Andy Baggarly (Palo Alto, CA)- Journalist/author
Lisa Farricker (Winchester, VA)- Nursing student
POSSIBLE HERO OF THE WEEK: Mike McStravick (whose one-day cash winnings total $20,800)
Friday's Match Begins Like This:
FORESTS
CELEBRITY BOOKS
MILITARY MATTERS
INVENTIVE AD WORDS
5 ABOUT 5
INSIDE SHAKESPEARE (each correct response has letters from "Shakespeare")
Mike uses the High School Strategy on Military Matters right away...but at halftime, Lisa's a little in Lock Game Territory w/ $3,800 to his $1,800 & Andy's $1,600. The guy who finds the Daily Double inside the $800 Forests is...Andy w/ $2,400; Mike now has $2,200. Andy goes for another $1,600 & first place:
At 4,898 feet, Feldberg's the highest point in this German forest known for its mineral springs.
"What is The Black Forest?"...great guess for the temporary lead at four grand. When we close out the round, he has $7,800, followed by Lisa w/ five G's & Mike w/ $4,200.
SOLE TS: Unattempted $800 Military Matters
Next Double J! Menu:
BIRDS OF A FEATHER (three per answer)
McWRITERS
HEADING FOR "DIXIE"
STREET SMARTS
BRITISH HISTORY
OLD "FRIENDS", NEWER GIGS
Mike's on the DD Hunting trail, this time beginning in the middle of British History...& later using the HSS on Birds of a Feather, but Andy beats him to a DD for the second time tonight attached to the BoaF $1,600 spot. Mike's in front, $13,400-$9,800; Lisa's sitting on $6,200. Andy puts up $2,200 on this trio:
Little Spotted, North Island Brown, South Island Brown
"What are Pelicans?"...he nodded for nothing; those are actually Kiwis & down to $7,600 goes Andy. However, he does finish the DD Sweep thanks to $1,200 worth of Street Smarts. $10,400's where he sits now & he's $3K behind the champ; Lisa's fallen to $4,200. The bet's $3K:
This capital's Gran Via Was renamed Avenida Jose Antonio, after the founder of the Fascist Party.
"What is Havana?"...wrong again. It was the Spanish city of Madrid.
ATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $5,600
SOLE UNATTEMPTED TS: $1,200 (McWriters)
TOTAL DJ! LACH TRASH: $6,800
Heading into Final J!:
Mike: $15,400
Lisa: $7,400- VIRTUALLY OUT
Andy: $7,800
CORYAT SCORES:
Mike: $15,400
Lisa: $7,400
Andy: $12,200
FJ! CATEGORY: Recent Films.
One of its first lines is "I won't talk! I won't say a word!!!".
LISA:
Response: NOTHING
Final score: $100
Andy wrote down "What is 'The Artist'?"...DOUBLE to $15,600. It all comes down to Mike...
...BUT HE BLOWS $1K & HIS THRONE W/ "THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO"; he leaves w/ $22,800. Andy needed to have gotten that last DJ! clue right about "Friends" in order to have prevented Mike from locking up this game; it was almost a TS. As a result, we have likely our only RETURNING CHAMPION SHUTOUT this season & the 13th since the start of the '02-'03 season (that one had four alone, shockingly).
(Final note: Andy appeared 15 yrs. ago on the syndicated version of "Card Sharks" on one of its Young People's Weeks.)
EPISODE RATING: 6