Today’s Final Jeopardy – August 22, 2017

Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category World Politics) for Tuesday, August 22, 2017:

(This game originally aired on February 21, 2017.)

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Clarissa Santori, a senior at Northeastern University from Ellicott City, Maryland
Clarissa Santori on Jeopardy!
Mohan Malhotra, a freshman at NYU from Wilmington, Delaware
Mohan Malhotra on Jeopardy!
Viraj Mehta, a junior at Stanford University from Austin, Texas
Viraj Mehta on Jeopardy!


[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Correct Response/Question’]What is Havana?[/spoiler]

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Scores going into Final:
Mohan $15,600
Clarissa $14,400
Viraj $13,400

Final results:
Viraj $13,400 – $6,000 = $7,400 (What is Seoul?) (Finalist)
Clarissa $14,400 – $14,300 = $100 (What is Iwo Jima?)
Mohan $15,600 – $13,200 = $2,399 (What is Saigon?)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Clarissa $8,800
Viraj $5,000
Mohan -$1,000

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Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) THEY NAMED A SCHOOL FOR ME $600 (2nd pick)
Viraj 400 -1000 (Mohan 0 Clarissa 0)

2) THE ELDER SCROLLS $2000 (10th pick)
Mohan 1800 +2000 (Clarissa 10800 Viraj 10600)
3) UNCHARTED $1600 (14th pick)
Mohan 7400 +3000 (Clarissa 10800 Viraj 9800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game:41

Unplayed clues:
None!

Game Stats:
Viraj $14,400 Coryat, 21 correct, 4 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer
Mohan $14,200 Coryat, 11 correct, 3 incorrect, 15.79% in first on buzzer
Clarissa $14,400 Coryat, 22 correct, 0 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $6,000 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct clues): $5,000

Viraj Mehta, stats to date:
48 correct
7 incorrect
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $0)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
43.86% in first on buzzer (50/114)
Average Coryat: $18,500

Mohan Malhotra, stats to date:
31 correct
4 incorrect
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,200)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
22.81% in first on buzzer (26/114)
Average Coryat: $15,000

Clarissa Santori, stats to date:
43 correct
2 incorrect
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
32.46% in first on buzzer (37/114)
Average Coryat: $16,200

Miscellany:

  • Between clues 8 and 18 of the Double Jeopardy! round, Mohan scored $15,400, Viraj $1,200, and Clarissa $0.

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