Friday, January 12, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 3:58 pm
Game Recap for Show #7675, 2018-01-12
Gilbert Collins game 3.
CONTESTANTS
Alisha Mathalikunnel, a medical student from Alhambra, California
Alex Cook, a consultant from Saint Paul, Minnesota
Gilbert Collins, a university administrator from Princeton, New Jersey (whose 2-day cash winnings total $22,798)
OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, Johnny. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Hello, my friends, and welcome. Alex and Alisha are the newcomers. Good to have you with us. Gilbert, good to see you again. Let's go to work. Now let's find out what the categories are...
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
JANUARY (3/5)
POP CULTURE GOLD & SILVER (5/5)
IT'S RAINING "MEN" (5/5)
MUMMY DEAREST (4/5, including 1 missed Daily Double)
OREGON (4/5)
SO YOU'VE BEEN INDICTED (5/5)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Alex: 11 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Alisha: 10 R (including 3 rebounds), 1 W
Gilbert: 5 R, 3 W
Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 3
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $2,400
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Alex found the Daily Double on the 15th clue. Gilbert had $2,400, Alex had $3,600, and Alisha was at $1,800. Alex wagered $2,000.
MUMMY DEAREST $1000: He discovered the grandmummy of them all & soon wrote a book called "The Tomb of Tut-ankh-amen"
(Alex Trebek: Alex?)
(Alex Cook: I don't--i don't know.)
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Gilbert: $2,400
Alisha: $1,800
Alex: $1,600
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: Alisha Mathalikunnel.
Alisha: Yes.
Alex: You had a terrifying experience visiting a country I have visited in Africa--Ghana.
Alisha: Yes.
Alex: Tell me about it.
Alisha: We were at a crocodile farm, where crocodiles just roam around and they let tourists go. And we got in line to pet a crocodile that was sleeping, and I did not wanna do that, so I was last in line. And by the time I came up, the crocodile woke up, and he looked right at me. So I just ran right out of there. I was like, "I'm not petting a crocodile right now."
Alex: I thought you were gonna say, "By the time I got there, the crocodile had gotten to be so big that that scared the daylights out of me."
[Laughter]
Alisha: No, he was just awake and grumpy.
Alex: You could pick up the little baby crocs, right? The little tiny ones?
Alisha: I don't wanna do that. I don't wanna do that.
Alex Trebek: Alex Cook is from Saint Paul, Minnesota. No crocodiles there.
Alex Cook: No.
Alex Trebek: Tell me how you met your wife.
Alex Cook: My wife Sarah and I met playing ultimate Frisbee. She was really reluctant to come out because this was in wintertime, in February. Her friend Carrie threw what's called a hammer toss, or hammer throw, which is kind of an overhead throw, which I--no business should have caught, but I did, and I guess that kind of caught her eye, so she was in awe of my skills, I guess.
Alex Trebek: One of the rules of Minnesota, I know. You have to marry them.
Alex Cook: That's right.
Alex: Gilbert Collins is our champion. He is sort of in trouble, I guess, and he's hoping that he wins a lot more money because what did you promise your kids?
Gilbert: Yes, I have two lovely kids--Timmy and Nikki. And I promised them that anything I won on Jeopardy!, they get 1%. So since their allowance is $2 a week, that's a lot of money for them.
Alex: Now, don't dog it from here on. Do your best.
[Laughter]
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
OREGON $1000: Around 1836 Washington Irving wrote a history of this man's successful fur trading business in Oregon
(Alex: Hence, Astoria.)
JANUARY $600: The Anglo-Saxons named January this month, after predators that came into villages during winter in search of food
JANUARY $800: Every year on this date U.S. Christians celebrate Epiphany, a holy day commemorating the arrival of the 3 wise men
(Alisha: What is Jan. 12th?)
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Alex: $4,600
Alisha: $4,400
Gilbert: $1,400
Gilbert Collins game 3.
CONTESTANTS
Alisha Mathalikunnel, a medical student from Alhambra, California
Alex Cook, a consultant from Saint Paul, Minnesota
Gilbert Collins, a university administrator from Princeton, New Jersey (whose 2-day cash winnings total $22,798)
OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, Johnny. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Hello, my friends, and welcome. Alex and Alisha are the newcomers. Good to have you with us. Gilbert, good to see you again. Let's go to work. Now let's find out what the categories are...
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
JANUARY (3/5)
POP CULTURE GOLD & SILVER (5/5)
IT'S RAINING "MEN" (5/5)
MUMMY DEAREST (4/5, including 1 missed Daily Double)
OREGON (4/5)
SO YOU'VE BEEN INDICTED (5/5)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Alex: 11 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Alisha: 10 R (including 3 rebounds), 1 W
Gilbert: 5 R, 3 W
Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 3
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $2,400
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Alex found the Daily Double on the 15th clue. Gilbert had $2,400, Alex had $3,600, and Alisha was at $1,800. Alex wagered $2,000.
MUMMY DEAREST $1000: He discovered the grandmummy of them all & soon wrote a book called "The Tomb of Tut-ankh-amen"
(Alex Trebek: Alex?)
(Alex Cook: I don't--i don't know.)
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Gilbert: $2,400
Alisha: $1,800
Alex: $1,600
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: Alisha Mathalikunnel.
Alisha: Yes.
Alex: You had a terrifying experience visiting a country I have visited in Africa--Ghana.
Alisha: Yes.
Alex: Tell me about it.
Alisha: We were at a crocodile farm, where crocodiles just roam around and they let tourists go. And we got in line to pet a crocodile that was sleeping, and I did not wanna do that, so I was last in line. And by the time I came up, the crocodile woke up, and he looked right at me. So I just ran right out of there. I was like, "I'm not petting a crocodile right now."
Alex: I thought you were gonna say, "By the time I got there, the crocodile had gotten to be so big that that scared the daylights out of me."
[Laughter]
Alisha: No, he was just awake and grumpy.
Alex: You could pick up the little baby crocs, right? The little tiny ones?
Alisha: I don't wanna do that. I don't wanna do that.
Alex Trebek: Alex Cook is from Saint Paul, Minnesota. No crocodiles there.
Alex Cook: No.
Alex Trebek: Tell me how you met your wife.
Alex Cook: My wife Sarah and I met playing ultimate Frisbee. She was really reluctant to come out because this was in wintertime, in February. Her friend Carrie threw what's called a hammer toss, or hammer throw, which is kind of an overhead throw, which I--no business should have caught, but I did, and I guess that kind of caught her eye, so she was in awe of my skills, I guess.
Alex Trebek: One of the rules of Minnesota, I know. You have to marry them.
Alex Cook: That's right.
Alex: Gilbert Collins is our champion. He is sort of in trouble, I guess, and he's hoping that he wins a lot more money because what did you promise your kids?
Gilbert: Yes, I have two lovely kids--Timmy and Nikki. And I promised them that anything I won on Jeopardy!, they get 1%. So since their allowance is $2 a week, that's a lot of money for them.
Alex: Now, don't dog it from here on. Do your best.
[Laughter]
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
OREGON $1000: Around 1836 Washington Irving wrote a history of this man's successful fur trading business in Oregon
(Alex: Hence, Astoria.)
JANUARY $600: The Anglo-Saxons named January this month, after predators that came into villages during winter in search of food
JANUARY $800: Every year on this date U.S. Christians celebrate Epiphany, a holy day commemorating the arrival of the 3 wise men
(Alisha: What is Jan. 12th?)
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Alex: $4,600
Alisha: $4,400
Gilbert: $1,400