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Monday, January 14, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

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Game Recap for Show #7906, 2019-01-14

CONTESTANTS
Suzy Langevin, a social worker from Framingham, Massachusetts
Charlie Jensen, a program director from Los Angeles, California
Anneke Garcia, an instructional design consultant from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 2-day cash winnings total $37,701)

OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, Johnny. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome, everyone. I haven't done any research on this, but I get the feeling that it's easier for Jeopardy! champions to maintain momentum--positive momentum--during the week, rather than winning a game on Friday and coming back on the following Monday. We're going to find out how that applies to Anneke today. Charlie and Suzy, welcome aboard. Let's go to work, players. Here are the categories you deal with now...

JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
EXOTIC WILDLIFE (5/5)
OLYMPIANS (5/5)
CONNECTIQUETTE (5/5, including 1 correct Daily Double)
"T...Y" VERY MUCH (5/5)
WINDMILLS (5/5)
FOUND IN TRANSLATION (2/5)

THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Anneke: 11 R, 1 W
Charlie: 8 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Suzy: 8 R (including 1 rebound), 0 W

Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 3
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $2,000



JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Charlie found the Daily Double on the 12th clue. Anneke had $1,000, Charlie had $1,600, and Suzy was at $1,600. Charlie wagered $1,000.

CONNECTIQUETTE $400: As a new student at Yale med school, you'll have this garment placed on you by a senior faculty member

SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Charlie: $2,800
Suzy: $2,000
Anneke: $1,600

CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS



Alex: Suzy Langevin is a social worker from Massachusetts, who began her career in jail?

Suzy: I did. My first job out of graduate school was at a juvenile detention facility. And I came home the first day and told my husband, "I have my own office." I didn't mention that it had bars on the window.

Alex: How long did you last in that job?

Suzy: I was there for about three years. I really loved it.

Alex: Did you get out on probation? Were you paroled? How did it work?

Suzy: Good behavior, yeah.

Alex: Oh, good for you.




Alex: Charlie Jensen, program director from here in L.A. Started writing poetry a long time ago, and what has come about as a result?

Charlie: Well, I have a career as a poet, which pays zero dollars, so that's why I'm here today.

Alex: I was just gonna say, that's--

Charlie: Yeah. But I've published a few books, and I work for a large creative writing program that's open enrollment, so anyone can take a class.

Alex: All right, good for you.




Alex: Anneke Garcia is our champion. She is from Salt Lake City, Utah. She is working on writing also. Not poetry.

Anneke: No.

Alex: But something that more people can relate to.

Anneke: Hopefully.

Alex: And that is a cookbook, right?

Anneke: Yes.

Alex: What kind of cooking are we talking about?

Anneke: The focus is on making things you can make at home without having to go and buy a bunch of ingredients or necessarily have all the right things on hand, so.

Alex: There are a whole lot of companies out there right selling pre-packaged foods.

Anneke: Yeah.

Alex: That you can prepare in 30 minutes.

Anneke: Yeah.

Alex: Is that the wave of the future?

Anneke: I like the concept, but you'd miss something just going to the market or the grocery store and getting what's fresh, so I'm a little old school on that one.

Alex: All right. Good for you.

TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
FOUND IN TRANSLATION $400: Jean-Paul Sartre's "L'Être et le Néant"

FOUND IN TRANSLATION $600: Ovid's "Ars Amatoria"

FOUND IN TRANSLATION $1000: Franz Lehar's operetta "Die Lustige Witwe"

SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Anneke: $5,800
Suzy: $5,400
Charlie: $4,600
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
EURO COINS (5/5)
TERMS OF ENDUREMENT (5/5, including 1 correct Daily Double)
THE STORY OF MY LIFE (3/5, including 1 missed Daily Double)
IN THE CLOUD (4/4)
DRESSED ALIKE (5/5)
THEY GOT THE MEMO (4/5)

THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Anneke: 13 R (including 2 rebounds), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Suzy: 9 R (including 1 rebound and 1 DD), 2 W
Charlie: 4 R, 0 W

Clues revealed: 29
Triple Stumpers: 2
Double Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $2,400



FIRST DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Suzy snagged the next Daily Double on the 7th clue. Anneke had $8,200, Charlie had $5,400, and Suzy was at $4,600. Suzy wagered $2,000.

TERMS OF ENDUREMENT $800: Intestinal or not, this cardinal virtue comes from Latin for "strength"

SECOND DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
It was Anneke who snatched up the last Daily Double of the game on the 14th clue. Anneke had $9,400, Charlie had $5,400, and Suzy was at $12,200. Anneke wagered $3,000.

