Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Monday, January 9, 2017:
Final Jeopardy! category: 19TH CENTURY NOTABLES
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: Calling him a red-headed madman, in 1889 a group of his neighbors signed a petition to ban him from his home in Arles, France
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Jack Paleczny, a law student from Chicago, Illinois |
Blair Moorhead, a social worker from Arlington, Virginia |
Joe Bartolomeo, a professor & associate dean from Florence, Massachusetts (2-day total: $36,500) |
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[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response/Question’]Who is Vincent Van Gogh?[/spoiler]
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Suffering from hallucinations and paranoia that he was being poisoned, about thirty of Van Gogh’s neighbors, calling him fou roux (French for “Red-Headed Madman”) and which saw him spend time in hospital in Arles. During his lifetime, Van Gogh’s artwork was not particularly well-regarded, and he was not seen as an artistic genius until after his death. Today, his works are among some of the most expensive paintings in the world.
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Scores going into Final:
Jack $17,400
Blair $10,600
Joe $8,800
(N.B.: These scores reflect a $3,200 reversal in Jack’s favor between Double Jeopardy and Final Jeopardy.)
Final results:
Joe $8,800 + $8,000 = $16,800
Blair 10,600 + $6,802 = $17,402 (1-day total: $17,402)
Jack $17,400 – $4,000 = $13,400 (Who is Zimmerman?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Joe $3,600
Blair $2,600
Jack $2,200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) THRILLER & SUSPENSE NOVELS $1000 (25th pick)
Joe 4400 -1000 (Blair 2600 Jack 1200)
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2) “G” CITIES $1600 (4th pick)
Jack 4600 +2000 (Joe 3600 Blair 2600)
3) WORDS OF PEACE $2000 (25th pick, $6,000 left on board)
Jack 13400 +2000 (Blair 10600 Joe 8800)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: A BATEMAN $800 & $1000
$ Left On Board: $1800
Game Stats:
Blair $10,600 Coryat, 14 Correct, 1 incorrect, 25.45% in first on buzzer
Joe $9,800 Coryat, 16 correct, 2 incorrect, 27.27% in first on buzzer
Jack $17,000 Coryat, 22 correct, 4 incorrect, 43.64% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $7,800
Joe Bartolomeo, final stats:
56 correct
6 incorrect
1/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,400)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
29.94% in first on buzzer (50/167)
Average Coryat: $13,400
Blair Moorhead, current stats:
15 correct
1 incorrect
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
25.45% in first on buzzer (14/55)
Average Coryat: $10,600
Blair Moorhead, to win:
2 games: 34.94%
3: 12.21%
4: 4.26%
5: 1.49%
6: 0.52%
Avg. streak: 1.537 games.
Blair lucked out, didn’t she? It looks like she thought Joe would bet only enough to take a $1 lead over Jack, without thinking about the fact that if Joe bet everything, he’d end up with $17,600. So by betting only $6,802, she left the door open for Joe to win by betting everything. She should’ve bet $7,001, guaranteeing that she’d beat Joe if both were correct, and still forcing Jack to come up with the correct answer to beat her. Betting the extra $199 wouldn’t add any meaningful downside risk compared to what she actually bet, and it also wouldn’t have meant anything relative to Jack’s bet.
Absolutely! Blair risked having her chances of winning drop by almost 10% (considering best-case scenario for 2nd in that spot is usually around 18%, that’s a significant drop).
I have been trying to figure out who Jack meant when he wrote “Zimmerman.” Is there a madman Zimmerman from the 19th century? I haven’t found one on the web yet.