Welcome to Tuesday, March 23, 2021! Today the schedule goes back to normal, as the NCAA Men’s basketball tournament on CBS isn’t causing the show to not air at its normal time in a bunch of markets. Many of you have also reminded me that your objections with Dr. Oz are more than just his endorsement of conversion therapy (which is my personal biggest issue), but also that he has endorsed many alternative medicines with dubious efficacy, as well as making statements regarding COVID-19 that would have led to many more deaths than have even occurred. Now that this is out of the way, here is today’s Final Jeopardy! clue:
The Olympics: The “City of Angels” hosted the Olympics twice, the second time this many years after the first
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The Jeopardy! community is mourning the loss of Brayden Smith, who passed away on February 5. The Brayden Smith Memorial Fund has been established, dedicated to furthering the educational aspirations of Southern Nevada students.
Today’s contestants:
Amal Dorai, a product manager originally from Lexington, Massachusetts
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Claire Nieman, a registered nurse from Seattle, Washington
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Kathryn Peters, a research center executive director from Carrboro, North Carolina (1-day total: $20,001)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Kathryn rode a strong knowledge base to a win yesterday, pulling away quite strongly in Double Jeopardy. If she can get just a little bit better on the signalling device, she could go on a run. However, the taping days are longer these days, as many contestants have reported on Reddit. That might prove to make things a little bit more difficult for Kathryn. I’d love to see her win a bunch of games, though!
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Correct response: What is 52?
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Los Angeles, the “City of Angels”, has hosted the Olympics in 1932 and 1984; they are also scheduled to host in 2028. (From knowing the years, it becomes a simple task to subtract 1932 from 1984.) L.A. will join London (1908, 1948, 2012) and Paris (1900, 1924, 2024) as the only cities to host three times.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Amal $19,600
Claire $6,000
Kathryn $5,400
Tonight’s results:
Kathryn $5,400 – $4,270 = $1,130 (What is Los Angeles?)
Claire $6,000 – $5,999 = $1 (What is 64 years?)
Amal $19,600 – $5,000 = $14,600 (What is 28) (1-day total: $14,600)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Claire $5,600
Kathryn $5,000
Amal $2,200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) SPACE-Y SAYINGS $1000 (clue #30)
Kathryn 4000 +1000 (Claire 5600 Amal 2200)
2) CRASS WARFARE $1600 (clue #13)
Amal 4600 +3000 (Kathryn 5400 Claire 8400)
3) BORDER TOWNS $1600 (clue #19, $15600 left on board)
Amal 12800 +2800 (Kathryn 6200 Claire 8400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 112
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: NO. 1 LYRICS $2000 BOOKS OF THE 1980s $2000
Total Left On Board: $4,000
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 167 (1.31 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Amal $17,000 Coryat, 22 correct, 3 incorrect, 40.00% in first on buzzer (22/55), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Kathryn $5,400 Coryat, 14 correct, 4 incorrect, 30.91% in first on buzzer (17/55), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Claire $6,000 Coryat, 14 correct, 4 incorrect, 25.45% in first on buzzer (14/55), 3/4 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $28,400
Lach Trash: $11,000 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,600
Kathryn Peters, career statistics:
32 correct, 8 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 12 rebound opportunities)
28.57% in first on buzzer (32/112)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,700
Claire Nieman, career statistics:
14 correct, 5 incorrect
3/4 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
25.45% in first on buzzer (14/55)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,000
Amal Dorai, career statistics:
22 correct, 4 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
40.00% in first on buzzer (22/55)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,800)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,000
Amal Dorai, to win:
2 games: 56.937%
3: 32.418%
4: 18.458%
5: 10.509%
6: 5.984%
Avg. streak: 2.322 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I wouldn’t blame our host for the two unplayed clues today; Amal was playing at a very methodical pace, and I’m surprised that only two clues were uncovered.
- I’m honestly not surprised that both somebody misread the clue, and that this was a Triple Stumper.
- Thus far, $40,601 has been donated to Healthcorps, Inc.
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This was the second Olympics triple stumper that I knew … also figure-8 skating from a few weeks of ago.
All I could think about is how Bangkok’s Thai name, Krung Thep, translates to “City of Angels”, where Oz’s—who has dual Turkish-American citizenship—ancestors came from during the “Asian Migration”. I thought the Final was a tribute to him, but I couldn’t reconcile the MacGuffin with the Olympics . . .