Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Etymology) for Tuesday, October 24, 2017 (Season 34, Episode 32):
This 8-letter word meaning “cultured” or “intellectual” originated with a phrenology concept
(correct response beneath the contestants)
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Today’s contestants:
Rod Swain, an Americorps recruiter from Columbus, Ohio |
Kristina Witzling, a market researcher from Flemington, New Jersey |
Nan Bauer, a writer from Brooklyn, Michigan (1-day total: $15,001) |
[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Final Jeopardy! Correct Response/Question’]What is highbrow?[/spoiler]
The word “highbrow” comes straight from the theories of the founder of the pseudoscience of phrenology, Dr. Franz Joseph Gall, who supported the old folk notion that people with large foreheads had more brains. Even though it was later discredited, this led to the term “highbrow” being coined to describe intellectuals in the late 19th century.
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Scores going into Final:
Rod $15,900
Nan $13,400
Kristina $3,400
Tonight’s results:
Kristina $3,400 – $0 = $3,400 (What is cerebral?)
Nan $13,400 – $6,601 = $6,799 (What is eggheaded?) (2-day total: $21,800)
Rod $15,900 – $11,000 = $4,900 (What is adroit?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Rod $7,100
Nan $2,000
Kristina $0
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) ROBOTS $800 (23rd pick)
Rod 3800 +1500 (Nan 2000 Kristina 1400)
2) ORGANIZATIONS $1200 (8th pick)
Kristina 2000 +1000 (Rod 10300 Nan 2000)
3) PROFESSORS $1600 (19th pick)
Nan 4800 +3000 (Rod 11500 Kristina 3400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 152
Unplayed clues:
J! round: SULLIVAN AWARD WINNERS $800 & $1000
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $1800
Game Stats:
Nan $12,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 29.09% in first on buzzer
Rod $15,200 Coryat, 25 correct, 2 incorrect, 40.00% in first on buzzer
Kristina $3,600 Coryat, 8 correct, 4 incorrect, 18.18% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $30,800
Lach Trash: 12,000 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,600
Nan Bauer, stats to date:
37 correct
9 incorrect
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $0)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
35.71% in first on buzzer (40/112)
Average Coryat: $13,900
Nan Bauer, to win:
3 games: 41.35%
4: 17.10%
5: 7.07%
6: 2.92%
7: 1.21%
Avg. streak: 2.705 games.
(Note: This model has been adjusted to take pre-Final Jeopardy! score into account instead of Coryat Score.)
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I kind of hope “eggheads” gets some love tonight.
At first glance, it looked like Nan’s bet was to lock out Kristina, but if Kristina had been correct and doubled, Nan would have lost by a dollar. I wonder if the show is taped in real time, or if the contestants are allowed as much time as they want to figure out their final wager.
The tape is stopped at that point so that contestants have as much time as is required to figure out their wager.
Still, though, there’s a lot of pressure up there that many people don’t truly comprehend until they’re actually up there trying to make the wager. I’m not going to particularly fault someone for adding a dollar instead of subtracting one.
Me neither.
Nan is extremely good at the academic material, rather than the fluff questions.