ppauper
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Sat May 07, 05 02:54 PM
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Round 2 of the Ultimate Tourney continues:
Day 14 (Monday May 2) former college champion Pam Mueller advanced.
Mueller came from $100 behind in Final Jeopardy! to defeat Arthur Phillips.
Final category: World Cities.
Answer: capital of the Ancient Roman province of Galatia, it became a modern national capital in 1923. The sort of question Hamilton would appreciate.
Eric Terzuolo was correct with: what is Ankara, Turkey? He gained a brief lead at $12,400.
Mueller was also right and played an interesting math wager of $6,699 to go to $18,699.
Phillips turned his back as if he wanted to walk out of the building. His question: what is Beirut? He risked all but $5, giving the victory to Mueller.
Day 15 (Tuesday May 3) John Cuthbertson advanced.
Entering the finale, Cuthbertson held a tenuous $100 lead ($14,500 to $14,400) over Tad Carithers. Bob Verini had still mathematically alive at $3,000.
Final Jeopardy! category: Words from Mythology. Answer: it refers to a mythical bird that clamed waves, or to past happy "days," spelled differently, it is a sleeping pill.
Those of us who remember Bush41's medical problems knew the answer to this.
Verini drew a blank but stayed pat at $3,000.
Carithers missed with: what is Sylvan? Emulating the strategy of Grace Veach against seeded contestant Brian Weikle last Friday, the New Yorker only wagered $500 to stay at $13,900.
The conservative bet did not stand up this time. Cuthbertson nailed the question with: what is Halcyon? His $8,400 wager gave him a winning $22,900 and a shot in the Elite 18.
Verini and Carithers---who won $31,300 in upsetting 1992 great Leszek Pawlowicz in the opening round---took the $10,000 consolation prizes. Verini left with $25,000 (seeded players take the winner's $15,000 minimum from round one) and Carithers with $41,300.
Cuthbertson enters the quarterfinals with $37,900.
Day 16 (Wednesday May 4) Frank Spangenberg advanced
Fifteen years ago, Frank Spangenberg set a five-day record for winnings on syndicated Jeopardy!. Wednesday, he made a step toward a showdown with the man who became a quiz show legend after the series' five-day limit was lifted.
Final Jeopardy! category: Vocabulary.
Answer: its original meaning was a resident of a certain wealthy city; now it means one who indulges in luxury.
Paul Gutowski connected with: what is sybarite? He added $4,597 to his total, advancing to $9,197.
Bev Schwartzberg missed with: what is Cosmopolitan?" She lost $1,100 to finish at $4,700.
Spangenberg also was on the money with sybarite. He picked up $7,000, running his total to $25,800.
Day 17 (Thursday May 5) Phil Yellman advanced
Final category: Female Firsts.
Answer: after 285 years, in 1945, this British organization inducted its first women, including Kathleen Lunsdale.
Chuck Forrest went for everything with: what is the Royal Academy of Sciences? He missed to earn the $25,000 guarantee for the seeded players.
Yellman was on the money with: what is The Royal Society? His $14,000 wager took him to $28,200.
Lara Robillard matched Forrest's answer and fell to $12,999. Her $10,000 consolation prize gave her $25,000 for the tournament.
With another match ahead, Yellman's tourney total stands at $53,801.
Day 18 (Friday May 6) April McManus advanced.
She is the final qualifier for the elite eighteen.
Final Jeopardy! category: Fictional Animals.
Answer: the name of this character, introduced in 1894, is from the Hindi for bear.
Jonathon Groff drew one of the biggest laughs of the season when he questioned: what is Pooh? He blew all of his money but told Alex Trebek, "At least I got to say Pooh."
As every schoolboy knows:
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During World War I, a Canadian lieutenant named Harry Colebourne was on his way to Europe when he bought a female black bear cub whose mother had been killed by a hunter. He named her Winnipeg (Winnie for short), after his hometown.
The cub accompanied the unit to Britain and became the brigade's mascot. When Colebourne was sent to France, he gave Winnie to the London Zoo. It was here that Christopher Robin Milne, son of author A.A. Milne, met and fell in love with the bear. He visited her often at the zoo and renamed his teddy bear (a male originally named Edward Bear) Winnie-the-Pooh. (The "Pooh" part was the name of a real swan). Inspired by his son's beloved stuffed animals, A.A. Milne wrote Winnie-the-Pooh, which was published in 1926.
Ed Schiffer duplicated Groff's question and lost all but $600.
McManus was on the money. She recognized the Indian bear (also made famous by Disney) who sheltered Mowgli in "The Jungle Book." Her question: what is Baloo? The $2,101 wager gave her a runaway game-winning $18,001, adjusted to the minimum Fabulous 54 round share of $20,000.
Groff's two-game tournament winnings totaled $34,001. Schiffer went home with $27,400.
McManus enters the Elite 18 with $42,801.
Edited: Sun May 08, 05 at 07:23 PM by ppauper
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