Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Friday, February 24, 2017:
Final Jeopardy! category: 17TH CENTURY GERMANS
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: Astronomer who began his epitaph, “I used to measure the heavens, now I shall measure the shadows of Earth”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Viraj Mehta, a junior at Stanford University from Austin, Texas (Yesterday’s total: $8,482) |
Gary Tse, a freshman at the United States Naval Academy from Ellicott City, Maryland (Yesterday’s total: $24,945) |
Lilly Chin, a senior at M.I.T. from Decatur, Georgia (Yesterday’s total: $20,400) |
Remember, this is a two-day total-point affair; today’s scores get added to yesterday’s to determine the tournament champion!
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Who is Johannes Kepler?
The epitaph concluded: “The mind belonged to heaven, the body’s shadow lies here.”
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Scores going into Final:
Lilly $20,400
Gary $6,600
Viraj $3,600
Final results:
Viraj $3,600 – $3,600 = $0 + $8,482 = $8,482 (Who is Copernicus?) ($25,000)
Gary $6,600 + $4 = $6,604 + $24,945 = $31,549 ($50,000)
Lilly $20,400 – $0 = $20,400 + $20,400 = $40,800 (Who is the spiciest memelord?) ($100,000)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Gary $6,600
Lilly $4,000
Viraj $3,800
Opening break taken after: 14 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) WORDS OF THE YEAR $600 (1st pick)
Lilly 0 +1000 (Gary 0 Viraj 0)
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2) WORD ORIGINS $1600 (1st pick)
Viraj 3800 -3800 (Gary 6600 Lilly 4000)
3) AMERICAN LIT $1200 (12th pick)
Lilly 12000 +4000 (Gary 6600 Viraj 3600)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: THE 1970s $200
DJ! round: None!
$ Left on Board: $200
Game Stats:
Lilly $17,200 Coryat, 21 correct, 2 incorrect, 35.71% in first on buzzer
Gary $6,600 Coryat, 13 correct, 1 incorrect, 23.21% in first on buzzer
Viraj $7,400 Coryat, 14 correct, 5 incorrect, 28.57% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $11,200
Coryat lost to incorrect responses: $11,400
Lilly Chin, stats to date:
88 correct
8 incorrect
7/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $13,200)
3/4 in Final Jeopardy
35.84% in first on buzzer (81/226)
Average Coryat: $16,600
Gary Tse, stats to date:
79 correct
7 incorrect
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,840)
3/4 in Final Jeopardy
31.42% in first on buzzer (71/226)
Average Coryat: $16,000
Viraj Mehta, stats to date:
78 correct
17 incorrect
2/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $-1,800)
0/4 in Final Jeopardy
36.72% in first on buzzer (83/226)
Average Coryat: $13,800
Miscellany:
Congratulations, Lilly! $100,000 richer and a spot in the ToC.