Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category European Borders) for Thursday, April 9, 2020 (Season 36, Episode 154):
Barely changed since a 1297 agreement, the border between these 2 countries is called La Raya on one side & A Raia on the other
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Xiaoke Ying, a sophomore at the University of Southern California from Arcadia, California
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Beni Keown, a freshman at Northwestern University from Evanston, Illinois
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Joe Coker, a junior at Hendrix College from Conway, Arkansas
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Correct response: What are Spain & Portugal?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
The border between Spain and Portugal was set by the 1297 Treaty of Alcañices and is one of the world’s oldest. It’s also the longest uninterrupted border in the European Union and has been an open border most of the time since both countries signed the Schengen Agreement in June 1991. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to Portugal and Spain reintroducing border checks in order to prevent the virus from traveling. Interestingly, differing interpretations of the Congress of Vienna in 1815 has led to the town of Olivenza being claimed by both countries.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Joe $15,200
Beni $14,800
Xiaoke $6,400
Tonight’s results:
Xiaoke $6,400 + $6,400 = $12,800 (What are Portugal & Spain?)
Beni $14,800 + $1,000 = $15,800 (What is the Spain and Portugal border?)
Joe $15,200 + $15,000 = $30,200 (What are Spain & Portugal) (Semi-Finalist)
Wild card standings:
Monday: Marshall Comeaux, $17,599
Tuesday: Nathaniel Miller, $24,001
Wednesday: Londyn Lorenz, $20,801
Thursday: Joe Coker, $30,200
Friday:
1. Kayla Kalhor, $16,501, 100% to advance
2. Beni Keown, $15,800, 100% to advance
3. Xiaoke Ying, $12,800, 85.547% to advance
4. Emma Farrell, $6,799, 9.723% to advance
5. Sophie Casarico, $6,400
6. Kylie Weaver, $2,000
7. Sirad Hassan, $100
8. Alistair Gray, $1
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Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Beni $5,200
Joe $3,400
Xiaoke $2,000
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) RETURNS $600 (clue #18)
Beni 2000 -2000 (Joe 3200 Xiaoke 1800)
2) PARTY IN THE USA $1200 (clue #16)
Joe 9000 +5000 (Beni 10000 Xiaoke 4000)
3) CHEMISTRY $1200 (clue #25)
Beni 13600 -4000 (Joe 17200 Xiaoke 6400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -74
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 332 (2.16 per episode average), 5 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Joe $11,400 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Beni $20,800 Coryat, 24 correct, 4 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Xiaoke $6,400 Coryat, 10 correct, 1 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $38,600
Lach Trash: $7,200 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,200
Joe Coker, career statistics:
18 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,400
Beni Keown, career statistics:
25 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$6,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,800
Xiaoke Ying, career statistics:
11 correct, 1 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,400
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Maybe all the contestants will get it, but to me this is by far the hardest Final of the week. In the first week of a tournament where wild cards are at stake, it seems like a disservice to the players if all the Finals don’t have somewhat similar levels of difficulty.
See, for me, I found it easy. “La Raya” sounded Spanish and knowing “A Raia” certainly isn’t French, Portugal was the next best guess (because frankly, the Spain-Andorra border would be out-of-place anywhere outside of a super-tournament Final Jeopardy).
I agree. They both sounded Spanish and Portuguese right away. On top of that they are few countries that have been around that long in stable format and both Spain and Portugal had a strong navy before the time of Columbus.
There is a distinction to be made that watching the show to hear Alex read the clue is superior for solving the it compared to reading it only.
Clearly my assessment of the FJ difficulty was misplaced. Very glad to see that all the contestants got it right. As far as FJ misses in the first three days, I think those of us who have been watching Jeopardy since before these college students were born, have learned to pick up on particular wording or subtle hints in the FJ clues. The young people competing this week probably don’t have that level of experience yet.
The moment I saw Spanish side by side with Portuguese in FJ, I knew. And all 3 players got it too.
LOVED seeing Joe go almost all in with his wager – very “James-y” move.
Another category that could/should have named differently. More a language category imo. And as Andy I did not find it difficult at all. The toughest so far was yesterday I think since it was a several step/deduction solution. The rest was pretty easy (i.e. “Salem” being in J so often and all you had to know today was Spanish and/or Portuguese).
Looking forward to watch! Though Joe and Beni finished very close entering FJ, Beni missing two DDs and Joe nailing his caused a $11,000 swing that made it close. Had Beni made both and Joe missed his, it would have been: Beni $26,800 to Joe’s $5,200! But now all 3 contestants today look good, Joe certainly with the likely highest score of all semifinalists with both Beni and Xiaoke getting wildcards.
What a wager by Joe! Almost unnecessary because even if he bet nothing, he would’ve been a guaranteed semifinalist.
Maybe he knows Europe very well and felt extremely confident with the category? But certainly a huge wager and with the J! writers …..you never know how they could twist a category into something completely different than it looks like!
Very true. Similar to what Alistair tried to do yesterday with the Daily Double.
Yeah I thought Beni’s wager was well thought out given the risks. Having between 10,000 and 14,000 at the end of Double Jeopardy! is absolutely the worst position because it might not be enough to even get a wild card. I would rather have 75,000 and bet it all in Final because the wagering would be easier.
I meant 7,500 not 75,000 lol
I totally agree with Mark Barrett. Hearing Alex read the clue makes a huge difference.
This was a no-brainer for me. Many years ago I traveled around Europe, starting with Portugal, where I chatted with someone in a park speaking Spanish but understanding the Portuguese because years earlier I did a journalism project on how South American newspapers covered JFK’s assassination . The biggest difference is the nasalization of vowels instead of pronouncing the Spanish N. French also is nasal, contrasted with Italian.
Glad Beni got through.Deserved it.
UF’s Kayla advances! Yay!
In my opinion, there seems to be a big difference in the difficulty in the Final Jeopardy! clues and this could be a big difference for wild cards. The American writers category was the most difficult (I am Canadian though).
By the way, it seemed like this show was more tilted towards foreign geography and history (categories about spring break hot spots, European history, Don Quixote and European borders). I would prefer theae categories but I would agree with somebody who thought that the categories were a little uneven.
I thought Joe played the “game” very well today. He bid $5,000 on a Daily double in a category he knew. He didn’t buzz in when he wasn’t sure of the answer in categories where he was not confident.
Sure Beni got a lot of questions correct, but he was constantly up and down with his score. His large bids in categories, as it turned out, were ones in which he was overconfident. That’s why, no offense intended, SOMETIMES the coryat is bullshit.
Joe knew his categories, knew when to bid big, knew when to go for it. Yes, Beni answered more questions, but Joe played the better game.
Absolutely…gotta know when to hold them, know when to fold them!
Me, I wanted to know what “La Raya” and “A Raia” meant (stripe, border, line). I knew someone claiming to get it right would say they had something to do with Portugal or Spain. Happens every time. Sounded and looked Spanish and was in Europe. What else could it be? Duh…