Andy here with the recap from the week’s final game!
The players that we have today: Nicholas Berube and Mehmet Berker challenging Amanda Boitano (who won $30,401 yesterday!)
J! round categories:
MORE THAN ONE MEANING
DESCRIBING THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY
EUROPEAN PAINTERS
ACTORS & THEIR OSCAR-WINNING ROLES
“DOWN” & “OUT”
IN BEVERLY HILLS
Amanda went straight to SHAKESPEARE. Nicholas had the best buzzer timing to start the game, though!
Amanda took Alex by surprise when she smiled when responding to “DOWN” & “OUT” $600: One of SyFy’s most watched shows is the WWE’s Friday Night this!
Amanda got to play the first Daily Double under SHAKESPEARE $600! Scores:
Nicholas $3,600
Amanda $2,000
Mehmet -$400
Amanda bet $2,000. Her clue: The plot? Plotters plot; mid-March gets dangerous; main plotter ends up committing strato-cide. Her correct response put her at $4,000 and the show into the first break!
Nicholas hopes to earn enough money on Jeopardy! to be able to buy a Volkswagen bus.
Mehmet’s father won the lottery — but didn’t tell Mehmet!
Amanda gave ghost tours in colonial Williamsburg during her time at William & Mary!
Back to the game, Mehmet did quite well in ACTORS! 2 clues in BEVERLY HILLS went unplayed. Scores after 30:
Nicholas $6,000
Amanda $4,600
Mehmet $2,600
DJ! round categories:
ARCHITECTURES & BUILDING
COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
SUPER BOWLERS
THE 17th CENTURY
M.I.A.
OPPOSITES
Nicholas and Mehmet jumped around COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD — I know Alex will give them a hard time postgame for that!
There were 3 Triple Stumpers in SUPER BOWLERS — I got all 3!
THE 17th CENTURY $1600 had the first Daily Double; Amanda played it with scores at:
Nicholas $8,800
Mehmet $7,400
Amanda $4,600
Amanda bet $2,000. Her clue: Under the treaty of Karlowitz of 1699, most of Hungary was ceded to this country by the Ottoman Empire. Amanda said Turkey and fell to $2,600.
A few clues later, OPPOSITES $1600 had the final Daily Double; Amanda played this one too! Scores:
Nicholas $8,800
Mehmet $5,400
Amanda $2,600
Amanda bet $2,600. Her clue: This 11-letter compound word sounds like it means miser, but it’s the opposite. Amanda said “moneygrubber” and went to $0.
A number of clues were left on the table in this round! Scores going into Final:
Nicholas $10,800
Mehmet $7,000
Amanda $1,200
FJ! category: EPITAPHS
FJ! clue: His headstone in Rome reads in part: “This grave contains all that was mortal, of a young English poet”
Amanda 1200 – 1200 = 0
Mehmet 7000 – 2399 = 4601
Nicholas 10800 – 4000 = 6800
So, we say goodbye to Amanda but Nicholas returns Monday in his quest for a VW Bus!