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Speaking of the J! boards, I found out earlier today that a fellow Kansas City auditioner (and boardie) is posting things he's learned from studying for the test to his blog. If you're auditioning for Jeopardy! in Kansas City this year, I'd appreciate a comment! I'm trying to find as many as possible.
I finally picked out what I will wear to the audition. It's the same dress I returned because I wasn't going to be able to wear it to the unofficial Jeopardy! reunion. I almost chose this dress, which looks different on me than it does on the model:
On another happy note, I am finally able to leave comments on this blog. I know. It sounds weird. But I've been unable to respond to people's comments on my own blog. It seems I am still unable to when I use my "Google account," at least from my own computer. So I have to use my "AIM" account, which sucks because it doesn't point directly to this blog. (Does anybody have any ideas about this?) If you've left a comment and I haven't responded, I have now. Go back and look if you're so inclined.
Today's contestants:
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| Sam Meyer (He admits he still sleeps with his childhood teddy bear. ?) |
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| Crystal Leonard (yet another stay-at-home mother) |
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| Lindsey Peterson |
I was dismayed to miss this clue in Annual Events: "The Saturday after Thanksgiving, Salley S.C. celebrates with a festival devoted to these fried pig intestines." My friend Catherine and I had just reviewed this clue with the same response over the weekend: "It's the common 8-letter term for a hog's innards, popularly fried or boiled." At the time I answered "gizzards." I knew that response wasn't correct today, but I couldn't come up with the right one in time.
The next clue was the Daily Double, in the same category. Sam found it, and he in fact found and answered correctly all three Daily Doubles today. He had 1000, Lindsey had 2200, and Crystal had 600. This was the clue: "Fence painting and frog jumping contests are highlights of an annual festival held in this Missouri city." I got it right, too. Sam doubled his score. At the first break, he had 3400, Lindsey had 2800, and Crystal had 2600.
After the break, I swept Meet My Exes, including this triple-stumper: "John Lloyd, Greg Norman."
At the end of the round, Sam had 5400, Lindsey had 6800, and Crystal had 4000.
The first Daily Double of the Double Jeopardy round was in Science. It was the second clue of the round. Sam had just answered the 400 clue correctly (although he may have taken a little bit too much time!), so he had 5800. He wagered 3200 on this clue: "The name of this noble gas is from the Greek for 'new.'" I didn't quite come up with before Sam did, but I did get this triple-stumper in the same category: "The Haber Process uses nitrogen and hydrogen to synthetically produce this pungent gas."
The second Daily Double was in Alphabetically Last. Sam had 7800, Lindsey had 10400, and Crystal had 4400. This was the clue: "...of Rome's 'First Triumvirate.'" There was no way I was getting this one. Sam added 2800 to his score.
Sam made a costly mistake and lost his lead on the last clue of the round when he missed this clue in Leaning: "Take the apostrophe out of this word and it means to lean to one side." It wound up being a triple-stumper, and I didn't get it either. The scores, then going into Final Jeopardy: Sam with 12600, Lindsey with 13600, and Crystal with 12400.
The Final Jeopardy category was Bestsellers. This was the clue: "In the beginning, this 2005 novel was simply titled 'Forks.'" I didn't get it right, but I'm guessing many people did. Crystal got it right, but she wagered nothing! But Sam got it right and added 12345, which would've been more than Crystal if she'd doubled (lucky for her). Lindsey missed it and lost 11642. Sam, then, is your two-day champion, and we will see him tomorrow.
My Coryat score today was 22200. Sam's was 9200, Lindsey's was 13600, and Crystal's was 12400. Coryats from yesterday:
6-6: Sam Meyer 13600 Joanna Liff 11200 Jericho Saria 8400 Me 23000
15 comments:
You beat me on this game, Jeanie. I only came in at 18600 today. I joined you in sweeping Special "T"s, but had no clue on Exes - I got Tom Cruise and that was it. The pop culture stuff is my Achilles' heal. No clue on the FJ either - I'm not up on recent literature. Add that to my extremely long list of things to study!
Thanks for giving your score. I love to compare my score with other people's who are studying for the show. I really hope you get an audition next year!
Hi, Jeanie! I'm ashamed to say FJ today for me was a huge instaget. (I've never read the books/seen the movies and I never plan to, but I've definitely heard enough from family, friends, and the media to recall the name of the town pretty quickly. :)) I'm less ashamed to say that I ran the Law Shows category...pop culture knowledge FTW! (Though I do wish they included a clue about "The Good Wife"...)
(Also, yay that you can comment again! And nice that there's a place for us to get our J!-discussing fix. Weird that you aren't able to comment w/your Google account...on my Blogger blogs I've always been able to.)
Brandon, I'd be proud that FJ was an instaget for you! As for the category about law shows, I thought the Harry Hamlin/L.A. Law one was overvalued. I missed only the one about "Angel," which was a triple-stumper. I'm glad they included a clue about "The Practice." Best theme song EVER.
Okay, what is "FTW"?
I am so sorry that the boards are down! I spent this week's eps in the audience and green room, and my game is next Monday, and I won't be able to talk to the boards about any of it! Gah!
I ran into Lindsey (who is very friendly and funny in person) in the hotel lobby the evening after the taping day. She was a bit sad about losing, I think, but she said that she was proud of two things: never answering a question incorrectly, and never having read the book that was the correct FJ! response. (I thought she should also be proud that she had taken a lead into FJ! against strong competitition.)
I was sorry that I missed seeing Sam afterward, as I wanted to congratulate him on his wins and give him a little bit of crap about the teddy bear story and his correct FJ! response in the same episode.
"For the win." I think there might be a few other far less common fringe meanings for it too, but that's the one most associated with it.
Nicholas, congrats on making it on the show. I'll look forward to seeing your game, and hopefully the boards will be back up by then.
I think it would be very disappointing after all that it takes to make it on the program to have your episode aired while the board is down. The only thing worse than that might be having your program preempted by a trigger-happy meteorologist like the one at our local affiliate!
BigDaddyJ: Ugh. Don't even suggest it. I've got 30 people coming to a viewing party. No one will be pleased if all they get to view is a severe thunderstorm warning for a county half a state away.
Nick - I certainly hope the boards are up by then! I can't believe they've been gone this long. Maybe boardies will leave their comments on your blog, instead! That would be satisfying, I'd think!
I'm beginning to question myself as to why Sam makes these strange wagers. Anyway, I'm wishing you good luck in appearing on Jeopardy! ^^
I guess we'll never know, unless he leaves a comment here. ;-) Thank you for the good luck wish!
Hi Jeanie!
Nick sent me a link to your site, as we were commiserating yesterday over the boards being down. And like he says, it's torture not being able to talk about the episodes we saw in person... and played in! My episode actually airs tonight (Thursday). Can't wait to see it! And I'm very glad to find a place to talk about it. :)
As for this episode, right afterwards Crystal's family was asking her why she didn't risk anything. Her reasoning was that she'd only win on a sole get or triple stumper, and this maximized her score on the triple stumper. I was bummed that Sam got it. I liked him, but Crystal and I really hit it off - she's very cool, and I was rooting for her. (Instaget on FJ... I am not proud to admit I've read them...)
Hi, Mary Anna! I'm eager to see your episode.
Thanks for explaining Crystal's wager.
Hey, stumbled upon your blog just googling something. I will be in Kansas City on Tue... Hope you are less nervous than me ;) I told my friends the trivia's a breeze but I will flunk the personality test haha.
Thanks, Clinton. I am not very nervous about the audition itself, luckily. I've done this a few times and I think it's fun. I hope you will think so, too. Good luck! I hope you'll come back and let us know how you do!