Today’s contestants:
Karen Lazar, a retired educator from Oceanside, NY |
Monikka Mann, an innovation project manager from Katy, TX |
Pranjal Vachaspati, a PhD student from Shaker Heights, OH (5-day total: $121,688) |
Final Jeopardy! category: AMERICAN AUTHORS
Final Jeopardy! clue: On his 1849 death, it was said he was “regarded rather with curiosity than admiration” & “few will be grieved”
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
(Final results will appear late afternoon in the comments section.)
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From the Edgar Allan Poe Society, the offending obituary appeared in the Richmond Semi-Weekly Examiner:
EDGAR ALLAN POE died in Baltimore on Sunday last. His was one of the very few original minds that this country has produced. In the history of literature, he will hold a certain position and a high place. By the public of the day he is regarded rather with curiosity than with admiration. Many will be startled, but few will be grieved by the news. He had very few friends, and he was the friend of very few — if any. But his character and adventures were too remarkable, and his literary merits too indubitable, to pass from the stage with the simple announcement already given.
I don’t think this obit-writer liked Edgar very much! That said, he definitely appears to be held in significantly higher regard now!
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Scores going into Final:
Pranjal $22,400
Karen $14,600
Monikka $7,600
Final Results:
Monikka $7,600 + $7,500 = $15,100
Karen $14,600 – $12,600 = $2,000 (Who is Mark Twain?)
Pranjal $22,400 – $7,000 = $15,400 (Who is Thoreau?) (6-day total: $137,088)
Daily Double locations:
1) HYBRID WORDS $800 (17th pick)
Pranjal 2800 +2800 (Monikka 4800 Karen 1200)
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2) THE AMAZING SPACE-MAN $1200 (8th pick)
Pranjal 8800 +3800 (Karen 5400 Monikka 4800)
3) GOD SAVE THE ENGLISH KING $2000 (10th pick)
Pranjal 14200 +6600 (Karen 5400 Monikka 4800)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: HYBRID WORDS 400; THEY SERVED OUR COUNTRY 200; EARTHQUAKES & VOLCANOES 400
DJ! round: THE AMAZING SPACE-MAN 400; THEOLOGY BRANCHES 800
Game Stats:
Pranjal 13,200 Coryat, 22 correct, 8 incorrect, 50.00% in first on buzzer
Monikka 7,600 Coryat, 13 correct, 2 incorrect, 25.00% in first on buzzer
Karen 14,600 Coryat, 14 correct, 2 incorrect, 23.08% in first on buzzer
Pranjal Vachaspati’s stats:
147 correct
30 incorrect
10/12 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 28,010)
4/6 in Final Jeopardy
46.13% in first on buzzer (149/323)
Average Coryat: $18,467
Pranjal Vachaspati, to win:
7 games: 68.83%
8: 47.37%
9: 32.61%
10: 22.44%
11: 15.45%
Avg. streak: 8.208 games.
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Pranjal scares the living daylights out of me. As if yesterday’s game wasn’t a big scare of $10,000 on FJ!, this one really narrowed down by $300 of a lead. I really question about Karen’s choice of wager to bet a lot when she almost had more than 50% of Monikka’s total.
Karen’s wager was defensible, at least to me. It’s the Keith Williams school of “have to be right to win so might as well bet most everything”.
$12,600? She could have at least bet enough to cover Pranjal, at least by a dollar. That would seem to be more of a proper choice where she is only less than $8,000 behind him. Where I’ve seen second place a lot lately, the assumed choice would most likely bet enough to cover 1st by a dollar. I could understand the $12,600 if Pranjal was really far away, like somewhere within $27,000, if that was his total.
I like to think that there isn’t one specific good number. Karen’s number does its job just fine, at least to me.
Loved Monikka, and her “story”- would have liked to see her win… Prandjal is old news (lol)
Old news? LOL C’mon, man! (Lord knows how you’d have dealt with Ken Jennings’ run!)
I need some new people, Andy… Especially if/when they’re beating Cleveland people! (I’m in Colummbus)
I’ll bet you root for the Kenyans in the marathon, too! :o)
I like when people go on really long runs on Jeopardy because interest in the show increases. And the more people watch, the longer it runs! 🙂
(Other than that, I don’t tend to cheer too loudly, unless it’s either my Blue Jays or I have $$$ riding on the outcome.)
Did they give him $ on his guess of Harry Potter Book 7?
No, they did not.
I really liked Pranjal’s final wager in this game, and am glad that he is doing the Buckeye State proud.
I was also wondering if the statistical model you use to project how many games the champion will likely win will lend itself well to multiple logistical regression or some other model for figuring out ToC odds.
Question: What was the cranberry juice cocktail mentioned on today’s show??
I believe it was the cosmopolitan.
Thank you! My DVR did not record the end of the show due to the DNC convention. I will turn to you more often when this happens!!
Is there a data base somewhere that lists ALL of the questions and answers on a date by date basis?
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