J! Quickcap: 6/30/2021

Hopefully we end this rollercoaster ride of a month on a high note.

Today’s Contestants: Challengers: Abby Furnish (Washington, D.C.) and S.A. Shenoy (orig. from Newark, DE); Returning Champion: Courtney Shah (2-day $39,100)

Coryat Score: $34,800

Daily Double Correct Answers: 2

Final Jeopardy Correct Answers: 1

Winner: Courtney ($19,000 (3-day $58,100))

Don’t try to get excited, people.

Grade: C-
Rating: 7

ant0824’s Rating: TBA

Adam’s Grade: TBA
Adam’s Rating: TBA

Ismael’s Grade: C-
Ismael’s Rating: 7

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J! Quickcap: 6/29/2021

Today’s Contestants: Challengers: Xiao Stroming (Kildeer, IL) and Jay Morris (San Rafael, CA); Returning Champion: Courtney Shah (1-day $15,400)

Coryat Score: a modest $31,800

Daily Double Correct Answers: 2

Final Jeopardy Correct Answers: 1

Winner: Courtney ($23,700 (2-day $39,100))

Okay, first off… Howard on Andy Saunder’s site Googled “French Blue” and AT LEAST FIVE different shades were shown. Prussian Blue had MORE THAN ONE shade as well. And I don’t think any of us has ever heard of French Blue. That said, I am very shocked & impressed that Courtney got this one correct. That is a VERY TERRIBLE CLUE by the writers and Alex is rolling in his grave over that one! 😡

Grade: D+
Rating: 6 (too many clues were missed)

ant0824’s Rating: TBA

Adam’s Grade: TBA
Adam’s Rating: TBA

Ismael’s Grade: D+
Ismael’s Rating: 6

TPIR Quickcap: 6/29/2021 — CAMERAMAN WAYNE’S LAST EP.

First Four: Calvin Radsick, Kelly Hayes, Jeff Nadeau & Salwa Eldanaf

Do The Math: Kelly hits a Passing Grade

Next Up: Patricia Joines

Cover up: Salwa Covers her way to the Win

Next Up: Brian Hansen

Punch-a-Bunch: Patricia ends up with $10,000

SCSD #1 Winner: Salwa

Next Up: Ma Luz Imperio

Freeze Frame: Ma Luz goes to 0 Degrees Farenheit in a loss

Next Up: Joshua Arceo

Take Two: Brian Takes Two to a Win

Final Come: Nicole Brevarrd

Vend-o-Price: Calvin watches His Lunch Go Spoil

No Chance at anything: Jeff

SCSD #2 Winner: Ma Luz (Banked $11,000)

Spongebob Showcase Winner: Ma Luz ($49,974)

Congratulations and thank you, Wayne!

My Rating: 7

Skipps’ Grade: C
Skipps’ Rating: 7

Adam’s Grade: TBA
Adam’s Rating: TBA

Ismael’s Grade: C-
Ismael’s Rating: 7

Jeff, Not a Chance

Two Former WOF Contestants Set to Appear on $100,000 Pyramid

Two former WOF contestants are set to appear on $100K Pyramid next month — S35 alum Andrea Rycroft will appear next Wednesday, July 7th, while late-S33 alum Paul Reynolds is set to appear this Wednesday, June 30th.

Also, S34 Jeopardy! alum Rahul Gupta (1-day champion $12,399 + $2K) appeared on last night’s The Chase episode, and we are unsure if he appeared on the U.K. version of the show in 2014 as there was a contestant w/ that namesake who appeared on the U.K. version on July 15th, 2014. Natasha Baker-Bradley, who was the sole contestant who made it to the Final Chase & won, was also on Jeopardy! in 2017.

J! Quickcap: 6/28/2021

Today’s Contestants: Challengers: Spencer Pace (orig. from Boston, MA) and Courtney Shah (Portland, OR); Returning Champion: Austin Weiss (1-day $12,900)

Guest Host for the Next Two Wks.: Dr. Sanjay Gupta for Odyssey Atlanta

Coryat Score: $44,000

Daily Double Correct Answers: 2

Final Jeopardy Correct Answers: 1

Winner: Courtney ($15,400)

Austin departs with $14,900. I think this FJ! clue was a G.O.A.T. Tournament reject or ToC leftover, because that’s how tough this was.

Grade: C
Rating: 7

ant0824’s Rating: TBA

Adam’s Grade: TBA
Adam’s Rating: TBA

Ismael’s Grade: C-
Ismael’s Rating: 7

TPIR Quickcap: 6/28/2021 (Were to Be Aired 3/12/21)

First Four: Erin Gairdner, Karin O’Rourke, Zachary Goodwin & Stephanie Campbell

Squeeze Play: Zachary Squeezes in the Right Number

Next Up: Rogelio Sepulveda, Jr.

Temptation: Stephanie goes all the way… And Gets it All: The Car & the Prizes

Next Up: Sue Chong

Plinko: Sue Banks $21,500 (A Big First Half)

SCSD #1 Winner: Sue
Dud Spin: Sue (1st Spin of .95 was an Underspin)

Next Up: Summer Dabalack

Hi-Lo: Karin gets Robbed by Cereal Pouches

Next Up: Aura Sierra-Lidman

That’s Too Much: Rogelio Locates the Price that is too Much for a Car Sweep

Final Come: Martin Nuvarro

One Right Price: Erin Escapes from FFBC and Located the right Item with the Right Price (Sorry, Karin.)

