Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Country Names) for Tuesday, April 14, 2020 (Season 36, Episode 157):
The cartographic feature from which this country gets its name passes near the town of Guayllabamba
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Nibir Sarma, a sophomore at the University of Minnesota from Eden Prairie, Minnesota
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Londyn Lorenz, a sophomore at the University of Mississippi from Perryville, Missouri
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Joe Coker, a junior at Hendrix College from Conway, Arkansas
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Correct response: What is Ecuador?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Guayllabamba is located about 18 miles northeast of Quito (Ecuador’s capital) and is slightly south of the Equator. Interestingly, there are competing monuments on or near the Equator; the heavily-promoted Mitad del Mundo monument is not actually on the Equator – a result of a French surveying error. The actual equator is at the Museo de Sitio Intañan.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Nibir $22,400
Joe $13,400
Londyn $7,000
Tonight’s results:
Londyn $7,000 + $7,000 = $14,000 (What is Ecuador?)
Joe $13,400 – $13,400 = $0 (What is Argentina?)
Nibir $22,400 + $4,401 = $26,801 (What is Ecuador? Ecuad) (Finalist)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Nibir $9,800
Joe $5,400
Londyn $2,200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) BOOK CHAPTERS $1000 (clue #14)
Nibir 4400 +4400 (Joe 1600 Londyn 1000)
2) SECOND… $2000 (clue #13)
Nibir 14200 +3000 (Joe 11800 Londyn 5000)
3) GARDEN SPOTS $1600 (clue #20)
Nibir 18400 +1600 (Joe 12600 Londyn 6200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 130
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 332 (2.11 per episode average), 5 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Nibir $18,000 Coryat, 21 correct, 3 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Londyn $7,000 Coryat, 10 correct, 1 incorrect, 15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Joe $13,400 Coryat, 21 correct, 4 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $38,400
Lach Trash: $8,600 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,000
Joe Coker, career statistics:
39 correct, 7 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
36.84% in first on buzzer (42/114)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,400
Londyn Lorenz, career statistics:
37 correct, 4 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 13 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (36/114)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,200
Nibir Sarma, career statistics:
39 correct, 5 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (36/114)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,500)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,100
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Hi Andy. Where do you get your informative blurbs about the daily FJ? Does that come with the New York Times reveal? Just curious. Meanwhile, the name brought me closer to Mexico, and I ended up with Costa Rica, with little to no confidence.
I write that information myself. 🙂
Excellent! Do you have go to reference resources? Wikipedia seems obvious. Anything else?
WOW! Congrats Nibir. Tough final. Good luck against Tyler in the Finals!
Nibir deservedly won and could surprise in Finals. Certainly nailing 3 DDS (including a large “all in” to start) helped, but he also had the highest Coryat and correctly answered FJ once again.
This is a prime example of a good FJ question.
I’ve noticed something odd. At the end of the first round, Londyn asked for the clue value, but at the end of the second round, Alex just started reading the clue. This was a good game, but why is there an inconsistency with the last clue?
Not really that odd, many times for the last clue Alex will jump in with “Now the last clue” as he did tonight in DJ!, but not always, as in the J! round. I’m sure it’s based on no more than whether or not he notices it’s the last clue.
Well this was quite an upset. That means Marshall has more of a chance tomorrow than I thought.
Great Game Nibir! All of the participants in this game, “had game” today. Great Match. It shows what can happen when you get all three D.D. Best of luck in the finals.
I have to say, I hate to see someone on a roll leave a category after getting 3 in a row correct. There is something intimidating about someone on a roll. Your brain is honed in.
You run a category, then get to pick where you want to go. Over the years, I’ve observed it can be dizzying for opponents.
For the 4/14 episode, there was a clue about a right angle triangle, sides 3, 4, 5. The question was what is 6? I missed the clue detail and deleted the episode too quickly. No luck on Google on this, unknown to me, relationship. What was the clue?
“A congruent number is a positive integer that can be the area of a rational right triangle; in the case of the right triangle with the measurements of 3, 4, and 5, this is the congruent number”
So, 6 is the area of a right triangle with lengths 3, 4, and 5 (3 times 4 divided by 2 is 6).
Andy Saunders: Thanks so much!
This was simply new terminology for me: In the’60s, for right triangles, I learned the area as (Base x Height)/2. New-new math?
Thanks again, time to make a donation!
When did they stop having the Live audience? I just notices and I realize it is because of Covid19.
My other question is who are the people who come on stage after Double Jeopardy and what do they do?
The episodes taped without an audience haven’t begun airing yet.