THE STORY OF MY LIFE $1600: This bandmaster composed the 1928 autobiography "Marching Along"
(Anneke: Who is Strauss?)

TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND
THE STORY OF MY LIFE $400: Joely Fisher dedicated "Growing Up Fisher" in part to her mom Connie Stevens & to this late beloved half-sister

THEY GOT THE MEMO $2000: Germany's "Blank Check" memo of July 1914 promised support for any action this country took against Serbia
(Anneke: What is Russia?)

SCORES ENTERING FINAL JEOPARDY!
Anneke: $16,800
Suzy: $13,400
Charlie: $9,000

FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
FAMILIAR PHRASES

VENUSIAN MONOLOGUES/MARTIAN CHRONICLES
Three-quarters for first place.
Anneke: Wager $10,001 to cover Suzy.
Suzy: You need to wager $4,601 to cover Charlie's doubled score, but no more than $6,600 if you want to top Anneke on a Triple Stumper.
Charlie: Think about risking $2,200, thereby beating Anneke on the Triple Stumper (should Anneke wager to cover Suzy's doubled score).

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Originally a folk term for a chronic rash, this phrase got a new meaning as a title for a 1952 stage comedy & later a movie

FINAL SCORES
Charlie: $9,000 + $8,900 = $17,900 (What is Seven Year Itch?) (3rd place: $1,000)
Suzy: $13,400 + $13,000 = $26,400 (What is The Seven Year Itch?) (2nd place: $2,000)
Anneke: $16,800 + $10,001 = $26,801 (What is seven-year itch?) (3-day champion: $64,502)

Total Potential Lach Trash: $4,400

GAME DYNAMICS
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CORYAT SCORES
Anneke: $19,800, 24 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Suzy: $12,200, 17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Charlie: $8,400, 12 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Combined Coryat: $40,400

BATTING AVERAGES
Anneke: 25/59 = .424
Suzy: 18/59 = .305
Charlie: 13/59 = .220
Team: 56/63 = .889

MISCELLANEOUS INTERESTING CLUES
EXOTIC WILDLIFE $200: One happy girl on a Costa Rica expedition remarked that this animal "was a lot faster than I thought"

EXOTIC WILDLIFE $400: Seals, beware of orcas working together in this 3-letter group--the orcas' strategies can be most effective

EXOTIC WILDLIFE $600: Komodo dragons' tongues touch air, then touch chemoreceptors in the mouth as part of this smelling system

EXOTIC WILDLIFE $800: Polar bear cubs stay with Mom for two and a half years, ultimately going through this process of moving off her milk

CONNECTIQUETTE $800: New graduates from this New London academy give a silver dollar to the first person to salute them
(Anneke: What is West Point?)

EXOTIC WILDLIFE $1000: The calf of the Svalbard subspecies of this animal can be quite playful
(Alex: And before we move on, we do want to thank Lindblad Expeditions for providing us with all of the videos for that category.)

OLYMPIANS $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew poses in front of a map.) The origins of the signature move locals call "To Di World" by this gold-medal sprinter can be traced to his love of a Jamaican dance move popular in 2008

OLYMPIANS $600: Before being a foil in Italian politics, Valentina Vezzali used her foil to win several medals in this 7-letter event

WINDMILLS $600: Windmills are strongly identified with this country, whose artists have made them a favorite subject, as seen here

DRESSED ALIKE $800: Kate Middleton wore blue & green tartan back in 2012; so did she, for an official visit to Scotland in 2018
(Suzy: Who is Queen Elizabeth?)

DRESSED ALIKE $1600: Back in 2013 Victoria Beckham & this "fashionable" One Direction member wore the same Burberry button-down shirt
(Suzy: Who is Harry Style?)

THEY GOT THE MEMO $400: This U.S. president helped broker the 1998 Wye River memorandum between Israeli & Palestinian leaders
(Anneke: Who is... Carter?)

EURO COINS $2000: Vatican City has issued euro coins featuring these 2 popes, one Polish & one German
(Alex: Less than a minute now.)

