Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Country Names) for Wednesday, November 4, 2020 (Season 37, Game 38):
5 U.N. member countries have one-syllable names: Chad, Laos, & these 3 in Europe
(correct response beneath the contestants)
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Today’s contestants:
Paloma Thombley, an HR director from San Francisco, California
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Keoni Rodriguez, an undergraduate student at Stanford from San Diego, California
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Devin Rossiter, an academic coach from Bakersfield, California (1-day total: $25,405)
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Correct response: What are France, Spain, and Greece?
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I’m not really sure what else to say about this Final: it seems self-explanatory, albeit particularly difficult, in my opinion. Kudos to anyone who can get around the map of Europe and have time to write them all down in 30 seconds.
In the aftermath of yesterday’s events, with all of the valid votes cast that still need to be counted, I am hopeful that the pre-emptions won’t be too widespread over the coming days and weeks.
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Scores going into Final:
Keoni $18,400
Devin $13,400
Paloma $3,600
Tonight’s results:
Paloma $3,600 – $3,500 = $100 (What are France Spain and ?)
Devin $13,400 + $13,399 = $26,799 (What are Spain, France & Greece?) (2-day total: $52,204)
Keoni $18,400 – $10,000 = $8,400 (What is Spain, France &)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Devin $6,600
Keoni $4,600
Paloma $800
Opening break taken after: 16 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) U.S. ISLANDS $400 (clue #7)
Devin 400 +1000 (Keoni 1600 Paloma 1200)
2) HERE’S THE PLAY $1600 (clue #4)
Devin 8600 -800 (Keoni 3800 Paloma 400)
3) ANTHROPOLOGY $800 (clue #26)
Keoni 11400 +7000 (Devin 13400 Paloma 3600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 152
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: AUTOMAKER FOR THE PEOPLE $1000 THE HOLE TRUTH $1000
DJ! Round: ANTHROPOLOGY $400 HE’S OUT! $1200 $1600 $2000
Total Left On Board: $7,200
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 104 (2.74 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Devin $13,600 Coryat, 21 correct, 1 incorrect, 35.29% in first on buzzer (18/51), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Keoni $12,200 Coryat, 14 correct, 3 incorrect, 31.37% in first on buzzer (16/51), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Paloma $3,600 Coryat, 7 correct, 3 incorrect, 19.61% in first on buzzer (10/51), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $29,400
Lach Trash: $11,000 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,400
Devin Rossiter, career statistics:
46 correct, 4 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
40.57% in first on buzzer (43/106)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,700)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,600
Keoni Rodriguez, career statistics:
14 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
31.37% in first on buzzer (16/51)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,200
Paloma Thombley, career statistics:
7 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
19.61% in first on buzzer (10/51)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $3,600
Devin Rossiter, to win:
3 games: 55.009%
4: 30.260%
5: 16.646%
6: 9.157%
7: 5.037%
Avg. streak: 3.223 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I hope that people across North America with speech disorders can look at Keoni and feel encouraged about being able to get onto Jeopardy! and do as well as Keoni did.
- Full marks to Devin for getting all three countries down in order to claim victory.
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I’ve been on the record many, many times saying I HATE HATE these types of FJ! categories…it’s a ridiculous speed race to go through the countries, and hopefully get lucky and start in the right area. The outcome should never come down to these types of clues. Of course given enough time, everyone will come up with ‘em. It’s a bush way to determine a winner. Hate it. (I know, it’s “fair”… it’s the same for all three.)
I agree with you on this one.
Only works in English. The names in their own language (Spain and Greece have more than one syllable (Reino de Espana, Hellas/Ellada)…sorry, don’t have the tilde for the “n” in Espana” on my keyboard….only France fits the bill. Although it is officially also the “French Republic”.
Would Wales also be correct?
If Wales is a UN member, that’s certainly news to me.
Wales would be part of the U.K. or Great Britain, so not an independent member of the UN. In college, I had an exchange professor from Wales who told me that “the Welsh are simply the Irish who couldn’t swim.” Great political quote.
Seriously? In what world is Laos one syllable? Unless you pronounce it like it is spelled “louse”? Which sounds rude and dismissive.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Laos gives “ˈlau̇s” as the pronunciation.
And yet, anyone from Laos is usually referred to as “Lay-oh-shun”, not “Lah-oh-shun”.
I’m a believer in Devin. Strong player.
If it is the French Republic not France why is Czech Republic not a correct answer
https://www.un.org/en/member-states/
Because it’s France per the UN and Czech Republic per the UN.
Still, the short form is Czechia.
That was a simple and straightforward Final along the lines of: How many African countries have four-letter names in English? Answer: Chad, Mali, Togo. Or how many US states have four-letter names? Answer: Iowa, Ohio, Utah. And so on. You do not have to come up with the answer in 30 seconds since you had a lifetime to think about it.
Funny, I’ve lived one of those lifetimes (for quite a while now), and I’ve never thought about it. I guess I don’t know what I’m missing! 🙂
Thanks Andy for you comment about Keoni and speech disorders. As someone who stutters, I know firsthand that in spite of some degree of improved awareness, those with speech disorders often are often perceived as being intellectually deficient. Clearly, Keoni disproved that misconception! I’m glad he did well and had it not been for that unfortunate tough FJ he would have won!
I came up with it instantaneously. Statistically, it’s shown that, compared to younger people, older individuals have slower response times in matters of recollection. Are there some The Jeopardy! Fan demographics that could shed some light on some of the comments here today?
While that may be true, you can only “re-collect” that which you have already “collected” in the first place.
And Paloma and Keoni don’t look like they’re going to be hearing from AARP anytime soon.
In Los Angeles ABC7 pushed back this week’s episodes a day due to election coverage, and then delayed this episode again for a special report update, so it finally aired at 1:07 a.m. Friday morning. Friday’s ep will air Saturday at 9 pm (assuming a football game or something doesn’t bump against it)