Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category 20th Century Theater) for Monday, December 27, 2021 (Season 38, Game 76):
In 1955 Peter Hall directed the first production of this play in English without having “the foggiest idea what some of it means”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Donna Lettow, a digital accessibility specialist from Baltimore, Maryland
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Ashley Castle, an antiques dealer from West Pawlet, Vermont
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Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, California (18-day total: $706,800)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Last week, Amy Schneider became the winningest woman (in terms of overall winnings, including tournaments) in Jeopardy! history. If she wins through to Wednesday, she’ll become the winningest woman (in terms of games) in Jeopardy! history. Will this last week of Jeopardy! of 2021 be fruitful for Amy? Or will Ashley and Donna have something to say about that?
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Correct response: What is Waiting for Godot?
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Waiting for Godot is Samuel Beckett’s famous play where Vladimir and Estragon wait and have discussions while waiting for Godot. One of the most famous examples of Theatre of the Absurd, it was originally written in French but translated to English soon thereafter by Beckett. Peter Hall, when producing the first English-language staging of the play in 1955, also famously said to the cast, “if we stop and discuss every line we’ll never open.” Beckett also had objections to women-only casts performing the play, though courts generally overruled those objections (those objections have been subjects of Final Jeopardy! in the past.)
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Amy $32,400
Donna $12,600
Ashley $7,600
Tonight’s results:
Ashley $7,600 + $7,500 = $15,100 (What is Waiting for Godot?)
Donna $12,600 – $12,300 = $300 (What is Ulysees?)
Amy $32,400 + $6,000 = $38,400 (What is Waiting for Godot?) (19-day total: $745,200)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Amy $10,000
Donna $5,800
Ashley $800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) CLASSIC NOVELS $600 (clue #9)
Amy 1200 +1200 (Ashley 0 Donna 2400)
2) GEOGRAPHY $2000 (clue #14)
Amy 15200 +4000 (Ashley 4000 Donna 6600)
3) THE 4th CENTURY $800 (clue #15, $20400 left on board)
Amy 19200 +6000 (Ashley 4000 Donna 6600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 158
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 11 (0.14 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Amy $24,600 Coryat, 34 correct, 1 incorrect, 52.63% in first on buzzer (30/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Ashley $7,600 Coryat, 7 correct, 2 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Donna $12,600 Coryat, 14 correct, 0 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $44,800
Lach Trash: $5,200 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $4,000
Amy Schneider, career statistics:
600 correct, 35 incorrect
33/37 on rebound attempts (on 72 rebound opportunities)
50.32% in first on buzzer (543/1079)
31/36 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $106,400)
16/19 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $25,379
Ashley Castle, career statistics:
8 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,600
Donna Lettow, career statistics:
14 correct, 1 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,600
Amy Schneider, to win:
20 games: 92.366%
21: 85.315%
22: 78.802%
23: 72.786%
24: 67.230%
Avg. streak: 31.099 games.
Today’s interviews:
Donna hopes to make the digital world accessible to everyone.
Ashley lived on a boat for a year as a scuba instructor.
Amy is looking for a home with multiple bathtubs.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Amy ties David Madden and Jason Zuffanieri for the 5th-longest win streak of all time, at 19 games.
- At 600, Amy moves past Julia Collins for the 6th-most number of correct responses on the history of the show. Jason Zuffranieri sits #5 at 617.
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Hard to believe we’re a couple games away from #ChasingJames for the second time this season!
The model’s prediction of 31 games seems like a decent estimate, but James and Matt are definitely within range. Ken will take some luck, but hey, who knows? I’m of the belief his record will fall eventually.
Luck is huge. She could have lost the first game if the reigning champ had said ‘Manhattan’ instead of ‘Long Island’ and she would have been just another ‘what if’. I wonder how many more there could be like her if they’d just gotten that one break.
Great point, Mark. I was sad to see Andrew go–loved the aggressive betting. He’ll be a force to reckon with at the ToC.
On the answer what Red Skelton said at the end of his show is Goodnight and May God bless. Donna said only God bless. These game shows make the rules as they go!!
Sheryl:
I thought she did; however, regardless of whether she did or not, the fact remains that it was a clue in the Jeopardy! round, and per the show’s own website, failing to phrase is a warning in the opening round, not a penalty. (A show that literally has a rule published on its website can obviously in no way be fairly accused of making a rule up as it goes, just FYI.)