Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Musical Theater) for Wednesday, March 28, 2018 (Season 34, Episode 143):
This show has songs that weren’t in the 1992 film it’s based on, like “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” & “How Will I Know”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Emily Milan, a nanny from Birmingham, Michigan |
Joey Dinardi, a substitute teacher from Newington, Connecticut |
Robert Dimitri, a management & production assistant from Los Angeles, California (1-day total: $23,601) |
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Correct response: What is The Bodyguard?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Based on the 1992 film, Alexander Dinelaris wrote a 2012 musical adaptation of The Bodyguard. It ran in London’s West End from 2012 through 2014, and includes many Whitney Houston songs that were not part of the original film, with others including “One Moment In Time”. “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” is performed as an encore by the entire cast after the final bows.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Joey $7,900
Emily $6,600
Robert $5,800
Tonight’s results:
Robert $5,800 + $3,200 = $9,000
Emily $6,600 + $5,001 = $11,601 (1-day total: $11,601)
Joey $7,900 + $0 = $7,900
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Joey $3,200
Robert $2,600
Emily $1,800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) Unplayed!
2) LEAGUES $1600 (13th pick)
Joey 5600 -5000 (Robert 4600 Emily 4600)
3) PIPE SHOW $2000 (25th pick)
Joey 5000 +1300 (Emily 6200 Robert 3800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -63
Unplayed clues:
J! round: POTPOURR-KNEE $1000, YESTERDAY’S NEWS $400, RELATIONSHIPS ARE HARD $200 & $400
DJ! Round: PIPE SHOW $800 & 1200
Total $ Left On Board: $4,000
Game Stats:
Emily $6,600 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 27.45% in first on buzzer
Robert $5,800 Coryat, 10 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.61% in first on buzzer
Joey $13,600 Coryat, 18 correct, 2 incorrect, 35.29% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $26,000
Lach Trash: $17,800 (on 13 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,200
Robert Dimitri, final stats:
31 correct, 2 incorrect
25.93% in first on buzzer (28/108)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,200
Emily Milan, stats to date:
13 correct, 2 incorrect
27.45% in first on buzzer (14/51)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,600
Emily Milan, to win:
2 games: 25.30%
3: 6.40%
4: 1.62%
5: 0.41%
6: 0.10%
Avg. streak: 1.339 games.
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It’s kind of interesting that FJ is “musically related” two days in a row. Different eras, of course, but both solvable if you can think fast enough.
1 correct. movie is from 1992, musical not that successful. movie grossed over 400 million.
Think of it this way. Those are Whitney Houston songs. What was her 1992 movie? The musical theater part does not really matter as it can be solved even with zero knowledge of the stage production.
Yeah, Joey probably figured he had no knowledge of musical theater…I’ll bet when he saw the clue he knew it was over for him…everybody’s getting that. I never heard of the stage musical.
Again an unbelievable wager by the leader. Yesterday Katy threw away the game, today Joey. And we have another new champion.Congrats!
I would categorize the wagers as more unfortunate than unbelievable. It could be they were expecting the clue(s) to be tough and opted to bid small, assuming everyone might miss. I view it as unfortunate in that they went small but then (both days) got the correct response and were beaten by a second place player who bet big and also was correct. It’s a strategy that may not be successful too often, but once in a while it is.
You are right, “Musical theater” sounds more difficult than “1960s No, 1 hits”.But that would be the only – and kind of weak-excuse. Still, imo you should not rely on any other player getting it wrong. What are the chances that this FJ wager – able to win, getting FJ right – and then lose anyway 2 days in a row? Early Ester gift for Emily (though the show was probably taped around Feb).
All three got the right answer, but with such a small lead, why didn’t Joey bid something? Emily protected against Robert but couldn’t do the same with Joey. It will be interesting to see her face tonight when she wins.
Which player said “No” when Final Jeopardy category “musical theatre” was revealed ?
Sounded like Dimitri.
Joey needed to wager $3702 to be the champ
And 5.301 the standard and logical bet. If he is wrong, he loses anyway if Emily gets it right. If she’s wrong, Joey would still have won, except for the fact that Robert got it right.
But in a triple whiff Joey would still have lost to Robert by 1 buck (2.599 to 2.600). Joey took one risk to many. Had he answered the 5 K DD correctly, it would have been a moot point= runaway.
17.900= runaway.
Joey would’ve had a runaway had he gotten the first daily double correct. However, it was still his game for the taking and he wasn’t even the one that groaned when the FJ clue was revealed.
I definitely think the category would have thrown my wager off too. 1990s movies vs. musical theater?
Any Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans who were a bit taken aback by the clue that mentioned its relation to the Elton John song “I’ve Seen That Movie Too?” It was actually the “artwork” for the song that was mentioned as an influence for the design of the show. First of all, what does “artwork of the song” refer to? I don’t think there was a video for the song, which would be the first thing to come to mind–it came out in 1973. I also thought it may have come out as a single and the packaging had the referred-to “artwork?” But what was more surprising than this was the fact that the woman knew it right off!! It looked like the guy in the middle wanted to ring in, too–I’m thinking Joel Hodgson mentioned in a one-time interview because it sure wasn’t something I heard about and I was a big watcher of the show…