Tuesday, January 9, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 4:16 pm
Game Recap for Show #7672, 2018-01-09
CONTESTANTS
Matt Brannagan, a high school history teacher from Bowie, Maryland
Lindsay Resnick, an archivist from Atlanta, Georgia
Brandon Brooks, an HR manager from Chicago, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $27,401)
OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, Johnny. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome. He's done it on two consecutive games of Jeopardy! How is Brandon going to surprise himself today? You're having fun though, right?
Brandon: I'm having a blast.
Alex: Okay. Lindsay and Matt, good to have you with us also. Here we go into the Jeopardy! Round. I hope all three of you like these categories...
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
WHAT "A" COUNTRY? (5/5)
SHOES (4/5)
TOTALLY '80s WORDS! (5/5)
POP CULTURE VILLAINS (3/5)
BUGS MEANIE (4/5, including 1 correct Daily Double)
LAX LUTHER (1/2)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Brandon: 8 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Lindsay: 6 R (including 2 rebounds), 1 W
Matt: 8 R, 3 W
Clues revealed: 27
Triple Stumpers: 5
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $4,400
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Matt: $3,000
Lindsay: $2,600
Brandon: $1,000
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: Matt Brannagan is from Bowie, Maryland. And if I were to say you are obsessed with one person in life, you would respond...
Matt: James Bond.
Alex: Bond.
Matt: Bond. James Bond.
Alex: James Bond. Why?
Matt: I don't know. I just--growing up with my dad, it was our favorite movies. I have every one on Blu-Ray. The great--my favorite of all time. I watch them all the time.
Alex: Of all of the actors who have played--
Matt: Roger Moore.
Alex: Rog--
Matt: Roger Moore.
Alex: And Roger Moore had a sense of humor that perhaps the others have not displayed quite as much.
Matt: Mm-hmm.
Alex: Good for you.
Alex: Lindsay Resnick is from Atlanta, Georgia. You have the same birthday as your mom?
Lindsay: I do.
Alex: That doesn't happen all that often.
Lindsay: No. She says I was the best birthday present she ever got. Aw.
Alex: Aw. That's about as sweet as it gets. Do you have any brothers and sisters?
Lindsay: I have a younger brother. His name is David, and he's 23 years old.
Alex: And is he here cheering you on today?
Lindsay: No, he's not. He wasn't able to take off from work.
Alex: Ah. Too bad. Okay. But he'll be watching at home.
Lindsay: Definitely.
Alex: Brandon Brooks is our champion, ladies and gentlemen. Just ran his second marathon?
Brandon: Yeah, so--
Alex: What got you into that?
Brandon: Well, I was a fat kid who never ran before. And uh, actually, long story short, someone told me I couldn't run. And so two years ago I started running. And I ran my first one last year--Chicago Marathon--second one I did in 2017, and I improved my time by 17 minutes.
Alex: Terrific.
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Brandon found the Daily Double on the 19th clue. Brandon had $1,200, Lindsay had $1,800, and Matt was at $2,200. Brandon made it a True Daily Double, wagering $1,200.
BUGS MEANIE $400: If an Africanized colony of these is disturbed & in a bad mood, you may meet 10,000 of them in 15 seconds
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
POP CULTURE VILLAINS $800: Calvin Candie in this movie was the first villain Quentin Tarantino said he'd written that he hated
(Matt: What is Reservoir Dogs?)
(Lindsay: What is Pulp Fiction?)
POP CULTURE VILLAINS $1000: As Victor Kiriakis on "Days of Our Lives", this father of a TV star has put in 30-plus years of all kinds of villainy
BUGS MEANIE $1000: The book of Joel says, "That which" this bug left "hath the cankerworm eaten" & what was still left, hath the caterpillar eaten
(Alex: Less than a minute now.)
SHOES $800: This shoe brand that expanded into handbags & other accessories was named for its original address on 57th St. in NYC
(Matt: What is Coach?)
