Quick Recap & Today’s Final Jeopardy – January 4, 2017

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Nikolas Polsinelli, career statistics:
44 correct, 6 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
35.96% in first on buzzer (41/114)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $10,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
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All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Regular Play Only:

1. Ken Jennings $2,520,700
2. James Holzhauer $2,462,216
3. Matt Amodio $1,518,601
4. Amy Schneider $1,382,800
5. Jamie Ding $882,605
6. Cris Pannullo $748,286
7. Mattea Roach $560,983
8. Jason Zuffranieri $532,496
9. Scott Riccardi $455,000
10. David Madden $430,400
11. Julia Collins $428,100
12. Matt Jackson $411,612
13. Austin Rogers $411,000
14. Ray Lalonde $386,400
15. Harrison Whitaker $373,999
16. Adriana Harmeyer $349,600
17. Caleb Groen $346,968
18. Adam Remsen $306,415
19. Ryan Long $299,400
20. Arthur Chu $297,200

All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Including Tournaments (and Consolation Prizes):

1. Brad Rutter $4,968,436
2. Ken Jennings $4,372,700
3. James Holzhauer $3,614,216
4. Matt Amodio $1,964,601
5. Amy Schneider $1,864,800
6. Yogesh Raut $1,598,403
7. Victoria Groce $1,023,801
8. Mattea Roach $897,983
9. Jamie Ding $885,605
10. David Madden $785,733
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Andrew He $684,365
14. Larissa Kelly $671,930
15. Matt Jackson $623,612
16. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
17. Paolo Pasco $548,717
18. Scott Riccardi $533,000
19. Jerome Vered $499,102
20. Julia Collins $495,767
21. Austin Rogers $493,000
22. Juveria Zaheer $491,000
23. Ben Ingram $449,201
24. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
25. Buzzy Cohen $441,603

Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Wednesday, January 4, 2017:

Final Jeopardy! category: CLASSIC MOVIE ROLES

Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: A letter to the director that said, “Dear Sir, I am fat & wear spectacles” got a young actor a role in this 1963 film

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Megan Soto, a student services supervisor from San Diego, California

Rich Betz, a teacher from Honesdale, Pennsylvania

Amanda Berofsky, a quality assurance analyst from Waterford, Michigan (1-day total: $5,999)

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After hearing the correct response, it is plainly obvious that the quote and character refers to Piggy (played by Hugh Edwards in the film).

The 1963 version of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, directed by Peter Brook, certainly received critical acclaim. The boys cast were not professional, had generally not read the novel, and scripting was minimal. Brook filmed by explaining what he wanted the actors to do, who then generally improvised. It apparently worked surprisingly well, at least in the critic’s eyes. It has a 100% critic approval score on Rotten Tomatoes (though the audience rates it at just 63%.)

My thoughts: There are clearly no physical flaws in the clue itself that would necessitate my personally judging this clue as flawed. Whether you as a viewer thinks the category typing was misleading is certainly your prerogative, as I myself did not consider “Lord of the Flies” in my list of classics, but that is also not the standard upon which flaws are judged from an official standpoint (in other words, I’d say the fault here lands upon me the viewer and not the show).

I also think “1960s British Film Roles” might have been a better category name than “Classic Film Roles” and might certainly have removed all debate without compromising things at all.

I’m sure I’ll get lots of people leaving comments on this one today, for sure!

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