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Wednesday, May 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Game Recap for Show #7293, 2016-05-04
2016 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 3.
CONTESTANTS
Ian Miller, a high school history, government, and economics teacher from Woodland Hills, California
Hannah Krug, a high school math and physics teacher from Laurel, Maryland
Jill Gilbert, a middle school English teacher from Des Moines, Iowa
OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, Johnny. And thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for tuning us in today. The rules for the quarterfinal matches this week are the same as for all of our tournaments. The winners become semifinalist, and there are those four wildcard spots open for the high scorers among non-winners. Those nine players will join us in Washington, D.C., next week at Constitution Hall. Will Jill, Hannah, and Ian be among that group? We begin finding out right now. Good luck. Here are the categories for the Jeopardy! Round...
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
IN THE D.C. AREA (3/5, including 1 missed Daily Double)
TOYS (4/5)
SCRAMBLED EGG-LAYERS (2/5) (Alex: This is a whole category of anagrams.)
BESTSELLERS (5/5)
LET'S TALK ABOUT "X" (5/5)
WE LOVE YOU, MOM! (3/5) (Alex: And finally, in honor of Mother's Day...)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Jill: 11 R, 0 W
Hannah: 8 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Ian: 3 R, 1 W
Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 7
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $5,800
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Hannah found the Daily Double on the 8th clue. Jill had $1,800, Hannah had $1,600, and Ian was at $200. Hannah made it a True Daily Double, wagering $1,600.
IN THE D.C. AREA $600: The Bill of Rights & the Constitution are on display there
(Hannah: Where is the American History Museum?)
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Jill: $3,600
Hannah: $400
Ian: -$200
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: Ian Miller is a high school teacher here in Southern California, in Woodland Hills.
Ian: Mm-hmm.
Alex: You're a history teacher, but you also teach a course in criminology.
Ian: Mm-hmm.
Alex: What specifically in that area do you focus on?
Ian: Oh, various things, crime typology, the, uh, different crime-causation theories. It's interesting. It used to be a criminal justice class previously, but it seems like students are more interested in crime than in justice, actually, so, you know.
[Laughter]
Ian: I have to admit, I'm the same way, so it works out for all of us.
Alex: Okay. Good for you.
Alex: Hannah Krug is a high school math teacher from Laurel, Maryland. You teach at an all-girls school, right?
Hannah: Yes, I do.
Alex: When was it founded?
Hannah: 1901.
Alex: By who?
Hannah: Uh, Jessie Moon Holton and Carolyn Arms.
Alex: And why did they decide to found an all-girls school?
Hannah: They were teachers at a school in D.C., um, and wanted to, uh, create a place where girls could feel at home. Uh, their current headmaster found out they were gonna do this, fired them. So they took a bunch of supplies and went and made their own school.
Alex: Good for them. You go, girl. That's great.
Alex: Jill Gilbert, middle school English teacher from Des Moines, Iowa. Now, you have said that you have had a number of great teachers who taught you, right?
Jill: Yes, I have.
Alex: And who was the most influential?
Jill: Um, I think about my high-school choir director, Doug Riddle. Um, he was just an amazing man--he is an amazing man--and no matter who walked through the door, he turned out a great choir every single year. And he took us to the International Youth and Music Festival in Vienna, Austria, in 1986. And we're gonna have our 30-year reunion this year.
Alex: Okay. Good for you.
Jill: Yeah!
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
IN THE D.C. AREA $1000: 82-acre President's Park is home each December to this tall attraction
(Ian: What's the Washington Monument?)
TOYS $1000: It gets its lift in flight from the airfoil at its outer edge that's known as the Morrison slope
WE LOVE YOU, MOM! $400: Her song "The Best Day" is a love letter to her mom Andrea, who presented her with the ACM Milestone Award in 2015
]Alex reads "ACM" as "Academy of Country Music".]
WE LOVE YOU, MOM! $1000: This late, great glam rocker only appeared on Bing Crosby's 1977 TV Christmas special because his mum loved Bing
(Hannah: Who is Freddie Mercury?)
