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Friday, July 10, 2015 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]

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Game Recap for Show #7110, 2015-07-10

CONTESTANTS
H.B. Taylor, a collaboration solution specialist from McKinney, Texas
Rob Seidenwurm, a real estate attorney from San Diego, California
Kathy Riley, a retired college professor from Winter Haven, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,401)

OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, Johnny Gilbert. Thanks, folks, and welcome to our show. Kathy, looks like they brought out the big guns to face you today. H.B. and Rob, welcome aboard, and good luck to all of you. Here we go.

Kathy: Thank you.

Alex: Kathy, here are the categories for your selection to begin the game...

JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
MIXED BERRIES (5/5)
OFFICIAL STATE MOTOES (4/5, including 1 correct Daily Double)
BOOK SEQUELS (5/5) (Alex: Next, we'll give you the book sequel. You give us the preceding book.)
LIVE "LONG" (5/5)
PROSPER (5/5)
LEONARD NIMOY (5/5)

THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Rob: 14 R (including 1 rebound), 0 W
H.B.: 9 R, 0 W
Kathy: 6 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 1
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $400



SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Rob: $4,600
H.B.: $3,600
Kathy: $1,400

CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS



Alex: H.B. Taylor is from McKinney, Texas. He plays on a slow-pitch softball team. And you've been doing that together with the guys for how long?

H.B.: Yeah, we've been together, uh, some of us, for more than a decade, some of us closer to, uh, 20 years.

Alex: What position do you play?

H.B.: I play first base. It involves not running around a lot, so that's well in my wheelhouse.

Alex: Yeah. I'm in admiration of you.




Alex: Rob Seidenwurm from San Diego, California. A real-estate attorney who got lucky and spent a year studying in Scotland.

Rob: Yep.

Alex: Where?

Rob: Uh, in St. Andrews.

Alex: I hope you're a golfer.

Rob: I am. I am definitely a golfer.

Alex: And where were you living?

Rob: Well, I was living in the building, uh, just across the street from the 18th green. It was actually my dorm. It's not a dorm anymore, but it's...

Alex: Mm-hmm. And how often did you get out and play?

Rob: Often.

Alex: [Laughs] Okay.




Alex: Kathy Riley is our champion. And your dad had a collection of baseball books, right?

Kathy: Yes, he did.

Alex: And you pleased a museum by donating those books. Which museum?

Kathy: The new Tampa Baseball Museum that's going to open later this year. Um, they needed documentation for major and minor-league teams back to the turn of the last century, and I had books dating back to 1906 that were unobtainables.

Alex: I'm sure they were. That's great.

JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Kathy found the Daily Double on the 20th clue. Kathy had $2,000, Rob had $6,400, and H.B. was at $3,600. Kathy made it a True Daily Double, wagering $2,000.

OFFICIAL STATE MOTOES $800: Michigan's motto mentions this type of land area

TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
OFFICIAL STATE MOTOES $400: Sic semper tyrannis, "Thus always to tyrants", is the motto of this state

SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Rob: $9,000
H.B.: $5,400
Kathy: $3,600
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
TIME FOR YOUR FORMULA (2/3, including 1 missed Daily Double)
COLLEGE PEOPLE (3/5)
TV (4/4)
MIDDLE EASTERN CAPITALS (3/4)
HISTORIC OBJECTS (3/5, including 1 missed Daily Double)
2- OR 12-LETTER WORDS (4/5)

THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Kathy: 9 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
H.B.: 6 R, 0 W
Rob: 4 R (including 1 rebound), 5 W (including 1 DD)

Clues revealed: 26
Triple Stumpers: 5
Double Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $5,200



FIRST DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Kathy snagged the next Daily Double on the 4th clue. Kathy had $5,200, Rob had $8,200, and H.B. was at $5,400. Kathy wagered $2,000.

HISTORIC OBJECTS $1600: The stone that unlocked the language of the pharaohs was discovered in 1799 just outside this village
(Alex: Kathy?)
(Kathy: What is El Wadi?)
(Alex: No, it's called the [*] Stone, and that was the name of the village. The [*] Stone. You can see it in London at the British Museum.)

SECOND DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
It was Rob who snatched up the last Daily Double of the game on the 18th clue. Kathy had $7,600, Rob had $11,400, and H.B. was at $8,200. Rob wagered $3,700.

TIME FOR YOUR FORMULA $800: You know the drill--WC is this carbide
(Rob: What is... weston carbon? I don't know.)
...
(Alex: Wolfram.)

TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND
HISTORIC OBJECTS $800: The ceremonial mace kept in the House of Reps. is a copy of the one destroyed when the Brits invaded D.C. in this year
(Rob: What is 1812?)
...
(Alex: It was in the War of 1812, obviously.)

