Today’s Final Jeopardy – Thursday, May 7, 2020

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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Influential Writing) for Thursday, May 7, 2020:

Its second line is “All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope & Czar, Metternich & Guizot…”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

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Today’s contestants:

Brad Rutter, an actor & producer from Los Angeles, California

Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington

James Holzhauer, a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada

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Correct response: What is The Communist Manifesto?

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More information about Final Jeopardy:

Originally written by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, The Communist Manifesto is an 1848 work that was released around the time of the Revolutions of 1848, where a number of European countries saw political upheaval and the middle and working classes revolting against the European monarchies. Its more famous opening line is “A specture is haunting Europe—the spectre of communism”.

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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!

Scores going into Final:
James 32,400
Ken 22,000
Brad 7,200

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Tonight’s results:
Brad 7,200 + 7,200 = 14,400 (What is The Communist Manifesto?)
Ken 22,000 + 18,000 = 40,000 (What is The Communist Manifesto? [hammer and sickle drawing])
James 32,400 + 11,914 = 44,314 (What is The Communist Manifesto?)

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Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
James 9,600
Ken 3,200
Brad 1,200

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Daily Double locations:
1) SHORT STORY SYLLABUS 600 (clue #4)
James 800 +1000 (Ken 0 Brad 1800)
2) AROUND THE WORLD 2000 (clue #11)
James 13600 +13600 (Ken 7600 Brad 4400)
3) THE GREATEST OF ALL MINDS 2000 (clue #13)
Ken 8400 +8400 (James 27200 Brad 4400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 300

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Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: 0

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Game Stats:
James 20,400 Coryat, 28 correct, 2 incorrect, 49.12% in first on buzzer (28/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Ken 15,600 Coryat, 18 correct, 1 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Brad 7,200 Coryat, 10 correct, 2 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: 43,200
Lach Trash: 5,400 (on 4 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): 5,400

James Holzhauer, career statistics:
1377 correct, 49 incorrect
41/44 on rebound attempts
55.53% in first on buzzer (1256/2262)
80/86 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 691,588)
38/40 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 29,050

Ken Jennings, career statistics:
3002 correct, 300 incorrect
110/137 on rebound attempts
58.29% in first on buzzer (2903/4980)
146/176 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 473,799)
57/86 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 26,264

Brad Rutter, career statistics:
733 correct, 83 incorrect
41/44 on rebound attempts
40.60% in first on buzzer (693/1707)
43/52 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 62,300)
17/28 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 18,727
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