SCRAMBLED EGG-LAYERS $600: Soaring high:
SOLAR TABS
SCRAMBLED EGG-LAYERS $800: Busy little breed:
HIM GRIN DUMB
SCRAMBLED EGG-LAYERS $1000: Surf's up for this one:
SPREAD PIN
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Jill: $6,600
Hannah: $1,400
Ian: $0
2016 Teachers Tournament quarterfinal game 3.
CONTESTANTS
Ian Miller, a high school history, government, and economics teacher from Woodland Hills, California
Hannah Krug, a high school math and physics teacher from Laurel, Maryland
Jill Gilbert, a middle school English teacher from Des Moines, Iowa
OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, Johnny. And thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for tuning us in today. The rules for the quarterfinal matches this week are the same as for all of our tournaments. The winners become semifinalist, and there are those four wildcard spots open for the high scorers among non-winners. Those nine players will join us in Washington, D.C., next week at Constitution Hall. Will Jill, Hannah, and Ian be among that group? We begin finding out right now. Good luck. Here are the categories for the Jeopardy! Round...
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
IN THE D.C. AREA (3/5, including 1 missed Daily Double)
TOYS (4/5)
SCRAMBLED EGG-LAYERS (2/5) (Alex: This is a whole category of anagrams.)
BESTSELLERS (5/5)
LET'S TALK ABOUT "X" (5/5)
WE LOVE YOU, MOM! (3/5) (Alex: And finally, in honor of Mother's Day...)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Jill: 11 R, 0 W
Hannah: 8 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Ian: 3 R, 1 W
Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 7
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $5,800
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Hannah found the Daily Double on the 8th clue. Jill had $1,800, Hannah had $1,600, and Ian was at $200. Hannah made it a True Daily Double, wagering $1,600.
IN THE D.C. AREA $600: The Bill of Rights & the Constitution are on display there
(Hannah: Where is the American History Museum?)
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Jill: $3,600
Hannah: $400
Ian: -$200
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: Ian Miller is a high school teacher here in Southern California, in Woodland Hills.
Ian: Mm-hmm.
Alex: You're a history teacher, but you also teach a course in criminology.
Ian: Mm-hmm.
Alex: What specifically in that area do you focus on?
Ian: Oh, various things, crime typology, the, uh, different crime-causation theories. It's interesting. It used to be a criminal justice class previously, but it seems like students are more interested in crime than in justice, actually, so, you know.
[Laughter]
Ian: I have to admit, I'm the same way, so it works out for all of us.
Alex: Okay. Good for you.
Alex: Hannah Krug is a high school math teacher from Laurel, Maryland. You teach at an all-girls school, right?
Hannah: Yes, I do.
Alex: When was it founded?
Hannah: 1901.
Alex: By who?
Hannah: Uh, Jessie Moon Holton and Carolyn Arms.
Alex: And why did they decide to found an all-girls school?
Hannah: They were teachers at a school in D.C., um, and wanted to, uh, create a place where girls could feel at home. Uh, their current headmaster found out they were gonna do this, fired them. So they took a bunch of supplies and went and made their own school.
Alex: Good for them. You go, girl. That's great.
Alex: Jill Gilbert, middle school English teacher from Des Moines, Iowa. Now, you have said that you have had a number of great teachers who taught you, right?
Jill: Yes, I have.
Alex: And who was the most influential?
Jill: Um, I think about my high-school choir director, Doug Riddle. Um, he was just an amazing man--he is an amazing man--and no matter who walked through the door, he turned out a great choir every single year. And he took us to the International Youth and Music Festival in Vienna, Austria, in 1986. And we're gonna have our 30-year reunion this year.
Alex: Okay. Good for you.
Jill: Yeah!
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
IN THE D.C. AREA $1000: 82-acre President's Park is home each December to this tall attraction
(Ian: What's the Washington Monument?)
TOYS $1000: It gets its lift in flight from the airfoil at its outer edge that's known as the Morrison slope
WE LOVE YOU, MOM! $400: Her song "The Best Day" is a love letter to her mom Andrea, who presented her with the ACM Milestone Award in 2015
]Alex reads "ACM" as "Academy of Country Music".]
WE LOVE YOU, MOM! $1000: This late, great glam rocker only appeared on Bing Crosby's 1977 TV Christmas special because his mum loved Bing
(Hannah: Who is Freddie Mercury?)
