Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Friday, March 10, 2017:
Final Jeopardy! category: TV CHARACTERS
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: Oxford Dictionaries lists his name as a verb meaning to “make or repair (an object) in an improvised or inventive way”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Jessica Johnston, a college admission officer from Pasadena, California |
Adam Lapetina, a partnerships editor from Brooklyn, New York |
Annie Marggraf, an umemployed bartender from Vancouver, Washington (2-day total: $51,200) |
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[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response/Question’]Who is MacGyver?[/spoiler]
MacGyver, of course, is the television series starring Richard Dean Anderson that aired from 1985 through 1992. MacGyver solved problems by making things out of ordinary objects. The series was given a remake in 2016, starring Lucas Till as Angus MacGyver this time around.
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I guessed right! I liked the original show better, probably because today there are so many other shows (e.g., Scorpion) where people solve problems ingeniously in seconds. I’m eager to see if tonight’s contestants all get the right answer.
Scores going into Final:
Annie $19,600
Jessica $12,400
Adam $5,800
Final results:
Adam $5,800 + $5,800 = $11,600
Jessica $12,400 + $8,000 = $20,400 (1-day total: $20,400)
Annie $19,600 – $11,401 = $8,199 (What is ?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Annie $12,400
Jessica $2,400
Adam $2,200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) 5 KNIGHTS $400 (28th pick)
Annie 6200 +6200 (Jessica 2400 Adam 2200)
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2) 12 LETTERS OR MORE $1600 (22nd pick)
Adam 7800 -2000 (Annie 16400 Jessica 8000)
3) SIR WALTER SCOTT & HIS WORKS $800 (28th pick; $2,400 left on board, minute-to-go signal given)
Jessica 10400 +2000 (Annie 19600 Adam 5800)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: 6 PLAYS $400, 5 KNIGHTS $200
DJ! round: SIR WALTER SCOTT & HIS WORKS $400
$ Left on Board: $1000
Game Stats:
Jessica $11,200 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 31.48% in first on buzzer
Adam $7,800 Coryat, 10 correct, 2 incorrect, 18.52% in first on buzzer
Annie $13,800 Coryat, 19 correct, 2 incorrect, 35.19% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $13,600
Coryat lost to incorrect responses: $6,600
Annie Marggraf, final stats:
64 correct
11 incorrect
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $11,800)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
38.51% in first on buzzer (62/161)
Average Coryat: $14,133
Jessica Johnston, stats to date:
18 correct
2 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
31.48% in first on buzzer (17/54)
Average Coryat: $11,200
Jessica Johnston, to win:
2 games: 36.67%
3: 13.44%
4: 4.93%
5: 1.81%
6: 0.66%
Avg. streak: 1.579 games.
Average Total Winnings (including possible ToC berth): $34,148
With a projected 90 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 3.317 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.4123).
An average of 5.1274 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.7332).
An early cutoff took place 19.586% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Jessica Johnston qualified 4.656% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 53.903% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 16.391% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 3.376% of the time.
Fred Vaughn qualified 0.690% of the time.
Miscellany:
The 10/31-11/4 $20,000 streak was a time with 5 different 1-timers.
Too bad Annie couldn’t work out the right answer. She could’ve won huge.
Andy, this is the tenth Friday in a row in regular game that the leader has not gotten the Final Jeopardy response right. What is up with that?
Some things are just coincidental.
I got it right yes I win well not on jeopardy