Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Geographic Terms) for Tuesday, April 12, 2022 (Season 38, Game 152):
The 1964 article that gave this term its current use noted the “menace that haunts the Atlantic off our southeastern coast”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Zhe Lu, a software engineer from Boston, Massachusetts
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Leah Q. Pence, a social studies teacher from Woodstock, Georgia
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Mattea Roach, a tutor from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (5-day total: $117,200)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Mattea Roach came from behind yesterday in Final Jeopardy! to pick up her fifth victory. Today, she attempts to become the first Canadian to win six games on Jeopardy!, while Leah Q. Pence and Zhe Lu try to stop her. As her run picks up steam, though, it will become more intimidating for new challengers. Will her run keep going?
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Correct response: What is the Bermuda Triangle?
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The Bermuda Triangle, said to be an area in the Atlantic Ocean bounded by Miami, the island of Bermuda, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, is an area where many ships and planes were said to become lost without a trace. The term originated in an article by Vincent H. Gaddis in the February 1964 issue of Argosy magazine. However, most reputable sources generally dismiss any mysteriousness and classify it as pseudoscience, with Lloyd’s of London determining in the 1990s (when asked by a UK Channel 4 television documentary about the area) that an unusual number of ships had not sunk there; the famous insurer does not even charge higher insurance rates for passing through the area.
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Game Recap:
Jeopardy! Round categories: Rock Art; Medicine; Game Changers; Fashion; Amazon Prime; Everything from Mod to Mud
The opening 15 clues were moistly [sic] controlled by Mattea; she picked up 11 correct, a $2,000 True Daily Double, and a big lead at the first break. (“Moistly” is a reference to one of the MOD to MUD clues, as well as TikTok’s @loewhaley.) Coming out of the break, Zhe played well, but Mattea still held a big lead.
Double Jeopardy! Round categories: Rock Art; New to Merriam-Webster; The Actor’s Movie Line; I Have a Plan; Halls of Fame; A Christie Mystery
“I should have bet more money” was the theme of the round—both Leah and Mattea made that comment after their respective Daily Doubles. As it turned out, Mattea picked up another 14 correct in Double Jeopardy! to ensure a runaway at $25,400; Leah was second at $7,800 and Zhe third at $5,800.
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, April 12, 2022 Jeopardy! by the numbers:
Scores going into Final:
Mattea $25,400
Leah $7,800
Zhe $5,800
Tonight’s results:
Zhe $5,800 – $3,900 = $1,900 (What is international waters)
Leah $7,800 + $5,056 = $12,856 (What is the Bermuda Triangle)
Mattea $25,400 + $5,400 = $30,800 (What is the Bermuda Triangle?) (6-day total: $148,000)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Mattea $9,600
Zhe $2,600
Leah -$200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) FASHION $1000 (clue #5)
Mattea 2000 +2000 (Leah 0 Zhe 0)
2) ROCK ART $2000 (clue #16)
Leah 5800 +2000 (Mattea 16400 Zhe 1800)
3) I HAVE A PLAN $1600 (clue #20, $13600 left on board)
Mattea 20000 +3000 (Leah 7800 Zhe 1800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 149
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: HALLS OF FAME $2000
Total Left On Board: $2,000
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 64 (0.42 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Mattea $23,000 Coryat, 32 correct, 1 incorrect, 50.00% in first on buzzer (28/56), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Leah $7,800 Coryat, 8 correct, 2 incorrect, 14.29% in first on buzzer (8/56), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Zhe $5,800 Coryat, 12 correct, 4 incorrect, 28.57% in first on buzzer (16/56), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $36,600
Lach Trash: $8,600 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,800
Mattea Roach, career statistics:
167 correct, 12 incorrect
12/15 on rebound attempts (on 31 rebound opportunities)
44.64% in first on buzzer (150/336)
7/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $14,000)
5/6 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,600
Leah Q. Pence, career statistics:
9 correct, 2 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
14.29% in first on buzzer (8/56)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,800
Zhe Lu, career statistics:
12 correct, 5 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
28.57% in first on buzzer (16/56)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,800
Mattea Roach, to win:
7 games: 68.502%
8: 46.926%
9: 32.145%
10: 22.020%
11: 15.084%
Avg. streak: 8.175 games.
Today’s interviews:
Zhe is married to a 1-day champion.
Leah saved a dog named Potato, who is now geriatric.
Mattea tutors for the LSAT.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Link to the box score: April 12, 2022 Box Score
Final Jeopardy! betting suggestions:
(Scores: Mattea $25,400 Leah $7,800 Zhe $5,800)
Mattea: Bet no more than $9,799 and enjoy your victory!
Leah: Standard cover bet over Zhe is $3,801.
Zhe: Stay above $4,000; bet anywhere between $0 and $1,799.
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… I think this one qualifies as a “gimme” 😉 I’d never seen that Argosy article before, though. Thanks for that link!
Current FJ streak: 1W
Easiest one I have seen lately
Easier than vax? Well, the ones we know are the easy ones.
I thought vax would be a triple solve, yet immediately thought of hurricane alley instead of this one. That’s why they play the games.
I thought Bermuda Triangle predated that. I said hurricane alley.
How can a imaginary region be a Geographical Term? I guessed the Sargasso Sea. Here’s what I Wiki’d:
Owing to surface currents, the Sargasso accumulates a high concentration of non-biodegradable plastic waste.The area contains the huge North Atlantic garbage patch.
The Sargasso Sea is often portrayed in literature and the media as an area of mystery. It is often depicted in fiction as a dangerous area where ships are mired in weed for centuries, unable to escape.
I mean, if you really think about it, any political entity is an imaginary region. Borders are essentially arbitrary. What makes Oregon Oregon, anyway?
I agree with you [though surveyors might disagree 😉], but also I would claim that ‘The Bermuda Triangle’ has been defined as both a “geographic term” and a “geographic region” — it is its reputation which is imaginary. [I would even say that its “reputation” is real (i.e., exists), but it is a reputation based on imaginary effects and occurrences.]
Not only was this an easy get for me, I remember that Milton Bradley had a board game in the 1970’s entitled Bermuda Triangle, which I probably played a few times as a kid.