Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Fantastic Beasts) for Monday, December 7, 2020 (Season 37, Game 61):
Symbols of strength in the Bible include Behemoth & this horned creature, perhaps an extinct wild ox, which the KJV mentions 9 times
(correct response beneath the contestants)
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Today’s contestants:
John Vigna, a communications manager from Los Angeles, California
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Amy Kimmel, a career counselor originally from Bend, Oregon
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Katherine Ryan, a nonprofit executive originally from Chapel Hill, North Carolina (1-day total: $22,801)
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Correct response: What is a unicorn?
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When talking about unicorns in the Biblical sense, the animal in question is also known as the re’em, or the aurochs/oryx (the aurochs became extinct in the 17th century). However, the King James Version unequivocally translates this to “unicorn” (Numbers 23:22, Numbers 24:8, Deuteronomy 33:17, Job 39:9, Job 39:10, Psalm 22:21, Psalm 29:6, Psalm 92:10, Isaiah 34:7); there are zero citations of any of “re’em”, “aurochs”, or “oryx” in the King James Version. A source of confusion between the double-horned aurochs and what is ostensibly a single-horned unicorn would be that depictions of the animal were only done in profile (meaning, the second horn of the aurochs was not portrayed). Today, the term “unicorn” refers to a legendary, beast with a single, pointed, spiral horn protruding from its forehead; most modern depictions give a rare and magical quality to the unicorn.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
John $22,000
Katherine $16,400
Amy $9,800
Tonight’s results:
Amy $9,800 – $9,700 = $100 (What is a manticore?)
Katherine $16,400 – $16,400 = $0 (What is a Gorgon?)
John $22,000 – $10,801 = $11,199 (What is the Jus Beast) (1-day total: $11,199)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
John $6,600
Amy $3,800
Katherine $1,800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) BRIDGES $800 (clue #19)
John 3800 +800 (Katherine 1000 Amy 1600)
2) PLANETARY EXTREMES $1600 (clue #5)
John 9000 +3000 (Katherine 2600 Amy 3800)
3) OXFORD’S VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS $2000 (clue #29, $800 left on board)
Katherine 7800 +7800 (Amy 9800 John 22000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 154
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 115 (1.89 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
John $20,600 Coryat, 26 correct, 2 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 1/3 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Amy $9,800 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Katherine $10,600 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $41,000
Lach Trash: $7,600 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $5,400
Katherine Ryan, career statistics:
31 correct, 5 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
27.19% in first on buzzer (31/114)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $9,800)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,600
Amy Kimmel, career statistics:
12 correct, 3 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,800
John Vigna, career statistics:
26 correct, 3 incorrect
1/3 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,800)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,600
John Vigna, to win:
2 games: 67.163%
3: 45.109%
4: 30.297%
5: 20.348%
6: 13.667%
Avg. streak: 3.045 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today saw another situation where a player’s overbet in Final Jeopardy! cost them victory; any bet between $3,201 and $5,200 would have worked just fine for Katherine—and would have won her the game.
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Lots of people are home, bored, and can probably cut and maintain it on their own.