"Jeopardy!" 8/1/13

History was made last night by Skyler Hornback, when he had enough knowledge & guts to win $66,600, becoming the top-winning kid ever on the show (& breaking a near-11-yr.-old Kids Week mark)! As far as I know, the KW record for girls is Emily Kamm's $35K on 12/27/01.

Josiah Washington (Columbia, SC)(12)- Wants to be a roller coaster co. CEO
Blythe McWhirter (Decatur, GA)- Aspiring marine biologist
Clement Doucette (Hudson, MA)- A science lover who wants to do something in the medical field

BB:
AT THE TOY STORE
GEOGRAPHY 101
COLORFUL EXPRESSIONS
CELEBRITIES
THIS & THAT
BOOKS' MISSING ADJECTIVES

Josiah goes DDH on the $400 Celebrities clue after being right on the first At the Toy Store answer...in the meantime, Clement SWEEPS Books' Missing Adjectives to turn his -$200 into $2,800 & the early lead (& Skyler didn't have a sweep at all yesterday; in fact, no one did). At the TO, he has $4K & is in LGT right now, a $2,400 lead over Josiah & a $3K cushion over Blythe.

The DD of the rd. gets picked by...Blythe from the $600 Geography 101 screen & has $3,800; she's $1,600 off Clement's leading pace & is in 2nd place by a grand. She wagers 1/2 of her current deficit ($800).

277 miles long & often one mile deep, it's the largest gorge in the U.S. of A.

"What is the Grand Canyon?"...good for $4,600. When we flip-flop the first two digits of her score at the end of this rd. of competition, she's tied for the lead w/ Clement at $6,400 apiece.

SOLE TS: Unattempted $1K This & That

DJ! Board:
IT HAPPENED ON AUGUST 1
ANIMATION APPRECIATION
SCIENCE ROUNDUP
INTERESTED IN A JOB, KID?
EXPLORATION
"HEAD" OF THE CLASS

Josiah goes right up the middle of "Head" to resume his DDH procedure...on his third choice, he's got one for the $1,600 Exploration; he wagers $2K of his $4,400. This is for a three-way tie:

In 1609, this Englishman sailed the half-moon into New York Bay.

"Who is (Henry) Hudson?"...good guess for the three-way split! Clement has the last one in the middle of Aug. 1 w/ a 3rd place score of $8,800, trailing Blythe for 2nd by $2K; Josiah's all the way up to 16 big ones. Clement also makes a $2K bet, so for the tie to 2nd (w/ less than a min. left in the rd.):

This was abolished in Britain's Caribbean colonies on Aug. 1, 1834.

"What is slavery?"...that was it! Those beeps sound before they could discover:

It Happened on Aug. 1: $1,600 & $2K
Animation Appreciation: $1,600
"Head": $400 & $2K

DJ! LT: $2K (attempted $800 & $1,200 Exploration answers)

Pre-FJ! Scoring:

Clement: $8,800/Blythe: $14,400/Josiah!: $14K

CORYAT SCORES:
Clement: $8K
Blythe: $14,200
Josiah!: $13,600

FJ! TOPIC #229: Postal Abbreviations..

Like NM & MN, the postal abbreviations of these two states are the reverse of one another.

C: "What (is) Neva..." (ALL-IN) = BUST
J: "What is Alabama + Louisiana" (& I saw him making excited faces just as the think music was ending)($8,200) = $22,200
B: "What are Alaska and Kansas" ($5,600) = $8,800

EPISODE RATING: 7