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Monday, April 1, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

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Game Recap for Show #7961, 2019-04-01

CONTESTANTS
Reid Setzer, a public policy director from Washington, D.C.
Roberta Chapman, a tour guide from Alexandria, Virginia
Steven Grade, a sports industry consultant from Atlanta, Georgia (whose 3-day cash winnings total $64,200)

OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, Johnny. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. What a well-coached audience. Good to have you joining us today at the start of a week on Jeopardy!. You're about to be entertained by a very bright young champion in Steven and two talented challengers in Reid and Roberta. Welcome. Good luck. Let's go to work.

JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
AN APRIL TO REMEMBER (4/5)
TV FUNNY BUSINESS (4/5)
THE WORLD OF MONEY (5/5, including 1 correct Daily Double)
CROSSWORD CLUES "Y" (4/5)
AROUND THE BODY (4/4)
IN PRISON (5/5)

THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Steven: 13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Reid: 9 R, 1 W
Roberta: 4 R (including 1 rebound), 0 W

Clues revealed: 29
Triple Stumpers: 3
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $2,400



SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
Reid: $2,600
Roberta: $1,200
Steven: $1,000

CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS



Alex: Reid Setzer is from Washington, D.C., and yet you spent some time interning at the British Parliament?

Reid: I did. I worked for London city government when I studied abroad and spent a week there in a room they told me was 800 years old.

Alex: Wow.

Reid: Yeah.

Alex: Good experience for you?

Reid: It was great experience. They actually told me where I worked was where Charles I's death warrant was signed.

Alex: Oh. Oh, okay.

Reid: Yeah.




Alex: Roberta Chapman is a tour guide. Where?

Roberta: At the U.S. Capitol Building.

Alex: Aha!

Roberta: Mm-hm.

Alex: What's the most difficult thing you have to contend with at the Capitol?

Roberta: Probably diplomatically answering all the questions.

[Laughter]

Alex: What's the silliest question you've ever been asked?

Roberta: Where does the president sleep?

Alex: In the Capitol Building.

Roberta: Indeed.

Alex: Really, somebody asked you.

Roberta: More than one somebody.

Alex: Was it an American, or was it a foreigner?

Roberta: I probably shouldn't say.

[Laughter]

Alex: Right.




Alex: Steven Grade is our champion. What is this about your wife getting you to do something at conventions?

Steven: She has gotten me into cosplay lately. There's a big science fiction and fantasy convention in Atlanta called Dragon Con each year. She likes to go dressed up as her favorite characters, and she's gotten me into it the past couple years.

Alex: Who's her favorite character?

Steven: Probably Amy Pond from Doctor Who, which is why she gets me to dress up as a Roman centurion on Labor Day in Atlanta.

[Laughter]

JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Steven found the Daily Double on the 24th clue. Steven had $1,400, Roberta had $1,800, and Reid was at $4,800. Steven made it a True Daily Double, wagering $1,400.

THE WORLD OF MONEY $600: In an effort to diversity its portfolio, Canada sold most of this, becoming the only G7 member with less than 100 tons
(Alex: We have less than a minute to go in the round.)

TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
TV FUNNY BUSINESS $400: Amy Schumer & Gabriel Iglesias are alumni of this NBC competition show
(Reid: What is America's Next Top Comic?)

CROSSWORD CLUES "Y" $1000: Brute in "Gulliver's Travels"
(5)

AN APRIL TO REMEMBER $1000: On April 15, 1974, as everyone else paid taxes, this radical "Army", the S.L.A., was robbing a bank of $11,000
(Steven: What is the Symbonese Liberation Army?)

SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
Steven: $6,000
Reid: $4,800
Roberta: $2,200
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
THEY TURNED MY BOOK INTO A MOVIE (5/5) (Alex: You identify the author of each book for us.)
CLOTHING (4/5, including 1 missed Daily Double)
DUEL PERSONALITIES (5/5)
MOROCCO (5/5, including 1 correct Daily Double)
MISCELLANY (5/5)
MULTILINGUAL OVERLAPS (5/5) (Alex: Let me give you an example. "French hello and an English diary". The correct response would be, "What is a bonjournal?")

THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
Reid: 17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Steven: 11 R (including 1 rebound), 0 W
Roberta: 1 R, 1 W

Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 0
Double Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $0



FIRST DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
Reid snagged the next Daily Double on the 19th clue. Steven had $12,800, Roberta had $1,400, and Reid was at $15,200. Reid wagered $2,600.

MOROCCO $1200: 1963's "Sand War" against this eastern neighbor changed little geographically but did lead to lingering tension

SECOND DOUBLE JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
It was Reid who snatched up the last Daily Double of the game on the 28th clue. Steven had $15,600, Roberta had $3,000, and Reid was at $25,400. Reid wagered $4,000.

CLOTHING $2000: Among the Ndebele of South Africa, a jocolo is an apron worn starting with this occasion
(Reid: What is birth?)