SCRAMBLED EGG-LAYERS $600: Soaring high:
SOLAR TABS
SCRAMBLED EGG-LAYERS $800: Busy little breed:
HIM GRIN DUMB
SCRAMBLED EGG-LAYERS $1000: Surf's up for this one:
SPREAD PIN
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Jill: $6,600
Hannah: $1,400
Ian: $0
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
GRAVE MATTERS (5/5)
MUSICAL THEATER (4/5)
U.S. GEOGRAPHY (4/5, including 1 correct Daily Double)
ROMAN AROUND (4/5, including 1 correct Daily Double)
"O" 2"B" (5/5) (Alex: ...each correct response will contain the letters "O", "B", "B", in that order.)
JUNG (2/5)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Jill: 9 R (including 1 rebound and 1 DD), 1 W
Ian: 7 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Hannah: 8 R, 4 W
Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 6
Double Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $8,400
FIRST DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Ian snagged the next Daily Double on the 2nd clue. Jill had $6,600, Hannah had $1,400, and Ian was at $400. Ian wagered $2,000.
U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: The Badwater Ultramarathon runs from the lowest point in North America to the lofty summit of this nearby peak
(Alex: [*] here in Southern California. Right.)
SECOND DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
It was Jill who snatched up the last Daily Double of the game on the 22nd clue. Jill had $9,400, Hannah had $4,600, and Ian was at $6,400. Jill wagered $1,400.
ROMAN AROUND $1600: On Dec. 7, 43 B.C. this orator lost the power of speech... permanently
(Alex: [*] is the one, yes. Put to death by the sword.)
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND
U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1200: Once called Derryfield, this largest New Hampshire city was renamed in 1810 for a British city
(Hannah: What is Lexington?)
(Jill: What is Concord?)
MUSICAL THEATER $2000: Dionne Warwick had 2 hits from this musical--"I'll Never Fall In Love Again" & the double-talk title tune
JUNG $800: As commandant of a World War I internment camp in this country, Jung took prisoners but not sides
(Hannah: What is Austria?)
(Ian: What is Germany?)
JUNG $1200: It's the opposite of simple: Jung first used this word for a cluster of emotionally charged thoughts in 1907
ROMAN AROUND $1200: Transalpine Gaul was "Gaul across the Alps"; this Gaul was "Gaul on the near side of the Alps"
JUNG $2000: If you passed your "A.P." classes, you know that Jung founded this school of study of the human mind
(Hannah: What is psychology?)
(Alex: [Inhales sharply] Luh--give me a little more.)
(Hannah: What is A.P. psychology?)
(Alex: [Mumbles] No.)
(Hannah: What is human psychology?)
(Alex: No. Ian.)
(Ian: What is applied psychology?)
SCORES ENTERING FINAL JEOPARDY!
Jill: $14,800 (lock game)
Ian: $6,400
Hannah: $6,200
FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
VENUSIAN MONOLOGUES/MARTIAN CHRONICLES
Lock for first place; three-quarters for second place.
Jill: Wager between $0 (venusian) and $1,999 (martian), and enjoy your victory.
Ian: Wager $6,001 to cover Hannah.
Hannah: Risk between $201 and $5,800, covering Ian's $0 bet.
FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Its surface features include ones named for Margaret Mead, Josephine Baker & Cleopatra
FINAL SCORES
Hannah: $6,200 - $6,199 = $1 (What is Mars?) (2nd place)
Ian: $6,400 - $6,400 = $0 (What is PluI) (3rd place)
Jill: $14,800 - $0 = $14,800 (What is ganymede?) (Automatic semifinalist)
(Alex: [To Jill] No. The planet that we tend to associate with women?)
(Jill: [*].)
(Alex: [*]. Yes. Isn't it easier after we get the response out there?)
