Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Monday, December 5, 2016:
Final Jeopardy! category: NAME’S THE SAME
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: Name shared by one of a trio of young chums in a popular book series & the daughter of Menelaus & Helen of Troy
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Matthew Martinez, a draft equipment salesman from San Antonio, Texas |
Yi Deng, a subrights assistant from Jersey City, New Jersey |
Tim Aten, an editor from Vermilion, Ohio (1-day total: $35,000) |
[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response/Question’]What is Hermione?[/spoiler]
Of course, the popular book series trio is Harry-Hermione-Ron from Harry Potter.
In terms of the mythological Hermione: the best description of her would be that in the time of the Trojan War, she was accidentally betrothed to both Neoptolemus and Orestes (one by her father, one by her grandfather), and in the ensuing struggle, she ended up running off with Orestus; Hermione and Orestus had a son together, Tisamenus.
Sources differ, though. Ovid in Heroides seems to claim the double-betrothal existed, Euripides in Andromache disputes it.
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Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Yi $12,000
Matthew $7,600
Tim $6,800
Final Results:
Tim $6,800 + $6,000 = $12,800 (2-day champion: $47,800)
Matthew $7,600 – $7,600 = $0 (Who is Ajax?)
Yi $12,000 – $3,300 = $8,700 (Who is Leto?)
Scores after the opening round:
Matthew $3,600
Tim $3,400
Yi $2,000
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) LITERARY CHARACTERS $400 (13th pick)
Yi 1400 -1400 (Tim 3000 Matthew 800)
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2) VOLCANOES $1600 (5th pick)
Tim 5000 -3000 (Matthew 4000 Yi 2800)
3) THE SPACE RACE $2000 (22nd pick)
Matthew 10400 -4000 (Yi 7600 Tim 4000)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! round: None!
Game Stats:
Tim $9,800 Coryat, 14 correct, 2 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer
Yi $13,400 Coryat, 15 correct, 2 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer
Matthew $11,600 Coryat, 19 correct, 5 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer
Tim Aten, stats to date:
34 correct
2 incorrect
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,200)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
25.44% in first on buzzer (29/114)
Average Coryat: $12,800
Tim Aten, to win:
3 games: 41.38%
4: 17.13%
5: 7.09%
6: 2.93%
7: 1.21%
Avg. streak: 2.706 games.
Another win by Tim Aten. Let’s see if he can join fellow Tim, Mr. Kutz, in the ToC.