Wednesday, February 12, 2014 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 11:30 am
Game Recap for Show #6773, 2014-02-12
2014 College Championship quarterfinal game 3.
CONTESTANTS
Kevin Shen, a junior from the University of California, Berkeley from Cupertino, California
Terry O'Shea, a sophomore at Princeton University from Bridgewater, New Jersey
Kenesha Bennett, a senior from Oakwood University from Huntsville, Alabama
OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, Johnny. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. They're young, they're bright, and they're happy and excited to be competing here in Southern California in our College Championship. $100,000 payday at the end of next week. Kenesha, Terry, and Kevin, welcome aboard. Good to see you and good luck, also, as we now move into the Jeopardy! Round. One Daily Double in this round. Here are the categories...
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
MUSIC MAKERS (4/5)
BIOLOGY CLASS (3/5)
PRIME NUMBERS (5/5)
STUDENT AID (4/5)
3-LETTER WORDS (5/5)
THE HARVARD BOOK STORE TOP 100 (4/5, including 1 correct Daily Double) (Alex: These are top staff recommendations.)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Terry: 11 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Kenesha: 9 R (including 1 rebound), 3 W
Kevin: 5 R, 1 W
Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 5
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $3,200
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Kenesha: $4,400
Terry: $800
Kevin: $0
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: Kevin Shen is a mathematics major at Berkeley who coded a casino game. I don't understand what that means.
Kevin: So, when I was in high school, we had a programming class, and we had a lot of free time to work on our own individual projects. So, I had written a program which let you play blackjack, poker, and I think slots against the computer.
Alex: Mm-hmm.
Kevin: And the two people on either side of me were playing this game instead of doing their own projects, and they ended up racking a pretty large imaginary debt to me.
Alex: So they still owe you a lot of money?
Kevin: They haven't paid me yet.
[Laughter]
Alex: I wouldn't hang around with them anymore.
Alex: Terry O'Shea is a sophomore at Princeton, part of an organization called what?
Terry: The Institute for Chocolate Studies.
Alex: That sounds like I could be a member of that institution.
Terry: Yes. Well, basically what we do is make chocolate and eat it, of course. It's lots of fun.
Alex: That's a wonderful organization to be part of. Whose idea was it to form that?
Terry: I think it's a current junior named Greg, who did an independent project about chocolate making in high school.
Alex: [claps] Good for him. Love chocolate.
Alex: Kenesha Bennett is a senior at Oakwood University. That's part of the historically black colleges and universities...
Kenesha: Uh-huh.
Alex: ...in the United States. Am I right on that?
Kenesha: Yes.
Alex: Now, but yours is the --has an interesting aspect to it. It's the only...
Kenesha: Seventh-Day Adventist HBCU.
Alex: Seventh-Day Adventist.
Kenesha: Yes, it is.
Alex: And how does that make you guys different? Is religion an important part of the curriculum?
Kenesha: Religion is an important part of the curriculum. All students are required to take four classes, and you see it in aspects. Like, you have worship at the beginning of class, and the teachers can pray with you, and so, it's great to go to a religious school because I myself am religious, and so I feel at home there.
Alex: Good for you. Good for you, indeed.
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Terry found the Daily Double on the 30th clue. Kenesha had $5,000, Terry had $3,200, and Kevin was at $2,000. Terry wagered $2,000.
THE HARVARD BOOK STORE TOP 100 $1000: This 1855 volume of American poetry rounds out the Top 100
(Alex: Is that a guess?)
(Terry: ...yes.)
(Alex: It's a good one. You're right.)
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
STUDENT AID $600: The PSAT is the qualifying exam for this scholarship program that began in 1955
(Kevin: What is the NHS?)
(Kenesha: What is the SAT?)
BIOLOGY CLASS $400: By definition, a polypeptide is a chain of these linked together by peptide bonds
(Terry: What are carbons?)
(Kenesha: What are sugars?)
BIOLOGY CLASS $800: While red bone marrow gets its color from developing red blood cells, yellow marrow gets its color from this
MUSIC MAKERS $800: "Life will pass me by if I don't open up my eyes", says this hit by Avicii
(Kenesha: What is "Don't Wake Me Up"?)