Total Potential Lach Trash: $14,200
GAME DYNAMICS
CORYAT SCORES
Jill: $15,000, 20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Hannah: $7,800, 16 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)
Ian: $5,200, 10 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Combined Coryat: $28,000
BATTING AVERAGES
Jill: 20/59 = .339
Hannah: 16/59 = .271
Ian: 10/59 = .169
Team: 46/63 = .730
MISCELLANEOUS INTERESTING CLUES
IN THE D.C. AREA $800: The D.C. memorial seen here depicts soldiers out on patrol during this conflict
WE LOVE YOU, MOM! $800: This Iron Man of the Yankees lived at home speaking German with mom until age 30
BESTSELLERS $400: When it was finally published in the U.S. in 1959, this D.H. Lawrence novel promptly became a bestseller
(Alex: Yeah, we'll accept that. You kind of slurred poor Lady Chatterley there, but, uh, go again.)
MUSICAL THEATER $800: Note the thigh-highs in this 2013 Tony winner for Best Musical
GRAVE MATTERS $1200: Gone too soon, these "Unforgettable" singers, father & daughter, are both resting at Forest Lawn in California
(Hannah: Who are the Sinatras?)
"O" 2"B" $400: Helpful Londoner in the middle
CORRECT RESPONSES
the National Archives
the national Christmas tree
a Frisbee
Taylor Swift
David Bowie
albatross
hummingbird
sandpiper
Mount Whitney
Cicero
Manchester
Promises, Promises
Switzerland
complex
Cisalpine Gaul
analytical psychology
Venus
the Korean War
Lou Gehrig
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Kinky Boots
the Coles (Nat King and his daughter, Natalie)
a bobby
GRAVE MATTERS (5/5)
MUSICAL THEATER (4/5)
U.S. GEOGRAPHY (4/5, including 1 correct Daily Double)
ROMAN AROUND (4/5, including 1 correct Daily Double)
"O" 2"B" (5/5) (Alex: ...each correct response will contain the letters "O", "B", "B", in that order.)
JUNG (2/5)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Jill: 9 R (including 1 rebound and 1 DD), 1 W
Ian: 7 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Hannah: 8 R, 4 W
Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 6
Double Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $8,400
FIRST DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Ian snagged the next Daily Double on the 2nd clue. Jill had $6,600, Hannah had $1,400, and Ian was at $400. Ian wagered $2,000.
U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: The Badwater Ultramarathon runs from the lowest point in North America to the lofty summit of this nearby peak
(Alex: [*] here in Southern California. Right.)
SECOND DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
It was Jill who snatched up the last Daily Double of the game on the 22nd clue. Jill had $9,400, Hannah had $4,600, and Ian was at $6,400. Jill wagered $1,400.
ROMAN AROUND $1600: On Dec. 7, 43 B.C. this orator lost the power of speech... permanently
(Alex: [*] is the one, yes. Put to death by the sword.)
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND
U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1200: Once called Derryfield, this largest New Hampshire city was renamed in 1810 for a British city
(Hannah: What is Lexington?)
(Jill: What is Concord?)
MUSICAL THEATER $2000: Dionne Warwick had 2 hits from this musical--"I'll Never Fall In Love Again" & the double-talk title tune
JUNG $800: As commandant of a World War I internment camp in this country, Jung took prisoners but not sides
(Hannah: What is Austria?)
(Ian: What is Germany?)
JUNG $1200: It's the opposite of simple: Jung first used this word for a cluster of emotionally charged thoughts in 1907
ROMAN AROUND $1200: Transalpine Gaul was "Gaul across the Alps"; this Gaul was "Gaul on the near side of the Alps"
JUNG $2000: If you passed your "A.P." classes, you know that Jung founded this school of study of the human mind
(Hannah: What is psychology?)
(Alex: [Inhales sharply] Luh--give me a little more.)
(Hannah: What is A.P. psychology?)
(Alex: [Mumbles] No.)
(Hannah: What is human psychology?)
(Alex: No. Ian.)
(Ian: What is applied psychology?)
SCORES ENTERING FINAL JEOPARDY!
Jill: $14,800 (lock game)
Ian: $6,400
Hannah: $6,200
FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
VENUSIAN MONOLOGUES/MARTIAN CHRONICLES
Lock for first place; three-quarters for second place.
Jill: Wager between $0 (venusian) and $1,999 (martian), and enjoy your victory.
Ian: Wager $6,001 to cover Hannah.
Hannah: Risk between $201 and $5,800, covering Ian's $0 bet.
FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Its surface features include ones named for Margaret Mead, Josephine Baker & Cleopatra
FINAL SCORES
Hannah: $6,200 - $6,199 = $1 (What is Mars?) (2nd place)
Ian: $6,400 - $6,400 = $0 (What is PluI) (3rd place)
Jill: $14,800 - $0 = $14,800 (What is ganymede?) (Automatic semifinalist)
(Alex: [To Jill] No. The planet that we tend to associate with women?)
(Jill: [*].)
(Alex: [*]. Yes. Isn't it easier after we get the response out there?)
Total Potential Lach Trash: $14,200
GAME DYNAMICS
CORYAT SCORES
Jill: $15,000, 20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Hannah: $7,800, 16 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)
Ian: $5,200, 10 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Combined Coryat: $28,000
BATTING AVERAGES
Jill: 20/59 = .339
Hannah: 16/59 = .271
Ian: 10/59 = .169
Team: 46/63 = .730
MISCELLANEOUS INTERESTING CLUES
IN THE D.C. AREA $800: The D.C. memorial seen here depicts soldiers out on patrol during this conflict
WE LOVE YOU, MOM! $800: This Iron Man of the Yankees lived at home speaking German with mom until age 30
BESTSELLERS $400: When it was finally published in the U.S. in 1959, this D.H. Lawrence novel promptly became a bestseller
(Alex: Yeah, we'll accept that. You kind of slurred poor Lady Chatterley there, but, uh, go again.)
MUSICAL THEATER $800: Note the thigh-highs in this 2013 Tony winner for Best Musical
GRAVE MATTERS $1200: Gone too soon, these "Unforgettable" singers, father & daughter, are both resting at Forest Lawn in California
(Hannah: Who are the Sinatras?)
"O" 2"B" $400: Helpful Londoner in the middle
CORRECT RESPONSES
the National Archives
the national Christmas tree
a Frisbee
Taylor Swift
David Bowie
albatross
hummingbird
sandpiper
Mount Whitney
Cicero
Manchester
Promises, Promises
Switzerland
complex
Cisalpine Gaul
analytical psychology
Venus
the Korean War
Lou Gehrig
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Kinky Boots
the Coles (Nat King and his daughter, Natalie)
a bobby
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Final Jeopardy! Round
FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Its surface features include ones named for Margaret Mead, Josephine Baker & Cleopatra
Jill Gilbert: 14800-0=14800 (semifinalist)
Hannah Krug: 6200-6199=1
Ian Miller: 6400-6400=0
Correct response:
Daily Doubles
Hannah: 1600-1600
Ian: 400+2000
Jill: 9400+1400
Coryats
Jill: 15000
Hannah: 7800
Ian: 5200
Combined: 28,000
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Its surface features include ones named for Margaret Mead, Josephine Baker & Cleopatra
Jill Gilbert: 14800-0=14800 (semifinalist)
Hannah Krug: 6200-6199=1
Ian Miller: 6400-6400=0
Correct response:
Spoiler
Venus (Jill - Ganymede) (Hannah - Mars) (Ian - Plu[incomplete t])
Hannah: 1600-1600
Ian: 400+2000
Jill: 9400+1400
Coryats
Jill: 15000
Hannah: 7800
Ian: 5200
Combined: 28,000
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Re: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Hey! This is my game! We taped it February 24 and now it's FINALLY on!
I want to preemptively say that in real life, I am very good at unscrambling words. I used to play Word Twist on Facebook and I can do the Jumble from the newspaper in a flash. That's all I have to say about that.
Also, I would call the boards on this show incredibly, ridiculously easy. They were almost practice boards.
Hope you enjoy the show! Getting to play actual Jeopardy! was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream for me. It was such a surreal experience that at times it felt like someone else was ringing in and answering the questions. I don't even remember most of the categories. After it finished taping, I walked off the stage and told Maggie that it meant so much to me to get the opportunity to play Jeopardy! for real. I will never forget it.
I want to preemptively say that in real life, I am very good at unscrambling words. I used to play Word Twist on Facebook and I can do the Jumble from the newspaper in a flash. That's all I have to say about that.
Also, I would call the boards on this show incredibly, ridiculously easy. They were almost practice boards.
