Today’s Final Jeopardy – May 12, 2017

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Posted By: Andy Saunders May 12, 2017

Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Place Names) for Thursday, May 12, 2017:

A town named for its location where a river in Devon meets the English Channel, it’s also the name of a college in New Hampshire

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Dennis McDonald, an elementary school math teacher from New Windsor, Maryland
Dennis McDonald on Jeopardy		 Susannah Nichols, a high school English teacher from Ferndale, MichiganSusannah Nichols on Jeopardy Holly Cannon, a high school chemistry teacher from Klein, Texas
Holly Cannon on Jeopardy

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Dartmouth in Devon, England, is named for the fact that it is located on the west bank of the Dart River. It has been of major strategic importance in England for centuries, especially in the Middle Ages, as a deepwater port. In North America, Dartmouth names the Nova Scotia location on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour (prior to 1996, it was its own city, but was amalgamated into Halifax at that point), and, of course, the New Hampshire Ivy League university in Hanover.

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6 Comments on "Today’s Final Jeopardy – May 12, 2017"

  1. Andy Saunders | May 12, 2017 at 12:17 pm |

    Scores going into Final:
    Susannah $14,000
    Dennis $11,600
    Holly $6,000

    Final results:
    Holly $6,000 + $6,000 = $12,000
    Dennis $11,600 – $500 = $11,100 (What is Avon?)
    Susannah $14,000 + $5,000 = $19,000 (automatic semifinalist)

    Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
    Susannah $8,600
    Dennis $3,600
    Holly $400

    Wild Card scores (and qualification chances):
    Monday: Gail Ansheles, $15,800 ($13,800, $3,800)
    Tuesday: Mary Parker, $26,650 ($22,000, $6,600)
    Wednesday: David Clemmons, $10,800 ($10,400, $4,800)
    Thursday: Nan Cohen, $22,801 ($15,400, $6,600)
    Friday: Susannah Nichols, $19,000 ($14,000, $8,600)
    1) Michael Camp $14,800 ($11,400, $2,200)
    2) Sara Holub $14,400 ($9,400, $4,600)
    3) Eduardo Sevilla $12,005 ($13,800, $1,800)
    4) Holly Cannon $12,000 ($6,000, $400)
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    5) Dennis McDonald $11,100 ($11,600, $3,600)
    6) Graham Toben $8,400 ($8,400, $800)
    7) Cody Vest $6,800 ($10,400, $1,600)
    8) Stephanie Mitchell $4,800 ($8,800, $5,200)
    9) George Deane $2,100 ($9,100, $4,100)
    10) Lindsey Henry $1 ($7,400, $3,400)
    (Click here for wild card prediction methodology.)

    Opening break taken after: 15 clues

    Daily Double locations:
    1) TEXTBOOKS $600 (27th pick)
    Susannah 5400 +2200 (Dennis 2600 Holly 400)
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    2) CROSSWORD CLUES “N” $1600 (5th pick)
    Dennis 4800 +2000 (Susannah 8600 Holly 800)
    3) WHERE YOU AT, SHAKESPEARE $1600 (17th pick)
    Susannah 9800 +3000 (Dennis 7200 Holly 4000)

    Game Stats:
    Susannah $11,000 Coryat, 17 correct, 3 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer
    Holly $6,000 Coryat, 11 correct, 5 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer
    Dennis $11,200 Coryat, 18 correct, 5 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer
    Lach Trash: $15,000 (on 13 Triple Stumpers)
    Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,800

    Susannah Nichols, stats to date:
    18 correct
    3 incorrect
    2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,200)
    1/1 in Final Jeopardy
    29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
    Average Coryat: $11,000

    Holly Cannon, stats to date:
    12 correct
    5 incorrect
    0/0 on Daily Doubles
    1/1 in Final Jeopardy
    28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57)
    Average Coryat: $6,000

    Dennis McDonald, stats to date:
    18 correct
    6 incorrect
    1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
    0/1 in Final Jeopardy
    33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
    Average Coryat: $11,200

    Miscellany:

    • Thanks to Jay Johnson for providing me with a full chart of this game.
  2. William Weyser | May 12, 2017 at 12:56 pm |

    And that miss by Dennis costs him a wild-card. Now, he gets to be the alternate, which is never any fun, but them’s the breaks.

  3. john blahuta | May 12, 2017 at 1:44 pm |

    well, 2/3 of the semi finalists are ladies….. I might still be right for once with an all female final!

    Have a nice weekend everybody!

  4. Enos Williams | May 13, 2017 at 2:31 am |

    I happened to notice the contestants weren’t in alphabetical order by last name this time. Any idea why that might have been?

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