“JEOPARDY!” 12/30/16

Ryan Vanderyacht (Lake Forest, CA): Substitute teacher
Kate Gran (East Northport, NY): Attorney
CHAMP: Mukund Marathe

BB:
THE GUMMELIER
THE LEADERS & BEST
“HAPPY” NEW YEAR
COAST
DOVE
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE SOAP?

HS:

Mukund: $3K/Kate: $1,400/Ryan: $1,200

Prior to the BoT, Kate is the locator of the DD on the $1K Dove & she’s ahead of the guys w/ five large to Mukund’s $3800 & Ryan’s $2800. She puts up the thou.

1997’s Comanche Moon was the last published of the four novels in this western series.

No idea that came from Lonesome Dove & the final clue for The Leaders & Best will have to wait until sometime in ’17.

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: $800 (The Gummelier)
UNATTEMPTED LT: $1200
TOTAL LT: $2K

DJ!:
ANAGRAMMED SCIENTISTS’ LAST NAMES
GEORGIA IN SONG
DOCTORED BOOKS
FOREVER STAMPS
THE MIDDLE AGES
ALL IN THE FAMILY?

This is kinda music to the woman’s ears- she chooses another DD three answers into this rd. & during Georgia in Song; $4800’s her current bank & Ryan’s sum is $3200. The lady goes for two here.

Nice neighbor! This “stately” mega-group of country sang “Burn Georgia Burn”.

Florida-Georgia Line’s NOT it, even if she had phrased it- what is Alabama? Titleholder Mukund checks out the last one of ’16 by picking up the $2K Doctored Book, now leading by a g-bar over Ryan $7800-$6800. Mukund wagers 1/2 this answer’s face value.

Dr. Bernard Rieux forgoes escape to stay behind & fight the deadly Contagion in this Albert Camus work.

“What is The Plague?”…discovered it. No more time in this yr. for the $800 & $1200 anagrams.

ATTEMPTED LT: $2800 (2nd & 5th- The Middle Ages)
SOLE UNATTEMPTED TS: $1600 (Anagrammed Scientists’ Last Names)
TOTAL DJ! LT: $4400

Pre-Final S:

Mukund: $14,800/Kate: $8,800/Ryan: $9,600

CORYAT SCORES:
Mukund: $15,800
Kate: $11,800

FJ! #80: OSCAR-WINNING FILM SUBJECTS

The only Nobel Prize winner to be the title subject of a Best Picture OSCAR winner was this man.

KATE: “Who is Roosevelt?” ($8K) = $800
RYAN: “Who is Stephen Hawking?” ($9K) = $600
MUKUND: “Who is Oppenheimer?” (Correct: Who was John Nash?) = $10,399

“WHEEL of FORTUNE” 12/30/16

Tonight’s Set: Weekend Getaways (I think, which would be next wk.’s theme)

$1K T-U: OtM

_ _ O _ I _ A

K E Y _

Victoria finds the FLORIDA KEYS (also the name of one of Adam Cole’s signature moves):

Victoria Gruenberg (Claremore, OK): Family mgr. married to Robert
Carmen Quinn (Elkins Park, PA; born & raised in Philly): Deposit operations dept. worker for online bank
Michael Stascavage (Murrieta, CA): Banquet mgr. at casino married to Denise w/ two dogs

$2K T-U: E

_ _ N _ A L

_ _ N V E _ T _ _ N

Michael blanks out & Carmen solves ANNUAL CONVENTION.

R1: SB

_ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ / _ _

_ _ _ _ _

Carmen: 2 T’s ($600), LaT
Michael: LaT
Victoria: H ($700), E
Carmen: R ($600), 2 A’s, 4 S’s (NATIONAL PARKS), 2 N’s (WC), CLEANS VOWELS OUT, M (Victorinox), K ($600), Y ($800)

T O M / H A N K S

S T A R S / I N

S U _ _ Y

She just guessed TOM HANKS STARS IN “SULLY” right for another $6700 in $ & GC & an REI Adventure to Zion & Bryce National Park worth $6200, a total of $14,900 after that rd.

