Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category History of the 19-Teens) for Friday, September 24, 2021 (Season 38, Game 10):
Saying he ignored warnings of enemy vessels, the British Admiralty sought to blame William Turner, this ship’s last captain in 1915
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Rebecca Fox, an administrative assistant from Pasadena, California
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Troy Pozirekides, a written communications specialist from Santa Monica, California
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Matt Amodio, a Ph.D student from New Haven, Connecticut (27-day total: $955,201)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Matt Amodio comes into today needing $44,799 to surpass the $1 million mark. I’d be surprised if he got there today; this seems to have been a more tiring week for him. Friday is also Matt’s weakest day of the week.
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Correct response: What is the (RMS) Lusitania?
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The Cunard ship RMS Lusitania was travelling from New York to England when it was sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland. Knowing that merchant ships had been sunk in the area, the Admiralty had warned captain William Turner to take an unpredictable course; however, Turner ignored the advice and was sunk on May 7, 1915. Nearly 1,200 people drowned. Turner, incredibly, did not go down with the ship. Moreover, Turner helmed the SS Ivernia which was also sunk by a U-Boat in 1917 (Turner did not go down with the Ivernia either.)
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Matt $31,800
Troy $7,200
Rebecca -$4,000
Tonight’s results:
Rebecca -$4,000 (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
Troy $7,200 + $7,200 = $14,400 (What is the Luisitania?)
Matt $31,800 + $17,000 = $48,800 (What is Lusitania Titanic?) (28-day total: $1,004,001)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Matt $6,600
Troy $5,600
Rebecca $400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) GET-TOGETHERS $1000 (clue #5)
Matt 3800 -3800 (Troy 0 Rebecca 0)
2) NOVELS BY QUOTE $1600 (clue #1)
Rebecca 400 -2000 (Matt 6600 Troy 5600)
3) NOTABLE ASIAN AMERICANS $1200 (clue #8, $23600 left on board)
Matt 12600 +6000 (Troy 4000 Rebecca -3200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -152
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:
Matt $30,800 Coryat, 38 correct, 2 incorrect, 66.67% in first on buzzer (38/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Troy $7,200 Coryat, 12 correct, 1 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Rebecca -$2,000 Coryat, 2 correct, 3 incorrect, 5.26% in first on buzzer (3/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $36,000
Lach Trash: $8,600 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,400
Matt Amodio, career statistics:
899 correct, 90 incorrect
46/53 on rebound attempts (on 100 rebound opportunities)
53.41% in first on buzzer (845/1582)
53/62 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $201,000)
20/28 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $26,864
Troy Pozirekides, career statistics:
13 correct, 1 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,200
Rebecca Fox, career statistics:
2 correct, 3 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
5.26% in first on buzzer (3/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
0/0 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: -$2,000
Matt Amodio, to win:
29 games: 93.138%
30: 85.286%
31: 79.594%
32: 73.213%
33: 67.536%
Avg streak: 39.750 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Mayim clearly explained why the judges accepted Troy’s misspelling of Lusitania. (the “ui” can be pronounced like in “cruise”.)
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Before I read the clue, I thought this category was about 19-year-olds. Everyone should get this right. I didn’t know, however, that the captain did not go down with his ship. Bad show.
The Germans suspected the Lusitania was carrying munitions for the war effort and warned that they would sink her. Given the explosions after she was hit and the swiftness that she sunk, their suspicions were probably true.
Yes, they finally admitted that the Lusitania was carrying munitions.
The ship sunk off of the coast of Kinsale and I went to a cliff overlooking where the ship sunk on a trip to Ireland in 1979.
Why is Mike Richards still listed as the Executive Producer of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. He was fired in disgrace. Get his name off the credits.
Charles:
When these shows were taped, Mike Richards was still Executive Producer, therefore, he is legally required to still receive credit for those programs.
He was only Executive Producer for the 5 shows he did the first week of the new season, I believe. He only did 1 day of taping which was the 5 shows for the first week of the new season.
You are incorrect. He was only fired as Executive Producer on August 31, after the next three weeks’ worth of shows had been taped.
Wheel of Fortune still shows Richards as executive producer so maybe both shows tape around the same time.
If I’m not mistaken, today’s game completed the taping week at Jeopardy. So Matt should be coming back in six days or so refreshed and ready to start again — assuming, of course, that he wins today. I agree with Andy that it looks like he could use the break.
So, with the timing of Mike’s host resignation, this was the first day of a rare 3-day taping week for the show.
Missed this when I posted my comment earlier. Jeez, if Mike Richards being Mike Richards jeopardizes Matt’s streak, I won’t be a happy camper.
Andy, could you elaborate on this? Do you mean that Mike Richards’ 5 episodes were filmed during one week, and then there was a break, and then fifteen episodes with the new host were taped during a subsequent week?
Thomas, you are absolutely correct. From what I read, Mike was supposed to tape two weeks worth of shows on a Thursday and Friday. However, he stepped down after the first day of taping, so there was no taping on Friday. Because of the missed taping day, they had to make up that day by having Mayim host her three weeks of shows in one week.
Nice job Matt crossing the wrong answer out this time! Maybe this will make the gut-truthers think twice about second-guessing his second-guessing. 😉
Interesting note about “Luisitania”. Seems a bit generous but I generally think Jeopardy could be a bit more generous on this point anyway.
Matt with 5 tape days swept now. Phenomenal. Andy, do you know if Jeopardy taped three days in a row due to Richardsghazi?
He’s passed the One Million mark! Congratulations to Matt! What a joy to watch his success!!
I think a better explanation for allowing the “ui” spelling would have referred to “nuisance” as an example, since it has an “s” sound (like Lusitania) whereas “cruise” has a “z” sound.
Matt has finally passed the one million dollar mark congrats to him. The luistania was in teh news since world war 1 and the germans misttakened that ship for a munitions boat and sank it killing the 1198 people on board. I read about that disaster in grade school and it still interests me today.
She was actually carrying munitions.
Glad to see Matt cross the 1M barrier–and in 2 games less than his hero Ken! While of course James took much fewer games to exceed 1M, he has a 67 percent chance to beat his 32 games streak next week🙂.
Matt’s style and brilliance are amazing! I hope he keeps winning 👏👏