Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category The Human Body) for Monday, July 10, 2017:
Often considered appealing, these features are a genetic defect of the zygomaticus muscles of the face
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Rich Blashka, an attorney from New York, New York |
Alyssa Mondelli, a forensic scientist from Saint Paul, Minnesota |
Susan Corica, a journalist from Waterbury, Connecticut (1-day total: $15,995) |
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[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Final Jeopardy! Correct Response/Question’]What are dimples?[/spoiler]
Cheek dimples are often caused when your zygomaticus major muscle is shorter than normal. The indentations are caused by it pulling on your skin and it forming the indentations in your face. Chin dimples also exist.
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Scores going into Final:
Rich $10,300
Alyssa $7,200
Susan $2,400
Final results:
Susan $2,400 + $2,400 = $4,800
Alyssa $7,200 + $4,000 = $11,200
Rich $10,300 + $4,200 = $14,500 (1-day total: $14,500)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Rich $2,200
Alyssa -$400
Susan -$3,200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) THE PRESIDENTIAL VERSE OF RICHARD ARMOUR $800 (25th pick)
Rich 4200 -2000 (Alyssa -400 Susan -3200)
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2) CENTRAL AMERICA $2000 (16th pick)
Rich 9800 +3000 (Alyssa 3200 Susan 400)
3) WELSH WRITERS $1200 (28th pick, $3,600 left on board)
Rich 12800 -2500 (Alyssa 7200 Susan 800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -37
Unplayed clues:
J! round: THE PRESIDENTIAL VERSE OF RICHARD ARMOUR $1000, MAKES SENSE $200 & 400, ONLINE LEARNING $200 & $400
DJ! round: None!
Total $ Left on Board: $2,200
Game Stats:
Rich $13,800 Coryat, 22 correct, 6 incorrect, 44.23% in first on buzzer
Alyssa $7,200 Coryat, 12 correct, 4 incorrect, 26.92% in first on buzzer
Susan $2,400 Coryat, 7 correct, 5 incorrect, 19.23% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $12,800 (on 13 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $15,600
Susan Corica, final stats:
24 correct
10 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
25.47% in first on buzzer (27/106)
Average Coryat: $4,300
Rich Blashka, stats to date:
23 correct
6 incorrect
1/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,500)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
44.23% in first on buzzer (23/52)
Average Coryat: $13,800
Rich Blashka, to win:
2 games: 46.00%
3: 21.16%
4: 9.73%
5: 4.48%
6: 2.06%
Avg. streak: 1.852 games.
With a projected 34 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 1.1386 5+-time champions (standard deviation 0.83849).
An average of 1.8259 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.0088).
An early cutoff took place 5.415% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Rich Blashka qualified 8.072% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 57.054% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 12.910% of the time.
I’ve known this FJ! for years. My sister-in-law was teased as a child that she doesn’t have dimples. LOL
I wonder if anybody with dimples will have them removed in order to strengthen their zygomaticus muscles lol.
It seems that in this season, there’s been a trend of attorneys that become champions. Asim Modi, Zoey Orol, John Avila, Emmett Robinson, David Rigsby (SSA Attorney), Liz Fischer, Jon Groubert, Joe Nguyen, Bala Kumar (Not sure if it counts because he’s a lawyer), 5-time champ Jon Eisenman, now Rich Blashka? I’m not sure if it’s a common occupation that seems to bring the brightest people.
6 time champion Hunter Appler was an attorney. We will see Jon Eisenman and him in the Tournament of Champions.
Also, we had only two attorneys in the last Tournament of Champions: 5x champs Dan Feitel and Scott Lord.
I was referencing to this season only. Not on a past season. Hunter Appler was part of last season.
As an attorney, I can say no we are not all bright. lol Unless, I’m the exception that proves the rule
This was a gimme, whether you know the name of that muscle or not. So no surprise that for a change we started with a 3/3 for the week.
Yes it was!
I seem to remember in the pre-show prep for contestants that the producers said the two most common (or was it most successful?) occupations were teachers and lawyers. They’d probably have a Lawyer Tournament if it were a more liked profession.
Holy Triple Stumpers, Zygomaticus!
What was the theme with the “Makes Sense” category? Just that the answer was not tricky?
Show about amnesia -> Samantha Who?
Mike Tyson’s cartoon advisor -> The Marquess of Queensberry (who invented the rules for boxing)
New Girl -> Character named “Coach” is the school coach
I was also a little puzzled about the category during the first couple of clues until a trend developed. I guess the thrust is that if someone doesn’t know the answer, once they hear it their response could be, “Oh. That makes sense.”