Sports Jeopardy Recap – April 20, 2016

Rick Karl dethroned 5-game champ Roy Hollis last time out! Will he defend?

You can watch this game on Crackle!

Today’s contestants:

Frank Orlando, a political science instructor originally from Grand Lake, MI
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Frisk Driscoll, a swim coach from Milford, CT
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Rick Karl, an HR consultant from Austin, TX (1-day total: $5,000)
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Final Jeopardy! category: WORLD SERIES HISTORY

Final Jeopardy! clue: This MLB team has won the World Series twice, but has never won its division

[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response’]Who are the Florida/Miami Marlins?[/spoiler]

Scores going into Final:
Rick 9,000
Frank 7,250
Frisk 6,250

Final Results:
Frisk 6,250 – 6,000 = 250 (Who are the Blue Jays?)
Frank 7,250 – 0 = 7,250 (Who are the LA Angels?)
Rick 9,000 + 5,501 = 14,501

Daily Double locations:
1) OTHER NBA JORDANS 1000 (24th pick)
Frisk 6250 -1000 (Rick 2500 Frank 1250)

2) BARNSTORMIN’ 1000 (8th pick)
Rick 4000 +2000 (Frisk 7750 Frank 2750)
3) PRO TEAM ODDITIES 2000 (14th pick)
Frisk 9250 -2500 (Rick 8000 Frank 4750)

On the scoreboard:
01 – 84
31 – 30
In the 1984 Orange Bowl, the Miami Hurricanes defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers 31-30 after a failed late Nebraska 2-point conversion attempt.

Game stats:
Rick 8,000 Coryat, 10 correct, 0 incorrect, 20.00% in first on buzzer
Frank 7,250 Coryat, 11 correct, 2 incorrect, 28.89% in first on buzzer
Frisk 9,750 Coryat, 14 correct, 3 incorrect, 31.11% in first on buzzer

Rick Karl, stats to date:
23 correct
2 incorrect
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -1000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
22.22% in first on buzzer (20/90)
Average Coryat: 9,250

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