Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Wonders of the Modern World) for Monday, August 17, 2020 (Season 36, Episode 151):
Nicknamed “The Big Ditch”, in 2014 this modern wonder celebrated its 100th anniversary
This episode originally aired on April 6, 2020.
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Today’s contestants:
Sirad Hassan, a senior at Princeton University from Frederick, Maryland
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Emma Farrell, a senior at Carnegie Mellon University from Telford, Pennsylvania
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Marshall Comeaux, a sophomore at the University of Texas at Austin from Dallas, Texas
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Correct response: What is the Panama Canal?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Construction of the Panama Canal took nearly a decade; the original plan was to build a sea-level canal across Panama. However, that was judged to be futile by the project’s second engineer, railroad builder John Frank Stephens. It was then decided to build an inland lake 85 feet above sea level which would be accessed by a series of locks. The canal finally opened to traffic in 1914 and it revolutionized world transportation, as ships no longer needed to go around South America to go between the eastern and western coasts of North America by sea.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Emma $12,200
Marshall $8,800
Sirad $2,600
Tonight’s results:
Sirad $2,600 – $2,500 = $100 (What is No mans land)
Marshall $8,800 + $8,799 = $17,599 (What is the Panama Canal??) (Semi-Finalist)
Emma $12,200 – $5,401 = $6,799 (What is the Hoover Dam)
Wild card standings:
Monday: Marshall Comeaux, $17,599
Tuesday:
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Thursday:
Friday:
1. Emma Farrell, $6,799, 6.766% to advance
2. Sirad Hassan, $100, 0.001% to advance
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Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Emma $9,400
Sirad $1,000
Marshall $1,000
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) MAMMALS $800 (clue #17)
Emma 4000 +2000 (Marshall 800 Sirad 200)
2) OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IN COMMON $1600 (clue #1)
Marshall 1000 +1000 (Emma 9400 Sirad 1000)
3) WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR? $2000 (clue #5)
Marshall 800 +2000 (Emma 8200 Sirad -1000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 200
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 332 (2.20 per episode average), 5 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Marshall $9,400 Coryat, 18 correct, 6 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
Emma $11,000 Coryat, 20 correct, 6 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 5/6 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
Sirad $2,600 Coryat, 11 correct, 4 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $23,000
Lach Trash: $16,000 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $15,000
Marshall Comeaux, career statistics:
19 correct, 6 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,400
Emma Farrell, career statistics:
20 correct, 7 incorrect
5/6 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,000
Sirad Hassan, career statistics:
11 correct, 5 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $2,600
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