Good morning! It’s Monday, April 12, 2021 Monday, April 12, 2021 (Season 37, Game 141). Aaron Rodgers’ five games last week raised $117,725 for the North Valley Community Foundation, helping small businesses impacted by COVID-19 in his hometown of Chico, California. We’re now onto Week 2 of his hosting. Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Olympic Hosts):
Aside from the United States, one of the 2 countries with 2 different cities that have hosted the Summer Olympics
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Allison Means, a software sales executive from Coral Gables, Florida
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Drew Fox, a bartender originally from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Dennis Chase, a biotech project manager originally from Hyannis, Massachusetts (1-day total: $25,900)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Dennis had a very strong first win on Friday; how will having to come back for a new tape day affect his momentum, though? Drew and Allison could be strong as well; I’m hoping for a good, exciting game!
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Correct response: What are Germany and Australia?
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The two German cities: Berlin (1936) and Munich (1972). The two Australian cities: Melbourne (1956) and Sydney (2000). Of course, three American cities—St. Louis, Los Angeles, and Atlanta—have hosted the Summer Olympics.
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Scores going into Final:
Dennis $20,000
Allison $7,400
Drew $3,200
Tonight’s results:
Drew $3,200 – $3,152 = $48 (What is S. Korea)
Allison $7,400 + $7,300 = $14,700 (What is Australia?)
Dennis $20,000 + $2,500 = $22,500 (What is Germany?) (2-day total: $48,400)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Dennis $8,400
Allison $3,000
Drew $0
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) GEOGRA-SEA, & ALSO LAKES $800 (clue #24)
Drew 1600 -1600 (Dennis 5200 Allison 2400)
2) SCIENCE NICKNAMES $1600 (clue #7)
Dennis 9600 +3400 (Drew 800 Allison 3800)
3) THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM $1600 (clue #29, $2000 left on board)
Dennis 27000 -7000 (Drew 3200 Allison 7400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -91
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM $2000
Total Left On Board: $2,000
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 171 (1.21 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Dennis $25,200 Coryat, 33 correct, 3 incorrect, 58.93% in first on buzzer (33/56), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Allison $7,400 Coryat, 9 correct, 1 incorrect, 16.07% in first on buzzer (9/56), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Drew $4,800 Coryat, 10 correct, 4 incorrect, 17.86% in first on buzzer (10/56), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $37,400
Lach Trash: $6,400 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,200
Dennis Chase, career statistics:
60 correct, 6 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
50.44% in first on buzzer (57/113)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,900)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $23,900
Drew Fox, career statistics:
10 correct, 5 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
17.86% in first on buzzer (10/56)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,600)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,800
Allison Means, career statistics:
10 correct, 1 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
16.07% in first on buzzer (9/56)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,400
Dennis Chase, to win:
3 games: 70.684%
4: 49.962%
5: 35.315%
6: 24.962%
7: 17.644%
Avg. streak: 4.411 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Thus far, $143,225 has been raised for the North Valley Community Foundation.
- The list of National Military Parks (also a part of the National Park System) is different from the full list of National Parks (explaining why “Vicksburg” being described as “alphabetically last” is correct).
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This was one where I could’ve named both if needed. Both Munich and Berlin had ‘memorable’ Olympics. When Melbourne hosted in 1956, the equestrian events were held in Sweden due to quarantine regulations in Australia.
I think this is a pretty gettable FJ. As Mark mentioned, Munich and Berlin were particularly newsworthy Olympics. Sydney was fairly recent as well. I got to Germany as time expired. Good chance for a triple solve here.
Didn’t we just get an Olympics Final, though?
Yes. “This was the clue on March 23: The “City of Angels” hosted the Olympics twice, the second time this many years after the first.”
Congratulations Dennis! That buzzer was all yours today!
Best wishes for a 3rd win tomorrow!
Indeed, almost 60%! If he can keep the accuracy up, we’ve likely got our first 5 day champ since January closed, blessing us with two such champs in less than a week!
I had forgotten about St. Louis, if I ever knew. That would also have made a good FJ clue: which American city besides L.A. and Atlanta has hosted a Summer Olympics?
Chicago was initially awarded the 1904 games, but St. Louis was holding the world’s fair that year and was also going to be having sporting competitions, and at that time, the world’s fair was a bigger deal than the Olympic games and the Olympic committee didn’t want to have to compete with it just 300 miles away – so they re-awarded the Olympics to St. Louis.
Congrats to Dennis since he mastered the buzzer use. Definitely looking forward to seeing his third win and a five day champion in him. This was a gimme clue since Germany held Olympics in the early years but Australia was my big choice.
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A quibble. Not everyone ordering sandwiches at Pat’s or Geno’s specifies cheese on the meat. Indeed, the originator of the steak sandwich, Pat Olivieri (of Pat’s Steaks), initially did not add cheese. Provolone was added at a later point by one of Pat’s employees.
Thus, the correct response should have been: “What is the Philly steak sandwich?”
You’re joking, right? The sandwich is universally known as a “Philly cheesesteak”. Insisting on it being called a “Philly steak” would have certainly caused major controversy. (Besides, don’t they use Cheez Whiz?)
A steak with Cheez Whiz and onions is “Whiz wit” in Philly parlance.
When I heard this answer I thought of arguably the two women’s sports greatest COAT’s (Coaches Of All Time) the late, great Pat Summit of Tennessee and Geno Auriemma of Connecticut, who’s teams have dominated college basketball 🏀!
Whether “everyone ordering sandwiches at Pat’s or Geno’s specifies cheese on the meat” or not is irrelevant to the clue. The clue wasn’t about what either restaurant originally served–it was about which item is the focus of The East Coast argument about “who makes a better one of these regional sandwiches”. And that conversation is about cheesesteaks–regardless of what else you can order off either menu.
The wording of this FJ clue was important. “Aside from the United States, one of the 2 countries with 2 different cities that have hosted the Summer Olympics” Germany is indeed home to 2 different cities which have hosted the Summer Olympics–but it can be argued that “Germany” has not hosted two Games. The 1936 Games were hosted by the German Reich; the 1972 Games were hosted by the Federal Republic of Germany.