Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Statues) for Friday, January 22, 2021 (Season 37, Game 85):
Statues honoring this man who was killed in 1779 can be found in Waimea, Kauai & in Whitby, England
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Today’s contestants:
Jack Weller, a law student from Stanford, California
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Maggie Houska, a prospect researcher from Chanhassen, Minnesota
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Brian Chang, an attorney from Chicago, Illinois (3-day total: $50,502)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Brian had had three very similar scores in his first three games — the standard deviation in the prediction model is surprisingly low. Two of his games have been runaways. With his scores so far, the chances are that Brian would need two more wins for Tournament of Champions qualification. Will Maggie and Jack be able to dethrone him?
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Correct response: Who is Captain James Cook?
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English explorer Captain James Cook was killed in Hawaii in 1779 while attempting to kidnap Hawaiian monarch Kalaniʻōpuʻu; previously, he had gained acclaim in England for his mapping of many islands in the Pacific. Cook had served an apprenticeship in the Whitby area in the 1740s.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Brian $18,800
Jack $18,800
Maggie $10,000
Tonight’s results:
Maggie $10,000 – $10,000 = $0 (Who is Crispus Attucks?)
Jack $18,800 + $18,800 = $37,600 (Who is Captain Cook?)
Brian $18,800 + $18,800 = $37,600 (Who is Cook?) (4-day total: $88,102)
Tiebreaker category: HISTORY
Tiebreaker clue: In October 1961 Stalin’s body was removed from display in this other man’s tomb
Tiebreaker correct response: Who is (Vladimir) Lenin?
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Brian $6,000
Jack $4,800
Maggie $2,800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) DISASTROUS TEAMS? $1000 (clue #27)
Brian 4800 +1000 (Maggie 2400 Jack 4800)
2) LIT-POURRI $1200 (clue #18)
Jack 7600 +4000 (Brian 13600 Maggie 8000)
3) DUNGEONS & DRAGONS $1200 (clue #21, $12800 left on board)
Jack 13200 +4000 (Brian 13600 Maggie 8000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 104
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 150 (1.76 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Jack $13,200 Coryat, 15 correct, 1 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 4/4 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Brian $18,800 Coryat, 25 correct, 3 incorrect, 47.37% in first on buzzer (27/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Maggie $10,000 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $42,000
Lach Trash: $7,000 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $5,000
Brian Chang, career statistics:
97 correct, 11 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 15 rebound opportunities)
41.96% in first on buzzer (94/224)
6/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,700)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,850
Maggie Houska, career statistics:
13 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,000
Jack Weller, career statistics:
16 correct, 1 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,200
Brian Chang, to win:
5 games: 52.262%
6: 27.314%
7: 14.275%
8: 7.460%
9: 3.899%
Avg. streak: 5.095 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- This is the third regular-play tiebreaker since the rules were changed in regular play providing for a tiebreaker after a tied Final Jeopardy! in November 2014.
- If you are in third place and the top two players are tied, the absolute worst thing to do is wager everything in Final Jeopardy!; at best, you’re reducing your chances of victory; at worst, you’re going viral.
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Hate the current tiebreaker. Winner determined by speed of buzzer. It was obvious both contestants knew the answer. A harder question here would have been nice too.
As they say in computing: this is a feature, not a bug.
I think it’s safe to say that over half the questions on this show are known by more than one contestant, and it therefore comes down to “speed of buzzer”. So in that way, the tiebreaker is very consistent with the rest of the show. If you don’t care for “speed of buzzer” impacting the results, this isn’t the right show for you.
I now think J! has a tiebreaker to give more contestants a chance to play. The show makes more than enough money to pay both winners their money
I really enjoy the tiebreaker. The only possible adjustment would to make it 2 out of 3, but that would probably take too much time.
A fun read about the history of ties and the tiebreaker on J!:
https://www.theringer.com/platform/amp/tv/2021/1/23/22245900/jeopardy-tiebreaker-scenario-rules-changes