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Friday, March 16, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]

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Game Recap for Show #7720, 2018-03-16

CONTESTANTS
Rahul Gupta, a data engineer from Midlothian, Virginia
Dan Lee, a math professor from New York, New York
Peter Karamitsos, a software salesman from Elmhurst, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $51,000)

OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, Johnny. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. So far, in the four games this week, our Jeopardy! players have earned close to $100,000. Peter, good example of a winner. $51,000 for two appearances. Dan and Rahul, good luck to you. Let's go to work right now in the Jeopardy! Round, see if you can do the same as our champ. Here are the categories...

JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
COMPOSERS' COUNTRY OF BIRTH (3/5) (Alex: We're talking about the present-day country.)
A SECOND SCREEN EXPERIENCE (5/5)
FRUITS & VEGETABLES (3/5)
BOOK TALK (4/5, including 1 missed Daily Double)
THAT WORD NEEDS PLURALIZATION (5/5)
THE FABERGÉ MUSEUM (2/5) (Sarah of the Clue Crew: From the St. Petersburg Museum. The craftsmanship and excess of a bygone time.)

THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Rahul: 11 R (including 1 rebound), 1 W
Dan: 8 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Peter: 3 R, 2 W

Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 7
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $5,200



SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Rahul: $3,600
Dan: $3,200
Peter: $800

CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS



Alex: Rahul Gupta is from Virginia. And you had a coach on your scholastic bowl team that had made an appearance on Jeopardy!. Am I correct?

Rahul: Correct, yeah. So Jamie Scharff was a high school teacher of mine. Early '90s, he was on the show.

Alex: Did he win?

Rahul: He came in third. The prize, I think, was a watch, which he said he declined. But he wouldn't show us the airing until we won the state championship. So we won, he showed it to us, and then that was kind of that.

Alex: Okay.




Alex: Dan Lee is a math professor from New York. We all enjoy winning. You won an award while at summer camp, and I'm not sure it was a good award. Tell us about that.

Dan: Yeah, the award was for "Most Scatalogical." And so the camp counselors at that camp decided to make silly awards for people, and I had a certain reputation for colorful language, among those things.

[Laughter]

Alex: No more on that.




Alex: Peter Karamitsos is our champion. You have acrophobia.

Peter: I do, yeah.

Alex: And in order to help yourself get over that, you did something.

Peter: Yeah, I tried out for gymnastics in high school.

Alex: And how did that work out?

Peter: I never got over it. I'm still afraid of heights, and it's funny, 'cause people think, "Oh, you were a gymnast in high school and college." And I'm like, "No, it's still--" I just learned to manage it, so it helped with that.

JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Dan found the Daily Double on the 20th clue. Peter was in the hole with -$200, Dan had $2,400, and Rahul was at $6,400. Dan wagered $2,000.

BOOK TALK $800: This adjective is used for a shortened version of a written work that still contains the basic story
(Alex: Dan?)
(Dan: What is an abridgement?)
(Alex: No, abridgement is not an adjective. But you were on the right track. What is an [*] version?)

TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
FRUITS & VEGETABLES $1000: In some countries this long-necked brown pear is known as the Kaiser Alexander

FRUITS & VEGETABLES $400: Smooth cayenne, once the principal variety of this fruit grown in Hawaii, has been replaced by the hybrid MD2
(Dan: What is pepper?)

COMPOSERS' COUNTRY OF BIRTH $800: Gustav Holst
(Rahul: What is Poland?)

COMPOSERS' COUNTRY OF BIRTH $1000: Ferde Grofe

THE FABERGÉ MUSEUM $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Fabergé Museum.) The 15th anniversary Easter egg pictures events from the reign of this tsar, as well as miniature portraits of him & his family

THE FABERGÉ MUSEUM $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Fabergé Museum.
) Fabergé used pearls & diamonds to evoke the empress' favorite flowers, lilies of the valley, in an 1898 Easter egg in this ornamental style that was popular at the time

THE FABERGÉ MUSEUM $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Fabergé Museum.) Peter Carl Fabergé was commissioned to create an Easter egg for Tsarina Maria Feodorovna by her husband, the third tsar of this name; the hen Easter egg was such a hit with the tsarina that imperial Easter eggs became an annual tradition
(Peter: Who is Nicholas?)

SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Rahul: $6,000
Dan: $600
Peter: $0
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
AFTER THE VICE PRESIDENCY (3/4)
TV TITLES (4/5)
AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE (3/4)
MOUNTAINS (5/5, including 1 correct Daily Double)
ANY "PORT" (3/5)
IN A STORM (4/5, including 1 missed Daily Double)

THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Rahul: 12 R (including 1 rebound), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Dan: 6 R, 0 W
Peter: 4 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Clues revealed: 28
Triple Stumpers: 5
Double Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $8,400



FIRST DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Rahul snagged the next Daily Double on the 7th clue. Peter had no money, Dan had $2,600, and Rahul was at $8,800. Rahul wagered $4,800.

