Monday, June 15, 2015 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]

[Archivists]

Game Recap for Show #7091, 2015-06-15

CONTESTANTS
Brennan Bushee, an operations analyst from Malden, Massachusetts
Amy Merrick, a university instructor from Chicago, Illinois
Darren Harris-Fain, an English professor from Prattville, Alabama (whose 3-day cash winnings total $63,000)

OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, Johnny. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to our show. As you just heard, our champion has been having a good time on the program, picking up $63,000. Today, though, we start a new week with these challengers--Amy and Brennan, and we are delighted to have you with us. Good luck. Here we go. Now the categories for the three of you. First off...

JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
A VISIT WITH KATIE COURIC (5/5)
3-LETTER WORDS (5/5)
THEY DON'T MAKE THESE CARS ANYMORE (5/5) (Alex: You name the make for us.)
LUCKY 13 (4/5)
NOVELS BY COUPLE (5/5, including 1 correct Daily Double)
NEW MUSICAL SUPERGROUPS (5/5) (Alex: You have to tell us which two groups we have combined to make the supergroup.)

THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Brennan: 15 R, 1 W
Darren: 8 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Amy: 6 R, 0 W

Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 1
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $1,000



SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Brennan: $3,800
Amy: $2,400
Darren: $1,200

CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS



Alex: Maybe it's because of my upbringing in Canada, but I've always been very fond of hockey, and Brennan Bushee was a hockey player and had one of those unfortunate accidents occur.

Brennan: Yes, this was especially unfortunate. I lost my pants.

Alex: Yeah.

[Laughter]

Brennan: During a high school hockey game, I was 16. Um, the buckle on them was broken, and I had been holding up--I had been holding them up with tape, but one day I ran out of tape, so I decided to wing it, and during the third period, there they went.

Alex: Did the word "suspenders" mean anything to you?

[Laughter]

Brennan: I had some. I didn't--I wasn't wearing them. [Laughs]

Alex: Okay. As long as it worked out all right.

Brennan: Yes.




Alex: Amy Merrick, a university instructor from Chicago who was on another game show. I wanna hear about that.

Amy: That's right. When I was 6 years old, I was on the--

Alex: 6?

Amy: I was on The Bozo Show in Chicago. My cousin and I were chosen for opposite teams. There was a relay. You had to stuff a pillow in a pillowcase and pass it to the next person. My cousin won. Their team won. Uh, I got the consolation prize, which was a year's supply of Big League Chew.

Alex: You're here and your cousin is not.

Amy: Exactly.

Alex: All right, that's important.




Alex: Darren Harris-Fain is an English teacher. He is our champion, and sometimes when we're traveling, particularly in foreign lands, we run into things that are quite unexpected and sometimes frightening. And that happened to you and your wife, didn't it?

Darren: Uh, yes, my wife Julie and I were in Mexico. Uh, we're at a resort. We're walking to the beach and run across an iguana this long, and we've never encountered an iguana before and weren't sure what it'd do if we tried to go around it. Finally, a nice college student came up behind us and said, "Oh, it's just warming itself. You can just go around it."

Alex: Absolutely. You don't get that kind of explanation with the komodo dragon, however.

[Laughter]

JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Darren found the Daily Double on the 17th clue. Darren had $1,800, Amy had $2,400, and Brennan was at $3,800. Darren made it a True Daily Double, wagering $1,800.

NOVELS BY COUPLE $800: Hazel Grace &
Augustus Waters

TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
LUCKY 13 $1000: The apparitions of the Virgin in this town in 1917 were said to occur on the 13th of each month for 6 months
(Brennan: What is Lourdes?)
(Darren: What is Guadalupe?)

SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Brennan: $8,600
Darren: $4,200
Amy: $3,200

[Archivists]

DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
STATE AMPHIBIANS & REPTILES (4/5)
LIVES OF THE SCIENTISTS (5/5, including 1 correct Daily Double)
MOVIE TITLE POSSESIVES (2/5, including 1 correct Daily Double)
THIS AMERICAN STRIFE (4/5)
A PLACE TO STAY (5/5)
3 "HOT"s & 2 "COT"s (5/5)

THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Brennan: 10 R, 0 W
Darren: 8 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Amy: 7 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 5
Double Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $7,600



FIRST DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Darren snagged the next Daily Double on the 4th clue. Darren had $5,000, Amy had $3,200, and Brennan was at $9,000. Darren wagered $2,000.

