Liz Frost (Issaquah, WA)- Accountant
Kate Mosesso (Chicago)- Attorney (whose grandfather wrote for MGM)
CHAMPION: Andy Baggarly (whose one-day cash winnings total $15,600- a lot better than his outing as "Card Sharks" when he was 11; Alex won a "Sharks" GS hosts tournament in '80!)
In the double dollar era, I think there have been 15 regular weeks (including last week) where all five returning champs lost. Also, the record for the longest returning champ losing streak should be 14 games (started w/ the last week of Season 18 & ended on the second week of S19).
First Categories of the Week:
THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH
NUMERICAL NOVEL BY CHARACTERS (two each clue)
CLASSICAL CARTOONS
MENTAL STATES
DEUS X
MACADAMIA
Andy's in Lock Game Territory at the first break w/ $5,400; Kate has 12 Benjamins & Liz has half her bank. Kate gets a nice surprise at the end of Numerical Novel By Characters via the Daily Double w/ $2K; Andy's added $400 to his score from the first-half of this round. Kate wagers the face value of $1K on:
Aureliano Buendia & The Ghost of Prudencio Aguilar
"What is 100 Years of Solitude?"...correct to up her to the $3K level. By the time the fat lady sings on this J! Round, she's barely in second place w/ $4,400, as Liz's breathing just behind her w/ $4,200; Andy's still in first at $7,200.
LACH TRASH (all unattempted): $1,600
Double J! Board:
SCULPTURE
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
WHO'S THE "MAN"?
MOVIE FIGHTERS
CRAZY TALK
SCOTTISH RULERS
The second DD of this game is taken by Liz behind the $1,200 Official Language w/ $11,400; she has a $600 lead over our champ & Kate has $7,200. Liz risks $2K & her slim lead on the following:
Haiti: French & the Haitian type of this Vernacular language.
"What is Creole?"...the lead's still hers w/ $13,400...but w/ only Scottish Rulers left after this answer, Andy chooses the final DD tonight underneath the last Sculpture at a sweet $16K, followed by Liz w/ $11,800 & Kate w/ $9,200. This is also for $2K more:
Last year, the scales went missing from a statue representing this in front of Louisville's Metro Hall.
"What is Libra, uh, Justice?"...all they needed was Justice & Andy's response is ACCEPTABLE to go to $18K!
SOLE ATTEMPTED TS OF THE ROUND: $2K (Official Languages)
UNATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $8,400
TOTAL DJ! LACH TRASH: $10,400
Heading into Final J!:
Andy: $18,800
Kate: $9,200
Liz: $12,200
CORYAT SCORES:
Andy: $18,800
Kate: $9,200
Liz: $11,400
FJ! SUBJECT: Political Literature.
The key message to this title figure in an Italian work is "It is far safer to be featured than loved".
KATE:
Response: "Who is Casanova?" (no wonder she had a negative reaction just as it was revealed)
BUST (at least she's not going home w/ crummy parting gifts like Andy did on "Sharks"; she gets $1K instead)
Liz came up w/ "Who is The Prince"...which was right...as did Andy to end the skid, $24,401-$20,200! Two-episode total on this GS: $40,001.
EPISODE RATING: 7