Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category The Northeastern U.S.) for Thursday, September 28, 2017:
Once its own city, it joined with a neighbor in 1898; today on its own it would be the 4th most populous city in the U.S.
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Robert Barron, a teacher from Columbia, South Carolina |
Emily Dumas, a project manager from Somerville, Massachusetts |
Austin Rogers, a bartender from New York, New York (2-day total: $59,900) |
[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Final Jeopardy! Correct Response/Question’]What is Brooklyn?[/spoiler]
In the 1890s, Brooklyn itself was the 3rd most populous city in America. But, New York, and some in Brooklyn (generally those who commuted to New York for work; it was estimated that a third of Brooklyn commuted at the time) became increasing in favor of consolidation. Other Brookylnites feared losing their civic identity. In 1896, the consolidation vote finally passed, and the megalopolis of New York City occured in 1898. Many Brooklynites still refer to the annexation/consolidation as “The Great Mistake of ’98.”
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Scores going into Final:
Austin $26,200
Emily $7,600
Robert $5,800
Final results:
Robert $5,800 – $5,200 = $600 (What Manha)
Emily $7,600 – $7,600 = $0 (What is Atlanta?)
Austin $26,200 + $10,000 = $36,200 (3-day total: $96,100)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Austin $11,000
Emily $600
Robert -$600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH $600 (24th pick)
Austin 3400 +3400 (Emily 600 Robert -200)
2) CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $2000 (5th pick)
Austin 13800 +8000 (Emily -600 Robert -1800)
3) COUNTY SEATS $1600 (14th pick)
Emily 1400 +1000 (Austin 24600 Robert 1800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 208
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0
Game Stats:
Austin $17,400 Coryat, 28 correct, 5 correct, 50.88% in first on buzzer
Rober $5,800 Coryat, 10 correct, 3 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer
Emily $8,200 Coryat, 9 correct, 2 incorrect, 15.79% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $31,400
Lach Trash: 12,000 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,600
Austin Rogers, stats to date:
80 correct
12 incorrect
5/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $25,500)
3/3 in Final Jeopardy
45.83% in first on buzzer (77/168)
Average Coryat: $16,400
Austin Rogers, to win:
4 games: 75.92%
5: 57.63%
6: 43.75%
7: 33.22%
8: 25.22%
Avg. streak: 6.152 games.
(Note: This model has been adjusted to take pre-Final Jeopardy! score into account instead of Coryat Score.)
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On 28 Sept. 2017 final jeopardy they said that Brooklyn would be the 4th most populous city in the U.S.. That can be a bit misleading due to the fact that Brooklyn is a Burough. Alex Trebek mentions New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles which were/are cities. But Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island are all Buroughs of New York City today. Where There’s 62 cities in New York and the befor Burroughs are not cities. Granted if you live in Brooklyn and asked what city you live in you’ll say Brooklyn. I could be wrong so please correct me if I am.
They said that if Brooklyn was still its own city, it would be the 4th most populous city in the U.S.
Brooklyn was annexed by NYC in 1898, at which point it became a borough.
That was the point of the clue, that if the annexation hadn’t happened, Brooklyn would be the 4th-most populous.
Hope that helps.
Please send me the “answer” in double jeopardy on September 28, 2017 which included language about middlesex county and Watertown. The correct answer was “Massachusetts “
COUNTY SEATS $1200: 19th century toilets are part of the collection of Watertown’s plumbing museum in this state’s Middlesex County
Alas, Thursday night NFL football has descended on my CBS station, and poof, no more Jeopardy so I’m glad this website exists. I would not have guessed Brooklyn although I have lived there and was a fanatic Brooklyn Dodgers fan — got to see a game in Ebbetts Field once.
Oh, my! I’m jealous. One of the chapters in my second book, The Games That Changed Baseball, is about the last game at Ebbets Field.
wonder how long Austin will last
Normally, my CBS affiliate shows Jeopardy! overnight, but they didn’t last night. AND the Bears lost. BOO!