Happy Monday! Today is Savannah Guthrie’s first day as guest host. All contestant winnings are being matched and donated to the Bowery Mission. Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category 19th Century America) for Monday, June 14, 2021 (Season 37, Game 186):
2-word term for the statement saying U.S. policy is “to leave the parties to themselves, in the hope…other powers will (do) the same”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Caitlin Hackett, a radiologist from Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Jonathan Udoff, a business intelligence analyst from San Diego, California
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Katie Sekelsky, a graphic designer from Kent, Ohio (1-day total: $7,999)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Skillful wagering brought Katie the win on Friday’s game and the chance to meet a different guest host along with it. She also was very strong on the signalling device, being in first 25 times. There’s a possibility of a run here if Katie can keep the incorrect response numbers down. To that end, I wish that more contestants were like Katie in terms of their preparations. It’s not difficult to learn how to bet in Final Jeopardy, and even cursory knowledge would help so many people.
This is also a friendly reminder as well that journalists are supposed to hold a politician’s feet to the fire—it is such a crucial tenet of the job, in fact, that I would hesitate to call someone a journalist if they failed to do so—thus, comments criticizing our current guest host for doing her usual job well will very likely result in a permanent loss of commenting privileges on this website.
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Correct response: What is (the) Monroe Doctrine?
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The Monroe Doctrine has been a centerpiece of U.S. foreign policy since the 19th century. James Monroe proclaimed that the United States was to be the protector of the Western Hemisphere, effectively saying that in exchange for the Americans not intervening in the affairs of European colonial powers, that the European colonial powers should not settle the Americas further. Monroe was concerned that European powers were going to attempt to restore the colonial status of newly-independent Central American, South American, and Caribbean states, and was also concerned about Russian interest in the Pacific Northwest. An early use of the Monroe Doctrine was shortly after the Civil War, where the United States sent troops to the border with Mexico in 1867 to pressure France to withdraw its own puppet kingdom in Mexico. (France withdrew.)
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Jonathan $10,200
Caitlin $9,900
Katie $9,600
Tonight’s results:
Katie $9,600 – $901 = $8,699 (What is Global isolationism) (2-day total: $16,698)
Caitlin $9,900 – $9,601 = $299 (What is laissez faire)
Jonathan $10,200 – $9,601 = $599 (What is hands off?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Jonathan $8,200
Katie $2,800
Caitlin $1,200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) BODIES OF WATER $600 (clue #11)
Jonathan 2600 +2000 (Katie -200 Caitlin 600)
2) ASIAN LITERATURE & DRAMA $1200 (clue #19)
Katie 10800 -2000 (Jonathan 11000 Caitlin 7200)
3) TIME LINES $1600 (clue #24, $8000 left on board)
Caitlin 8400 +1500 (Katie 8800 Jonathan 9400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 76
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 192 (1.03 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Katie $11,600 Coryat, 15 correct, 4 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Jonathan $8,800 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Caitlin $10,000 Coryat, 11 correct, 0 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $30,400
Lach Trash: $17,800 (on 16 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $5,800
Katie Sekelsky, career statistics:
36 correct, 11 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
37.72% in first on buzzer (43/114)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,400
Jonathan Udoff, career statistics:
17 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,800
Caitlin Hackett, career statistics:
11 correct, 1 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,500)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,000
Katie Sekelsky, to win:
3 games: 31.783%
4: 10.102%
5: 3.211%
6: 1.020%
7: 0.324%
Avg. streak: 2.466 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
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These contestants aren’t winning much money these days. This current one is averaging $8,000+ each day. What happened to the contestants that averaged $20,000 per game?