Final Jeopardy: Shakespeare (7-11-16)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/11/2016) in the category “Shakespeare” was:
This comedy whose title aims to please says, “I charge you, O men… That between you and the women the play may please.”
New champ Pam Platt won $27,600 last Friday. In her second appearance, her opponents are: Katie Pieper, from Athens, GA; and Jason George, from Philadelphia, PA.
Round 1 Categories: Signatures – Lit-pourri – Born in Connecticut- Red Rhyme – Rocks – Roles
Jason found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Lit-pourri” under the $600 clue, with 6 clues remaining after it. He was in the lead with $7,400, $4,600 more than Katie in second place. He bet $2.000 and guessed the “Odyssey.” That was WRONG.
The opera “Les Troyens”, or “The Trojans”, by Berlioz was based on this ancient Roman epic. show
Jason finished in the lead with $5,400. Katie was second with $3,000 and Pam was last with $1,400.
Round 2 Categories: Hi, July! – No. 2 on the Charts – Periodic Spelling- Kind of a Grey Area – Roads Scholar – That’s B_S!
Katie found the first Daily Double in “Hi, July!” under the $600 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. In second place with $4,600, she had $800 less than Jason’s lead. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
An army uprising in colonial Morocco in July 1936 triggered this nation’s Civil War. show
Pam found the last Daily Double in “Roads Scholar” under the $1,200 clue. She was in third place with $7,800 now, $2,800 less than Jason’s lead. She bet $3,000 and came up with Nepal & Tibet. That was WRONG.
More than 15,000 feet up, the world’s highest intl. paved road is the Karakoram Highway, shared by these 2 countries. show
Jason almost had a runaway but Pam broke his lock with a correct answer on this last $800 clue in the No. 2 songs category: The Beatles had 2 Lennon-McCartney songs reach No. 2: “Do You Want to Know a Secret” & this theme to a 1968 animated film.
Jason finished in the lead with $17,400. Pam was next with $9,200 and Katie was in third place with $8,200.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “AS YOU LIKE IT”?
The part in the clue is spoken by Rosalind as part of the play’s Epilogue: “…I charge you, O men, for the love you bear to women– as I perceive by your simp’ring none of you hates them– that between you and the women the play may please.
This video has Helen Mirren giving the entire epilogue in “As You Like It” (1978). Even if you just want to hear the part from the clue, you should still start at about 0.56 in the video because she charges the women before the men.
Katie bet $8,199. That brought her up to $16,399.
Pam only bet $200. She finished with $9,400.
Jason bet $1,001 and won the match with $18,401, making him the new Jeopardy! champ.
This was the first clue chosen in Double Jeopardy!: July 22 is also Alex Trebek’s birthday. HI, JULY! ($1200) Celebs born on July 22 include Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe & this “Just Shoot Me” & Joe Dirt” comic
This triple stumper is from LIT-POURRI: ($800) “Don’t make house calls” is the message of “A Country Doctor”, one of this Prague writer’s eerie tales
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Literary Title Words”
It was Giovanni Boccaccio who added this adjective to another Italian author’s work. show
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Here’s the way I think the roles category in round 1 should have been done—they’ll give you a star and film and you identify the role.
Jason g gonna break that streak and win at least 4 days n a row y’all
I was just singing that “Heartless” song yesterday. “How can you be so Dr. Evil” lol
I’ve got 11 more clues over here now, including the whole Periodic Spelling Category. 🙂
IMO, they made FJ too easy by inserting “aims to please.” All the other words in the clue became irrelevant. All one needs is to be familiar with that particular Shakespeare title.
Periodic Spelling Category—nicely done, writers. 🙂
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t this the 8th time in a row we have had a 1-day champion?
I think it’s the 9th champ since Harris Stutman lost to Christie O’Shaugnessy on 6/29/2016. Look at that week and then add 5 for last week.
Thank you for the correction… in any case, it’s been too many.
It’s like hit songs in the 80s.
Game theory question: obviously, Jason bet what was needed, but what is the most he should have wagered (and why?).
$1,000… that would ensure his return with a tie with Pam, or a tie with Katy if he and Pam miss.
That would be the correct old school answer, my friend. Now ties go to another question.
Don’t know why I’m looking back on this, but now realizing the whole scenario on the new tiebreaker rule…
Actually, If I were Jason, I’d still say $1,000 and take my chances on the tiebreaker question. Seems like Jason would have won out on that.
MW, do you realize that gives him two chances to tie (each with 50% to win )?
What are the mathematical scenarios if you assume a 60% success rate (50% to win on ties)?
Well wait, one could probably look at the scenarios (hopefully without overthinking it)…
If one reads the scores from left to right, assumes that Pam and Katie bet everything while Jason bets $1,000, and assumes that the following eight combinations have equal probabilities:
(W=wrong R=right)
RRR = Jason ties with Pam
RRW = Jason ties with Pam
RWR = Pam wins
RWW = Pam wins
WRR = Jason wins
WRW = Jason wins
WWR = Jason ties with Katie
WWW = Jason wins
Assuming that tiebreakers are 50/50, that gives Jason… about a 56% success rate by my math.
Same scenario, but if Jason bets $1,001…
RRR = Jason wins
RRW = Jason wins
RWR = Pam wins
RWW = Pam wins
WRR = Jason wins
WRW = Jason wins
WWR = Jason loses
WWW = Jason wins
That would be a 62% success rate… well played, Eric.
Mathwiz, are you a fan of Sheldon Cooper?
This does feel like something he would do…
But to answer the question, I do enjoy watching the Big Bang Theory (when I have the chance to watch TV, that is), and do find Dr. Sheldon Cooper to be an amusing character in terms of personality.
MW: what is this word “overthinking”?
Ok. Nice on the first step.
The second is: what is the optimal wager by Jason, and why?
See, you keep making it harder and harder for me not to like you.
(Not that I’m trying.). :):)
Glad I could be likable, then… thank you, Cece. 🙂