Happy Monday! Today is Bill Whitaker’s first day as guest host. All of the winnings for this week and next will be matched and donated to Media Fellowship House. Now, here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category 19th Century Americans) for Monday, May 3, 2021 (Season 37, Game 156):
His book “An Overland Journey from New York to San Francisco in the Summer of 1859” shows he heeded his own famous advice
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
César del Peral, an attorney originally from Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
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Eliza Eaton-Stern, a middle school history teacher from Aurora, Colorado
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Emily Sands, a vice president of operations from Chanhassen, Minnesota (2-day total: $53,401)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Emily has played very strongly over her first two wins; she was much better at finding Daily Doubles, and she has been betting very aggressively. If she can go 3-for-3 on the big clues today, she should have no problem taking a third victory.
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Correct response: Who is Horace Greeley?
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Horace Greeley is the famous founder of the New York Tribune, famous for the quote “Go West, young man”, from an editorial in that paper on July 13, 1865. The full quote: “Washington is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the morals are deplorable. Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country.” The book mentioned in the clue is also known for having one of the first descriptions of Yosemite National Park distributed outside of California.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Emily $17,200
Eliza $7,400
César $4,000
Tonight’s results:
César $4,000 – $3,401 = $599 (Who is Frost?)
Eliza $7,400 – $7,400 = $0 (Who was Mark Twain?)
Emily $17,200 + $2,399 = $19,599 (Who is Greely?) (3-day total: $73,000)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Emily $5,400
Eliza $3,800
César $1,600
Opening break taken after: 16 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) “E”! $1000 (clue #23)
Emily 2000 +2000 (Eliza 3000 César 1200)
2) THE ARTS $1200 (clue #5)
Emily 6600 +6600 (Eliza 2200 César 1200)
3) YE OLDE SCIENCE $800 (clue #7, $28400 left on board)
César 1600 -2000 (Emily 13200 Eliza 2200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 100
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 182 (1.17 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Emily $10,800 Coryat, 18 correct, 5 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 0/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
César $6,000 Coryat, 12 correct, 3 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Eliza $7,400 Coryat, 16 correct, 4 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $24,200
Lach Trash: $15,600 (on 13 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $14,200
Emily Sands, career statistics:
66 correct, 11 incorrect
4/7 on rebound attempts (on 15 rebound opportunities)
36.09% in first on buzzer (61/169)
5/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $15,400)
3/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,867
Eliza Eaton-Stern, career statistics:
16 correct, 5 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,400
César del Peral, career statistics:
12 correct, 4 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,000
Emily Sands, to win:
4 games: 51.592%
5: 26.617%
6: 13.732%
7: 7.085%
8: 3.655%
Avg. streak: 4.066 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Thus far, $22,599 has been donated by Jeopardy! for Media Fellowship House.
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