Ahoy! Andy here with a recap from Tuesday’s game!
Today’s players:
J! Round categories:
2 TERMS MAKE A NEW BAND NAME
POLITICS
SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS
GOOD TRY!
FATHERLY NICKNAMES
CONSONANT-FREE STATE CAPITALS
Some funny tricks by our writers in STATE CAPITALS: The first four clues made reference to “Nowhere near Hawaii”; $1,000 was OOUU!
Maire actually got off to the best start; at the first break, the scores were:
Maire $4,000
Justin $1,800
Campbell $1,400
Maire is an “adventure specialist”, planning trips on all seven continents! Meanwhile, Justin once worked under Richard Cordray in Ohio state government!
Coming out of the break, Campbell managed to find buzzer timing and jumped into the lead!
GOOD TRY! was a sports category! I’ll recap all of the clues here:
$200: This school needed a lot more than the luck of the Irish taking on Alabama in the BCS Title Game in 2013, falling 42-14
$400: After beating the U.S. hockey team 10-3 on Feb. 9, 1980, the squad from this nation lost 4-3 in the Feb. 22 Olympic rematch
$600: In 2013 Colin Kaepernick got this team to the 5 with under 2 minutes left but couldn’t score the Super Bowl-winning TD
$800: In 2014 a rain delay replay of the 2013 race led many to think this alliterative driver won at Daytona again; he was 5th
$1000: In 1969 the Jets & Mets each upset teams from this city to win their respective championships
FATHERLY NICKNAMES $800 had the Daily Double; it was Maire’s to play! Scores at this point:
Campbell $6,600
Maire $4,800
Justin $3,000
Maire bet $2,000. Her clue: This merchant known as the “Father of the Dime Store” opened his first store in 1879 after borrowing $300. Her correct response put her at $6,800! Scores after 30:
Maire $6,800
Campbell $6,600
Justin $4,000
DJ! round categories:
LITERARY CLERGYMEN
SOME “BUT”s ABOUT IT
LOOKING FOR LOVE ON REALITY TV
OH, LOOK AT THE TIME
HERE’S YOUR HAT
MUST YOU BE GOING?
SOME “BUT”s ABOUT IT $1600 had the Daily Double. Campbell got to play it. Scores:
Campbell $8,600
Maire $7,200
Justin $4,400
Campbell bet $1,400. His clue: In traditional debate, each side makes both a constructive speech & this kind of speech His correct response put him at $10,000! I feel as though he could have bet more, though!
Shortly thereafter, Maire went hunting for the Daily Double, finding it under LITERARY CLERGYMEN $800! Scores:
Campbell $12,000
Maire $9,200
Justin $4,800
Maire bet $3,000. Her clue: Father Lankester Merrin is this title character of a 1971 William Peter Blatty book. Maire couldn’t come up with an answer and fell to $6,200.
Campbell spend much of the time at or around twice Maire’s score over the rest of the round! A few Triple Stumpers over the last couple of clues actually kept Campbell at exactly twice Maire’s score! Scores going into Final:
Campbell $22,000
Maire $11,000
Justin $6,800
FJ! category: SCIENCE WORDS
FJ! clue: Appropriately, this word from Latin for “unfold” isn’t in the 1st edition in “Origin of Species” but does appear in later editions
Justin 6800 + 0 = 6800
Maire 11000 + 2601 = 13601
Campbell 22000 + 0 = 22000
I facepalmed.
My father facepalmed.
I’m sure my brother will facepalm when he watches the episode.
Heck, I got a text from Jeanie which read: “I bet even the contestant coordinators did a facepalm”.
The only person who I didn’t see facepalm? Keith. But I found his response quite amusing as well! Here’s a hint: Campbell did what he was supposed to. Maire did not. Campbell is the sole champion, and he’ll be back tomorrow.
Maire’s mistake? Well, it cost her $20,000 today. And based on the calculations I ran last season with Nick Condon, it cost her, on average, an extra $20,000 in potential future winnings.