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Thursday, June 14, 2018 Game Recap and Discussion [SPOILERS]

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Game Recap for Show #7784, 2018-06-14

CONTESTANTS
Katherine Pisarro-Grant, a verbal identity consultant from Brooklyn, New York
Adam Manning, a senior sales manager from Denver, Colorado
Diana Hsu, a legal records assistant from Malden, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,001)

OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you. Oh, good audience today. Thank you, Johnny. Hello, everyone. Diana, as you saw on yesterday's program, is an excellent champion. Adam and Katherine, you're gonna have to be at your best to replace here. But good luck to all three of you. Here we go. Let's get into the first round. One Daily Double awaiting you in one of these categories...

JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
WHAT'S THAT ON YOUR HEAD? (5/5)
PLAYING POLITICS (5/5)
SAME VOWEL, FRONT & BACK (5/5)
COMBAT ROCK (3/5)
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD (5/5, including 1 correct Daily Double)
IT'S ABOUT TIME (5/5)

THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Adam: 11 R, 1 W
Diana: 10 R (including 1 rebound and 1 DD), 1 W
Katherine: 7 R (including 1 rebound), 0 W

Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 2
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $1,800



JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Diana found the Daily Double on the 15th clue. Diana had $4,000, Adam had $400, and Katherine was at $2,800. Diana wagered $1,200.

PEOPLE OF THE WORLD $600: Afrikaners were once called by this name meaning "farmer"

SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Diana: $5,200
Katherine: $2,800
Adam: $400

CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS



Alex: Katherine Pisarro-Grant is from Brooklyn, New York. We introduced you as a verbal identity consultant.

Katherine: Yes.

Alex: What is that exactly?

Katherine: I work for a branding agency doing writing, naming and language strategy. So I get to do a lot of thinking about how words affect the big picture.

Alex: What big picture are we talking about here? The political world?

Katherine: No, mostly corporations.

Alex: Corporations.

Katherine: So, you know. That big picture.

Alex: Oh, that.

Katherine: That pays for things.

Alex: That big picture.




Alex: Adam Manning is from Denver, Colorado. Says you were a spiteful vegetarian for a while.

Adam: I was, yeah. For five years.

Alex: Why?

Adam: My dad actually challenged me after one of my friends gave up red meat for a summer between college semesters. And just to prove I could do it, I actually ended up giving up meat for five years, just to prove him wrong, so.

Alex: Just to prove him wrong?

Adam: Yeah.

Alex: You and your dad have issues, right?

Adam: We have--we have a great relationship. It's fantastic.

Alex: Okay, good.




Alex: Diana Hsu is from Massachusetts. You're gonna be the chair of a 4,000-plus sci-fi convention that's coming up next year, a year and a half from now.

Diana: I am. Well, actually, I'll be the chair for the year 2020. So not this coming year, but the year after that.

Alex: Okay. And what exactly do you have to do, and what exactly is this convention?

Diana: It's a sort of fan-oriented science-fiction convention, so we cover a lot of different things, pretty much whatever sci-fi fans are into, we have something for you.

Alex: So if I showed up dressed as Chewbacca, you would welcome me?

Diana: With open arms. You might win a prize. We have a great costume competition.

Alex: I'm sure you do.

TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
COMBAT ROCK $800: Pere Ubu:
"30 Seconds Over ____"

COMBAT ROCK $1000: Elvis Costello:
"____ Forces"

SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Diana: $7,200
Adam: $5,000
Katherine: $3,200
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
MAN CAVES (5/5)
17th CENTURY LIT (5/5)
COMPLETE THE RHYMING PHRASE (4/5)
COLORS (5/5, including 1 correct Daily Double)
BROADWAY NAMES (4/5)
POLAR EXPLORATION (4/5, including 1 correct Daily Double)

THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Diana: 14 R (including 1 rebound and 2 DDs), 2 W
Adam: 8 R (including 2 rebounds), 2 W
Katherine: 5 R, 1 W

Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 3
Double Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $4,400



FIRST DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Diana snagged the next Daily Double on the 9th clue. Diana had $10,400, Adam had $6,200, and Katherine was at $4,800. Diana wagered $4,200.