MOVIE TITLE POSSESIVES $800: This 1993 film set during WWII was nominated for 12 Oscars

SECOND DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
It was Amy who snatched up the last Daily Double of the game on the 11th clue. Darren had $7,000, Amy had $5,600, and Brennan was at $10,200. Amy wagered $2,000.

LIVES OF THE SCIENTISTS $2000: From 1947 to 1952 he was chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission

TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND
MOVIE TITLE POSSESIVES $1200: A failed hit on Irish crime boss Albert Finney leads to an all-out mob war in this 1990 Coen Brothers film

MOVIE TITLE POSSESIVES $1600: "Hired killers by day... lovers by night. Until they found their next assignment was each other" was this film's tagline

MOVIE TITLE POSSESIVES $2000: 15 is middle-aged in this 1976 Michael York sci-fi flick; folks turning 30 don't turn 31

THIS AMERICAN STRIFE $2000: On Jan. 22, 1944 the U.S. Fifth Army charged ashore at this Italian town, taking the Axis by surprise

STATE AMPHIBIANS & REPTILES $800: The resolution making this largest North American frog Oklahoma's state amphibian says it makes a "jug-o-rum" sound

SCORES ENTERING FINAL JEOPARDY!
Brennan: $19,000
Amy: $13,600
Darren: $13,000

FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
19th CENTURY POETRY

VENUSIAN MONOLOGUES/MARTIAN CHRONICLES
Two-thirds for first place. Stratton's Dilemma.
Brennan: Wager $8,201 to cover Amy.
Amy: You ought to wager to cover Darren, but since you cannot win on a Triple Stumper if you do so, you should choose between wagering $0 and maximizing your winnings by betting all $13,600. You are in Stratton's Dilemma, calling for a wager of more than $12,400 (to shut out Darren) or less than $2,800 (risking the possibility of being passed from behind by Darren). Go with the smaller bet if you believe a Triple Stumper is more likely than a singleton miss by Brennan.
Darren: Consider risking between $601 and $2,200. This will top a $0 wager by Amy while still beating Brennan on the Triple Stumper (should Brennan wager to cover Amy's doubled score).

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
He rhymed the title character of one of his best-known poems with "drew on", "threw on" & "ruin"

FINAL SCORES
Darren: $13,000 + $12,500 = $25,500 (Who is Lord Byron?) (3rd place)
Amy: $13,600 + $12,401 = $26,001 (Who ar is Lord Byron) (2nd place)
Brennan: $19,000 + $8,201 = $27,201 (Who is Lord Byron?) (New champion: $27,201)
(Alex: And the poem, of course, was called Don Juan.)

Total Potential Lach Trash: $8,600

GAME DYNAMICS


CORYAT SCORES
Brennan: $19,000, 25 R, 1 W
Amy: $13,600, 13 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Darren: $10,800, 16 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Combined Coryat: $43,400

BATTING AVERAGES
Brennan: 26/58 = .448
Darren: 17/60 = .283
Amy: 14/59 = .237
Team: 57/63 = .905

MISCELLANEOUS INTERESTING CLUES
A VISIT WITH KATIE COURIC $200: (Katie Couric delivers the clue.) The world's richest couple, Bill & Melinda Gates, told me that one way to deal with global income inequality was to practice this, from the Greek for "love mankind"

A VISIT WITH KATIE COURIC $400: (Katie Couric delivers the clue.) In January 2015 my associates at Yahoo! & I delivered real time analysis of this presidential speech that's mandated by Article II of the Constitution

A VISIT WITH KATIE COURIC $600: (Katie Couric delivers the clue.) When we talked about her dissenting opinion in the Hobby Lobby case, she agreed that some male justices have a blind eye when it comes to women's issues

A VISIT WITH KATIE COURIC $800: (Katie Couric delivers the clue.) Prior to the 2004 Olympics, I conducted a fascinating interview with King Constantine II, the exiled ruler of this country who was back home to watch the games

A VISIT WITH KATIE COURIC $1000: (Katie Couric delivers the clue.) In 2008 I was honored to accept this journalism award named for this legend whose life was recounted in the film "Good Night, and Good Luck"
(Alex: ...and before we move into the commercial break, our thanks to Katie Couric. Nice to see her back in news.)

