Thursday, April 28, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 11:30 am
Game Recap for Show #7289, 2016-04-28
Buzzy Cohen game 4.
CONTESTANTS
Heather Burnett, an accountant from Orlando, Florida
Ben Rothenberg, a sports writer from Washington, D.C.
Buzzy Cohen, a music executive from Los Angeles, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $58,401)
OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thanks, Johnny.
[Alex mimics the "shoulder brush-off" action Buzzy did during his introduction, provoking laughter from the audience.]
Alex: I think, uh, Buzzy will understand if I say that in his three victories so far, there were moments when he was feeling very, very insecure.
[Buzzy chuckles.]
Alex: A savvy wager in Final Jeopardy! paid off, even when he didn't come up with the correct response in Final. Ben and Heather are nodding in agreement, saying, "Yeah. We know. We can take him."
[Buzzy laughs.]
Alex: Well, now it's time to prove it. Let's go to work, guys. Here we go. Here are the categories for you in the first round of play...
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
BROADWAY (4/5)
NASA SAYS (5/5)
STATELY MUSEUMS (4/5, including 1 missed Daily Double)
LAST LINK IN THE DRINK (4/5)
FAMILIAR PHRASES (3/4)
PEOPLES (4/5)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Ben: 11 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Heather: 7 R, 0 W
Buzzy: 6 R (including 1 rebound), 1 W
Clues revealed: 29
Triple Stumpers: 4
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $2,600
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Ben found the Daily Double on the 11th clue. Buzzy had $1,400, Ben had $3,400, and Heather had nothing in the bank. Ben wagered $3,000.
STATELY MUSEUMS $600: Atomic Testing Museum &
Burlesque Hall of Fame
(Ben: Uh, what is... uh, Chic--uh, Illinois?)
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Buzzy: $2,400
Ben: $1,600
Heather: $200
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: Heather Burnett is an accountant from Florida who has become an expert at joke telling. How did that happen?
Heather: Well, my nephews, Nicholas and Bryce, are just coming to the age when they understand jokes, and they like to tell me that Cinderella could never be on the basketball team because she always ran away from the ball. [Laughs]
[Laughter]
Heather: Now my--my niece Emily has another favorite--how do you turn a soup into gold?
Alex: How?
Heather: You add 24 karats. [Laughs]
[Laughter]
Alex: There is a stand-up career just waiting for this lady.
Heather: Thank you. [Laughs] Thank you.
Alex: Good luck.
Alex: Ben Rothenberg, sports writer, who attended the Sochi Olympics--
Ben: Yep.
Alex: --and then afterwards, decided to go on a long walk with some friends. What happened?
Ben: Yeah, we--we had a day off and looked at the map and saw there was a small breakaway republic nearby.
Alex: Uh-huh.
Ben: And we figured, when there's a breakaway republic within walking distance, you should probably go.
Alex: Mm-hmm.
Ben: So we went to customs, and they were very confused why we were there, why we wanted to see it. You know, "Just look around just to say we did it" don't really translate in their limited English. So eventually, my friend said, "Oh, maybe we'll just have a drink." And the customs guy said, "Drink! Ah, ha ha!" And then he let us in.
[Laughter]
Ben: It was all fine.
Alex: The universal language.
Ben: Exactly.
Alex: Yes, indeed.
Alex: All right, Buzzy Cohen is our champion. We keep introducing him as a music executive. What exactly do you do in the music world?
Buzzy: So I run a small company that puts music in ads. So...
Alex: In ads?
Buzzy: Yep. So we find songs for commercials or write songs for commercials.
Alex: Now there was a marvelous--I can't even remember what the commercial was, but the Hawaiian singer who sang "Somewhere Over The Rainbow". And don't ask me to pronounce his name off the top of my head right now. But that's the kind of thing you would select.
Buzzy: Exactly, yeah. Yep. We just put a song in a commercial that went platinum as a result of that.
Alex: Holy smokes.
Buzzy: Yeah.
Alex: That's gonna make the original performer very, very happy.
Buzzy: They're very happy, yeah.
Alex: Absolutely.
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
PEOPLES $200: Bedouin society is patriarchal; families & extended families are led by men with this title
(Buzzy: What is father?)
LAST LINK IN THE DRINK $800: Grasshopper:
creme de cacao,
cream &
this 3-named item
BROADWAY $800: "Chain Gang" is a merry number in the 2010 musical about the horrific experience of these Alabama "Boys"
(Alex: Less than a minute to go now, Ben.)
FAMILIAR PHRASES $800: The first written record of "cleanliness is next to godliness" is in a 1778 sermon by this founder of Methodism
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Heather: $4,200
Buzzy: $3,600
Ben: $3,000
Buzzy Cohen game 4.
