Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Music Legends) for Friday, December 31, 2021 (Season 38, Game 80):
Of their July 1957 first meeting at a church fair, one of this pair recalled: “I was a fat schoolboy and… he was drunk”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Arjun Sivakumar, an attorney from Costa Mesa, California
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Dan Patton, a retired cybersecurity specialist from Washington, DC
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Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, California (22-day total: $831,600)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Amy had a bit of a scare yesterday picking up her 22nd win, but they all count the same on the scoreboard. Winning today will see her through 2021 and into 2022.
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Correct response: Who are John Lennon & Paul McCartney?
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The July 6, 1957 meeting of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, the two main songwriters of The Beatles, took place at St Peter’s Church in Woolton, Liverpool, England. Lennon was a member of the Quarrymen skiffle group at the time. The group’s bassist, Ivan Vaughan, was classmates with McCartney and introduced the two. McCartney showed Lennon how to tune a guitar and Lennon was quickly impressed.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Amy $42,000
Arjun $11,200
Dan $2,100
Tonight’s results:
Dan $2,100 – $2,000 = $100 (Who are Simon Simon + Garfunkel?)
Arjun $11,200 – $6,999 = $4,201 (Who are Simon & Garfunkel?)
Amy $42,000 – $18,000 = $24,000 (Who are Simon and Garfunkel?) (23-day total: $855,600)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Amy $16,000
Arjun $4,800
Dan -$400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) NEW YORK-SET FICTION $600 (clue #24)
Amy 10400 +4000 (Dan -400 Arjun 3400)
2) MODERN FOLK HEROES $2000 (clue #9)
Amy 24000 +8000 (Dan 400 Arjun 5600)
3) PLANTS & ANIMALS $1200 (clue #17, $13600 left on board)
Dan 2000 -1500 (Amy 35200 Arjun 8000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -3
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 $32,600 Coryat, 36 correct, 0 incorrect, 59.65% in first on buzzer (34/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Arjun $11,200 Coryat, 16 correct, 1 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Dan $3,600 Coryat, 5 correct, 2 incorrect, 10.53% in first on buzzer (6/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $47,400
Lach Trash: $3,200 (on 2 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,400
Amy Schneider, career statistics:
729 correct, 43 incorrect
37/42 on rebound attempts (on 86 rebound opportunities)
50.80% in first on buzzer (664/1307)
37/43 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $120,600)
19/23 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $25,296
Dan Patton, career statistics:
5 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
10.53% in first on buzzer (6/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,500)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $3,600
Arjun Sivakumar, career statistics:
16 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,200
Amy Schneider, to win:
24 games: 90.779%
25: 82.408%
26: 74.809%
27: 67.911%
28: 61.649%
Avg. streak: 32.845 games.
Today’s interviews:
Arjun missed the last shuttle bus at Yosemite Valley by 15 minutes.
Dan got to see a feeding at a shark zoo at the Great Barrier Reef.
Amy is a fan of watching online marble races.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Thanks to Eugene Byon for his help in watching today’s episode, from KTRK Houston.
- $32,600 is tied for the 44th-best known Coryat score of all time.
- Props to Amy for having the foresight to try to find the Daily Double in NEW YORK-SET FICTION, immediately going to $600.
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I was born in 1960, raised on Beatles music. I got today’s final with only one second thought.
Andy,
I would imagine it’s happened before but pretty rare: an FJ triple stumper where all three contestants give the same answer – any stats?
I thought that was unusual as well.
I had no clue, so I closed the week, month and year out with a two-game losing streak ;p Glad to see Amy doing better, first response time up, no incorrect responses in regular play and a cromulent FJ wager that just happened to not work out this time.