Today in Jeopardy! history: Ken Jennings’ first game. I recapped his first game from 2004 today.
Today’s contestants:
Ed Brown, a lighting designer from Pasadena, CA |
Ariel Watkins, a graduate student from Monterey, CA |
Kelly Bayles, a librarian from Tulsa, OK (1-day total: $16,900) |
Miss Buzzy Cohen? I interviewed him recently for #JeopardyLivePanel.
Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Kelly $20,600
Ed $10,200
Ariel $1,600
Final Jeopardy! category: 20TH CENTURY NOTABLES
Final Jeopardy! clue: Despite protests in 2009 some of his personal effects as seen here were sold at auction
Who is Mohandas Gandhi? (Incorrect responses, if any, will be in the comment section, as well as full stats.
Ariel 1600 – 1400 = 200
Ed 10200 – 6999 = 3101
Kelly 20600 – 0 = 20600 (2-day total: $37,500)
This week’s Poll of the Week contains two cute dogs. Who wore the Jeopardy! hat better?
(contestant photo credit: jeopardy.com)
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Incorrect responses to Final Jeopardy:
Ariel: Osama Bin Laden
Ed: (John Wayne) Gacy
Kelly: (Ernest) Hemingway
Stats:
Kelly 20,200 Coryat, 27 correct, 2 incorrect, 47.37% in first on buzzer
Ed 8,200 Coryat, 18 correct, 6 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer
Ariel 1,600 Coryat, 4 correct, 0 incorrect, 5.26% in first on buzzer
Kelly Bayles, through 2 games:
45 correct
6 incorrect
2/2 on Daily Doubles
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
39.64% in first on buzzer
Average Coryat: $18,400
Kelly Bayles, to win:
3 games: 66.07%
4: 43.66%
5: 28.84%
6: 19.06%
7: 12.59%
Avg. streak: 3.947 games. #Jeopardy