Today’s Final Jeopardy – October 1, 2018

Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category World Literature) for Monday, October 1, 2018 (Season 35, Episode 16):

In a recent poll of 125 authors, this long 1870s novel about a woman ranked as the greatest work of fiction of all time

(correct response beneath the contestants)

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Today’s contestants:

Doug Dodson, a classical singer from Boston, Massachusetts

Carl Conway, a chef educator from Indianapolis, Indiana

Andrew Knudsen, an environmental lawyer from Washington, D.C. (1-day total: $19,601)

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Correct response: What is Anna Karenina?

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More information about Final Jeopardy:

The poll was conducted by J. Peder Zane’s “The Top 10″>. Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina is a more-than-800 page work about the affair between Anna Karenina and Count Vronsky, which ends in tragedy.

(Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary finished second.)

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

Scores going into Final:
Doug $18,000
Carl $15,400
Andrew $4,600

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Tonight’s results:
Andrew $4,600 – $0 = $4,600 (What is Jane Eyre?)
Carl $15,400 – $2,601 = $12,799 (What is Emma?)
Doug $18,000 – $2,000 = $16,000 (1-day total: $16,000) (What is The Scarlet Letter?)

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Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Doug $6,400
Carl $3,600
Andrew $3,400

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Opening break taken after: 15 clues

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Daily Double locations:
1) GETTING SPECIFIC AT GENERAL HOSPITAL $600 (23rd pick)
Doug 4400 -0† (Andrew 3000 Carl 2200)
2) STARS & CONSTELLATIONS $1200 (12th pick)
Doug 10000 +2000 (Andrew 5800 Carl 5200)
3) AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $1200 (23rd pick)
Carl 11600 +3000 (Doug 14400 Andrew 8200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 46

†Daily Double 1 was essentially treated as a non-event by the show, as the judges felt the clue could have been worded better. Doug was not credited with a correct response either; his wager of $2,000 was simply refunded to him.

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Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: COUNTRY, HIP-HOP & JAZZ $1200 & $1600
Total $ Left On Board: $2,800

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Game Stats:
Doug $17,200 Coryat, 20 correct, 2 incorrect, 32.73% in first on buzzer, 2/2 on rebound attempts
Carl $13,600 Coryat, 14 correct, 0 incorrect, 21.82% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Andrew $4,600 Coryat, 16 correct, 4 incorrect, 36.36% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $35,400
Lach Trash: $7,600 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,200

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Andrew Knudsen, final stats:
39 correct, 13 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts
41.44% in first on buzzer (46/111)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$200)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,100

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Doug Dodson, stats to date:
20 correct, 3 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts
32.73% in first on buzzer (18/55)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,200

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Doug Dodson, to win:
2 games: 58.59%
3: 34.33%
4: 20.11%
5: 11.78%
6: 6.90%
Avg. streak: 2.415 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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