Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Mythology) for Wednesday, September 29, 2021 (Season 38, Game 13):
The Hippocrene Spring, sacred to the Muses, was so named because this offspring of Medusa brought it into being
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Adriana Granados, a student advisor from Fontana, California
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Daniel Pecoraro, a nonprofit manager & tour guide from Brooklyn, New York
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Matt Amodio, a Ph.D student from New Haven, Connecticut (30-day total: $1,107,401)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Matt picked up his 30th win yesterday; he’s just two wins behind James Holzhauer for #2 all-time. Tuesday and Wednesday are Matt’s strongest days of the week, and I would be absolutely shocked if Matt didn’t get to win #31 today.
One thing that I don’t understand about people: What do people have against excellence these days? You’re getting to watch one of the greatest players of all time play Jeopardy!, and your reaction is “Miss me with this”? No. Moreover, I have found that Matt has been one of the nicest champions, in the echelons of Buzzy Cohen in terms of just how great of a person he is. Just ask any of the people Matt has defeated; every single one of those players that I have spoken to have had nothing but kind things to say about Matt.
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Correct response: What is Pegasus?
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The Hippocrene Spring, in Greek mythology, was created by the hooves of Pegasus on Mt. Helicon; drinking its water was said to give the drinker poetic inspiration.
The Pegasus, one of the most famous creatuers in Greek myth, was the famed winged horse that, in some myths, was born when Perseus decapitated its mother Medusa. It has also been said that springs would generally burst forth whenever the Pegasus’ hooves struck ground.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Matt $42,600
Daniel $15,000
Adriana $1,800
Tonight’s results:
Adriana $1,800 – $800 = $1,000 (What is)
Daniel $15,000 – $9,622 = $5,378 (What is a centaur?)
Matt $42,600 + $8,000 = $50,600 (What is Pegasus?) (31-day total: $1,158,001)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Matt $12,400
Daniel $5,000
Adriana $600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) THE NON-COASTAL U.S. $600 (clue #8)
Matt 3800 +3800 (Daniel 1200 Adriana 0)
2) SOUTHERN LITERATURE $1600 (clue #4)
Matt 15200 +6000 (Daniel 5000 Adriana 2200)
3) I NOMINATE YOU FOR A NOBEL PRIZE! $1200 (clue #12, $18000 left on board)
Matt 26400 +5000 (Daniel 8600 Adriana 2200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 158
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 $31,200 Coryat, 36 correct, 1 incorrect, 57.89% in first on buzzer (33/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Daniel $15,000 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Adriana $1,800 Coryat, 4 correct, 1 incorrect, 8.77% in first on buzzer (5/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $48,000
Lach Trash: $3,600 (on 3 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $2,400
Matt Amodio, career statistics:
1003 correct, 97 incorrect
49/56 on rebound attempts (on 109 rebound opportunities)
53.79% in first on buzzer (943/1753)
60/69 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $242,000)
23/31 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $27,032
Daniel Pecoraro, career statistics:
17 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,000
Adriana Granados, career statistics:
4 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
8.77% in first on buzzer (5/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $1,800
Matt Amodio, to win:
32 games: 91.983%
33: 84.851%
34: 78.473%
35: 73.190%
36: 69.282%
Avg. streak: 43.167 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- $50,600 is the 48th-highest regular-play one-day total of all time. The full top 100 will be updated once the full country has had today’s episode air.
- Another reminder to viewers who may not be aware of the show’s rules: Leading articles may be added, dropped, or changed with another article with impunity, unless ambiguity is created with another well-known work. Thus, with regards to today’s Daily Double in SOUTHERN LITERATURE, “The Color Purple”, “Color Purple” and “A Color Purple” are all considered equal (and equally correct) in the eyes of the show.
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When did being humble go out of style. Seems like a great person. I root for him every night and hope he breaks all records. What do people have against him? Smart, nice and seems to enjoy every moment he is on the show – and so do I.
I like when he smiles at Mayim after giving a correct response. We need more people like Matt.
Andy, I completely share your bewilderment at many people’s reaction to Matt’s ongoing, towering achievement. As you said, he’s clearly one of the greatest ever to play this difficult game. Moreover, he’s mounted his run in the most distracting time in the game’s history, under a series of different hosts with different cadences. He was sent away one day because the host had been fired. He came back the next day and took up exactly where he’d left off.
