Based on original ShortShots written by Jason Huhn, Gordon Pepper, and Chico Alexander.
MONDAY:
Jeopardy! categories: Science & Nature, The
J. Lo Down, Nose Week, Ballet, The Snack Food
Group, Abbr.
Daily Double: $600 Science & Nature. Ken
($600) wagers $1000. Clue:
When lightning strikes the sand, it can melt it
and fuse it into a type of this called fulgurite.
Ken's guess: "What is glass?" Correct for $1600. End of
Round:
Ken - $7200
Mary - $2400
Robby - $2400 Double Jeopardy! categories:
African-Americana, Before & After, Shakespeare's
Women, Grade, Point, Average. Daily Double #1: $1600
Grade. Robby ($2800) wagers $2200. Clue:
Ninth-graders know that
electrically neutral atoms have the same number
of these 2 particles. Robby's guess: "What
are protons and electrons?" Correct for $5000. Daily Double #2:
$1600 Shakespeare's Women. Robby ($6600) wagers
$900. Clue: Figure it out:
she has the third line in "MacBeth". Robby's
guess: "Who is MacBeth?" Correct response: Who
is The Third Witch?" Robby moves down to $5700. End of Round:
Ken - $16,800
Mary - $5600
Robby - $5700 Final Jeopardy! Category: New
Orleans. Answer: At the end of the American
Revolution, this country controlled New Orleans.
Correct response: "What is Spain?" Mary's
question: What is France? (WRONG) Wager: $5600.
Final score: $0.
Robby's question: What is Spain? (RIGHT) Wager:
$5700. Final score: $11,400.
Ken's question: What is France? (WRONG) Wager:
$0. Final score: $16,800.
TUESDAY:
Jeopardy! categories: New Haven, The Matrix,
Colleges & Universities, America's Most Want
Ads, Really Old History, Body Talk
Daily Double: $1000 Really Old History. Alex
($1000) wagers $200. Clue:
This civilization of the Bronze Age developed on
Crete around 300 BC.
Alex's guess: "What is the Greek
civilization?" Correct response: "What are
the Minoans?" Alex goes to $800. End of
Round:
Alex - $2400
Lauren - -$400
Karli - $2000 Double Jeopardy! categories: Old
Havens, Things in the Yale Library, Music
Makers, Here Comes the Sun, 19th Century
American Authors, Smart Answers. Daily Double #1: $1600
Smart Answers. Alex ($3200) wagers $600. Clue:
Meaning "arising from sound judgment", it was a
sound name for an insurance company
to take in the 1870s.
Alex's guess: "What
is Prudential?" Correct for $3800. Daily Double #2:
$2000 Here Comes the Sun. Karli ($4000) wagers
$1000. Clue: Solar winds are believed to flow
from "holes" in this layer of the sun's
atmosphere, Latin for
"crown". Karli's guess: "What is a corona?" Correct
for $5000. End of Round:
Alex - $7400
Lauren - $6400
Karli - $9800 Final Jeopardy! Category: Big in
the USA. Answer: This state is home to the USA's
largest portrait busts.
Correct response: "What is South Dakota?"
Lauren's
question: What is Wyoming? (WRONG) Wager: $2000.
Final score: $4400.
Alex's question: What is South Dakota? (RIGHT) Wager:
$2601. Final score: $10,001.
Karli's question: What is Washington, DC? (WRONG) Wager:
$3000. Final score: $6800.
WEDNESDAY:
Jeopardy! categories: Libraries, New Video
Games, World Capitals, Weeder's Digest, They
Attended Yale, Idioms
Daily Double: $600 Libraries. Joyce
($800) wagers $1000. Clue:
The James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, & John
Adams Buildings provide about 65 acres of floor
space for this library..
Alex's guess: "What is the Library of
Congress?" Correct for $1800. End of
Round:
Lee - $1200
Keith - $3400
Joyce - $1800 Double Jeopardy! categories:
Shared Team Nicknames, Celebs, It's All a Myth,
Potpourri, US History, Language Lessons Daily Double #1: $1600
US History. Keith ($4600) wagers $1600. Clue:
This senator who died in
2003 came in third in the
1948 Presidential race. Keith's guess: "Who
is Strom Thurmond?" Correct for $3800. Daily Double #2:
$1600 It's All a Myth. Joyce ($3000) wagers
$2000. Clue: The Riddle of the Sphinx was so
"complex" that only he could solve it.
