Recap for December 31, 2014:
Today’s players:
Jennifer Harris
Zamir Ahmed
Vaughn Winchell
J! round categories:
THUMP!
THE 50 STATES
BIBLICAL ZOO
NAME YOUR POISON
CELEBRITIES’ FAVORITE MOVIES
“IPO”s
All 3 players had luck over the first 16 clues! Scores at the first break:
Jennifer $2,400
Vaughn $2,200
Zamir $1,400
Jennifer, when she was younger, insisted on seeing “Oklahoma!” every day!
NAME YOUR POISON (an alcohol category — except for $1,000) $800 had the Daily Double! Vaughn got to play it, scores were:
Vaughn $3,400
Jennifer $3,200
Zamir $1,800
Vaughn bet $1,400. His clue: Angry Orchard, Adam’s Revenge. His correct response put him at $4,800!
Two clues went unplayed, scores after 28:
Vaughn $4,800
Zamir $3,400
Jennifer $2,800
DJ! round categories:
PLACES OF FABLE
1980s MUSIC
MILITARY MISTAKES
WORD ORIGINS
POETIC LAST LINES
IPOs
Vaughn got to the first Daily Double of the round under POETIC LAST LINES $1200! Scores:
Vaughn $5,600
Jannifer $3,600
Zamir $3,400
Vaughn bet $2,000. His clue: A poem by him ends, “and then my heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils”. His correct response put him at $7,600!
The final Daily Double was Jennifer’s, at (surprise, surprise!) PLACES OF FABLE $1600! Scores:
Vaughn $12,000
Jennifer $6,000
Zamir $4,600
Jennifer bet just $2,000 (Way too conservative.) Her clue: This island was said to be ruled by Morgan le Fay & her 8 healing sisters. She said Crete and fell to $4,000.
4 clues went unplayed in this round — Team 61 me is not happy!
Scores going into Final:
Vaughn: $14,800
Zamir $5,800
Jennifer $5,600
FJ! category: ISLANDS
FJ! clue: Present name of an island settled by Europeans in the 1490s, today the most populous island in the Americas
Jennifer 5600 + 1400 = 7000
Zamir 5800 – 5400 = 400
Vaughn 14800 – 3000 = 11800
ToC standings:
1. Vaughn Winchell $78,302 (4 wins)
2. Alexander Persaud $61,000 (3 wins)
3. Ryan Alley $56,800 (3 wins)
4. Shane Curtis $42,001 (3 wins)