Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Presidential Elections) for Wednesday, March 17, 2021 (Season 37, Game 123):
In the 1912 election these 2 parties on the left of the political spectrum finished 2nd & 4th, totaling 1/3 of the votes
(correct response beneath the contestants)
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Today’s contestants:
Anthony Jones, a Certified Financial Planner from Falls Church, Virginia
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Morgan Briles, a librarian from Nacogdoches, Texas
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Brendan Sargent, a community organizer originally from Worcester, Massachusetts (1-day total: $7,600)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Brendan survived a very difficult game yesterday, picking up a runaway in his opening game. If he can keep things together today, he’ll be able to pick up a 2nd win today. Champs have seemingly found it more difficult to defend as of late; reports are starting to surface that COVID protocols have extended the taping day slightly and that might make it more difficult to put together a longer streak.
One thing that I would also like to address: There are some viewers who believe that the show is not serious enough in its fundraising efforts (as the show is matching winnings to donate to its guest hosts’ preferred charity) because the clues (giving yesterday’s game as an example) were more difficult in a specific game. I would just like to say that the show, for the sake of fairness, needs to operate a normal competition for the sake of the contestants involved, who are still competing for actual prize money. Making the game easier specifically because money is being matched for charity would also be problematic here.
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Correct response: What are the Progressive Party and the Socialist Party?
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Due to a rift in the Republican Party between 1908 and 1912, both Teddy Roosevelt (representing progressives) and incumbent President William Howard Taft (representing conservatives and running under the Republican ticket) both ran for President in 1912; The Progressives ended up second (Woodrow Wilson and the Democrats won the election due to the Republican split; Taft finished 3rd); Eugene Debs and the Socialist Party picked up 6% of the national popular vote, finishing 4th. The Progressives’ 2nd-place finish is the best modern finish of any third party.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Brendan $16,600
Morgan $14,800
Anthony $5,600
Tonight’s results:
Anthony $5,600 – $5,595 = $5 (What are Democratic & Social Democrat)
Morgan $14,800 + $6,000 = $20,800 (What is Bull Moose Progressive + Socialist) (1-day total: $20,800)
Brendan $16,600 – $13,001 = $3,599 (What is Bull Moose & Democratic?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Morgan $5,800
Brendan $5,600
Anthony $2,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) ALL ALLITERATION $600 (clue #11)
Morgan 1000 +1000 (Brendan 1800 Anthony 0)
2) AT THE END OF THE SCARY MOVIE $1600 (clue #3)
Brendan 7200 -5000 (Morgan 5800 Anthony 2400)
3) EUROPE $1200 (clue #7, $28400 left on board)
Morgan 8200 +3000 (Brendan 2200 Anthony 3200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 67
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: POTENT POTABLES $1000
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $1,000
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 163 (1.33 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Morgan $12,600 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 26.79% in first on buzzer (15/56), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Brendan $21,600 Coryat, 26 correct, 4 incorrect, 50.00% in first on buzzer (28/56), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Anthony $5,600 Coryat, 10 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.64% in first on buzzer (11/56), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $39,800
Lach Trash: $5,800 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,400
Brendan Sargent, career statistics:
50 correct, 12 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
48.65% in first on buzzer (54/111)
0/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$11,000)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,200
Morgan Briles, career statistics:
18 correct, 2 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
26.79% in first on buzzer (15/56)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,600
Anthony Jones, career statistics:
10 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
19.64% in first on buzzer (11/56)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,600
Morgan Briles, to win:
2 games: 44.011%
3: 19.370%
4: 8.525%
5: 3.752%
6: 1.651%
Avg. streak: 1.786 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- In Katie Couric’s eight days of hosting, $181,303 has been raised for Stand Up to Cancer.
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I think it’s more likely that contestants will think “Bull Moose” as opposed to “Progressive”, so I’m wondering what would be acceptable. Either/or?
In the Harry Friedman Era, I’d say “yes”. Under Mike Richards, the judging has proven to be such a head-scratcher that I don’t know.
I was thinking the same thing Alan. I said Bull Moose Party as one of them. That’s just so heavily associated with Teddy Roosevelt.
Female reference librarians are the stone cold killers of Jeopardy! Just ask James.
They can be shhh-kickers.
Thought it was funny when Brendan said, “what is Schitt’s Creek” that they captioned it so the uninformed viewer would know he wasn’t using an obscenity.
Dadgummit, Teddy. Your time was done.
And for the record: those top four candidates finished in the same order in terms of electoral votes, so there’s no fault in the clue on that ground.
I became a Morgan fan today. Like her perky personality. And Mark, I also thought the caption was hilarious.
I, too, am a Morgan fan, only partly because she works at my alma mater.
hope this isn’t appropriate, but I also did find her personality to be delightful.
Was this the first time where text was imposed on the screen to explain to fans that a contestant was in fact not swearing? (Brendan’s answer of “What is Schitt’s Creek?”)