Andy here with a recap of Monday’s game! It’s been awhile…
For those of your who wished Jason Keller had competed in the Battle of the Decades and were wondering what he’d been up to, he was a featured Success Story at Weight Watchers’ website this week!
This week’s contestants:
Monique Aldred – San Diego, CA (KNSD)
Rebecca Baird – Thousand Oaks, CA (KABC)
Sandie Baker – Eastpointe, MI (WDIV)
Jessica Guard – New York, NY (WABC)
Ed Hagar – Mobile, AL (WALA)
Jonathan Kuehnle – Springfield, OH (WDTN)
Bruce Leaman – Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada (CHCH)
Michelle Leppert – Danvers, MA (WBZ)
Amy Nienaber – Bettendorf, IA (KWQC)
Derrick Shivar – Baltimore, MD (WBFF)
Annalisa Srivatsan – Carlsbad, CA (KNSD)
Today’s players:
Will Amy win her third game today and make our ToC list?
J! round categories:
ICE CREAM PARLOR WORDS
INNOVATION
AUTHORS’ PLOTS
GUITARS
TV HOSTS BY INITIALS
THE USS OLYMPIA
AUTHOR’S PLOTS was about the final resting places of authors, and the bottom of it held the Daily Double! It was Michelle’s to play on the game’s 5th clue, and we had scores of:
Michelle $800
Amy $600
Jonathan $0
Michelle bet $1000. Her clue: The monument for his grave in Elmira, New York is 2 fathoms tall. Michelle went for Washington Irving, but the correct answer made a lot of sense (as they usually do!). Her score went to -$200.
By the first break, we also made it through INNOVATION and four clues in GUITARS. Scores:
Amy $2,600
Michelle $800
Jonathan $400
Jonathan is completely colourblind! He can only see black, white, and shades of grey! I hope there are no clues tonight that require the use of colour!
Back to the game, Amy did well in TV HOSTS BY INITIALS; the USS Olympia was a Clue Crew category! We got through only 3 of those clues!
Scores after the J! round:
Amy $6,000
Michelle $2,600
Jonathan $1,400
DJ! round categories:
BORN TO BE WILD
“COM” TO ME
QUOTABLE QUOTES
ON THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE DANUBE
A LEAGUE
OF THERON
The bottom clue of QUOTABLE QUOTES had the Daily Double, and Michelle just took the lead away from Amy before finding it! Scores:
Michelle $8,600
Amy $7,600
Jonathan $3,800
Michelle bet $3,000. Her clue: Year in which a U.S. President remarked, “This is the greatest week in the history of the world since the creation”. Michelle went for 1946 and fell to $5,600.
BORN TO BE WILD was an all-video category which did not contain a Daily Double! Instead, it was under ON THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE DANUBE $1600! This was Jonathan’s to play, with scores at:
Amy $11,600
Jonathan $10,200
Michelle $8,400
There are $7,200 in clues left on the board. An interesting bet here would be $8,500 from Jonathan. If he gets it right he can sit on his buzzer and be guaranteed the lead going into Final! He chose just $2,000. His clue: It’s the only country through whose territory the Danube flows that used to be part of the USSR. Alex told Jonathan that he was correct about as slowly as Jonathan gave his answer, but they all count the same! Jonathan goes to $12,200.
The game came down to the final $800 clue, and any of the three people could have had the lead! Amy got it to pull into the lead! Scores going into Final:
Amy $12,800
Michelle $12,400
Jonathan $12,200
FJ! category: FOOD & DRINK
FJ! clue: The corporate website for this product says it leaves its container at .028 miles per hour
Jonathan 12200 + 12000 = 24200
Michelle 12400 + 12300 = 24700
Amy 12800 – 12200 = 600
Michelle Leppert is the new champion! She’ll be back tomorrow to defend! U’m disappointed Amy lost; I enjoyed watching her play!