Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category 19th Century Names) for Monday, August 5, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 48, encore presentation):
In the 1870s he wrote that “Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Claire Sattler, a senior from Bonita Springs, Florida |
Autumn Shelton, a junior from Lamar, Missouri |
Tim Cho, a senior from Champaign, Illinois |
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Correct response: Who is Charles Darwin?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
This quote did not come from Darwin’s seminal 1859 work On The Origin of Species, but the 1871 work The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, which applied his evolutionary theory to human evolution.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Claire $13,600
Tim $13,400
Autumn $11,800
Tonight’s results:
Autumn $11,800 + $11,399 = $23,199
Tim $13,400 + $13,400 = $26,800
Claire $13,600 + $13,201 = $26,801 (Finalist)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Tim $7,000
Claire $3,800
Autumn $3,800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) MEDIEVAL TIMES $600 (2nd pick)
Tim 400 +1000 (Autumn 0 Claire 0)
2) BODIES OF WATER $1200 (20th pick)
Claire 11000 +1000 (Tim 11800 Autumn 6600)
3) UNDERSTANDING MONEY $1600 (27th pick) ($3200 remaining on the board)
Autumn 9400 +1600 (Tim 13400 Claire 13200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 126
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0
Game Stats:
Claire $13,800 Coryat, 20 correct, 3 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer
Tim $13,000 Coryat, 20 correct, 2 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer
Autumn $11,800 Coryat, 13 correct, 1 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer, 2/3 on rebound attempts
Combined Coryat Score: $38,600
Lach Trash: $8,400 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,000
Claire Sattler, stats to date:
39 correct, 6 incorrect
3/4 on rebound attempts
33.33% in first on buzzer (38/114)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,100
Tim Cho, stats to date:
40 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts
34.21% in first on buzzer (39/114)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,400)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,900
Autumn Shelton, stats to date:
35 correct, 4 incorrect
3/5 on rebound attempts
25.44% in first on buzzer (29/114)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $200)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,600
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