Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Geographic Terms) for Thursday, May 24, 2018 (Season 34, Episode 184):
For a link between oceans, the U.S. signed an 1859 treaty with Mexico giving us rights to this 2-syllable strip of land “of Tehuantepec”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Tom Campo, a project manager from West Roxbury, Massachusetts |
Kristen Krikorian, a marketing director from Souderton, Pennsylvania |
Josh Hill, a network engineer from North Little Rock, Arkansas (6-day total: $144,120) |
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Correct response: What is isthmus?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
The geographic term “isthmus” is essentially a narrow piece of land across water that connects two larger areas (that they’d otherwise be separated from). A more famous one than the one of Tehuantepec (in Mexico) is the isthmus of Panama.
The more interesting story is the red herring in the clue, the reference to the McLane-Ocampo Treaty of 1859. The U.S. wished control over a crucial transit point between the Caribbean and the Pacific, and the Benito Juarez government was broke and needed the money. The treaty would have given the U.S. free movement of goods, military effects, and even possibly troops through that area. However, even though President Buchanan was greatly in favor, the treaty was never ratified by the U.S. Senate, as the Northern majority in the Senate worried that it would be possibly used to improve the South’s position, as this was in the buildup to the Civil War.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Josh $11,400
Kristen $9,800
Tom $9,400
Tonight’s results:
Tom $9,400 – $9,400 = $0
Kristen $9,800 + $9,001 = $18,801
Josh $11,400 + $8,201 = $19,601 (7-day total: $163,721)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Kristen $7,400
Josh $3,600
Tom $1,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) FAKE CLUES $400 (9th pick)
Tom 600 -1000 (Kristen 2600 Josh 600)
2) IN SO MANY WORDS $800 (22nd pick)
Josh 5600 +4600 (Kristen 9800 Tom 7400)
3) SENATORS WHO SOUGHT HIGHER OFFICE $1600 (26th pick) ($7600 remaining on the board)
Josh 10200 -2400 (Kristen 9800 Tom 7400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -41
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0
Game Stats:
Josh $10,000 Coryat, 16 correct, 5 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer
Kristen $9,800 Coryat, 14 correct, 1 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer
Tom $10,400 Coryat, 14 correct, 2 incorect, 22.81% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $30,200
Lach Trash: $15,800 (on 14 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,000
Josh Hill, stats to date:
174 correct, 26 incorrect
47.15% in first on buzzer (176/390)
7/10 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $24,195)
4/7 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,514
Josh Hill, to win:
8 games: 73.60%
9: 54.16%
10: 39.86%
11: 29.34%
12: 21.59%
Avg. streak: 9.787 games.
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