SCSD #2 Winner: Rogelio

Showcase Winner: Rogelio ($53,135)

My Rating: 9

Skipps’ Grade: A-
Skipps’ Rating: 9

Adam’s Grade: TBA
Adam’s Rating: TBA

Ismael’s Grade: B
Ismael’s Rating: 8

A Great Show

Sorry Karin, only one not to win a Game

The Chase Quickcap: 6/27/2021

Chaser: Brad

Who Went To Final Chase?: Just Natasha (Standard $70K) (J! S33 alum)

Final Chase: Natasha wins it and Wins $70,000

My Rating: 7

Skipps’ Grade: C-
Skipps’ Rating: 7

Ismael’s Grade: TBA
Ismael’s Rating: TBA

Bad News for LMAD

Tomorrow, LMAD will re-air that ugly episode that first aired on January 4.

Contestant of the Week for June 21-25, 2021

Liz, Diva & Greg from The Chase are your Contestants of the Week…

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…BECAUSE THEY SET A RECORD FOR BIGGEST PAYOUT FOR OUTRUNNING THE CHASER (James “The High Roller” Holzhauer in this case) OF $660,000!!!

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Alex Trebek posthumously (& unsurprisingly) wins Best Game Show host in the 48th Annual Daytime Emmys, and Jeopardy! also won the honor for Best Game Show.

Other honorable mentions: The last time we followed a Double Over w/ a Double Showcase Win on TPIR was in March 16-17, 2010. Well Joel Davis on Firday’s episode did exactly that & redeemed from a partial missing out on a Chevy Spark LS in true DSW fashion (diff. of $28)!; Sandy Olive went on a two-day $52,200 run on Jeopardy! but lost her third game on an underwager in the third Daily Double; Brian Hollingsworth is also included in this list, for all the wrong reasons, because his $25K Punch-a-Bunch win (this pricing game’s first win in over 4 yrs.) ended up preventing an EL SKUNKO.

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Brian & Natalie from TPIR are your Zonk Contestants of the Week, giving this show a dubious 15th Double Over this season.

Dishonorable Mentions: Agnes had two dud spins during Wednesday’s SCSD #1; Monday’s J! episode was a trainwreck — Not only did we have our sixth Daily Double skunking this season & a low combined Coryat score of a dismal $27,200, there were three clues for a total of $2,200 left on the board and a combined fifteen incorrect responses (not incl. Final), and ultimately Emily White’s impressive run ended on that day; I believe this is our third consecutive week w/ 4+ FFBC victims.

Jeopardy Season 37 Week 40 Stats

This show is not fun to watch when contestants can only win for up to a max of three days.

Total Combined Coryat This Week: $164,600

Total Combined Coryat for the Season: $6,942,600

Best Coryat: $48,200 (Feb. 12)
Worst Coryat: $17,200 (Sept. 16)

Best Weekly Coryat: $205,400 (Wk. 23)
Worst Weekly Coryat: $137,200 (Wk. 6)

Biggest Champion: Brian Chang ($165,904; Regular Play); Sam Kavanaugh ($250,000; ToC)

Lowest-Scoring Win: Andy West (Feb. 17; $1,999)

Lowest Departure-Score: Andy West (1-day $1,999 + 3rd place $1K = $2,999)

Daily Double Sweeps This Week: 2

• 3-for-3: 2
• 2-for-2: 0
• 1-for-1: 0

Daily Double Sweeps for the Season: 55

• 3-for-3: 55
• 2-for-2: 0
• 1-for-1: 0

Daily Double Shutouts

-This Week: 1
-Season: 6

Unplayed Daily Double Clues (DD clues gone to waste)

-This Week: 0
-Season: 2

Final Jeopardy! Sweeps This Week: 0

• 3-for-3: 0
• 2-for-2: 0
• 1-for-1: 0

Final Jeopardy! Sweeps for the Season: 29

• 3-for-3: 27
• 2-for-2: 1
• 1-for-1: 1

FJ! Triple Stumpers

-This Week: 1
-Season: 44

Aced Games (Must be 3-for-3 each for DDs & FJ): 11

Total Washouts (0-for-X each for DDs & FJ): 2

Gooseegg Victims Before FJ!: 9 (Champion Gooseeggs: 1)

5+-day Champions: 3 (One is a carryover from the prev. season)

Times Champion Swept a Week: 0

Tiebreakers: 1

Champions Dethroned This Week: 4

-2nd Place ($2K Consolation): 3
-3rd Place ($1K Consolation): 1

Champions Dethroned This Season: 102

-2nd Place ($2K Consolation): 62
-3rd Place ($1K Consolation): 40

Weekly Returning Champion Shutouts: 1

Player of the Week: Sandy Olive

Toughest Final Jeopardy! Category: New York City

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Weekly Grade: D
Weekly Rating: 5