Today’s contestants:
Annie Moriondo, a bookseller from Somerville, MA |
Paul Hoan Zeidler, a writer and director from Los Angeles, CA |
Brent Povis, a board game designer from Pittsburgh, PA (1-day total: $24,789) |
Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Annie $14,600
Brent $7,200
Paul $6,800
Final Jeopardy! category: THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Final Jeopardy! clue: 2 U.S. state capitals and 2 major Panamanian ports are named after this European
Who is Christopher Columbus?
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Paul 6800 + 500 = 7300
Brent 7200 + 6401 = 13601
Annie 14600 + 7700 = 22300
Yes. Those numbers are correct. Alex was surprised, the audience was surprised. Even I had to double-check my math. Someone will need to check on Keith Williams.
Meanwhile, the US states: Ohio (obviously) and South Carolina. The Panamanian ports? Cristóbal & Colón.
(contestant photo credit: jeopardy.com)
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I could not understand why the champion, who had made the game a runaway, risked as much as she did.
Was her math faulty?
As best as I can tell, yes. She made a calculation error. My guess is that she didn’t think that she had the game locked up.