Tuesday, September 27, 2011 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:10 am
Game Recap for Show #6212, 2011-09-27
CONTESTANTS
Susan Miller, a college student from Stow, Ohio
Joe Iriana, an exterminator from Wells, Maine
Matt Douma, a standardized test scorer from Minneapolis, Minnesota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,100)
OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, Johnny. Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome again to our program. Talk about a big win for Matt yesterday. Early on he was, I believe, at negative $1,400, but he managed to keep moving up, and he was the only player to come up with the correct response in Final, so he's the defending champion today as he faces Joe and Susan, our newcomers. Welcome aboard. Good luck. Here we go--the Jeopardy! Round. And our categories are as follows...
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
EDUCATION (4/5)
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL LOGOS (5/5)
FAST FOOD MENU (4/5)
NATURE STUDY (4/5, including 1 missed Daily Double)
DISASTERS (4/5)
I'D RATHER STAY "HOME" (5/5)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Matt: 13 R (including 2 rebounds), 0 W
Joe: 9 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Susan: 4 R (including 1 rebound), 0 W
Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 3
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $2,600
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Matt: $4,000
Joe: $1,400
Susan: $800
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: Welcome back. Susan Miller from Ohio must like contests, because she won a contest. What was it?
Susan: It was a "talk like a pirate" contest.
Alex: That doesn't sound like much. I guess all you have to say is "argh."
Susan: Yeah, but just--just keep going on and on, and keep drinking mead until it's funnier and funnier. It works.
Alex: Wait a minute--does it get funnier if you keep drinking mead, or if your listeners keep drinking mead?
Susan: Ideally, both.
Alex: Oh, good for you. All right.
Alex: Joe Iriana, bad news for you. Uh, a few moments ago, you misspoke and added a syllable to "dirigible", and so we have to take away $1,600--
Joe: Okay.
Alex: --which means you're in second place now, with $1,400. And it says here that you have an asthmatic Siamese cat?
Joe: Yes, sir.
Alex: An asthmatic Siamese cat--how does that change that very distinct sound that those cats make?
Joe: Doesn't change it at all when he's not wheezing.
Alex: Oh. Okay. So we have a wheezing...
Joe: Yep.
Alex: [Imitates moan] Strange voice. All right.
Alex: Let's go to our champion now. Matt Douma--what's a standardized test scorer?
Matt: Well, uh, you know, every state has their own sort of standardized tests that all students have to take--
Alex: Oh, we're talking about the SATs, things like that?
Matt: Uh, you know, I don't score for SATs and SATs. Every state has sort of graduation standards or standards that they want elementary school students to meet, and so, you know, the reading and biology and math--someone has to read and grade the answers.
Alex: All right. So you don't know who the person is. It's just a number.
Matt: I do not.
Alex: You don't know male, female, age--doesn't matter.
Matt: I just get a sheet of paper and I put a number on it.
Alex: Okay. Good for you.
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Joe found the Daily Double on the 29th clue. Matt had $7,600, Joe had $3,000, and Susan was at $2,000. Joe wagered $1,500.
NATURE STUDY $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew cracks a nut in Molokia, HI.) The outer covering of a macadamia nut is called this; perhaps from Middle English for "house", it covers the shell, which you crack with a hammer, then enjoy
(Joe: What is the kernel?)
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
DISASTERS $800: 4 years before the Hindenburg, a U.S. Navy one of these plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 73
(Joe: What is a dirigitible?) [Originally ruled correct as Alex did not hear the extra syllable; reversed after the first break]
FAST FOOD MENU $800: The All-American Roastburger &
Sidekickers like the Loaded Potato Bites
EDUCATION $1000: In 1980 the Department of Education was created out of this now-defunct Cabinet department
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Matt: $7,800
Susan: $2,000
Joe: $1,500
CONTESTANTS
Susan Miller, a college student from Stow, Ohio
Joe Iriana, an exterminator from Wells, Maine
Matt Douma, a standardized test scorer from Minneapolis, Minnesota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,100)
OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, Johnny. Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome again to our program. Talk about a big win for Matt yesterday. Early on he was, I believe, at negative $1,400, but he managed to keep moving up, and he was the only player to come up with the correct response in Final, so he's the defending champion today as he faces Joe and Susan, our newcomers. Welcome aboard. Good luck. Here we go--the Jeopardy! Round. And our categories are as follows...
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
EDUCATION (4/5)
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL LOGOS (5/5)
FAST FOOD MENU (4/5)
NATURE STUDY (4/5, including 1 missed Daily Double)
DISASTERS (4/5)
I'D RATHER STAY "HOME" (5/5)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Matt: 13 R (including 2 rebounds), 0 W
Joe: 9 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Susan: 4 R (including 1 rebound), 0 W
Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 3
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $2,600
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Matt: $4,000
Joe: $1,400
Susan: $800
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: Welcome back. Susan Miller from Ohio must like contests, because she won a contest. What was it?
Susan: It was a "talk like a pirate" contest.
Alex: That doesn't sound like much. I guess all you have to say is "argh."
Susan: Yeah, but just--just keep going on and on, and keep drinking mead until it's funnier and funnier. It works.
Alex: Wait a minute--does it get funnier if you keep drinking mead, or if your listeners keep drinking mead?
Susan: Ideally, both.
Alex: Oh, good for you. All right.
Alex: Joe Iriana, bad news for you. Uh, a few moments ago, you misspoke and added a syllable to "dirigible", and so we have to take away $1,600--
Joe: Okay.
Alex: --which means you're in second place now, with $1,400. And it says here that you have an asthmatic Siamese cat?
Joe: Yes, sir.
Alex: An asthmatic Siamese cat--how does that change that very distinct sound that those cats make?
Joe: Doesn't change it at all when he's not wheezing.
Alex: Oh. Okay. So we have a wheezing...
Joe: Yep.
Alex: [Imitates moan] Strange voice. All right.
Alex: Let's go to our champion now. Matt Douma--what's a standardized test scorer?
Matt: Well, uh, you know, every state has their own sort of standardized tests that all students have to take--
Alex: Oh, we're talking about the SATs, things like that?
Matt: Uh, you know, I don't score for SATs and SATs. Every state has sort of graduation standards or standards that they want elementary school students to meet, and so, you know, the reading and biology and math--someone has to read and grade the answers.
Alex: All right. So you don't know who the person is. It's just a number.
Matt: I do not.
Alex: You don't know male, female, age--doesn't matter.
Matt: I just get a sheet of paper and I put a number on it.
Alex: Okay. Good for you.
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Joe found the Daily Double on the 29th clue. Matt had $7,600, Joe had $3,000, and Susan was at $2,000. Joe wagered $1,500.
NATURE STUDY $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew cracks a nut in Molokia, HI.) The outer covering of a macadamia nut is called this; perhaps from Middle English for "house", it covers the shell, which you crack with a hammer, then enjoy
(Joe: What is the kernel?)
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
DISASTERS $800: 4 years before the Hindenburg, a U.S. Navy one of these plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 73
(Joe: What is a dirigitible?) [Originally ruled correct as Alex did not hear the extra syllable; reversed after the first break]
FAST FOOD MENU $800: The All-American Roastburger &
Sidekickers like the Loaded Potato Bites
EDUCATION $1000: In 1980 the Department of Education was created out of this now-defunct Cabinet department
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Matt: $7,800
Susan: $2,000
Joe: $1,500