Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy for Thursday, October 20, 2016:
Final Jeopardy! category: QUOTABLE NOTABLES
Final Jeopardy! clue: She once said that death “is no more than passing from one room into another” but “in that other room, I shall be able to see”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Hunter Manchak, a product director from Washington, D.C. |
Doug Hartman, a consulting engineer from Virginia Beach, Virginia |
Debbi Hopkins, an administrative assistant from Charleston, South Carolina (1-day total: $18,300) |
Who is Helen Keller?
A fun fact about Helen Keller: On a trip to Japan, she asked about Hachiko, the famed Akita who was loyal to his owner almost a decade after the owner died. She was given her own Akita and because of this, the Akita breed was introduced into the United States.
 Alex & Johnny & Sarah & Kelly & Jimmy! |
 Trebek/Gilbert 16 (Support the #Jeoparty this year!) |
(contestant photo credit: jeopardy.com)
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Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Doug $12,400
Hunter $6,200
Debbi $5,400
Final Results:
Debbi $5,400 – $1,601 = $3,799 (Who is Mother Teresa?)
Hunter $6,200 – $6,200 = $0 (Who is Emily Dickinson?)
Doug $12,400 + $0 = $12,400 (wrote Emily Dickinson, crossed it off and responded correctly) (1-day total: $12,400)
FYI: I disagree with Doug’s choice of bet today, but his choice is certainly defensible. Here’s an article I wrote about it last January.
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Scores after the opening round:
Doug $8,800
Debbi $2,200
Hunter $1,800
Daily Double locations:
1) “Z” IS THE FIRST LETTER $1000 (20th pick)
Doug 5400 +3000 (Hunter 2400 Debbi 600)
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2) 8-LETTER WORDS $1600 (8th pick)
Debbi 4200 +2000 (Doug 10400 Hunter 2600)
3) BOOKS BY MEN $1600 (16th pick)
Debbi 8600 -2000 (Doug 10400 Hunter 5800)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! round: A BETTE MIDLER MEDLEY $1600 & $2000; PREFECTURES OF JAPAN $2000
Game Stats:
Doug 10,400 Coryat, 14 correct, 1 incorrect, 22.22% in first on buzzer
Debbi 7,000 Coryat, 10 correct, 4 incorrect, 16.67% in first on buzzer
Hunter 6,200 Coryat, 19 correct, 6 incorrect, 46.30% in first on buzzer
Debbi Hopkins, final stats:
26 correct
6 incorrect
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,500)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
22.64% in first on buzzer (24/106)
Average Coryat: $10.700
Doug Hartman, stats to date:
15 correct
1 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
22.22% in first on buzzer (12/54)
Average Coryat: $10,400
Doug Hartman, to win:
2 games: 40.96%
3: 16.78%
4: 6.87%
5: 2.81%
6: 1.15%
Avg. streak: 1.694 games.