Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category 19th Century Poets) for Quarterfinal #3 in the 2017 Tournament of Champions (encore presentation) on Wednesday, August 1, 2018 (Season 34, Episode 43):
In 1824 he was refused burial in Westminster Abbey for “questionable morality”; in 1969 he got a memorial stone there
(This episode originally aired on November 8, 2017.)
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Cindy Stowell, had she not passed away from stage 4 colon cancer in December 2016, would have qualified for this tournament. The players in the tournament are wearing dark blue ribbons as a way of promoting colon cancer awareness, in memory of Cindy.
Today’s contestants:
David Clemmons, an 11th grade U.S. history teacher from Fort Worth, Texas |
Alan Lin, a software engineer from Riverside, California |
Austin Rogers, a bartender from New York, New York |
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Correct response: Who is Lord Byron?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (Lord Byron) is certainly one of the best-known British poets of the early 19th century. Best known for works like Don Juan (famously pronounced “JOO-an”) and “She Walks in Beauty”, he caused a scandal when he became involved with Lady Caroline Lamb (who once described Byron as “mad, bad, and dangerous to know”). This was one of many of Byron’s very public relationships. The Westminster Abbey website refers to this as “open profligacy” which caused the failure to commemmorate Byron at Poet’s Corner until 1969. Instead, his body is buried in Nottinghamshire.
Funny story: according to reports from the audience of this game, they actually had to re-shoot Alex’s opening to the game, because Alex referred to Alan as a College champion. Lilly Chin and Sam Deutsch are the College Champions in this tournament, but it does not surprise me that Alex thinks Alan is that young, as Alan Lin’s age (he was not yet 25 during his original run) was a popular search topic in late April and early May of 2017 during his original games.
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Scores going into Final:
Alan $19,605
Austin $8,000
David $1,400
Tonight’s results:
David $1,400 – $1,400 = $0 (Who is Longfellow?)
Austin $8,000 + $8,000 = $16,000
Alan $19,605 + $5 = $19,610 (Automatic semifinalist)
Automatic Semifinalists:
Monday: Buzzy Cohen, $30,000 ($16,400, $8,400)
Tuesday: Jason Sterlacci, $23,000 ($18,800, $5,000)
Wednesday: Alan Lin, $19,610 ($19,605, $8,800)
Thursday:
Friday:
Wild Card standings:
1) Pranjal Vachaspati $16,401 ($15,000, $5,400), 99.994% to advance
2) Austin Rogers $16,000 ($8,000, $600), 99.677% to advance
3) Lilly Chin $12,000 ($12,800, $2,000), 78.343% to advance
4) Tim Aten $11,500 ($14,000, $5,600), 32.580% to advance
5) Hunter Appler $1,400 ($1,400, $1,200)
6) David Clemmons $0 ($1,400, $-200)
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Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Alan $8,800
Austin $600
David -$200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) WORDS FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES $400 (24th pick)
David 1200 -1200 (Alan 7400 Austin 400)
2) BOATS & SHIPS $1200 (7th pick)
Austin 3400 -3400 (Alan 10800 David -200)
3) YOU’LL STOP AT “NOTHING” $1200 (28th pick) ($800 remaining)
Alan 18800 +5 (Austin 8000 David 1400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -200
Game Stats:
Alan $20,800 Coryat, 27 correct, 3 incorrect, 49.12% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Austin $11,400 Coryat, 14 correct, 3 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
David $2,600 Coryat, 7 correct, 4 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer, 2/2 on rebound attempts
Combined Coryat Score: $34,800
<a href=”http://j-archive.com/help.php#lachtrash””>Lach Trash: $12,000 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,200
Alan Lin, stats to date:
176 correct, 17 incorrect
6/6 on rebound attempts
37.11% in first on buzzer (167/450)
9/12 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $18,205)
6/8 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,525
Austin Rogers, stats to date:
349 correct, 46 incorrect
26/27 on rebound attempts
22/28 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $106,100)
13/14 in Final Jeopardy
41.48% in first on buzzer (326/786)
Average Coryat: $17,700
David Clemmons, stats to date:
84 correct, 14 incorrect
6/6 on rebound attempts
2/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$200)
4/5 in Final Jeopardy
28.98% in first on buzzer (82/283)
Average Coryat: $11,640
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My research indicates that David Clemmons responded correctly,to the question
on 8/1/2018
LEGENDARY CREATURE
SASQUATCH or BIGFOOT
WRITTEN BY: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sasquatch, also called Bigfoot, (from Salish se’sxac: “wild men”) a large, hairy, humanlike creature believed by some people to exist in the northwestern United States and western Canada.
Olga:
You’ve forgotten the category: WORDS FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES.
“Bigfoot” is not from a Native American language, and all responses must fit the constraints of clue and category.
The clue also specified that the response contained 9 letters.
Thank you Andy, I stand corrected. I relied on someone in the room as to what the question was.