Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category The Music Biz) for Tuesday, September 15, 2020 (Season 36, Game 2):
In 2019, at a 60th anniversary event in Detroit, this producer announced his retirement saying he had “come full circle”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
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Today’s contestants:
Betsy Reisz, a test prep tutor from Sherman Oaks, California
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Ted Fruchtman, a supply chain manager from Los Angeles, California
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Cory Barger, an orchestra musician from Riverside, California (1-day total: $23,800)
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Correct response: Who is Berry Gordy?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Berry Gordy is best known for founding the Motown record label. Gordy invested his profits from being a successful late-’50s songwriter into the label after discovering Smokey Robinson’s band, the Miracles. Motown’s best-known acts include the Jackson 5, Diana Ross and the Supremes, the Temptations, the Miracles, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Lionel Richie, and Boyz II Men.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Cory $13,600
Ted $6,400
Betsy $2,000
Tonight’s results:
Betsy $2,000 – $800 = $1,200 (Who is Barry Gordy?)
Ted $6,400 – $0 = $6,400 (Who is ???)
Cory $13,600 – $0 = $13,600 (Who is no idea :() (2-day total: $37,400)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Cory $8,400
Ted $4,000
Betsy $400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) KNOW YOUR RIGHTS $600 (clue #28)
Cory 6400 +2000 (Ted 4000 Betsy -400)
2) THE SULTANS $1600 (clue #19)
Ted 7600 -3600 (Cory 12400 Betsy 2000)
3) HELLO & GOODBYE $1200 (clue #23)
Ted 6800 -4000 (Cory 12400 Betsy 2400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -75
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS $1000
DJ! Round: OF STING $800
Total Left On Board: $1,800
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 4 (2.00 per episode average)
Game Stats:
Cory $12,200 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 30.91% in first on buzzer (17/55), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Ted $14,000 Coryat, 19 correct, 5 incorrect, 36.36% in first on buzzer (20/55), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Betsy $2,000 Coryat, 11 correct, 4 incorrect, 27.27% in first on buzzer (15/55), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $28,200
Lach Trash: $11,600 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $12,400
Cory Barger, career statistics:
34 correct, 7 incorrect
2/4 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
30.00% in first on buzzer (33/110)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,500)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,800
Ted Fruchtman, career statistics:
19 correct, 6 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
36.36% in first on buzzer (20/55)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$7,600)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,000
Betsy Reisz, career statistics:
11 correct, 5 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
27.27% in first on buzzer (15/55)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $2,000
Cory Barger, to win:
3 games: 40.506%
4: 16.407%
5: 6.646%
6: 2.692%
7: 1.090%
Avg. streak: 2.681 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- In my opinion, this was easily the worst ruling that the judges have made on the show in a great many seasons. To my ear, there is such an insignificant difference between “Barry” and “Berry” that the judges deserve to receive every single last complaint the show gets tonight on social media. Thankfully, this was immaterial to the outcome of the game and she won’t be returned, but still. Betsy should have received credit and this was 100% a terrible ruling by the judges.
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I think Ken will be replacing Alex once he retires. Having him have his own little slot in the game is just to get him warmed up. I like it.
The judges ruling disallowing Barry contradicts my understanding of the rules. Barry and Berry are pronounced the same where I come from.
But how…with a short a or a short e. Not trying to be facetious at all, genuinely curious. What other word would rhyme with how you pronounce both Barry and Berry?
Saying that one has a short a and the other a short e is just theory. Actually pronounce the two words out loud. Where is the difference? The same with the two words ‘marry’ and ‘merry’.
Not to this ear, just said them out loud. . They’re totally different, but I believe you all. Would still love to know how you’re pronouncing them though!
To me, Barry, berry, bury, and each half of beriberi are all pronounced identically.
That is totally incomprehensible to me. Do you want to tell us, phonetically, how you are pronouncing them differently?
I’ve concluded this discussion is fruitless in print. We’ll all have to agree to disagree! As the song says…let’s call the whole thing off! 🎼(Old codgers like me, and old music buffs will get that!)
Jim, I don’t think anyone here is doubting your claim that they sound differently—we would just like to know what difference you’re hearing.