Hope you enjoy the show! Getting to play actual Jeopardy! was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream for me. It was such a surreal experience that at times it felt like someone else was ringing in and answering the questions. I don't even remember most of the categories. After it finished taping, I walked off the stage and told Maggie that it meant so much to me to get the opportunity to play Jeopardy! for real. I will never forget it.
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Re: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Hey Jill!
Spoiler
I haven't seen FJ yet but congratulations!
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Re: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Those 2 contestants taking themselves right out of FJ! on the last clue...
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Grats, Jill! That face for that last DD though ...
Instaget FJ for me, I'm surprised no one clued in on the gender emphasis.
Instaget FJ for me, I'm surprised no one clued in on the gender emphasis.
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Re: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Grats Jill! Well played.
I'm also pretty good at anagrams, and I'm still kicking myself for missing albatross. Sandpiper wasn't happening even with an extra minute.
FJ should've been instaget. A bunch of women's names and nothing else to go on? Keep it simple: female -> Venus. But I wasted a few seconds trying to figure out if the "surface features" part of the clue was relevant, since it seemed like they were being coy about what features they were.
I'm also pretty good at anagrams, and I'm still kicking myself for missing albatross. Sandpiper wasn't happening even with an extra minute.
FJ should've been instaget. A bunch of women's names and nothing else to go on? Keep it simple: female -> Venus. But I wasted a few seconds trying to figure out if the "surface features" part of the clue was relevant, since it seemed like they were being coy about what features they were.
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Re: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Congrats, Jill! It was just as fun watching this one on the couch as it was in the audience!
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Re: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Congrats, Jill, on becoming a semi-finalist! I had 48 correct responses including a bunch of triple stumpers: National Christmas Tree; Frisbee; Taylor Swift; David Bowie; albatross; hummingbird; Manchester; Promises, Promises; complex; and Cisalpine Gaul. I also got the missed DD of National Archives, and I got FJ.
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Grrr... For some reason, my local station is airing the game from May 6, 2015 instead of tonight's episode. Guess I don't really need to watch it anyway...
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Congrats, Jill, on a well-played game!
I spent the break looking to see if my response of "White House Christmas Tree" is acceptable - given that the Tree stands on The Ellipse, which sits just outside the White House fence, it looks like my original neg stands.
In the category of minutiae that had no bearing on the game whatsoever, that first Daily Double in Double Jeopardy left me shaking my head. The Badwater Ultramarathon does not finish at the summit of Mount Whitney - it runs only to the Whitney Portal, more than six thousand feet (elevation-wise) below the summit.
I spent the break looking to see if my response of "White House Christmas Tree" is acceptable - given that the Tree stands on The Ellipse, which sits just outside the White House fence, it looks like my original neg stands.
In the category of minutiae that had no bearing on the game whatsoever, that first Daily Double in Double Jeopardy left me shaking my head. The Badwater Ultramarathon does not finish at the summit of Mount Whitney - it runs only to the Whitney Portal, more than six thousand feet (elevation-wise) below the summit.
In a regular game, this criticism is right on. But with the safety net of the wild cards there, it might be worth taking a shot to get yourself up to a position where you can make a smaller wager in Final. From the mid-8000s, they're probably both making a wager that would stand to take them out of contention with a miss on Final - which is exactly where they each ended up after negging.jpr281 wrote:Those 2 contestants taking themselves right out of FJ! on the last clue...
About five seconds into the music, I thought "well, they're women - ah, of course!" I then immediately thought of John Gray's book from about two decades ago. One recent champion saw something untoward in the clue that I certainly hope the writers didn't intend...MitchO wrote:Instaget FJ for me, I'm surprised no one clued in on the gender emphasis.
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Re: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
No, the White House Christmas tree is an indoor tree. The Wikipedia article on the White House Christmas Tree specifically says:mfc248 wrote:I spent the break looking to see if my response of "White House Christmas Tree" is acceptable - given that the Tree stands on The Ellipse, which sits just outside the White House fence, it looks like my original neg stands.
Not to be confused with National Christmas Tree
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Surprised that apparently EZ FJ was TS. Instaget. Coupla other trash as well; Xmas tree, cisalpine Gaul, complex. GJ Jill!
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Nice work getting a lock game! You made it look easy. You seemed calm, almost serene.JillyJill wrote:Hey! This is my game! We taped it February 24 and now it's FINALLY on!
