This is Season 1, Episode 20 of Sports Jeopardy!
You can watch this game on Crackle!
Today’s contestants:
Seth Goldberg, a broadcast journalism student from Livingston, NJ |
Jeff “Sonny” Wilson, a financial advisor from Chicago, IL |
Mike Obstgarten, a standardized test coach from Henderson, NV |
Final Jeopardy! category: INTERNATIONAL SPORTS STARS
Final Jeopardy! clue: First & last name of a sports star born on the island of Madeira in 1985; part of it honors President Reagan
[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response’]Who is Cristiano Ronaldo?[/spoiler]
Scores going into Final:
Seth 15,700
Mike 10,250
Sonny 8,750
Final Results:
Sonny 8,750 – 8,500 = 250 (Who is Justin Bieber?)
Mike 10,250 – 7,300 = 2,950 (Who is Yasiel Puig?)
Seth 15,700 – 15,000 = 700 (Who is Leo Messi?)
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Scores after the Jeopardy! round:
Seth 6,000
Mike 5,250
Sonny 2,250
Daily Double locations:
1) ON THE COVER OF SPORTS ILLUSTRATED 1000 (12th pick)
Seth 1250 +500 (Mike 3250 Sonny 1000)
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2) DIFFERENT KINDS OF HURDLES 1500 (3rd pick)
Seth 7000 +200 (Mike 5250 Sonny 2750)
3) A SMALL CUP OF COFFEE 1500 (15th pick)
Mike 3250 +2000 (Seth 14200 Sonny 5250)
On the scoreboard:
19 – 02
49 – 00
In the first-ever Rose Bowl (then the Tournament East-West Football Game) in Pasadena, CA, the University of Michigan defeated Stanford University 49-0. The game was so lopsided that the Tournament of Roses did not host another football game until 1916.
Game stats:
Mike 9,750 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 40.00% in first on buzzer
Seth 17,500 Coryat, 19 correct, 0 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer
Sonny 8,750 Coryat, 9 correct, 0 incorrect, 20.00% in first on buzzer
Current standings:
- Nikhil Ramakrishna 29,001 (17,000)
- Alex DeFrank 22,001 (25,000)
- Marc Popovich 21,050 (13,250)
- Tyler Brockway 17,250 (11,250)
- D.J. McCann 17,000 (8,500)
- Neeraj Joshi 16,999 (13,500)
- Mike Smargiassi 16,501 (12,500)
- Steven Silverman 14,499 (11,250)
- John Fuller 14,000 (14,000)
- Nabaté Isles 12,750 (13,750)
- Kenny Chung 12,250 (10,750)
- Padraic Duffy 12,000 (6,000)
- Andrew Hard 11,249 (11,500)
- Nate Purdy 10,999 (5,500)
- Matt Pedicini 10,017 (7,900)
- Dan Gartland 10,001 (7,000)
- Terrence Jordan 8,000 (4,000)
- Betsy Schroeder 6,250 (14,250)
- Doug Meyer 4,000 (11,500)
- Mike Obstgarten 2,950 (10,250)
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