COLORS $1600: This color obtained from a plant dye is also known as blue-violet

SECOND DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
It was Diana who snatched up the last Daily Double of the game on the 22nd clue. Diana had $18,600, Adam had $7,800, and Katherine was at $7,200. Diana wagered $7,000.

POLAR EXPLORATION $1600: The first nuclear sub to visit the North Pole was this one that shared a name with a fictional submersible

TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND
BROADWAY NAMES $1600: In 2017 this rock icon became a Broadway name when he starred in a series of autobiographical acoustic shows

COMPLETE THE RHYMING PHRASE $1600: "Drive for show..."
(Alex: [*] in golf.)

POLAR EXPLORATION $1200: Occasionally having to get off & push, Daniel Burton recently became the first to reach the South Pole via this, a "fat" type
(Adam: What is a snowmobile?)

SCORES ENTERING FINAL JEOPARDY!
Diana: $29,600 (lock game)
Katherine: $10,800
Adam: $8,600

FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
CONSTELLATIONS

VENUSIAN MONOLOGUES/MARTIAN CHRONICLES
Lock for first place; three-quarters for second place.
Diana: Wager between $0 (venusian) and $7,999 (martian), and enjoy your victory.
Katherine: Wager $6,401 to cover Adam.
Adam: Risk between $2,201 and $4,200, covering Katherine's $0 bet.

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
This Zodiac constellation includes 2 lines (or strings) that terminate in a star called Alrescha, the knot

FINAL SCORES
Adam: $8,600 - $8,599 = $1 (What is Libra?) (3rd place: $1,000)
Katherine: $10,800 - $6,401 = $4,399 (What is Sagittarius?) (2nd place: $2,000)
Diana: $29,600 - $9,000 = $20,600 (What is Libra?) (2-day champion: $44,601)
(Alex: [To Diana] Unfortunately, the correct response is [*]. [*], the two fish.)

Total Potential Lach Trash: $6,200

GAME DYNAMICS
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CORYAT SCORES
Diana: $21,000, 24 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W
Katherine: $10,800, 12 R, 1 W
Adam: $8,600, 19 R, 3 W
Combined Coryat: $40,400

BATTING AVERAGES
Diana: 24/61 = .393
Adam: 19/58 = .328
Katherine: 12/58 = .207
Team: 55/63 = .873

MISCELLANEOUS INTERESTING CLUES
WHAT'S THAT ON YOUR HEAD? $400: "A" is the only vowel in this cold-weather mask & cap combo

WHAT'S THAT ON YOUR HEAD? $800: Here's Jackie Kennedy wearing one of these lace veils with a diminutive Spanish name

PEOPLE OF THE WORLD $1000: The Pashtun mostly call these 2 countries home; you'll find over 30 million of them there
(Adam: What are Pakistan and India?)

COMBAT ROCK $400: Rage Against the Machine:
"____ In The Name"
(Diana: Fighting. What is fighting?)

BROADWAY NAMES $400: Larry Hagman's mom, Mary Martin, said that of all her stage roles, this one was her favorite

COLORS $400: Sherwin-Williams paint colors include a delectable brownish yellow called "Cut the" this
(Katherine: What is cake?)
(Diana: What is cheese?)

BROADWAY NAMES $1200: She originated the role of Elphaba in "Wicked"

COLORS $2000: Lord Rayleigh explained that scattering of sunlight is what does this--now stop asking questions, Junior!
(Diana: What is make a rainbow?)

POLAR EXPLORATION $800: Britain's Natural History Museum houses an egg collected in Antarctica in 191 from this "royal" bird
(Adam: What is a penguin?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
(Adam: What is [*]?)

POLAR EXPLORATION $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows the South Pole on the monitor.) Here is Amundsen's route to and from the South Pole, & here is the 1911-1912 route from Cape Evans led by this man--on the return trip, he met his end just 11 miles from shelter
(Adam: Who is Peary?)

