Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 11:30 am
Game Recap for Show #7058, 2015-04-29
Greg Seroka game 5.
CONTESTANTS
Sarah Negugogor, a user experience designer from Kirkland, Washington
Brian Fodera, a writer from Sherman Oaks, California
Greg Seroka, a chef from Steamboat Springs, Colorado (whose 4-day cash winnings total $108,200)
OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, Johnny. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. We are now about halfway through our 34th season of Jeopardy! programs, and I cannot recall a time when we have had as contestants so many, for want of a better term, overachievers as players. Our champions are winning a lot of money, and many, many, many games. And that's been true this whole season. Brian and Sarah, I'm happy to welcome you aboard, but you're in some heavyweight company here against our champion, Greg. Nevertheless, good luck to all three as we move you into the first round of play, which is the Jeopardy! Round, and which today has these categories...
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
THE NEXT CHEMICAL ELEMENT ALPHABETICALLY (3/5, including 1 missed Daily Double)
LIQUEURS (5/5)
THE ATHLETE WHO... (5/5)
"VO"CABULARY (5/5)
INDIANAPOLIS (5/5)
500 (4/5)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Greg: 14 R (including 1 rebound), 2 W
Brian: 8 R, 1 W
Sarah: 5 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 2
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $1,200
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Greg: $4,000
Brian: $3,400
Sarah: $1,600
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: Welcome back. You'll all have to forgive me. Obviously I was trying to pad our record a little bit when at the top the show I said we're in the middle of our 34th season. It's our 31st year on the air. Sarah Negugogor from Kirkland, Washington. Did I pronounce your last name correctly?
Sarah: It was very close. Yes.
Alex: You say it for me then.
Sarah: "nay-goo-GO-gore".
Alex: Negugogor.
Sarah: Yeah. Yeah. Interesting word.
Alex: Interesting... what?
Alex: So the origin is Basque, which people always wonder about.
Alex: Ah.
Sarah: Because, you know, it's one of those languages that's unrelated to any other, and so it's a very rare name.
Alex: Have you visited northern Spain to Basque country?
Sarah: Yes. We went for our honeymoon, and ate a lot.
Alex: Oh, ate a lot?
Sarah: Yeah.
Alex: Good food.
Sarah: Yes, very good.
Alex: Yes, indeed. All right.
Alex: Brian Fodera is a writer from Sherman oaks, California. But a writer only recently. You used to be an attorney?
Brian: That's right, I'm a recovering attorney, Alex.
Alex: Aha. Why did you give it up to become a writer?
Brian: You know, I had an--I have an idea for writing--something I wanted to write, and it was very hard to find the time to do that with the schedule I had as an attorney, and so I decided to take the plunge and see if this thing that's gestating in me can get out onto the page.
Alex: Yeah. Okay.
Alex: Greg Seroka is our champion. Wearing an interesting outfit today. It looks Germanic.
Greg: It's true. I got it in Salzburg.
Alex: Ah.
Greg: And I was just walking down the street by this tailor shop, and a loud, booming German voice said, "You! Come in here!" So I went into the tailor shop.
[Alex laughs]
Greg: And he pointed at this jacket and said, "This is for you". And I put it on, and it fit perfectly right off the peg, so I had to buy it at that point.
Alex: [German accent] "You will obey."
Greg: Yes.
Alex: Yes. [Normal voice] All right.
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Sarah found the Daily Double on the 30th clue. Greg had $7,600, Brian had $4,000, and Sarah was at $2,600. Sarah wagered $2,000.
THE NEXT CHEMICAL ELEMENT ALPHABETICALLY $1000: After silicon
(Sarah: Mm... [Exhales sharply])
(Alex: Sarah?)
(Sarah: What is sodium?)
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
THE NEXT CHEMICAL ELEMENT ALPHABETICALLY $200: After platinum
(Greg: What is phosphorus?)
(Sarah: What is polonium?)
500 $1000: The S&P of the S&P 500 index stands for this; half of it sounds like something a businessman tries to avoid
(Greg: What is Standard's & Poor's?)
[Initially accepted as correct; reversed before Daily Double at clue 30.]