THE HARVARD BOOK STORE TOP 100 $600: This first novel by Carson McCullers takes 35th place on the list
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Terry: $5,200
Kenesha: $5,000
Kevin: $2,000
2014 College Championship quarterfinal game 3.
CONTESTANTS
Kevin Shen, a junior from the University of California, Berkeley from Cupertino, California
Terry O'Shea, a sophomore at Princeton University from Bridgewater, New Jersey
Kenesha Bennett, a senior from Oakwood University from Huntsville, Alabama
OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, Johnny. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. They're young, they're bright, and they're happy and excited to be competing here in Southern California in our College Championship. $100,000 payday at the end of next week. Kenesha, Terry, and Kevin, welcome aboard. Good to see you and good luck, also, as we now move into the Jeopardy! Round. One Daily Double in this round. Here are the categories...
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
MUSIC MAKERS (4/5)
BIOLOGY CLASS (3/5)
PRIME NUMBERS (5/5)
STUDENT AID (4/5)
3-LETTER WORDS (5/5)
THE HARVARD BOOK STORE TOP 100 (4/5, including 1 correct Daily Double) (Alex: These are top staff recommendations.)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Terry: 11 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Kenesha: 9 R (including 1 rebound), 3 W
Kevin: 5 R, 1 W
Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 5
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $3,200
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Kenesha: $4,400
Terry: $800
Kevin: $0
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: Kevin Shen is a mathematics major at Berkeley who coded a casino game. I don't understand what that means.
Kevin: So, when I was in high school, we had a programming class, and we had a lot of free time to work on our own individual projects. So, I had written a program which let you play blackjack, poker, and I think slots against the computer.
Alex: Mm-hmm.
Kevin: And the two people on either side of me were playing this game instead of doing their own projects, and they ended up racking a pretty large imaginary debt to me.
Alex: So they still owe you a lot of money?
Kevin: They haven't paid me yet.
[Laughter]
Alex: I wouldn't hang around with them anymore.
Alex: Terry O'Shea is a sophomore at Princeton, part of an organization called what?
Terry: The Institute for Chocolate Studies.
Alex: That sounds like I could be a member of that institution.
Terry: Yes. Well, basically what we do is make chocolate and eat it, of course. It's lots of fun.
Alex: That's a wonderful organization to be part of. Whose idea was it to form that?
Terry: I think it's a current junior named Greg, who did an independent project about chocolate making in high school.
Alex: [claps] Good for him. Love chocolate.
Alex: Kenesha Bennett is a senior at Oakwood University. That's part of the historically black colleges and universities...
Kenesha: Uh-huh.
Alex: ...in the United States. Am I right on that?
Kenesha: Yes.
Alex: Now, but yours is the --has an interesting aspect to it. It's the only...
Kenesha: Seventh-Day Adventist HBCU.
Alex: Seventh-Day Adventist.
Kenesha: Yes, it is.
Alex: And how does that make you guys different? Is religion an important part of the curriculum?
Kenesha: Religion is an important part of the curriculum. All students are required to take four classes, and you see it in aspects. Like, you have worship at the beginning of class, and the teachers can pray with you, and so, it's great to go to a religious school because I myself am religious, and so I feel at home there.
Alex: Good for you. Good for you, indeed.
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Terry found the Daily Double on the 30th clue. Kenesha had $5,000, Terry had $3,200, and Kevin was at $2,000. Terry wagered $2,000.
THE HARVARD BOOK STORE TOP 100 $1000: This 1855 volume of American poetry rounds out the Top 100
(Alex: Is that a guess?)
(Terry: ...yes.)
(Alex: It's a good one. You're right.)
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
STUDENT AID $600: The PSAT is the qualifying exam for this scholarship program that began in 1955
(Kevin: What is the NHS?)
(Kenesha: What is the SAT?)
BIOLOGY CLASS $400: By definition, a polypeptide is a chain of these linked together by peptide bonds
(Terry: What are carbons?)
(Kenesha: What are sugars?)
BIOLOGY CLASS $800: While red bone marrow gets its color from developing red blood cells, yellow marrow gets its color from this
MUSIC MAKERS $800: "Life will pass me by if I don't open up my eyes", says this hit by Avicii
(Kenesha: What is "Don't Wake Me Up"?)
THE HARVARD BOOK STORE TOP 100 $600: This first novel by Carson McCullers takes 35th place on the list
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Terry: $5,200
Kenesha: $5,000
Kevin: $2,000