Important announcements to make before we get started. First, Alex just got a full knee replacement. Second, for the 1st time since 1/19/09, the returning champ (in this case, 2-day champ Claudia Corriere) WON'T be able to defend their title (because she has a musical gig), meaning we will crown an interim titleholder this evening using these people (she'll be back sometime next yr.):
Shoshana Gordon Ginsburg (D.C.): Children's librarian
Jay O'Brien (Waterford, NY): Physics instructor
Liz Quesnelle (PIT): Retail store owner (who's wearing nail polish themed about this show)
BB:
COMMON BOND CUISINE
NOVELISTS
MEASURED WORDS
NOPE, NOT BORN IN AUSTRALIA
OUR BODIES
OUR ELVES
$400 in Our Bodies, Liz just found the 1st DD this wk. w/ $2600; Jay's $1K on the bad side & Shoshana's also where he is, $600 worth. This is a thousand-buck clue.
The first cervical vertebra's called this after a Greek god because it supports the head.
"What is Atlas?"...it is.
HS:
Liz: $2,200/Jay: $600/Shoshana: -$600
ATTEMPTED LT: $1800
SOLE UNATTEMPTED TS: $800 (Our Bodies)
TOTAL LT: $2600
CS:
Liz: $5,800/Jay: $3K/Shoshana: $4K
DJ!:
WORLD WAR I
DOUBLE F WORDS
I HATE QUOTES
COLORFUL U.S. CITIES
A FABRIC-ATED CATEGORY
REMEMBER THE '80s?
Jay scores a DD for the $1200 answer about WWI & he's in 3rd w/ $3800, $1K less than distant 2nd-placer Shoshana, as Liz's sitting pretty w/ $12,600. He puts $3200 up for grabs.
The Zimmermann Note encouraged this nation to ally w/ Germany, which promised to let it annex lost land in the U.S.
"Uh, what is Mexico?"...si. Found in the $2K Colorful U.S. City is Shoshana's own, having a 2nd-place six grand, one more than Jay. The female challenger tries to get to $10K.
This AL college town's name was inspired by a line from Oliver Goldsmith's poem "The Deserted Village".
"What is Auburn?"...absolutely correct. The BoT sound on the $400 Double F Word & the $400/$800 Colorful U.S. Cities.
ATTEMPTED LT: $6800
UNATTEMPTED LT: $8400
TOTAL DJ! LT: $15,200
Pre-Final S:
Liz: $15K/Jay: $3,800 (ME)/Shoshana: $10K
CORYAT SCORES:
Liz: $14,400
Jay: $1,800
Shoshana: $8K
ALEVE FJ! C #71:PUBLISHING (might be up Shoshana's alley)
In 1927, the publishers of the Modern Library widened its scope & took this name, meant as a joke about how it would select titles.
J: "What is Random House?" = $7,599
S: SHE AGREED, UNSURPRISINGLY (3/4) = $17.5K
L: SWEEP = $20,001
EP. RATING: 7
Shoshana Gordon Ginsburg (D.C.): Children's librarian
Jay O'Brien (Waterford, NY): Physics instructor
Liz Quesnelle (PIT): Retail store owner (who's wearing nail polish themed about this show)
BB:
COMMON BOND CUISINE
NOVELISTS
MEASURED WORDS
NOPE, NOT BORN IN AUSTRALIA
OUR BODIES
OUR ELVES
$400 in Our Bodies, Liz just found the 1st DD this wk. w/ $2600; Jay's $1K on the bad side & Shoshana's also where he is, $600 worth. This is a thousand-buck clue.
The first cervical vertebra's called this after a Greek god because it supports the head.
"What is Atlas?"...it is.
HS:
Liz: $2,200/Jay: $600/Shoshana: -$600
ATTEMPTED LT: $1800
SOLE UNATTEMPTED TS: $800 (Our Bodies)
TOTAL LT: $2600
CS:
Liz: $5,800/Jay: $3K/Shoshana: $4K
DJ!:
WORLD WAR I
DOUBLE F WORDS
I HATE QUOTES
COLORFUL U.S. CITIES
A FABRIC-ATED CATEGORY
REMEMBER THE '80s?
Jay scores a DD for the $1200 answer about WWI & he's in 3rd w/ $3800, $1K less than distant 2nd-placer Shoshana, as Liz's sitting pretty w/ $12,600. He puts $3200 up for grabs.
The Zimmermann Note encouraged this nation to ally w/ Germany, which promised to let it annex lost land in the U.S.
"Uh, what is Mexico?"...si. Found in the $2K Colorful U.S. City is Shoshana's own, having a 2nd-place six grand, one more than Jay. The female challenger tries to get to $10K.
This AL college town's name was inspired by a line from Oliver Goldsmith's poem "The Deserted Village".
"What is Auburn?"...absolutely correct. The BoT sound on the $400 Double F Word & the $400/$800 Colorful U.S. Cities.
ATTEMPTED LT: $6800
UNATTEMPTED LT: $8400
TOTAL DJ! LT: $15,200
Pre-Final S:
Liz: $15K/Jay: $3,800 (ME)/Shoshana: $10K
CORYAT SCORES:
Liz: $14,400
Jay: $1,800
Shoshana: $8K
ALEVE FJ! C #71:PUBLISHING (might be up Shoshana's alley)
In 1927, the publishers of the Modern Library widened its scope & took this name, meant as a joke about how it would select titles.
J: "What is Random House?" = $7,599
S: SHE AGREED, UNSURPRISINGLY (3/4) = $17.5K
L: SWEEP = $20,001
EP. RATING: 7