Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Entrepreneurs) for Wednesday, June 28, 2017:
In the 1960s M.T. Lott was one of the fictitious names he used to buy 27,000 acres in Florida
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
William Baldwin, a law student from New Haven, Connecticut |
Nathan Flynn, an English teacher from Royal Oak, Michigan |
Brandon Randall, a student from Provo, Utah (2-day total: $42,002) |
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[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Final Jeopardy! Correct Response/Question’]Who is Walt Disney?[/spoiler]
The reason why Walt Disney used pseudonyms (like M. T. Lott — a pun on “empty lot”) and shell companies (like Tomahawk Properties) to buy the required land he needed for his Disney World resort was because he thought that if landowners knew that Disney was interested in the land, they would hold out for a much higher price. Some parties, looking back, still view the move as controversial.
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Scores going into Final:
William $23,200
Nathan $14,600
Brandon $9,000
Final results:
Brandon $9,000 – $8,999 = $1 (Who is Hoffa?)
Nathan $14,600 + $3,401 = $18,001 (1-day total: $18,001)
William $23,200 – $6,001 = $17,199 (Who is Trump?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
William $9,400
Nathan $3,200
Brandon $2,200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) PORTUGUESE HISTORY $400 (8th pick)
William 800 +1000 (Nathan 1400 Brandon 1200)
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2) AFRICAN AMERICANS $1200 (14th pick)
Nathan 7200 +3000 (William 11400 Brandon 8200)
3) BODIES OF WATER $1600 (17th pick)
William 15000 +5000 (Nathan 10200 Brandon 8200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 175
Unplayed clues: None!
Game Stats:
Nathan $12,800 Coryat, 15 correct, 2 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer
William $19,200 Coryat, 23 correct, 0 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer
Brandon $9,000 Coryat, 14 correct, 2 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $8,400 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $4,600
Brandon Randall, final stats:
55 correct
8 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,200)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
33.92% in first on buzzer (58/171)
Average Coryat: $11,467
Nathan Flynn, stats to date:
16 correct
2 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57)
Average Coryat: $12,800
Nathan Flynn, to win:
2 games: 42.32%
3: 17.91%
4: 7.58%
5: 3.21%
6: 1.36%
Avg. streak: 1.734 games. #Jeopardy
With a projected 42 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 1.447 5+-time champions (standard deviation 0.93664).
An average of 2.2963 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.1274).
An early cutoff took place 1.642% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Nathan Flynn qualified 6.713% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 77.743% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 35.023% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 6.279% of the time.
I hope they all get it right.
They means plural, right? The fun game is to guess the incorrect responses. Good luck.
Mr.Flynn won!!!!!! #beemovie #coolestenglishteacherever #gomilford #memeoftheday #6thhourishisfav
WTG Mr Flynn. Home town boy from Royal Oak, Michigan.