I pronounce Barry with a short a sound, like in sat. I pronounce Berry with a short e sound, like in set. Apparently those who pronounce them the same rhyme them both with hairy. This regional dialect difference is discussed in many surrounding comments. We’re obviously in the minority, but we’re here! 🙂
It was nice seeing Ken Jennings present a category.
He once asked a question for a “High School Quiz Show” episode:
Since they would have accepted “Gordy,” they certainly should have accepted “Barry.” There might be some people in New England who would pronounce it as Bah-ree versus Berr-ree, but to the rest of the world Barry and Berry are pronounced the same. This is just as bad as the SHAMEFUL ending of the Kids’ Tournament episode where a boy was penalized for slightly misspelling Kentucky (and clearly was too upset about it to talk with Alex during the closing credits).
What part of the rest of the world are you from? Do you pronounce merry and marry the same? When you propose do you say I want to merry you? Do you wish people a marry Christmas? Give it up, you’re all wrong, the judges made the correct decision.
Richard:
1) It’s called the Mary-marry-merry merger. 57% of Americans pronounce all three words identically.
2) Please stop being so combative towards contestants and commenters here.
That is a non sequitir straw man argument. Obviously, the words are spelled differently and wouldn’t make sense in your sentences. But they sound the same and since the issue is a proper name, there is no confusion as to definition and they sound the same.
Yeah Andy, I just read an article about the merger that cited the same statistic…that list of words you mentioned…Barry, Berry, bury, and each half of beriberi, according to the article you probably rhyme them all with “hairy”. I don’t rhyme any of them with “hairy”! And the only one I pronounce differently from the others is Barry! I rhyme Mary with hairy, but not marry or merry. I’m not a merger I guess!
It was very interesting…it said where you’re from has a lot to do with it. Evidently, if you’re from the northeast U.S. you don’t merge…I’m from NY! And I replayed Alex on my DVR, he didn’t merge either, said the two names differently. Maybe that’s Canada talking! So, maybe the ruling wasn’t right. Another thing great about my favorite game, I never knew any of this!
Chary and cherry. I, too, believe she should’ve been ruled correct! Thanks Jeopardy Fan for room to vent!
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The Barry/Berry Gordy ruling was the strangest ever. For 37 years, and even back to the Art Fleming days, if a misspelling could be pronounced the same as the correct spelling, it was considered a correct answer. Maybe all the old judges were afraid to come to work due to COVID, and Jeopardy! had to hire all new judges.
Didn’t anybody catch the error in the question about the internal combustion engine with opposing banks of cylinders? The answer given was “a V8 engine”. The correct answer should have been “a boxer engine”.
I’m not an expert on engines, but in the clue was the allusion, “I could have had a (V8), and it said that there were 4 cylinders on each side. To my mind, that is a V8 engine.
I agree. The cylinders in a V engine are no opposing ala Porsche and Subaru, the are angled.
Also, to fit the category, the response needed to include “eight”.
Hey Andy…go on Google and type in these exact words (without the quotation marks)…”jeopardy rules on spelling”. Ok, now look at the first 6 words that pop up on
the screen…”Jeopardy is not a spelling test”…see it? I absolutely could not BELIEVE those judges did that. That was plum RIDICULOUS! Now do THIS…right underneath that “Jeopardy is not a spelling test” paragraph, you’ll see the words “5 Jeopardy Rules Every Contestant Should Know/J!Buzz/Jeopardy”. See it? Click on it then scroll down to
number 5 and read it. There ya go…they absolutely should have accepted her answer.
I’m all for a woman host when Alex retires!
I’m not and I would stop watching.
This is not a space for sexist viewpoints.
Based on her work on The Beast and Masterminds, I could see Brooke Burns being very good at it.
Wow. So far on Twitter the official Jeopardy response thus far has been to repeat
“In this case “Barry” is a different name. When a contestant adds incorrect information to an otherwise correct response, they are ruled incorrect.”
To any query about the spelling error, which they have done several times over, including to a tweet from TheJeopardyFan. Certainly not clearing up any confusion yet.
The correct question was “Who is Berry Gordy?” The correct question WAS NOT “Who is Barry Gordy?” The only controversy should be if the Judges’ ruling was contradictory to the rules and/or previous decisions regarding FJ spelling of real names.