Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Wednesday, December 7, 2016:
Final Jeopardy! category: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: 1 of 2 states whose first-ever electoral votes were cast for Woodrow Wilson
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Wendi Rottweiler, a librarian from South Brunswick, New Jersey |
Jaime Ryan, a technology strategist from San Marcos, California |
Tim Aten, an editor from Vermilion, Ohio (3-day total: $56,300) |
[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response/Question’]What are (1 of) Arizona and New Mexico?[/spoiler]
Arizona and New Mexico first entered the Union in early 1912, the last two of the contiguous 48 states, and the split of the Republicans into conservative (which ran Taft) and progressive (running Teddy Roosevelt) wings meant that Woodrow Wilson won 40 of the 48 states and 435 electoral votes (Talk about an actual electoral landslide!), in spite of only garnering 41.8% of the popular vote.
Among the states Wilson carried in 1912 included both Arizona and New Mexico, voting in their first presidential election.
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Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Tim $12,400
Jaime $4,200
Wendi $2,800
Final Results:
Wendi $2,800 – $700 = $2,100 (What is Hawaii?)
Jaime $4,200 – $1,400 = $2,800 (What is Hawaii?)
Tim $12,400 + $2,600 = $15,000 (What is Arizona?) (4-day total: $71,300)
Scores after the opening round:
Tim $6,800
Jaime $3,600
Wendi $0
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) ON THE MONEY $800 (20th pick)
Tim 3200 +1200 (Jamie 1800 Wendi 0)
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2) THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS $2000 (15th pick)
Jaime 5600 -3400 (Tim 8800 Wendi 1200)
3) ALLOYS $1600 (18th pick)
Jaime 2600 +2400 (Tim 8800 Wendi 1200)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: THE GREAT LOOP $1000
DJ! round: DIRECTORS ON FILM $800 & $1200; POETRY $2000
Game Stats:
Tim $12,000 Coryat, 20 correct, 2 incorrect, 33.96% in first on buzzer
Jaime $6,800 Coryat, 11 correct, 4 incorrect, 22.64% in first on buzzer
Wendi $2,800 Coryat, 8 correct, 6 incorrect, 22.64% in first on buzzer
Tim Aten, stats to date:
74 correct
5 incorrect
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,400)
3/4 in Final Jeopardy
30.00% in first on buzzer (66/220)
Average Coryat: $11,600
Tim Aten, to win:
5 games: 34.72%
6: 12.06%
7: 4.19%
8: 1.45%
9: 0.50%
Avg. streak: 4.532 games.
Can you find me the clue it was one of the great loop ones and it mentioned Waterford ny and that happens to be my home town! 🙂 I want a video out where it mentions it will be great:)
THE GREAT LOOP $400: Loopers don’t want to arrive at Waterford, New York before May 1, around the annual time that this historic passage opens to boat traffic.