Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Historic Documents) for Tuesday, November 24, 2020 (Season 37, Game 52):
One of the liberties listed in this: “No man shall be forced to perform more service for a knight’s ‘fee’…than is due from it”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
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Today’s contestants:
Jennifer Rosenberg, a lawyer from Walnut Creek, California![]() |
Matt McDaniel, a director of programming from Los Angeles, California![]() |
Henry Baer, a software engineer from Lafayette, California (1-day total: $31,000)![]() |
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Correct response: What is the Magna Carta?
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The Magna Carta was signed in 1215 between a group of English barons and King John; John had been ruling England essentially by “force and will”, often taking arbitrary decisions. Angry at the constant increase in taxes that King John was fund unsuccessful wars in France, the barons began organizing resistance against the King, and the Magna Carta was the set of demands from the barons which became their peace agreement with King John. It is still seen today as the foundation of much of the common law system used in England and many former British colonies. The agreement was revised many times over the next few decades, with the 1297 version remaining in force today. The clause from today’s clue is from Clause 16 of the Magna Carta.
The full text is available from the British Library.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Henry $25,400
Matt $9,600
Jennifer $8,800
Tonight’s results:
Jennifer $8,800 + $8,800 = $17,600 (What is Magna Carta?)
Matt $9,600 + $8,100 = $17,700 (What is the Magna Carta?)
Henry $25,400 + $5,000 = $30,400 (What is the Magna Carta?) (2-day total: $61,400)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Henry $8,600
Matt $4,000
Jennifer $1,200
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Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) BODIES OF WATER $200 (clue #1)
Henry 0 +1000 (Matt 0 Jennifer 0)
2) RELIGION $1600 (clue #15)
Henry 13000 +4000 (Matt 6800 Jennifer 3200)
3) BOOKS & AUTHORS $2000 (clue #19)
Henry 20600 +2000 (Matt 6800 Jennifer 3600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 140
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 115 (2.21 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Henry $22,200 Coryat, 25 correct, 1 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Matt $9,600 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Jennifer $8,800 Coryat, 12 correct, 3 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $40,600
Lach Trash: $5,800 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,600
Henry Baer, career statistics:
41 correct, 2 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
28.95% in first on buzzer (33/114)
5/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $13,200)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,200
Matt McDaniel, career statistics:
18 correct, 2 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,600
Jennifer Rosenberg, career statistics:
13 correct, 3 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,800
Henry Baer, to win:
3 games: 73.173%
4: 53.542%
5: 39.178%
6: 28.668%
7: 20.977%
Avg. streak: 4.728 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- This is the first time since December 20, 2019 where the Jeopardy! round Daily Double was in the first row of the board.
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I swear any time the correct response is a historical document and it’s clearly not an American one, it’s the Magna Carta.
“Knight” and “Historic Documents” should make it a triple solve. But then again….ancient European history….??
I don’t mean to be rude, but how come you’re not posting each week’s contestants anymore?
I was noticing that putting up the pictures was overall detrimental to traffic on the game posts; thus, I stopped.
I believe Henry is the first since James to win over $30,000 in each of their first two games, so congrats to him! Hopefully, he’ll continue to do well.
There was a champ named Ed Condon that won 30K plus 2 games in a row, but he lost game 3. Other than him, I think Henry is the first. Henry certainly seemed more comfortable with the buzzer today. I like him, and hope he makes it to 5 games.
Given recent history, don’t bet on it Jason.