IN A STORM $1600: When tropical storms threaten, the National Hurricane Center HQed in this city jumps into action
(Alex: Rahul?)
(Rahul: What is Atlanta?)

SECOND DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
It was Peter who snatched up the last Daily Double of the game on the 12th clue. Peter had $800, Dan had $4,600, and Rahul was at $4,400. Peter wagered $2,000.

MOUNTAINS $1200: Mount Masada, site of a famous fortress in the Judean desert, overlooks this body of water

TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND
TV TITLES $1200: The title craft in this 2017 show is named for a man born in 1871 in Dayton, Ohio

ANY "PORT" $1600: This vein conveys blood to the liver from the spleen

AFTER THE VICE PRESIDENCY $1600: A supporter of westward expansion as vice-president, this big "D" later went east as minister to Great Britain

ANY "PORT" $2000: Made from heating limestone & clay in a kiln, this construction material hardens when mixed with water
(Rahul: What is portico?)

AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE $2000: This author of "Kindred" & "Xenogenesis" combined African-American culture with science fiction themes
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

SCORES ENTERING FINAL JEOPARDY!
Rahul: $12,400 (lock-tie game)
Dan: $6,200
Peter: $4,000

FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
MYTHOLOGICAL BEASTS

VENUSIAN MONOLOGUES/MARTIAN CHRONICLES
Lock-tie for first place; crush for second place.
Rahul: Wager $0 to guarantee your return for the next game, or, if you'd rather lose today than face Dan tomorrow, wager $12,400 to maximize your winnings (or $4,399 to keep from dropping into third place).
Dan: You don't have any guarantee at second place, but who cares when you've got a shot at tying for first? Wager $6,200.
Peter: You have the hope of surpassing Dan for second place if you come up with the correct response or if your opponent fails to. Bet between $2,201 and $3,999.

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Hesiod said it fawns on all who enter "with actions of...tail & both ears", but when people try to exit it "eats them up"

FINAL SCORES
Peter: $4,000 - $3,999 = $1 (Who is the Minotaur?) (2nd place: $2,000)
Dan: $6,200 - $6,200 = $0 (Who is the minotaur?) (3rd place: $1,000)
Rahul: $12,400 - $1 = $12,399 (Who is the Sphinx?) (New champion: $12,399)
(Alex: It was the guardian of a very famous place in mythology.)

Total Potential Lach Trash: $13,600

GAME DYNAMICS
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CORYAT SCORES
Rahul: $17,200, 23 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Dan: $8,200, 14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Peter: $3,200, 7 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Combined Coryat: $28,600

BATTING AVERAGES
Rahul: 23/59 = .390
Dan: 14/59 = .237
Peter: 7/59 = .119
Team: 44/63 = .698

MISCELLANEOUS INTERESTING CLUES
BOOK TALK $1000: 12-letter term for a book produced by adapting a movie script
(Peter: What is a screenplay?)
(Dan: What is an adaptation?)

A SECOND SCREEN EXPERIENCE $1000: Alfred Molina was transformed into this heavily armed villain in "Spider-Man 2"
(Rahul: What is Doc Ock? [*]?)

THE FABERGÉ MUSEUM $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Fabergé Museum.) One of the few imperial Easter eggs with a religious theme, the rock crystal egg from around 1889 depicts this event that Easter celebrates

THE FABERGÉ MUSEUM $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Fabergé Museum.
) Most of the imperial Easter eggs contain surprises--for the coronation egg, it's a miniature replica of the coach that took Alexandra to the coronation, perfectly detailed down to the double-headed eagles on the doors & the roof, an imperial symbol of this last Russian dynasty

AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE $1200: "Snow-white Moslem head-dress around a dead black face" is from Margaret Walker's poem "For" this slain leader
(Peter: Who is Martin Luther King?)

ANY "PORT" $400: It can be a small window in the side of an airplane as well as a ship
(Alex: Less than a minute now.)

