Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Broadway Revivals) for Friday, December 11, 2020 (Season 37, Game 65):
Ads for the 2020 revival of this musical said “Something’s coming. Something good”; a new movie version is also coming
(correct response beneath the contestants)
We may have lost Alex, but the show must go on. Alex wouldn’t want it any other way. Please, let’s remember him over the next few weeks of banked episodes, and then afford him the same respect to his successors that we afforded Alex when he replaced Art Fleming in 1984. Alex’s last episode airs Friday, January 8, 2021; Ken Jennings’ first episode as guest host airs on January 11.
Today’s contestants:
Kate Freeman, a financial analyst originally from Lake Orion, Michigan
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Nizar Abdalla, a finance manager from San Mateo, California
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Kendra Blanchette, a registered dietician from Elk Grove, California (2-day total: $40,601)
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Correct response: What is West Side Story?
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Before being put on hiatus due to COVID-19 in March, the 2020 revival of Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim’s West Side Story saw all of 24 performances. The film version from Steven Spielberg, set to be released in December 2020, has been pushed back to December 2021. The story is an imagining of Romeo and Juliet in the Upper West Side of New York in the 1950s, detailing a rivalry between the Jets and Sharks gangs. (“Something’s Coming” is a well-known song from Act I of the musical.)
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Kate $12,000
Kendra $9,200
Nizar $1,800
Tonight’s results:
Nizar $1,800 – $1,785 = $15 (What is Wicked?)
Kendra $9,200 – $5,500 = $3,700 (What is Sweet Charity?)
Kate $12,000 – $6,401 = $5,599 (What is Wicked) (1-day total: $5,599)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Kendra $4,800
Kate $3,600
Nizar $1,800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) QUOTABLE WOMEN $800 (clue #23)
Kendra 4400 -1000 (Nizar 2600 Kate 3200)
2) “A” “P” HISTORY $1600 (clue #4)
Nizar 3800 -2000 (Kendra 5200 Kate 3600)
3) PLANTS & FLOWERS $2000 (clue #28, $1200 left on board)
Nizar 3800 -2000 (Kendra 8000 Kate 12000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -128
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 115 (1.77 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Kate $12,000 Coryat, 17 correct, 3 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 1/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Kendra $10,200 Coryat, 18 correct, 2 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Nizar $5,800 Coryat, 13 correct, 7 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $28,000
Lach Trash: $10,400 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $15,600
Kendra Blanchette, career statistics:
63 correct, 7 incorrect
9/10 on rebound attempts (on 19 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (54/171)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,000
Nizar Abdalla, career statistics:
13 correct, 8 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$4,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,800
Kate Freeman, career statistics:
17 correct, 4 incorrect
1/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,000
Kate Freeman, to win:
2 games: 38.008%
3: 14.446%
4: 5.490%
5: 2.087%
6: 0.793%
Avg. streak: 1.613 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I liked how Kate had the presence of mind to respond in THE MOVIE’S TITLE QUESTION $1200 with just the title of the film—because it was already in question form. This is definitely allowed.
- Because this always seems to come up, I would like to unequivocally state that from what I heard, the responses to all of the clues were within the bounds of the show’s rules when it comes to phrasing in form of a question.
- Kendra’s best chances of winning come if she bets between $2,801 and $3,599 in Final Jeopardy.
- Interestingly, this episode taped the day after Tampa Bay won the 2020 Stanley Cup, so Kate’s interview would have been very fresh.
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I have the song on my phone.
Maybe somebody will get this one. Lately the FJ! results were rather, well, not so on the mark.
Have a nice weekend y’all!!!
Well, the third total whipeout this week.
wipeout, sorry.
Unfortunately, I got this one…I’d heard about the movie revival 🙁
The line in the ad is straight out of the song. 60 Minutes did a story back in early 2020, or maybe even late 2019, about the stage revival. Very interesting concepts for staging. Hope the revival does indeed come back once Broadway re-opens.
I would think someone should get this, but i have been surprised by some clues that have turned into Triple Stumpers, on things that i thought at least one of the contestants should know. I guess some things are easier to remember if you have lived through them, or remember them from growing up.
Odd game. All 3 players with the exact same first-on-buzzer percentage, Nizar having the same outcome as Gabriel yesterday, Nizar having DD deja vu 24 clues apart, and a strong champ losing on a Friday. Have a good weekend.
I grew up in that neighborhood in that decade, went to all of Bernstein’s children’s concerts and know every song, knew it immediately.
This was an easy one for me… I’ve seen the play 4 times & own the original cast recording 🙂
Officially, the title “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” doesn’t carry a question mark, since in some circles in show biz having a question mark on a title is considered bad luck. So technically the title is actually just a statement, as in “We’re gonna find out who framed Roger Rabbit.” But it works just as well as a question for Jeopardy purposes.
I kinda knew, only by reason of deduction….
I don’t mean to be rude or impatient, but when will Zach Newkirk come back? It’s been 13 weeks and we still haven’t seen him.
Considering we’re in the middle of a pandemic, I think you’re being both rude AND impatient.
Yeah, sorry about that.
Also, did Nizar do the same thing as Gabriel in the previous game when it comes to their wagers in Final?