Julie Bratvold Ghanbari (San Diego)- Stay-at-home mom
Elisa Leigan (San Luis Obispo)- Mental health therapist
CHAMPION: Dan Burke (whose one-day cash winnings total $26,798)
To Start This Game:
MYSTERIES & THRILLERS
CHINESE ZODIAC ANIMALS
BEGINS & ENDS IN "K"
NO BED BUT BATH & BEYOND
POTPOURRI (always played at the end of "Wax On, Wax Off" on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon")
ADDRESSING THE BALLPARK (each correct question's a MLB team)
Julie's bank holds $1,200 as she finds the Daily Double attached to the $800 Mysteries & Thrillers answer; she's $1K ahead of Elisa for second place & is also that much out of the early lead. Julie wastes no time making this a double-or-nothing clue:
Chapter 1 of this classic's "Spade & Archer".
"What is A Long Goodbye?"...to her early money. Correct: What was The Maltese Falcon? Dan's in Lock Game Territory at the first commercials w/ $4,400; Elise has tripled to $600 & Julie has $1K back. They don't see either of the first two Chinese Zodiac Symbols before the round's forced to end.
LACH TRASH (all attempted): $800
Scores After J! Round:
Dan: $5,800
Elisa: $3,800
Julie: $3K
(Notes: On the last Potpourri clue, Kelly Miyahara was standing next to a screen showing lots of Alex's short bio. The widow, which is the last line of a paragraph at the start of a new side or page, was highlighted.)
Next Dozen Categories:
THE OED SEZ
CRAZY ABOUT QUEBEC
IT'S AN OLYMPIC YEAR!
"C" MONSTERS
OPUS & OPERA
FILL IN THE BEST PICTURE TITLE (abbreviations)
If Julie can take out the last "C" Monster, she could be back in the lead because of her second DD this evening w/ $7,400; Dan's just $800 ahead of her & Elisa's added $800 to her final score from the opening round. Julie goes for the face value of the following:
The Greeks said this fire-breather was part lion, part dragon & part goat-- but maybe it was a figment of their imagination.
"What is a Chimera?"...is correct to move in front of the competition w/ $9,400. The DD Sweep is hers at the end of Opus & Opera & she's sitting on $12,200; Dan's at the $9K mark & Elisa's back to $2,200. The bet this go-round's $2.5K:
His Opus 68 is "From the Bohemian Forest", composed around 1883.
"Tchaikovsky...Who is (Pyotr Ilyich) Tchaikovsky?"...but the author was Antonin Dvorak. Time runs out on the last three Crazy About Quebec monitors.
ATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $4K
UNATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $3,200
TOTAL DJ! LACH TRASH: $7,200
Heading into Final J!:
Dan: $9K
Elisa: $2,200
Julie: $10,900
CORYAT SCORES:
Dan: $9K
Elisa: $2,200
Julie: $14,600
FJ! SUBJECT: British History.
This 17th Century King was the last British monarch to enter The House of Commons.
Elisa wisely bets nothing & "Who is James II?" is incorrect. Dan replaced James in that response w/ Charles...he's out w/ $3 & leaves w/ $27,798. For $18,001 & the title, Julie knocked off an I for a response of "Who is Charles I?"...win!
EPISODE RATING: 6