Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category American Authors) for Monday, November 26, 2018 (Season 35, Episode 56):
The 1877 novel “Garth”, about a New Hampshire family cursed by an ancestor’s crime, is by Julian, son of this novelist
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Bridget Sullivan, a telemetry technician from Butte, Montana |
Dylan Hamilton, a pediatric dentist from Durham, North Carolina |
J Cheema, a marketing & strategy consultant from Portland, Oregon (1-day total: $28,000) |
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Correct response: Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote The House of the Seven Gables based on the legend in the Hawthorne family of a curse placed on the family by a woman condemned to death in the Salem witch trials of 1692 and 1693. Hawthorne believed that his family’s fall from prominence, while other Salem families thrived in the shipping industry, was retribution for his ancestors William and John Hathorne’s role as magistrates and judges in the trials.
Julian Hawthorne was a writer, journalist, and civil engineer who wrote “Garth” in Europe. It was originally serialized in Harper’s Magazine in 1875, and according to Google Books, was published in book form in 1877.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Dylan $10,800
J $6,200
Bridget $1,200
Tonight’s results:
Bridget $1,200 + $42 = $1,242
J $6,200 – $6,200 = $0 (Who is Mark Twain?)
Dylan $10,800 – $1,601 = $9,199 (1-day total: $9,199) (Who is Thoreau?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Bridget $5,400
J $4,200
Dylan $3,600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) CRAFTS & HOBBIES $800 (17th pick)
Dylan 800 +1000 (Bridget 4200 J 2200)
2) SAFE SPACES $800 (12th pick)
Dylan 4400 +4400 (Bridget 7000 J 4600)
3) ENGLISH MAJORS $1200 (18th pick)
Bridget 6200 -3000 (Dylan 10800 J 4600)hejeopardyfan.com/2017/06/daily-double-efficiency.html”>Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 152
Unplayed clues:
J! round: THE GERMAN UMLAUT $200 & $400
DJ! Round: BIBLE BOOKS BY CHARACTERS $400 & $800, CAREER OPTIONS $400 & $800
Total $ Left On Board: $3,000
Game Stats:
Dylan $7,000 Coryat, 13 correct, 1 incorrect, 21.57% in first on buzzer, 0/1 on rebound attempts
Bridget $4,200 Coryat, 13 correct, 5 incorrect, 29.41% in first on buzzer, 1/2 on rebound attempts
J $6,200 Coryat, 13 correct, 4 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $17,400
Lach Trash: $19,000 (on 14 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $14,600
J Cheema, final stats:
28 correct, 6 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts
25.23% in first on buzzer (27/107)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $9,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,200
Dylan Hamilton, stats to date:
13 correct, 2 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts
21.57% in first on buzzer (11/51)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,400)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,000
Dylan Hamilton, to win:
2 games: 36.59%
3: 13.39%
4: 4.90%
5: 1.79%
6: 0.66%
Avg. streak: 1.577 games.
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I’m unfamiliar with the House of Seven Gables, but it seemed like the sort of thing Hawthorne might have written about. I remember there being some gothic elements in The Scarlet Letter.