Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Tuesday, January 3, 2017:
Final Jeopardy! category: WORLD CITIES
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: Named for a saint & built in 1348, Vaclavske Namesti is the main square & center of cultural life in this capital city
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Amanda Berofsky, a quality assurance analyst from Waterford, Michigan |
Rebecca Glass, an administrator from New York, New York |
Gavin Mulligan, a software engineer from Parker, Colorado (1-day total: $15,800) |
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[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response/Question’]What is Prague?[/spoiler]
Vaclavske Namesti, known in English as Wenceslas Square, is one of the two main squares on Prague (the other being Old Town Square). Wenceslas Square is Prague’s “new town” square. Of course, the word “new” is slightly misleading in this context, as it was constructed in the 14th century and originally served as Prague’s horse market.
Of course, Saint Wenceslas is the patron saint of the Czech Republic, and the story of him going to give alms to a peasant in harsh winter weather on St. Stephen’s Day is the premise of the well-known Christmas carol “Good King Wenceslas”.
On a more light-hearted note: how did Good King Wenceslas like his pizza? Deep pan, crisp, and even. (I’m here all week.)
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Scores going into Final:
Amanda $7,800
Rebecca $4,800
Gavin $4,600
Final results:
Gavin $4,600 – $4,598 = $2 (What is St. Petersburg)
Rebecca $4,800 – $4,500 = $300 (What is Moscow)
Amanda $7,800 – $1,801 = $5,999 (What is Budapest?) (1-day total: $5,999)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Rebecca $4,000
Amanda $2,600
Gavin $1,800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) AFTER THE CABINET $1000 (23rd pick)
Rebecca 3000 +1000 (Amanda 1400 Gavin 1000)
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2) ART & ARTISTS $1600 (8th pick)
Amanda 3800 +2000 (Rebecca 5200 Gavin 600)
3) ANCIENT BABYLON $800 (18th pick)
Rebecca 3600 -2000 (Amanda 5400 Gavin 3000)
Unplayed clues:
DJ! round: AFTER THE CABERNET $1200 & $2000
Game Stats:
Amanda $7,400 Coryat, 15 correct, 2 incorrect, 23.64% in first on buzzer
Rebecca $6,800 Coryat, 16 correct, 6 incorrect, 34.55% in first on buzzer
Gavin $4,600 Coryat, 12 correct, 6 incorrect, 29.09% in first on buzzer
Gavin Mulligan, final stats:
34 correct
8 incorrect
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
33.64% in first on buzzer (36/107)
Average Coryat: $10,700
Amanda Berofsky, current stats:
15 correct
3 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
23.64% in first on buzzer (13/55)
Average Coryat: $7,400
Amanda Berofsky, to win:
2 games: 25.20%
3: 6.35%
4: 1.60%
5: 0.40%
6: 0.10%
Avg. streak: 1.337 games.
Basically an unfair queation Requires knowledge of Czech.
I disagree.
Vaclav Havel is routinely a first- or second-row subject on Jeopardy. A train of thought from Vaclavske – Vaclav – Czech Republic – Prague was expected and more than fair.
I know no Czech and I got Final Jeopardy! within five seconds.
I was very proud of myself for immediately getting Vaclav…and then my brain derailed and decided he had been president of Poland. :p
Oh no!
Oh, Laurie! You didn’t! The Velvet Revolution!
Yes, definitely not a shining moment, mixing up Vaclav Havel and Lech Walesa!
Well, better to make that mistake on your couch (as opposed to with the bright lights on you!)