Today’s contestants:
Samantha Hartke, a product manager from Sugar Land, TX |
Ross Merriam, a strategy card game player & writer from Roanoke, VA |
Pranjal Vachaspati, a PhD student from Shaker Heights, OH (3-day total: $67,188) |
Final Jeopardy! category: PAINTED LADIES
Final Jeopardy! clue: She’s been called the “Mona Lisa of the North” & the poster girl for the Dutch Royal Picture Gallery in The Hague
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What is “Girl with A Pearl Earring”?
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The painting is by Jan Vermeer. Here it is:
Also, Happy Birthday to Alex Trebek! (He was born 76 years ago today in Sudbury, Ontario.)
Finally, Pranjal made it onto the ToC Tracker after yesterday’s performance. See the updated list!
(contestant photo credit: jeopardy.com)
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Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Pranjal $21,700
Samantha $10,600
Ross $7,000
Final Scores:
Ross $7,000 – $7,000 = $0 (Who is Princess Charlotte?)
Samantha $10,600 – $7,001 = $3,599 (Who is Queen Victoria?)
Pranjal $21,700 + $300 = $22,000 (4-day total: $89,188)
Daily Double locations:
1) THINGS TO DO BEFORE $1000 (5th pick)
Ross 400 -1000 (Samantha 800 Pranjal 600)
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2) FRENCH HISTORY $1200 (8th pick)
Pranjal 9200 -1400 (Samantha 7800 Ross 2200)
3) SHE’S A REAL SAINT $2000 (15th pick)
Pranjal 10600 +3500 (Samantha 10200 Ross 4200)
Unplayed clues:
DJ! round: SHE’S A REAL SAINT $200; TECHNO-THRILLERS $200
Game Stats:
Pranjal 21,600 Coryat, 26 correct, 2 incorrect, 41.82% in first on buzzer
Samantha 10,600 Coryat, 14 correct, 2 incorrect, 27.27% in first on buzzer
Ross 8,000 Coryat, 12 correct, 4 incorrect, 25.45% in first on buzzer
Pranjal Vachaspati’s stats:
97 correct
18 incorrect
6/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 15,310)
3/4 in Final Jeopardy
45.41% in first on buzzer (99/218)
Average Coryat: $18,250
Pranjal Vachaspati, to win:
5 games: 66.64%
6: 44.41%
7: 29.59%
8: 19.72%
9: 13.14%
Avg. streak: 5.997 games.
Pranjal actually wrote “Who is the girl with THE pearl earring?” (emphasis added) but was ruled correct. Is there any argument, based on translation from the Dutch, for “the” to be correct? Fortunately, it didn’t affect the outcome of this game, thanks to another dominating performance by Pranjal.
In my research earlier I found both used. I used “A” because that’s what Wikipedia uses, but because it’s from Dutch, I’d say both could be used interchangeably.