Recent Coryats:
originally 10-31-05: 9800
(It of course should’ve been higher, but the last time I played, only in August, my score was 6800!)
2-28-12: 29600
originally 11-1-05: 23800 (The last time I played, my Coryat was 23000. Phew! :-))
2-29-12: 16200
originally 11-2-05: 15800 (Last time: 15600!! And I notice Maria’s Coryat was 15800.)
This segue could not have been easier: The link “Last time” above goes to the blog entry where I’d found a Nebraska middle school for David Madden‘s National History Bee. Due to a misunderstanding, that school is not hosting the bee in Nebraska. However, Westside Middle School in Omaha is hosting the bee, and I will be there! (Edit 3-4: David’s gonna be there, too!) It’s Monday, March 12th, and I can’t wait.
And speaking of David, if you love Jeopardy!, this will get your heart racing: a picture of the winning team at O’Brien’s Pub Quiz last night. (Remember I went there when I taped Jeopardy! in December.) David was there last night!!! Look who all was on this team. It could not have been a fair fight! I just love this picture, tweeted by O’Brien’s. It makes my day!
Onto today’s Jeopardy!:
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| Patrick Morrison |
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| Andrew Knebel |
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| Susannah Rosenblatt |
Patrick was a two-time champ coming into today. The day before yesterday, another Patrick, Quinn, won the Teachers Tournament.
I was off to a hot start today, sweeping Oscar-Winning Co-Stars, where the contestants started. I went on to get 13/15 before the first break, getting the last two before the break wrong in American “H”istory (actually clamming on the first and negging on the second). Here they are:
- “One third of the British forces in America during the Revolutionary War were actually these mercenaries.”
- “In 1945 this recently retired Secretary of State was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for helping establish the U.N.” (I’d never heard of this guy!)
I was mildly annoyed when Patrick jumped to Canals from Similar-Sounding Words, then was similarly annoyed when the canals were not the anatomical kind. Patrick then jumped from that category to American “H”istory just as I thought I was running out of canals I could readily come up with. It could or could not have been a mistake for Patrick to leave Canals, as the Daily Double was eventually found there by Andrew. It was the first clue after the first break. Andrew had 1600, Patrick had 3800, and Susannah had 2400. Andrew wagered just 800 on this clue: “Although very short, this Russian city’s Winter Canal is spanned by 3 bridges, including the Hermitage Bridge.” I said the wrong answer aloud even though I was saying the right answer in my head. (I can’t really explain it except I think the right one just came to me too late.) Andrew got it right.
This one in Canals had “neg” written all over it for me, so I didn’t touch it: “The Soo Canals at the twin cities of Sault Ste. Marie in Michigan and Ontario allowed ships to pass between these two Great Lakes.”
This one belonged in Stupid Answers, but was in Carpentry & Construction: “This rod that can be used in making a towel rack rhymes with ‘towel.'”
I took a wild stab and hit the mark on this one in Similar-Sounding Words: “Ingenious means clever; this similar-sounding word means innocent or naive.”
I fell for the same trap as Patrick on this clue in Carpentry & Construction: “This elevated walkway around a building site shares its name with where models strut their stuff.”
At the end of the round, Patrick and Susannah each had 4600 and Andrew had 6000.
Once again in the Double Jeopardy round, Patrick got burned by leaving a category right before the Daily Double was to be found there. He left In the Bookstore after this 400 clue was a triple-stumper (I stared at it, too.): “Recruited to a new organization, this agent is back in a post-9/11 world in Deaver, Jeffery Deaver’s ‘Carte Blanche.'” I didn’t notice til now the hint in the wording of the clue. Mr. Trebek didn’t say it the way the man in the correct response does. Susannah found the Daily Double this time, the next clue down. She had 5400 while Patrick had 5000 and Andrew had 6400. She wagered 1800 on this softball: “Chapter 1 of this Laura Hillenbrand bestseller is titled ‘The Day of the Horse is Past.'”
I thought I was gonna sweep Getting Animated before staring at this one for 2000: “Bender the Robot, on this show: ‘Blackmail is such an ugly word. I prefer ‘extortion’ — The ‘x’ makes it sound cool.'”
I thought this one belonged in Stupid Answers, too, but it was in Hey, Martha: “Stars like Bogie, seen here at a House Un-American Activities Committee hearing, were among Martha Holmes’ subjects in 35 years snapping for this magazine.”
The final Daily Double was to be found in Dinosaurs. Patrick found it this time. He led with 17800 while Susannah had 12400 and Andrew had 8400. Patrick wagered just 1800 on this one: “This plated beast whose name is from the Greek for ‘roof lizard’ roamed what’s now Dinosaur National Monument.” He and I got it right.
At the end of the round, Susannah and Andrew were tied at 14400 while Patrick had 19600. It makes for interesting wagering possibilities! What would you have done? Without consulting the message boards or the archive (except to put those links here!), if I were Susannah or Patrick I’d wager expecting Patrick to wager 9201 (enough to cover them both if he’s right), and I would wager as if he and I were going to get it wrong, not because I expect to but because then I wouldn’t wind up with 0 if I was. In other words, 4000. I think the boards will say that Andrew and Susannah should both wager it all, and Patrick should wager to 9201. (And I promise not to change that part once I have read the boards!)
The Final Jeopardy category was Scientists. This was the clue: “In 1711 Newton led the Royal Society in London & his greatest rival led the Academy of Sciences in this capital city.” There wasn’t anything in the clue for me to grab on to, so I guessed what Andrew and Susannah did, and was wrong. Andrew lost 6000, and Susannah lost 4600. I wonder what their rationales were. And for that matter, Patrick’s – he got it right, and it’s a good thing – he wagered 10000 and would’ve lost the game if he’d been wrong. So we’ll see Patrick tomorrow! My Coryat today was 31200.