CONTESTANTS
Heather Burnett, an accountant from Orlando, Florida
Ben Rothenberg, a sports writer from Washington, D.C.
Buzzy Cohen, a music executive from Los Angeles, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $58,401)
OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thanks, Johnny.
[Alex mimics the "shoulder brush-off" action Buzzy did during his introduction, provoking laughter from the audience.]
Alex: I think, uh, Buzzy will understand if I say that in his three victories so far, there were moments when he was feeling very, very insecure.
[Buzzy chuckles.]
Alex: A savvy wager in Final Jeopardy! paid off, even when he didn't come up with the correct response in Final. Ben and Heather are nodding in agreement, saying, "Yeah. We know. We can take him."
[Buzzy laughs.]
Alex: Well, now it's time to prove it. Let's go to work, guys. Here we go. Here are the categories for you in the first round of play...
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
BROADWAY (4/5)
NASA SAYS (5/5)
STATELY MUSEUMS (4/5, including 1 missed Daily Double)
LAST LINK IN THE DRINK (4/5)
FAMILIAR PHRASES (3/4)
PEOPLES (4/5)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Ben: 11 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Heather: 7 R, 0 W
Buzzy: 6 R (including 1 rebound), 1 W
Clues revealed: 29
Triple Stumpers: 4
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $2,600
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Ben found the Daily Double on the 11th clue. Buzzy had $1,400, Ben had $3,400, and Heather had nothing in the bank. Ben wagered $3,000.
STATELY MUSEUMS $600: Atomic Testing Museum &
Burlesque Hall of Fame
(Ben: Uh, what is... uh, Chic--uh, Illinois?)
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Buzzy: $2,400
Ben: $1,600
Heather: $200
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: Heather Burnett is an accountant from Florida who has become an expert at joke telling. How did that happen?
Heather: Well, my nephews, Nicholas and Bryce, are just coming to the age when they understand jokes, and they like to tell me that Cinderella could never be on the basketball team because she always ran away from the ball. [Laughs]
[Laughter]
Heather: Now my--my niece Emily has another favorite--how do you turn a soup into gold?
Alex: How?
Heather: You add 24 karats. [Laughs]
[Laughter]
Alex: There is a stand-up career just waiting for this lady.
Heather: Thank you. [Laughs] Thank you.
Alex: Good luck.
Alex: Ben Rothenberg, sports writer, who attended the Sochi Olympics--
Ben: Yep.
Alex: --and then afterwards, decided to go on a long walk with some friends. What happened?
Ben: Yeah, we--we had a day off and looked at the map and saw there was a small breakaway republic nearby.
Alex: Uh-huh.
Ben: And we figured, when there's a breakaway republic within walking distance, you should probably go.
Alex: Mm-hmm.
Ben: So we went to customs, and they were very confused why we were there, why we wanted to see it. You know, "Just look around just to say we did it" don't really translate in their limited English. So eventually, my friend said, "Oh, maybe we'll just have a drink." And the customs guy said, "Drink! Ah, ha ha!" And then he let us in.
[Laughter]
Ben: It was all fine.
Alex: The universal language.
Ben: Exactly.
Alex: Yes, indeed.
Alex: All right, Buzzy Cohen is our champion. We keep introducing him as a music executive. What exactly do you do in the music world?
Buzzy: So I run a small company that puts music in ads. So...
Alex: In ads?
Buzzy: Yep. So we find songs for commercials or write songs for commercials.
Alex: Now there was a marvelous--I can't even remember what the commercial was, but the Hawaiian singer who sang "Somewhere Over The Rainbow". And don't ask me to pronounce his name off the top of my head right now. But that's the kind of thing you would select.
Buzzy: Exactly, yeah. Yep. We just put a song in a commercial that went platinum as a result of that.
Alex: Holy smokes.
Buzzy: Yeah.
Alex: That's gonna make the original performer very, very happy.
Buzzy: They're very happy, yeah.
Alex: Absolutely.
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
PEOPLES $200: Bedouin society is patriarchal; families & extended families are led by men with this title
(Buzzy: What is father?)
LAST LINK IN THE DRINK $800: Grasshopper:
creme de cacao,
cream &
this 3-named item
BROADWAY $800: "Chain Gang" is a merry number in the 2010 musical about the horrific experience of these Alabama "Boys"
(Alex: Less than a minute to go now, Ben.)
FAMILIAR PHRASES $800: The first written record of "cleanliness is next to godliness" is in a 1778 sermon by this founder of Methodism
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Heather: $4,200
Buzzy: $3,600
Ben: $3,000