CORRECT RESPONSES
Boer
"30 Seconds Over Tokyo"
"Armed Forces"
indigo
the Nautilus
Bruce Springsteen
but putt for dough
a fat bicycle
Pisces
a balaclava
a mantilla
Pakistan and Afghanistan
killing
Peter Pan
mustard
Idina Menzel
what makes the sky blue
the emperor penguin
(Robert Falcon) Scott
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FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
CONSTELLATIONS

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
This Zodiac constellation includes 2 lines (or strings) that terminate in a star called Alrescha, the knot

Diana Hsu: 29600-9000=20600 (2X = $44,601)
Adam Manning: 8600-8599=1
Katherine Pisarro-Grant: 10800-6401=4399

Correct response:
Spoiler
Pisces (Diana – Libra) (Adam – Libra) (Katherine – Sagittarius)

Daily Doubles
Diana: 2800+1200
Diana: 10400+4200
Diana: 18600+7000

Coryats
Diana: 21000
Adam: 8600
Katherine: 10800

Combined: 40,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round
Diana: 7200
Adam: 5000
Katherine: 3200
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Too bad the players did not know how to complete “Drive for show” with the U.S. Open beginning today. Funnier was three tries to complete Sherwin-Williams color Cut the ___.

Adam just had to add the S for the D.O.E. clue. Doesn’t he know that drives people nuts?

The FJ! clue was a miss for me and the players as I matched Adam & Diana’s response with a scratch-out after first writing the twins one.

Diana risked the game dropping to 20600 as Katherine had a possible 21600. Diana is now 2-0 against players named Catherine/Katherine whether the C or the K in front.
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Another Libra here. I figured those were the strings of the scale.
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I was between Gemini and Sagittarius for FJ and went with the former. I never would have guessed Pisces.
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One more for Sagittarius.
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Libra.
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Virgo.

(oh, we're not posting our sign?)

Another Libra guess here.
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Picked Libra, and I'm a Pisces myself!
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Aquarius :roll:
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Pre-empted on WNEM, so of course neither my DVR nor their online schedule reflects this. How many freaking "Better Deals" shows do we need in a year anyway?!

I used to play a match-three game called Snood, but the meaning of the name must've eluded me over the years.

Can't say I've heard of the word "extradite". $200 being my only miss in a category is weird enough, but when $200 is also my only NHOI...

As poorly as I do on a regular basis, I almost always get at least one Lach Trash, but not today.

Strings? Okay, um... Bow string like Orion? No. Lyra? No. Umm.... oh duh, zodiac. Um.... I have no freaking idea what any of the zodiac constellations even look like so I'm hosed.
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We're at 0/9 getting it and 8/9 taking a guess.
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MarkBarrett wrote: Thu Jun 14, 2018 8:27 pm We're at 0/9 getting it and 8/9 taking a guess.
9/9. I did put down Gemini to have something, figuring "two" was the key word. Right book, wrong page.
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TenPoundHammer wrote: Thu Jun 14, 2018 8:29 pm
MarkBarrett wrote: Thu Jun 14, 2018 8:27 pm We're at 0/9 getting it and 8/9 taking a guess.
9/9. I did put down Gemini to have something, figuring "two" was the key word. Right book, wrong page.
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MarkBarrett wrote: Thu Jun 14, 2018 11:23 am Too bad the players did not know how to complete “Drive for show” with the U.S. Open beginning today. Funnier was three tries to complete Sherwin-Williams color Cut the ___.

Adam just had to add the S for the D.O.E. clue. Doesn’t he know that drives people nuts?

The FJ! clue was a miss for me and the players as I matched Adam & Diana’s response with a scratch-out after first writing the twins one.

Diana risked the game dropping to 20600 as Katherine had a possible 21600. Diana is now 2-0 against players named Catherine/Katherine whether the C or the K in front.

I had to rewind to calculate the bets again, just to confirm I'd seen a possible 'Claven'
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Started with Gemini and quickly realized Pisces was a much better fit.
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I guessed at Gemini, figuring some relationship of knotted to twins being joined together. Never heard of the star.
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Allow me to continue to o-fer with another Libra.

OK, fine ... the 1-fer.
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At least you all guessed a Zodiac constellation. I skipped right over that, figured a good place to find a knot was on a belt, so I guessed Orion. :(
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