Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category 1930s Novel Characters) for Wednesday, October 23, 2019 (Season 36, Episode 33):
Prior to a murder in a 1934 book, he says he hasn’t been a detective since 1927 & that his wife inherited a lumber mill
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Nick Rodriguez, a database administrator & composer from Farmingdale, New York
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Allyson Samiljan, a communications & special events director from Wellington, Florida
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Martha Bordogna, an attorney from Indian Trail, North Carolina (1-day total: $16,400)
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Correct response: Who is Nick Charles?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
If in six months we find that the amount of prize money that Jeopardy! has given away has fallen significantly, I think that we can point to Final Jeopardy! clues like today’s. Frankly, I’d like to know who in the writer’s room got this one in order to let it through. I would also say that a significant part of the viewing audience will see “1934” + “murder” and go to Hercule Poirot without really thinking.
In Dashiell Hammett’s final novel The Thin Man, Nick Charles has retired as a detective after settling down, having married Nora (who had inherited the lumber-mill), but was pressed back into service to investigate a murder. It was later adapted into a six-part film series and a television series that aired on NBC from 1957 to 1959.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Allyson $14,700
Nick $11,800
Martha $9,800
Tonight’s results:
Martha $9,800 – $7,000 = $2,800 (Who is Dick Tracy?)
Nick $11,800 – $7,801 = $3,999 (Who is Sam Spade)
Allyson $14,700 – $5,200 = $9,500 (Who is ?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Allyson $7,400
Nick $3,800
Martha $2,200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) I BLESS THE RAINS $800 (14th pick)
Martha 1400 +800 (Nick 3800 Allyson 2000)
2) INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS $1200 (7th pick)
Allyson 9000 +2500 (Nick 5800 Martha 5000)
3) THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON $1600 (19th pick)
Nick 10600 -2000 (Allyson 14300 Martha 5400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 66
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 88 (2.67 per episode average), 1 Daily Double
Game Stats:
Allyson $13,400 Coryat, 16 correct, 0 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer, 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Nick $13,800 Coryat, 19 correct, 3 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer, 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Martha $9,800 Coryat, 15 correct, 4 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer, 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $37,000
Lach Trash: $10,200 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,800
Martha Bordogna, final statistics:
37 correct, 8 incorrect
3/4 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
32.46% in first on buzzer (37/114)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,700)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,500
Allyson Samiljan, statistics to date:
16 correct, 1 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,500)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,400
Allyson Samiljan, to win:
2 games: 47.315%
3: 22.387%
4: 10.592%
5: 5.012%
6: 2.371%
Avg. streak: 1.898 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- It worked out in this case, but I felt that Allyson’s Final Jeopardy! wager was, counterintuitively, unnecessarily risky, as Nick was in a position where “bet everything” was plausible (due to Allyson having more of a lead over Nick than Nick had over Martha). Again, counterintuitively, betting more money (i.e. $8,901) would have carried less risk for Allyson.
- A bet of $0 would have worked out really well for Martha here, especially considering her position in the game.
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Maybe it’s personal bias but this was an instaguess for me — “idle rich detective” is practically a beeline for Nick (and Nora) Charles, and the movies were fairly well-known comedies.
I got it right away too, but I love Dashiell Hammett. Kind of ironic that Nick (but not Charles!) was the only one to actually guess a Hammett character (The Maltese Falcon’s Sam Spade).
To be honest, I never heard of that guy. They must really being on the verge of going broke ! This week -except today which I don’t know yet- we are 1 for 6 and Fri was a TS too…..
Also a generation question. Martha’s and Nick’s parents probably had not even met yet in the ’50s.
Well, here we go. 1/9 this week on top of a TS on Friday!
@Richard
???????????????? What do you mean with “translate”??????
Of course you are the measure of whether a clue will translate😁(I knew it–but then I’m a genius🧐!)
Mentioning a wife was the give away. I see this in the NY Times
Plus, the list of married detectives from that era is not long. Poirot, Spade, Marlowe–all committed bachelors.
Re Andy’s info added info above about the prize money of Jeopardy falling with questions like this, I wonder if they gave so much money to James Holzhauer and Jason Z. that they have to have tougher questions now to balance the books!
MichaelJ, I think the last thing they have to worry about is prize money. Pretty sure Jeopardy is swimming in it. Losing Alex 💔 is probably their main concern right now. His health is in our hearts and we all wish him the best.
I liked watching the Nick and Nora series and read some of the Thin Man books but didn’t know anything about its background so would have flunked this FJ.
This has been a bad week so far…
YAY! I got this correct! I am only in my 40s but I am a huge fan of William Powell who played Nick Charles in the movies. I was so excited to see this clue! I know a lot of people have never heard of him so any exposure to William Powell, TCM or classic movies/books excites me 🙂
Ditto!! I knew Nora had inherited a lot of money so mostly got it from that part of the clue–that it was from a sawmill also dawned on me gradually–also the year helped–the first movie came out in ’35 …very entertaining flicks, for the characters (not just Powell and Loy, although they are great, of course) and dialogue–the plots are secondary…still kind of a weirdly worded clue–that
Hey!! Nick shoulda gotten FJ correct hahaha
Allyson’s wager just blew my mind, but the TS saved her.Stats say over 47% for a second win but my gut says we’ll have yet another champ tomorrow.
Another triple stumper this week.
Yeah, and Tue one correct and last Fri also a TS….
Would the thin man been an acceptable answer as well as nick charles to 10/23 final jeopardy?
“The Thin Man” was not Nick; so, no.