Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Wednesday, March 8, 2017:
Final Jeopardy! category: CHILDREN’S AUTHORS
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots, written by her in 1914, was first published in 2016
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Annie Marggraf, an umemployed bartender from Vancouver, Washington |
John Paul Gove, a social media marketer & go-go dancer from La Verne, California |
Todd Defilippi, a software engineer from Mountain View, California (1-day total: $24,583) |
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[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response/Question’]Who is Beatrix Potter?[/spoiler]
According to this article from the BBC, Beatrix Potter sent the story to her publisher in 1914, but interruptions (World War 1, her marriage, and her illness) got in the way of its completion. It was discovered by a publisher after reading a 1970s Potter biography, was illustrated by Quentin Blake (well-known for his work illustrating Roald Dahl), and was published in 2016 as part of the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of Potter’s birth.
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Scores going into Final:
Annie $15,600
John Paul $3,600
Todd $1,000
Final results:
Todd $1,000 + $1,000 = $2,000
John Paul $3,600 – $0 = $3,600 (Who is PL Travers?)
Annie $15,600 + $4,400 = $20,000 (1-day total: $20,000)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Annie $7,200
Todd $1,800
John Paul $800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) SPECIAL MONTHS $1000 (17th pick)
Annie 2400 +2400 (Todd 200 John Paul 0)
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2) SUMMING UP OSCAR’S BEST PICTURE $2000 (9th pick)
Todd 4600 +2600 (Annie 10000 John Paul 800)
3) CLOCKS $800 (19th pick)
Todd 6000 -3000 (Annie 12800 John Paul 2800)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $800 & $1000
DJ! round: CLOCKS $1600 & $2000, OCEANIA! $1200
$ Left on Board: $6,600
Game Stats:
Annie $14,200 Coryat, 25 correct, 5 incorrect, 48.08% in first on buzzer
John Paul $3,600 Coryat, 10 correct, 3 incorrect, 17.31% in first on buzzer
Todd $3,400 Coryat, 13 correct, 8 incorrect, 32.69% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $7,000
Coryat lost to incorrect responses: $19,200
Todd Defilippi, final stats:
40 correct
11 incorrect
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,600)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
42.31% in first on buzzer (44/104)
Average Coryat: $12,300
Annie Marggraf, stats to date:
26 correct
5 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,400)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
48.08% in first on buzzer (25/52)
Average Coryat: $14,200
Annie Marggraf, to win:
2 games: 47.47%
3: 22.54%
4: 10.70%
5: 5.08%
6: 2.41%
Avg. streak: 1.904 games.
Avg. Total Winnings (including possible ToC berth): $41,319
Miscellany:
Did anyone else notice Annie wave ” bye bye” to Todd just before final jeopardy
That was absolutely, completely, 100%, not a good-bye wave.
Todd had just congratulated Annie on her victory and Annie was waving a thank-you in reply.
Todd spoke to this on J! Board.
Todd is the reason why it was an up and down game today.
Not a big deal, but the city John Paul is from is La Verne. They make it a point to use two words in the name.
The J! website used one word. I followed their lead and am generally loath to deviate from that.
That said, I’ve made the change.
Shirley you jest.