Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category 17th Century Germans) for Friday, August 25, 2017:
Astronomer who began his epitaph, “I used to measure the heavens, now I shall measure the shadows of Earth”
(This game originally aired on February 24, 2017.)
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Viraj Mehta, a junior at Stanford University from Austin, Texas (Yesterday’s total: $8,482) |
Gary Tse, a freshman at the United States Naval Academy from Ellicott City, Maryland (Yesterday’s total: $24,945) |
Lilly Chin, a senior at M.I.T. from Decatur, Georgia (Yesterday’s total: $20,400) |
Remember, this is a two-day total-point affair; today’s scores get added to yesterday’s to determine the tournament champion!
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Scores going into Final:
Lilly $20,400
Gary $6,600
Viraj $3,600
Final results:
Viraj $3,600 – $3,600 = $0 + $8,482 = $8,482 (Who is Copernicus?) ($25,000)
Gary $6,600 + $4 = $6,604 + $24,945 = $31,549 ($50,000)
Lilly $20,400 – $0 = $20,400 + $20,400 = $40,800 (Who is the spiciest memelord?) ($100,000)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Gary $6,600
Lilly $4,000
Viraj $3,800
Opening break taken after: 14 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) WORDS OF THE YEAR $600 (1st pick)
Lilly 0 +1000 (Gary 0 Viraj 0)
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2) WORD ORIGINS $1600 (1st pick)
Viraj 3800 -3800 (Gary 6600 Lilly 4000)
3) AMERICAN LIT $1200 (12th pick)
Lilly 12000 +4000 (Gary 6600 Viraj 3600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 33
Unplayed clues:
J! round: THE 1970s $200
DJ! round: None!
$ Left on Board: $200
Game Stats:
Lilly $17,200 Coryat, 21 correct, 2 incorrect, 35.71% in first on buzzer
Gary $6,600 Coryat, 13 correct, 1 incorrect, 23.21% in first on buzzer
Viraj $7,400 Coryat, 14 correct, 5 incorrect, 28.57% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $11,200 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct clues): $11,400
Lilly Chin, stats to date:
88 correct
8 incorrect
7/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $13,200)
3/4 in Final Jeopardy
35.84% in first on buzzer (81/226)
Average Coryat: $16,600
Gary Tse, stats to date:
79 correct
7 incorrect
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,840)
3/4 in Final Jeopardy
31.42% in first on buzzer (71/226)
Average Coryat: $16,000
Viraj Mehta, stats to date:
78 correct
17 incorrect
2/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $-1,800)
0/4 in Final Jeopardy
36.72% in first on buzzer (83/226)
Average Coryat: $13,800
Miscellany:
- Lilly mentioned STAY CLAM in her interview tonight. Remember, you can get that on one of our STAY CLAM ceramic mugs!
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Forgive me for not putting in more effort into my research, but perhaps someone here would be able to tell me when we will be seeing new episodes again??? Please and thank you in advance.
As always, Jeopardy! has a 46 week season. Thus, the 6 weeks of encore presentations brings us to the Season 34 premiere date of September 11.
It can not get here soon enough.
It’s nice to have six weeks in the summer with a lessened workload, to be quite honest.
At 46 weeks, Jeopardy! already has the longest season on television. Plus, it allows for a) the show to get more mileage out of its tournaments; b) local affiliates, many of whom have broadcast rights to preseason NFL games, the opportunity to pre-empt programming if need be without incurring nearly as much wrath as they would if they pre-empted a first-run episode.
Forgive for getting off the J! topic: Do Raw and Smackdown have rerun weeks? I’m thinking those are new each week.
I don’t know. (I personally do not follow wrestling enough to know.)
They are new each week. But they’re also only airing one a week. Jeopardy airs 230 shows a year.
Did they tried to claim a snapping turtle and alligator snapper are the same thing, or did I misunderstand the answer?