Today’s contestants:
Hoon Yoo, a solutions engineer from Los Angeles, CA |
Bryan Barton, a para-educator and middle school basketball coach from Hutchinson, KS |
Jay Sullivan, a bartender originally from Salem, MA (2-day total: $10,000) |
After Hoon went for everything on the first Daily Double and missed, this game turned into a two horse race between Bryan and Jay. And what a game it was! They split the Daily Doubles in Double Jeopardy; in fact, Hoon was not able to ring in whatsoever during that Double Jeopardy! round!
Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Jay 21,250 (22 R, 3 W)
Bryan 17,500 (16 R, 0 W)
Hoon 1,500 (5 R, 1 W)
Final Jeopardy! category: NBA TEAMS
Final Jeopardy! clue: Their merchandise was the top seller for 2014-2015 & their jersey bearing number 1 was in the top 5 individually
[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response’]Who are the Chicago Bulls?[/spoiler]
Hoon 1500 + 1490 = 2990
Bryan 17500 + 4000 = 21500 (1-day total: $5,000)
Jay 21250 – 14000 = 7250 (Who are the OKC Thunder?)
(contestant photo credit: jeopardy.com)
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Daily Double locations:
1) SI’S SPORTSMAN & WOMAN OF THE YEAR 1000 (18th pick)
Hoon 1500 -1500 (Bryan 5000 Jay 1250)
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2) MAJOR MINORS 1000 (8th pick)
Bryan 11500 +2000 (Jay 6250 Hoon 1500)
3) SPORTSMAN 2000 (12th pick)
Jay 10750 +4000 (Bryan 13500 Hoon 1500)
On the scoreboard:
19 – 68
07 – 04
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Dick Fosbury’s winning height was 7′ 4 1/2″.
Game stats:
Bryan 16,500 Coryat, 16 correct, 0 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer
Jay 19,250 Coryat, 22 correct, 3 incorrect, 53.33% in first on buzzer
Hoon 3,000 Coryat, 5 correct, 1 incorrect, 8.89% in first on buzzer
Jay Sullivan, final stats:
64 correct
9 incorrect
4/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 11,500)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
45.19% in first on buzzer (61/135)
Average Coryat: 16,750
Bryan Barton, stats to date:
17 correct
0 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
33.33% in first on buzzer (15/45)
Average Coryat: 16,500