Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Countries of the World) for Monday, October 11, 2021 (Season 38, Game 21):
Nazi Germany annexed this nation & divided it into regions of the Alps & the Danube; the Allies later divided it into 4 sectors
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Jonathan Fisher, an actor originally from Coral Gables, Florida
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Jessica Stephens, a statistical research specialist from Nashville, Tennessee
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Matt Amodio, a Ph.D student from New Haven, Connecticut (38-day total: $1,518,601)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: The Mike Richards era of Jeopardy! has been brought to an end, with Friday’s episode being the final taping where Mike served as Executive Producer. Now, the show can move forward, with Matt Amodio returning to the studio as a 38-day champion. One of the joys of Jeopardy! is that (much like baseball, in fact) there’s just enough randomness built into the game such that you never really know at the start of the game just what’s going to happen. With how Matt’s been playing, today could be the day where he catches every break and wins over $100,000. Or, on the flip side, he could catch some unlucky breaks and today could be the day he loses. And that’s what makes things so exciting.
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Correct response: What is Austria?
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Much like post-World War II Germany, post-World War II Austria (and Vienna) was partitioned into American, British, French, and Soviet occupation sections; Austria was famously annexed by the Nazis in 1938, in what was known as the Anschluss. From 1942 to 1945, the area was known as “Alpine and Danube Reichsgaue”. For many years following World War II, Austria portrayed itself as “the Nazis’ first victim” which completely failed to acknowledge the country’s contribution to the Nazi regime; it was not until nearly the turn of the century before Austria began reckoning with its past (its President, Nazi intelligence officer Kurt Waldheim, was seen as persona non grata in much of the world during his Presidency in the late ’80s and early ’90s).
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Jonathan $14,600
Jessica $14,400
Matt $10,600
Tonight’s results:
Matt $10,600 – $5,000 = $5,600 (What is Poland?)
Jessica $14,400 + $14,399 = $28,799 (What is Austria?)
Jonathan $14,600 + $14,600 = $29,200 (What is Austria?) (1-day total: $29,200)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Matt $9,800
Jonathan $4,000
Jessica $2,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) THIS ONE GOES TO 2011 $600 (clue #19)
Jonathan 1600 +1600 (Matt 7400 Jessica 2200)
2) GEORGE WASHINGTON DID IT $1200 (clue #22)
Jonathan 12800 -2000 (Matt 8600 Jessica 13600)
3) NATIONAL LITERARY TITLES $800 (clue #23, $3600 left on board)
Jonathan 10800 +3000 (Matt 8600 Jessica 13600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 112
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:
Jonathan $13,400 Coryat, 16 correct, 2 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Jessica $14,400 Coryat, 14 correct, 0 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Matt $10,600 Coryat, 23 correct, 5 incorrect, 47.37% in first on buzzer (27/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $38,400
Lach Trash: $6,200 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,400
Matt Amodio, career statistics:
1305 correct, 122 incorrect
55/64 on rebound attempts (on 125 rebound opportunities)
56.00% in first on buzzer (1237/2209)
76/86 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $304,200)
29/39 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $27,913
Jessica Stephens, career statistics:
15 correct, 0 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,400
Jonathan Fisher, career statistics:
17 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,600)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,400
Jonathan Fisher, to win:
2 games: 46.990%
3: 22.081%
4: 10.376%
5: 4.875%
6: 2.291%
Avg. streak: 1.886 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- This is a reminder that Jeopardy! airs as early as noon Eastern on some stations.
- After James’ and Ken’s losses leaked in advance, I am genuinely surprised that no advance video of today’s game leaked. This is one instance where I don’t at all mind being wrong, though.
- Obviously, finding both Daily Doubles in Double Jeopardy! helped Jonathan’s victory chances significantly, but what I think really hurt Matt was only scoring a net $800 in Double Jeopardy, only getting in first on the signalling device 9 times and giving 4 incorrect responses.
