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Based on original ShortShots written by Jason Huhn, Gordon Pepper, and Chico Alexander.
  
MONDAY:
Brian Weikle, Mark Brown, Max Levaren
Jeopardy! categories: 19th Century America,
Sports Shorts, The Chinese Zodiac, Deadly
Devices, Birth of a Nation, Limericks.
Daily Double: $400 19th Century America. Mark
($4600) wagers $2000. Clue: "This was read
to the Cabinet on September 22, 1862, but it
didn't go into effect until 101 days later."
Mark's guess: "What was the Emancipation
Proclamation?" Correct for $6600. End of
Round:
Brian - $4400
Mark - $6800
Max - -$200 Double Jeopardy! categories:
Design, Kennedy Center Honorees, Feeling a
Little Norse, Notorious, The Breaded Opera
Category, Double Talk. Daily Double #1: $1200
The Breaded Opera Category. Max ($600) wagers $1500. Clue:
"The knights in this Wagner opera eat bread
& drink wine consecrated by the Holy Grail."
Max's guess: "What is
'Parsifal'?" Correct for $2100. Daily Double #2:
$2000 Feeling a Little Norse. Brian ($8400) wagers
$2000. Clue: "Some say the Viking Age ended in
1066 when this king defeated the Norwegians at
Stamford Bridge." Brian's guess: "Who is
Harold II?". Correct for $10,400. End of Round:
Brian - $16,800
Mark - $16,400
Max - $7300 Final
Jeopardy! Category: Movie Industry History.
Answer: The company that produced most of Marion
Davies' films was named for this magazine; the
same person owned both. Correct response: "What
is 'Cosmopolitan'?" Max's question: What
is Paramount? (WRONG) Wager:
$7295. Final score: $5.
Mark's question: What is Stars? (WRONG) Wager:
$16,299. Final score: $101.
Brian's question: What is Variety? (RIGHT)
Wager: $16,001. Final score: $799..
  
TUESDAY: Alan Bailey, Mark Dawson, Jill Bunzendahl Chimka
Jeopardy! categories: A Tour of the Reagan
Library, Not So Simple Simon (about Neil Simon),
May Days, Fashion Designers, Amusement & Theme
Parks, "E" Ticket.
Daily Double: $800 "E" Ticket. Jill
($0) wagers $500. Clue: "From the name of
a Greek philosopher, it's a synonym for
gastronome."
Jill's guess: "Who is Euripides?" Correct
question: "What is an epicure?"
Jill drops to -$500. End of
Round:
Alan - $3000
Mark - $7600
Jill - $3100 Double Jeopardy! categories:
American Women, A "Little" Music, Big Business,
Saskatche-wandering, Pulitzer Prize Novels in
Other Words, Greek Alphabet Soup. Daily Double #1: $1600
Greek Alphabet Soup. Mark ($12,000) wagers $2000. Clue:
"The Romans used their representation of
this Greek letter as a numeral representing 50"
Mark's guess: "What is
delta?" Correct question: "What is lambda?"
Mark drops to $10,000. Daily Double #2:
$1600 Big Business. Mark ($9200) wagers
$1500. Clue: "A real shell company, Shell
Petroleum, is a subsidiary of this petroleum
company based in the Netherlands." Mark's guess: "What
is Royal Dutch Shell?". Correct for $10,700. End of
Round:
Alan - $15,000
Mark - $16,300
Jill - $7900 Final
Jeopardy! Category: World Cities.
Answer: According to U.N. data, it's the worlds
most populous city named for a person. Correct response: "What
is Sao Paulo, Brazil?" Jill's question: What
is Sao Paulo? (RIGHT) Wager:
$0. Final score: $7900.
Alan's question: What is New York City? (WRONG) Wager:
$2000. Final score: $13,000.
Mark's question: What is Sao Paulo? (RIGHT)
Wager: $13,701. Final score: $30,001
  
WEDNESDAY: Trevor Norris, Travis Troyer, Eric
Floyd
Jeopardy! categories: Literary First Lines,
Girls with Guitars, Fruits and Vegetables, Paris
Sites, Take My "Y" , Please!, What Is It?
Daily Double: $800 Literary First Lines. Eric
($2200) wagers $800. Clue: "By E.M.
Forster: '"The signora has no business to do
it," said Miss Bartlett, "... she promised us
south rooms...'"
Eric's guess: "What is 'A Room With a
View'?" Correct
for $3000. End of
Round:
Trevor - $3800
Travis - $3200
Eric - $3400 Double Jeopardy! categories:
Classical Composers, Modeling, Down to Earth,
New York in the Movies, Historic Battles,
5-Syllable Words. Daily Double #1: $1600
New York in the Movies. Trevor ($11,000) wagers $2000. Clue:
"It begins with a voice-over: 'Chapter One.
He adored New York City. He idolized it all out
of proportion'."
Trevor's guess: "What is
'Goodfellas'?" Correct question: "What is
'Manhattan'?"
Trevor drops to $9000. Daily Double #2:
$1600 Classical Composers. Eric ($7400) wagers
$2000. Clue: "Frederick Beale was the first
to use 'recital' to mean a piano concert,
referring to one by this Hungarian." Eric's guess: "Who
is Liszt?" Correct for $9400. End of
Round:
Trevor - $15,000
Travis - $5200
Eric - $10,200 Final
Jeopardy! Category: World Geography.
Answer: Heads of state Jiang Zemin & Jorge
Sampaio were on hand when this territory changed
hands in December 1999. Correct response: "What
is Macau?" Travis' question: What
is Macau? (RIGHT) Wager:
$5100. Final score: $10,300.
Eric's question: What is Macau? (RIGHT) Wager:
$10,100. Final score: $20,300.
Mark's question: What is Hong Kong? (WRONG)
Wager: $5401. Final score: $9599. |