Today’s Final Jeopardy – June 22, 2017

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Posted By: Andy Saunders June 22, 2017

Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Europe 1962) for Thursday, June 22, 2017:

Rudolf Abel & this American are most associated with Germany’s Glienicke Bridge on February 10, 1962

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Daniel Esch, an editor & writer from San Bruno, California
Daniel Esch on Jeopardy!		 Natasha Baker-Bradley, an appellate attorney from Miami, Florida
Natasha Baker-Bradley on Jeopardy!		 Lisa Evans, an office manager from Easthampton, Massachusetts (1-day total: $34,401)
Lisa Evans on Jeopardy!

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[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Final Jeopardy! Correct Response/Question’]Who is Gary Powers?[/spoiler]

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After being shot down over Russia, the Russian capture of U-2 pilot Gary Powers on a recon mission triggered a major international incident in 1960. As an American spy, he was traded for Russian spy Rudoph Abel in 1962 at the Glienicke Bridge that connects Berlin to Potsdam.

Powers’ transfer for Abel ended up being the plot line for the 2015 Steven Spielberg film Bridge of Spies (Glienicke Bridge being the title bridge in that film).

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11 Comments on "Today’s Final Jeopardy – June 22, 2017"

  1. Andy Saunders | June 22, 2017 at 11:30 am |

    Scores going into Final:
    Lisa $15,800
    Daniel $14,000
    Natasha $2,800

    Final results:
    Natasha $2,800 – $1,000 = $1,800 (Who is JFK?)
    Daniel $14,000 – $13,900 = $100 (Who is ?)
    Lisa $15,800 + $12,201 = $28,001 (Who is Francis Gary Powers?) (2-day total: $62,202)

    Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
    Lisa $5,400
    Daniel $3,600
    Natasha $2,800

    Opening break taken after: 15 clues

    Daily Double locations:
    1) GUN TALK $1000 (12th pick)
    Lisa 3200 +1200 (Natasha 1400 Daniel 1000)
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    2) “W”ORDS $1600 (5th pick)
    Natasha 5200 -3500 (Lisa 8200 Daniel 3600)
    3) DISEASES NAMED AFTER PEOPLE $1600 (13th pick)
    Natasha 3700 -2500 (Daniel 8400 Lisa 5400)
    Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -97

    Unplayed clues:
    J! round: LANGUAGES OF EUROPE $1000
    DJ! round: HIGH TEX. $2000
    $ Left On Board: $3,000

    Game Stats:
    Lisa $15,600 Coryat, 24 correct, 4 incorrect, 45.45% in first on buzzer
    Natasha $8,800 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 20.00% in first on buzzer
    Daniel $14,000 Coryat, 18 correct, 3 incorrect, 34.55% in first on buzzer
    Lach Trash: $1,800 (on 2 Triple Stumpers)
    Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,800

    Lisa Evans, stats to date:
    50 correct
    7 incorrect
    2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,200)
    2/2 in Final Jeopardy
    43.64% in first on buzzer (48/110)
    Average Coryat: $18,900

    Lisa Evans, to win:
    3 games: 66.59%
    4: 44.34%
    5: 29.52%
    6: 19.66%
    7: 13.09%
    Avg. streak: 3.993 games.

    With a projected 46 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
    An average of 1.7419 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.018).
    An average of 2.7281 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.2247).

    An early cutoff took place 4.380% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).

    Lisa Evans qualified 34.061% of the time.
    Tim Kutz qualified 65.786% of the time.
    Todd Giese qualified 22.127% of the time.
    Rob Liguori qualified 3.774% of the time.

    Miscellany:

    • $1,800 is the least amount of Lach Trash available to date this season in regular play. The most recent game with less available was April 25, 2016 ($1,600)
    • Thank you to Jay Johnson for providing me with a full chart of this game.
    • Mark Barrett | June 22, 2017 at 12:06 pm |

      Oh, that’s what “Bridge of Spies” is about! Thank you for the extra insight about the clue as I had no idea about the movie connection. I was fortunate to solve it off the history angle without the Best Picture nominee help. For the low percentage of people that saw the film the clue becomes a lot easier.

  2. john blahuta | June 22, 2017 at 4:42 pm |

    Quite a haul for 2 days!!

  3. Karene Williams | June 22, 2017 at 10:19 pm |

    Could someone kindly tell me the clue to Natasha’s missed MLB answer today? Was it something like another expression for a batters’s sweet spot … ?

  4. Grumpy | June 22, 2017 at 10:36 pm |

    Damn! Have the movie recorded on my DVR but haven’t watched it. Tough trivia. Smart lady. Another lawyer…

  5. J. M. Cavanaugh | June 23, 2017 at 8:52 am |

    I need the answer to the question on June 22nd’s show on which Pope had to be ordained a priest before he became a Pope.
    Thank you.

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