IN THE CLOUD $1600: The cloud can house memories of treasured pets like the breed called the miniature this
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

CORRECT RESPONSES
a lab coat (or white coat)
Being and Nothingness
The Art of Love
The Merry Widow
fortitude
John Philip Sousa
Carrie Fisher
Austria-Hungary
seven year itch
a sloth
a pod
the olfactory system
weaning
the Coast Guard Academy
a caribou (or reindeer)
Usain Bolt
fencing
Netherlands
Meghan Markle
Harry Styles
Clinton
John Paul II and Benedict
the schnauzer
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FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
FAMILIAR PHRASES

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Originally a folk term for a chronic rash, this phrase got a new meaning as a title for a 1952 stage comedy & later a movie

Anneke Garcia: 16800+10001=26801 (3x = $64,502)
Charlie Jensen: 9000+8900=17900
Suzy Langevin: 13400+13000=26400

Correct response:
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seven year itch

Daily Doubles
Charlie: 1600+1000
Suzy: 4600+2000
Anneke: 9400-3000

Coryats
Anneke: 19800
Charlie: 8400
Suzy: 12200

Combined: 40,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round
Anneke: 5800
Charlie: 4600
Suzy: 5400
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It’s unusual when the challengers each go 2/2 on big clues while the champ goes 1/2 yet still prevails. Anneke is “The Closer” as she takes care of business to end the DJ! rounds.

FAMILIAR PHRASES looked like trouble as one of those word origin types that are not the best for me. The writers were kind to throw in a stage/movie portion which made the solve gettable for me. It’s the kind of clue where I may have been helped by watching the old episodes of What’s My Line? as both writer George Axelrod and actor Tom Ewell had appearances.

Alex’s opening was about the difference for a champ continuing through the week or coming back on a Monday. Anneke started off the new taping day well.
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MarkBarrett wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:25 am Alex’s opening was about the difference for a champ continuing through the week or coming back on a Monday. Anneke started off the new taping day well.
I was impressed by this question out of Alex today.
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OntarioQuizzer wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:30 am
MarkBarrett wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:25 am Alex’s opening was about the difference for a champ continuing through the week or coming back on a Monday. Anneke started off the new taping day well.
I was impressed by this question out of Alex today.
Andy, was today's show a fresh taping week or the second day of taping?

i.e. I wonder if these two challengers had the chance to watch any games from the audience?

if not, I call it a slight additional advantage to the returning champ. (yes they all got the buzzer practice and the gameplay walkthrough, but there's nothing quite like the real thing...)
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RobW wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 12:51 pm
OntarioQuizzer wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:30 am I was impressed by this question out of Alex today.
Andy, was today's show a fresh taping week or the second day of taping?

i.e. I wonder if these two challengers had the chance to watch any games from the audience?

if not, I call it a slight additional advantage to the returning champ. (yes they all got the buzzer practice and the gameplay walkthrough, but there's nothing quite like the real thing...)
It was a fresh week, but Charlie is from Los Angeles, so he'd have been an alternate before and would have been through it once already.

Of course, in spite of Charlie's extra studio time, Anneke outbuzzed him 25-11.
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Charlie seemed to bring his pornstache game. I approve.

Couldn't do "soledad" to "solitude" in Translation for $200. That whole category seemed extremely tough, since you had to YEKIOYD instead of going for cognates, since there WERE no cognates.

Ran "TY", though. I thank System of a Down for teaching me the word "toxicity".

"Wait, there's a smelling SYSTEM?... Oh, duh." Also couldn't get caribou.

Olympians and Memo were destined to be 0/5 for me.

"Birth of Venus" rings no bells for me.

Terms of Endurement went entirely over my head. "Grit" is a term of endurement?

Can't say I've heard of Joely Fisher or Connie Stevens, so the Carrie Fisher connection was lost on me. And apparently the contestants too.

Did they edit out an LTaM? It seems like there was an odd jump cut after the last Euro clue, and DJ! came up one clue short.

Had nothing on FJ! Rejected the correct response, as I couldn't figure out how it "had a new meaning" after the movie, which I have heard of.
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Argh. This was one of those instances where I was too preoccupied with something else while the episode was playing. And when it got to FJ, my attention only went back to the show right as the responses were being revealed. So because of that, I wasn't able to play today's. Not sure if I would have been able to come up with the right response either way.
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Is "Connectiquette" the longest single word to ever appear in a category title?

YOU, WHAT, DO YOU OWN THE WORLD? HOW DO YOU OWN DISORDER, DISORDER?

Svalbard has long been at the top of my list for "exotic places I'd like to work in sometime."

Really wish Alex had responded to "What is her horse?" with "Of course, of course."

"Grit" - Chuck Pagano, 2012-2017

My dad grew up next door to a man who had played in Sousa's band

I was this close to saying Petain because that would be so ironic, but I stuck with my gut.