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My very first thought on this FJ was something like "Two of these people are 20th century people, so maybe it's Pluto because that was discovered in the 20th century?"
But a couple of seconds later, the fact that all three people were women struck me.
Discussing it afterwards with naurae29, we realized that something as far away as Pluto probably doesn't have names for specific features on its surface. Similar remarks could be said for the gas giants.
Even though humans first saw Venus a long long time ago, it would have only been more recently that we would have started naming specific features on its surface.
I'm sure I got this FJ the way the writers intended me to, but I also sympathize with anyone for whom it just didn't click. I've definitely had those moments with other clues.
But a couple of seconds later, the fact that all three people were women struck me.
Discussing it afterwards with naurae29, we realized that something as far away as Pluto probably doesn't have names for specific features on its surface. Similar remarks could be said for the gas giants.
Even though humans first saw Venus a long long time ago, it would have only been more recently that we would have started naming specific features on its surface.
I'm sure I got this FJ the way the writers intended me to, but I also sympathize with anyone for whom it just didn't click. I've definitely had those moments with other clues.
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Congratulations, Jill!
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Re: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
First, thanks for all the congratulations! I didn't realize until I watched the show how much running (until the $2000 clue) the OBB category helped my score! Up until that point, it was a pretty close game.
Regarding FJ: First, I am not strong on the Solar System, but I did study planets and moons before the show. I ruled out planets as being too obvious for FJ, so my mind went to moons. I knew that Ganymede was Zeus's male lover, and the females were lover-like (except Margaret Mead), so that's why I guessed Ganymede.
Of course, after Alex said, "We're looking for a FEMALE planet" I looked like a dip.
My game plan going in was to aim for $14K and get a wild card. Even if Hannah and Ian had been able to overtake me, I was planning to bet $0 or very little to save my wild card spot. I was so rattled that Glenn was standing next to my shaking hands watching me double their scores during the break because I didn't trust my mental math. And I TAUGHT 7th grade math a few years ago, LOL.
Hannah and Ian were strong players who knew quite a bit. Hannah was thrown off after missing the first DD about Washington DC, since she is from there. I think that impacted her game from that point on.
Regarding FJ: First, I am not strong on the Solar System, but I did study planets and moons before the show. I ruled out planets as being too obvious for FJ, so my mind went to moons. I knew that Ganymede was Zeus's male lover, and the females were lover-like (except Margaret Mead), so that's why I guessed Ganymede.
Of course, after Alex said, "We're looking for a FEMALE planet" I looked like a dip.
My game plan going in was to aim for $14K and get a wild card. Even if Hannah and Ian had been able to overtake me, I was planning to bet $0 or very little to save my wild card spot. I was so rattled that Glenn was standing next to my shaking hands watching me double their scores during the break because I didn't trust my mental math. And I TAUGHT 7th grade math a few years ago, LOL.
Hannah and Ian were strong players who knew quite a bit. Hannah was thrown off after missing the first DD about Washington DC, since she is from there. I think that impacted her game from that point on.
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Informal names were applied last summer from science fiction and fantasy.skullturf wrote:Discussing it afterwards with naurae29, we realized that something as far away as Pluto probably doesn't have names for specific features on its surface.
A link to see it bigger.
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Re: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Ran the X category.
"What the hell toy has a brother named Andy?" Derp.
No recognition at all in Best Sellers.
NHO Sandpiper, ended up 4/5 in the eggs.
Usually Concord eludes me when I try to pull New Hampshire cities, but this time, no way in hell was I getting Manchester.
WLT Freud at $400?
How was "complex" a stand and stare?
I precalled that my name would be in the O2B category.
No guess on FJ! How about a TOM or something, hmm?!?
"What the hell toy has a brother named Andy?" Derp.
No recognition at all in Best Sellers.
NHO Sandpiper, ended up 4/5 in the eggs.
Usually Concord eludes me when I try to pull New Hampshire cities, but this time, no way in hell was I getting Manchester.
WLT Freud at $400?
How was "complex" a stand and stare?
I precalled that my name would be in the O2B category.
No guess on FJ! How about a TOM or something, hmm?!?