THEME PARK JEOPARDY (Thread Four)

Welcome back to THEME PARK JEOPARDY (TPJ). I am your host TH Creative.

And Raul takes the chance and earns the rewards!

Raul Araoz - 11500
Joe Atchison - 5100
James Rao - 3200
Derek Potter - 2300
Anthony Murphy - 2200
Nick Markham - 1600
Tim W - 1400
Audra Distler - 1200
Randy Clover - 1100
Ryan Sanford - 400
Ben James - 100
Dan M - 100
Erin B - (-400)
Kaycee (-1200)

Raul the board is yours.

Coasters for 2000.

I believe this is Thread 5 Th!

Nuts, that's what I thought it was. Tiger Tug O War...

And yes, this is thread 5.

Yeah I know it is thread five. Unfortunately I clicked before correcting the mistake.

I'll be back here at 3 PM Eastern (Monday)

Again the scores:

Raul Araoz - 11500
Joe Atchison - 5100
James Rao - 3200
Derek Potter - 2300
Anthony Murphy - 2200
Nick Markham - 1600
Tim W - 1400
Audra Distler - 1200
Randy Clover - 1100
Ryan Sanford - 400
Ben James - 100
Dan M - 100
Erin B - (-400)
Kaycee (-1200)

Raul selects coasters for 2000

The answer:

The Euler spiral is found on rollercoasters around the world and is regarded as the brainchild of this designer.

Who is Leonhard Euler?

Mr. Markham is incorrect.

Wait how is this wrong! HE created the Euler Spiral!

What is Arrow Dynamics?

Mr. Murphy is incorrect.

But TH, you didn't say it had to be a roller coaster designer, and Leanhard Euler DID DESIGN THE EULER SPIRAL!

Plus you did not say it was designed for coasters but rather it is FEATURED on many roller coasters throughout the world!

While searching for the answer, I came across a very interesting article from 1988 in the NY Times. It talks about my SFGA and its now gone Shockwave. I am suprised that is wrong TH, very suprised!

We will give this one another 15 minutes.

Who was Werner Stengel?

Audra is correct!

The current scores now stand at

Raul Araoz - 11500
Joe Atchison - 5100
James Rao - 3200
Audra Distler - 3200
Derek Potter - 2300
Tim W - 1400
Randy Clover - 1100
Ryan Sanford - 400
Anthony Murphy - 200
Ben James - 100
Dan M - 100
Erin B - (-400)
Nick Markham - (-400)
Kaycee (-1200)

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
1600 2000

LET'S GET WET
1600 2000

DREAMT IT DIDN'T DO IT
2000

What say you Audra?

Let's Get Wet 1600.

Have fun guys, I'm off to work now! :)

Hurry TH! I need to work my way back up and quick as I am leaving for my home park Lagoon in an hour!

Let's Get Wet for 1600

The Answer:

Credited as the first theme park log flume in theme park history this Arrow Development attraction has a Spanish name that translates to this in English.

What is the Sawmill?

JA3 shoots .....and it is MONEY!

1600 points!

The current scores are:

Raul Araoz - 11500
Joe Atchison - 6700
James Rao - 3200
Audra Distler - 3200
Derek Potter - 2300
Tim W - 1400
Randy Clover - 1100
Ryan Sanford - 400
Anthony Murphy - 200
Ben James - 100
Dan M - 100
Erin B - (-400)
Nick Markham - (-400)
Kaycee (-1200)

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
1600 2000

LET'S GET WET
2000

DREAMT IT DIDN'T DO IT
2000

A reminder to Raul: Objects in your rearview mirror may be closer than they appear.

Joe point it, click it and pick it!

Let's close out Dreamt It for 2000, please.

DREAMT IT DIDN'T DO IT for 2000.

The Answer:

***** THE SECOND DAILY DOUBLE ******

Joe you are in striking distance of Raul Araoz. No guts no glory what is your wager?

