Today’s contestants:
Bill Knuth, a high school special education teacher from East Lansing, MI |
Cory Harris, a high school English teacher from Mystic, CT |
Kaberi Chakrabarty, an elementary bilingual teacher from Joliet, IL |
Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Bill $13,600
Kaberi $8,600
Cory $8,400
Final Jeopardy! category: AUTHORS
Final Jeopardy! clue: She wrote in her journal in 1867 that a publisher “asked me to write a girls book. Said I’d try.”
[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response’]Who is Louisa May Alcott? (Bill went for Wilder)[/spoiler]
Cory 8400 + 8398 = 16798
Kaberi 8600 + 3000 = 11600
Bill 13600 – 3601 = 9999
Semifinalists & Wild Card Standings:
Monday: Chris Tempro
Tuesday: Jason Sterlacci
Wednesday: Jill Gilbert
Thursday: Peter Buchholz
Friday: Cory Harris
1. Kaberi Chakrabarty $11,600 ($8,600)
2. Lauren Gilmore $11,000 ($9,200)
3. Bill Knuth $9,999 ($13,600)
4. Nicole Throckmorton $5,000 ($10,000)
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5. Terrie Trebilcock $1,300 ($7,800)
6. Tenaya Snyder $600 ($5,600)
7. Dianne Lee $100 ($2,600)
8. Hannah Krug $1 ($6,200)
9. Greg Greenzweig $0 ($6,400, $1,600)
10. Ian Miller $0 ($6,400, $0)
You can find the corresponding journal entries here on Google Books.
September 1867: Niles, partner of Roberts, asked me to write a girls book. Said I’d try. Fuller asked me to be the Editor of “Merry’s Museum.” Said I’d try. Began at once on both new jobs, but didn’t like either”
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Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in 1867, so…nope.
Well…finally do we now witness a normal game with substantial wild card bets that I was looking for. If only the other teachers had the same exuberance betting as the way these three performed.
No Coryat Scores for yesterday or today???
Do you guys do the “First in on Buzzer” recap for all the shows or get it from somewhere? I’ve seen it on Twitter before and I was curious how I did!
Hey, Cory!
I compile them from watching the shows. I’ve been in Atlanta since Friday and have not yet compiled Thursday’s or Friday’s stats. -_-
Tonight’s stats:
Cory 11,400 Coryat, 21 correct, 6 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer
Kaberi 8,200 Coryat, 11 correct, 2 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer
Bill 14,000 Coryat, 17 correct, 4 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer
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