SCORES ENTERING FINAL JEOPARDY!
Reid: $23,000
Steven: $17,600
Roberta: $3,000

FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

VENUSIAN MONOLOGUES/MARTIAN CHRONICLES
Three-quarters for first place. Shore's Conjecture.
Reid: Wager $12,201 to cover Steven, but no more than $16,999 so as not to fall behind Roberta's doubled score. If you're a fan of shoretegic wagering, you might risk $6,201.
Steven: You ought to wager between $5,401 (venusian) and $6,800 (martian), thereby safely covering a $0 bet by Reid.
Roberta: Too bad for you, Roberta, your score is less than Reid's score minus Steven's score. Unless they both commit an egregious wagering error, you've no hope of moving into first place. Wager as much as you desire, but remember, you'll have better chances of advancing to second place if you have a larger sum left over on a Triple Stumper.

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In a 1947 collection he solved 12 mysteries, including "The Cretan Bull" & "The Girdle of Hyppolita"

FINAL SCORES
Roberta: $3,000 - $2,995 = $5 (Who is ?) (3rd place: $1,000)
Steven: $17,600 + $6,500 = $24,100 (Who is Poirot?) (4-day champion: $88,300)
Reid: $23,000 - $12,201 = $10,799 (Who is Sherlock Holmes?) (2nd place: $2,000)
(Alex: [To Steven] The Labours of Hercules, or Hercule.)

Total Potential Lach Trash: $2,400

GAME DYNAMICS
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CORYAT SCORES
Reid: $25,600, 26 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Steven: $16,800, 24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Roberta: $3,000, 5 R, 1 W
Combined Coryat: $45,400

BATTING AVERAGES
Reid: 26/60 = .433
Steven: 25/59 = .424
Roberta: 5/58 = .086
Team: 56/63 = .889

MISCELLANEOUS INTERESTING CLUES
TV FUNNY BUSINESS $1000: "Dis" Matt Groening show on Netflix deals with a princess named Bean & her elf & demon pals
(Steven: What is Disenchanted?)

AROUND THE BODY $800: Helping you to get off your butt or to climb the stairs is this large muscle whose name means "largest butt"
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

DUEL PERSONALITIES $2000: Henry Clay challenged John Randolph to a duel even though Randolph's insult was made in this protected place
(Alex: It was in the Senate.)

MISCELLANY $800: Mercury & aneroid are the 2 main types of this meteorological instrument
(Roberta: What is a thermometer?)

MOROCCO $1600: Ranges spanning Morocco include the Rif Mountains in its north & these mountains toward the south

CLOTHING $1200: The name of this traditional women's dress is from Sanskrit from garment

MULTILINGUAL OVERLAPS $2000: A combination Swedish buffet/Italian brothel
(Alex: It conjures up images, doesn't it?)
(Steven: My kind of place.)

CORRECT RESPONSES
gold
Last Comic Standing
a Yahoo
the Symbionese Liberation Army
Algeria
marriage
Hercule Poirot
Disenchantment
the gluteus maximus
Congress
a barometer
the Atlas Mountains
a sari
smorgasbordello
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FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In a 1947 collection he solved 12 mysteries, including “The Cretan Bull” & “The Girdle of Hyppolita”

Steven Grade: 17600+6500=24100 (4x = $88,300)
Roberta Chapman: 3000-2995=5
Reid Setzer: 23000-12201=10799

Correct response:
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Hercule Poirot (Roberta – Who is?) (Reid – Sherlock Holmes)

Daily Doubles
Steven: 1400+1400
Reid: 15200+2600
Reid: 25400-4000

Coryats
Steven: 16800
Roberta: 3000
Reid: 25600

Combined: 45,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round
Steven: 6000
Roberta: 2200
Reid: 4800
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CROSSWORD CLUES "Y" had a surprising stumper when no one knew the (5) for brute in Gulliver's Travels.

Steven had a couple of close/no cigar misses for "Dis" on Netflix and the SLA. It worked out in the end although what he really needed was for Reid to solve DD3. If Reid had a bigger lead then Steven could have won over 30K to have a much better position on the tracker. As is today's win is meaningless for S36 play without another win.

The FJ! clue had me working all over the place. I immediately recognized the labors, but in my head I was saying Hercules with 3 syllables. Having no character in mind with that name I thought I was going to have to guess. I went from Charlie Chan to Sam Spade to Encyclopedia Brown to the Hardy Boys.

It was not until I pictured the name Hercules with the letters themselves instead of saying it that I realized the name to write. Steven did the right thing in only writing the last name as why give the judges any trouble by adding an S to the first name.

Reid's path to victory was at DD2 although in a 15200 to 12800 game does anyone really expect him to go all in on MOROCCO? Naturally the clue turned out to be basic neighbor geography.
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I got to Hercules and stopped, golldarnit.
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This game is a draw for the Weak Form of Shore’s Conjecture. The second-place player bet “small.” —Bob
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The “12 labors” angle never occurred to me until Alex mentioned it. But it was an instaget because I remembered reading “The Cretan Bull” when I was going through my Hercule Poirot phase.
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Instaget FJ for me. I've read the collection in question as well as all the Poirot novels.

I was disappointed by how easy they made the "They Adapted My Book." All of those were airport novels.

