Margaret: Everything or close to that
David: $5,399
Lukas: $13,401 or a Shortegic wager of $1,401
NO ONE wagered perfectly, so the only reason Margaret's back tonight is because both guys lost the game to her when they shouldn't have due to greediness (I was especially surprised at David given he lowballed at a good time for his first win). Also, there was no Zerg Cam shot of her; that would've been a good time for it to have been used. Now, that I've got those rumblings out of the way, we're into one of those proving ground games w/ three ladies:
Ayana Matthews (Baltimore, MD)- Geriatric nursing assistant & chef
Bridget Gallagher (Arlington, VA; she moved to AK once)- Fundraising consultant
CHAMP: Margaret Swanson (whose one-day cash winnings total $3,999)
Friday's Basics:
TEXAS-BASED COMPANIES
DIAL M FOR MURDER
COMMON BONDS
LESSER-KNOWN NOBEL PRIZE LIT WINNERS
STARTS WITH 3 CONSONANTS
MILESTONE BIRTHDAYS 2012
Ayana's the early leader at halftime to the tune of $3K, followed by Bridget w/ $1,800 & Margaret w/ eight $100 bills. At round's end, Ayana finds herself in Lock Game Territory w/ $6,200 & Margaret's in third place w/ a $5K deficit, but it's Bridget who gets to end the round w/ a Daily Double on the $1K Texas-Based Company. From her $1,800, Bridget wagers a grand:
This large retailer of imported furnishings & gifts began as a single store in the San Francisco Bay Area.
"What is Pier 1 (Imports)?"...good for $2,800...& later $4,400, because her incorrect response on the $800 Common Bond is deemed acceptable just before the start of the next round.
SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: $800 (Texas-Based Companies)
UNATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $3K
TOTAL LACH TRASH: $3,800
Double J! Now Has to Offer:
TAKE ME "N-A" WHERE (each correct response ends w/ those two letters)
RED, RED WINE
PHOENICIA PHUN
FLOWERY LANGUAGE
PLAY THEM OFF
KEYBOARD CATS
Ayana finds a DD lurking behind the $1,600 "N-A" answer w/ $7,800 & she has a $1K advantage over Bridget; Margaret's nearly tripled her end-of-R1 score to $3,600. This clue will try to push Ayana to that $10K mark:
This world capital in the West Indies was established at its present site in 1519.
She blanks. The last word of the title of Gloria Estefan's latest album would've been right- Havana ("Little Miss Havana"); back to $5,600 she goes. W/ five clues left (two in Phonecia Phun & three in Play Them Off), she also digs up the final DD this week from the $1,600 Phonecia Phun screen w/ about a minute to go in the round. This is a closer game than it was a few min. ago, though- Ayana has eight thou & is $800 ahead of Margaret for second, while Bridget's leading the way w/ $10,400. Ayana makes this tidbit worth $1.5K:
Until the 500s A.D., Africans near Carthage spoke this Phoenician dialect, also the name of three wars.
"What is Punic?"...that's NOT a puny Q, because it's right to take her to $9.5K. Time is called before they can read off the last Play Them Off answer.
ATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $5,200
UNATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $7,200
TOTAL DJ! LACH TRASH: $12,400
Post-DJ! Scores:
Margaret: $7,200
Bridget: $6,800
Ayana: $7,900
CORYAT SCORES:
Margaret: $7,200
Bridget: $6,800
Ayana: $10,200
FINAL J! CATEGORY: 20th Century Technology.
The first major use of simultaneous translation, before adoption by the U.N., was in this European city in 1945 & 1946.
Bridget Gallagher put "What is The Hague?"...down to $800. Margaret Swanson jotted "What is Nuremburg?"...right for a $6K addition, so she could add $13,200 to her tiny win from yesterday...& she does! Ayana lost w/ Paris & dips to $1K, but she leaves w/ twice as much & Margaret has a two-day total of $17,199.
EPISODE RATING: 7