Sports Jeopardy! Recap – January 21, 2015

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Posted By: Andy Saunders January 21, 2015

This is Season 1, Episode 18 of Sports Jeopardy!

You can watch this game on Crackle!

Today’s contestants:

Lauren Bolivar, a visual sales presentation associate from Carrolton, TX
laurenbolivar		 Jordan Hess, a senior investigator from Van Buren, AR
jordanhess		 John Fuller, a President and CEO of a national restaurant chain from San Diego, CA
johnfuller

Final Jeopardy! category: LEGENDARY COACHES

Final Jeopardy! clue: This longtime coach in Manitoba & Minnesota was the first man elected to both the CFL’s & NFL’s Halls of Fame


[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response’]Who is Bud Grant?[/spoiler]

Scores going into Final:
John 14,000
Jordan 6,750
Lauren 5,500

Final Results:
Lauren 5,500 – 5,449 = 51 (Who is no clue?)
Jordan 6,750 – 6,749 = 1 (Who is Frazier?)
John 14,000 + 0 = 14,000

Scores after the Jeopardy! round:
Jordan 7,250
John 3,000
Lauren 3,000

Daily Double locations:
1) TWITTER HANDLES 750 (15th pick)
Jordan 3250 +2000 (John 3250 Lauren 1500)
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2) LOS ANGELES SPORTS TRIVIA 2000 (8th pick)
John 7500 +4000 (Jordan 6750 Lauren 3000)
3) NHL SCORING LEADERS 1500 (21st pick)
John 17000 -3000 (Jordan 6750 Lauren 4000)

On the scoreboard:
04 – 15
19 – 47
Jackie Robinson integrated modern MLB when he made his debut as a first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. For obvious reasons, it’s one of the chapters in “The Games That Changed Baseball”, now available from McFarland!

Game stats:
John 15,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer
Lauren 5,500 Coryat, 10 correct, 2 incorrect, 20.00% in first on buzzer
Jordan 5,500 Coryat, 12 correct, 3 incorrect, 36.67% in first on buzzer

Current standings:

  1. Nikhil Ramakrishna 29,001 (17,000)
  2. Alex DeFrank 22,001 (25,000)
  3. Marc Popovich 21,050 (13,250)

    4. —

  4. Tyler Brockway 17,250 (11,250)
  5. D.J. McCann 17,000 (8,500)
  6. Neeraj Joshi 16,999 (13,500)
  7. Mike Smargiassi 16,501 (12,500)
  8. Steven Silverman 14,499 (11,250)
  9. John Fuller 14,000 (14,000)
  10. Nabaté Isles 12,750 (13,750)
  11. Kenny Chung 12,250 (10,750)
  12. Padraic Duffy 12,000 (6,000)
  13. Andrew Hard 11,249 (11,500)
  14. Nate Purdy 10,999 (5,500)
  15. Matt Pedicini 10,017 (7,900)
  16. Dan Gartland 10,001 (7,000)
  17. Terrence Jordan 8,000 (4,000)
  18. Betsy Schroeder 6,250 (14,250)

(contestant photo credit: sportsjeopardy.com)

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