Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Friday, February 3, 2017:
Final Jeopardy! category: CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: His official website says, “It is forty years since I hung up my cloak and dagger”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Marion Montgomery, a library assistant from Huntsville, Alabama |
Tyler Johnson, a political science professor from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Lisa Schlitt, a microbiologist from Berwyn, Pennsylvania (5-day total: $112,300) |
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In the “Not to be confused with” department, there was a different Tyler Johnson on Jeopardy! back in 2014; the blogger-from-Buffalo Tyler Johnson was the third player in the rematch of the final tied game in the history of the show!
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[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response/Question’]Who is John Le Carré?[/spoiler]
When he first got into writing novels, John Le Carré (the pen name of David Cornwell) was a member of the British Foreign Service. Following the success of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, his third novel, he left MI6 to become a full-time author, hanging up his cloak and dagger, as it were.
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Scores going into Final:
Tyler $18,400
Lisa $13,400
Marion $4,000
Final results:
Marion $4,000 + $3,999 = $7,999
Lisa $13,400 + $13,400 = $26,800 (6-day total: $139,100)
Tyler $18,400 – $8,401 = $9,999 (Who is Rushdie?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Lisa $6,000
Tyler $5,600
Marion $4,000
Opening break taken after: 14 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) AMERICAN HISTORY $800 (14th pick)
Marion 1600 +1600 (Lisa 2600 Tyler 1800)
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2) SCIENTIFIC MILESTONES $1200 (3rd pick)
Lisa 6400 +1400 (Tyler 4800 Marion 3200)
3) THE NEXT U.N. MEMBER, ALPHABETICALLY $1200 (19th pick)
Tyler 12400 +2400 (Lisa 10200 Marion 3600)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: THE END OF THE STORY $1000
DJ! round: 20th CENTURY ART & ARTISTS $2000
$ Left on Board: $3000
Game Stats:
Lisa $13,200 Coryat, 19 correct, 1 incorrect, 34.55% in first on buzzer
Tyler $17,200 Coryat, 22 correct, 1 incorrect, 34.55% in first on buzzer
Marion $3,200 Coryat, 7 correct, 4 incorrect, 18.18% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $12,200
Coryat lost to incorrect responses: $5,200
Lisa Schlitt, stats to date:
132 correct
16 incorrect
6/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $10,900)
5/6 in Final Jeopardy
38.92% in first on buzzer (130/334)
Average Coryat: $14,867
Lisa Schlitt, to win:
7 games: 50.43%
8: 25.43%
9: 12.83%
10: 6.47%
11: 3.26%
Avg. streak: 7.017 games.
Avg. Total Winnings: $161,115 + a Tournament of Champions berth
This Jeopardy! champion looks really strong in the American history and geography categories, as well as in science due her occupation. And she’s deadly in Final Jeopardy!.
On a side note, as a Canadian, I always get mythed by the clues that contestants don’t get when it comes to Canadian content (e.g. the “Group of Seven” clue in Double Jeopardy!) I am always amused by Alex’s face when contestants miss those “slam dunks”.
Keith, the term is “miffed,” not “mythed.”
Thanks, Alan. I’ve used the word sometimes but I have never written it.