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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Not to sound arrogant, but I immediately started jumping up right after Dennis won his game. But wow…that was a huge win from him. Nearly halfway into January 2020 has only resulted in 4 different female champions (including 2 future ToC contenders who will be joining with Jason Zuffranieri), and it seemed like it could have been a much longer drought from here.
But yeah, no pun intended, would you say that Dennis was “shaken, not stirred” with the victory?