And he’s done it all with grace and humility.
How could anyone possibly call that boring? It’s the very antithesis of that. It’s watching a young man compete at an incredibly high level of sustained excellence, and checking in day by day to see just how long he can sustain it.
He’s a marvel, and he appears to be a genuinely good guy, and we are privileged to watch him.
Debbie Stover,
Very well articulated and I fully agree with every word. Thank you for wording it so eloquently!
Glad I am not reading all the hate towards him. He is brilliant and seems so likable. I saw a TV trivia game he was on in high school and he was raving about a new guitar he just received and it just made me smile! He’s great 👍 👌 oh did I mention a fellow Ohioan?! 😉
I was born and raised in New Haven, CT, so I’m claiming Matt for my hometown.
I couldn’t think of the correct answer to Final Jeopardy, but after reading Andy’s explainer remembered that in Greek “hippo” means “horse” (as in a hippodrome = horse race course, and a hippopotamus = “river horse”).
Yeah, the dislike of Matt is weird. 98% of Jeopardy games do not feature an ultra-champion. We’ll get back to one-and-dones and poor daily double betting and top-down play and all the other hallmarks of Jeopardy as usual in the next few weeks.
Surely people should at least be cheering for him to pass James? I like James and even I can’t wait to see Matt wipe that smug smile off his face!
That said, the Internet sucks and Jeopardy fans in particular seem to be extraordinarily resistant to change, so I guess it’s not that surprisingly that there’s a vocal minority out there who don’t like Matt?
I dunno, I’m pretty exhausted with the whole J! ecosystem, to be honest.
When Matt passes James’ record for number of wins, James’ smug smile will not disappear. He will simply point out that he has earned more money per game than Matt (which is certainly true, and to James’ credit) and that his total regular season winnings still surpass Matt’s total winnings.
I believe Matt can pass James’ days of winning by the end of this week. I like Matt’s style better than James (enough said, i am trying to be nice, like Andy always urges. James still comes off as smug and aloof (like, “well, of course I won…”) and I enjoyed watching him give up $ 660,000 to a team on The Chase not long ago ($ 220,000 for each player!) Now, enough said.
Most people seem delighted just to get on the show in the first place, let alone possibly win one game, and it is nice to see that same kind of surprise from Matt, even for over a month now.
If he plays into October then he will be chasing Ken for the longest streak, and total, too, and if he is still playing into November he will even get to meet Ken in person.
This is what Alex would have wanted – the show is about the players, not the host, and the good players don’t even want to make it about themselves. Nice also to hear how helpful Matt has been with the new contestants that show up every week. It seems to come through when you see him on camera.
One thing about the Jeopardy champions that seems to be true is that they really appreciate other good players. I think James is probably impressed by Matt and looks forward to getting a chance to have another GOAT tournament.
Great idea! I wonder what another GOAT tournament would look like, to include Ken (unless he becomes a Jeopardy! host), James, Brad and Matt. Picking the top three for GOAT is no longer a slam dunk. Qualifying rounds perhaps?
Ken (and Buzzy) are ineligible for any future tournaments by virtue of their switching to the host side. Because of this, I don’t see any crossover being possible between the Trebek and post-Trebek eras.
I love Matt’s run. He got all 3 DD’s right again today. Awesome.
I look so forward to watching Matt play. He’s extraordinary and makes it look so easy. How wonderful to see him on action.
So very happy to see him win again. He is absolutely genuine – the jealous people who don’t like him should get a life or find a new game show. I heard Bitter Beach Biddies needs a few more viewers.
I was genuinely surprised by James Holzhauer’s throwing shade on Matt. Wow! I had thought (wrongly) that James had a little more class than that. Sad….
I dont get why there are so many people hating on Matt or finding his run boring but honestly i seem to enjoy his streak so far this week. I alao got Pegasus because it reminded me of that novel Pegasus in space.
Matt broke records again with all the daily doubles nailed. But still some jeopardy Matt haters need a chill pill
Way to go (again) Matt! He’s a great champion.
Alas, I missed Final today. I guessed Pandora. I thought she would be a logical offspring of Medusa. Oh, well. I guess I looked into the wrong box. I’ll try again tomorrow. Hope Matt wins then, too.
So glad Matt won! I celebrate his excellence and a breath of fresh air as one of the nicest people we’ll see on tv. Those who aren’t celebrating him are perhaps jealous.