Quick Recap & Today’s Final Jeopardy – January 12, 2017

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1. Andy Saunders | January 12, 2017 at 1:59 pm |

   Scores going into Final:
   Zoey $10,900
   Cheryl $10,600
   Sarah $10,200

   Final results:
   Sarah $10,200 – $10,198 = $2 (What is chest heaving?)
   Cheryl $10,600 + $10,000 = $20,600 (1-day champ: $20,600)
   Zoey $10,900 – $3,000 = $7,900 (What is lung disease?)

   Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
   Zoey $3,700
   Cheryl $2,400
   Sarah $2,200

   Opening break taken after: 15 clues

   Daily Double locations:
   1) WHAT COLOR IS THE DRESS? $1000 (10th pick)
   Zoey 1800 -500 (Sarah 1600 Cheryl -200)
   —
   2) SPEAK OF THE DICKENS $1600 (9th pick)
   Zoey 5300 +2000 (Cheryl 5200 Sarah 2200)
   3) PARTS OF THE ORGAN $2000 (22nd pick)
   Cheryl 10800 +100 (Zoey 9700 Sarah 5000)

   Unplayed clues:
   J! round: DAD BOD $1000
   $ Left On Board: $1000

   Game Stats:
   Cheryl $11,600 Coryat, 16 correct, 3 incorrect, 28.57% in first on buzzer
   Zoey $11,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 23.21% in first on buzzer
   Sarah $10,200 Coryat, 16 correct, 5 incorrect, 33.93% in first on buzzer
   Lach Trash: $11,800

   Zoey Orol, final stats:
   25 correct
   5 incorrect
   1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,500)
   0/2 in Final Jeopardy
   20.91% in first on buzzer (23/110)
   Average Coryat: $10,200

   Cheryl Guy, stats to date:
   17 correct
   3 incorrect
   1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
   1/1 in Final Jeopardy
   28.57% in first on buzzer (16/56)
   Average Coryat: $11,600

   Cheryl Guy, to win:
   2 games: 38.42%
   3: 14.76%
   4: 5.67%
   5: 2.18%
   6: 0.84%
   Avg. streak: 1.624 games.
   Avg. Total Winnings (including ToC): $35,442

   Miscellany:

   • This is the 13th consecutive game in which the leader entering Final Jeopardy! has not gotten Final Jeopardy! correct. The known record is 16 regular-play games (between October 24 and November 28, 2002.)
   • In terms of how close 3rd was to 1st, this is the 10th-closest game since October 4, 2004. The most recent game that was closer? April 15, 2016. (Andrew Pau vs. McKinnie Sizemore vs. Margaret Miles)
2. Charlie | January 12, 2017 at 7:37 pm |

   In the category Dad Bods, I can’t believe they denied Zoey the answer “chin-ups” when the correct answer was “pull-ups.” It wasn’t a category that stipulated the letter combinations.

   • Andy Saunders | January 12, 2017 at 7:51 pm |

     I think it was one of those instances where it wasn’t quite correct.

     This article describing Gyllenhaal’s workout specifically describes pull-ups.

     Meanwhile, this article from Men’s Fitness describes how the two are different.

     Given that, I have to side with the judges: “chin-ups” does not fit the clue as Jake Gyllenhaal’s workout regimen does not say “chin-ups”, it says “pull-ups”.

3. Charlie | January 12, 2017 at 10:32 pm |

   I appreciate that one can draw an arcane distinction between the two, but even within the lifetime of Jeopardy there have been changes in the usage of the word, and both are used interchangeably. As the WIkipedia entry for chin-ups states:

   In the 1970s[2] and 1980s, the term chin-up not only included an overhand/pronated (“palms away”) grip,[3][4] but some authors used it as the default meaning of the term,[5] with an underhand/supinated (“palms toward”) grip called a “reverse” grip.[6][7]Even in the 2010s “chin-up” still includes palms-away lifting.[8] The term “chin-up” is still regularly used refer to pulling using an overhand-grip.[9][10][11]

   Also:
   Due to this, the phrase “chin-up” has become associated with pulling with this type of grip. Some have delegated the term pull-up to refer to the pronated(overhanded, palms-away) grip. In spite of this, many refer to pull-ups with a pronated grip also as chin-ups, and the supine grip is still regularly called a pull-up.

   Some organizations such as the American Council on Exercise have adopted this new terminology, issuing statements such as: “a chin-up differs from a pull-up in that the puller’s hands are facing towards him or her in a chin-up, and away in a pull-up.”[12]Organizations such as the United States Marine Corps, however, use the term pull-up interchangeably to refer to both the overhand and underhand grips.[13]

   In short, I would argue vigorously that the judges should have deemed either response acceptable.

   • Andy Saunders | January 12, 2017 at 11:06 pm |

     You’ll have to pardon my skepticism here, but Wikipedia?

     Even then, I strongly suspect that the fact that every single reference to Gyllenhaal’s “Southpaw” workouts specifically referencing “pull-ups” as the reason for “chin-ups” being negged on the show this evening. If they were one and the same, one would think that they would have been used interchangeably there. The fact that they were not also leads me to believe that there is a slight difference there.

4. Nick | January 13, 2017 at 8:49 pm |

   As a former personal trainer of 4 years, and soon to be doctor of physical therapy, I can confirm that pull-ups and chin-ups are indeed similar but different exercises, with pull-ups utilizing an overhand grip and primarily activating the latissimus dorsi with little biceps activation. Meanwhile, chin-ups utilize an underhand grip which allows far more activation of the biceps brachii, thus making the exercise much easier than a pull-up.. My wife tried to argue for her too, but from a professional standpoint, I have to stand by their decision to not allow the 2 terms to be used interchangeably.

   • Andy Saunders | January 13, 2017 at 9:34 pm |

     Thank you very much for this expert contribution, Nick!