3500 please

Okay Joe, here's your answer:

This Kissimmee attraction was the dream of a British grocery magnate. Although construction commenced on the project it eventually stalled and the attraction never opened.

Oh sure TH, the moment I leave the answers and questions go off, and they all happen to be ones I knew! :)

Like they say, Murphey's law. I bet Anthony gets the worst of it! ;)

My best guess is What is Little England?

A quick google search shows it was "aka British Kingdom", who knew?

I'm heading for home. Talk to you in 45 minutes.

And your best guess is CORRECT! Joe jumps to 10,200.

The current scores:

The current scores are:

Raul Araoz - 11500
Joe Atchison - 10,200
James Rao - 3200
Audra Distler - 3200
Derek Potter - 2300
Tim W - 1400
Randy Clover - 1100
Ryan Sanford - 400
Anthony Murphy - 200
Ben James - 100
Dan M - 100
Erin B - (-400)
Nick Markham - (-400)
Kaycee (-1200)

The Board:

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
1600 2000

LET'S GET WET
2000

We are going to take a break --we will be back tonight around 7:30 eastern where Joe will have control of the board!

Okay Jay Aye Cubed, let us know where you is gonna go.

Let's get Wet for 2K, please.

LET'S GET WET for 2000

The answer:

The water is flying when Hans and Marget's monkey hits the city in this attraction.

What is Curious George GOes to TOwn?

What is Curious George goes to Town?

Easy peasy for Joe! He takes another 2,000 points ... AND THE LEAD!

Current scores:

Joe Atchison - 12,200
Raul Araoz - 11500
James Rao - 3200
Audra Distler - 3200
Derek Potter - 2300
Tim W - 1400
Randy Clover - 1100
Ryan Sanford - 400
Anthony Murphy - 200
Ben James - 100
Dan M - 100
Erin B - (-400)
Nick Markham - (-400)
Kaycee (-1200)

The Board:

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
1600 2000

What's the frequency Joseph?

Waiting on you Joe! We are hoping to wrap up TPIDJ tonight.

No Joe and I got to go ... to sleep!

3 PM eastern tomorrow and we will finish the DJR.

G' Night!

Sorry, had to run some misdelivered mail to down the street.

See you tomorrow afternoon.

We can start with Gone for 1600.

Can I jump in?

Gone for 1600.

Come on! I need the points! I'm sinking over here!

You need 'em? I'm at 0!

Helloooooooooooooooo ... we're back

Current scores:

Joe Atchison - 12200
Raul Araoz - 11500
James Rao - 3200
Audra Distler - 3200
Derek Potter - 2300
Tim W - 1400
Randy Clover - 1100
Ryan Sanford - 400
Anthony Murphy - 200
Ben James - 100
Dan M - 100
Erin B - (-400)
Nick Markham - (-400)
Kaycee (-1200)

The Board:

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
1600 2000

I will fire off the next answer (GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN)

in about five minutes!

Okay, GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN for 1600

The Answer:

This classic sailed into the proverbial sunset on September 5, 1994.

What is 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea?

GBNF for 2000 if I am correct.

J. R. is in the HIZ-ZOUSE!

Picks up a cool 1600

Joe Atchison - 12200
Raul Araoz - 11500
James Rao - 4800
Audra Distler - 3200
Derek Potter - 2300
Tim W - 1400
Randy Clover - 1100
Ryan Sanford - 400
Anthony Murphy - 200
Ben James - 100
Dan M - 100
Erin B - (-400)
Nick Markham - (-400)
Kaycee (-1200)

So let's roll out our final answer under

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN for 2000

The Answer:

When it comes to themed dining, a western outpost, a New Orleans party and the palace of this monarch demonstrated that Orlando Entertains.

Who is King Henry VIII?

And that's that. Looks like we're done.