3 "HOT"s & 2 "COT"s $2000: This hilly region in the Midlands is one of the most peaceful & picturesque areas of England

THIS AMERICAN STRIFE $1200: Here is this segregationist governor on June 11, 1963, defying federal Justice Department orders at the University of Alabama

A PLACE TO STAY $1200: MHP stands for this type of community

A PLACE TO STAY $2000: Mi amigo, some hotels in Mexico & the Southwest offer these comfy cottages, Spanish for "little houses"
(Alex: That's it, with less than a minute to go now.)

CORRECT RESPONSES
The Fault in Our Stars
Fátima
Schindler's List
Robert Oppenheimer
Miller's Crossing
Prizzi's Honor
Logan's Run
Anzio
the bullfrog
Lord Byron
philanthropy
the State of the Union address
(Ruth Bader) Ginsburg
Greece
Edward R. Murrow
the Cotswolds
(George) Wallace
a mobile home park
casitas

[jeff6286]

19th Century Poetry
He rhymed the title character of one of his best-known poems with "drew on", "threw on" & "ruin".

Spoiler

Who is Lord Byron?

Brennan Bushee: $19,000+$8,201=$27,201...now a 1-day champion with $27,201
Amy Merrick: $13,600+$12,401=$26,001
Darren Harris-Fain: $13,000+$12,500=$25,500

[Abraxas]

This was an excellent game for all three players, and lots of fun to watch! I had 42 correct responses including two triple stumpers: Prizzi's Honor, and bullfrog. Instaget FJ.

[econgator]

No clue. WAGged Keats.

[brick]

Sorry to see you go, Champ. You had a good run.

My Coryat $27,800. Blanked on FJ. TS bullfrog a Prizzi.

[ACW]

ru-IHN does NOT rhyme with Joo-AN

[doihavetoreally]

After a long time a marvelous game. Will wait for Golf to comment on DD betting.

No chance on FJ. Surprised it was triple get.

[KazooJ!fan]

Great game to watch.

I got bullfrog and Anzio, both triple stumpers.

I knew what poem they were talking about in FJ, but blanked on the author's name-guessed Shelley.

[StevenH]

The tough FJs (for me) continue. The correct response was obvious from Alex's post Think Music remarks, but I couldn't come up with anything during the Think Music. I guessed Lewis Carroll, thinking that it sounded like it could be something very Lewis Carroll-esque.

[teapot37]

I spent the 30 seconds like this; "Crap, who wrote Don Juan? Keats? Maybe... Shelley - no, it's not Shelley. Wordsworth - no. Who was that other one? ........ Byron! Yeah, that's right, Byron."

[dharrisf]

Sorry to see you go, Champ. You had a good run.

Thanks! I was sorry to see me go too!

[dharrisf]

After a long time a marvelous game. Will wait for Golf to comment on DD betting.

No chance on FJ. Surprised it was triple get.

I'll anticipate with my realization, post facto, that I should have done a true Daily Double on the movie clue.

Amy and Brennan were both strong players, so I wasn't surprised by the triple get, but I admit I was hoping to be the only one when I saw the category.

[ACW]

ru-IHN does NOT rhyme with Joo-AN

Quoting myself. Thought?

[cf1140]

At first I said Edward Lear, then switched it to Lord Byron when I thought Don Juan might work.

[doihavetoreally]

After a long time a marvelous game. Will wait for Golf to comment on DD betting.

No chance on FJ. Surprised it was triple get.

I'll anticipate with my realization, post facto, that I should have done a true Daily Double on the movie clue.

Amy and Brennan were both strong players, so I wasn't surprised by the triple get, but I admit I was hoping to be the only one when I saw the category.

I also noticed that you were having tough time on buzzer. You should have taken that into consideration too.
Anyways, well played and 3 wins is not easy.

[mxc_takeshi]

39 right.

Katie (5), 3-Letter (3), Cars (2), 13 (4), Novel (4), Super (4)
State (3), Sci (3), Movie (2), Amer (4), Stay (2), Hot Cot (3)

Lach Trash: "bullfrog"

I had no idea and guessed Longfellow.

[econgator]

ru-IHN does NOT rhyme with Joo-AN

Quoting myself. Thought?

The clue never stated that the two rhymed, only that Byron used one to rhyme with the other.

[BADuBois]

Rugged game for sure, and the history geek in me was disappointed that Anzio was a TS. Really?

On the other hand, I was impressed with everyone's FJ answer. As a writer, I hold my head down in shame, for I had no idea.

Congrats to the new champ.

[JayK33]

No good on FJ for me.

Congrats on your run, Darren, and congrats to the new champ.