COLLEGE PEOPLE $400: This "Father of Texas" has 2 Texas colleges named for him, one in Sherman & one in Nacogdoches
(Rob: Who is Houston?)
...
(Alex: If it isn't Houston, it's [*]. Yeah.)

COLLEGE PEOPLE $800: In 1967 philanthropist Leonard Case's Institute of Technology united with this Cleveland school
(Rob: What is Western? University?)

MIDDLE EASTERN CAPITALS $2000: This Omani capital is dominated by the sultan's palace & 2 Portuguese forts built in the 16th century
(Rob: What is Doha?)

2- OR 12-LETTER WORDS $1200: In the book "Explorers", it precedes "Gama"

SCORES ENTERING FINAL JEOPARDY!
H.B.: $12,600
Kathy: $11,600
Rob: $7,700

FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
19th CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE

VENUSIAN MONOLOGUES/MARTIAN CHRONICLES
Four-fifths for first place.
H.B.: Wager $10,601 to cover Kathy.
Kathy: You have to wager $3,801 to cover Rob's doubled score, but certainly no more than $3,899, so as to force Rob to be right to have a chance at winning.
Rob: Consider risking between $3,901 and $5,699. This will top a $0 wager by Kathy while still beating H.B. on the Triple Stumper (should H.B. wager to cover Kathy's doubled score).

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
"I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel" is spoken to this title character by his creation

FINAL SCORES
Rob: $7,700 - $2,371 = $5,329 (Who was Milton?) (3rd place)
Kathy: $11,600 - $3,801 = $7,799 (Who is Frankensta) (2nd place)
H.B.: $12,600 + $10,601 = $23,201 (Who is Frak Frankenstein?) (New champion: $23,201)
(Alex: The creation was referred to as the monster or the creature.)

Total Potential Lach Trash: $5,600

GAME DYNAMICS
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CORYAT SCORES
H.B.: $12,600, 15 R, 0 W
Kathy: $12,400, 15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Rob: $11,400, 18 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Combined Coryat: $36,400

BATTING AVERAGES
Rob: 18/59 = .305
H.B.: 16/58 = .276
Kathy: 15/60 = .250
Team: 49/63 = .778

MISCELLANEOUS INTERESTING CLUES
PROSPER $600: Au! This 2-named Wall Street firm said that in 2014 it "advised on... transactions valued at more than $1 trillion"
[Alex reads"Au!" as "'ey you!"]

PROSPER $400: FORBES SAiD STEVE JOBS' BEST iNVESTMENT WAS BUYiNG THiS ANiMATiON COMPANY iN 1986 FOR $10 MiLLiON
[This clue is rendered in all-caps in the J! Archive to emphasize the original clue's lowercasing of all the "i"s.]

LEONARD NIMOY $800: Leonard directed this 1987 comedy about bachelors looking after an abandoned infant
(Kathy: What is 3 Bachelors and a Baby?)

HISTORIC OBJECTS $400: Though probably cast in bronze earlier, the artifact seen here had this duo added around 1400 A.D.

HISTORIC OBJECTS $1200: A gold mask discovered in 1876 by Heinrich Schliemann is known by the name of this ancient Greek king

COLLEGE PEOPLE $1600: Bishop James Bayley named this Catholic school in South Orange, N.J. for his aunt, the first American-born saint
(Kathy: What is Seton Hill?)

TV $800: Though she entered the world in 1984, somehow, from 2007 to 2012, this actress stayed 13

MIDDLE EASTERN CAPITALS $800: Its Old City is divided into Jewish, Armenian, Christian & Muslim Quarters
(Alex: With less than a minute to go, you are right.)

2- OR 12-LETTER WORDS $400: A shtnd. frm. of a wd. used to rep. the wle.
[Alex reads the clue as "A shortened form of a word used to represent the whole".]
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

CORRECT RESPONSES
a peninsula
Virginia
Rosetta
tungsten carbide
1814
Austin
Western Reserve
Muscat
da
Frankenstein
Goldman Sachs
Pixar
3 Men and a Baby
Romulus & Remus
Agamemnon
Seton Hall
(Olivia) Wilde
Jerusalem
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19th Century British Literature
"I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel" is spoken to this title character by his creation.

Spoiler
Who is Frankenstein? Rob said Milton; Kathy said "Frankenst", running out of time on the correct response.

H.B. Taylor: $12,600+$10,601=$23,201...now a 1-day champion with $23,201
Kathy Riley: $11,600-$3,801=$7,799
Rob Seidenwurm: $7,700-$2,371=$5,329
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I got FJ right close to he end of the time. I scribbled it and while Franken was clear, the rest was hard to read. I'll take credit for it.

The wording was a little clumsy and spent most of the time stuck on Pygmalion.

A better game than yesterday.
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Ran "Long" and 2 or 12 Letter Words. Lach Trash on Virginia, Rosetta, "da".

