Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Shakespeare’s Plays) for Thursday, August 27, 2020 (Season 36, Episode 159):
An account of a deposed Duke of Genoa in a 1549 “History of Italy” is a presumed source for this play
This episode originally aired on April 16, 2020.
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Today’s contestants:
Xiaoke Ying, a sophomore at the University of Southern California from Arcadia, California
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Nibir Sarma, a sophomore at the University of Minnesota from Eden Prairie, Minnesota
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Tyler Combs, a senior at Indiana University from Greenfield, Indiana
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Correct response: What is The Tempest?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
William Thomas, who wrote the first English-language book on Italy, 1549’s “History of Italy”, wrote of the politician Prospero Adorno, who was deposed in July 1478 after Prospero attempted to ally with Ferdinand of Aragon and had conversations with Pope Sixtus IV (the Genoese population feared betrayal and deposed him).
The Tempest’s character of Prospero is a Duke of Milan who had been deposed by his brother Antonio (and set out to sea with his daughter Miranda to die). However, Prospero and Miranda survived, while Prospero learned sorcery in order to protect his daughter and control others.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Nibir $25,200
Xiaoke $8,800
Tyler $5,200
Tonight’s results:
Tyler $5,200 – $5,000 = $200 (What is Coriolanus?)
Xiaoke $8,800 – $8,000 = $800 (What is Ot Othello?)
Nibir $25,200 – $3,005 = $22,195 (What is Twelfth Night?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Nibir $6,400
Tyler $4,400
Xiaoke $3,200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) AMERICAN HISTORY $800 (clue #5)
Nibir 1000 -1000 (Tyler 1000 Xiaoke 1000)
2) FRENCH GEOGRAPHY $2000 (clue #2)
Tyler 5600 -2400 (Nibir 5200 Xiaoke 3200)
3) POETRY FOR PHYSICISTS $1200 (clue #8)
Nibir 8000 +8000 (Tyler 4400 Xiaoke 4800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -43
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: THE HIDDEN WORLD OF EMOJIS $200 MOVIE COMEDIES $200
DJ! Round: FRENCH GEOGRAPHY $400 SONGS OF YOUR OLDER SIBLINGS $400
Total Left On Board: $1,200
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 339 (2.13 per episode average), 5 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Nibir $19,400 Coryat, 28 correct, 6 incorrect, 58.49% in first on buzzer (31/53), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Xiaoke $8,800 Coryat, 11 correct, 1 incorrect, 16.98% in first on buzzer (9/53), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Tyler $7,600 Coryat, 10 correct, 3 incorrect, 20.75% in first on buzzer (11/53), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $35,800
Lach Trash: $5,800 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,200
Tyler Combs, career statistics:
58 correct, 9 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
33.53% in first on buzzer (56/167)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,400)
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,533
Nibir Sarma, career statistics:
68 correct, 11 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
40.12% in first on buzzer (67/167)
4/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $13,500)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,533
Xiaoke Ying, career statistics:
35 correct, 4 incorrect
5/5 on rebound attempts (on 18 rebound opportunities)
18.90% in first on buzzer (31/164)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,467
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Because scores earned tomorrow can be doubled in Final Jeopardy, Nibir has an effective lead of $10,697.50 over Xiaoke and $10,997.50 over Tyler.
- The largest deficit overcome to win a College Championship final is $14,800, by Joey Beachum in 2008. Three other tournaments have had deficits of $25,000 or greater overcome: the 10th Anniversary Tournament (Frank Spangenberg was a pre-doubled $13,000 behind Tom Nosek, adjusted to $26,000), the February 2007 Teen Tournament (David Walter was $25,800 behind Ben Schenkel), and the July 2007 Teen Tournament (Meryl Federman was $25,000 behind Greg Peterson).
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Nibir and Tyler came out of the same qualifying game on Friday, 4/10! And now they both made it to the final.
So this is what it’s like to have two people who played each other in a quarterfinal match play in the finals! I know some more instances:
2017 Tournament of Champions (Austin Rogers and Alan Lin)
2018 Teachers Tournament (Claire Bishop and Larry Martin)
2018 Teen Tournament (Emma Arnold and Maya Wright)
2019 Teachers Tournament (Conor Quinn and Sara DelVillano)