Happy Banned Wager Day! Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category On the Internet) for Wednesday, April 20, 2022 (Season 38, Game 158):
This website launched in 2015 with 3 offerings, from James Patterson, Dustin Hoffman & Serena Williams
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Sean Wong, an IT support student from Wayzata, Minnesota
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Loni Lewis, a teacher/librarian from Charleston, South Carolina
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Mattea Roach, a tutor from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (11-day total: $244,882)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Canadian Mattea Roach enters into today’s game with 11 victories and nearly US$250,000 in winnings (her winnings at today’s exchange rate would come out to $306,982.85 Canadian). A win today would have her surpass Jonathan Fisher as the #3 seed for the November Tournament of Champions, and—barring a historic collapse today—she will surpass 300 correct responses early in today’s show.
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Correct response: What is MasterClass?
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MasterClass was founded in 2015 by David Rogier and Aaron Rasmussen and is an online education website where subscribed students can access pre-recorded tutorials and lectures from experts in wide-ranging fields. The original classes were Dustin Hoffman teaching acting, Serena Williams teaching tennis, and James Patterson teaching writing. One recent MasterClass in the news in some spheres was the March 2022 announcement of Tyler “Ninja” Blevins teaching a MasterClass on how to become a professional Twitch streamer; this class’s content is already becoming panned within the Twitch streaming community.
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Game Recap:
Jeopardy! Round: Mattea got off to a strong start in this one, picking up 9 of the first 15 clues! Meanwhile, Loni and Sean both struggled a little bit with incorrect responses. Mattea’s strong play continued with her picking up another 9 after the break, whereas both challengers struggled to get any sort of momentum going.
Double Jeopardy! Round: (I’ve chosen not to include today’s categories out of fear of demonetization over the title of the fourth category in this round.)
Sean got off to a good start, but unfortunately his attempt to catch up to Mattea was derailed by a missed True Daily Double on clue #11. Sean was never able to get back on track after that, and we had the rare occurrence of a single-player Final Jeopardy!—Mattea ended the round at $21,400; Loni had -$600 and Sean -$1,600.
Mattea did get Final correct today and added $5,000 to become a 12-day champion, total winnings $271,282!
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Jeopardy! by the numbers:
Scores going into Final:
Mattea $21,400
Loni -$600
Sean -$1,600
Tonight’s results:
Sean -$1,600 (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
Loni -$600 (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
Mattea $21,400 + $5,000 = $26,400 (What is Masterclass?) (12-day total: $271,282)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Mattea $11,000
Sean $1,200
Loni $1,000
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) THEATRICAL HAPPENINGS $1000 (clue #26)
Mattea 7400 +2400 (Loni 1000 Sean 200)
2) CAPTAIN AMERICA $1600 (clue #11)
Sean 4800 -4800 (Mattea 14200 Loni 1400)
3) THE SCIENTIST WHO… $1200 (clue #27, $4000 left on board)
Mattea 21400 +2000 (Loni -600 Sean -2000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -58
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 64 (0.41 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Mattea $19,200 Coryat, 31 correct, 3 incorrect, 50.88% in first on buzzer (29/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Sean $3,200 Coryat, 10 correct, 5 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 0/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Loni -$600 Coryat, 6 correct, 4 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $21,800
Lach Trash: $16,200 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $16,000
Mattea Roach, career statistics:
327 correct, 28 incorrect
18/22 on rebound attempts (on 53 rebound opportunities)
44.99% in first on buzzer (305/678)
14/16 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $29,000)
8/12 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,283
Loni Lewis, career statistics:
6 correct, 4 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/0 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: -$600
Sean Wong, career statistics:
10 correct, 5 incorrect
0/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$4,800)
0/0 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $3,200
Mattea Roach, to win:
13 games: 72.088%
14: 51.967%
15: 37.462%
16: 27.005%
17: 19.467%
Avg. streak: 14.583 games.
Today’s interviews:
Sean is a big fan of crime TV shows.
Loni was a DJ before becoming a teacher.
Mattea got the clutch and brake confused her first time driving.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- $271,282 is the 11th-best total of all time in regular play; Mattea moves to 32nd all-time overall, including tournaments.
- Today saw the first single-player Final Jeopardy! since October 13, 2020.
- Link to the box score: April 20, 2022 Box Score
Final Jeopardy! betting suggestions:
(Mattea $21,400 Loni -$600 Sean -$1,600)
Mattea: Bet anywhere from $0 to $21,399 and enjoy win #12!
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Andy, I fully understand and support your decision not to show that category in order not to risk demonetization. One question, though, couldn’t you have achieved the same objective by showing the other categories and just blacking out that one? Just a suggestion in case a similar situation occurs in the future. Thanks for considering.
I could have chosen that; however, I thought it was less clunky to just withhold the names of all 12 today.
In my mind, the name MasterClass conjures thoughts of a past attempt to arrange humanity hierarchically as part of a perverse ideology. It’s a nice idea, but they should’ve put more thought into naming their platform . . .
Hi Andy,
Are you going to add Mattea Roach to the Ultra-Champs section later?
Thanks
I wonder if contestants are able to ask rule questions during the break between rounds. For instance, after DJ, could Mattea have asked what would happen if she were to wager it all and get it wrong and have someone from the crew explain that if that were to happen, she wouldn’t return as defending champ due to not finishing with any money? (given her betting style, I doubt that thought crossed her mind, but still)