Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Monday, April 17, 2017:
Final Jeopardy! category: UNIVERSITIES
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: This university on John C. Calhoun’s former plantation is named for Calhoun’s son-in-law, who gave the land
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Kevin McGinty, an account representative from Randolph, Vermont |
Jamie Newland, a loan co-ordinator from Chicago, Illinois |
Deborah Beams, a certified public accountant from Dallas, Texas (2-day total: $23,300) |
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[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response/Question’]What is Clemson University?[/spoiler]
Clemson University was founded after the 1888 death of John Calhoun’s son-in-law Thomas G. Clemson, after Clemson’s estate and fortune was left “for the betterment of education in South Carolina”.
Much like the Villanova clue in the Season 32 finale, I suspect that this Final Jeopardy! was inspired by Clemson’s victory in January’s NCAA football championship game! If you’re a Clemson fan, this shirt is still available if you’re a Jeopardy! fan and want to show off both fandoms at once!
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Scores going into Final:
Jamie $17,000
Kevin $7,400
Deborah $5,800
Final results:
Deborah $5,800 + $2,500 = $8,300
Kevin $7,400 + $7,400 = $14,800
Jamie $17,000 – $1,500 = $15,500 (What is Vanderbilt?) (1-day total: $15,500)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Jamie $6,400
Deborah $3,400
Kevin -$200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) 2016 PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM RECIPIENTS $1000 (30th pick)
Deborah 5000 -1600 (Jamie 6400 Kevin -200)
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2) BORDER FRENZY $1600 (24th pick)
Jamie 15600 +1000 (Kevin 7400 Deborah 6200)
3) SPORTS TROPHIES $2000 (29th pick, $800 left on board)
Deborah 7800 -2000 (Jamie 17000 Kevin 6600)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! round: None!
$ Left on Board: $0
Game Stats:
Jamie $17,600 Coryat, 22 correct, 1 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer
Kevin $7,400 Coryat, 15 correct, 7 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer
Deborah $9,400 Coryat, 14 correct, 4 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $8,000 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,600
Deborah Beams, final stats:
44 correct
13 incorrect
2/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,200)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
27.27% in first on buzzer (45/165)
Average Coryat: $8,200
Jamie Newland, stats to date:
22 correct
2 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
Average Coryat: $17,600
Jamie Newland, to win:
2 games: 59.88%
3: 35.86%
4: 21.47%
5: 12.86%
6: 7.70%
Avg. streak: 2.493 games.
Avg. Total Winnings (including ToC possibility): $52,474.
ToC projection update:
With a projected 84 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 3.1397 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.3751).
An average of 4.8289 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.6775).
An early cutoff took place 15.796% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Jamie Newland qualified 17.247% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 59.189% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 19.639% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 4.112% of the time.
Fred Vaughn qualified 0.868% of the time.
(Note: Due to the possibility of a WGA strike, I feel that it is more accurate for ToC projections to add 20 games to the end of the previous projected qualifying period.)
Miscellany:
And again we maxed out at two….since it was a runaway anyhow today, ironically the only wrong answer in FJ won the game. Go figure!
Kevin answered indy 500, not what is indy 500. Judges and everyone missed that call.
He swallowed the “what is” a bit, but it was definitely there. The judges didn’t miss it.
Also, Karen:
I don’t just read my own site. I go everywhere J!-related to see what people are saying. So, the fact that you decided that what I said wasn’t good enough, and decided to pursue the same line on another site, hurt me a bit.
But the judges literally have the ability to go back and listen if they’re at all unsure as to what was said. They do this frequently, and they have visual feedback in terms of what is being spoken as well as audio.
I’m sorry if you’re hoping that some site admin will agree with you, but I doubt that’s going to happen.
I didn’t hear the “what is” either!
You might not have heard it, but it was there if you listened really carefully.
We basically had a repeat of last Mondays game when Greg had a runaway
Darn — I always like rooting for “Kevins”