Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Classic Albums) for Tuesday, November 21, 2017 (Season 34, Episode 52):
Hailed as the “Greatest Album of All Time”, in 2017 it returned to the top of the charts 50 years after its first release
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Wilbur Farley, a lecturer from Patchogue, New York |
Kiana Nakamura, a graduate student from Corona, California |
Eric Maher, an attorney from Epping, New Hampshire (1-day total: $31,500) |
[spoiler title=’Click/Tap Here for Final Jeopardy! Correct Response/Question’]What is “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”?[/spoiler]
The classic Beatles album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, released in June 1967, was hailed as the “Greatest Album of All Time” by Rolling Stone magazine; in June 2017, on the 50th anniversary of its release, returned to the UK album chart, where it reached #1.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Wilbur $10,200
Eric $9,200
Kiana $9,200
Tonight’s results:
Kiana $9,200 + $1,300 = $10,500 (1-day total: $10,500)
Eric $9,200 – $7,000 = $2,200 (What is The White Album The Wall)
Wilbur $10,200 – $8,201 = $1,999 (What is Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heart)
Jeopardy! has released an article on its website detailing why Wilbur’s response was not accepted.
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Eric $7,200
Kiana $2,200
Wilbur $2,000
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) STATE CAPITAL HAIKU $1000 (13th pick)
Eric 2800 +2800 (Kiana 600 Wilbur -400)
2) “INSTA”! $1200 (4th pick)
Kiana 3000 +1000 (Eric 8000 Wilbur 2000)
3) TRUUUE $1600 (25th pick) ($7,600 left on board, minute-to-go signal given)
Wilbur 11600 -1400 (Eric 9200 Kiana 9200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 121
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: TRUUUE $2000, NETFLIX & SPELL $800, $1200, $1600, $2000
Total $ Left On Board: $7,600
Game Stats:
Kiana $9,400 Coryat, 13 correct, 1 incorrect, 21.15% in first on buzzer
Eric $7,400 Coryat, 19 correct, 4 incorrect, 40.38% in first on buzzer
Wilbur $11,600 Coryat, 12 correct, 3 incorrect, 26.92% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $28,400
Lach Trash: $9,600 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,400
Eric Maher, stats to date:
38 correct, 9 incorrect
37.96% in first on buzzer (41/108)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,800)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,000
Kiana Nakamura, stats to date:
14 correct, 1 incorrect
21.15% in first on buzzer (11/52)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,400
Kiana Nakamura, to win:
2 games: 34.32%
3: 11.78%
4: 4.04%
5: 1.39%
6: 0.48%
Avg. streak: 1.523 games.
(Note: This model has been adjusted to take pre-Final Jeopardy! score into account instead of Coryat Score.)
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An easy final for me, a Beatles fan. I’ll say at least 2 get it right, with one saying a album contemporary to “Sgt. Pepper’s.”
Your guess is a little optimistic as the clue went about 1.5/3 right.
Boo hiss, judges. It’s a long title and obviously Wilbur knew it. How many albums are there that start with”Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart…” Sure, he ran out of time. Still unfair imo.
But “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart” isn’t the title.
It’s simply not correct.
I can count dozens of instances where incomplete titles haven’t been accepted in Final Jeopardy. It literally happens at least once a season.
I mean, we can argue the appropriateness of lengthy responses in Final Jeopardy until we’re blue in the face, but as per the rules set out, Wilbur’s response was not correct.
Semantics. I don’t know exaxtly when, but once just “Sgt. Pepper” was accwptwd. At least they should bring him back. The whole thing was very dubious and you are right, one could argue till Doomsday….et pourtant…
Considering the statement that J! made on its website earlier tonight, I’d say the rules were clearly followed. Nobody was disadvantaged, and there is literally no case here for Wilbur to return.
we went thru this back in february with the fj answer being Lord of the rings the return of the King and Kate had the right answer but didn’t have time to finish it so if they didn’t accept Kates then its noway they can accept Wilburs either and they had no choice to neg him.
Thank you.
Similarly, Lisa Schlitt’s Final Jeopardy! response of “What are Pennsylvania & Massachuset” in her fifth game, also ruled incorrect.
I have to agree with John.
What if Wilbur had just said “Sgt. Peppers”? The album is commonly referred to by that name.
Steve:
“Sgt. Pepper’s” has been accepted in the past.
But that does not mean “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart” should have been accepted. It is incomplete in every single sense of the term. Heck, it even left a word unfinished. And for the entire 34-year history of the show, incomplete Final Jeopardy responses are incorrect. This should not be a new discovery for long-time fans. Heck, as RT mentioned, it happened with that Lord of the Rings final back in February, and long-time fans will remember a contestant only getting “Eastwoo” down and being ruled incorrect.
I’m sorry, but to me, you can certainly agree with John if you’d like, but I still think you’d be dead wrong.
Your Eastwood example reminded me of a different one that went the generous judging route: http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=4564
The Eastwoo story comes from p.123 of Ray Richmond’s This Is Jeopardy!: Celebrating America’s Favorite Quiz Show (2004).
He had the right answer …… I could not believe it… Its Sargent Peppers!!!
The problem is that he got caught in the middle. I think we might have a different discussion going here — and a different outcome — if he’d stopped at two words.
I agree, Andy.
Though break for Wilbur, but it’s the rule. It hasn’t changed in 33 years and they’re not going to change it now.
What answer did the judges credit Kianna for? I missed the adjustment.
They credited her with “What is instating?” instead of their expected response of “What is installing?” on the Daily Double.
I been watching Jeopardy for years and it upsets me to see Wilbur lose the final jeopardy question by one word (band). It’s the same thing. Really!!!
Actually, he was missing two words (club and band).
And it’s not the same thing. Allowing that answer is akin to giving him an extra second or two to write his response. And how fair would that have been to Kiana?
They should have accepted Wilbur’s response if he had just only wrote down “Sgt. Pepper’s”.
Wilbur should have only wrote down “What is Sgt. Pepper’s?”
Exactly, Dal. That answer had been accepted in the pst and the album is also known under that name!!!
I still think Wilbur should’ve been ruled correct in FJ. When he wrote Sargent Peppers Lonely Heart, I don’t know anything else with that name.
This is why I’m generally not a fan of FJs that have such a long answer. I remember this being an issue with “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” last season.
I don’t want FJ!s to be sort of long answers.
It’s “sergeant,” people! So if Sgt. was spelled out instead of abbreviated, would that have been wrong?
No? (Not sure why this is being brought up.)
At least two of the commenters spelled it s-a-r-g-e-n-t. It makes me angry. You wouldn’t like when I’m angry (Who is Bill Bixby in “The Incredible Hulk?”).
Per a Tweet from Wilbur:
I asked. The judges wanted the complete album title, so even “Sgt. Pepper’s” wouldn’t have been acceptable.