Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Futuristic Fiction) for Friday, July 20, 2018 (Season 34, Episode 225):
Fear of the social reorganization represented by an auto tycoon’s innovations inspired this 1932 novel
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Dave Mattingly, a director of technology from Old Forge, Pennsylvania |
Emily Moore, a consultant from Atlanta, Georgia |
Ryan Fenster, a student from SeaTac, Washington (6-day total: $127,397) |
If you’re at all familiar with NFL Twitter, Dave is the programmer behind the Scorigami Twitter bot (which took Jon Bois’ idea and turned it into real-time tracking during the NFL season).
Ryan is quite high on our ToC Tracker; see where Ryan finds himself on the list here!
Ryan was brought back on Tuesday because the judges reversed themselves on a ruling of “schism” vs. “Great Schism” in the February 2 game. Others who have won an interrputed five games or more (having won at least once, then coming back, and winning again) include Bob Mesko in 2006 and Tom Nichols in 1994.
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Correct response: What is Brave New World?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Brave New World is Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel satirising some of the utopian works of H. G. Wells. Around the time of its publication, many lived in fear of losing individual identity, and parts of Brave New World played on that, including the fact that in the World State of the novel, only 10,000 last names are in use.
The calendar in Brave New World, instead of AD (Anno Domini), is labeled AF (After Ford), dating from the October 1908 introduction of the Model-T Ford. The novel opens in AF 632 (AD 2540).
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Dave $26,200
Ryan $6,000
Emily $4,000
Tonight’s results:
Emily $4,000 + $3,998 = $7,998
Ryan $6,000 + $6,000 = $12,000
Dave $26,200 – $0 = $26,200 (1-day total: $26,200) (What is Atlas Shrugged?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Dave $7,200
Emily $2,000
Ryan $800
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Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) HISTORY IN EUROPE $1000 (15th pick)
Ryan 4000 -4000 (Dave 2200 Emily 1000)
2) RIVERS $1600 (9th pick)
Ryan 2800 +2800 (Dave 7600 Emily 800)
3) LANGUAGE $1200 (18th pick)
Dave 11200 +3000 (Ryan 5600 Emily 2400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 27
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0
Game Stats:
Dave $24,400 Coryat, 30 correct, 2 incorrect, 49.12% in first on buzzer
Ryan $8,800 Coryat, 14 correct, 5 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer
Emily $4,000 Coryat, 11 correct, 3 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $37,200
Lach Trash: $6,000 (on 4 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,800
Ryan Fenster, final stats:
178 correct, 50 incorrect
37.45% in first on buzzer (188/502)
7/12 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
8/9 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,289
Dave Mattingly, stats to date:
30 correct, 3 incorrect
49.12% in first on buzzer (28/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $24,400
Dave Mattingly, to win:
2 games: 77.64%
3: 60.28%
4: 46.81%
5: 36.34%
6: 28.22%
Avg. streak: 4.473 games.
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Was a question about the Colorado River, I believe you needed to name the body of water it emptied into. I thought I heard Emily more say gulf of Mexico, If so, was that answer considered correct Or incorrect? Because the Colorado river empties into the gulf of California. The house was pretty noisy and I could not hear her answer very well or whether she was correct or incorrect.
The clue was about the Rio Grande, whose headwaters are in Colorado, not the Colorado River.
Thanks for this clarification. I had the same confusion!