Good job, Raul. I had no idea on this one... and for others who had no idea:

"From 1986 until it closed on June 22nd 2000 King Henry's Feast was one of the most popular dining and entertainment attractions in Orlando, and all of Florida. Millions visited the attraction and it was voted the best entertainment venue again and again. Not a Las Vegas multi million dollar spectacular with fireworks, laser light shown and feathered dancers, but good traditional entertainment for all of the family."

So, was the food any good?

And Raul drops the exclamation point on a masterful performance!

Nicely done sir!

That's concludes Double Jeopardy which puts us into Final Jeopardy. Our top three contestants will now be eligible to compete.

They are:

Joe Atchison - 12200
Raul Araoz - 13500
James Rao - 4800

So let's review the procedures for Final Jeopardy. In a moment, I will reveal the Final Jeopardy category. Once it has been identified, our three finalists will click on my name (THCreative -- above) and use the TPI "send a message" function to place their final wagers. Once I have received their wagers, I will reply with a confirmation email indicating that I have received their wager and the time I will email them again with the answer. Once the answer has been sent, the contestants shall email me with their response. Once all responses are in I will return to the thread and reveal the TPJ champion.

If a contestant has a question about this procedure they should email that question to me BEFORE placing their wager.

I hope everyone can follow all of that. So let's reveal the final TPJ category:

Mission Space

Contestants, I await the emails containing your wagers.

Waiting on Joe's bet!

Say it ain't so, Joe!

Fortunately we are not limited by time. The answer will be distributed when I get all bets and you three will be given a reasonable amount of time to Google ... er ... I mean respond.

How dare you! I Yahoo...I mean know all of the answers. ;)

Can I phone a friend? Jake Rivers, maybe?

BTW, Mission: Space, the spinning version of the attraction, is my favorite ride at Epcot. And one of my top five in all of WDW. I know that statement has nothing to do with your upcoming question, however, I thought it should be noted since I have no chance to win this thing and am only along "for the ride" anyway. ;p

We can only assume Joe is unavailable. I am about to jump into my commute home. I will await his wager (read the rules above Joe), I will send the confirming email and await the responses from the contestants.

We may very well wrap this sucker tonight.

I am also getting ready to head out, so I will be unavailable for about an hour. Sorry.

Of course you can still win, James. I assume you wagered nothing and hope Joe and I bet it out and get it wrong.

In Final Jeopardy...ANYTHING can happen.

Sorry, called into a meeting. Getting ready to place my bet and head home.

Stupid vacation!!!! I wish I could have participated!

All wagers have been received. The answer will be forwarded to the contestants and the winner will be revealed after 8 PM eastern.

The answer ... has been sent!

DA-DA-DA-DUM-DUM-DA-DA-DA. DA-DA-DA-DA-DEEP-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA. DA-DA-DA-DUM-DUM-DA-DA-DA. ZIMP-BE-DUM-DUM-DA ... DA ... DA -- BOOM BOOM.

We will we, the audience, get a chance to see the answer before the question in revealed? Maybe even get a chance to answer?

My "question" is in. Likely wrong, but it's in.

I'm off to play poker.

TH, it's been a lot of fun play no matter whether I win, lose or draw.

Thanks so much for putting this together!

Joe

I am locked and loaded.

TPJ update, we have two answers locked in.

I was on vacation too, Dan, (in Orlando, of course!), so I missed out on most of the questions, too, but I've enjoyed catching up after the fact! Fun game!

Sorry, just got home. Checking email now.

Email sent...and OH SO WRONG! But, oh well. Dinner calls!

Okay, all the answers are in, so let's see how this thing turned out.

The category was Mission Space and here was the answer:

"In the year 2030, this intrepid voyager will show whether or not in space someone can hear you bark."

I was standing in line a few weeks ago at EPCOT's Mission Space. Along the wall in the queue area were various photos of historic figures who were involved in spae exploration. Since the attraction is themed for the future (revolving around a mission to Mars) the photos on the wall started by showing people from past missions (John Glenn, Sally Ride, etc.) but then crossed present day and showed future space travellers. One of those photos showed the very first FAMILY that travelled into space in the year 2030. Included in the photo was the family dog: a dalmation named "Sunspot."

