Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Thursday, February 16, 2017:
Final Jeopardy! category: SOUTH AMERICA
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: This capital’s name is a Latinized form of the name of its country
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Corey Schmalzle, a senior at Lehigh University from Hawley, Pennsylvania![]() |
Mohan Malhotra, a freshman at New York University from Wilmington, Delaware![]() |
Allison Holley, a senior at Lawrence University from Racine, Wisconsin![]() |
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[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response/Question’]What is Brasilia, Brazil?[/spoiler]
Brasilia, founded on April 21, 1960 specifically to serve as the capital of Brazil, was planned by Lucio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer to move the capital to a more central location from Rio de Janeiro. It is similar to Washington, D.C. and Canberra that it is part of a federal district as opposed to a municipality.
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Scores going into Final:
Mohan $14,800
Allison $9,000
Corey $6,000
Final results:
Corey $6,000 + $5,000 = $11,000
Allison $9,000 + $4,000 = $13,000
Mohan $14,800 + $800 = $15,600 (Automatic semifinalist)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Mohan $4,600
Allison $2,600
Corey $2,000
Wild Card standings:
Monday: Lilly Chin, $24,399 ($20,000, $7,200)
Tuesday: Viraj Mehta, $23,000 ($23,000, $8,200)
Wednesday: Alex Bourzutschky, $23,599 ($20,000, $2,800)
Thursday: Mohan Malhotra $15,600 ($14,800, $4,600)
Friday:
1) Netanel Paley $18,000 ($15,600, $4,200)
2) Mari Hanley $16,201 (8,200, $4,600)
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3) Clarissa Santori $14,000 (92.667%) ($18,000, $7,600)
4) Allison Holley $13,000 (45.370%) ($9,000, $2,600)
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5) Jennifer Katz $12,100 ($6,100, $3,800)
6) Corey Schmalzle $11,000 (6,000, $2,000)
7) Hannah Whisnant $1 ($7,000, $4,400)
8) Esteban Fernandez $0 ($7,400, $4,200)
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Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) & WHERE TO FIND “EM” $800 (28th pick)
Allison 1600 +1000 (Mohan 3600 Corey 2800)
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2) ENGLISH LIT $1200 (4th pick)
Mohan 5800 +200 (Allison 3000 Corey 2000)
3) MADAM SECRETARY $2000 (11th pick)
Corey 3600 -2000 (Allison 4600 Mohan 7600)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! round: None!
$ Left on Board: $0
Game Stats:
Mohan $15,800 Coryat, 19 correct, 1 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer
Allison $8,800 Coryat, 12 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer
Corey $8,000 Coryat, 17 correct, 6 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $11,800
Coryat lost to incorrect responses: $9,600
Mohan Malhotra, stats to date:
20 correct
1 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $200)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
Average Coryat: $15,800
Allison Holley, stats to date:
13 correct
1 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
Average Coryat: $8,800
Corey Schmalzle, stats to date:
18 correct
6 incorrect
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57)
Average Coryat: $8,000
What was the clue for question “em”?
Thanks
It was a category of five. Which one would you like?
Why did Corey lose $2000 on a question that was worth much less than that?
It was worth $1,000. To go from a correct response to an incorrect one, you lose the $1,000 you were given for being correct, and then the $1,000 penalty that you would have received had you originally been ruled incorrect.
Had he just lost $1,000, it would have turned it into a non-event, which would be patently unfair for the other two competitors.
Of course! Thank you very much.
The correct answer is Brazil “This country’s . . . ” is how it starts, therefore it is asking for the name of the country – right?
As it shows at the top of this post, it started “This capital” and ended “its country”.