Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category 20th Century Transportation) for Monday, July 3, 2017:
The first of these to enter service was christened by First Lady Pat Nixon at Dulles Intl. Airport on January 15, 1970
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Emily Campbell, a social media producer from Los Angeles, California |
Trevor Schultz, a government contractor from Goodyear, Arizona |
Jon Eisenman, an attorney from Los Angeles, California (1-day total: $18,300) |
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At the christening, Pat Nixon sprayed red, white, and blue water onto the aircraft.
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Scores going into Final:
Trevor $24,600
Jon $13,400
Emily $6,000
Final results:
Emily $6,000 – $3,999 = $2,001 (What is a satellite?)
Jon $13,400 + $13,400 = $26,800 (2-day total: $45,100)
Trevor $24,600 – $2,400 = $22,200 (What is Air Force One?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Trevor $7,000
Jon $5,600
Emily $3,600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $600 (1st pick)
Jon 0 +600 (Trevor 0 Emily 0)
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2) ANAGRAMMED U.S. CITIES $1200 (3rd pick)
Jon 6400 -1000 (Trevor 7400 Emily 3600)
3) WE “LOVE” TO READ $1200 (6th pick)
Trevor 9400 +4000 (Jon 5400 Emily 5200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 87
Unplayed clues: None!
Game Stats:
Jon $14,400 Coryat, 19 correct, 2 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer
Trevor $21,800 Coryat, 24 correct, 1 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer
Emily $6,000 Coryat, 9 correct, 2 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $8,200 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,600
Jon Eisenman, stats to date:
41 correct
4 incorrect
2/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,900)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
30.09% in first on buzzer (34/113)
Average Coryat: $14,500
Jon Eisenman, to win:
3 games: 48.35%
4: 23.37%
5: 11.30%
6: 5.46%
7: 2.64%
Avg. streak: 2.936 games.
With a projected 39 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 1.3927 5+-time champions (standard deviation 0.9214).
An average of 2.2301 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.1089).
An early cutoff took place 1.362% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Jon Eisenman qualified 16.432% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 80.010% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 36.254% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 6.576% of the time.
Miscellany:
Interesting that Jon didn’t risk $1000 on the first DD. I bet he won’t miss an extra $400, as it wouldn’t have made a difference in the outcome.
I guessed correctly. I flew on one in 1977 from the East Coast to the West Coast and was very fortunate that my suitcase was the very first one to pop out in the baggage claim area!