Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Friday, November 18, 2016:
Final Jeopardy! category: SCIENCE & MATH VOCABULARY
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: These 2 words are just 1 letter different; one is a whirlpool & the other a geometry term for a meeting point
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Apurva Kanneganti, a senior from Germantown, Tennessee |
Antonio Karides, a junior from Severna Park, Maryland |
Michael Borecki, a junior from Darien, Connecticut |
What are vortex and vertex?
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I have to say, the writers have put up three excellent Final Jeopardy! clues this week for the semifinals. Each one of them, in my opinion, would be worthy of the regular game. This one is no different. (It might help that I myself am a bit of a word nerd and thus enjoy the “closely related words” Finals.
In that vein, one of my favorites was this one back in 2003:
GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: These 2 words are anagrams of each other & for our location now one is about 34, the other about 74
I can’t wait for the finals; those go Monday and Tuesday of next week!
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I can’t wait for the finals, either!
Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Michael $25,400
Apurva $8,600
Antonio -$4,200
Final Results:
Apurva $8,600 + $8,600 = $17,200
Michael $25,400 – $0 = $25,400 (What is gg, guys?)
Michael’s reponse is in homage to Alex Jacob’s response in Game 1 of the 2015 Tournament of Champions final.
Scores after the opening round:
Michael $7,400
Apurva $5,000
Antonio $1,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) SOUTHERN HISTORY $800 (1st pick)
Michael 0 +1000 (Antonio 0 Apurva 0)
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2) PHYSICS $1600 (6th pick)
Michael 9400 +2000 (Apurva 6200 Antonio 1400)
3) “C” THE WORLD $1200 (12th pick)
Michael 14200 +4000 (Apurva 7800 Antonio -200)
Unplayed clues:
DJ! round: THE RHYMES OF LIVE & LOVE $2000
Game Stats:
Michael $22,000 Coryat, 30 correct, 2 incorrect, 48.21% in first on buzzer
Apurva $8,600 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 25.00% in first on buzzer
Antonio -$4,200 Coryat, 8 correct, 6 incorrect, 23.21% in first on buzzer
Michael Borecki, stats to date:
55 correct
4 incorrect
6/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $14,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
42.47% in first on buzzer (48/113)
Average Coryat: $20,300
Antonio Karides, stats to date:
27 correct
8 incorrect
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
29.20% in first on buzzer (33/113)
Average Coryat: $4,600
Apurva Kanneganti, stats to date:
31 correct
6 incorrect
0/0 on Daily Doubles
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
27.19% in first on buzzer (31/114)
Average Coryat: $8,200
Poor Antonio!
I hope that somewhere in this great land of ours, Stephanie Hull saw this game and raised a toast to Antonio.
Both Antonio (and Stephanie Hull as mentioned) played the game the right way. Kept playing hard right until the end.
Yes, exactly Dalton! Either Antonio just had a bad day, or he & Apurva were just both up against a buzzer demon, in Michael. A buzzer demon is a very tough player, who is fast on ringing in with the buzzer, or a signaling device, and that intimidates his or her 2 opponents.
And yes, ”Buzzer Demon” is my nickname for a very tough player.