Today’s contestants:
Luke Hales, a teacher from Friendswood, TX |
Siobhan Quinlan, an Italian instructor & study abroad director from Lexington, MA |
Ellen Corrigan, a law clerk from Philadelphia, PA (1-day total: $3,999) |
Final Jeopardy! category: THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME
Final Jeopardy! clue: A quartet inducted in 2010 & a trio inducted in 2004, they’re the first & last inductees alphabetically
[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response’]Who are ABBA and ZZ Top?[/spoiler]
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ABBA, consisting of Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, first caught the world’s attention when they won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with their performance of “Waterloo”. They later had numerous hits around the world with songs such as “Dancing Queen”, “Take a Chance on Me”, “Mamma Mia”, and “Fernando”.
ZZ Top, consisting of Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and the (beardless) Frank Beard, were formed in Houston in 1969. Their 1983 album “Eliminator” sold more than 10 million copies and are one of America’s seminal blues-rock groups. Their best-known songs include “La Grange”, “Tush”, “Sharp Dressed Man”, and “Legs”.
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Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Ellen $14,800
Luke $9,600
Siobhan $4,600
Final scores:
Siobhan 4600 + 4000 = 8600
Luke 9600 – 9000 = 600 (Who are AC/DC & Zeppelin?)
Ellen 14800 + 4401 = 19201 (2-day total: $23,200)
Daily Double locations:
1) CRIME & CRIMINALS $600 (13th pick)
Siobhan -600 -1000 (Luke 2400 Ellen 1800)
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2) SCULPTURE $2000 (15th pick)
Luke 5000 +5000 (Ellen 10200 Siobhan 2200)
3) INTO AFRICA $2000 (25th pick)
Ellen 12200 +3000 (Luke 9600 Siobhan 4600)
Game Stats:
Ellen 13,800 Coryat, 20 correct, 2 incorrect, 36.85% in first on buzzer
Luke 6,600 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer
Siobhan 5,600 Coryat, 10 correct, 3 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer
Ellen Corrigan’s stats:
37 correct
4 incorrect
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 7,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
30.70% in first on buzzer (35/114)
Average Coryat: $15,700
Ellen Corrigan, to win:
3 games: 55.88%
4: 31.23%
5: 17.45%
6: 9.75%
7: 5.45%
Avg. streak: 3.267 games. #Jeopardy
I’m going to be ruing my miss on this Final for at least a bit of the weekend.
7:27 pm: ZZ Top, obviously. ABBA, yeah, sounds good… wait, didn’t they only have one hit? AC/DC? Yep, I’m making the change.
7:32 pm: Well, ABBA did have enough hits to fill out a musical…
Another stat of note: this is only the third week this season (excluding the three weeks of tournament quarterfinals) in which all 305 clues were played. The week of April 11 went without hearing an end-of-round signal, as did the second week of the ToC.
We all miss some of them! (I missed yesterday’s. Didn’t have the foggiest idea.)
Corrigans know everything.