There was no beating Andrew He today--$14000 in lach trash against Andrew's $24800 going into FJ and his correct response. Still, I thought I'd put this together since there was a lot to pick up. I threw in the two missed DDs just for fun, but no DD would have been available to a fourth podium player. (You only get those if the previous clue was a TS.)
Add up the points for the ones you got right (not including DDs and FJ), subtract the ones you got wrong (I'm looking at YOU, people who said The Big Sleep for DJ20!), and tell us whether you could've won this game if only Andrew had choked on FJ. My bet is no one here had a shot. CORRECT RESPONSES
JEOPARDY ROUND
SJ1 $1000 AROUND THE HOUSE: the Conservatory
SJ11 $800 AROUND THE HOUSE: a cornice
SJ15 $800 GOOD DEEDS: no kill
SJ23 $400 AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY PREFERRED PLURALS: Tuna
SJ29 $200 DISNEY+: a Loki
DOUBLE JEOPARDY ROUND
DJ3 $2000 "A" IN SCIENCE: anther
DJ16 $1200 SYNONYMS: a throng
DJ17 $1600 MOVIES BY OSCAR-WINNING SONGS: The Poseidon Adventure
DJ19 $2000 TRAIN STATIONS: Gingerbread George
DJ20 $2000 MOVIES BY OSCAR-WINNING SONGS: Broadcast
DJ21 $800 SYNONYMS: an oracle
DJ24 $800 TRAIN STATIONS: the Gare du Nord
DJ29 $400 TRAIN STATIONS: Edinburgh
DAILY DOUBLES:
DD1 20th CENTURY FICTION: The Exorcist
DD2 TRAIN STATIONS: Penn Station
(Remember to use for clam and only use if you guessed and missed).
That's a measly $7000 for me and even that involved a charitable assumption that I would've rung in with Edinburgh before time expired. That clue took a bit of untangling and I might've been too chicken to pull the trigger.
The last time the word in DJ3 came up as a correct response, we got this comment which bears repeating:
I don't think I went to Gare du Nord (no 'd' sound on the end, Ken) when I was in Paris. I did take the TGV from Marseilles to Paris, but that came in to Gare de Lyon.
conservatory, no-kill, tuna, Loki, The Poseidon Adventure, oracle
(Plus the Exorcist daily double.)
$4,800, nowhere near contention but enough to secure second.
Final: I knew the play was Rosencrantz... but not the writer's name. Said Edward Albee to have something.
Oh, what has science wrought? I sought only to turn a man into a metal-encased juggernaut of destruction powered by the unknown properties of a mysterious living crystal. How could this have all gone wrong?