Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Friday, December 23, 2016:
Final Jeopardy! category: RECORDING HISTORY
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: Guinness recognizes his 1902 version of Leoncavallo’s “Vesti la Giubba” as the 1st million-selling record
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Vinnie Chiappini, an attorney from Providence, Rhode Island |
Molly Thacker, a doctoral student from Arlington, Virginia |
Sam Scovill, a G.I.S. technician from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (2-day total: $38,802) |
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[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response/Question’]Who is Enrico Caruso?[/spoiler]
In addition to the 1902 million-seller, famous tenor Enrico Caruso also released recordings of “Vesti La Giubba” in 1904 and 1907 for the Victor Talking Machine Company.
Caruso received a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987.
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Scores going into Final:
Vinnie $13,200
Sam $11,800
Molly $2,800
Final results:
Molly $2,800 – $1,000 = $1,800 (Who is Edison)
Sam $11,800 + $5,599 = $17,399 (3-day total: $56,201)
Vinnie $13,200 – $10,401 = $2,799 (Who is Bell)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Sam $5,000
Vinnie $4,200
Molly $2,000
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) NFL CHEERLEADING SQUADS $400 (2nd pick)
Sam 200 +1000 (Molly 0 Vinnie 0)
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2) GOOD WILL $800 (4th pick)
Sam 5800 -800 (Vinnie 4600 Molly 2400)
3) ON EARTH $800 (17th pick)
Vinnie 9800 +1000 (Sam 9400 Molly 3200)
Unplayed clues:
None!
Game Stats:
Sam $12,000 Coryat, 21 correct, 4 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer
Vinnie $13,000 Coryat, 17 correct, 3 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer
Molly $2,800 Coryat, 9 correct, 2 incorrect, 15.79% in first on buzzer
Sam Scovill, current stats:
63 correct
11 incorrect
5/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,400)
3/3 in Final Jeopardy
39.24% in first on buzzer (62/158)
Average Coryat: $10,733
Sam Scovill, to win:
4 games: 31.15%
5: 9.70%
6: 3.02%
7: 0.94%
8: 0.29%
Avg. streak: 3.452 games.