Happy Thursday! Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Countries’ National Anthems) for Thursday, May 6, 2021 (Season 37, Game 159):
With words written by a Bishop of Urgell, its anthem praises Charlemagne & says it “was born a princess…between two nations”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Steve Bright, an attorney from Norwell, Massachusetts
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Kalee Hernandez, a musician, food vendor & optician from Iron River, Michigan
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Jamie Logan, a writer & consultant from Augusta, Maine (1-day total: $32,200)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Jamie picked up over $30,000 yesterday thanks to her knowledge of 1970s music and an aggressive bet in Final Jeopardy!; today she faces Kalee and Steve. Jamie did have the buzzer timing reasonably locked in, getting in first 20 times yesterday, that should serve her well today.
One further note: A couple of days ago, I made a comment in my Andy’s Thoughts section calling on the show to ask for and release contestants’ pronouns. I have since heard from multiple contestants on this point; this season, the show has begun asking for pronouns — this is an excellent first step. I would like to see pronouns released by the show going forward in their Contestant Zone section.
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Correct response: What is Andorra?
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Andorra is a co-principality in the Pyrenees Mountains between Spain and France; the co-princes are the Bishop of Urgell and the President of France. Andorra itself claims to be the last of the “Marca Hispanica” buffer states created by Charlemagne to keep the Moors from advancing into France. The anthem itself is titled “El Gran Carlemany”.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Jamie $18,400
Steve $200
Kalee -$200
Tonight’s results:
Kalee -$200 (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
Steve $200 – $106 = $94 (What is Italy?)
Jamie $18,400 – $400 = $18,000 (What is Turkey?) (2-day total: $50,200)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Jamie $8,500
Steve $1,400
Kalee -$600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) 12-LETTER WORDS $800 (clue #11)
Jamie 3800 +1500 (Kalee 600 Steve 200)
2) SAINTLY NAMED $1600 (clue #5)
Jamie 9300 +2700 (Kalee -1400 Steve 1000)
3) ON SPEAKING $1600 (clue #28, $4000 left on board)
Steve 4600 -4400 (Jamie 18400 Kalee -200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -27
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: AIR DEMONSTRATION SQUADRONS $1000
DJ! Round: ON SPEAKING $2000 TERMS $2000
Total Left On Board: $5,000
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 187 (1.18 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Jamie $16,600 Coryat, 25 correct, 4 incorrect, 42.59% in first on buzzer (23/54), 4/4 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Steve $4,600 Coryat, 11 correct, 6 incorrect, 29.63% in first on buzzer (16/54), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Kalee -$200 Coryat, 4 correct, 3 incorrect, 11.11% in first on buzzer (6/54), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $21,000
Lach Trash: $16,600 (on 16 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,400
Jamie Logan, career statistics:
46 correct, 8 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
38.74% in first on buzzer (43/111)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,100
Kalee Hernandez, career statistics:
4 correct, 3 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
11.11% in first on buzzer (6/54)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/0 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: -$200
Steve Bright, career statistics:
11 correct, 7 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
29.63% in first on buzzer (16/54)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$4,400)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,600
Jamie Logan, to win:
3 games: 52.917%
4: 28.002%
5: 14.818%
6: 7.841%
7: 4.149%
Avg. streak: 3.124 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Thus far, $102,399 has been donated by Jeopardy! to Media Fellowship House. $1,094,526 has been donated to all charities thus far.
- While it risks not being able to play Final Jeopardy, there was exactly one good bet in Steve’s position on the final Daily Double, that being “bet everything”. To me, still having a chance to win the game greatly outweighs being able to play Final Jeopardy.
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Is there any rule regarding the need to specify “Jr.” or “Sr.” when the clue involves fathers and sons with the same name? Seems if you just give “Oliver Wendell Holmes” as the solution you could be meaning OWH Jr….
…Just looked at the clue again and it specifies “poet,” so I guess that automatically specifies “OWH, Sr.” It doesn’t seem inconceivable, however, that OWH, Jr. would have made a few attempts at poetry…??
I thought the clue saying “this” and “them” was ambiguous. The correct answer was what were “bakers” but it was hard to tell if the answer was calling for the THIS or for the Them (what they made).
The show has always operated on the assumption that what they are looking for follows “This” (or, in this case, “these workers”.)
The question is not ambiguous and Jamie just misinterpreted it. If you read it, it is quite clear what answer they want.