Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Tuesday, March 7, 2017:
Final Jeopardy! category: YEARS IN EUROPEAN HISTORY
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: The representative body called the Estates-General met in 1614 & didn’t meet again until this year
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Todd Defilippi, a software engineer from Mountain View, California |
Shawn Friend, a law library resource center director from Phoenix, Arizona |
Alison Maguire-Powell, a middle school band director from Denton, Texas (1-day total: $23,200) |
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[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response/Question’]What is 1789?[/spoiler]
The Estates-General was ostensibly an advisory body to the King of France, but its duties had been effectively replaced by a Parliament (which had been a rubber-stamp body for the King in the 17th and 18th centuries). When Parliament attempted to assert its independence, it found itself dissolved and the King attempted to replace it by the then-archaic institution known as the Estates-General in early 1789, representing the three “estates” of French society (the clergy, noblemen, and commoners). The Third Estate’s assertions of dominance in defiance of the King’s wishes held up proceedings and the French Revolution followed shortly thereafter.
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Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Todd $22,600
Shawn $10,200
Alison $4,400
Final results:
Alison $4,400 – $4,400 = $0 (What is 1815?)
Shawn $10,200 – $1,000 = $9,200 (What is 1945?)
Todd $22,600 + $1,983 = $24,583 (1-day total: $24,583)
Scores after the Jeopardy round:
Todd $6,800
Shawn $6,200
Alison $3,600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS $600 (27th pick)
Shawn 4200 +2000 (Todd 6800 Alison 2800)
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2) A WATERY BORDER $1600 (4th pick)
Todd 9200 +3000 (Shawn 6200 Alison 3600)
3) AMERICAN LIVES $1600 (18th pick)
Shawn 7800 +4000 (Todd 19000 Alison 4000)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: AMUSEMENT & THEME PARKS $1000, IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS $1000
DJ! round: TELEVISION $400, PACK LUNCH $1200 & $1600
$ Left on Board: $5,200
Game Stats:
Todd $21,200 Coryat, 25 correct, 3 incorrect, 51.92% in first on buzzer
Shawn $6,400 Coryat, 13 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.23% in first on buzzer
Alison $4,400 Coryat, 9 correct, 3 incorrect, 19.23% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $9,800
Coryat lost to incorrect responses: $7,000
Alison Maguire-Powell, final stats:
26 correct
9 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
27.88% in first on buzzer (29/104)
Average Coryat: $7,500
Todd Defilippi, stats to date:
26 correct
3 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
51.92% in first on buzzer (27/52)
Average Coryat: $21,200
Todd Defilippi, to win:
2 games: 71.38%
3: 50.95%
4: 36.37%
5: 25.96%
6: 18.53%
Avg. streak: 3.494 games.
Average Total Winnings (including possible ToC berth): $84,568
Why? are you pre-empted?
There are nights where I run trivia for a local senior’s residence.
This is one of those nights.
I am impressed that there was a correct answer. Usually when it comes to European history/politics/geography the pickings are rather slim.Yesterday’s “Europe” category was rather easy and only one got it (I guess nobody is watching the Olympics?….)I thought today would be a strikeout. Good for Todd, it has been a while that the leader (and a runaway to boot) got FJ right.
A pretty big payday for Todd. We could have two Todds in the ToC.
I thought this was a difficult question missing context information. I expected Alex to mention the French Revolution with the correct answer.
IMO the clue was also poorly worded. Instead of “this year” it should have said “that year”. When I read the clue first, I was thinking “this year=2017″….
Seriously? Jeopardy has been using the “this x” construct since time immemorial.
Could we get Shawn’s stats?
Normally I reserve this “running total” for the people who become champs, but:
13 correct
2 incorrect
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
19.23% in first on buzzer (10/52)
Average Coryat: $6,400