Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category 19th Century History) for Thursday, December 26, 2019 (Season 36, Episode 79):
Wanting more French influence in the area he called Latin America, Napoleon III installed an emperor in this country
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Karen Farrell, a political consultant from Woodbridge, Virginia
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Usha Sankar, an educator from Pleasantville, New York
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Alex Hookway, an actuary from Columbus, Ohio (1-day total: $28,801)
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Correct response: What is Mexico?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Wanting a monarchist ally in the Americas, French Emperor Napoleon III, in 1864, installed Austrian archduke Ferdinand Maximilian as Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico. Napoleon III had the support of the Mexican “hacendado” elite in his attempt to revive the ways of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, which existed from 1521 to 1821. Maximilian’s reign was beset by constant conflict between the conservative elite who had backed him and Benito Juárez’s Liberals (with the Liberals having the backing of the United States); his reign only lasted three years, with Maximilian being executed in 1867.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Karen $16,200
Alex $6,800
Usha $1,000
Tonight’s results:
Usha $1,000 – $1,000 = $0 (What is French Guyana?)
Alex $6,800 – $1,948 = $4,852 (What is French Guiana?)
Karen $16,200 + $1,000 = $17,200 (1-day total: $17,200)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Karen $7,000
Alex $3,200
Usha $2,600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) TO THE OLD TOWN ROAD $800 (27th pick)
Alex 1600 +1600 (Karen 7000 Usha 2600)
2) THAT’S ECUADORABLE $800 (9th pick)
Alex 4400 +3000 (Karen 9000 Usha 3000)
3) THE “BAR” EXAM $1200 (16th pick)
Alex 12200 -3000 (Karen 9000 Usha 2600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 144
Unplayed clues:
J! round: GONNA TAKE MY HORSE $200; TO THE OLD TOWN ROAD $400
DJ! round: ORTHODONTIA $400 & $800; THE SINGER OR BAND IN QUESTION $400 & $800
Total $ Left On Board: $3,000
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 130 (1.65 per episode average), 1 Daily Double
Game Stats:
Karen $16,200 Coryat, 20 correct, 3 incorrect, 35.29% in first on buzzer, 3/5 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
Alex $6,800 Coryat, 13 correct, 7 incorrect, 27.45% in first on buzzer, 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Usha $1,000 Coryat, 11 correct, 5 incorrect, 27.45% in first on buzzer, 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $24,000
Lach Trash: $11,000 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $16,000
Alex Hookway, final stats:
35 correct, 11 incorrect
3/6 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
31.07% in first on buzzer (32/103)
5/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $11,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,300
Karen Farrell, stats to date:
21 correct, 3 incorrect
3/5 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
35.29% in first on buzzer (18/51)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,200
Karen Farrell, to win:
2 games: 52.020%
3: 27.061%
4: 14.077%
5: 7.323%
6: 3.810%
Avg. streak: 2.084 games.
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Congratulations to Karen but I feel bad for Alex. His one and only appearance, he won $28,801, but who was watching J! on Christmas night…
They could have aired reruns for a couple of days as they do on Saturdays.
Hey, Howard, hard to “feel sorry” for Alex… After all, he is walking away with $28,801 plus $2000 more today!
Congrats to Karen, yet another new champion. And we have seen again the weakness in all things foreign in FJ. Maximilian was shot and after all the brother of Francis Joseph I of Austria, who reigned from 1848-1916, leading Austria-Hungary into WWI after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Franz Ferdinand was the nephew of Franz Joseph I.
Charles I. then became emperor in 1916 (he was the nephew of Franz Ferdinand). Died on Madeira 1922, aged 34 and was married to Zita of Bourbon -Parma (1892-1989).She survived Charles by almost 68 years.
Like Usha and Alex, my guess was French Guiana.
It looks like a whole lot of clues were left on the board. Although I took a Latin American history course in college, I am bored by all those greedy people plotting their evil deeds.
The high amount of unplayed clues makes the show less fun to watch. I couldn’t watch the show the last 2 days, but I would not have wanted to.