Today is the penultimate day of Season 32! In case you missed Alex’s announcement last Monday, next week will begin the encore presentation of the 2015 Tournament of Champions!
Today’s contestants:
Katrina Ice, a claims examiner from Louisville, KY |
Todd Gonzalez, a paint sales assistant manager from Rochester, NY |
Barbra Resnick, a social worker from Altamonte Springs, FL (1-day total: $8,399) |
Final Jeopardy! category: NAMES IN THE NEWS
Final Jeopardy! clue: This 52-year-old went through a temporary growth spurt, growing 2 inches in less than a year, as revealed by a 2016 physical
Who is Scott Kelly?
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(As I have done for the past month, you’ll find final results and full stats in the comment section.)
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The 2-inch growth spurt is due to Kelly’s time as commander of Expedition 26 of the International Space Station.
Astronauts do get taller in microgravity. One unique advantage to studying microgravity’s effect on Scott’s body is that he has an identical twin brother, Mark, a former NASA astronaut as well, who spent the last 12 months on Earth.
Astronauts get taller in space because on earth, the spinal disks are slightly compressed due to gravity. Because this compression does not exist in space, it lengthens the spine (leading to a taller astronaut).
Other effects include brittler bones, due to their not having to actually walk around the spacecraft (they haven’t done as much load bearing) and atrophied muscles (again, because they aren’t doing as much work).
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Scores going into Final:
Todd $18,400
Barbra $9,200
Katrina $1,300
Final results:
Katrina $1,300 – $301 = $999 (What is ?)
Barbra $9,200 + $9,200 = $18,400 (2-day total: $26,799)
Todd $18,400 – $1 = $18,399 (What is the Statue of Liberty?)
For context: Ties are now broken by a tiebreaker question, and have been since November 2014.
Also for context: I think Todd made the right decision. Why You Should Bet For The Win
Daily Double locations:
1) SOUNDS LIKE A STAR WARS CHARACTER $600 (15th pick)
Todd 2000 +1000 (Barbra 1600 Katrina 0)
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2) DEPRESSING QUOTES $2000 (9th pick)
Katrina 5000 -2500 (Barbra 6800 Todd 3200)
3) CLASSICAL COMPOSITIONS BY CENTURY $1200 (25th pick)
Todd 16000 +2000 (Barbra 8800 Katrina 1700)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: HONORARY HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS $200 & $400; ONOMATOPOETIC WORDS $200
DJ! round: CLASSICAL COMPOSITIONS BY CENTURY $800, $1600, & $2000
Game Stats:
Barbra 9,200 Coryat, 12 correct, 0 incorrect, 21.57% in first on buzzer
Todd 17,200 Coryat, 20 correct, 3 incorrect, 37.25% in first on buzzer
Katrina 3,800 Coryat, 13 correct, 7 incorrect, 31.37% in first on buzzer
Barbra Resnick’s stats:
30 correct
3 incorrect
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -4,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
24.07% in first on buzzer (26/108)
Average Coryat: $12,000
Barbra Resnick, to win:
3 games: 41.44%
4: 17.17%
5: 7.12%
6: 2.95%
7: 1.22%
Avg. streak: 2.708 games. #Jeopardy
Hello! Am I wrong, or wasn’t there an error in the “Sounds like a Star Wars character” category. The accepted answer was “Palatine” for the Roman hill where Romulus and Remus were found (correct), but the Star Wars character is Emperor Palpatine–not a rhyme. Didn’t the other answers match exactly? I tweeted about this–but no response from @Jeopardy. Let me know what you think!
Regardless of whether or not the other four fit exactly, it would be very difficult to make the case that “Palpatine” does not sound like “Palatine” and thus fits the category title.