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Today’s contestants:
Jay Sullivan, a bartender originally from Salem, MA |
Craig Goldslager, a financial advisor from Boca Raton, FL |
Vinny Varadarajan, an engineering graduate from Fords, NJ (15-day champ: $75,000) |
This was the first time in awhile where I felt that someone actually took the game to Vinny a bit. If I were Jay, I might have been much more aggressive on the Daily Doubles, but it worked for him! Craig just got stuck in between two buzz-saws today! Things were much closer to being a lock for Jay before the judges ruled against Jay’s pronunciation of Gabrielle Reece!
Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Jay 18,000 (20 right, including 2 DDs; 2 wrong. 16,000 Coryat)
Vinny 12,500 (18 right, including 1 DD; 1 wrong. 11,750 Coryat)
Craig 2,750 (5 right, 2 wrong. 2,750 Coryat)
Final Jeopardy! category: BOXERS
Final Jeopardy! clue: He died aged 99 in 2005 but cheated death at age 31 when he canceled his ticket on the Hindenburg to get to the U.S. quicker
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Craig 2750 + 2500 = 5250
Vinny 12500 + 5501 = 18001
Jay 18000 + 7001 = 25001 (1-day champ: $5,000)
Congratulations, Jay, on dethroning Vinny! He’ll be back next week!
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Daily Double locations:
1) RULES OF PLAY 750 (18th pick)
Vinny 1500 +1500 (Jay 6000 Craig 750)
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2) NO. 1 IN THE BASEBALL DRAFT 1500 (4th pick)
Jay 6500 +2000 (Vinny 5000 Craig 750)
3) NBAers’ STATE OF BIRTH 1000 (16th pick)
Jay 15500 +2500 (Vinny 10000 Craig 2750)
On the scoreboard:
08 – 97
65 – 51
The Houston Comets defeated the New York Liberty 65-51 to win the inaugural WNBA championship on August 30, 1997.
Game stats:
Jay 16,000 Coryat, 20 correct, 2 incorrect, 40.00% in first on buzzer
Vinny 11,750 Coryat, 18 correct, 1 incorrect, 40.00% in first on buzzer
Craig 2,750 Coryat, 5 correct, 2 incorrect, 13.33% in first on buzzer
Vinny Varadarajan, final stats:
341 correct
39 incorrect
20/24 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 31,519)
9/16 in Final Jeopardy
44.03% in first on buzzer (317/720)
Average Coryat: 17,266
Jay Sullivan, stats to date:
21 correct
2 incorrect
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 4,500)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
40.00% in first on buzzer (18/45)
Average Coryat: 16,000