Happy New Year! Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category U.S. Navy Ships) for Tuesday, January 1, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 82):
“Peace Through Strength” is the motto of the U.S. aircraft carrier named for this man who professed the same policy
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Jonathan Dinerstein, a composer from Los Angeles, California
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Maggie Byrd, a communications professional from Arlington, Virginia
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Kevin Patterson, a management consultant from Cambridge, Massachusetts (1-day total: $20,001)
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Correct response: Who is Ronald Reagan?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
While the phrase dates back to the time of Roman Emperor Hadrian, “peace through strength” became associated with Ronald Reagan from the 1980 election campaign onward; he originally used it as an attack on what he felt was weak leadership out of Jimmy Carter. The phrase has been a part of Republican party platforms in most election cycles since.
The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) was christened in 2001; it’s a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier; when it was christened, it was the first ship to be named for a former president who was still living at the time of its christening.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Jonathan $16,500
Maggie $7,200
Kevin $5,200
Tonight’s results:
Kevin $5,200 – $1,200 = $4,000 (Who is MLK?)
Maggie $7,200 – $200 = $7,000 (Who is JFK?)
Jonathan $16,500 – $0 = $16,500 (1-day total: $16,500) (Who is Wilson?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Jonathan $6,600
Kevin $2,400
Maggie $1,200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) WORLD HISTORY $800 (16th pick)
Maggie 3000 -1000 (Jonathan 2000 Kevin 200)
2) TEXT ALERTS $1600 (7th pick)
Jonathan 11800 +3500 (Kevin 2800 Maggie 2000)
3) MIDDLE “C” $2000 (15th pick)
Maggie 5200 -1200 (Jonathan 16100 Kevin 1600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -27
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: ON THE ROAD $400 & THE GOLDBERGS $400 & $800
Total $ Left On Board: $1,600
Game Stats:
Jonathan $14,600 Coryat, 18 correct, 2 incorrect, 35.19% in first on buzzer
Maggie $9,400 Coryat, 13 correct, 4 incorrect, 24.07% in first on buzzer, 1/2 on rebound attempts
Kevin $5,200 Coryat, 13 correct, 2 incorrect, 25.93% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Combined Coryat Score: $29,200
Lach Trash: $14,000 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,200
Kevin Patterson, final stats:
31 correct, 5 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts
27.27% in first on buzzer (30/110)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$400)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,000
Jonathan Dinerstein, stats to date:
18 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts
35.19% in first on buzzer (19/54)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,500)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,600
Jonathan Dinerstein, to win:
2 games: 54.10%
3: 29.27%
4: 15.83%
5: 8.57%
6: 4.63%
Avg. streak: 2.179 games.
Tournament of Champions projections:
With a projected 158 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 500,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 4.4257 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.7621).
An average of 8.0052 4+-time champions (standard deviation 2.1811).
An early cutoff took place 26.201% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Jonathan Dinerstein qualified 8.679% of the time.
Dave Leffler qualified 46.036% of the time.
Alex Schmidt qualified 20.368% of the time.
Jackie Fuchs qualified 5.531% of the time.
Mary Ann Borer qualified 1.193% of the time.
Kyle Becker qualified 0.115% of the time.
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We start the year with a triple stumper.
There were two questions in a category with the answer Greece. Isn’t that unusual?
Yes and no.
It’s unusual in the respect that it doesn’t happen every episode!
It’s not unusual, though, in the respect that often the show will create a category with that sort of conceit. Note this time it was 7 WONDERS, 4 COUNTRIES; obviously, in 5 clues, you’re going to have duplication.
Ahhh…4 countries. You got me there.