SOLE DUD: E (Victoria)
LaTs: 2 (Carmen & Michael)

MR: B&A

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_ _ _ _

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Michael: N ($700), 2 E’s, T ($600), S (1/2 CAR near $900)
Victoria: R ($600), 2 L’s ($800), I (FV), B ($700), K (other 1/2 CAR), C ($500)
Carmen: M (MW near $650)
Michael: 2 G’s ($700)

_ I G G _

B A N K

T E L L E R

A PIGGY BANK TELLER pays the man his first $2200 of the night.

DUDS: S (Michael), C (Victoria), M (Carmen)

PP: WAYD?

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_ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ / _ _

_ / _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _

Victoria: MDW’S LEFT SIDE
Carmen: LaT
Michael: 3 N’s ($900), 2 I’s, 4 E’s, 2 T’s ($600), 2 H’s (same 1/2 CAR picked up), 4 A’s, R ($500), O (OoV), F ($600), G ($500), S ($500)

N A _ _ I N G / I N

T H E / S H A _ E / O F

A / _ A _ _ / T R E E

Please DON’T say SHAPE for the 4th word…good, so he’ll be NAPPING IN THE SHADE OF A PALM TREE at Si Como No.

LaT RIGHT OFF: Carmen
INSTA-BANKRUPT: Victoria

CS:

Michael: $15,128 in $ & trip/Victoria: $1K/Carmen: $14,900 in $ & stuff WC

$3K T-U: Place

A I _ / F _ R C E

B _ _ _

An AIR FORCE BASE is worth a quadrupler to Victoria.

S-U: Phrase
FS: BIGGIE

_ _ _ _ / _

_ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _

L: 2 R’s (SV ALERT), 2 T’s, D, G, 2 E’s, S, N, W

W _ _ T / _

G R E _ T / _ E _ R

WHAT A GREAT YEAR it was & Carmen has won the match w/ $32,900 in $ & merchandising.

DUDS: D (Michael), S (Michael), N (Victoria)

BR CAR: ’17 Ford Mustang Fastback

Carmen’s aunt Linda is here, along w/ cousin Dayshawn. The BW slows down & freezes on that C.

C: Phrase

L _ _ E R

T _ E / _ _ _ _

RSTLNE/MHCOD

L O _ E R

T H E / _ O O M

She slowly…is able to LOWER THE BOOM for $34K & a total haul in $/prizes of $66,900.

Final Quick News & Notes of ’16

-Well, if you’re gonna have a DOB on the Best of ’16 show today, at least NEITHER of the car game players or Cassandra made it to the SC Rd. It would’ve been ultra-heartbreaking (& the “Price” equivalent of a “WHEEL” $1M loss, IMO) if Christina had been the TW & Terrance had won Gold Ru$h & been the R-U (or both car game players won & reached the SC Rd.- only once in GSK’s existence did a DOB occur w/ car game winners, 10/30/13).
-Talking about “WHEEL”, my brother Andrew just started playing the new “Free Play” app. I may have heard some of the upcoming new cues.
-A null cycle was edited out to begin R5 last Wed. on “WHEEL”.
-“Let’s Make a Deal” is turning 53 yrs. old.
-“Millionaire” had a season-high viewership of 2.53M on 12/15.
-On the Apr. Fool’s ’83 ep. of “The New $25,000 PYRAMID”, the G2 maingame categories were mirrored.

“Millionaire” Double-Run Ep. 9/16/16

Joe Mattern (Decatur, GA- left news career after a decade to become a driver)
+1: Michelle (wife)

$500: Like many of its issues since, the very first issue of People in ’74 featured what on the cover?

A: A person
B: A field & stream
C: A car & driver
D: A rolling stone

A person– $

$1K: In its official packing guidelines, FedEx warns customers that it CANNOT “ensure compliance” w/ the markings on its boxes that say “This End…” what?

A: Up
B: Mysteriously Wet
C: One of Several
D: Made of candy

“…Up”– $

$2K: Margaret Heldt, the creator of the beehive hairstyle, is said to have been inspired by a hat resembling what tasseled one favored by Shriners?

A: Dunce cap
B: Stovepipe
C: Pith helmet
D: Fez

Fez– $

$3K: Though the word WASN’T spoken in the movie, a two-headed dragon in Ron Howard’s “Willow” was named “Eborsisk”- reportedly a reference to two famous what?

A: Studio executives
B: Entertainment attorneys
C: 1950s film stars
D: Movie critics

Movie critics– $

$5K: The Arm & Hammer logo shows a man’s arm holding a hammer. The man’s clearly wearing what?

