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: Andrew Mugica is from Libertyville, Illinois, and at his wedding, his wife surprised him with something very different. What was it?
Andrew: Yes. We had a normal wedding cake, but she surprised me with a groom's cake that was a replica of Wrigley Field made out of chocolate and raspberry, and it combined my three favorite things --my wife, Lauren, the Cubs, and cake.
Alex: There was no World Series trophy on the cake, was there?
Andrew: [ chuckles ] Why you got to rub it in, Alex?
[Audience oohs]
Andrew: Ouch.
Alex: Hey, I'm a Dodgers fan. What do you want?
Alex: Sarah Zucker is from Los Angeles, and she works for an Internet company. And what do you do for that company?
Sarah: Well, we have the specific mission of bridging the gap between the analog and the digital age, and we say it's our mission to keep the Internet human.
Alex: Okay, now, when we're dealing with language, there are computers now that I can talk into, and they will translate into any language out there. Is that correct?
Sarah: That's true, but for any language --they might speak it. It still isn't just like the human touch.
Alex: Okay. [ chuckles ] I understand that. Mm-hmm. Gosh, I'm starting to sound like Forrest Gump. [ laughter ] And that worries me.
Alex: You were going to say something, Neal? Is that --what, you were gonna pick on me?
Neal: I'm waiting for your cue, boss.
Alex: Okay. Now, you have a child that you want to take on a trip to a place that you don't normally expect to take your kids to visit.
Neal: That's right. My 10-year-old son Elijah Is a big video-game player, and he wants to go to South Korea because that's where all the best gamers are, and they have these wild video-game tournaments, and he wants to either participate in or at least witness one, so...
Alex: Okay, are there big prizes if you win these tournaments?
Neal: Bigger than this game.
Alex: Okay.
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Neal found the Daily Double on the 18th clue. Neal had $6,000, Sarah had $1,200, and Andrew was at $2,200. Neal wagered $3,000.
THE GOOD $600: In 158 this org. got a new mission; the disease it originally targeted had been tamed 3 years before
(Neal: What is the good ... Red Cross?)
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
THE GOOD $1000: The brainchild of this school's famed media lab, One Laptop Per Child provides cheap computers to kids worldwide
THE UGLY $400: This word for an aerial battle is the title of a movie about another contest, to find the ugliest date
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Neal: $6,200
Andrew: $3,600
Sarah: $3,000
CONTESTANTS
Andrew Mugica, an options trader originally from Libertyville, Illinois
Sarah Zucker, an Internet entrepreneur and screenwriter from Los Angeles, California
Neal Pollack, a writer from Austin, Texas (whose 3-day cash winnings total $60,798)
OPENING REMARKS
Thank you, Johnny. And thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
It hasn't always been easy, but Neal has performed very well, indeed, in those three victories.
Sarah and andrew, you have your work cut out for you today, but good luck to all of you.
Let's go to work.
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
SPACE SHUTTLE FLYOVERS (5/5)
30 MINUTES OF EXERCISE A DAY (5/5)
THE VOWELS ARE MYTHING (5/5) (Alex: ... in the clues, but you have to identify the mythological figure)
THE GOOD (3/5, including 1 missed Daily Double)
THE "BAD" (5/5) (Alex: [*] will come up at the beginning of each correct response)
THE UGLY (4/5)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Neal: 14 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Andrew: 7 R (including 1 rebound), 0 W
Sarah: 6 R, 1 W
Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 2
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $1,400
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Neal: $5,400
Andrew: $2,200
Sarah: $1,200
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: Andrew Mugica is from Libertyville, Illinois, and at his wedding, his wife surprised him with something very different. What was it?
Andrew: Yes. We had a normal wedding cake, but she surprised me with a groom's cake that was a replica of Wrigley Field made out of chocolate and raspberry, and it combined my three favorite things --my wife, Lauren, the Cubs, and cake.
Alex: There was no World Series trophy on the cake, was there?
Andrew: [ chuckles ] Why you got to rub it in, Alex?
[Audience oohs]
Andrew: Ouch.
Alex: Hey, I'm a Dodgers fan. What do you want?
Alex: Sarah Zucker is from Los Angeles, and she works for an Internet company. And what do you do for that company?
Sarah: Well, we have the specific mission of bridging the gap between the analog and the digital age, and we say it's our mission to keep the Internet human.
Alex: Okay, now, when we're dealing with language, there are computers now that I can talk into, and they will translate into any language out there. Is that correct?
Sarah: That's true, but for any language --they might speak it. It still isn't just like the human touch.
Alex: Okay. [ chuckles ] I understand that. Mm-hmm. Gosh, I'm starting to sound like Forrest Gump. [ laughter ] And that worries me.
Alex: You were going to say something, Neal? Is that --what, you were gonna pick on me?
Neal: I'm waiting for your cue, boss.
Alex: Okay. Now, you have a child that you want to take on a trip to a place that you don't normally expect to take your kids to visit.
Neal: That's right. My 10-year-old son Elijah Is a big video-game player, and he wants to go to South Korea because that's where all the best gamers are, and they have these wild video-game tournaments, and he wants to either participate in or at least witness one, so...
Alex: Okay, are there big prizes if you win these tournaments?
Neal: Bigger than this game.
Alex: Okay.
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Neal found the Daily Double on the 18th clue. Neal had $6,000, Sarah had $1,200, and Andrew was at $2,200. Neal wagered $3,000.
THE GOOD $600: In 158 this org. got a new mission; the disease it originally targeted had been tamed 3 years before
(Neal: What is the good ... Red Cross?)
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
THE GOOD $1000: The brainchild of this school's famed media lab, One Laptop Per Child provides cheap computers to kids worldwide
THE UGLY $400: This word for an aerial battle is the title of a movie about another contest, to find the ugliest date
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Neal: $6,200
Andrew: $3,600
Sarah: $3,000