Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Constellations) for Thursday, June 14, 2018 (Season 34, Episode 199):
This Zodiac constellation includes 2 lines (or strings) that terminate in a star called Alrescha, the knot
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Katherine Pisarro-Grant, verbal identity consultant from Brooklyn, New York |
Adam Manning, a senior sales manager from Denver, Colorado |
Diana Hsu, a legal records assistant from Malden, Massachusetts (1-day total: $24,001) |
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Correct response: What is Pisces?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Pisces, from the Latin plural for “fish”, is a constellation of a pair of fish, whose tails meet at “Alrescha”.
Other stars in Pisces include Van Maanen’s Star, Fum al Samakah, Torcular, and Kullat Nunu/Al Pherg.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Diana $29,600
Katherine $10,800
Adam $8,600
Tonight’s results:
Adam $8,600 – $8,599 = $1 (What is Libra?)
Katherine $10,800 – $6,401 = $4,399 (What is Sagittarius?)
Diana $29,600 – $9,000 = $20,600 (2-day total: $44,601) (What is Libra?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Diana $7,200
Adam $5,000
Katherine $3,200
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Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) PEOPLE OF THE WORLD $600 (15th pick)
Diana 4000 +1200 (Katherine 2800 Adam 400)
2) COLORS $1600 (9th pick)
Diana 10400 +4200 (Adam 6200 Katherine 4800)
3) POLAR EXPLORATION $1600 (22nd pick)
Diana 18600 +7000 (Adam 7800 Katherine 7200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 108
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0
Game Stats:
Diana $21,000 Coryat, 24 correct, 3 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer
Katherine $10,800 Coryat, 12 correct, 1 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer
Adam $8,600 Coryat, 19 correct, 3 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $40,400
Lach Trash: $6,200 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,400
Diana Hsu, stats to date:
46 correct, 6 incorrect
34.21% in first on buzzer (39/114)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $11,800)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,800
Diana Hsu, to win:
3 games: 73.75%
4: 54.39%
5: 40.11%
6: 29.59%
7: 21.82%
Avg. streak: 4.810 games.
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If the numbers are correct, a very risky bet by Diane. Even if she erred by 1.000, she bet 1 buck too much. 8.999 should have been the max. WHY would she risk her runaway??
Sorry, 7.999 should have been her max. bet.
I have never seen a runaway situation where someone bid irresponsibly. Well, except for Cliff Calvin.
It happens every so often. I can think of at least three other instances (even actuaries have messed that math up.)
I’m a Pisces, but have never even looked for it in the sky, much less heard any star names in the constellation. Nobody got the answer, but I am eager to see tonight how Diane amassed so much money in DJ!
She got 11.200 with both DDs in DJ, plus she also got the DD in J with 1.200, so a total of 12.400 with all 3 DDs correct. But what the [email protected]@ was she thinking in FJ, when she had a runaway?? Had Katherine bet everything and been right, Diana would have lost by 1.000 bucks. The ghost of Cliff Clavin…..Dominating the game with primarily correct DDs and then risking to throw the game away??? If she keeps playing that way she won’t string 4 wins together but crash tomorrow or Monday.
Without the DDs she would have had “only” 17.200….Still in the lead maybe (unless K. or A. would have gotten the DDs and wagered enough).
All I can do is shake my head!Looks D. got greedy and forgot about basic math maybe?????
Seems like a math error, to call her greedy is inappropriate.
I said “MAYBE”, ok?
In any event she erred by 1.001, had Diana wagered 8.000 she would have risked a tie.
Did Alex show us an example of “Canadian English” today? He said “You have twelve hundred dollars more than her at the moment.” One wouldn’t say “than ‘her DOES’ at the moment.” Alex should have said “than SHE at the moment.”
While you are grammatically absolutely correct, you can hear in colloquial English very often the “her” version, very much depending where you are and who is doing the talking. You certainly would hardly hear the “her” version in England.And Alex is French Canadian, he grew up in a bilingual household.And even the English don’t always use “Queen’s English” except in an official capacity or at an official event. I get BBC and ITV and sometimes they show “debates” in the House of Commons and House of Lords. You would be surprised about not only the vocabulary but also about the grammatical “murder” of a relatively simple language.:):):)
MARK-OH MY GOODNESS!
As a retired English teacher, I used to be somewhat of a stickler, like you are now. I gave up on this because I found it tedious. I try to just avoid awkward phrasing. I would have said “You have $1200 more than she does. I also say “everyone get their coats and come in.” I got extra credit for correcting the teacher in 8th grade.
You think he’s a “stickler” having read what he wrote? Priceless!
It don’t mean a thing if you ain’t got that swing.
Jim G…. for tonight maybe more appropriate … It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that STRING…
I think you may have something there, and thanks for replacing my incorrect “you” with the correct “it”. (Thought I’d beat the jazz purists to it! 🎷🎼)
I was a bit surprised that they accepted, “What is Daylight Savings Time?” as a response today. They’re usually such sticklers, that I thought they’d only accept “Daylight Saving Time” (no “s”) here.
J! Archive says that the judges have routinely accepted this: http://j-archive.com/search.php?search=%22daylight+savings%22&submit=Search
I wonder if anybody has ever had a runaway going into final and ended up losing the game during AT’s 32 years as host.
Sorry, I meant 34 years
I guess when they announce the FJ category. I got it right once – Thanksgiving 2017 – English Lit – Oliver Twist
You could argue that she overbet yesterday, too. She should’ve wagered just enough to cover her lead, $6,801, I think. Smart lady, but wagering could prove to be her undoing.
I got locked into the “two lines” part of the clue and guessed Gemini. Thought I had it,,,