Thursday, November 17, 2022 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

[Archivists]

J! Round

[Archivists]

DJ! Round

[Archivists]

Box score

[theFJguy]

FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
MOVIES & LITERATURE

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Ridley Scott’s first feature film, "The Duellists", was based on a story by this author to whom Scott’s film "Alien" also pays tribute

Amy Schneider: 25000-6000=19000 (Winner & 2 match points)
Andrew He: 6800-5999=801 (2 match points)
Sam Buttrey: 20000-20000=0

Correct response:

Spoiler

Joseph Conrad (Amy – Lovecraft) (Andrew – Dick) (Sam – A.C. Clarke)

Daily Doubles
Andrew: 1600+1600
Sam: 6000+6000
Amy: 17000+4000

Coryats
Amy: 21800
Andrew: 6200
Sam: 15600

Combined: 43,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round
Amy: 10200
Andrew: 4000
Sam: 2400

[Robert K S]

I said Christie. Apparently all the ships in the Alien series are named after ships in works by the correct-response author.

[Hugo Z]

Went through the crew names first, then finally the ship itself.

[Bob78164]

This game is a draw for the Intermediate Form of Shore's Conjecture. The second-place player bet "big." --Bob

[MarkBarrett]

Ken opened with some correct clues numbers with Amy & Sam close at 54 & 53 while Andrew trails at 47. The gap only widened today as the material was not for Andrew.

Amy's first pick? SONGS FROM THE HIT ALBUM $200.

Viewer necks will get a workout shaking from less than ideal clue selections from the players.

Almost laughable that after yesterday's FJ! clue the game would have a J! round THE KINGS JAMES BIBLE SAITH category today.

Sam got another 29th clue right to once again say his, "Bring it" to end the round.

The FJ! clue had me dismiss all three of the player misses for being too Level 1 for a ToC Finals game. Not being able to put anything together from the clue I wrote the name Heinlein to have someone harder than the typical guess.

The dots to connects for the FJ! clue were too tough for me though if the clue had given dot B then I would like to think I could have recalled the author, though not sure.

[Golf]

Amy Schneider: 25000-6000=19000 (Winner & 2 match points)
Andrew He: 6800-5999=801 (2 match points)
Sam Buttrey: 20000-20000=0

These wagers make me one sad panda. Who said wagering was better in the ToC?

Went through the crew names first, then finally the ship itself.

Dallas didn't lead you to S.E. Hinton?


Ripley's closing lines of the movie are memorable and reinforces the name of the ship.

[Austin Powers]

"Final report of the commercial starship Nostromo..."

[MarkBarrett]

Just beat the noon whistle: https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7515

[DBear]

20/3, 21/1
runs: KJV

I was hoping something like this proposed clue would be used. Alas.

betting: guessed Stephen King
had never heard of Alien's association w/the author before.

[Robert K S]

These wagers make me one sad panda. Who said wagering was better in the ToC?

Looking forward to the Final Wager entry for this game.

[cf1140]

Amy Schneider: 25000-6000=19000 (Winner & 2 match points)
Andrew He: 6800-5999=801 (2 match points)
Sam Buttrey: 20000-20000=0

These wagers make me one sad panda. Who said wagering was better in the ToC?


Ripley's closing lines of the movie are memorable and reinforces the name of the ship.

Those are good wagers. Amy had to think Sam wouldn't let Andrew into the game so she wagered to cover Sam's 6399 wager, yet stay above his 5001 wager if they were both wrong. Sam, thinking Amy might short the wager (which she did) just went all in which was a good move.

[Shaquebanisa]

Coryat: $28,800

36 R (3 DDs), 5 W

FJ: Matched Amy with Lovecraft.

[Woppy T]

Did Ken say the Nostromo was in Aliens?

[LucarioSnooperVixey]

58 R (Missed the Bottom Two in Memoirs.)
DD: 3/3
FJ:

[Category 13]

Those are good wagers. Amy had to think Sam wouldn't let Andrew into the game so she wagered to cover Sam's 6399 wager, yet stay above his 5001 wager if they were both wrong. Sam, thinking Amy might short the wager (which she did) just went all in which was a good move.

Amy had nothing to gain by wagering over 4999, if she was going to risk not covering Sam's double up. She only made herself vulnerable to Sam wagering zero, which he has done twice in this final series already.

Agree it wasn't out of line for Sam to wager big though, and boy, did he expose Amy for her tendency to not always make the recommended wager.
I hope Andrew was paying attention.

[econgator]

Some brutal boards for me. I'll count later, but I bet I stayed clam on about 40% of the board.

FJ was no better, as I wouldn't have gotten Conrad with 100 guesses. I wouldn't have strayed from sci-fi/fantasy writers. Matched Amy with Lovecraft.

[cf1140]

Anyone else go with Heinlein?