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How to read it: these are our home scores, kept by the house rules,
with Final Jeopardy! wagers already added in or taken off. A minus sign means somebody
finished in the hole. The loser does the dishes.
Summer Reruns
Wednesday, September 1 to Friday, September 3
The show takes the summer off and runs repeats until the new season. We play them anyway for practice, but they don't go in the book, because Carolyn remembers too many of them. She says she doesn't. She does.
| NIGHT | JOE | CAROLYN | WON |
| Wed. 9/1 | $7,400 | $11,800 | (Carolyn) |
| A repeat from last winter. Carolyn said she didn't remember it. She ran two categories without hesitating. |
| Thu. 9/2 | $9,100 | $8,700 | (Joe) |
| I won a rerun. It doesn't count. I'm writing it down anyway. |
| Fri. 9/3 | $6,200 | $12,900 | (Carolyn) |
| Labor Day weekend. Greg and the girls came for supper, and Chloe kept my score in purple crayon, generously. |
Back to School Week
Monday, September 6 to Friday, September 10
The new season started on Labor Day with a whole week of 11- and 12-year-olds. These count. I don't want to talk about why some of them went the way they went.
| NIGHT | JOE | CAROLYN | WON |
| Mon. 9/6 | $8,800 | $10,400 | Carolyn |
| New season! I have fifty years on some of these kids, and they were quicker than me on just about everything. I'm taking it personally. |
| Tue. 9/7 | $10,200 | $9,600 | Joe |
| Joe wins. Carolyn says the questions were pitched at sixth graders, and so am I. I'll take it. |
| Wed. 9/8 | $7,000 | $11,000 | Carolyn |
| A 12-year-old got Final Jeopardy! right and both of us got it wrong. We sat there a minute. |
| Thu. 9/9 | $9,400 | $9,400 | Tie |
| A tie! First one since July. Dishes split: I washed, she dried. |
| Fri. 9/10 | $6,600 | $12,200 | Carolyn |
| Carolyn had a big second round. Those kids were wonderful, every one of them. I hope the show does a kids' week every year. |
First Full Week of the Season
Monday, September 13 to Friday, September 17
Grown-ups again. Alex looks rested.
| NIGHT | JOE | CAROLYN | WON |
| Mon. 9/13 | $8,000 | $13,600 | Carolyn |
| First regular game of the season. Carolyn came back from the summer in midseason form. |
| Tue. 9/14 | $11,800 | $10,300 | Joe |
| Found a Daily Double in Double Jeopardy!, bet everything, and got it right. Carolyn checked my arithmetic twice. |
| Wed. 9/15 | $5,900 | $9,700 | Carolyn |
| I went into Final with $5,900, bet a careful $1,000, and was wrong anyway. Even when I bet small, I lose. |
| Thu. 9/16 | $7,300 | $14,800 | Carolyn |
| Watched the news about the hurricane in North Carolina before the show. Carolyn's sister lives in Raleigh, and she called during the first commercial to say she's fine. Then Carolyn ran the table. |
| Fri. 9/17 | $9,900 | $9,500 | Joe |
| Won on Final Jeopardy! by $400. Did not do the dishes. First time all week. |
Second Week
Monday, September 20 to Friday, September 24
Not my week. The book is the book.
| NIGHT | JOE | CAROLYN | WON |
| Mon. 9/20 | $6,400 | $11,200 | Carolyn |
| Our granddaughter Lauren stayed over and played on my side. We still lost, but she got two in a row in the first round and stood up on the couch. |
| Tue. 9/21 | $8,100 | $12,600 | Carolyn |
| A steady loss. Nothing to report. |
| Wed. 9/22 | $10,700 | $10,900 | Carolyn |
| Lost by $200 on a Final Jeopardy! I should have known. I will be thinking about it until Christmas. |
| Thu. 9/23 | -$1,200 | $7,400 | Carolyn |
| Finished Double Jeopardy! in the red, so by our rules (and the show's) I couldn't play Final. Second time this year. I watched. |
| Fri. 9/24 | $12,500 | $8,800 | Joe |
| Best game of the month. The categories went my way in both rounds, and Carolyn went to check on the coffee twice. |
SEPTEMBER TOTALS
(Reruns not counted. Back to School Week counted, over my objection.)
Carolyn: 10 Joe: 4 Ties: 1
THE BOOK, SINCE JANUARY 1987
2,914 games. Carolyn 1,763. Joe 1,089. Ties 62.
At this rate I will never catch her. I have told her I intend to live long
enough to try, and she says fine, but I'm still doing the dishes.
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