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Today's contestants:
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| Brendan Graham |
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| Bruce Vale |
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| Emily Kelly |
I was surprised there were clues two days in a row that had something to do with a trip I took to Europe last summer. This time it was in Visiting the City: "Take the 'Sound of Music' tour or visit the Hagenauer House, once home to the Mozart family." My family and I didn't take the tour, as we thought we could cover more ground in less time and for less money! We did visit Mozart's home, but I didn't know that was the name! I hope you don't mind a few more pictures. By the way, these were taken by my dad and little sister:
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| View on the way to the abbey featured in The Sound of Music |
The last clue before the first break was a triple-stumper I picked up, in Lesser-Known Scientists: "Joseph Lagrange insisted on 10 as the basic unit when standardizing French weights and measures, creating this system. I wound up sweeping the category.
Emily rang in first plenty, but she had plenty of negs. I had my share, too, including two in the 200 row! At least I didn't ring in with no hope of coming up with the correct response.
The Daily Double was the last clue in the round. Emily found it in Pants. She had 1400, Brendan had 1000, and Bruce had 5200. Emily wagered it all, which I'd have done too. This was the clue: "Tight-fitting pants patterned after those worn by bullfighters aren't usually called matador pants, but these." Believe it or not I saw a bullfight in Madrid on that same trip last summer. I was very happy to get this clue right, but it had nothing to do with me having been to a bullfight! Emily got this one wrong.
Emily found the first Daily Double sort of late in the round, when there were only clues from two categories remaining. She had 6400, Bruce had 6800, and Brendan had 11800. She wagered 5400 on this clue in 1940s American Lit: "This 1946 novel about a southern politician takes its title from the 'Humpty Dumpty' nursery rhyme." She and I got it right.
Now, I don't know what Emily was thinking. The other Daily Double was obviously going to be in the other category left, but she continued in the same one, seemingly oblivious. By chance, she did get the other Daily Double, the last clue in the round. She had 14600, Brendan had 11800, and Bruce had 8400. Emily wagered a weird 2799, I guess to be one dollar ahead of Brendan had she missed. And that's what happened. The category was First in War, and this was the clue: "The 1940 invasion of Norway saw the first combat use of these troops, the German Fallschirmjager." Still another reference to Europe, and again my being there didn't contribute to me getting this right, which I proudly did. (I got all three Daily Doubles right today!)
The Final Jeopardy category was Word and Phrase Origins. This was the clue: "After living in Honduras, O. Henry coined this term for a small country dependent on a single export." Would you believe I made it to "banana" but still couldn't come up with the correct response? Emily and Bruce missed it, too. Bruce lost 3402 of his 8400. Emily lost 11000 of her 11801. Brendan added 8401 to his 11800, making him a two-time champ.
Tonight, I'm gonna at least start There Will Be Blood. I notice it's 3 1/2 hours long! Probably plenty of commercials.
My Coryat today was 23200. A couple of recent Coryats:
originally 10-5-05: 25000
originally 10-6-05: 13800
6 comments:
I was pretty stunned they missed that French measures question. But then I'm Canadian.
I was too fixated on "__ island" to get the Final... now that I've looked at Honduras on a map, I feel pretty silly.
Hey, Jeanie, I know you're kind of tired, but, if you're going to be on Jeopardy!, here's something that I do when I am trying to create an essay for my ENG 100 class: Make a schedule. You can watch Jeopardy! while at the same time try to at least study for what categories you might think that might come your way on your appearance. I've used the schedule tactic to try prepare for what might come out on the homework deadlines for my ENG 100 class.
I'm feeling better now! :-) And I'm going to be on Jeopardy!, but did you know I've done it? I couldn't talk about it on the Internet if I had not. And I'm sorry but I don't get how you use a schedule to prepare for your class...?
Ah, I was wondering how far in advance they taped the show and didn't want to put you in an awkward position by asking (in case you were bound by a confidentiality agreement that forbade discussion about the show's production). That bit about your being able to talk about it only after you went on makes sense (now that I think about it). I can't wait to see how you did...March seems so far away!
Also, please post your thoughts about There Will Be Blood after you've seen it. I have my own opinions about this film but don't want to say anything until I know you've finished watching it.
I thought about writing a separate entry about it, and after I read the book but before I watched the movie I had a nifty title: Blood Diamond. The book was great but the movie sucked! I don't know how it can be claimed that the movie was based on the book. There were very few similarities. What did you think? (Thanks for asking!)