Today's Final Jeopardy - June 12, 2017

Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Geography) for Monday, June 12, 2017:

Cross the Strait of Bonifacio & you go between the 2nd- & 4th-largest Mediterranean islands & between these 2 countries

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Janna Seals, a retired library assistant from Mont Belvieu, Texas

Liz Kuster, an attorney from Chesterfield, Missouri

Tucker Dunn, an E.S.L. teacher from Tucson, Arizona (1-day total: $23,601)

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[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Final Jeopardy! Correct Response/Question’]What are France and Italy?[/spoiler]

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Named after the Corsican town of Bonifacio, the Strait of Bonifacio separates the French island of Corsica (the 4th-largest Mediterranean island) from the Italian island of Sardinia (the 2nd-largest Mediterranean island).

It is not a particularly deep strait, with a maximum depth of 100 metres, and French and Italian ships carrying dangerous goods are prohibited from using the strait because of the risks involved.

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9 Comments on "Today’s Final Jeopardy – June 12, 2017"

Andy Saunders | June 12, 2017 at 10:51 am |
Scores going into Final:
Liz $8,400
Tucker $8,200
Janna $6,200

Final results:
Janna $6,200 – $6,198 = $2 (What are Italy & Greece?)
Tucker $8,200 – $4,201 = $3,999 (What are Corsica & Sardinia?) (2-day total: $27,600)
Liz $8,400 – $8,001 = $399 (What are Italy & Greece?)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Tucker $6,200
Liz $4,400
Janna $2,800

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) LITERARY CHARACTER MASHUP $1000 (22nd pick)
Janna 4000 -2000 (Tucker 4600 Liz 3000)
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2) “BAD” ENTERTAINMENT $1600 (4th pick)
Janna 5200 +1200 (Tucker 6200 Liz 4400)
3) ROCKS & MINERALS $1200 (8th pick)
Janna 6000 -1000 (Tucker 5400 Liz 3600)

Unplayed clues: None!

Game Stats:
Tucker $8,200 Coryat, 16 correct, 4 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer
Liz $8,400 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer
Janna $9,600 Coryat, 17 correct, 5 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $14,400 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $13,400

Tucker Dunn, stats to date:
34 correct
7 incorrect
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
30.36% in first on buzzer (34/112)
Average Coryat: $10,200

Tucker Dunn, to win:
3 games: 30.35%
4: 9.21%
5: 2.80%
6: 0.85%
7: 0.26%
Avg. streak: 2.436 games.
Avg. Total Winnings (including possible ToC): $39,753

With a projected 54 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 1.9302 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.0783).
An average of 3.0427 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.2991).

An early cutoff took place 7.392% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).

Tucker Dunn qualified 5.978% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 56.961% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 18.698% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 2.770% of the time.

Miscellany:
- Janna is the first contestant to find all 3 Daily Doubles and not win since Leanne Vincent on February 28, 2017.
Mark Barrett | June 12, 2017 at 2:53 pm |

Today’s game broke the streak of 7 games in a row in June with one, and only one, player correctly solving the FJ! clue.
john blahuta | June 12, 2017 at 6:28 pm |

Although Greece has about over 5000 islands, it does not have a single strait that separates it from another country.It borders only 4 countries (land borders), in alphabetical order: Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Turkey.
Had Janna bet only 2.201 to cover Liz,Janna would have been tied with Tucker, 3.999 per player! Strange, how those numbers sometimes play out.
Dal Higbee | June 12, 2017 at 7:21 pm |

This is not one of those games.
Fred Vaughn | June 12, 2017 at 10:22 pm |

I love when the eventual winner didn’t land on a Daily Double… and I’m not talking from experience AT ALL.
- Andy Saunders | June 12, 2017 at 11:57 pm |
  
  Tucker hasn’t played a Daily Double in two games so far.
Grumpy | June 12, 2017 at 10:48 pm |

Jeopardy! contestant professions should be limited to 10 lawyers per week…
Jenn | June 14, 2017 at 1:38 pm |

She said affirm, but the race horse’s name was Affirmed. Shouldn’t she have been judged as given an incorrect answer?

Also transit is not the same as transport. Am I just being picky, or are they getting more lax with answers?
- Andy Saunders | June 14, 2017 at 4:10 pm |
  
  I think you’re just being picky.