Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Men of Medicine) for Wednesday, December 23, 2020 (Season 24, Game 14):
After giving birth in Paris, American Marjorie Karmel wrote “Thank You” him & co-founded an organization now named for him
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In memory of Alex Trebek, today is the third episode in a series of two weeks of Alex’s favorite episodes from around the world. Today’s episode featured a category about the U.S. Air Force with Alex on location, and originally aired September 27, 2007. Alex’s last episode airs Friday, January 8, 2021; Ken Jennings’ first episode as guest host airs on January 11.
Today’s contestants:
Richard Johnson, a foreign affairs officer from Washington, D.C.
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Lateefah Torrence, a writer from New York, New York
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Kevin Martin, an emergency room physician from Bowling Green, Ohio (1-day total: $17,800)
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Correct response: Who is Fernand Lamaze?
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Inspired by what he observed in the Soviet Union. Dr. Fernand Lamaze began teaching his method of psychoprophylaxis in Paris. Ideally, it strives to eliminate the pain of childbirth through educating expectant mothers about the processes of labor, relaxation responses to contractions, and breathing exercises designed to interfere with the transmission of pain signals. Marjorie Karmel, after her own experience using Lamaze’s techniques, wrote Thank You, Dr. Lamaze in 1959 and founded what is now Lamaze International (originally the American Society for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics) with Elisabeth Bing one year later.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Richard $18,300
Lateefah $8,000
Kevin $5,200
Tonight’s results:
Kevin $5,200 – $3,000 = $2,200 (Who is Hi Mom Mont Carmel)
Lateefah $8,000 + $0 = $8,000 (Who is Lamaze)
Richard $18,300 – $2,000 = $16,300 (Who is Spock?) (1-day total: $16,300)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Richard $12,500
Kevin $2,400
Lateefah $800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) MUSEUMS $600 (clue #9)
Richard 3800 +1500 (Kevin 0 Lateefah 0)
2) IT’S 1999 $2000 (clue #7)
Richard 15300 -3500 (Kevin 2800 Lateefah 800)
3) ANAGRAMMED SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS $1600 (clue #29, $2000 left on board)
Richard 17800 +500 (Kevin 5200 Lateefah 8000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 19
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Game Stats:
Richard $22,000 Coryat, 33 correct, 2 incorrect, 54.39% in first on buzzer (31/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Lateefah $8,000 Coryat, 8 correct, 0 incorrect, 12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Kevin $5,200 Coryat, 9 correct, 2 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $35,200
Lach Trash: $12,200 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,600
Kevin Martin, career statistics:
29 correct, 6 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (32/114)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,000
Lateefah Torrence, career statistics:
9 correct, 0 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,000
Richard Johnson, career statistics:
33 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
54.39% in first on buzzer (31/57)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,500)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $22,000
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Sorry for this belated comment re-
garding yesterday’s FJ! clue: I won-
der if Henry Kissinger’s apparently-
accidental 1970 reference to the
familiar children’s rhyme and to the
Robert Penn Warren novel (“…All
the king’s horses and all the king’s
men could not put Humpty Dumpty back
together again”) was a purely unwit-
ting one, or if, perhaps, he was
subconsciously aware of the Humpty
Dumpty and “All The King’s Men” con-
nections. In either case, he de-
served credit from Woodward and
Bernstein for inspiring a memorably
ironic book title.
I do not understand the clue. That is a terribly written clue.
I thought so too. It made no sense to me.
Think of it as a fill in the blank: she wrote “Thank you ______.”
Wednesday, Dec. 23 The U.S. Air Force: USO Tour to Japan (Original Airdate: 09/27/07)
As good as he looked Richard Johnston only won one game, this one. Go figure.
Well, now the clue was updated since I first read it.