Happy Monday! Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Sports History) for Monday, March 28, 2022 (Season 38, Game 141):
Taking the mound for Cleveland in 1948, he was the first African American to pitch in a World Series
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Ryan Guzzo Purcell, a theatre director from Seattle, Washington
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Amie Walker, an attorney from Chandler, Arizona
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Jackie Kelly, a pension calculation developer from Cary, North Carolina (1-day total: $7,500)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Mayim Bialik returns to hosting today as Jackie Kelly, who won with $7,500 after a Triple Stumper Final Jeopardy on Friday, returns as champion. Jackie did have the most number of attempts on Friday with 39; if she can improve on the signalling device, she may have a good chance of defending her title. If not, though, challengers Amie and Ryan would love to become the champion, I’m sure.
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Correct response: Who is Satchel Paige?
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Satchel Paige had starred for Birmingham, Pittsburgh, and Kansas City over an illustrious Negro League career that spanned over 20 years before being signed by Cleveland (by owner Bill Veeck) in 1948 at age 42, becoming the first black pitcher in the AL (and seventh black player since the integration of the Major Leagues in 1947). When Cleveland won the AL pennant that fall, Paige pitched 2/3 of an inning in that year’s World Series.
Paige’s later professional career was mostly being signed by Veeck’s teams (after Veeck bought the St. Louis Browns, now the Baltimore Orioles, Paige was signed to pitch in St. Louis). At the age of 59 in 1965, Paige was signed to pitch in one game for the Kansas City Athletics against the Red Sox; Paige pitched three scoreless innings.
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Game Recap:
Jeopardy! Round categories: From the Sky; Rhyme Time; The Place to “B”; Crosby; Steels; Nosh
In a cautionary tale about starting at the bottom of the board, the first seven clues—six of which were at the $1000 level—saw four Triple Stumpers and two incorrect responses for Ryan. While he recovered to get out of the hole, Jackie held a lead at the first break. The second half of the round was dominated by Ryan, who got seven correct and held a $2,800 lead after the round.
Double Jeopardy! Round categories: British Writers; Colorful State Symbols; Doesn’t Mean What It Sounds Like; A Song & a Dance; The 1880s; A Gathering of Animals, Speaking Latin
Jackie pulled herself back into the game midway through Double Jeopardy! by successfully completing a True Daily Double. While she didn’t get the third Daily Double correct, four of Jackie’s correct responses came at the $2,000 level, which led to her holding a lead going into Final. Scores going into Final were Jackie leading at $17,200, with Ryan in second at $14,400 and Amie third at $7,600.
Final Jeopardy! saw both Jackie and Ryan be correct, and Jackie bet enough to become a 2-day champion! She’ll come back tomorrow.
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, March 28, 2022 Jeopardy! by the numbers:
Scores going into Final:
Jackie $17,200
Ryan $14,400
Amie $7,600
Tonight’s results:
Amie $7,600 – $7,599 = $1 (Who is ?)
Ryan $14,400 + $13,500 = $27,900 (Who is Satchel Paige)
Jackie $17,200 + $11,601 = $28,801 (Who is Paige?) (2-day total: $36,301)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Ryan $6,000
Jackie $3,200
Amie $2,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) FROM THE SKY $600 (clue #26)
Ryan 3600 +2000 (Jackie 2800 Amie 2800)
2) THE 1880s $1600 (clue #12)
Jackie 6000 +6000 (Amie 3600 Ryan 12800)
3) A GATHERING OF ANIMALS, SPEAKING LATIN $1600 (clue #18, $14800 left on board)
Jackie 13600 -2400 (Amie 4400 Ryan 13200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 138
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 51 (0.36 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Jackie $15,200 Coryat, 14 correct, 2 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Ryan $13,000 Coryat, 21 correct, 5 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Amie $7,600 Coryat, 14 correct, 3 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $35,800
Lach Trash: $8,400 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,800
Jackie Kelly, career statistics:
30 correct, 5 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 13 rebound opportunities)
24.32% in first on buzzer (27/111)
1/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$400)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,900
Amie Walker, career statistics:
14 correct, 4 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,600
Ryan Guzzo Purcell, career statistics:
22 correct, 5 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,000
Jackie Kelly, to win:
3 games: 44.013%
4: 19.371%
5: 8.526%
6: 3.752%
7: 1.652%
Avg. streak: 2.786 games.
