Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Friday, December 2, 2016:
Final Jeopardy! category: MODERN MYTHOLOGY
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: A purported image of this subject of legend was published in the Daily Mail newspaper on April 21, 1934
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Tim Aten, an editor from Vermilion, Ohio |
Ryan O’Shea, an engineer from Hermosa Beach, California |
Asim Modi, an attorney from San Francisco, California (1-day total: $10,399) |
[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response/Question’]What is the Loch Ness Monster?[/spoiler]
This photograph, taken by British surgeon Robert Wilson, was to attempt to cover up the fact that on an earlier expedition, hunter Marmaduke Wetherell had attempted to hoax the Daily Mail. Wetherell, who had been sent to bag the (nonexistent) monster for the Mail, was obviously unsuccessful, but took pictures of hippopotamus prints and claimed they were of Nessie.
This Nessie had been constructed out of a toy submarine. The photograph is known to day as the Surgeon’s Photograph, from the headline London Surgeon’s Photo of the Monster.
Time Magazine’s 100 Photos has more information.
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Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Tim $18,000
Ryan $17,000
Asim $4,200
Final Results:
Asim $4,200 + $4,199 = $8,399
Ryan $17,000 + $1,515 = $18,515
Tim $18,000 + $17,000 = $35,000 (1-day total: $35,000)
Scores after the opening round:
Tim $6,200
Ryan $5,200
Asim $3,000
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) ANIMAL COLLECTIVE NAMES $800 (19th pick)
Tim 3200 +1600 (Ryan 2600 Asim 2000)
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2) PERFECT! $1200 (9th pick)
Tim 12600 +2600 (Ryan 7600 Asim 2200)
3) NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES $1200 (21st pick)
Ryan 14800 +3000 (Tim 18000 Asim 2200)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! round: None!
Game Stats:
Tim $15,800 Coryat, 18 correct, 0 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer
Ryan $15,200 Coryat, 20 correct, 3 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer
Asim $4,200 Coryat, 13 correct, 4 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer
Asim Modi, final stats:
29 correct
9 incorrect
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,800)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
24.11% in first on buzzer (27/112)
Average Coryat: $4,900
Tim Aten, stats to date:
19 correct
0 incorrect
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,200)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
Average Coryat: $15,800
Tim Aten, to win:
2 games: 53.78%
3: 28.92%
4: 15.55%
5: 8.36%
6: 4.50%
Avg. streak: 2.163 games.
It looked like tonite’s winner, Tim, didn’t shake hands with Alex. Yes? Why?
It looked like Alex was focusing on talking and not shaking hands and the camera cut away before any handshakes took place.
To claim that no handshake took place just because Alex was slow to extend his hand would be incredibly disingenuous.
Steve Bahnaman pointed out to me this morning that Tim has had quite a Magic: the Gathering career. A trading card of him even exists!
He was a great editor and colleague of mine at Wizards of the Coast. I’m also reasonably positive he shook the hand of anyone who offered. He is genuinely one of the nicest guys you’ll meet.
I definitely got that vibe out of watching the show. Thanks for stopping by, Matt!