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Today’s contestants:
Charlie Geer, an affordable housing development analyst from Columbus, OH |
Elena Stuewe, a resident physician from Birmingham, AL |
Seth Wilson, a PhD candidate from Chicago, IL (4-day total: $105,800) |
Final Jeopardy! category: AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY
Final Jeopardy! clue: The Zambezi River reaches the ocean in this country that lends its name to the body of water where it happens
[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response’]What is Mozambique?[/spoiler]
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The Zambezi River delta enters into the Mozambique Channel, the arm of the Indian Ocean that happens to separate Mozambique from Madagascar.
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Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Seth $21,900
Elena $18,800
Charlie $4,600
Final Results:
Charlie $4,600 – $1,601 = $2,999 (No response)
Elena $18,800 – $3,101 = $15,699 (What is South Africa?)
Seth $21,900 – $0 = $21,900 (What is Zambia?) (5-day total: $127,700)
For context: In regular play since the start of Season 20, betting $0 from the lead in a non-lock situation has now won 6 times in 16 attempts.
Erratum: IT’S PLAIN TO SEE IT’S 33 $400 read: John Belushi in 1982 & this other hefty “SNL” comic in 1992 both passed away aged 33. Chris Farley died in 1997, not 1992.
Daily Double locations:
1) IT’S PLAIN TO SEE IT’S 33 $600 (18th pick)
Seth 4200 +1500 (Elena 800 Charlie -1400)
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2) IN PRAISE OF OLDER WRITERS $1200 (10th pick)
Seth 9900 +2000 (Elena 5000 Charlie 4200)
3) MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1600 (26th pick; $4,400 left on board)
Elena 9400 +9400 (Seth 20300 Charlie 4600)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: A HOMOPHONE OF A PAST TENSE VERB $1000
DJ! round: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $800
Game Stats:
Seth 20,200 Coryat, 25 correct, 1 incorrect, 40.00% in first on buzzer
Elena 11,000 Coryat, 10 correct, 1 incorrect, 12.73% in first on buzzer
Charlie 4,600 Coryat, 15 correct, 5 incorrect, 36.36% in first on buzzer
Seth Wilson, stats to date:
119 correct
19 incorrect
6/10 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
3/5 in Final Jeopardy
43.27% in first on buzzer (119/275)
Average Coryat: $17,560
Seth Wilson, to win:
6 games: 64.70%
7: 41.86%
8: 27.09%
9: 17.53%
10: 11.34%
Avg. streak: 6.833 games.
Elena should not have bet $3,101 and Seth should’ve wagered $15,701.
Dal:
You’ll find it to be a rare situation where there is a singular appropriate wager. Often, there is a range of perfectly defensible wagers; also, the contestants may perceive a reaction that the viewing audience is not privy to that may also influence the action.
Seth is one of the winningest champions this season, but all good things must come to an end.
Why, Frank? What’s wrong with someone going on a winning streak?
I don’t mean “must” as “has to.” I mean it as “Seth will be beaten eventually.”
Somebody on the staph is a Phish phan! References to Phish songs in the responses and the categories: Gumbo, Sloth, Ocelot, No Men in (No Man’s Land), N(ICU), and [Final Jeopardy]
oh, I forgot the category one: “Cities”, a Talking Heads song that they play very often