Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy for Tuesday, October 25, 2016:
Final Jeopardy! category: WORDS IN THE NEWS 2016
Final Jeopardy! clue: The Centre for European Reform is one of the sources credited with coining this new 6-letter portmanteau word
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Joel Goldes, a dialect coach from Oak Park, California![]() |
Yoey Sacks, a store planner from New York, New York![]() |
Lani Gonzalez, a managing director of an art bazaar from Austin, Texas (2-day total: $35,600)![]() |
What is “Brexit”?
The portmanteau “Brexit” was coined to describe the 2016 United Kingdom referendum in which they voted to leave the European Union by a percentage of 52% to 48%. In the same fashion that “Grexit” was used to describe the possible Greek exit from the Euro, Brexit merged “Britain” and “exit”.
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Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Lani $15,000
Joel $7,400
Yoey $2,400
Final Results:
Yoey $2,400 + $2,400 = $4,800
Joel $7,400 – $7,399 = $1 (What is Euroop?)
Lani $15,000 + $0 = $15,000 (3-day total: $50,600)
There was a category about Justin Timberlake tonight. Here are the clues.
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Scores after the opening round:
Lani $8,200
Yoey $4,400
Joel $1,400
Daily Double locations:
1) MAGAZINES $600 (10th pick)
Lani 1600 +1000 (Yoey 1000 Joel 0)
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2) FROM SCREEN TO STAGE $1600 (5th pick)
Yoey 6400 -6400 (Lani 8600 Joel 1400)
3) PEOPLE OF THE BIBLICAL BOOK $800 (26th pick; $5,200 left on board)
Lani 14200 -800 (Joel 7400 Yoey 800)
Unplayed clues:
None!
Game Stats:
Lani $15,400 Coryat, 22 correct, 3 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer
Yoey $8,800 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer
Joel $7,400 Coryat, 9 correct, 2 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer
Lani Gonzalez, stats to date:
70 correct
9 incorrect
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,200)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
39.39% in first on buzzer (65/165)
Average Coryat: $16,466
Lani Gonzalez, to win:
4 games: 59.43%
5: 35.32%
6: 20.99%
7: 12.48%
8: 7.41%
Avg. streak: 4.465 games.