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Today’s contestants:
Gale Vessels, a y from Louisville, KY |
Dylan Reffe, a y from Washington, DC |
Vinny Varadarajan, a y from Fords, NJ |
Vinny picked up all three Daily Doubles in this game – which at least saved me from chiding overly conservative betting from challengers!
Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Vinny 14,500
Dylan 6,750
Gale 2,000
Final Jeopardy! category: BASEBALL
Final Jeopardy! clue:In June 2015 Carson Fulmer was drafted by this team & then pitched in a tournament with the same 3 initials as the team
[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response’]Who are the Chicago White Sox?[/spoiler]
Gale 2000 + 1000 = 3000
Dylan 6750 + 750 = 7500
Vinny 14500 + 0 = 14500
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Daily Double locations:
1) NAME THE CONTINENT 500 (15th pick)
Vinny 3250 +2000 (Dylan 2750 Gale 1250)
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2) NBA MONSTERS 1500 (6th pick)
Vinny 12000 +2000 (Dylan 3250 Gale 2500)
3) TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE 1500 (17th pick)
Vinny 17500 -2500 (Dylan 3750 Gale 3000)
On the scoreboard:
06 – 15
03 – 03
The best reference anyone can come up with is Serena Williams’ third career Grand Slam and third French Open title as won in June 2015.
Game stats:
Vinny 15,000 Coryat, 22 correct, 4 incorrect, 51.11% in first on buzzer
Dylan 6,750 Coryat, 9 correct, 1 incorrect, 20.00% in first on buzzer
Gale 2,000 Coryat, 8 correct, 2 incorrect, 17.78% in first on buzzer
Vinny Varadarajan, stats to date:
298 correct
36 incorrect
18/22 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 27,019)
8/14 in Final Jeopardy
43.65% in first on buzzer (275/630)
Average Coryat: 17,286