Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Monday, November 21, 2016:
Final Jeopardy! category: FAMOUS NAMES
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: At a May 1989 ceremony in Cape Town, he received a Bachelor of Laws correspondence degree in absentia
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Alec Fischthal, a junior from North Woodmere, New York |
Sharath Narayan, a sophomore from Madison, Alabama |
Michael Borecki, a junior from Darien, Connecticut |
Remember: This is a two-game final. Today’s scores will get added to tomorrow’s scores to determine the winner of the tournament. First place receives $100,000 minimum, second place $50,000 minimum, and third place $25,000 minimum.
[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response/Question’]Who is Nelson Mandela?[/spoiler]
Even though Nelson Mandela was able to practice law in South Africa due to his two-year diploma on top of his university degree, he was able to persevere enough in order to get a law degree in 1989 from the University of South Africa while imprisoned. He was imprisoned on Robben Island from 1964 to 1982, followed by Pollsmoor Prison and Victor Verster Prison, before his release from prison in 1990.
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Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Sharath $20,000
Michael $13,600
Alec $10,000
Final Results:
Alec $10,000 + $6,500 = $16,500
Michael $13,600 – $13,600 = $0 (Who is Mohandas Gandhi?)
Sharath $20,000 + $8,000 = $28,000
Scores after the opening round:
Michael $5,200
Sharath $4,800
Alec $4,200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) LANGUAGES $400 (4th pick)
Alec 1200 +1200 (Michael 800 Sharath 0)
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2) GEOGRAPHY $800 (5th pick)
Alec 5800 +3000 (Sharath 6000 Michael 5200)
3) COLONIAL AMERICA $1600 (12th pick)
Michael 5600 +5600 (Sharath 12800 Alec 7600)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: MANIC PIXEL DREAM GIRLS $400
Game Stats:
Sharath $20,000 Coryat, 22 correct, 1 incorrect, 33.93% in first on buzzer
Alec $7,000 Coryat, 18 correct, 5 incorrect, 32.14% in first on buzzer
Michael $9,600 Coryat, 13 correct, 2 incorrect, 21.43% in first on buzzer
Michael Borecki, stats to date:
68 correct
7 incorrect
7/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $19,600)
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
35.50% in first on buzzer (60/169)
Average Coryat: $16,733
Alec Fischthal, stats to date:
70 correct
12 incorrect
5/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $10,200)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
36.47% in first on buzzer (62/170)
Average Coryat: $14,133
Sharath Narayan, stats to date:
65 correct
7 incorrect
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,400)
3/3 in Final Jeopardy
34.71% in first on buzzer (59/170)
Average Coryat: $14,600
Link: How often do people come back from a distant third in a tournament?
Not very often,but I’ve seen this happen to tournament winners, such as Bob Verini, Mark Lowenthal, Dave Abbott, Papa Chakravarthy, Meryl Federman, Leonard Cooper & Jim Coury, even though I wouldn’t really consider Jim to be in distant 3rd place after Day 1 of the finals of his College Championship, same with Dave Abbott on his Tournament Of Champions.
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