Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, April 19, 2021

Good morning! Today is Monday, April 19, 2021 (Season 37, Game 146). It’s the first day of Anderson Cooper’s hosting stint. I’ve been looking forward to these two weeks, as Anderson Cooper has been considered the favorite since late 2014 to replace Alex Trebek. One more thing that I’d like to note: There are a lot of people who believe that Anderson Cooper is the face of “fake news”, as they have been brainwashed by the cult of Donald Trump into believing this. I will make this abundantly clear: if you believe that Anderson Cooper proffers fake news, you are wrong, your opinion is not valid, you have been brainwashed by a fascist cult leader, you need to be deprogrammed, and you are not welcome here at this website. Moreover, you have completely ruined the ability of anyone to have any sort of reasonable discourse in both the replacement host search and in today’s society in general.

Now: Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Paintings):

The New York Times noted “balls of orange-yellow light” & “the town off in the distance” from the artist’s window in this piece

(correct response beneath the contestants)

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Today’s contestants:

Mike Nelson, an actor originally from Chesterton, Indiana

Donna Vorreyer, a writer & retired teacher from Willowbrook, Illinois

Patrick Hume, a project manager originally from Stoneham, Massachusetts (3-day total: $60,500)

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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Patrick has played a very strong three games, winning the last three of Aaron Rodgers’ stint. If he can pick up a different host’s cadence—which can be difficult—Patrick should be able to win a fourth game. It’s never easy coming back for a new week, though.

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Correct response: What is “Starry Night”?

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You can find the 2008 Benjamin Genocchio review of Vincent Van Gogh’s iconic painting “Starry Night”, painted as a view from his asylum at Saint-Rémy in France in 1889, at the New York Times website.

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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!

Scores going into Final:
Mike $18,600
Patrick $13,000
Donna $12,000

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Tonight’s results:
Donna $12,000 – $6,601 = $5,399 (What is The Banquet??)
Patrick $13,000 + $1,801 = $14,801 (What is Starry Night)
Mike $18,600 + $8,000 = $26,600 (What is Starry Night?) (1-day total: $26,600)

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Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Mike $5,400
Donna $4,400
Patrick $3,200

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Opening break taken after: 15 clues

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Daily Double locations:
1) SCI-FI MOVIE BY QUOTE $800 (clue #5)
Mike 800 +800 (Patrick 0 Donna 600)
2) THE HUMAN BODY $1200 (clue #14)
Mike 9400 +2000 (Patrick 7200 Donna 7200)
3) ANCIENT CITIES $1200 (clue #23, $9600 left on board)
Patrick 10000 +3000 (Donna 9600 Mike 15800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 131

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Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 171 (1.17 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles

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Game Stats:
Mike $17,800 Coryat, 22 correct, 3 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Patrick $11,200 Coryat, 12 correct, 0 incorrect, 12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57), 4/4 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Donna $12,000 Coryat, 20 correct, 3 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $41,000
Lach Trash: $7,800 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $5,200

Patrick Hume, career statistics:
83 correct, 6 incorrect
9/9 on rebound attempts (on 15 rebound opportunities)
31.14% in first on buzzer (71/228)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,500)
3/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,250

Donna Vorreyer, career statistics:
20 correct, 4 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,000

Mike Nelson, career statistics:
23 correct, 3 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,800)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,800

Mike Nelson, to win:
2 games: 54.764%
3: 29.991%
4: 16.424%
5: 8.994%
6: 4.926%
Avg. streak: 2.211 games.

Andy’s Thoughts

• Thus far, $29,600 has been raised for the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Haiti.

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