Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Wednesday, March 22, 2017:
Final Jeopardy! category: BUSINESS
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: This company founded in 1945 offers a special deal on the last day of January, March, May, July, Aug., Oct. & Dec.
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Emlen Smith, a college professor from Lafayette, Indiana |
Madeline Wilson, a writer from Akron, Ohio |
Kevin Shrum, a retired adjunct professor from Fort Collins, Colorado (1-day total: $17,200) |
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[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response/Question’]What is Baskin-Robbins?[/spoiler]
The deal, of course, takes place on the 31st of each month due to Baskin Robbins’ original 31 flavors. According to a 2016 news release, in 2016, guests could get a regular scoop for $1.31 and a 2-scoop sundae from $3.31.
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Scores going into Final:
Emlen $15,800
Kevin $12,400
Madeline $4,200
Final results:
Madeline $4,200 – $2,600 = $1,600 (What is Thirty One?)
Kevin $12,400 + $3,900 = $16,300 (2-day total: $33,500)
Emlen $15,800 – $9,001 = $6,799 (What is 31 Club?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Kevin $7,400
Emlen $5,600
Madeline $2,600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) THE HUMAN BODY $800 (16th pick)
Kevin 3800 +2000 (Emlen 1500 Madeline 1400)
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2) RHYMES WITH SQUAT $2000 (12th pick)
Emlen 11200 +3000 (Kevin 11000 Madeline 3800)
3) TELECOMMUNICATIONS $1200 (19th pick)
Kevin 12600 -3000 (Emlen 17800 Madeline 4200)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! round: JAZZ $1600 & $2000
$ Left on Board: $3600
Game Stats:
Kevin $14,200 Coryat, 21 correct, 1 incorrect, 36.36% in first on buzzer
Emlen $14,800 Coryat, 18 correct, 2 incorrect, 34.55% in first on buzzer
Madeline $4,200 Coryat, 7 correct, 2 incorrect, 16.36% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $12,800
Coryat lost to incorrect responses: $4,400
Kevin Shrum, stats to date:
44 correct
3 incorrect
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
37.84% in first on buzzer (42/111)
Average Coryat: $14,900
Kevin Shrum, to win:
3 games: 50.16%
4: 25.16%
5: 12.62%
6: 6.33%
7: 3.18%
Avg. streak: 3.007 games.
Avg. Total Winnings (including possible ToC): $59,273.
With a projected 82 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 3.0803 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.3594).
An average of 4.783 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.6577).
An early cutoff took place 14.522% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Kevin Shrum qualified 15.668% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 61.040% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 20.440% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 4.216% of the time.
Fred Vaughn qualified 0.728% of the time.
Miscellany:
Do you guys put up the questions and answers before the show airs?
Not per se as the show airs in some markets earlier in the day than others (as early as 10:30 AM Eastern in places). By the time this post appears, the show has aired in some places.
And generally, unless I’m asked for the wording of specific clues after the fact, the only clue that is sure to appear is Final Jeopardy.
Earlier today, when I saw the scores heading into Final Jeopardy!, I did the math wrong by thinking that if Emlen misses with the lockout wager, he would be left with $7,799, and Madeline’s wager would not be enough to cover that, but when I saw the $6,799 total, I realized that I went $1,000 too much.