Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category DNA Makes News) for Friday, January 17, 2020 (Season 36, Episode 95):
In 1993 remains of the Russian Royal Family killed in 1918 were confirmed by comparing their DNA to this member of the British Royal Family
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Lindsay Goldstein, a youth librarian from Chicago, Illinois
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Dennis Coffey, a bartender from Old Orchard, Maine
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Veronica Vichit-Vadakan, a librarian from Portland, Oregon (4-day total: $89,001)
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Correct response: Who is Prince Philip?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, was born in Greece who was 6th in line to that country’s throne prior to becoming a British citizen in 1947 (and marrying Elizabeth) later that year. He is also a grandnephew of Alexandra, the wife of Nicholas II, whose family was executed in July 1918 during the Russian Revolution. Originally thought to be cremated, the bodies were found in an unmarked grave in Yekaterinburg; their DNA was then compared to that of Prince Philip in order to confirm ancestry. It matched.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Dennis $19,600
Lindsay $10,800
Veronica $7,000
Tonight’s results:
Veronica $7,000 – $6,999 = $1 (Who is Prince Albert?)
Lindsay $10,800 – $3,201 = $7,599 (Who is Queen Elizabeth II?)
Dennis $19,600 + $2,001 = $21,601 (1-day total: $21,601)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Lindsay $6,300
Veronica $2,600
Dennis $800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) MONEY TALKS $800 (29th pick)
Lindsay 7800 -1500 (Veronica 2600 Dennis 800)
2) NATIONALITY PHRASES $1200 (13th pick)
Lindsay 9100 +2500 (Dennis 5600 Veronica 4200)
3) NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST $1600 (19th pick)
Dennis 8800 +4000 (Lindsay 10000 Veronica 5000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 54
Unplayed clues:
J! round: MONEY TALKS $1000
DJ! round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $1,000
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 168 (1.77 per episode average), 1 Daily Double
Game Stats:
Dennis $17,200 Coryat, 16 correct, 2 incorrect, 26.79% in first on buzzer, 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Lindsay $11,000 Coryat, 23 correct, 4 incorrect, 41.07% in first on buzzer, 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Veronica $7,000 Coryat, 12 correct, 1 incorrect, 21.43% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $35,200
Lach Trash: $9,000 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,800
Veronica Vichit-Vadakan, stats to date:
98 correct, 13 incorrect
8/12 on rebound attempts (on 27 rebound opportunities)
32.25% in first on buzzer (89/276)
3/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
4/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,760
Dennis Coffey, stats to date:
17 correct, 2 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
26.79% in first on buzzer (15/56)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,600
Dennis Coffey, to win:
2 games: 62.311%
3: 38.827%
4: 24.194%
5: 15.075%
6: 9.394%
Avg. streak: 2.653 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- In order to have a chance of winning, Lindsay needed to bet at least $6,800 in Final Jeopardy.
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My first thought was Prince Phillip as he wasn’t a blood relative to the British ancestors.
Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II are third cousins. Queen Victoria was a Great-Great Grandmother to both of them. Here’s a snapshot of the family tree… https://www.pinterest.com/pin/119275090116493876/
Thank you for that information.
I knew that George V and Nicholas II were cousins, so I also went down the same path of current royals in the George V line. If I ever knew that Prince Phillip was in the Victoria line, that factoid vanished from memory a long time ago.
Not a good day for the two librarians today, but Veronica has a decent chance to make TOC and make it two years in a row for her profession, following Emma.
A new champ, congrats! But Veronica sits in a pretty good spot right now. And again we have the “foreign” weakness….at least they got 2 of the DDs. 9 TS by my count, the majority in the J! round though.
Anyway, have a great and safe weekend, everybody!
Seems Lindsay should have wagered 6,800 (assuming Dennis would have wagered at least $2,001 to lock her out if he got it correct). As it was, even if she got it right and Dennis got his wrong, chances are she would still come in second – and all her wager did was assure second if she got it correct.
I am finding the level of questions recently a total snooze fest after the GOAT championship…
I concur that it’s a major step down to the regular level of material. On the one hand I understand that there’s little fun in watching good but not great players see one TS after another, but on the other hand really being challenged as we were during the GOAT tournament was terribly exciting (once I accepted that I’d need to be happy knowing 25% of the answers….,,,I mean questions!!)
I can’t be the only person who thought of this when one of the challengers was introduced.
https://youtu.be/KBn_oUH8Uo0
There was a answer concerning the location of an Australian state in today’s game. Does anyone know the exact wording and what they said was the correct question?
Something about it seemed vague or wrong at the time.
“You’ll find this state in Australia’s lower right-hand corner” in the Category “North, South, East, West” It wasn’t explicitly stated, but all of the correct responses contained one of the cardinal directions.
The correct answer was New South Wales. I am not sure of the exact wording but I believe it said something like, “this state is located in the lower right hand corner of Australia.”
While New South Wales does satisfy the answer, I think there is a good case to make that Victoria (which is lower than NSW) or Tasmania (which many may not konw is a state) is actually the lower right corner of Australia. Note that they do not specify the Australian mainland. I guess it all comes down to the qualifier “in” vs “at”. See the map at http://www.flagsaustralia.com.au/images/Australian-States.jpg
Am I late to the conversation in noticing Brad Rutter would make the perfect successor to Alex Trebek? (In case Betty White is unavailable, of course.) Ken and James are just as intelligent, but their humor is on the goofier side. Brad’s humor is understated, plus he has the same calm, reassuring demeanor that has made Alex such a success all these decades.
I was thinking Victoria too but the correct response had to contain one of the cardinal directions, “North, South, East, or West”.
That’s got me wondering if the contestants are allowed to lodge a complaint if they feel something in the game is misleading or out and out wrong.