Surprised "Benedict" didn't get a BMS, though I can see the argument why it wouldn't need it (there's only been one since the Euro has been A Thing)

Coryat: $41,000

J: 26R4P. Missed DD (didn't get lab coat because I was thinking in terms of academic regalia). 5/5 on Olympians, TY, Windmills, and Found in Translation. 3/5 on Wildlife and Connectiquette.

DJ: 24R4P1W. Got both DDs. 5/5 on Euro Coins, Terms of Endurement, Story of My Life, and They Got the Memo. 2/4 on In the Cloud. 2/5 on Dressed Alike (said "Melania Trump" instead of "Meghan Markle," and I'm still washing the taste of that name out of my mouth).

FJ: Popped into my head after a few seconds.

LT: Being and Nothingness, Art of Love, The Merry Widow, Carrie Fisher (how was that a triple-stumper?), A-H
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TenPoundHammer wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 7:28 pm Charlie seemed to bring his pornstache game. I approve.
He really should've shaved it for this appearance. Did he think we wouldn't notice?

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36 right.

Lach Trash: Carrie Fisher, John Philip Sousa

Instaget FJ.
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Couldn't think of the correct FJ response. Finally put down "What is Cat Scratch Fever" :lol:
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TenPoundHammer wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 7:28 pm "Grit" is a term of endurement?
True.
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TenPoundHammer wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 7:28 pm Couldn't do "soledad" to "solitude" in Translation for $200. That whole category seemed extremely tough, since you had to YEKIOYD instead of going for cognates, since there WERE no cognates.
Soledad is certainly a cognate for "solitude." (And Witwe for "widow.")
TenPoundHammer wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 7:28 pm "Birth of Venus" rings no bells for me.
"What's the matter? Ain't you never seen a naked chick ridin' a clam before?"
TenPoundHammer wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 7:28 pm Had nothing on FJ! Rejected the correct response, as I couldn't figure out how it "had a new meaning" after the movie, which I have heard of.
Nowadays the phrase refers to the idea that someone in a marriage gets restless after seven years. (I'll spare everyone the fruitless lecture of how one should always give a response if they come up with anything at all for FJ and DDs.)
Euphonium wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 8:00 pm Is "Connectiquette" the longest single word to ever appear in a category title?
I would bet not. At best it's tied with TRANSPORTATION.
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seaborgium wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:49 pm I would bet not. At best it's tied with TRANSPORTATION.
And JEOPORMANTEAU (they've used PORTMANTEAUS and JEOPORTMANTEAU!, but could have broken the tie if they had used JEOPORTMANTEAUS)
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instaget final jeopardy...though didn't know it was a play
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seaborgium wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:49 pm
Euphonium wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 8:00 pm Is "Connectiquette" the longest single word to ever appear in a category title?
I would bet not. At best it's tied with TRANSPORTATION.
The longest words to appear in a category name are probably TELECOMMUNICATIONS and INTERNATIONALITIES, with 18 letters each. Other lengthy portmanteaus that have been used include SHAKESPEARIENCED, VISUALLITERATION, APOCALYTERATURE, and INITIALITERATURE.
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cheezguyty wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:32 pm
seaborgium wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:49 pm
Euphonium wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 8:00 pm Is "Connectiquette" the longest single word to ever appear in a category title?
I would bet not. At best it's tied with TRANSPORTATION.
The longest words to appear in a category name are probably TELECOMMUNICATIONS and INTERNATIONALITIES, with 18 letters each. Other lengthy portmanteaus that have been used include SHAKESPEARIENCED, VISUALLITERATION, APOCALYTERATURE, and INITIALITERATURE.
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Anneke got some hard ones to surge to the lead at the end.

FJ was pretty easy, but I didn't register the movie/play until most the way through it. Now I can see the Marilyn Monroe(?) movie poster in my mind for Seven Year Itch. Sounds like Alex needs some anti-fungals or steroid creams for those several that he's had.

I thought the book translations were pretty difficult - the titles weren't quite Pavlovs (maybe Dostoevsky was), and the words pretty obscure.

I had a very close call but was able to pause the DVD and time jump the K*****hian clue to keep my virginity about knowing anything about the family tree. Boardies - please spoiler any talk about the family who shall not be named and then spoiler the spoiler. And write it in Icelandic, just in case - maybe pig-latinized Icelandic? :lol:

I am prepared for pornstaches to return and will not be a curmudgeon. But I'll be glad when the current facial hair fad goes out of fashion, not for the looks, but just because I have disdain for the religions that impose beards and veils and head coverings. If your teachings are so damn good, why all the fashion and dietary rules? No offense intended to any devotees here or anywhere else but these restrictions are not entirely voluntary in many parts of the world to many many people, especially the females.
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