A: Wristwatch
B: Wedding ring
C: White shirt
D: Glove

White shirt– $

$7K: W/ homes in Sagaponack selling for an avg. of $8.5M, Property Shark determined that 2015’s most expensive zip code was 11962, located where?

A: In Northern VA
B: In South FL
C: In Silicon Valley
D: On Long Island

AtA

A: 10%
B: 1%
C: 7%
D: 82%

On Long Island– $

$10K: As of ’16, which of these prominent positions is the only one that HASN’T been held by a woman?

A: Prime Minister of India
B: Head of the U.S. Federal Reserve
C: U.N. Secretary-General
D: Speaker of the House

U.N. Secretary-General– $

$20K: Having recently been chosen to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, which city will become the first to have staged BOTH the Winter & Summer Games?

A: Sydney
B: Montreal
C: Beijing
D: Paris

Beijing– $

$30K: Included on The A.V. Club’s list of “hypermasculine gun-toting gay guys”, what show’s Omar Little was known for saying “you come at the king, you best not miss”?

A: “LAW & ORDER”
B: “THE WIRE”
C: “Breaking Bad”
D: “DEADWOOD”

“THE WIRE”– $

$50K: As part of The Coinage Act of 1964, a two-cent coin became the first to bear what word or phrase?

A: In God We Trust
B: E pluribus unum
C: United States of America
D: Liberty

OUT OF LLs– IN GOD WE TRUST & E PLURIBUS UNUM
FA: E pluribus unum

QotD: The Old Farmer’s Almanac provides a formula for estimating air temperature based on the frequency of what animal sounds?

A: Frog croaks
B: Cricket chirps
C: Sheep bleats
D: Owl hoots

Thousandaire: Danielle Costalino

Studies show that anxiety, depression & PTSD can ALL be caused by an infestation of Cimex lectularius, the urban pests better known as what?

A: Vultures
B: Locusts
C: Gophers
D: Bedbugs

FA: Locusts (A: Bedbugs)

“The Price is Right”- BEST OF ’16

FF: Cassandra Boettcher, Terrance Logan (CHI), Myca Pine (A.F.) & Casey Blotzer
IUFB #1: M.K. smart watches & LG smartphones (R)

CASSANDRA: 1200/TERRANCE: 900/MYCA: 1.5K/CASEY: 1501

Total: $2,300- Casey plays S? for a ’17 Chevrolet Spark ($13,135)(Std., Paint)(A) & a ’17 Nissan Versa (Std., Guards, Accent)($14,270).
S?: N

5. Paige Clark
IUFB #2: SONY PS4 pkg. (A in Clam)

Cassandra: 1100/Terrance: 1101/Myca: 1102/PAIGE: 550

Cassandra overbid by $110, so Paige can win five HDTVs playing Double Prices (Peter).
DP: $13,100 & $15,231
G: $15,231

6. Rebecca Janice
IUFB #3: hotel INDIGO WG (R at #5)

Cassandra: 2K/Terrance: 1200/Myca: 1.5K/REBECCA: 1800

By a $164 diff., Cassandra plays $100K HiOoT.
I: renuzit Sparkling Rain air freshener, Canine Carry outs Bacon Flavor, Kraft Velveeta Cheesy Bowls Chicken Alfredo, Gargle Away (2), McCormick Organic Whole Nutmeg & Bush’s Garbanzo Beans
O: Garbanzos ($1.99)/Pasta/renuzit ($4.99)/Dog treats (99¢)/Gargle Away (2)/Nutmeg
IP– LEFT
R– $100K JUST LIKE THAT! (VB)

SCSD #1 (would’ve been the same order even if it was perfect):
Paige: .95
Casey: NICKEL X4
Cassandra ($102,164): QUARTER + 55 = .8

7. Paris Vasser
IUFB #4: Ladies’ Valentino acc. (A at RS)

PARIS: 1.5K/Terrance: 2K/Myca: 1300/Rebecca: 950

Eight Benjamins off means Terrance goes on a Gold Ru$h for a ’17 Honda Civic (Std., Mats, Mirror, AA)(Jonathan).
P: 2, 4, L (ARP: $21,347)

