Game #2. Can Ash defend his crown against Drew & Paul?
(2012-13 JEOPARDY! OPENING)
JOHNNY GILBERT- THIS IS JEOPARDY! Today's contestants are a sports broadcaster from Marysville, Ohio, (DREW NAKAZATO). A hotel employee from Peoria, Illinois, (PAUL IMAMURA). And our returning champion. A mechanic from Kings Mills, Ohio, (ASHTON MORIKAWA), whose one day cash winnings total $30000. And now here is the host of JEOPARDY! ALEX TREBEK!
ALEX- Thanks Johnny. Welcome to Jeopardy! We have 2 contestants trying to take down our returning champion Ash. Let's start the Jeopardy! Round and there's a DAILY DOUBLE in one these categories.
COCA COLA
VIDEO GAME COMPANIES
JAPANESE CUISINE
NFL NICKNAMES
NASCAR
THEME PARK THRILLERS
ALEX- Ash, start us off.
ASH- Let's start with THEME PARK THRILLERS for $200
ALEX- Hersheypark's "Wildcat" rollercoaster is a blast from the past; it's made of this material.
DREW- What is wood? (ALEX- CORRECT), THEME PARK THRILLERS for $400
ALEX- Look! Up in the Six Flags Magic Mountain! It's a bird It's a plane! It's this hero "The Escape"
ASH- What is Superman? (ALEX- CORRECT), THEME PARK THRILLERS for $600
ALEX- Film the following was based on. The ride features an 84-foot, 50 mile per hour plunge.
ASH- What is Jurassic Park? (ALEX- CORRECT), THEME PARK THRILLERS for $800
ALEX- Lord Carnarvon might like the "Montu" coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay; it passes a replica of this tomb.
DREW- What is King Tut's Tomb? (ALEX- CORRECT), THEME PARK THRILLERS for $1000
ALEX- With "Mantis" making an even dozen, Cedar Point in this state has the most roller coasters of any park.
ASH- What is Ohio? (ALEX- CORRECT), NFL NICKNAMES for $200
ALEX- "Broadway Joe"
DREW- Who is Joe Namath? (ALEX- CORRECT), NFL NICKNAMES for $400
ALEX- "Mean Joe"
PAUL- Who is Joe Green? (ALEX- CORRECT), NFL NICKNAMES for $600
ALEX- The Refrigerator"
ASH- Who is William Perry? (ALEX- CORRECT), NFL NICKNAMES for $800
ALEX- "Too Tall" (Timer runs out) The person we were looking for was Ed Jones. Pick again, Ash
ASH- Let's finish the category
ALEX- "Sweetness"
PAUL- Who was Walter Payton? (ALEX- CORRECT), COCA COLA for $200
ALEX- This lemon-lime drink from the Coca-Cola Company was introduced in 1961.
DREW- What is Sprite? (ALEX- CORRECT), COCA COLA for $400
ALEX- A heartwarming Coke commercial from 1979 featured this Steelers lineman.
DREW- Who is Joe Green? (ALEX- CORRECT), COCA COLA for $600
ALEX- In a 1940s hit the Andrews Sisters were drinking this with their Coca-Cola.
ASH- What is rum? (ALEX- CORRECT), COCA COLA for $800
ALEX- Answer is the DAILY DOUBLE. So what's your wager this time Ash?
ASH- I'm wagering $1000
ALEX- Here's the clue. A part of Coca-Cola, this company named for its orange juice also makes Hi-C.
ASH- What is Minute Maid? (ALEX- YOU GOT IT!), COCA COLA for $1000
ALEX- Coca-Cola first advertised on live network TV in 1950 as a sponsor of this ventriloquist.
DREW- Who was Edgar Bergen? (ALEX- CORRECT), VIDEO GAME COMPANIES for $200
ALEX- Shigeru Miyamoto has worked for this company publishing popular games such as Mario and Donkey Kong.
PAUL- What is Nintendo. (ALEX- CORRECT), VIDEO GAME COMPANIES for $400
ALEX- Gran Turismo, Italian for Grand Touring, is a popular franchise of this Sony subsidiary.
PAUL- What is Polyphony Digital? (ALEX- CORRECT), VIDEO GAME COMPANIES for $600
ALEX- Hideo Kojima was written the scripts for the games Metal Gear Solid and Policenauts for this company.
PAUL- What is Konami? (ALEX- CORRECT), VIDEO GAME COMPANIES for $800
ALEX- Some of this company's biggest sellers are Sonic and Virtua Fighter.
DREW- What is Sega? (ALEX- CORRECT), VIDEO GAME COMPANIES for $1000
ALEX- This company is most notably known for its sports division.
ASH- What is Electronic Arts? (ALEX- CORRECT), NASCAR for $200
ALEX- It's what the "SC" stands for in NASCAR.
DREW- What is stock car? (ALEX- CORRECT), NASCAR for $400
ALEX- Held each February, this Florida contest is the premier race on the NASCAR circuit.
DREW- What is The Daytona 500? (ALEX- CORRECT), NASCAR for $600
ALEX- This color flag is used to signal the beginning of a NASCAR race & any restarts.
