Contesti:
Dan Elg (originally from Wheaton, Il)- Graduate student of Nuclear & Plasma Energy
Veronica Mance (Chevy Chase, MD)- Policy & research analyst
CHAMP: Penny Citrola (whose one-day cash winnings total $17,800)
This Game Starts W/ This Menu:
GIVE THE "DEVIL"
HIS 'DO
TALK SHOW-POURRI
THEIR DEBUT NOVELS
NOT EXACTLY HUMAN
SINGAPORE (Kelly Miyahara gives the clues)
I'm a little surprised everybody was wrong on the $400 Talk Show-Pourri clue about Chelsea Handler (whose talk show, "Chelsea Lately", is moving into a bigger set on October 15th); in fact, Dan said "Who is Ellen DeGeneres?" one answer too early. Speaking of him, he goes Daily Double Hunting starting w/ the $400 Not Exactly Human screen...nothing yet, but he's slightly in Lock Game Territory at the first timeout w/ $3,400 & has a $2K lead over Penny, while Veronica's $400 in the hole.
However, right after those commercials, that answer about Chelsea Handler was deemed UNACCEPTABLE because it sounded like it could've applied to Joan Rivers (which Veronica said when she rang in) as well. Let's reveal it for yourself & find out if you thought the same way:
Are you there, America? It's this female comedian & bestselling author w/ a late-night talk show on E!.
I didn't think it was written that badly, but that means Veronica's back to $400 on the good side (since she was credited w/ a right response) & Dan now has $3,800 (because he buzzed in after Veronica; no change to the champ's score because she buzzed in first on that clue). Right after we get back to the board...Dan hits the DD in the middle of Singapore & gambles $1.5K:
Named for the woman in whose garden it was discovered, the Vanda Miss Joaquim, the first hybrid of this plant grown in Singapore- the country's national flower.
"What is a Hyacinth?"...no, it's something simple called an Orchid. He finishes back at $1.5K & is only $300 ahead of Veronica for second place, while Penny's suddenly in LGT herself w/ five thou.
ATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $2K
UNATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $3,800
TOTAL LACH TRASH: $5,800
Offered This Time in Double J!:
TRUE DAILY DOUBLES
"&" MAGAZINES (Michelle Obama reads the $1,200 answer)
PHYSICISTS
PLATONIC FIENDS
INDIANA JONES
AN ANTONYM OF...
Dan's choice of the $1,200 Physicist might give him a shot to tie the match, because he has $5.5K compared to Penny's $11K; Veronica stands at $3,200. He instead bets $3.5K:
In 1797, Henry Cavendish began a measurement of gravitation popularly known as an effort to weigh this.
"What..is...a feather?"...sorry- it was Earth, so he's down to last place at $2K. And we run out of time w/ all of this left over (including one DD):
"&" Magazines: $1,600 & $2K
Platonic Fiends: ALL
An Antonym of...: $400 & $800
SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: $400 ("&")
UNATTEMPTED LT: $7,600
TOTAL DJ! LT: $8K
Heading into Final:
Penny: $11K (first repeat champ this season)
Veronica: $4,400
Dan: $3,600
CORYAT SCORES:
Penny: $11K
Veronica: $4,400
Dan: $8,600
FJ! SUBJECT: Presidential Children.
One of his five sons was born in New Brunswick, Canada.
DAN:
Response: "Who is FDR?"
Wager: $3,597
Final score: $7,197
VERONICA:
Response: "Who is (Dwight D.) Eisenhower?"
Wager: $4,300
Final score: $100
PENNY:
Response: "Who is Teddy Roosevelt?"
Wager: $2K
Wins again w/: $9K
Which means Penny now has way more than that particular coin to the tune of $26,800.
(Final note: An S has been added to the end of a repeat champion's length at the end of an episode as of right now.)
EPISODE RATING: 7