The correct answer: "Who is Sunspot."

So let's see how our contestants did.

James Rao, came back late in the game to qualify for Final Jeopardy. He was in third with 4800. His answer: "What are Mission Space: Postcards?"

Um ... that's not correct. How much did he bet? 4800 which drops him down to zero. Sorry, old friend.

Next is Joe Atchison. Joe dominated late in the Double Jeopardy round. He bet 10800. And his response? Who is Richard Branson?

Quite the stab in the dark. He is also incorrect and drops to 1400.

This leaves Raul Araoz. It was impossible NOT to be impressed with Raul's performance. In Double Jeopardy RA built a wide margin picking off some very tricky answers. In Final Jeopardy Raul got very bold and bet 10901.

And his answer ... believe it or not "Who is Sunspot?" Raul's score LEAPS to 24,401, Raul you are the first champion of Theme Park Insiders Theme Park Jeopardy!

(I encourage those reading this at home to rise to their feet and applaud wildly).

Congratulatiosn Raul! You offered up a STELLAR performance. Congrats also to Joe and Jizzle Rizzle! You both made it to the final round -- well done.

And finally thanks to all who participated. It was a lot of fun. We will have to do this again some time down the road.

Hope everyone had big fun!

I guess I should have read the answer better, then I would have known you were looking for a "name". Oops... never rush Final Jeopardy! Thanks TH for a fun game! I wish I could have had more chances to participate. Perhaps next time.

Fantastic! So what do I win?

Anyway...let me just say, on behalf of everyone who participated, that we really appreciate the time and effort you put into this game.

This was no small feat and it provided an immense entertainment value to everyone while they were slogging through work or bored at home.

This is why you, TH, are truly one of the great TPI contributors. We are indebted to your presence.

Thank you.

One thing I did find out was that the first real animal in space was a Soviet space dog named Laika.

Oh, and in case you are wondering, here are the Mission:Space postcards I was referring to...check out the one with the dog. He's not a dalmatian, and he looks like Benji, so obviously this is not a picture of Sunspot. Oh well. Anyway, they are kind of fun. Never noticed them before.

Thanks for putting together the game TH. Wish I could have played more but I'm a busy guy these days. Don't have time to monitor the thread like some did. This is the kind of game that would do well in a chat room setting.

I too would like to thank TH and everyone involved in TPI Jeopardy. It has been great keeping up with the threads. I had no idea on most of the answers.

Okay, delurking now.

Do we need a Theme Park Jeopardy feature on the site now? I can code something up if there's interest, in lieu of just doing it via the discussion forum. Or I can remove the 100-post limit on a TPJ thread, if folks would prefer that.

Thanks to TH for running this!

All of those ideas are great Robert! It would be perfect and a lot easier, especial since this seems to get so popular, we end up using 5 threads just to finish! And I may have fallen from first to last in the end, but I'll Be Back! ;)

Finally found it.

Here is the elusive picture of Sunspot.

That is a great idea, Robert. A permanent trivia or Jeopardy section would be terrific.

Wow my original idea, though slow moving at first, and made into perfection by TH, could have its own column? What a great idea, and it sounds cool. I wish i could have also participated more in the competetion. Thank you TH for all your dedication to the thread consistently. I could have never kept that up as well as you did. And congradulations Raul for ur insanely smart questions to the answers given. Great job to you to Joe and James. These last two jeopardy threads have been tons of fun!

Congrats to Raul and James for a game well played. I've never been on Mission Space, so I knew I was in trouble. Looking forward to my first ride on it in December!

THanks again TH!

Robert, sounds like good ideas all the way around.

I knew that answer!

Damn. I wanna play, but don't have internet access at home, just at work.

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