Today’s Final Jeopardy – Wednesday, March 3, 2021

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Matthew Riggle, career statistics:
47 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
41.23% in first on buzzer (47/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,300

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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category European Landmarks) for Wednesday, March 3, 2021 (Season 37, Game 113):

Of the principal architects working on it from the mid-1500s to the 1980s, like Pierre Lescot & Hector Lefuel, none were foreigners

(correct response beneath the contestants)

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Today’s contestants:

Tim Everhart, an attorney originally from Brockton, Massachusetts

Melis Sahin-Collins, a data analyst from Redondo Beach, California

Jon Spurney, a musician & screenwriter originally from New York, New York (2-day total: $60,002)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: It’s very clear that on this show, the hand that rocks the signalling device is the hand that rules the game of Jeopardy!. Jon managed to rock the signalling device yesterday, getting in first 30 times. Melis and Tim are going to have their work cut out for them if Jon gets anywhere close to that on today’s show. If Jon wins in a runaway, though, then the writers will have dodged a bullet when it comes to today’s Final Jeopardy!; see my “more information” write-up as to why.

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Correct response: What is the Louvre?

More information about Final Jeopardy: (The following write-up is original content and is copyright 2021 The Jeopardy! Fan. It may not be copied without linked attribution back to this page.)

The Louvre is the world’s largest art museum and a major Paris landmark.

And now, my very major issue with this clue: I.M. Pei designed the now-famous pyramid in the Louvre’s courtyard in the 1980s; France’s President at the time, François Mitterand, came under massive criticism among the French for hiring Pei unilaterally to design it, as Pei is not French. Obviously, by some readings and interpretations of this clue (including mine), “to the 1980s” includes the 1980s, and thus, the clue is flawed as it currently reads. If the intent of the clue was to exclude I.M. Pei’s pyramid, the clue needed to read “mid-1500s prior to the 1980s”; if the word “prior” does not fit on the Chyron, then other words in the clue need to be abbreviated or the clue needs to be thrown out. It is very clear that Jeopardy!’s clue quality has decreased significantly when the show’s writers are unable to collaborate as well because of COVID guidelines. The excuse is starting to wearing thin, though; the writers have had a year now to figure it out.

Having written this write-up prior to seeing the game, I certainly hope that there was nothing riding on this Final Jeopardy.

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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!

Scores going into Final:
Jon $14,200
Tim $14,200
Melis $2,000

Tonight’s results:
Melis $2,000 – $0 = $2,000 (What is Arc de Triomphe?) (1-day total: $2,000)
Tim $14,200 – $14,200 = $0 (What is the Sacre Couer?)
Jon $14,200 – $14,200 = $0 (What is Notre Dame?)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Melis $4,400
Jon $3,800
Tim $2,600

Opening break taken after: 16 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) TITLES & HONORIFICS $600 (clue #4)
Tim 600 -1000 (Jon 600 Melis 0)
2) MEGALITHS $1200 (clue #10)
Tim 10200 +4000 (Jon 3800 Melis 4400)
3) SCIENCE $1600 (clue #21, $6800 left on board)
Melis 5600 -4000 (Jon 9400 Tim 14600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -132

Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 154 (1.36 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:
Melis $6,000 Coryat, 9 correct, 3 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Tim $12,400 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Jon $14,200 Coryat, 23 correct, 3 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $32,600
Lach Trash: $13,200 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,200

Jon Spurney, career statistics:
71 correct, 10 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
42.11% in first on buzzer (72/171)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,400)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,667

Melis Sahin-Collins, career statistics:
9 correct, 4 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$4,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,000

Tim Everhart, career statistics:
15 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,400

Melis Sahin-Collins, to win:
2 games: 18.003%
3: 3.241%
4: 0.584%
5: 0.105%
6: 0.019%
Avg. streak: 1.220 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Mike Richards said after this Final that I.M. Pei was the first foreign architect to work on the Louvre; this cements in my eyes that this Final Jeopardy! clue was worded improperly and misleadingly and that both Jon and Tim should be returned to the show. Once again—”to the 1980s” can be read to mean “includes the 1980s”. Note this should not detract from the fact that Melis won this game fairly—sometimes, you catch a fortuitous break.

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