Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Oscar Winners) for Monday, June 26, 2017:
Later an Oscar winner, she appeared as the child baptized towards the end of “The Godfather”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Brandon Randall, a student from Provo, Utah |
Elisabeth Larsen, a stay-at-home mom & online adjunct instructor from Pleasant Grove, Utah |
Pat McNamee, a CPA from McLean, Virginia (1-day total: $7,599) |
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[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Final Jeopardy! Correct Response/Question’]Who is Sofia Coppola?[/spoiler]
Sofia Coppola, who won her Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Lost in Translation played the role of Michael Francis Rizzi, the son of Connie Corleone, in the famous baptism scene. Of course, her father, Francis Ford Coppola was the director of that film. She made a cameo as an immigrant girl in The Godfather Part II, and played Mary Corleone in The Godfather Part III, a role that was originally supposed to be Winona Ryder’s.
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Judging note: On the 12th clue of Double Jeopardy, the judges ruled that Pat’s correction of “…While My Guitar Gently Weeps” came before any ruling on his original response of “…While My Guitar Gently Sleeps”. This correction is permitted by the rules upon which all contestants are briefed.
Scores going into Final:
Pat $20,000
Elisabeth $20,000
Brandon $10,800
Final results:
Brandon $10,800 + $9,201 = $20,001 (1-day total: $20,001)
Elisabeth $20,000 – $15,000 = $5,000 (Who is Marisa Tomei?)
Pat $20,000 – $20,000 = $0 (Who is Reese Witherspoon?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Elisabeth $9,000
Brandon $4,400
Pat $600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) PLACES IN CONTINENTS $600 (27th pick)
Elisabeth 5200 +3000 (Brandon 4400 Pat -400)
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2) FRENCH LITERATURE $1600 (8th pick)
Elisabeth 11400 +3000 (Brandon 6000 Pat 1400)
3) I’VE GOT THREE NAMES $1200 (13th pick)
Pat 5000 +5000 (Elisabeth 14400 Brandon 7200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 184
Unplayed clues: None!
Game Stats:
Brandon $10,800 Coryat, 19 correct, 2 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer
Elisabeth $16,200 Coryat, 21 correct, 0 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer
Pat $16,200 Coryat, 13 correct, 2 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $7,600 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,200
Pat McNamee, final stats:
29 correct
4 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,000)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
23.01% in first on buzzer (26/113)
Average Coryat: $14,400
Brandon Randall, stats to date:
20 correct
2 incorrect
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57)
Average Coryat: $10,800
Brandon Randall, to win:
2 games: 35.30%
3: 12.46%
4: 4.40%
5: 1.55%
6: 0.55%
Avg. streak: 1.546 games.
With a projected 44 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 1.5147 5+-time champions (standard deviation 0.95826).
An average of 2.3952 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.1543).
An early cutoff took place 2.181% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Brandon Randall qualified 4.334% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 75.097% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 32.216% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 5.591% of the time.
Miscellany:
Could have had our first tiebreaker this game.
It’s amazing how many near misses we’ve had in the past 2.5 seasons.
I don’t understand why Elisabeth only wagered $5,000. It sounded like she was banking on Brandon and Pat to miss Final.
She bet $15,000, not $5,000.
I don’t really get that wager, either.
Well, there are certainly worse wagers to make.
IMHO, any wager in that situation that isn’t “all” or “nothing” is equally bad, they’re all the worse wager to make. 🙂
Well, in this case, there is the range of “covers Brandon’s double” and “forces Brandon to get it right”, which she did hit.
My mistake. Still a mis-wager on her behalf.
What a great game and what a turn on Final! Congrats, Brandon! Knowing from JBoard that he had made the College auditions before getting The Call in regular play, and thus knowing what a big fan of the show he is, I would’ve been truly shocked had any number other than $9,201 appeared below his response.
Two clues that I especially smiled at: Places In Continents $800 (since I watched in Edmonton, Alberta’s capital) and I’ve Got 3 Names $400 (since I’ll be in Bell’s final resting place of Baddeck, Nova Scotia, on Wednesday).
Final was opaque to me for ten seconds until I stopped thinking about actresses in The Godfather and expanded to the film more generally, at which point the correct response snapped into focus. Would’ve been embarrassing had I missed it, as Francis Ford Coppola is the most well known alumnus of my alma mater, Hofstra University.
I thought ties were no longer allowed after November 7, 2014.
You are correct. Ties at the end of the game get broken (as opposed to prior, where both contestants would return).