Richard Koehler (Wilmington, DE): Data scientist
Lanier Heyburn (Bethesda, MD): Neuroscientist
CHAMP: Charbel Barakat
BB:
3-LETTER WORDS
BLAME CANADA
CAR TALK
MEANWHILE… (this is also the title of a recurring segment on “the LATE SHOW with Stephen Colbert”)
IT’S NATIONAL
TV FROM THE NEXT ROOM
HS:
Charbel: $200/Lanier: $2,600/Richard: $4K
Meanwhile Richard ($7600) selects the first DD on this Christmas behind its $400 answer & is up by $3600 over the other challenger; Charbel’s only doubled up since the 2nd segment began. $2600 of that margin’s wagered by Richard.
Burton & Speke visited Lake Tanganyika in 1858 when these two were running for U.S. senator & debated each other seven times.
“Who are Lincoln & Davis?”…only got Lincoln correct. Time’s up on the last two Blame Canada answers.
SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: $400 (Blame Canada)
SOLE UNATTEMPTED TS: $600 (TV From the Next Rm.)
CS:
Charbel: $1,200/Lanier: $5,600/Richard: $5K
DJ!:
13-LETTER PHRASES
BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS
OLYMPIANS FROM COUNTRIES THAT NO LONGER EXIST
U.S. NATIONAL LABORATORIES
THAT WAS SOME CHRISTMAS!
YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHAT I GOT!
Other challenger Lanier ($10,800) pushes the doors on the $2K U.S. National Laboratory just before the halfway point & DD #1 comes her way; she has a $2200 leading margin over Richard, while Charbel’s tripled his pot just as this rd. led off. This is for $3K & to keep 1st place.
This southwest facility began as Site Y in the Manhattan Project 75yrs ago.
It’s in Los Alamos but she’s in space. Five clues later it’s DD #2 for new champ Charbel ($10K) lurking from the $2K That Was Some Christmas clue & he’s now on top by $1400 ahead of Richard, whereas Lanier’s $3800 off the pace. Charbel bets a grand.
After suffering a stroke this French explorer died on Christmas 1635 in Quebec.
“Who is La Salle?”…he wasn’t- Champlain was. This time the $1200 & $1600 13-Letter Phrases go unplayed.
SOLE DJ! TS: $800 (Books About Books)
Pre-Final S:
Charbel & Lanier: $9K EACH/Richard: $14,600
CORYAT SCORES:
Charbel: $10K
Lanier: $12K
Richard: $17,200
GEICO FJ! #77: THE SUPREME COURT
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes once referred to this 1857 decision as the court’s 1st self-inflicted wound.
CHARBEL: “What is Scott vs. Sandford?” (DOUBLE) = $18K
LANIER: “What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?” ($2300) = $6,700
RICHARD: SAME AS CHARBEL = $18,001
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Comments on: "“JEOPARDY!” 12/25/18" (4)
Very disappointed episode. Three wrong answers on the daily double resulted our first shutout all season long as well as the first shutout on Christmas Day since 2007. Let’s hope that tomorrow’s episode will be much better before we could say Gas Money. Any thoughts, Antwan?
Grade: F
Rating: 3
Glad you were able to post Jeopardy tonight, but is Wheel pre-empted for you too?
Well, we were given a DD lump of coal from Harry the Grinch for the first time all season. Bah humbug.
Single digit margin of victory brought my rating back up a little though.
Grade: F+
Rating: 4
Single dollar*
Wheel recap for 12/25: the Mystery Round was painful, but a contestant who opened with a big missolve on the first Toss-Up (‘Kindness Gracious’) came back to almost ace the Bonus Round for the $36K minimum, winning $69K in all.
Happy Holidays.