8. Adrian Gibson
IUFB #5: Video cameras + tripods (ceiling)

Paris: 750/ADRIAN: 985/Myca: 1/Rebecca: 986

Paris was $10 over that time, so Myca marches up to that turntable to play F-F for a trip to B&B Ca La Maria (A at #4).
G: FLOPS (7528)- ABSOLUTELY

FINAL CALLDOWN: Kathy Pawlowicz (wonder if she’s related to Leszek)
FINAL IUFB: CrystalKayak pkg. (R at SS)

Paris: 1201/Adrian: 1/KATHY: 1100/Rebecca: 1200

We can’t have a show like this w/o Paris having to sit in the HS.
SPs: andis 1875 hairdryer, PHILIPS sonicare toothbrush, ChefsChoice Professional 850-SE waffle maker, BRaUn beard trimmer & hand-carved rock molcajete

G:
andis 1875 ($25): H
PHILIPS toothbrush ($39): H
ChefsChoice waffle maker ($250): L
BRaUn beard trimmer ($40): H
Molcajete ($99): L

R:
ChefsChoice waffle maker- $500
Molcajete- $2.5K
BRaUn beard trimmer- $5K
andis 1875- $10K
PL (losing horns used that time)

SCSD #2:
Terrance: .9
Paris ($2,834): 70 + 15 = .85
Myca ($8,268): .9

MALE S-O:
T: .15
Myca: .6

MYCA’S TOP SHOWCASE:
#4- Trip to IBEROSTAR Paraiso Beach (R in front of CR)
#3- ’17 BMW 320i (Std., Locks)

BID ON TRIP/BMW SHOWCASE: $42K

PAIGE’S SHOWCASE:
#1- Trip to Rohotu Fare Private Hideaway Bora Bora (A)
R of #1- Apple 27″ iMac, MacBook & iPad mini 4
#2- ’17 maZDa Miata (Std., Paint)

BID ON TRIP/MIATA SHOWCASE: $45K (ARP: $38,029)

Myca…overed by $423- G.O.

“Top Chef” 12/29/16

QC #4: W/ NOBODY but themselves in the kitchen (everybody else was in the control rm.), they had 40 min. to cook whatever they wanted as long as it was their take on a biscuit.
GJ: John Currence (Big Bad Breakfast chef/owner)

Sylva: Grated corn biscuit w/ pan-seared scallop, jalapeno, balsamic vinegar, peach & sage butter
John: Cheddar jalapeno drop biscuit w/ country beef gravy
Katsuji: Biscuit w/ jalapeno honey butter & sweet corn relish
Silvia: Salmon biscuit w/ avocado, creme fraiche & roasted mushrooms
Jamie: Breakfast biscuit w/ truffle honey, sunny-side-up egg, mushroom & asparagus ragout
Shirley: Biscuit w/ black pepper mascarpone & roasted blackberry compote
Jim: Cream cheese & butter biscuit w/ creamed corn & seared scallop
Brooke: Black pepper & poppy seed biscuit w/ smoked salmon salad & avocado mousse
Sheldon: Buttermilk biscuit bottom w/ country ham, soft-boiled egg, parsley & fennel
W- Brooke

EC #4: Three teams would prepare a whole hog w/ vinegar or mustard-based sauce + three sides.
GJ: Rodney Scott (Scott’s Bar-B-Que owner/pitmaster)

YT (Emily, Sheldon, Brooke & John): BBQ pork w/ chile citrus vinegar sauce, pineapple slaw, smoked mac ‘n cheese & pinto beans
RT (Jamie, Shirley, Casey & Jim): BBQ pork w/ citrus vinegar sauce, trotter/pig head hash, braised cabbage & pickles
GT: BBQ pork w/ hoisin vinegar sauce, kale/apricot slaw, Italian potato salad & beans

W- John
L- Silvia

LCK #4: These dishes were made using seven lucky ingredients.
Sam: Chicken-fried pork chop w/ crunchy kale, brown butter, sage & pomegranate vinaigrette
Silvia: Pan-seared branzino w/ kale, red onion & a light vinaigrette
W- Silvia (broke the show’s birthday curse, at least this time)

“project RUNWAY junior” 12/29

Remember, Hannah’s known as Hannah Jeter because she got married to Derek.

