Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Ivy League Geography) for Friday, May 22, 2020 (Season 36, Game 175):
This state borders 3 other states with Ivy League schools, but doesn’t have one itself
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Charles Cato, a management consultant from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Morgan Wilbanks, s physician from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
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Shawn Buell, a civil engineer from Zachary, Louisiana (1-day total: $24,801)
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Correct response: What is Vermont?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Vermont, lacking an Ivy of its own, borders New Hampshire (Dartmouth), Massachusetts (Harvard), and New York (Columbia and Cornell). The other 4 Ivies are located in Connecticut (Yale), New Jersey (Princeton), Pennsylvania (Penn), and Rhode Island (Brown).
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Morgan $21,400
Shawn $10,200
Charles $8,200
Tonight’s results:
Charles $8,200 + $8,000 = $16,200 (What is Vermont?)
Shawn $10,200 – $6,201 = $3,999 (What is Connecticut?)
Morgan $21,400 – $0 = $21,400 (What is Connecticut?) (1-day total: $21,400)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Shawn $11,000
Charles $3,000
Morgan $2,600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) WORLD FACTS $600 (clue #18)
Shawn 6000 +3000 (Morgan 1000 Charles 1800)
2) PHYSICS $1200 (clue #15)
Morgan 6600 +6600 (Shawn 9800 Charles 6600)
3) BROADWAY MUSICALS’ OPENING NUMBERS $1200 (clue #20)
Morgan 16000 +5000 (Shawn 8600 Charles 6600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 181
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 363 (2.07 per episode average), 5 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Morgan $12,200 Coryat, 18 correct, 5 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 4/5 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Charles $8,200 Coryat, 13 correct, 4 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
Shawn $7,800 Coryat, 21 correct, 6 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 3/4 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $28,200
Lach Trash: $11,200 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $14,600
Shawn Buell, career statistics:
41 correct, 8 incorrect
4/5 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
35.09% in first on buzzer (40/114)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,600
Morgan Wilbanks, career statistics:
18 correct, 6 incorrect
4/5 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $11,600)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,200
Charles Cato, career statistics:
14 correct, 4 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,200
Morgan Wilbanks, to win:
2 games: 68.102%
3: 46.379%
4: 31.585%
5: 21.510%
6: 14.649%
Avg. streak: 3.135 games.
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This was a pretty easy FJ clue for me, having traveled through New England quite a lot over the last 20+ years.
Though Vermont doesn’t have an Ivy of its own, you can literally walk less than a mile from the Dartmouth campus to Vermont (down the hill and across the bridge spanning the Connecticut River).
I used to forget whether Dartmouth was in New Hampshire or Vermont. It is also the only Ivy League school which is not a university.
That’s correct. Dartmouth is technically a “College.” My guess was Connecticut as well. Not a bad one, but I forgot Yale was there.
Good job Morgan for the runaway!
Actually it wasn’t a runaway. It would have been a tie. Had Morgan wagered zero,Shawn everything (and been right) we would have gone to a tiebreaker.
Sean:
10200 x 2 = 20400, not the 21400 that Morgan had.
What a big turnaround from the J! round to the DJ! round for Morgan, from a distant 3rd with $2,600 to a runaway with $21,400. These two rounds certainly seem unrelated. But wish him well and we’ll see what tomorrow brings!
You’ll have to wait till June 8. The next two weeks are Teachers.
Sorry, just got up and put egg on my face. Miscalculated, it WAS a runaway.
Have a safe and great weekend everybody!
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Wow, Morgan came out of nowhere, and ended up running away with it at the end of Double Jeopardy, and Shawn looked like he had that runaway, too after the Jeopardy Round, but at least he’s leaving with over $24,000.