Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Plants) for Friday, June 30, 2017:
Made famous by a 1959 musical, the flower seen here graces a coin of this European country
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Allan Ashley, a retired engineer from Huntsville, Alabama |
Jon Eisenman, an attorney from Los Angeles, California |
Clint Thompson, a project manager from Putnam, Connecticut (1-day total: $22,000) |
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[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Final Jeopardy! Correct Response/Question’]What is Austria?[/spoiler]
The plant, of course, edelweiss, was made very famous by The Sound of Music and now graces the 2 euro cent Austrian coin.
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Scores going into Final:
Jon $12,300
Clint $10,400
Allan $9,300
Final results:
Allan $9,300 – $0 = $9,300 (What is Switzerland?)
Clint $10,400 – $1,901 = $8,499 (What is Germany?)
Jon $12,300 + $6,000 = $18,300 (1-day total: $18,300)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Jon $7,100
Clint $1,600
Allan $1,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) THE PARENT COMPANY $800 (30th pick)
Jon 6600 +500 (Clint 1600 Allan 1400)
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2) 3 LETTERS, 3 LETTERS $1600 (14th pick)
Jon 10300 -2000 (Allan 5800 Clint 4400)
3) CANADA 150 $1200 (18th pick)
Allan 7000 +3500 (Jon 8300 Clint 6400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 38
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! round: “IT’S” A MOVIE $2000
Total $ of unplayed clues: $2,000
Game Stats:
Jon $14,600 Coryat, 20 correct, 2 incorrect, 28.57% in first on buzzer
Allan $7,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 5 incorrect, 32.14% in first on buzzer
Clint $10,400 Coryat, 14 correct, 2 incorrect, 26.79% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $10,800 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,200
Clint Thompson, final stats:
35 correct
4 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,800)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
30.97% in first on buzzer (35/113)
Average Coryat: $14,800
Jon Eisenman, stats to date:
21 correct
2 incorrect
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,500)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
28.57% in first on buzzer (15/56)
Average Coryat: $14,600
Jon Eisenman, to win:
2 games: 48.92%
3: 23.93%
4: 11.71%
5: 5.73%
6: 2.80%
Avg. streak: 1.958 games.
With a projected 40 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 1.382 5+-time champions (standard deviation 0.91698).
An average of 2.1873 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.0999).
An early cutoff took place 1.256% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Jon Eisenman qualified 10.035% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 80.442% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 38.182% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 7.090% of the time.
I bin von Oestareich…. Believe it or not, I know prople who watch that movie (TSoM) EVERY YEAR….Reinhard fendrich has a song with this title (i bin von Oesterreich) which is played on OS (Austrian Airlines) every time a flight approaches Vienna/Schwechat Airport when coming from a foreign country. Nice touch.
The usual easy Friday.
If this is not a 3/3 resp. everybody left get’s it then i will watch Wile E. Coyote for a week.
Beep Beep!
Just bought some stock in ACME…
Btw, can somebody please explain Jon’s wager in FJ? He did not cover against either opponent. Given the wager by all 3 players it seems to me that nobody was comfy with the category (“Coins” or “European coins/currency”) would have been more accurate. “Plants” was somewhat misleading, at least it seemed to intimidate the players, judging by the FJ wagers. With the popularity of TSoM I am still baffled by the outcome. I know a lot of people who think “EDELWEISS” is the national anthem of Austria, followed by “The Blue Danube Waltz”. The actual anthem is hardly known outside of Austria, not even that much IN Austria, though it was composed by Mozart.The most popular Austrian anthem ever was the “Kaiserhymne”, composed by Joseph Haydn, since 1918 Germany’s anthem. First the Weimar Republic, then Hitler (together with the “Horst Wessel Lied”.) Many Austrians feel that Germany “stole” Haydn’s anthem. But as for the game, at least the leader going into FJ won the game.
Tough break for Clint and Allan,both could have won by going all in (and being right). At least they were in the right area. You can find the Edelweiss flower in the alpine regions of Germany and Switzerland as well.
Well, have a great “long” weekend everybody and HAPPY 4th of July!!
I am looking forward to the fireworks, they will have an experiment with SOUNDLESS fireworks in Lahaina (Maui).At least my cats won’t hide under the bed all night if it actually works!
And the players obviously know some German, since “Zei” is on the coin, meaning “two” in English. Taken that into account Austria, Germany and Switzerland were the most logical choices. I am surprised that J did not redact the word “:Zwei”.
The German word for two is zwei, just like the coin says.
How many answers did Jon get wrong?
One, I believe.
Actually it was two.
A confusing question. The category was Plants. Unclear if they wanted the plant Adeleweiss or the country
I don’t follow. The clue clearly said “this country” — a convention used by the show for over thirty years.
Even as an (Ex)European it tyook that long for another ball to drop. Switzerland was in any event a wrong answer, HAD to be, since the C.H. is NOT a member of the E.U. or Eurozone and does not print or mint Euro currency. It is of course widely accepted but at a murderous exchange rate unless you go to a bank. But in restaurants,boutiques etc they rob a blind guy (like in any other country when you pay with foreign currency). So the word “Euro” should have eliminated Switzerland from the get go.
Yea, it was a bit confusing as at first it seemed like they were going for the flower but it did clearly say “this European country.”
I guessed edelweiss right away but thought it was Switzerland. I’ve visited all three countries and even spent a week in Stowe, Vermont, where the family went to escape the Nazis. We got to visit the house.
Maurine:
Ironically enough, I had two friends in Stowe this week who went to the Von Trapp house!
It seems like Alex Trebek wore a Halloween costume at the beginning of the show today.
Dal:
As a Canadian, I am offended that you would consider a Canada 150 hockey jersey “a Halloween costume”.
As an American who unequivocally supports your favourite show, your passion for it expressed through this site, and your outstanding country, I share and join in the offense.
What are you talking about guys?
You denigrated an item being used to celebrate a milestone birthday of my country as a “Halloween costume”. That’s why we’re offended by your remarks.
I think comments should be more closely moderated…
You should see what gets deleted every day. 🙂
Darn — I’ve never had a comment deleted. Am I doing something wrong?
Did anyone else notice that on the clue in “20th Century Names” about Coco Channel, Allan Ashley clearly did not phrase his answer in the form of a question. Was this just bad editing or did Alex and all the other judges just not notice.
I have replayed on my DVR three times, it is clerly just answered as “Coco Channel”.
What is your take?
My take is that it was phrased properly because the judges listen for that specifically and would have told us if he did not. They have direct audio lines on each contestant.
It was barely audible on the broadcast but it was there and my take is that it was swallowed a little bit while Alex was calling on him.
Agree a little with both! I also had to re-listen a time or two before I could confirm to myself that there was a bit of a “who’s” leading the answer. It could have been overlapping lines; it could also have been super-tight editing. Sometimes they take out dead air to tighten up the pace, and if it the edit goes only a frame or two too far it can change what it sounds like at home. But I’m comfortable the judges got it right.
Thanks Andy and Kevin, I appreciate the notes back. This is my first time posting to this page, but I am a regular follower of the page and love all the data and stats.