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Answer: Very sad and brokenhearted, but also grateful and happy for his amazing run and the opportunity to watch a true Jeopardy champion play. Question: “What’s how I feel tonight when thinking of Matt?” All the best to Matt. It was a privilege seeing you night after night.
I feel Matt’s rise to fame helped Jeopardy regain its popularity since the passing of Alex Trebek. AT would be proud of Matt. Although I’ve always been a fan of the show, I tuned in everyday religiously because of Matt. I was amazed at his scope of knowledge for a 30 yr old.
Thanks for all you do Andy!
A great run for Matt. Fun to watch. But a sobering thought: he was a little more than half way to Kens’s run. Doesn’t seem possible. I saw some of Kens run back in the day but I saw almost all of Matt’s. It makes Ken’s run seem insurmountable. Cheers to both.
I am so sad that he lost! I was anxious watching him play today, he seemed off and couldn’t get into the groove. He was never going to beat Ken’s record (could anyone?) but he was a delight to watch and seemed like a genuinely nice person. It will be weird to not see him on the show anymore until TOC whenever that may be.
Alex would be proud of Matt and his achievements. I can’t wait to see him in the 2022 ToC, and other future tournaments to come. Congratulations to Jonathan for defeating Matt, and let’s see how or if the show recovers in the post-Richards era.
I enjoyed watching Matt work the board. Certainly one of the all time best. Sad to see him go.
He must have the record for wins with the most hosts ever!
Really surprised that Matt missed Final Jeopardy, the answer to which was obvious to 73-year-old me, although it wouldn’t have made any difference anyway, since he was too far behind two sharp players, a fact nobody else seemed too mention.
Hey, Jeopardy!, now how about a Baby Boomer tournament? Every other age group and teachers ,the latter of whom usually do the worst of the groups, seems to have its own.
Frankly, I think I would do very well in it, along with many others, and it would stir more excitement for younger people to see we are still in it or with it.
Perhaps add some unique Baby Boomer questions, but leave most of the questions just as they are in terms of the answers. So, how about it, Jeopardy! (?)
A comment: I will say until my dying day that James Holzhauer was far and away the brightest and most strategic contestant ever on the program.
There used to be a Seniors Tournament but for some reason it was discontinued. Perhaps additional special tournaments will be added to help bolster ratings. All they now have are children, college, teen, celebrity and teachers and it’s been a while since I’ve seen a few of those.
I would guess that the Seniors Tournament did not have very high ratings and that is why it was discountinued.
Would like to congratulate Matt for the amazing show he had. Will miss him b/c he’s so personable and has real charm. Way to go, Matt!
I feel like Matt put Poland because it was NOT Austria, which is the ~obvious~ first answer. His bet indicates that, because 1st and second were so close, he needed to cover the second place looking to cover 1st place score. Therefore, with the clue, he can deduce that the other 2 are most likely to put Austria, and his guess of Austria, should it be correct, he still does not win the game, but if he puts something else, he has a shot.
Maybe that’s a bit too meta, however. He could have strictly guessed based off of “annexed” or knew he was doomed to begin with and decided to lose on a wrong FJ answer. Either way, he was a graceful and humble champion in defeat.
The wager goes in before the contestants see the question.
Yes, I am aware. He was betting to cover the bet that would’ve been similar to how James bet when 2nd in the game he lost, although this time Matt was in 3rd.
This gives him the optionality when the clue is given: answer the obvious if it’s deemed difficult or answer the non-obvious if deemed easy.
If deemed easy, he figures both of the contestants say the same answer and he always loses, and he can say a non-obvious one and win if it was an unlikely correct. And he wins if first gets wrong and second nails it.
If the clue is hard and he’s the only one or no one gets it, he’s also most likely to win.
His odds of winning saying “Austria,” however, are close to 0 since he likely figures the others answer that, as he may have graded it in his head on a difficulty scale.
His bet also indicates that maybe second would bet to cover him as well.