Today’s Final Jeopardy – January 15, 2018

Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category The Theater) for Monday, January 15, 2018 (Season 34, Episode 91):

In 1915 this play opened for the last time on Broadway, ironically at the Booth Theatre

(correct response beneath the contestants)

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Today’s contestants:

Tyler Miksanek, a student from Warrenville, Illinois

Steve Garbacz, a newspaper editor & reporter from Fort Wayne, Indiana

Gilbert Collins, a university administrator from Princeton, New Jersey (3-day total: $36,599)

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Correct response: What is Our American Cousin?

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More information about Final Jeopardy:

Our American Cousin, a play from the 1850s by Englishman Tom Taylor, was famously being performed in Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865 when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Its final Broadway revival opened at Booth’s Theatre on November 29, 1915, and ran for just 40 performances.

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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!

Scores going into Final:
Gilbert $9,600
Tyler $7,400
Steve $2,200

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Tonight’s results:
Steve $2,200 – $2,200 = $0 (What is?)
Tyler $7,400 – $2,201 = $5,199 (What is My American Cousin?)
Gilbert $9,600 + $5,201 = $14,801 (4-day total: $51,400)

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Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Gilbert $9,600
Steve $2,600
Tyler $400

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Opening break taken after: 15 clues

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Daily Double locations:
1) THE END OF THE LINE $600 (23rd pick)
Gilbert 5800 +3000 (Steve 3200 Tyler -1400)
2) STREET SMARTS $1200 (3rd pick)
Tyler 1600 -1000 (Gilbert 9600 Steve 2600)
3) JEOPARDY! WRITERS’ ONLINE GO-TOs $2000 (20th pick)
Steve 5400 -1600 (Gilbert 8000 Tyler 7000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -40

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Unplayed clues:
J! round: WHOSE ALBUM? $200 & $400
DJ! Round: SUPPORTING CAST OF OSCAR’S BEST PICTURE $1600 & $2000
Total $ Left On Board: $4,200

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Game Stats:
Gilbert $7,200 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 30.19% in first on buzzer
Tyler $8,400 Coryat, 13 correct, 5 incorrect, 30.19% in first on buzzer
Steve $3,800 Coryat, 12 correct, 3 incorrect, 22.64% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $19,400
Lach Trash: $17,000 (on 14 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $13,400

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Gilbert Collins, stats to date:
72 correct, 14 incorrect
35.05% in first on buzzer (75/214)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,300

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Gilbert Collins, to win:
5 games: 35.34%
6: 12.49%
7: 4.41%
8: 1.56%
9: 0.55%
Avg. streak: 4.547 games.

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