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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category World Theater) for Friday, August 9, 2024 (Season 40, Game 132):
This 1867 play has a reindeer hunt & a king dwelling in snowy mountains but its title character also spends time in Morocco & Egypt
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Ben Chan, a philosophy professor from Green Bay, Wisconsin |
Troy Meyer, a music executive from Tampa, Florida |
Yogesh Raut, a social and personality psychologist from Vancouver, Washington |
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Season 40’s Encore Presentations continue today with Game 1 of the finals of the 31st Tournament of Champions. Back in March, fans were very much looking forward to an epic battle between Yogesh Raut, Troy Meyer, and Ben Chan, and the opening game of this final did not disappoint, especially the Final Jeopardy round.
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Correct response: What is Peer Gynt?
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Peer Gynt is Henrik Ibsen’s famous play chronicling the journey of the title character from the Norwegian mountains, to North Africa, and back. It is also well-known for its incidental music (composed by Edvard Grieg); that music includes “In The Hall of the Mountain King” and “Morning Mood”. Interestingly, this Final Jeopardy clue makes veiled reference to both of these pieces, with “king dwelling in snowy mountains” being the Mountain King, with “Morning Mood”, though usually imagined with Scandinavian imagery, usually appears in the play when Peer Gynt awakes in the desert.
I also really enjoy this clue from a Tournament of Champions perspective; this is the sort of material that goes deeper than just knowing that Ibsen wrote Peer Gynt; you actually need to be more familiar with the actual plot of the play in order to get this clue correct. And, as far as the year goes: While the play was first performed in 1876, the play was first published in 1867.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, August 9, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: From The Newspapers; Investing & Business Terms; One-Word Beatles Song Titles; Soup’s On; Idioms & Expressions; Literary Title Adjectives)
Troy and Ben dominated the run of play early in this one, shutting out Yogesh completely on the buzzer.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Ben 7 correct 0 incorrect
Troy 6 correct 1 incorrect
Yogesh 0 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Ben has a sister who was on “Where In The World In Carmen Sandiego?”
Troy promised to “learn all trivia” before the ToC.
Yogesh competed against Troy on a podcast. Troy won.
Yogesh found his buzzer timing in the second half of the round, picking up nine correct! Ben, however, still led after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Ben 10 correct 0 incorrect
Troy 8 correct 1 incorrect
Yogesh 9 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Ben $6,000
Troy $5,800
Yogesh $3,600
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Plain Geography; Prose & Congress; Unmanned Space Exploration; The Knightly News; Who’s The Biopic Subject?; Starts With “P”)
It was Troy who found both Daily Doubles in this round; a correct response on the first one gave him a big lead, but an incorrect response on the second brought him back to Yogesh and Ben. Troy still led going into Final, but everyone was in contention!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Troy 22 correct 2 incorrect
Yogesh 20 correct 1 incorrect
Ben 15 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Troy $22,000
Yogesh $15,600
Ben $10,000
Ben and Yogesh got Final Jeopardy correct, but Yogesh played the betting situation incorrectly, betting $0 when he probably shouldn’t have. This means that Ben came from third place to take first blood in this final!
Tonight’s results:
Ben $10,000 + $5,601 = $15,601 (What is Peer Gynt?) (Semi-Finalist)
Yogesh $15,600 + $0 = $15,600 (What Peer Gynt I for one welcome our new Troy overlord)
Troy $22,000 – $9,201 = $12,799 (What is Hedda Gabler?)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) FROM THE NEWSPAPERS $1000 (clue #4)
Troy 1600 +1600 (Yogesh 0 Ben 600)
2) PROSE & CONGRESS $1600 (clue #10)
Troy 9000 +9000 (Yogesh 9600 Ben 9200)
3) STARTS WITH “P” $2000 (clue #19, $7600 left on board)
Troy 24800 -6000 (Yogesh 11600 Ben 10000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 176
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Yogesh 3
Troy 4 5*
Ben 4
DJ! Round:
Yogesh 4 4 3 5 5 5 2 4
Troy 5 4* 2 3 4 3 5*
Ben 4 3 3 3
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Ben 3.40
Yogesh 3.89
Troy 3.89
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 0 (0.00 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Ben $10,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 2 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Yogesh $15,600 Coryat, 20 correct, 1 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Troy $20,000 Coryat, 22 correct, 2 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 4/4 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $45,600
Lach Trash: $2,400 (on 3 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,200
Lead Changes: 9
Times Tied: 3
Player Statistics:
Yogesh Raut, career statistics:
178 correct, 12 incorrect
13/14 on rebound attempts (on 29 rebound opportunities)
40.85% in first on buzzer (163/399)
6/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $22,000)
5/7 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,400
Troy Meyer, career statistics:
269 correct, 21 incorrect
21/23 on rebound attempts (on 37 rebound opportunities)
42.46% in first on buzzer (242/570)
14/15 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $58,200)
6/10 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $23,320
Ben Chan, career statistics:
353 correct, 33 incorrect
16/20 on rebound attempts (on 49 rebound opportunities)
43.98% in first on buzzer (325/739)
21/28 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $41,405)
9/13 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,369
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Obviously Yogesh took a lot of heat online back in March for his $0 bet in Final Jeopardy. As the description below says, Yogesh was in “Stratton’s Dilemma” where the conventional wisdom says to cover Ben. I’d definitely say that Yogesh’s Final Jeopardy bet here was a strategic choice that didn’t work out in this case. Yogesh definitely seemed to realize almost immediately, though, that he wanted a mulligan on that bet. And, it was in a situation where losing a game doesn’t completely sink your overall chances of winning the tournament!
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Troy $22,000 Yogesh $15,600 Ben $10,000)
Yogesh: You’re in Stratton’s Dilemma; you can’t both cover Ben and win a Triple Stumper. Your decision should be informed by what Ben should do. Because Ben’s in a position where it’s a good idea for him to go all in, you need to bet to cover that—so, at least $4,401, but you could defend an all-in bet here to force a cover bet out of Troy. (Actual bet: $0)
Troy: Standard cover bet over Yogesh is $9,201. (Actual bet: $9,201)
Ben: You can only win if you’re right and Troy isn’t. Bet at least $2,800—but you should go all-in here to force a cover bet from Yogesh. (Actual bet: $5,601)
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