Joyce's guess: "Who
was Thutmose IV?" Correct question: "Who
was Oedipus?". Joyce moves to $1000. End of Round:
Lee - $0
Keith - $19,400
Joyce - $5400 Final Jeopardy! Cateogory: 18th
Century America. Answer: These 2 British
astronomers were sent to America in 1763 to
settle a land dispute. Correct response: "Who
were Mason & Dixon?" (After the Mason Dixon
Line).
Joyce's question: Who were (illegible, but
wrong)? (WRONG) Wager: $5400.
Final score: $0.
Keith's question: Who were Mason and Dixon?
(Pranksters rule!) (RIGHT) Wager:
$2822. Final score: $28,222.
THURSDAY:
Jeopardy! categories: Historic New England,
Star Trek: The Original Series, Moola
Moola, Summer Jobs, Leapin' Lizards!, "Art"
Daily Double: $800 Historic New England. Josh
($2200) wagers $1000. Clue:
The Revolutionary War British victory at Fort
Griswold, Conn. was lead by this general who'd
grown up nearby. Josh blanks out. Correct
question: "Who was Benedict Arnold?" Josh drops
to $1200. End of
Round:
Ellen - $1400
Jim - $400
Josh - $2400 Double Jeopardy! categories: Hail
to the Chief, Opera, Facts & Figures, Poets &
Poetry, Strictly Business, Vocabulary Daily Double #1: $1600
Vocabulary. Josh ($3200) makes it a true Daily
Double. Clue: This synonym
of "stolen" is found in the title of a Poe
story.
Josh blanks out again. Correct question: "What
is purloined?" Josh drops to zero. Daily Double #2:
$1600 Hail to the Chief. Ellen ($7800) wagers
$1200. Clue: This President's books included
"Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail" in 1888 and
"African Game Trails" in 1910.
Ellen's guess: "Who was Theodore Roosevelt?"
Correct for $9000. End of Round:
Ellen - $12,200
Jim - $10,000
Josh - $6000 Final
Jeopardy! Category: Islands. Answer: In 1898 the
1st U.S. volunteer cavalry regiment did most of
its fighting on this island. Correct response:
"What is Cuba?"
Josh's question: What is Cuba? (RIGHT) Wager: $5111.
Final score: $11,111.
Jim's question: What is Cuba? (RIGHT) Wager: $9000.
Final score: $19,000.
Ellen's question: What is Cuba? (RIGHT) Wager: $4000.
Final score: $16,200.
FRIDAY:
Jeopardy! categories: Historic Quotes,
College Movies, Faraway Places, Here's a 20,
Signs of the Zodiac, The "IV" League
Daily Double: $600 Historic Quotes. Grant
($600) wagers $1000. Clue:
This document ends, "We mutually pledge to each
other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred
honor".
Grant's guess: "What is the Mayflower
Compact?" Correct question: "What is the
Declaration of Independence?" Grant drops down
to -$400. End of
Round:
Heather - $3000
Grant - $1000
Amanda - $4400 Double Jeopardy! categories:
The Fifth Century, Broadway Musicals, The Deans
List, Latin, American Lit, The Ivy League Daily Double #1: $800
American Lit. Grant ($1400) wagers $2000. Clue:
Benjy, Quentin, & Jason
Compson narrate 3 of the 4 Sections of this
Faulkner favorite. Grant's guess: "What
is The Sound and the Fury?" Correct for $3400. Daily Double #2:
$1600 The Fifth Century. Amanda ($6000) wagers
$2000. Clue: In his book "Confessio",
this 5th Century man has a dream in which the
Irish beg him to return.
Amanda's guess: "Who
is St. Patrick?" Correct for $8000. End of Round:
Heather - $6200
Grant - $11,400
Amanda - $14,800 Final Jeopardy! Category: State
Capitals. Answer: 2 of the 3 state
capitals with 5-letter names. Correct response: "What
are either Boise, Salem, or Dover?"
Heather's question: What is Boise and Salem? (RIGHT) Wager: $6000.
Final score: $12,200.
Grant's question: What is Boise and... ? (WRONG) Wager: $3401.
Final score: $7999.
Amanda's question: What is ... ?
(WRONG) Wager:
$14,000. Final score: $800. |