PAUL- What is green? (ALEX- CORRECT), NASCAR for $800
ALEX- Some NASCAR races use this kind of "plate" designed to decrease horsepower & speed.
PAUL- What is a restrictor plate? (ALEX- CORRECT), NASCAR for $1000
ALEX- This former NFL coach & Super Bowl winner is also a successful NASCAR team owner.
ASH- Who is Joe Gibbs? (ALEX- CORRECT), JAPANESE CUISINE for $200
ALEX- Sake is made by kneading, then heating & fermenting this.
DREW- What is rice? (ALEX- CORRECT), JAPANESE CUISINE for $400
ALEX- Cows for this type of beef drink beer to stimulate their appetite & are massaged to relieve sore muscles.
PAUL- What is Kobe? (ALEX- CORRECT), JAPANESE CUISINE for $600
ALEX- Many of the shrimp sold here in the Tsukiji Market will end up as this deep-fried dish, which surprisingly was introduced to Japan by the Portuguese.
DREW- What is tempura? (ALEX- CORRECT), JAPANESE CUISINE for $800
ALEX- The most valuable part of the tuna is the fatty belly meat known by this Japanese name.
PAUL- What is toro?
ALEX- That's right. That ends the JEOPARDY! Round so let's see how everyone's doing. Ash leads with $6200 and we have a close game for 2nd between Drew and Paul. Drew $5600 and Paul is only $200 behind with $5400. We'll take a commercial break and talk with our players.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
ALEX- Welcome back. Before DOUBLE JEOPARDY! Begins, I would like to chat with our players. First we have Drew Nakazato who's a sports broadcaster from Marysville, Ohio. Drew tell me about your encounter with Enrique Iglesias.
DREW- This happened in July of 2005 when I was in Miami and I dropped the keys to my rental car and the guy who picked them up was Enrique Iglesias then I asked someone wanted to take a picture of me and him. Let me show you the picture which includes his autograph. (Drew shows Alex a picture of him and Enrique Iglesias with an autograph by Enrique.)
ALEX- That's awesome. Next we have Paul Imamura who's from Peoria, Illinois. He's a hotel employee. How did you get involved in working in hotels?
PAUL- Well, I was working at a hotel in the Saitama Prefecture of Japan where I'm originally from and I was very interested in the industry and I moved to Peoria in 2005 and have lived there since.
ALEX- That sounds neat. Finally we have Ash, our returning champion. Now Ash, you brought someone who means a lot to you. Can you show me where she is?
ASH- Sure. Her name is May and she and I have been great friends since 1992. (Ash points to May in the audience then May says "YOU CAN DO IT, ASHY BOY!)
ALEX- Great. Ladies and gentlemen, give a nice round of applause for our contestants. Alright then, it's time for DOUBLE JEOPARDY! Where the values double and we have 2 DAILY DOBLES. The categories are
FRANCHISES
WORLD OF CURRENCY
GENERAL SCIENCE
AMERICAN HISTORY
AEROSMITH
ADD A LETTER
ALEX- Paul, you're in last place so you pick first in DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
PAUL- How about GENERAL SCIENCE for $400
ALEX- This white, glossy coating on your teeth is the hardest substance in the human body.
PAUL- What is enamel? (ALEX- CORRECT), GENERAL SCIENCE for $800
ALEX- Whether alternating or direct, it's a flow of electricity.
ASH- What is current? (ALEX- CORRECT), GENERAL SCIENCE for $1200
ALEX- Light that bounces off a flat surface is reflected; light bent in a transparent medium is this.
DREW- What is refracted? (ALEX- CORRECT), GENERAL SCIENCE for $1600
ALEX- Dry ice is made by compressing and cooling this gas.
PAUL- What is carbon dioxide? (ALEX- CORRECT), GENERAL SCIENCE for $2000
ALEX- "For every action there's an equal & opposite reaction" is Newton's third law of this.
ASH- What is motion? (ALEX- CORRECT), AEROSMITH for $400
ALEX- This is Steven Tyler's real name.
PAUL- Who is Steven Victor Tallarico? (ALEX- CORRECT), AEROSMITH for $800
ALEX- This is one of the band's nicknames.
ASH- What is The Bad Boys From Boston? (ALEX- CORRECT), AEROSMITH for $1200
ALEX- It's the year "Toys in the Attic" was released.
DREW- The year was 1975.
ALEX- Correct but we need your response in the form of a question but you have the correct year so pick again.
DREW- AEROSMITH for $1600
ALEX- There's one of the 2 DAILY DOUBLES. You trail by $1800. How much are you wagering?
DREW- I'll wager $1000 Alex
ALEX- Okay then here's the clue. In 1972 the band was signed to this record giant.
DREW- What is Columbia Records? (ALEX- YOU GOT IT!), AEROSMITH for $2000
ALEX- This is how many top 40 hit's the band has scored.
ASH- What is 21 (ALEX- CORRECT), FRANCHISES for $400
ALEX- Main product of both Papa Murphy's & Papa John's.
PAUL- What is pizza? (ALEX- CORRECT), FRANCHISES for $800
ALEX- Auntie Anne's Inc., a fast-growing franchise, sells the hand-rolled soft type of these treats.
