Welcome to a new week on Jeopardy!; it is Day 6 of Bill Whitaker hosting. Last week, $129,199 was raised for Media Fellowship House. Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category U.S. History) for Monday, May 10, 2021 (Season 37, Game 161):
On April 7, 1789 Charles Thomson & Sylvanus Bourne left New York City to tell these 2 men the results of a vote taken the day before
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
John Marsh, a pastor from Edgewater, Florida
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Alyse Stokes, a freelance content specialist from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Juliet Mayer, a graduate student originally from The Plains, Virginia (1-day total: $23,800)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Juliet played a very strong game on Friday to dethrone a 2-game champion in Jamie Logan. If she keeps up her strong play from Friday, she should have no problems making it a 2-game streak.
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Correct response: Who are George Washington & John Adams?
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Charles Thomson & Sylvanus Bourne were the two messengers dispatched by the United States Senate to inform George Washington and John Adams that they had been elected the first President and Vice President of the United States of America.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Juliet $30,400
Alyse $14,200
John $6,600
Tonight’s results:
John $6,600 + $6,500 = $13,100 (Who are George Washington & John Adams?)
Alyse $14,200 – $1,000 = $13,200 (Who are Jefferson & Adams?)
Juliet $30,400 – $1,000 = $29,400 (Who are Washington + Jefferson?) (2-day total: $53,200)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
John $5,400
Juliet $5,000
Alyse $4,200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) HISTORIC HAPPENINGS $800 (clue #4)
Juliet 600 +1000 (Alyse 0 John -200)
2) MUSIC”!” $1200 (clue #4)
Juliet 6200 +3000 (Alyse 4600 John 5400)
3) SHORT STORIES $1200 (clue #10, $26400 left on board)
Juliet 12400 +4000 (Alyse 7000 John 5400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 181
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: THEY UN-BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE $400
Total Left On Board: $400
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 188 (1.17 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Juliet $25,600 Coryat, 26 correct, 0 incorrect, 39.29% in first on buzzer (22/56), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Alyse $14,200 Coryat, 16 correct, 2 incorrect, 32.14% in first on buzzer (18/56), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
John $6,600 Coryat, 10 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.64% in first on buzzer (11/56), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $46,400
Lach Trash: $4,600 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $2,600
Juliet Mayer, career statistics:
47 correct, 1 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
37.17% in first on buzzer (42/113)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,700
Alyse Stokes, career statistics:
16 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
32.14% in first on buzzer (18/56)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,200
John Marsh, career statistics:
11 correct, 1 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
19.64% in first on buzzer (11/56)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,600
Juliet Mayer, to win:
3 games: 69.927%
4: 48.897%
5: 34.192%
6: 23.910%
7: 16.719%
Avg. streak: 4.325 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Thus far, $161,599 has been donated by Jeopardy! to Media Fellowship House. $1,153,726 has ben donated to all charities thus far.
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I guessed Jefferson and Adams. Happy Monday.
Juliet certainly took control of things today – the buzzer, the number correct AND all 3 DDs !!
Not going to get TOO excited tho’ – we’ve been here many times before.
Here’s wishing you well, Juliet!
Yep, Juliet’s the last chance for someone new to qualify for the TOC since January, otherwise it’ll be at least until June!
Juliet mailed a lot of correct answers and all the daily doubles. She has increased her chances of winning a 3rd game here. Though my guess to the final was Jefferson and Adams as well. Good luck to Juliet!
It doesn’t say whether the two messengers rode together or separately. If you assume they rode together, then they probably rode to Virginia. That explains why some people thought the likely answer was Washington and Jefferson. If you assume they rode separately, then the correct answer of Washington and Adams is more probable.
I knew the only logical answer for 1789 was Washington and Adams but the April date confused me. I thought all of the early inaugurations were in March.
It was delayed when the sitting king refused to concede the election.
What happens when the losing contestants are tied? Do they both get $2000
No, the person who was in second place going into FJ gets the $2000 while the person who was in third place going into FJ gets $1000. Dem da rules, unfortunately.
I missed most of today’s show but when I did tune in one of the contestants gave an answer that was not in the form of a question. She was only reminded of the rule and was given credit for the answer. This seems to violate a key aspect of the game. One of the others should have been allowed to answer and at that point of the game it could have been pivotal.
You are mistaken. The judges explicitly accepted her answer because they felt that she did the bare minimum required in that case to have her response accepted. Therefore, it was in the form of a question and was properly accepted.
Thanks. It all happened just as I tuned in and I must have missed the nuances of her response. (I feel better now.)