This is Season 1, Episode 12 of Sports Jeopardy!
You can watch this game on Crackle!
Today’s contestants:
Terrence Jordan, a small business owner from Raleigh, NC |
Rick Washington, a physician from Marietta, GA |
Sean Abate, a baseball pitcher and actuary from Playa Vista, CA |
This was definitely a game of two halves. Over the first 31 clues, Terrence picked up 16 of them without a neg. From the second Double to the end of the game, he went 2-for-7.
Final Jeopardy! category: THE NBA FINALS
Final Jeopardy! clue: 2014’s rematch between the Spurs & the Heat was the first back-to-back rematch since these 2 teams in the ’90s
Who are the Chicago Bulls and the Utah Jazz?
Scores going into Final:
Terrence 4,000
Sean 4,000
Rick 3,750
Final Results:
Rick 3,750 + 3,750 = 7,500
Terrence 4,000 + 4,000 = 8,000
Sean 4,000 + 4,000 = 8,000
Tiebreaker category: MEMORABILIA
Tiebreaker clue: Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick paid $2.8 million in 2007 for this player’s baseball card
Terrence: Who is Honus Wagner?
Scores after the Jeopardy! round:
Terrence 8,500
Sean 3,000
Rick 1,250
Daily Double locations:
1) FIZZ, FIZZ 500 (22nd pick)
Terrence 6500 +2000 (Sean 3000 Rick 250)
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2) SUMMER OLYMPIC SPORTS 1500 (3rd pick)
Terrence 10000 +1500 (Sean 3000 Rick 1250)
3) ANNOUNCER BY FAMOUS CALL 1500 (8th pick)
Terrence 12500 -3000 (Sean 2000 Rick -750)
On the scoreboard:
19 – 76
10 – 00
This is a reference to Nadia Comaneci becoming the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Game stats:
Terrence 5,500 Coryat, 18 correct, 5 incorrect, 45.65% in first on buzzer
Sean 4,000 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 28.26% in first on buzzer
Rick 3,750 Coryat, 7 correct, 3 incorrect, 15.56% in first on buzzer
(in first on buzzer stat includes the tiebreaker clue)
Current standings:
- Nikhil Ramakrishna 29,001 (17,000)
- Alex DeFrank 22,001 (25,000)
- Neeraj Joshi 16,999 (13,500)
- Mike Smargiassi 16,501 (12,500)
- Steven Silverman 14,499 (11,250)
- Nabaté Isles 12,750 (13,750)
- Kenny Chung 12,250 (10,750)
- Nate Purdy 10,999 (5,500)
- Matt Pedicini 10,017 (7,900)
- Dan Gartland 10,001 (7,000)
- Terrence Jordan 8,000 (4,000)
- Betsy Schroeder 6,250 (14,250)
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(contestant photo credit: sportsjeopardy.com)
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