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Greg: $7,600
Brian: $4,000
Sarah: $600
Greg Seroka game 5.
CONTESTANTS
Sarah Negugogor, a user experience designer from Kirkland, Washington
Brian Fodera, a writer from Sherman Oaks, California
Greg Seroka, a chef from Steamboat Springs, Colorado (whose 4-day cash winnings total $108,200)
OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, Johnny. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. We are now about halfway through our 34th season of Jeopardy! programs, and I cannot recall a time when we have had as contestants so many, for want of a better term, overachievers as players. Our champions are winning a lot of money, and many, many, many games. And that's been true this whole season. Brian and Sarah, I'm happy to welcome you aboard, but you're in some heavyweight company here against our champion, Greg. Nevertheless, good luck to all three as we move you into the first round of play, which is the Jeopardy! Round, and which today has these categories...
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
THE NEXT CHEMICAL ELEMENT ALPHABETICALLY (3/5, including 1 missed Daily Double)
LIQUEURS (5/5)
THE ATHLETE WHO... (5/5)
"VO"CABULARY (5/5)
INDIANAPOLIS (5/5)
500 (4/5)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Greg: 14 R (including 1 rebound), 2 W
Brian: 8 R, 1 W
Sarah: 5 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 2
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $1,200
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Greg: $4,000
Brian: $3,400
Sarah: $1,600
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: Welcome back. You'll all have to forgive me. Obviously I was trying to pad our record a little bit when at the top the show I said we're in the middle of our 34th season. It's our 31st year on the air. Sarah Negugogor from Kirkland, Washington. Did I pronounce your last name correctly?
Sarah: It was very close. Yes.
Alex: You say it for me then.
Sarah: "nay-goo-GO-gore".
Alex: Negugogor.
Sarah: Yeah. Yeah. Interesting word.
Alex: Interesting... what?
Alex: So the origin is Basque, which people always wonder about.
Alex: Ah.
Sarah: Because, you know, it's one of those languages that's unrelated to any other, and so it's a very rare name.
Alex: Have you visited northern Spain to Basque country?
Sarah: Yes. We went for our honeymoon, and ate a lot.
Alex: Oh, ate a lot?
Sarah: Yeah.
Alex: Good food.
Sarah: Yes, very good.
Alex: Yes, indeed. All right.
Alex: Brian Fodera is a writer from Sherman oaks, California. But a writer only recently. You used to be an attorney?
Brian: That's right, I'm a recovering attorney, Alex.
Alex: Aha. Why did you give it up to become a writer?
Brian: You know, I had an--I have an idea for writing--something I wanted to write, and it was very hard to find the time to do that with the schedule I had as an attorney, and so I decided to take the plunge and see if this thing that's gestating in me can get out onto the page.
Alex: Yeah. Okay.
Alex: Greg Seroka is our champion. Wearing an interesting outfit today. It looks Germanic.
Greg: It's true. I got it in Salzburg.
Alex: Ah.
Greg: And I was just walking down the street by this tailor shop, and a loud, booming German voice said, "You! Come in here!" So I went into the tailor shop.
[Alex laughs]
Greg: And he pointed at this jacket and said, "This is for you". And I put it on, and it fit perfectly right off the peg, so I had to buy it at that point.
Alex: [German accent] "You will obey."
Greg: Yes.
Alex: Yes. [Normal voice] All right.
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Sarah found the Daily Double on the 30th clue. Greg had $7,600, Brian had $4,000, and Sarah was at $2,600. Sarah wagered $2,000.
THE NEXT CHEMICAL ELEMENT ALPHABETICALLY $1000: After silicon
(Sarah: Mm... [Exhales sharply])
(Alex: Sarah?)
(Sarah: What is sodium?)
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
THE NEXT CHEMICAL ELEMENT ALPHABETICALLY $200: After platinum
(Greg: What is phosphorus?)
(Sarah: What is polonium?)
500 $1000: The S&P of the S&P 500 index stands for this; half of it sounds like something a businessman tries to avoid
(Greg: What is Standard's & Poor's?)
[Initially accepted as correct; reversed before Daily Double at clue 30.]
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Greg: $7,600
Brian: $4,000
Sarah: $600