PAUL- What are pretzels? (ALEX- CORRECT), FRANCHISES for $1200
ALEX- This chain serves Friday's Fajitas on Saturday, Sunday & Monday, it's one of their trademarks.
DREW- What is T.G.I. Friday's? (ALEX- CORRECT), FRANCHISES for $1600
ALEX- Founded in 1980 as an alternative to the post office, it's now this UPS company.
ASH- What is Mail Boxes Etc? (ALEX- CORRECT), FRANCHISES for $2000
ALEX- Food that fills in the blank in "The Great Steak & _ Company."
DREW- What is potato? (ALEX- CORRECT), WORLD OF CURRENCY for $400
ALEX- An 1873 law states that this creature must appear on the reverse of all U.S. coins greater than 10 cents.
ASH- What is the bald eagle? (ALEX- CORRECT), WORLD OF CURRENCY for $800
ALEX- In Montevideo you may go Uruguay & I'll go mine, but we'll both spend these.
ASH- What are pesos? (ALEX- CORRECT), WORLD OF CURRENCY for $1200
ALEX- Answer. The other DAILY DOUBLE for this round. So how much are you putting on the line, Ash?
ASH- I'll wager $5800
ALEX- If you get this right, your score will be $20000. Here's the clue. To buy 16 ounces of cookies in Cairo, you'll need the Egyptian this.
ASH- What are pounds? (ALEX- THAT'S RIGHT!), WORLD OF CURRENCY for $1600
ALEX- With no birrs to spend, it'll be adios Ababa for you in this country.
DREW- What is Ethiopia? (ALEX- CORRECT), WORLD OF CURRENCY for $2000
ALEX- Befitting his importance, this 13th century conqueror appears on Mongolia's currency.
DREW- Who is Genghis Khan? (ALEX- CORRECT), ADD A LETTER for $400
ALEX- By adding a letter to "ticked", you can go from being ticked to this much better opposite.
ASH- What is tickled? (ALEX- CORRECT), ADD A LETTER for $800
ALEX- When you add this letter to "quart", instead of a unit of measure, you get a mineral.
ASH- What is quartz? (ALEX- CORRECT), ADD A LETTER for $1200
ALEX- When you add a letter to "started" you may be truly surprised when you get this.
ASH- What is startled? (ALEX- CORRECT), ADD A LETTER for $1600
ALEX- Add this letter to sale & it becomes a type of rock.
ASH- What is shale? (ALEX- CORRECT), ADD A LETTER for $2000
ALEX- Add a letter to a candy bar or a low-growing shrub to get this word, the floor of a fireplace.
ASH- What is a hearth/heath (ALEX- CORRECT), AMERICAN HISTORY for $400
ALEX- After General Cornwallis Surrendered at Yorktown, this American traitor accompanied him back to England.
DREW- Who was Benedict Arnold? (ALEX- CORRECT), AMERICAN HISTORY for $800
ALEX- Abraham Lincoln died across the street from this theatre on April 15, 1865.
DREW- What is Ford's Theatre? (ALEX- CORRECT), AMERICAN HISTORY for $1200
ALEX- In the first census conducted in 1790, this state with nearly 692,000 people was the most populous.
DREW- What is Virginia? (ALEX- CORRECT), AMERICAN HISTORY for $1600
ALEX- In 1955, Martin Luther King Jr. led a bus boycott in Montgomery after this woman was arrested for refusing to give up her seat.
DREW- Who was Rosa Parks?
ALEX- Correct and the final clue for the round is Beverage World reports that in 1996 the U.S. exceeded this country in number of breweries for the first time.
DREW- What is Germany?
ALEX- Correct. And the last clue for this round is Now sounding oxymoronic, these alliterative Republicans were the party's anti-slavery wing in its early years
(TIMER RUNS OUT)
ALEX- What we were looking for was Radical Republicans. That ends DOUBLE JEOPARDY! Let's see how everyone is doing. Ash leads with $26000. Drew is 2nd with $19800. Paul is 3rd with $9000. Here's the clue for FINAL JEOPARDY! It's TELEVISION. We'll take another commercial break and give our players a chance to make their wagers.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
ALEX- Welcome back. Our players made their wagers during the commercial break and now they are ready for today's clue for FINAL JEOPARDY! A 1997 episode of this CBS series guest starred Tommy Chong and Phillip Michael Thomas. 30 seconds players.
(ROCK & ROLL JEOPARDY THINK MUSIC PLAYS)
ALEX- Alright then, let's see how everyone did. Paul came up with "What is Miami Vice?" That's not the show were looking for. What was your wager? $7000 so that takes you down to $2000. Drew had a good DOUBLE JEOPARDY! Round. He put down "What is Nash Bridges?" You're right. And you wager was $5200 so that takes you to $25000. Ash looks pretty confident. Did her put down Nash Bridges? He did and what was your wager. He wagered $24000 taking him to $50000. That means his 2 day cash winnings total $80000. Ash will take on 2 new contestants tomorrow. So long folks. We'll see you again on JEOPARDY!
