Andy here with another recap!
First up: I heard at about 2:00 yesterday afternoon that invitations for Detroit went out. At this point, I appear to have not been a lucky recipient of one. I swear, for 2015 I am going to pick a place that doesn’t seem to have as many auditioners. However, in good news for the Saunders clan, my brother was one of the lucky recipients of a callback. Congratulations to him!
Onto the show!
Today’s contestants:
J! Round categories:
TEDTalks
QUICK LIT
RHYME PAYS
THEIR FIRST SOLO ALBUM
THE FRENCH
A FUNNY RACE
“We’re finding it way too early”, Alex said as Nick uncovered the Daily Double on the game’s second clue, THE FRENCH $400. Nick had $200. He bet $200. Last name of brothers Andre & Edouard, who noted that with arms, a pile of tires “would make a man”. Nick left $800 on the table. His score went to $400.
At the end of 15 clues, the scores were at:
Nick $3,800
Gordon $1,200
Nora $200
Gordon is a competitive amateur squash player! Nora, a diving instructor, feels Hawaii has the best diving in the world!
TEDTalks was a good category; it included videos of many famous people doing TED talks. At the end of 30, scores were:
Nick $8,600
Nora $1,400
Gordon -$200
DJ! round categories:
THE OLD TESTAMENT
STATE SONGS
CELEBRITY RELATIVES
POTTERY
PARTY ON!
THE “BLACK”LIST
STATE SONGS $800 had the first Daily Double; it was Nick’s to play! He had a big chance to really put the game out of reach, especially on a second-level clue! Scores:
Nick $12,600
Nora $3,800
Gordon $1,000
Nick bet $3,000. His clue: 2 college students wrote its state song which ends “Hailing thee their northern star”. A correct response put him at $15,600!
THE OLD TESTAMENT $2000 had the final Daily Double. Gordon had taken a shot at $1600; good on him for doing so out of 3rd! I really like how he’s played the game! This one was Nora’s to play, though! Scores:
Nick $16,400
Nora $6,200
Gordon $5,000
Nora shrugged and bet everything! Good for her! Her clue: In 1 Kings 20 this king has a whale of a time defeating the Damascenes. Nora went for Jonah (as I bet half of America did), and fell to $0. Good on her for taking a shot, though!
Meanwhile, Gordon picked up some $2,000 clues to break Nick’s lock, and sadly Nora was unable to get money to play Final Jeopardy!. I tip my cap to her, though! She played the game the right way today!
Scores going into Final:
Nick $16,800
Gordon $10,200
Nora -$2,000
FJ! category: BRITISH AUTHORS
FJ! clue: The author of more than 50 books, he won 6 Hugo awards & was nominated for a 1968 Oscar
Gordon 10200 + 10200 = 20400
Nick 16800 + 3601 = 20401
Nick is our new champion; he’ll be back tomorrow!