Steven may regret saying the Smorgasbordello was his kind of place, considering we know he is married.
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cinemaniax7 wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2019 7:39 pm The “12 labors” angle never occurred to me until Alex mentioned it. But it was an instaget because I remembered reading “The Cretan Bull” when I was going through my Hercule Poirot phase.
That's what makes Jeopardy! so great! I had Poirot based on "mysteries" and the date - kept looking for the TOM

Morocco DD: Go big!! Clothing DD: Go small!! (I also said birth - evil clue!)

I'll send a signed clown marathon photo to anyone who can find a photo of Steven in his Roman centaurion cosplay costume (in Atlanta on Labor Day) :lol:
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Archivists wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2019 7:01 am CORYAT SCORES
Reid: $25,600, 26 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Steven: $16,800, 24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Roberta: $3,000, 5 R, 1 W
Combined Coryat: $45,400
Roberta only got to respond to 6 clues? Ouch. Alex said she had a rough time with the "signaling device." I love this show, but they need to come up with a better name for that thing. How about The Signalizer? Can we get that trending on Twitter??

Also surprised she had no guess at all on Final ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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morbeedo wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:06 pm
Archivists wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2019 7:01 am CORYAT SCORES
Reid: $25,600, 26 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Steven: $16,800, 24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Roberta: $3,000, 5 R, 1 W
Combined Coryat: $45,400
Roberta only got to respond to 6 clues? Ouch. Alex said she had a rough time with the "signaling device." I love this show, but they need to come up with a better name for that thing. How about The Signalizer? Can we get that trending on Twitter??
how about a buzzer? yeah you don't hear it, but it is still what it is
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CasketRomance wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:08 pm
morbeedo wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:06 pm
Archivists wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2019 7:01 am CORYAT SCORES
Reid: $25,600, 26 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Steven: $16,800, 24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Roberta: $3,000, 5 R, 1 W
Combined Coryat: $45,400
Roberta only got to respond to 6 clues? Ouch. Alex said she had a rough time with the "signaling device." I love this show, but they need to come up with a better name for that thing. How about The Signalizer? Can we get that trending on Twitter??
how about a buzzer? yeah you don't hear it, but it is still what it is
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MinnesotaMyron wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2019 3:01 pm I got to Hercules and stopped, golldarnit.
Yeah, that :x
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morbeedo wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:18 pm
CasketRomance wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:08 pm
morbeedo wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:06 pm
Archivists wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2019 7:01 am CORYAT SCORES
Reid: $25,600, 26 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Steven: $16,800, 24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Roberta: $3,000, 5 R, 1 W
Combined Coryat: $45,400
Roberta only got to respond to 6 clues? Ouch. Alex said she had a rough time with the "signaling device." I love this show, but they need to come up with a better name for that thing. How about The Signalizer? Can we get that trending on Twitter??
how about a buzzer? yeah you don't hear it, but it is still what it is
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never in a million years would I have had that final. The only Greek connection to a detective I could make was Kojak
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morbeedo wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:41 pm Morocco DD: Go big!! Clothing DD: Go small!! (I also said birth - evil clue!)
An article of clothing that's "worn starting with this occasion" must be associated with some rite of passage, I thought. Birth doesn't really make sense because it's not like pre-birth togs are in heavy supply. In the absence of a single word meaning "becoming a (wo)man" I chose marriage with little confidence.


I don't think I could have come up with anyone other than Poirot as a mid-1900s mystery solver (those hard-boiled American detective stories just don't spring to my mind very easily), but the 12 and the two titles with Greek references certainly erased any minute possibility I had of thinking of a non-Hercule response.
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Not accepting the mispronunciation of Symbionese Liberation Army seemed overly harsh. Don't they usually accept mispronunciations if one could reasonably pronounce the word the way it's spelled? That looks like it could reasonably be pronounced with three syllables.
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seaborgium wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:58 pmI don't think I could have come up with anyone other than Poirot as a mid-1900s mystery solver (those hard-boiled American detective stories just don't spring to my mind very easily), but the 12 and the two titles with Greek references certainly erased any minute possibility I had of thinking of a non-Hercule response.
My problem at first was coming up with far too many possibilities, not having caught the labors of Hercules TOM. Before I read the clue a second time and recognized the title I was familiar with, I was busy running through a list of mid-20th century detectives: Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, Ellery Queen, Mike Hammer, Nero Wolfe, Lord Peter Wimsey...
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Vowela wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2019 11:14 pm Not accepting the mispronunciation of Symbionese Liberation Army seemed overly harsh. Don't they usually accept mispronunciations if one could reasonably pronounce the word the way it's spelled? That looks like it could reasonably be pronounced with three syllables.
Only if the 3 syllables were pronounced "SIM-bya-NEEZ." Steven dropped the letter "i" along with its syllable, and the ruling shouldn't be controversial.

I thought the FJ clue was elegantly constructed.
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Coryat: 43,400
52 R/2 W
DD: 3/3
FJ: :mrgreen:
LT: Last Comic Standing, yahoo, Symbionese Liberation Army, marriage (DD)

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That shank clue was a bit dark.

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