Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category International Friendship) for Tuesday, November 30, 2021 (Season 38, Game 57):
The organization these International was founded in 1956; they’re partner-städte in Germany & villes jumelées in France
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Krys Fischer, a retired substitute teacher from Mendota Heights, Minnesota |
Pam Schoenberg, a dentist & entrepreneur from South Salem, New York |
Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, California (9-day total: $342,200) |
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: If Amy wins today, she becomes the 12th ultra-champion in the show’s history. She’s been averaging over $38,000 over her first 9 wins, and if she gets 24 correct today, she’ll be at 300 correct responses for her Jeopardy! career. A win today will also almost certainly move her into the top 20 in all-time winnings (including tournaments) on the show.
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Correct response: What are sister cities?
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Although town or city twinning dates back centuries—Toledo, Ohio has a longstanding agreement with Toledo, Spain—the modern concept of “sister cities”—a social agreement between two cities for the sake of solidarity, cultural ties, or commercial ties—began with Coventry, England in the 1940 feeling solidarity towards other cities that had been bombed heavily in World War II. Coventry’s first agreement was with Stalingrad in 1944. Sister Cities International was formed in the 1950s (originally as part of the National League of Cities) when Dwight Eisenhower proposed that the United States enter into these agreements. In another example of sister cities, Indianapolis, Indiana is a sister city with Monza, Italy, as both locales have a very lengthy history of auto racing.
That being said, today’s clue felt clunky to me. I know that the show wanted to ask about Sister Cities International, but I get the sense that “these International” is going to confuse a lot of home viewers. I’ve been wrong recently, though; maybe I’ll be wrong today as well.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Amy $25,000
Pam $16,600
Krys $5,400
Tonight’s results:
Krys $5,400 + $3,000 = $8,400 (What are twinned sister cities?)
Pam $16,600 – $300 = $16,300 (What)
Amy $25,000 + $13,000 = $38,000 (What are sister cities?) (10-day total: $380,200)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Pam $11,200
Amy $3,800
Krys $2,600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) A SWEET READ $1000 (clue #9)
Pam 2600 +2600 (Amy 600 Krys 1000)
2) THE CIVIL WAR $800 (clue #7)
Amy 7400 +6000 (Pam 14000 Krys 2600)
3) ENDS IN “EX” $1600 (clue #15, $19600 left on board)
Pam 16000 -3000 (Amy 15000 Krys 4600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 162
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 8 (0.14 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Amy $19,800 Coryat, 20 correct, 1 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Pam $18,000 Coryat, 24 correct, 1 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Krys $5,400 Coryat, 10 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $43,200
Lach Trash: $6,800 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $4,000
Amy Schneider, career statistics:
297 correct, 15 incorrect
19/21 on rebound attempts (on 43 rebound opportunities)
46.82% in first on buzzer (265/566)
14/16 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $40,600)
9/10 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $24,580
Pam Schoenberg, career statistics:
24 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$400)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,000
Krys Fischer, career statistics:
11 correct, 1 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,400
Amy Schneider, to win:
11 games: 89.555%
12: 80.201%
13: 71.825%
14: 64.323%
15: 57.604%
Avg. streak: 18.574 games.
Today’s interviews:
Krys was visiting South Africa at the time when Nelson Mandela was released from prison.
Pam plays competitive squash.
Amy got her pearls as a gift from her girlfriend.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Players with at least $11,200 at the end of the Jeopardy! round have only lost 9.8% of the time since October 4, 2004. The most recent time it happened was November 9, 2020.
- Amy moves to #20 in all-time winnings (including tournaments).
- Viewers need to be aware that editing can make it appear that a variable amount of time can be given on Daily Doubles. However, this is not the case. It is very clear that a number of cuts of extraneous dead air were made in order to ensure that all 61 clues were seen today.
- If anyone’s using these games to learn betting strategy: It’s probably the best idea to bet between $8,201 and $8,399 from Amy’s position today.
- It feels to me that Amy’s strategy at this point is probably most similar to Austin Rogers’ strategy from Austin’s original run of games.
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