CORRECT RESPONSES
abridged
a Bosc pear
pineapple
England
the United States
Nicholas II
Art Nouveau
Alexander
Miami
the Dead Sea
The Orville
the portal vein
George Dallas
Portland cement
Octavia Butler
the hound of Hades or Cerberus
a novelization
Doctor Octopus
the resurrection of Christ
the Romanovs
Malcolm X
a porthole
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FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
MYTHOLOGICAL BEASTS

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Hesiod said it fawns on all who enter “with actions of…tail & both ears”, but when people try to exit it “eats them up”

Peter Karamitsos: 4000-3999=1
Dan Lee: 6200-6200=0
Rahul Gupta: 12400-1=12399 (New Champ)

Correct response:
Spoiler
Cerberus (Peter – Minotaur) (Dan – Minotaur) (Rahul – Sphinx)

Daily Doubles
Dan: 2400-2000
Rahul: 8800-4800
Peter: 800+2000

Coryats
Peter: 3200
Dan: 8200
Rahul: 17200

Combined: 28,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round
Peter: 0
Dan: 600
Rahul: 6000
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Those boards were shot up with the clue selections all over the place. The jumping seemed to affect Peter’s game the most.

No tiebreaker today. Rahul’s wagering option worked out fine for him on the triple miss. I matched Rahul’s miss to have something. Minotaur, satyr, centaur and Pegasus were on my list of precalls I rejected when I saw the clue. I needed some kind of Fluffy hint to get the right beast.

Rahul mentioned his high school teacher on J! in the early ‘90s. I heard Jamie Sharp (sp?) and I could not find any Jamie or Jaime in the Archive to match what I heard.

The Hometown Howdies had “This Jeopardy! Champ is back to defend his title” for Peter’s howdy. He was back today, but won’t be back on Monday.
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The CC said his last name was Scharff. That wasn’t in the archive, either.

The show aired early here so I didn’t have to count on Reddit with basketball this afternoon.

Another Minotaur here. Poll request for that?

I was sad they didn’t finish the VP category.
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Bamaman wrote: Fri Mar 16, 2018 1:19 pm The CC said his last name was Scharff. That wasn’t in the archive, either.

Another Minotaur here. Poll request for that?
Okay, Scharff, thanks.

Yes, I expect that wrong beast to be on the poll.
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Griffin was my WAG.
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MarkBarrett wrote: Fri Mar 16, 2018 1:25 pm
Bamaman wrote: Fri Mar 16, 2018 1:19 pm The CC said his last name was Scharff. That wasn’t in the archive, either.

Another Minotaur here. Poll request for that?
Okay, Scharff, thanks.

Yes, I expect that wrong beast to be on the poll.
Good piece on his recent retirement here.
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I see he still doesn’t have a watch.
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theFJguy wrote: Fri Mar 16, 2018 1:06 pm FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
MYTHOLOGICAL BEASTS

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Hesiod said it fawns on all who enter “with actions of…tail & both ears”, but when people try to exit it “eats them up”
I definitely would've also written down minotaur, even while having trouble picturing a tail on that particular beast.

The imagery of the quote is certainly canine, so that famous many-headed dog should've come to mind but didn't. But even then, the phrase "both ears" would have had me worried.

I am not gonna blame the J! writers for the misleading word choice - it is Hesiod who deserves a scolding that "some ears" is more accurate phrasing! ;)
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My first thought on FJ was correct (Cerberus) but he is Hades's three-headed dog that guards the underworld, so wouldn't that be six ears?
The "both ears" really had me doubting my initial thought, but I had nothing else.
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Sphinx here. :roll:
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I went back and forth between the contestants' two answers, not happy with either but unable to come up with anything else. I eventually settled on minotaur.
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I'm a bit bitter about this miss. I switched from Cerberus due to "both ears" (according to Hesiod, btw, Cerberus has fifty heads; people just gradually seemed to settle on three). Had the writers not made an "it" of him, I'd at least have avoided the Sphinx trap.

The Minotaur simply escaped me.
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Another Minotaur here, although I was certain it was wrong.

Also, if you're going to bet $1, why not bet $4199?
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+1 here to "Well it can't be Cerberus because both ears" ...
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Chalk up another doomed minotaur vs sphinx choice here. A multi-headed beast has only 2 ears? Sure. It was friendly? "*woof* *woof* *woof* Welcome to Hades! Rub my belly"? OK.
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econgator wrote: Fri Mar 16, 2018 7:30 pm Another Minotaur here, although I was certain it was wrong.

Also, if you're going to bet $1, why not bet $4199?
Because your opponent with half your total might bet less than his full total.
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I wanted my $2000 VP clue, dammit!

The 2x-exact is probably the situation most impacted by the tiebreaker rule so that did make for an interesting ending.

I did consider the guardian of Hades but for some reason I thought that was Charon.
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Started with minotaur but the word "fawn" in the clue sounded like the writers were trying to lead me somewhere else. Settled on satyr, although I'm not aware of them being known as people-eaters. My main familiarity with Cerberus comes from Milton and Paradise Lost, and he/it is most definitely not portrayed as friendly.
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