Today’s interviews:
Ryan founded a theatre company to try to create a living wage for theatre artists.
Amie recently took up tennis.
Jackie ran track in high school and won a state championship in the mile.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I’m sure many eagle-eyed viewers caught a pretty unusual mistake in the scoreboard displaying the final scores about 2/3 of way through Double Jeopardy.
- Jackie’s performance on the bottom row of the board could make her very dangerous if she can improve on the signalling device.
- I really believe that Mayim Bialik is improving as host, and she’ll get even better once she gets the hang of how to better react when contestants give partial, but still very much correct, responses. (Maybe the show should adjust its question sheets for Mayim by underlining the required parts of the response, like many other competitive endeavors do.)
- Link to the box score: March 28, 2022 Box Score
Final Jeopardy! betting suggestions:
Jackie: Standard cover bet today is $11,601.
Amie: You can’t both cover a small bet from Ryan and a cover bet from Jackie. You may need to go all-in here.
Ryan: Bet $801 to cover Amie and force her to go all-in to surpass you.
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Ha! I knew this, but only because I read the Paige biography “If You Were Only White” last year 😀
Current FJ streak: 3W
A baseball category plays to my strength. I was torn between Larry Doby and Satchel Paige, both members of the Cleveland Indians. But I seem to recall that Doby was an outfielder and I knew that Paige was a pitcher. That sealed the deal.
Good Final Jeopardy today. (It’s always better when you get it right!)
Every element of the clue helps a baseball fan hone in on Satchel Paige. However, you do have to know something about baseball history. Hopefully the contestants do. I believe the clue could be a little more helpful if it said, “…1948, this former Negro League star was the first African American…” It wouldn’t entirely surprise me if somebody said Jackie Robinson. The clue doesn’t fit him, but even non-baseball fans know his name.
I knew it right away but I can people not familiar with baseball history missing it – or blindly saying Jackie Robinson. Paige was already 42 when he pitched in that game, and pitched for several more years.
Wonder if they specifically just say Cleveland and not Cleveland Indians (who are now the Cleveland Guardians) so as not to offend.
I didn’t know that Friday was Ken’s last show for the time being when I commented after that show: “Good to see some more of Ken’s humor coming out at the beginning of the show with the musical puns. He now seems about as comfortable as Alex did.”
A Final Jeopardy in time for Opening Day in a few weeks, and one celebrating one of the greatest athletes of all time, no less. Something is different about the lighting in the set during that round too. The spotlights seem a little brighter, maybe?
I agree there is some improvement on Mayim’s part, but I also admit there is regression from the hosting quality from a few days ago. I don’t think some of the editing is doing her any favors either. I guess I’ve just become a lot more comfortable with Ken due to the frequency of his hosting. I’d like to see both get the job (Ken for syndicated and Mayim for primetime and non-TOC tournaments).
A few weeks? Opening Day is next week. Play ball!
Oh my, where did the time go? The lockout squabbles completely threw me for a loop. 🙂
Mayim seemed a lot more comfortable out there than in previous tapings. She’s coming into her own as a host. There’s certainly room for improvement, as the comment above alludes to, but that sort of thing is fixable.
IMHO Amie’s best final bet was $0. She can only win or move into second place if both of the other contestants miss.
Larry:
If you’re Amie, betting $0 in this situation is an absolutely terrible idea, as it loses to a significant number of very sensible wagers from Ryan.
Yeah, Ryan made a bad wager and Amie had no idea of knowing that. Ryan made it so he had to get it right AND Amie and Jackie had to get it wrong. Not the right move for 2nd place. Had he bet just $801, he wouldn’t need to get it right unless Amie did and went all in. Triple stumpers are more common than single gets. Ryan had the capital to win in a triple stumper. Amie did not here.
Mayim is also getting less awkward overall, and experience will help her get even better so as to not say “we’ll accept that” when everyone knows that there’s no reason they wouldn’t. That was the only gaffe I noted and I hope she can keep loosening up more. The running joke – pun intended – was pretty spot on.
P. S. Andy – your recap cuts off the second half of Single Jeopardy jsyk.
I thought it was rather unusual that consecutive clues in the first round both had “Berlin” as a correct response. I think this might have happened before in a “Stupid Answers” category or some other gimmick where all or most clues in a category had the same correct response, but I’m not sure.
Floyd Crosby, the cinematographer who was referenced in the $1000 clue of the CROSBY category, was David Crosby’s father.