Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Wednesday, November 16, 2016:
Final Jeopardy! category: FICTIONAL CHARACTERS’ LAST WORDS
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: In a British novel this young character’s last words are, “Which is better–to have rules & agree, or to hunt & kill?”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Lily Allingham, a sophomore from Wilmington, Delaware |
Lucia Geng, a junior from Great Neck, New York |
Sharath Narayan, a sophomore from Madison, Alabama |
[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response/Question’]Who is Piggy? (from “Lord of the Flies”)[/spoiler]
Shortly after Piggy utters these words in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Roger shoves a rock down the mountainside. The boulder strikes Piggy, shatters the famous conch from the novel, and knocks him off the mountain to his death. The tribe of children descends into chaos.
I have a feeling that someone somewhere is going to make the comparison between Lord of the Flies and Trump’s America.
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Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Lucia $21,000
Sharath $16,800
Lily $8,400
Final Results:
Lilly $8,400 + $8,400 = $16,800
Sharath $16,800 + $4,201 = $21,001
Lucia $21,000 – $12,601 = $8,399 (Who is Simon?)
Scores after the opening round:
Sharath $7,200
Lily $6,000
Lucia $3,200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) SCI-FI NOVELS $600 (10th pick)
Sharath 1400 +1400 (Lily 2000 Lucia -200)
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2) STATE CAPITALS AKA $1600 (12th pick)
Sharath 9600 +6000 (Lily 9600 Lucia 4400)
3) THE QUEEN 1600 (22nd pick)
Lucia 9200 +5000 (Sharath 15600 Lily 8400)
Unplayed clues:
None!
Game Stats:
Sharath $11,600 Coryat, 19 correct, 3 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer
Lily $8,400 Coryat, 17 correct, 4 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer
Lucia $17,600 Coryat, 18 correct, 2 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer
Sharath Narayan, stats to date:
42 correct
6 incorrect
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,400)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
35.09% in first on buzzer (40/114)
Average Coryat: $11,900
Lily Allingham, stats to date:
32 correct
6 incorrect
0/0 on Daily Doubles
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
30.70% in first on buzzer (35/114)
Average Coryat: $10,700
Lucia Geng, stats to date:
38 correct
7 incorrect
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,800)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
32.46% in first on buzzer (37/114)
Average Coryat: $16,700
Andy, Are you not showing the boards with the clues, etc. anymore?
Hi, Sheryl!
Sometimes I will post categories here if I think there’s something noteworthy or fun that gets played. Was there anything you’d like to see featured from this episode?
If you mean the full board sets, do you mean the other project I contribute to occasionally, J! Archive? I’ve never put full boards here on TJF 🙂
(And I did notice that J! Archive got derailed slightly by election coverage. I’m sure we’ll catch up soon!)
Do you know if we see this year’s Teen Tournament winner be in the next Tournament of Champions?
Anything’s possible, I guess, but the Teen champion hasn’t been invited to the Tournament of Champions in many years. I know Keith has been stumping for it over on The Final Wager, so I’d put the chances at greater than zero, but I’m also not going to put the champ on the ToC Tracker unless Jeopardy! does on its own site.
Lucia answered one of her questions wrong during the episode. She answered Mary Antoinette, should have been : Marie Antoinette. Very surprised it was not caught during the show.
I disagree with your assertion.
Supposed mispronunciations (akin in this case to putting the emphasis on the first syllable instead of the second) do not get ruled incorrect if they could feasibly be spelled the same way as the correct response, as per the rules of the show which all contestants are briefed on beforehand. Similarly, misspellings in Final Jeopardy are only ruled incorrect if they change the pronunciation.
In this specific case, the word “Marie” sounds identical to “Mary” if you emphasize the first syllable instead of the second; thus, they are considered equivalent.