Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Renaissance Men) for Monday, October 4, 2021 (Season 38, Game 16):
10 years before a more famous work, he wrote in 1503 that the way to deal with rebels is to placate them or eliminate them
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Mike Howard, a retired ironworker & writer from Peculiar, Missouri
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Elizabeth Mitchell, a student & part-time engagement specialist from Rosemead, California
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Matt Amodio, a Ph.D student from New Haven, Connecticut (33-day total: $1,267,801)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Now that Matt is chasing Ken Jennings’ 74 wins (having passed James Holzhauer’s 32 on Friday), a lot of people are starting to wonder when (or even if) Matt will lose. On Jeopardy!, everybody loses eventually, it’s just a matter of when. When you reach a certain skill level (the skill level that players like Ken, Matt, or James are at), it’s really just a matter of when you catch the unlucky break. James happened to catch his unlucky break in his 33rd game. We don’t know yet when that will happen for Matt, but it will happen. I still think it is most likely to happen on a Monday (before he’s picked up his timing again) or a Friday (as he tires), but it could happen any day.
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Correct response: Who is Niccolò Machiavelli?
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Niccolò Machiavelli is an Italian diplomat and philosopher best known today for his 1513 work The Prince (Il Principe) which provides a controversial justification for using violence in state-building, becoming well-known for the saying “the ends justify the means” (namely, if the end result is seen as beneficial, the methods used to reach those ends should be seen as acceptable.) The adjective “Machiavellian” was coined to describe such a ruler.
The 1503 Macchiavelli work referred to in the clue was titled On the Method of Dealing with the Rebellious Peoples of Valdichiana.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Matt $46,000
Mike $4,200
Elizabeth $2,200
Tonight’s results:
Elizabeth $2,200 – $2,000 = $200 (Who is Voltaire?)
Mike $4,200 + $201 = $4,401 (Who is Machiovelli)
Matt $46,000 + $37,000 = $83,000 (Who is Machiavelli?) (34-day total: $1,350,801)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Matt $18,600
Elizabeth $600
Mike -$1,000
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) IF AT “FIRST” $800 (clue #9)
Matt 6600 +6600 (Elizabeth -1000 Mike -1000)
2) RIVERS OF ASIA $1600 (clue #2)
Mike 1000 +2000 (Matt 18600 Elizabeth 600)
3) MEDICAL TERMS $2000 (clue #9, $23200 left on board)
Matt 24600 +5000 (Elizabeth 600 Mike 4200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 220
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 $37,200 Coryat, 42 correct, 2 incorrect, 68.42% in first on buzzer (39/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Mike $3,800 Coryat, 6 correct, 2 incorrect, 12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Elizabeth $2,200 Coryat, 7 correct, 2 incorrect, 15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $43,200
Lach Trash: $4,000 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,800
Matt Amodio, career statistics:
1126 correct, 105 incorrect
52/60 on rebound attempts (on 117 rebound opportunities)
55.04% in first on buzzer (1059/1924)
67/77 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $268,200)
26/34 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $27,665
Elizabeth Mitchell, career statistics:
7 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $2,200
Mike Howard, career statistics:
7 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $3,800
Matt Amodio, to win:
35 games: 93.268%
36: 88.287%
37: 82.464%
38: 77.184%
39: 72.483%
Avg. streak: 48.483 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- $83,000 is the 13th-highest one-day total of all time and the highest total of anyone not named James Holzhauer.
- $37,200 is tied for the 8th-highest Coryat score of all time.
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Awful final jeopardy. Literally every part of the clue could only have referred to one man.
Couldn’t watch today. Looks like I missed a special performance. Easy to get cocky now, but remember, the next Emma could be lurking around the corner.