Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Men of Medicine) for Wednesday, August 18, 2021 (Season 24, Game 14):
After giving birth in Paris, American Marjorie Karmel wrote “Thank You” him & co-founded an organization now named for him
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Richard Johnson, a foreign affairs officer from Washington, D.C.
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Lateefah Torrence, a writer from New York, New York
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Kevin Martin, an emergency room physician from Bowling Green, Ohio (1-day total: $17,800)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Season 38 begins September 13 with the return of 18-day champion Matt Amodio; in the interim, Jeopardy! is running four weeks of reruns. The first two weeks will be the 10 “Alex Around the World” episodes that ran in his memory in late December; the 2021 Tournament of Champions, hosted by Buzzy Cohen, will air from August 30 through September 10. Today’s episode featured a category about the U.S. Air Force as part of a USO tour to Japan, that originally aired on September 27, 2007.
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Correct response: Who is Fernand Lamaze?
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Inspired by what he observed in the Soviet Union. Dr. Fernand Lamaze began teaching his method of psychoprophylaxis in Paris. Ideally, it strives to eliminate the pain of childbirth through educating expectant mothers about the processes of labor, relaxation responses to contractions, and breathing exercises designed to interfere with the transmission of pain signals. Marjorie Karmel, after her own experience using Lamaze’s techniques, wrote Thank You, Dr. Lamaze in 1959 and founded what is now Lamaze International (originally the American Society for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics) with Elisabeth Bing one year later.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Richard $18,300
Lateefah $8,000
Kevin $5,200
Tonight’s results:
Kevin $5,200 – $3,000 = $2,200 (Who is Hi Mom Mont Carmel)
Lateefah $8,000 + $0 = $8,000 (Who is Lamaze)
Richard $18,300 – $2,000 = $16,300 (Who is Spock?) (1-day total: $16,300)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Richard $12,500
Kevin $2,400
Lateefah $800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) MUSEUMS $600 (clue #9)
Richard 3800 +1500 (Kevin 0 Lateefah 0)
2) IT’S 1999 $2000 (clue #7)
Richard 15300 -3500 (Kevin 2800 Lateefah 800)
3) ANAGRAMMED SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS $1600 (clue #29, $2000 left on board)
Richard 17800 +500 (Kevin 5200 Lateefah 8000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 19
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Game Stats:
Richard $22,000 Coryat, 33 correct, 2 incorrect, 54.39% in first on buzzer (31/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Lateefah $8,000 Coryat, 8 correct, 0 incorrect, 12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Kevin $5,200 Coryat, 9 correct, 2 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $35,200
Lach Trash: $12,200 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,600
Kevin Martin, career statistics:
29 correct, 6 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (32/114)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,000
Lateefah Torrence, career statistics:
9 correct, 0 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,000
Richard Johnson, career statistics:
33 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
54.39% in first on buzzer (31/57)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,500)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $22,000
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As we now watch older repeats, it is a pleasure to see a healthy Alex performing his duties so effortlessly. It’s also a pleasure to see clues written with clarity and unambiguity, without the incoherent “cleverness” the production/writing staff seems to believe is now required. One forgets how Jeopardy used to be so enjoyable to watch, compared to the current version which seems to be increasingly frustrating and rudderless.
Before Mike Richards happened to the show, in fact.
Brings home to me how much I miss Alex!
I’m trying to remember a jeopardy question. It was in a category something like Disney movies. It was akin to who is the worst villain, Answer was “Who is man?” Can anyone remember the actual question and category?
Maybe re Bambi
Yes – it’s bambi – I’m trying to see if anyone knows the category and question. I’ve googled it but cannot find it
https://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=3597
AFI’s 50 GREATEST FILM VILLAINS: Of the 50 on the list, only one never appears on screen: man, from this 1942 animated feature
Thank you!!!!
I think Richards started a slow destruction of Jeopardy as we’ve always known it ever since he took over as producer.
Why are they doing reruns. Where is Matt Amodio?
They always do reruns in the summer. Matt Amodio is scheduled to return Sept. 13.