How should I know berry for $200 was blueberry… oh, duh, color, and at that quantity, it ain't gonna be blackberries. Oddly, I was lost on the first 3 but got the bottom 2.

So that's what juniper actually is. The Te Xuan Ze would not be proud of me for missing that one. (10 quatloos to the first person who can tell me what I'm referring to here.)

"Prosper" was entirely over my head.

I thought "united we stand, divided we fall" and Austin were tough for the top box. At the least, I thought Stephen F. Austin is a great deal more obscure than Sam Houston.

Oddly, Ball State was my only get in College People. I knew about it because it's the alma mater of both David Letterman and Garfield creator Jim Davis.

"Big Brother" was super overvalued at $2,000. Amazingly, I ended up 4/5 on the $2,000s that were revealed.

And I get yet another 4/5 on FJ! Stupid Ben-Hur…
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Never realized the monster spoke, but what else could it be?
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TenPoundHammer wrote:At the least, I thought Stephen F. Austin is a great deal more obscure than Sam Houston.
They don't name their capital after obscure people.
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This was a pretty good game, but the second round was full of triple stumpers. I had 40 correct responses including five triple stumpers: Virginia, 1814, Western Reserve, Muscat, and da. I also got two missed Daily Doubles: Rosetta and tungsten. Instaget FJ.
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That first round was annoying. If time had run out without finishing the Nimoy category I might've turned off the TV in disgust. Since Galvatron is probably asking too much of them, I suppose a Sentinel Prime clue will suffice.

Every time I thought Rob was going to run away with the game, he shot off some more toes. Doha? I can forgive missing tungsten since I don't think he understood the category, but how did she miss Rosetta?!?

Instaget FJ.
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okay, well, i'll say it...

isn't the creation "frankenstein's monster", created by frankenstein?
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It's been a good week to know basic chemistry.
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grindcore wrote:okay, well, i'll say it...

isn't the creation "frankenstein's monster", created by frankenstein?
Yes, but the wording of the clue asked for the name of the creator.

I too didn't realize the monster spoke, but I thought the answer very obvious.
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xxaaaxx wrote: Since Galvatron is probably asking too much of them, I suppose a Sentinel Prime clue will suffice.
I was hoping for Galvatron as well. Who can forget when he incinerated Starscream with one blast of his cannon?
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As I get older, I am starting to appreciate seeing older contestants on J!. This was a well played game by three mature contestants.

LT: Rosetta (DD), Austin, Case Western Reserve, Muscat

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Instaget FJ here as I am huge fan of the book. To everyone saying they didn't realize the monster spoke I highly encourage you to read it. It's much different than any movies made about it.
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Should "what is salmonberry" have been ruled incorrect for a clue that asked for "this fish"?

I'm curious about how many people knew "Western Reserve University" (I do see two people already mentioned getting it). As a double alum of the school formed by the merger, I knew it easily, but I was surprised it was only a second row clue.
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38 right.

Mixed (2), Book (3), "Long" (4), Prosper (4), Motto (3), Nimoy (4)
Form (0), College (5), TV (4), Cap (3), Object (3), 2 or 12 (3)

Lach Trash: "Virginia", "1814", "Rosetta"- DD, "Stephen F. Austin", "Western Reserve", "Muscat", "da"

First thought of Pinocchio, but eventually got to Frankenstein. 5/5 FJ week with regular games! :D
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Ryno wrote:As I get older, I am starting to appreciate seeing older contestants on J!. This was a well played game by three mature contestants.

LT: Rosetta (DD), Austin, Case Western Reserve, Muscat

Instaget FJ.
I actually knew of Case Western Reserve (and subsequently got the Lach Trash) primarily because I'm Facebook friends with boardie Drew Scheeler, who went to CWRU.
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dhkendall wrote:
Ryno wrote:As I get older, I am starting to appreciate seeing older contestants on J!. This was a well played game by three mature contestants.

LT: Rosetta (DD), Austin, Case Western Reserve, Muscat

Instaget FJ.
I actually knew of Case Western Reserve (and subsequently got the Lach Trash) primarily because I'm Facebook friends with boardie Drew Scheeler, who went to CWRU.
Exactly so.
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I had my personal best week as far as Coryats go, but my worst in FJ's. I got $31,400 with 37 R/ 2 W today, and an average of just over $29,000 with 35 R/ 1 W this week. BDM: I got a lot of $2000 clues this week, so my Coryats were high despite a typical number of gets. I was sure Frankenstein (pronounced Fronk-en-SHTEEN) was slightly older, but the book never occurred to me during the 30 seconds. (It was published in 1818).
I didn't understand what they meant by "formula" when the Daily Double was revealed. Of course W = wolfram = tungsten = very common Jeopardy clue. I checked to see if "ferrous phosphate" was acceptable, and it is.
Hoping for a third lap
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