Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Monday, February 27, 2017:
Final Jeopardy! category: U.S. LANDMARKS
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: In 1942 a Maryland area was named for the Tibetan paradise in “Lost Horizon” but in 1953 was renamed this, for a young boy
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Amy Sumner, an attorney from Denver, Colorado |
Sam Oglesby, a software support rep from Wilmington, Massachusetts |
Kirstin Cutts, a graduate student from Austin, Texas (3-day total: $41,202) |
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[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response/Question’]What is Camp David?[/spoiler]
About 60 miles north-northwest of Washington, DC, Camp David is the United States’ Presidential retreat. (Note that it is not titled “Mar-a-Lago”.) It was originally built as a WPA project as a camp for federal government agents, but FDR converted it into a presidentil retreat in 1942, naming it Shangri-La (after the fictional Himalayan paradise in James Hilton’s Lost Horizon.) It got the name Camp David when Dwight Eisenhower named it in honor of both his father and grandson, both named David.
September 1978 saw the famous Camp David accords brokered there by Jimmy Carter, between Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.
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Scores going into Final:
Amy $11,800
Kirstin $10,200
Sam $8,200
Final results:
Sam $8,200 – $3,601 = $4,599 (What is Chesapeake?)
Kirstin $10,200 – $1,999 = $8,201 (No response) (4-day total: $49,403)
Amy $11,800 – $8,601 = $3,199 (What is Chesapeake Bay?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Sam $5,000
Amy $4,600
Kirstin $2,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE $1000 (29th pick)
Amy 6600 -2000 (Sam 4600 Kirstin 2400)
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2) POETRY & BRIDGES $800 (2nd pick)
Kirstin 2800 +1000 (Sam 5000 Amy 4600)
3) THE 2016 NOBEL PRIZES $1600 (14th pick)
Amy 8600 +1600 (Sam 7400 Kirstin 5800)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! round: TV & MOVIE JENNYS $400 & 800, GEOLOGY $1600 & $2000
$ Left on Board: $4,800
Game Stats:
Kirstin $10,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 1 incorrect, 28.30% in first on buzzer
Sam $8,200 Coryat, 13 correct, 1 incorrect, 26.42% in first on buzzer
Amy $13,800 Coryat, 18 correct, 2 incorrect, 33.96% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $12,800
Coryat lost to incorrect responses: $4,400
Kirstin Cutts, stats to date:
62 correct
9 incorrect
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,500)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
26.13% in first on buzzer (58/222)
Average Coryat: $11,800
Kirstin Cutts, to win:
5 games: 35.38%
6: 12.52%
7: 4.43%
8: 1.57%
9: 0.55%
Avg. streak: 4.547 games.
Avg. Total Winnings (including possible ToC berth): $73,511
Miscellany:
I thought the Tournament of Champions was starting this week.
That hadn’t been reported anywhere. Not sure where you got that idea from.
Perhaps you were thinking of the College Tournament of Champions that ended last Friday, Feb. 24.
I’m sad that Philip Tiu is bumped off the TOC, but them’s the breaks.
Yeah Philip has officially been bounced off tonight due to Kirstin’s 4th win🙁
I knew the “Camp David” answer, but then I live in Maryland.
President Eisenhower seemed to like places that were simple and peaceful. His house in Gettysburg is lovely. I can see why Camp David appealed to him.
What was the name of a book on Jeopardy last night about Texas?
I believe it was the Larry McMurtry novel “Texasville”.