Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Sports Traditions) for Thursday, July 6, 2017:
Since 1986, reaching the quarterfinals of this event has entitled you to free tickets & free tea for life
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Rishi Sangani, a consultant from San Francisco, California |
Liz Reardon, a health care consultant from Saint Albans Bay, Vermont |
Jon Eisenman, an attorney from Los Angeles, California (4-day total: $82,301) |
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[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Final Jeopardy! Correct Response/Question’]What is Wimbledon?[/spoiler]
This is the classic clue that plays much easier on an airdate than it does on a tape date. This episode was taped back in mid-March, when Wimbledon hasn’t been on everyone’s mind for the past week.
At Wimbledon, it’s known as the Last 8 Club. Not only are the singles quarterfinalists members, but also if you reach the semifinals in mens’ and ladies’ doubles, as well as the finals in mixed doubles.
The club has existed since 1986.
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Scores going into Final:
Jon $19,000
Rishi $10,800
Liz $9,400
Final results:
Liz $9,400 + $7,000 = $16,400
Rishi $10,800 – $8,201 = $2,599 (What is the Cricket World Cup?)
Jon $19,000 + $2,601 = $21,601 (5-day tota: $103,902)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Jon $7,000
Liz $5,800
Rishi $1,600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) THAT IS WHAT WE “R” $600 (21st pick)
Jon 5400 +600 (Liz 5200 Rishi -600)
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2) AMERICAN HISTORY $800 (5th pick)
Jon 11800 -800 (Liz 5800 Rishi 3200)
3) COATS OF ARMS $800 (14th pick)
Jon 13000 -800 (Liz 9400 Rishi 3600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -2
Unplayed clues: None!
Game Stats:
Jon $20,600 Coryat, 28 correct, 2 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer
Liz $9,400 Coryat, 15 correct, 4 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer
Rishi $10,800 Coryat, 10 correct, 2 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $6,000 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,200
Jon Eisenman, stats to date:
109 correct
13 incorrect
4/9 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$4,300)
4/5 in Final Jeopardy
35.71% in first on buzzer (100/280)
Average Coryat: $16,440
Jon Eisenman, to win:
6 games: 57.69%
7: 33.29%
8: 19.20%
9: 11.08%
10: 6.39%
Avg. streak: 6.364 games.
With a projected 36 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 2.1075 5+-time champions (standard deviation 0.8517).
An average of 2.7805 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.0328).
An early cutoff took place 5.250% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Jon Eisenman qualified 100.000% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 58.351% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 14.416% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 0.427% of the time.
(To John:
My prediction of April 19 of “2 or 3 5-timers” is looking pretty darned good right now, we now have our 2nd 5-time champion since then, and I don’t think we have a great deal of time left until the end of the season!)
Yes, and luckily for Jon it was a very easy FJ today. The “tea” part was pretty much a giveaway and Jon is pretty safely in the ToC now I think.
Thought this would be a 3/3. J has a tendency for sport events as FJ when they are happening. Wasn’t there a FJ about the Tour de France a couple of years ago when they were racing the TdF , I think it’s already 2 years ago, I am not quite sure.
When there is not a special week of games or a tournament it seems like July is consistent for having a TOC qualifier play in the month.
With the way Jon plays, I doubt he would last as a ToC semifinalist based on his DD efficiency. -$4,300 on DDs?! It’s good to play it safe in some cases, but with the way the other ToC players have done, his chances could vary.
Money won by DD effort:
Sam Deutsch: $2,000 earned
Tim Kutz: $5,600 earned
Todd Giese: $10,400 earned
Andrew Pau: $23,800 earned
Buzzy Cohen: $21,600 earned
Jason Sterlacci: $5,400 earned
Hunter Appler: $5,700 earned
Pranjal Vachaspati: $34,810 earned
Seth Wilson: $15,100 earned
Tim Aten: $5,000 earned
Lisa Schlitt: $11,700 earned
Lilly Chin: $13,200 earned
Alan Lin: $18,000 earned
David Clemmons: $1,000 earned
Jon Eisenman: -$4,300 earned
I don’t know about you guys, but with the new batch of ToC players we’ve seen, (Including stealing spots for to make it in the tournament) we’re seeing them play at such high caliber levels that we don’t see often unlike the other batches of ToC players. I think being bold and aggresive with betting is key to getting into this ToC with these guys.
I hope the Tournament of Champions airs November 6 to 17, 2017. That is my prediction, guys!
I feel as though those dates have been what I’ve been saying for the last six months.
Well…based upon seeing the DD earning statistics, Andy, how different are we expecting from this year’s ToC as opposed to last year’s?
I agree that he might have trouble. I’ve been getting way too many Triple Stumpers lately, kind of my personal gauge of the quality of contestants. He’s doing well on some pretty tough Finals, though…
Jon could possibly surpass Julia Collins for the 2nd most consecutive wins on the final episode this season.
“Tea” a dead giveaway for me. Cricket??? Maybe tea was too strong a British clue for Rishi!
Well, cricket *does* have tea breaks.
when are they going to pre tape the tournament of champions episodes? is it at the end of this month or sometime next month?
The last two have taped mid to late September.