Tuesday, February 21, 2017 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 11:30 am
Game Recap for Show #7472, 2017-02-21
2017 College Championship semifinal game 2.
CONTESTANTS
Clarissa Santori, a senior at Northeastern University from Ellicott City, Maryland
Mohan Malhotra, a freshman at NYU from Wilmington, Delaware
Viraj Mehta, a junior at Stanford University from Austin, Texas
OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank, Johnny. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. On yesterday's program, Lilly Chin from MIT was the only player to come up with a correct response in Final Jeopardy! She walked offstage and immediately took a selfie of herself--
[Laughter]
--because she gets to come back to play for $100,000 dollars later this week. Clarissa, Mohan and Viraj, one of you three will be joining her. Good luck. Here we go.
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
THEY NAMED A SCHOOL FOR ME (4/5, including 1 missed Daily Double)
FRENCH HISTORY (5/5)
A LIQUID CATEGORY (5/5)
PROVERBIAL VERBS (4/5)
STATES BY COUNTIES (4/5)
THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIE REVIEWS (5/5)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Clarissa: 15 R (including 3 rebounds), 0 W
Viraj: 11 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Mohan: 1 R, 3 W
Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 2
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $1,600
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Viraj found the Daily Double on the 2nd clue. Viraj had $400, Mohan was scoreless, and Clarissa had nothing in the bank. Viraj wagered $1,000.
THEY NAMED A SCHOOL FOR ME $600: An arts patron & son of French immigrants gave his name to this school that's located at Lincoln Center in New York
(Viraj: What's Rockefeller University?)
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Clarissa: $4,400
Viraj: $1,400
Mohan: -$1,000
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: The CSI series is very popular on television. Clarissa Santori, you're a chemistry major at Northeastern. And you took a class in forensic chemistry that enables you to watch shows like the CSI programs and critique the science that goes on.
Clarissa: Yes. So as my friends could attest, one of my favorite things to do in watching shows like that, of which there are of course quite a few, is to point out all the scientific errors that they make. Um, and so I took this forensic chemistry class, and I really got a lot more ammunition to do just that. Some people might ask why I still watch them, but I just enjoy it.
Alex: They're enjoyable programs, even though the science may not be quite--
Clarissa: Absolutely.
Alex: --up to your standards.
Alex: Mohan Malhotra from Wilmington, Delaware. His major is business. But as we discovered with Lilly Chin yesterday, a lot of you players in our championship like to do things to relieve stress, and it has to do with food. And that applies to you, right?
Mohan: Yes, it does, Alex. I actually started baking as a form of stress relief in 11th grade. Um, and have mostly, like, continued it since then. Started baking cheesecakes--love cheesecakes.
Alex: Yeah. Lot of stress on a freshman.
Mohan: A lot.
Alex: And do you share your cheesecake with all of your friends, or do you keep--
Mohan: I mean, I gained so much weight eating cheesecake, I had to start sharing it.
[Laughter]
Mohan: My college roommates help me get the weight off by eating most of it now.
Alex: Okay, good for you.
Alex: Viraj Mehta is from Austin, Texas. His major is mathematics. And you took a class in differential geometry which helped you analyze another food product.
Viraj: Yeah, there's a theorem in differential geometry that explains really well why if you fold a slice of pizza, the tip stays in the air so you can eat it easily. And that was really cool to work out in class.
Alex: So you came up with a formula that explains that?
Viraj: Yeah. Gauss.
Alex: Maybe just thick crust?
Viraj: Or that.
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
PROVERBIAL VERBS $600: "He who ____ last, ____ longest"
STATES BY COUNTIES $1000: Missoula,
Mineral
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Clarissa: $8,800
Viraj: $5,000
Mohan: -$1,000
2017 College Championship semifinal game 2.
CONTESTANTS
Clarissa Santori, a senior at Northeastern University from Ellicott City, Maryland
Mohan Malhotra, a freshman at NYU from Wilmington, Delaware
Viraj Mehta, a junior at Stanford University from Austin, Texas
OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank, Johnny. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. On yesterday's program, Lilly Chin from MIT was the only player to come up with a correct response in Final Jeopardy! She walked offstage and immediately took a selfie of herself--
[Laughter]
--because she gets to come back to play for $100,000 dollars later this week. Clarissa, Mohan and Viraj, one of you three will be joining her. Good luck. Here we go.
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
THEY NAMED A SCHOOL FOR ME (4/5, including 1 missed Daily Double)
FRENCH HISTORY (5/5)
A LIQUID CATEGORY (5/5)
PROVERBIAL VERBS (4/5)
STATES BY COUNTIES (4/5)
THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIE REVIEWS (5/5)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Clarissa: 15 R (including 3 rebounds), 0 W
Viraj: 11 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Mohan: 1 R, 3 W
Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 2
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $1,600
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Viraj found the Daily Double on the 2nd clue. Viraj had $400, Mohan was scoreless, and Clarissa had nothing in the bank. Viraj wagered $1,000.
THEY NAMED A SCHOOL FOR ME $600: An arts patron & son of French immigrants gave his name to this school that's located at Lincoln Center in New York
(Viraj: What's Rockefeller University?)
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Clarissa: $4,400
Viraj: $1,400
Mohan: -$1,000
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: The CSI series is very popular on television. Clarissa Santori, you're a chemistry major at Northeastern. And you took a class in forensic chemistry that enables you to watch shows like the CSI programs and critique the science that goes on.
Clarissa: Yes. So as my friends could attest, one of my favorite things to do in watching shows like that, of which there are of course quite a few, is to point out all the scientific errors that they make. Um, and so I took this forensic chemistry class, and I really got a lot more ammunition to do just that. Some people might ask why I still watch them, but I just enjoy it.
Alex: They're enjoyable programs, even though the science may not be quite--
Clarissa: Absolutely.
Alex: --up to your standards.
Alex: Mohan Malhotra from Wilmington, Delaware. His major is business. But as we discovered with Lilly Chin yesterday, a lot of you players in our championship like to do things to relieve stress, and it has to do with food. And that applies to you, right?
Mohan: Yes, it does, Alex. I actually started baking as a form of stress relief in 11th grade. Um, and have mostly, like, continued it since then. Started baking cheesecakes--love cheesecakes.
Alex: Yeah. Lot of stress on a freshman.
Mohan: A lot.
Alex: And do you share your cheesecake with all of your friends, or do you keep--
Mohan: I mean, I gained so much weight eating cheesecake, I had to start sharing it.
[Laughter]
Mohan: My college roommates help me get the weight off by eating most of it now.
Alex: Okay, good for you.
Alex: Viraj Mehta is from Austin, Texas. His major is mathematics. And you took a class in differential geometry which helped you analyze another food product.
Viraj: Yeah, there's a theorem in differential geometry that explains really well why if you fold a slice of pizza, the tip stays in the air so you can eat it easily. And that was really cool to work out in class.
Alex: So you came up with a formula that explains that?
Viraj: Yeah. Gauss.
Alex: Maybe just thick crust?
Viraj: Or that.
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
PROVERBIAL VERBS $600: "He who ____ last, ____ longest"
STATES BY COUNTIES $1000: Missoula,
Mineral
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Clarissa: $8,800
Viraj: $5,000
Mohan: -$1,000