Leo Lopez (Brooklyn)- Psychiatrist
Lori Hohenleitner (Atlantic Highlands, NJ)- Executive director for a non-profit
CHAMP: Doug Thornton (whose one-day cash winnings total $22K)
Thursday's Half-Dozen Categories to Begin:
STUPID ANSWERS: MOVIES
QUOTES OF THE 2010s
SHAKESPEARE
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
THE CIVIL WAR BY THE NUMBERS
DO YOU KNOW THE "LING"O?
$200 SA:
Melissa McCarthy was a scene-stealer as one of the bridesmaids in this raunchy chick flick.
Leo: "What is 'Bridesmaids'?" ($600)
His next clue choice of the $600 in Shakespeare triggers the Daily Double; the guys are tied for the early lead & lead the center lady by $400. Leo's $1K answer:
Shakespeare's 37 plays are traditionally classified into three groups: comedies, tragedies & these.
"What are histories?"...$1,600 & sole possession of the lead are now his.
$400 SA:
In "Jurassic Park", Richard Attenborough has created a dinosaur-filled animal preserve called this.
Lori: "What is 'Jurassic Park'?" ($2,400)
$600 SA:
This film w/ a one-word title's based on the play God of Carnage.
Lori: "What is 'Carnage'?" ($3K)
$800 SA:
A dolphin loses its tail in a crab trap in this family film based on a real dolphin named Winter.
Leo: "What is 'Winter'?" ($800)
Lori: "What is 'A Dolphin Tail'?" ($3,800)
FINAL SA TONIGHT:
The third film in the "Shrek" series has this three-word title.
Lori: "What is 'Shrek the Third'?" ($4,800)
She's in Lock Game Territory at the break w/ $5,200 & is $4K ahead of Leo & $4,600 over Doug.
SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: $800 (Business & Industry)
SOLE UNATTEMPTED TS: $400 (The Civil War By the Numbers)
TOTAL LACH TRASH: $1,200
Scores After the Round:
Doug & Lori: $5K each
Leo: $4,400
Now in Double J!:
BARONS & BARONESSES
TRANSPORTATION
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
GIVE 'EM HEALTH!
BIBLICAL WIFERY
LESSER-KNOWN GREEKS & ROMANS (each correct response ends in -us)?
Lori lands a DD behind the $1,200 Biblical Wifery w/ $6,600; she's trailing the champ from Virginia by $1,600 for second place & is $5K out of the lead. She places a $2.5K wager:
Laban promises this daughter to Jacob as a wife but substitutes Leah for her at the last minute.
"Who is Rachel?"...she's in second by nine bills. However, Leo SWEEPS the topic about Lesser-Known Greeks & Romans to propel big time to $20,800! W/ the Barons & Baronesses left & $9K, Doug goes DD Hunting in the center to start...that's a TS, but his $1,600 pick is good! He risks $7K & I hear Lori w/ $7,900 say "Wow":
Rudolf Erich Raspe wrote a 1785 booklet of tall tales about him; the real baron disapproved.
"Who is Baron von Munchausen?"...Lori has the right to say "Awesome", because Doug got it to stay in the contest at $16K! After the $2K clue goes untried, the round's over.
SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: $1,600 (Transportation)
UNATTEMPTED LACH TRASH: $6,400
TOTAL DJ! LACH TRASH: $8K
Post-DJ! Banks:
Doug: $16K
Lori: $7,900
Leo: $19,600
CORYAT SCORES:
Doug: $10,600
Lori: $6,600
Leo: $19,200
FINAL J! SUBJECT: Opera.
The swan boats in Boston's Public Garden were inspired by this opera in which a swan pulls a boat on The Scheldt River.
Lori's wrong w/ "What is Cinderella?" & declines by $2,100. Doug also missed w/ "What is The Magic Flute"...& is going home after losing 15 grand. Leo doesn't like his Q of "What is The Flying Dutchman?", either...because it was Lohengrin by Richard Wagner. But he's still the new champ w/ $7,199; had Lori wagered $701 or less, she would've been a titleholder. Regardless, Doug goes away w/ $23K (but he also could've retained his title had he risked as little as $199).
EPISODE RATING: 6