UC: Rooftop pool party
W- Tieler (Also on Top: Cartier & Molly)
OUT- Lucas (Also on Bottom: A’kai & Hawwaa)

“Alone” 12/29

In her first seventeen days, Megan STILL had yet to catch a fish. Britt had a shorter but similar drought.

Greg had some problems w/ a coyote.

Fowler tried to build a surfboard.

LEFT AT END OF EP.- Britt

(Final note: Everybody was allowed to bring a personal photo that WOULDN’T count towards their 10-item list.)

“Chopped” 12/29/16

Justin Goerich (ZOLO EC in Boulder)
Michele Wright (Blonde Butcher Baker owner in Goochland, VA)
Mark Henry (brother LUCK streeteats EC in Fountain, CO who spent seven yrs. in the military)
Peter Martinez (American Cut SC whose parents are Cuban immigrants)
J: Chris, Alex & Johnathon

A: Venison loin, fennel flowers, huckleberry jam & kelp noodles
Justin: Seared venison loin w/ bacon potato kelp hash
Michele: Cardamom, fennel flower & coriander-encrusted venison roll- OUT RIGHT AWAY
Mark: Asian huckleberry venison & rice noodle soup
Peter: Grilled venison taco w/ huckleberry sriracha mayo

E: Wild boar rack, dandelion greens, wildflower honey & burdock root
Mark: Pan-roasted wild boar w/ dandelion green puree
Peter: Cuban Chuleta w/ dandelion salad & burdock fries
Justin: Pan-roasted rack of wild boar w/ dandelion green & honey puree- C

D: Mushroom hot chocolate, cranberries, amaranth grain & buffalo milk butter
Peter: Mushroom hot chocolate pizza w/ candied amaranth
Mark: Cranberry & apple crisp w/ amaranth caramel
W- Mark

“JEOPARDY!” 12/29/16

Nathalie Szilagyi (Meriden, CT): Physician
Mukund Marathe (Montclair, NJ): Music teacher & singer
CHAMP: Justin Scace

BB:
THE STATE GOVERNED
BRANDS
THE SOVIET UNION
“H.H.”
MY EMMY-WINNING ROLE
4 YOUR CONSIDERATION

HS:

Gentlemen: $2,200 each/Nathalie: $3K

Just after the first clue of the 2nd half is read, the only lady on this panel chooses the DD at the $400 mark of The Soviet Union. She wagers $1.5K of her four g-bars to this point.

Following the revolution, Lenin gave him a job as Commissar of Nationalities but might have come to regret it.

“Who is Stalin?”…yeah indeed.

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: $1K (4 Your Consideration- conclusion of rd.)
UNATTEMPTED LT: $1600
TOTAL LT: $2600

CS:

Justin: $5K/Mukund: $4,800/Nathalie: $5,700

DJ!:
NATURE STUDY
IN THE DICTIONARY
SAINTS BE PRAISED
FILMS WITH SHORT TITLES
THEIR ORIGINAL NAMES
“L”ITERATURE

The guy challenger just crossed down a DD $1600 In the Dictionary & he’s in the lead w/ $9600, $3K over Justin. Mukund settles for betting 1/3 of his 1st-place gap.

Its definition as a burden is derived from a Coleridge poem.

“What is rhyme?”…I’m afraid he should’ve been thinking of the golf term for a double-eagle- albatross. Justin’s turn at a DD occurs at the $1600 Film W/ Short Title & w/ $11,400 is three bills behind R-U Nathalie & $1200 off of leader Mukund. Five biggies & 1st place on the table w/ a right response to the following:

This 2004 Best Picture nom. featured such tunes as “What’d I Say” & “I Got a Woman”.

“What is ‘Ray’?”…the Mr. Charles flick was it.

DJ! LT: $5600

Pre-Final S:

Justin: $17,600/Mukund: $15,400/Nathalie: $13,700

CORYAT SCORES:
Justin: $14,200
Mukund: $16,400
Nathalie: $12,600

FJ! #79: COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD

Of the five countries w/ the lowest population density, this U.N. member’s the only one named for a desert.

NATHALIE: “What is Djib Saudi Arabia” ($1K) = $12,700
MUKUND: “WHAT IS NAMIBIA?” ($6K) = $21,400
JUSTIN: “What is Morocco?” ($14K) = $3,600