Today’s Final Jeopardy – May 22, 2017

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Posted By: Andy Saunders May 22, 2017

Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category The British Empire) for Monday, May 22, 2017:

The city that some 19th century Englishmen called “Caranjee” is now the biggest city in this country

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Tanya Obreiter, a cell biologist from Frederick, Maryland
Tanya Obreiter on Jeopardy		 Justin Braddock, a power engineer from Chattanooga, Tennessee
Justin Braddock on Jeopardy		 Ragavan Ramsubramani, a financial analyst from New York, new York (3-day total: $54,603)
Ragavan Ramsubramani on Jeopardy

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[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Final Jeopardy! Correct Response/Question’]What is Pakistan?[/spoiler]

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Today, “Caranjee” is known as Karachi, Pakistan. Its name dervies from that of the original settlement (Kalachi Jo-goth – the original tribe headmane was named Kalachi). It’s now one of the most populous cities on Earth.

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3 Comments on "Today’s Final Jeopardy – May 22, 2017"

  1. Andy Saunders | May 22, 2017 at 12:35 pm |

    Scores going into Final:
    Tanya $18,600
    Ragavan $16,200
    Justin $8,800

    Final results:
    Justin $8,800 + $1,200 = $10,000
    Ragavan $16,200 – $16,199 = $1 (What is India?)
    Tanya $18,600 + $16,205 = $34,805 (What is India Pakistan?) (1-day total: $34,805)

    Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
    Tanya $5,800
    Justin $5,600
    Ragavan $4,000

    Opening break taken after: 15 clues

    Daily Double locations:
    1) BOOKS $1000 (9th pick)
    Tanya 1200 +1200 (Ragavan 1400 Justin 1400)
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    2) WORLD TOUR $1200 (1st pick)
    Ragavan 4000 +3000 (Tanya 5800 Justin 5600)
    3) 19th CENTURY CONGRESSMEN $1600 (19th pick)
    Tanya 8600 +2000 (Ragavan 13000 Justin 8800)

    Unplayed clues:
    J! round: None!
    DJ! round: WEEDS $400 & $1600
    $ Left On Board: $2000

    Game Stats:
    Tanya $18,000 Coryat, 17 correct, 0 incorrect, 25.45% in first on buzzer
    Justin $8,800 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 34.55% in first on buzzer
    Ragavan $14,400 Coryat, 17 correct, 1 incorrect, 29.09% in first on buzzer
    Lach Trash: $8,400 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
    Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $2,400

    Ragavan Ramsubramani, final stats:
    76 correct
    11 incorrect
    4/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,900)
    3/4 in Final Jeopardy
    32.29% in first on buzzer (72/223)
    Average Coryat: $13,533

    Tanya Obreiter, stats to date:
    18 correct
    0 incorrect
    2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,200)
    1/1 in Final Jeopardy
    25.45% in first on buzzer (14/55)
    Average Coryat: $18,000

    Tanya Obreiter, to win:
    2 games: 61.26%
    3: 37.52%
    4: 22.99%
    5: 14.08%
    6: 8.62%
    Avg. streak: 2.581 games.

    With a projected 69 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
    An average of 2.556 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.2371).
    An average of 3.946 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.5032).

    An early cutoff took place 21.592% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).

    Tanya Obreiter qualified 18.773% of the time.
    Tim Kutz qualified 34.952% of the time.
    Todd Giese qualified 8.222% of the time.
    Rob Liguori qualified 1.419% of the time.

    Miscellany

    • Thanks to Jay Johnson for providing me with a full chart of this game.
  2. john blahuta | May 22, 2017 at 12:48 pm |

    Unusual wager by Tanya, but congrats! It paid off anyway. I think it was kind of easy, you just had to pronounce it in your head. Ragavan was also in the right area, but he was in second and the leader,Tanya got it right, so it did not matter.
    Nice way to start a week!!

    • Frank Smith | May 23, 2017 at 10:41 am |

      I think Ragavan got rusty during the 2-week Teachers Tournament. It’s a shame he couldn’t reign, but Tanya dethrones him with a most impressive payday.

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