Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Friday, January 27, 2017:
Final Jeopardy! category: AFRICAN CITIES
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: The coat of arms of this South African city shows 2 cornucopias, pouring out flowers & water
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Paul Cox, a portfolio manager from Austin, Texas |
Lisa Schlitt, a microbiologist from Berwyn, Pennsylvania |
Christy Karras, a writer & editor from Seattle, Washington (1-day total: $30,600) |
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[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response/Question’]What is Bloemfontein?[/spoiler]
The coat of arms of Bloemfontein, South Africa, seen above, are considered canting in the heraldic world due to the flowers (Bloem) and water (fontein). Canting symbols are ones that generally contain a visual pun or rebus (in Bloemfontein’s case, the bloom & fountain representation.)
Another famous canting symbol are the second and third quarters of the Maryland state flag (seen below), which is the coat of arms of the Crossland family (the symbol is a cross on land). Of course, the first and fourth quarters is the coat of arms of the Calverts. Maryland’s is easily my favorite state flag of the 50 states.
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Scores going into Final:
Paul $14,900
Lisa $13,800
Christy $11,400
Final results:
Christy $11,400 – $3,501 = $7,899 (What is Pretoria?)
Lisa $13,800 + $13,800 = $27,600 (1-day total: $27,600)
Paul $14,900 – $12,701 = $2,199 (What is Cape Town?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Christy $7,000
Lisa $4,600
Paul $3,800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT $800 (24th pick)
Christy 4800 +3000 (Lisa 3400 Paul 3200)
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2) “A” FOR ART $1600 (7th pick)
Paul 5800 +1500 (Christy 7400 Lisa 6200)
3) AN INVENTIVE CATEGORY $1200 (24th pick)
Lisa 8200 +6000 (Paul 13700 Christy 11400)
Unplayed clues:
None!
$ Left on Board: $0
Game Stats:
Lisa $9,000 Coryat, 17 correct, 3 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer
Christy $9,200 Coryat, 18 correct, 1 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer
Paul $15,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 0 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $14,800
Christy Karras, final stats:
41 correct
3 incorrect
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
33.04% in first on buzzer (37/112)
Average Coryat: $15,500
Lisa Schlitt, stats to date:
18 correct
3 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57)
Average Coryat: $9,000
Lisa Schlitt, to win:
2 games: 29.83%
3: 8.90%
4: 2.65%
5: 0.79%
6: 0.24%
Avg. streak: 1.425 games.
Avg. Total Winnings (including possible ToC): $37,977
I liked the Maryland state flag until the University of Maryland football team started putting it on the uniform.
The helmet and uniform of Maryland’s football team amuses me in the same fashion that the 1999 BAR F1 car’s livery amused me.
Maryland’s flag is still rectangular. Ohio’s is better for being unique in its burgeeness.
Hi, doesn’t it seem like the contestants get away with a lot of mispronounciations? Such as on Friday Christy said Saudi Araba. And I remember in the past Alex saying “you gave us too much” but now It seems like it’s being allowed, but the only example I can think of right now is the question should have been “what is the Mormon Tabernacle” and the contestant said “Mormon Tabernacle Choir.” I’ve been wanting to get this off my chest for a while.
No, it doesn’t. The judges are always on the lookout for mispronunciations and they are confident in their rulings that contestants have give acceptable pronunciations. You’ll find an instance of that in the January 30 episode.
I am very confident that Christy pronounced “Saudi Arabia” acceptably.
And “too much information” can still be a thing if the “too much” does not fit the clue and makes it incorrect. It just generally doesn’t happen that way too often.