Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Monday, December 12, 2016:
Final Jeopardy! category: SCIENTISTS
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: In a 1694 Royal Society lecture, he suggested an astronomical cause for the Biblical flood in Genesis
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Bridget McNulty, an analytical chemist from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania |
Amy Young, a public health graduate student from Corvallis, Oregon |
Tim Aten, an editor from Vermilion, Ohio (6-day total: $101,899) |
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[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response/Question’]Who is Edmund Halley?[/spoiler]
Halley’s 1694 lecture “About The Cause of the Universal Deluge” advanced the theory of periodic catastrophism and specifically suggested (two years before William Whiston’s theory), that the Great Flood was caused by a comet. Because (obviously) such claims were seen as controversial in 1694, he did ask for the suppression of the publication of these lectures.
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Scores going into Final:
Amy $9,200
Bridget $8,800
Tim $7,800
Final results:
Tim $7,800 – $2,200 = $5,600 (Who is Newton?) (7-day total: $107,499)
Bridget $8,800 – $4,400 = $4,400 (Who is Galileo?)
Amy $9,200 – $5,500 = $3,700 (Who is Newton?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Tim $3,000
Bridget $1,600
Amy $800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) ISLAND NATIONS $600 (23rd pick)
Amy 600 -800 (Bridget 1600 Tim 1200)
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2) TOUGH CHILDREN’S LIT $1200 (8th pick)
Amy 3200 -3000 (Bridget 6400 Tim 3000)
3) LANDMARKS $1200 (20th pick)
Amy 4200 +3000 (Bridget 6400 Tim 5800)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: THE POPES $1000
DJ! round: INVASIONS $2000
Game Stats:
Tim $7,800 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 20.00% in first on buzzer
Bridget $8,800 Coryat, 8 correct, 1 incorrect, 12.73% in first on buzzer
Amy $11,200 Coryat, 26 correct, 9 incorrect, 52.73% in first on buzzer
Tim Aten, stats to date:
127 correct
11 incorrect
6/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,000)
4/7 in Final Jeopardy
29.02% in first on buzzer (112/386)
Average Coryat: $12,257
Tim Aten, to win:
8 games: 37.11%
9: 13.77%
10: 5.11%
11: 1.90%
12: 0.70%
Avg. streak: 7.590 games.
I thought Newton was a good guess; I would’ve also picked him. Galileo? He died in 1642.
Thankfully, Tim wagered little enough to keep himself in. I’m excited to see him again tomorrow.
My guess was Newton too but Halley makes perfect sense.
This week’s Hometown Howdies should be up today.
Man, I was hoping we would see the last clue in either the first or DJ! round. (Admin edit: I’m cheering for Cindy tomorrow.)
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