LAX LUTHER $800: Luther mocked a friend who could only drink down to the top ring in a special wine mug, representing this, AKA the Decalogue
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Brandon: $4,000
Lindsay: $3,400
Matt: $2,200
CONTESTANTS
Matt Brannagan, a high school history teacher from Bowie, Maryland
Lindsay Resnick, an archivist from Atlanta, Georgia
Brandon Brooks, an HR manager from Chicago, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $27,401)
OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, Johnny. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome. He's done it on two consecutive games of Jeopardy! How is Brandon going to surprise himself today? You're having fun though, right?
Brandon: I'm having a blast.
Alex: Okay. Lindsay and Matt, good to have you with us also. Here we go into the Jeopardy! Round. I hope all three of you like these categories...
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
WHAT "A" COUNTRY? (5/5)
SHOES (4/5)
TOTALLY '80s WORDS! (5/5)
POP CULTURE VILLAINS (3/5)
BUGS MEANIE (4/5, including 1 correct Daily Double)
LAX LUTHER (1/2)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Brandon: 8 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Lindsay: 6 R (including 2 rebounds), 1 W
Matt: 8 R, 3 W
Clues revealed: 27
Triple Stumpers: 5
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $4,400
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Matt: $3,000
Lindsay: $2,600
Brandon: $1,000
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: Matt Brannagan is from Bowie, Maryland. And if I were to say you are obsessed with one person in life, you would respond...
Matt: James Bond.
Alex: Bond.
Matt: Bond. James Bond.
Alex: James Bond. Why?
Matt: I don't know. I just--growing up with my dad, it was our favorite movies. I have every one on Blu-Ray. The great--my favorite of all time. I watch them all the time.
Alex: Of all of the actors who have played--
Matt: Roger Moore.
Alex: Rog--
Matt: Roger Moore.
Alex: And Roger Moore had a sense of humor that perhaps the others have not displayed quite as much.
Matt: Mm-hmm.
Alex: Good for you.
Alex: Lindsay Resnick is from Atlanta, Georgia. You have the same birthday as your mom?
Lindsay: I do.
Alex: That doesn't happen all that often.
Lindsay: No. She says I was the best birthday present she ever got. Aw.
Alex: Aw. That's about as sweet as it gets. Do you have any brothers and sisters?
Lindsay: I have a younger brother. His name is David, and he's 23 years old.
Alex: And is he here cheering you on today?
Lindsay: No, he's not. He wasn't able to take off from work.
Alex: Ah. Too bad. Okay. But he'll be watching at home.
Lindsay: Definitely.
Alex: Brandon Brooks is our champion, ladies and gentlemen. Just ran his second marathon?
Brandon: Yeah, so--
Alex: What got you into that?
Brandon: Well, I was a fat kid who never ran before. And uh, actually, long story short, someone told me I couldn't run. And so two years ago I started running. And I ran my first one last year--Chicago Marathon--second one I did in 2017, and I improved my time by 17 minutes.
Alex: Terrific.
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Brandon found the Daily Double on the 19th clue. Brandon had $1,200, Lindsay had $1,800, and Matt was at $2,200. Brandon made it a True Daily Double, wagering $1,200.
BUGS MEANIE $400: If an Africanized colony of these is disturbed & in a bad mood, you may meet 10,000 of them in 15 seconds
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
POP CULTURE VILLAINS $800: Calvin Candie in this movie was the first villain Quentin Tarantino said he'd written that he hated
(Matt: What is Reservoir Dogs?)
(Lindsay: What is Pulp Fiction?)
POP CULTURE VILLAINS $1000: As Victor Kiriakis on "Days of Our Lives", this father of a TV star has put in 30-plus years of all kinds of villainy
BUGS MEANIE $1000: The book of Joel says, "That which" this bug left "hath the cankerworm eaten" & what was still left, hath the caterpillar eaten
(Alex: Less than a minute now.)
SHOES $800: This shoe brand that expanded into handbags & other accessories was named for its original address on 57th St. in NYC
(Matt: What is Coach?)
LAX LUTHER $800: Luther mocked a friend who could only drink down to the top ring in a special wine mug, representing this, AKA the Decalogue
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Brandon: $4,000
Lindsay: $3,400
Matt: $2,200