Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category 19th Century Classical Musicians) for Wednesday, April 4, 2018 (Season 34, Episode 148):
The father of this future composer was a French teacher at the Warsaw Lyceum, where the child would later attend
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Michael Boss, a physicist from Broomfield, Colorado |
Lydia DiSabatino, a data analyst from Chicago, Illinois |
Jack Dickey, a journalist from New York, New York (1-day total: $30,401) |
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Correct response: Who is Frédéric Chopin?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Frédéric Chopin’s father Nicolas was French, and he had immigrated to Poland in the late 18th century and eventually became known as a teacher of French in 19th century Poland. Shortly after the birth of Frédéric, the family moved to Warsaw, where Nicolas became a teacher of French at the Warsaw Lyceum.
Frédéric Chopin eventually became known as a classical music prodigy and moved to France in the early 1830s. Most of his compositions are for solo piano and is still a leading symbol of the Romantic era.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Jack $14,200
Lydia $8,200
Michael $2,000
Tonight’s results:
Michael $2,000 + $1,998 = $3,998
Lydia $8,200 + $8,199 = $16,399
Jack $14,200 + $2,201 = $16,401 (2-day total: $46,802)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Jack $8,600
Michael $4,400
Lydia -$800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) VIRGINIA GOVERNORS $800 (9th pick)
Jack 3200 +2000 (Michael 1000 Lydia -800)
2) ENTREPRENEURS $1200 (13th pick)
Lydia 8000 -3000 (Jack 11800 Michael 5600)
3) BRIDGES $2000 (30th pick)
Michael 6000 -4000 (Jack 14200 Lydia 8200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -42
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0
Game Stats:
Jack $13,000 Coryat, 19 correct, 2 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer
Lydia $11,200 Coryat, 14 correct, 3 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer
Michael $6,000 Coryat, 16 correct, 5 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $30,200
Lach Trash: $10,000 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $13,800
Jack Dickey, stats to date:
40 correct, 4 incorrect
30.70% in first on buzzer (35/114)
4/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $10,500)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,000
Jack Dickey, to win:
3 games: 59.53%
4: 35.44%
5: 21.10%
6: 12.56%
7: 7.48%
Avg. streak: 3.471 games.
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This is a good example of a Final Jeopardy that has multiple layers to the clue. Developing the ability to see connections and make juxtapositions between different bits of knowledge is a crucial step to advanced skill at “Jeopardy!”. Above all, these mental puzzles are fun to solve. In this case, the sub-clues are:
1) Warsaw is in this country [Poland]
2) This notable 19th century composer grew up in Poland [Chopin]
3) This composer from Poland has a French Connection [Chopin]
I was happy that they all have classical music knowledge.
Scott,
You are absolutely right about the clues in Final Jeopardy. However, all the clues in the world do one no good if you’re totally clueless about 19th century composers as I am. Now Chuck Berry? That I can handle… LOL!
One other thing… I don’t want to curse him, but one look at Jack’s stats and you can see he may have the ability to go far. Would love to see a 10 or 20 game victor!
T am pleasantly surprised that there was a triple solve. Usually when it comes to European AND combined with classical music clues the rate is rather 1 out of 3 (what I expected). Happy that I was wrong. I guess Chopin is TOO famous. After all, he is synonymous with classic piano/Poland.
You say “Polish composer ” or most famous “piano composer” and Chopin comes to mind,though “piano was not in the clue. Congratulations Jack, nice 2 day haul, though he only got 1 DD today (all 3 yesterday). Seems to have the making to go on, I agree with Roy here!I would say that Jack’s big plus is that he does not ring in when he does not know the answer. In 2 games he was rarely wrong when buzzing in first.
True about Chopin. Don’t know much about classical music, but have always seemed to know he was the Polish composer with the French name, so seeing “French” and “Warsaw” in a classical music clue was kind of a no-brainer for this know-nothing.
Don’t sell yourself short! You probably know more about classical music than you know…(pun intended)..:):)
Good one!
Thanks! The more you listen to it the more you will like it and get interested, trust me!