A handful of recent Coryats to get us started:
originally 12-18-08: 17400 (23800 without negs). I recognized this champ immediately – he was on the champions panel the first year of the unofficial Jeopardy! reunion. I didn’t know his name, and had to ask a couple people.
originally 12-19-08: 24200 (29200 without negs)
originally 12-22-08: 21200 (24800 without negs)
originally 12-23-08: 17400 (21200 without negs)
Now for the Summer Hiatus Challenge. In order from best to worst this round, among people I’m watching (and among them, people who played. There seem to be fewer and fewer.):
Andy
Vito Cortese (For some reason, he’s not credited with a perfect score. I don’t see anything wrong with his responses.)
Alison Stone Roberg
Julie Bratvold Ghanbari and me (tied, and in fact we answered and clammed the same ones)
Ryan Chaffee
Stefan Goodreau
Joon Pahk
Robert
And the clues. Sixteen people got perfect scores:
IT’S A GAS!
2: The Hindenberg airship was not filled with helium, but this other lightweight gas. Vito, Stefan, Robert, Ryan, Joon, Alison, Jeanie, Julie, Andy
4: Hank Hill (of TV’s “King of the Hill”) might know that C3H8 is the chemical formula of this gas. Vito, Stefan, Robert, Ryan, Joon, Alison, Jeanie, Julie, Andy
6: Mix vinegar and baking soda, and you’ll immediately see the formation of this gas. Vito, Stefan, Robert, Ryan, Joon, Alison, Jeanie, Julie, Andy
8: The name of this noble gas comes from a Greek word meaning “foreign” or “strange.” Vito, Stefan, Robert, Ryan, Joon, Alison, Jeanie, Julie, Andy
10: Two-word phrase describing a lachrymator like pepper spray designed to instigate production of a particular bodily fluid. Vito, Stefan, Robert, Ryan, Joon, Alison, Jeanie, Julie, Andy
“Pick” Me
3: Mary and Douglas, the first “first couple” of Hollywood, combined their surnames and called their estate this. Vito, Stefan, Robert, Ryan, Joon, Alison, Jeanie, Julie, Andy
6: Charles Dickens first novel was based upon the posthumous papers of this club. Vito, Stefan, Robert, Ryan, Joon, Alison, Jeanie, Julie, Andy
9: At Gettysburg, his charge on Cemetery Ridge has become the military epitome of disastrous defeat. Vito, Stefan, Robert, Ryan, Joon, Alison, Jeanie, Julie, Andy
12: This American Idol alum reached the Billboard Top 10 for the first time with “Best Days of Your Life,” co-written by Taylor Swift. Vito, Stefan, Robert, Ryan, Joon, Alison, Jeanie, Julie, Andy
15: “Redfin” and “Grass” are the two American sub-species of this fresh-water fish. Vito, Stefan, Robert, Ryan, Joon, Alison, Jeanie, Julie, Andy