Today’s Final Jeopardy – September 13, 2018

Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Before They Were President) for Thursday, September 13, 2018 (Season 35, Episode 4):

On Oct. 4, 1940, for the premiere of what’s been called his most famous movie role, Ronald Reagan was in this city

(correct response beneath the contestants)

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Today’s contestants:

Lauren Stripling, a teaching artist from New York, New York

Shawn Moore, a regional human resources manager from Miami, Florida

Kyle Jones, a music teacher from Aurora, Colorado (1-day total: $28,401)

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Correct response: What is South Bend, Indiana?

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More information about Final Jeopardy:

Reagan played George Gipp (“The Gipper”) in the 1940 movie Knute Rockne, All-American; the world premiere of that film took place in South Bend, Indiana, the location of the University of Notre Dame.

A famous quote from that film, “Win one for the Gipper!” ended up being a campaign slogan of Reagan’s later in life.

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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!

Scores going into Final:
Kyle $16,800
Shawn $12,000
Lauren $6,600

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Tonight’s results:
Lauren $6,600 – $6,600 = $0 (What is Indianapolis?)
Shawn $12,000 – $8,000 = $4,000 (What Iwo Jima?)
Kyle $16,800 – $7,201 = $9,599 (2-day total: $38,000) (What is Dallas?)

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Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Shawn $4,400
Lauren $3,800
Kyle $3,200

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Opening break taken after: 15 clues

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Daily Double locations:
1) I GOT A FEVER $600 (23rd pick)
Kyle 5000 -2000 (Shawn 3600 Lauren 3400)
2) ARTS & CULTURE $1600 (4th pick)
Shawn 5600 -1600 (Lauren 4200 Kyle 4000)
3) CONTRACTIONS $1200 (23rd pick)
Kyle 9600 +4000 (Shawn 13600 Lauren 3800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -27

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Unplayed clues:
J! round: THE ONLY PRESCRIPTION $200 & $400
DJ! Round: PLACE HOLDERS $1600 & $2000
Total $ Left On Board: $4,200

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Game Stats:
Kyle $16,000 Coryat, 20 correct, 3 incorrect, 37.74% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Shawn $13,600 Coryat, 15 correct, 2 incorrect, 26.42% in first on buzzer, 2/2 on rebound attempts
Lauren $6,600 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 32.08% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Combined Coryat Score: $36,200
Lach Trash: $5,000 (on 4 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,600

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Kyle Jones, stats to date:
42 correct, 6 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts
37.04% in first on buzzer (40/108)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,800)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,600

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Kyle Jones, to win:
3 games: 56.99%
4: 32.48%
5: 18.51%
6: 10.55%
7: 6.01%
Avg. streak: 3.325 games.

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Miscellaneous:

• Thank you to Mark Barrett for providing me with a full chart of this game.

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