Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Current Television) for Monday, April 4, 2022 (Season 38, Game 146):
Fittingly, the last name of the family at the center of this drama is from French for “king”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Camron Conners, a high school social studies teacher from Rancho San Margarita, California
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Sarah Cahalan, a news assistant from Logansport, Indiana
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Nell Klugman, a museum educator from Brooklyn, New York (1-day total: $24,401)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Nell Klugman had a dominant performance on Friday, especially on the signalling device—she was in on 70% of her buzzer attempts, according to Friday’s boxscore from the show. Today, she returns to face Sarah Cahalan and Camron Connors. If she can be this dominant on the signalling device again, she is a very strong favorite to win her second game today. Mayim Bialik continues her stint as host today.
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Correct response: What is Succession?
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The criticially-acclaimed and Emmy-winning HBO series Succession is about the Roy family, the owners of global media conglomerate Waystar RoyCo, the battle for the control of the company, and the health of the company partriarch Logan Roy. (Roy is from the French for “king”—”roi”.) The series stars Hiam Abbass, Brian Cox, Nicholas Braun, and Kieran Culkan.
So, I’m not sure where the various bot-forward “answer” websites got “The Song of Roland” this morning—this is certainly one of those clues where the human “sanity-checking” mechanisms are nonexistent on those sites.
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Game Recap:
Jeopardy! Round categories: Changes on the U.S. Map; All’s “Vel” That Ends “Vel”; Book Parts, Reimagined; Everything is Golden; The Hit of the Decade; Benjamin Franklin
Sarah didn’t get in until clue #9, but she went to THE HIT OF THE DECADE and proceeded to run it; needless to say, she held the lead after 15 clues. Coming out of the break, Camron had a very strong round, picking up 8 correct, including $2,000 on the Daily Double. Unfortunately for Nell, she had a few very close, but still incorrect, responses, which held her score down and left her in third place after Single Jeopardy.
Double Jeopardy! Round categories: Asian Monarchs; Birth of a Writer; Physical Geography; Brands; City Folk; Words That Should Rhyme
Unfortunately, Nell’s struggles continues when she missed a True Daily Double early in the round. Then, after being ruled incorrect for failing to phrase a $400 clue (It was Double Jeopardy!, after all), she found herself in the hole. Thankfully, she pulled out of a deep hole over the final two clues before the end-of-round signal in order to play Final. Meanwhile, Camron had 11 correct in the round, including the third Daily Double for $5,200, to hold a very strong lead. Camron finished Double Jeopardy! at a stellar $24,600, with Sarah at $9,000 and Nell at $1,200.
In Final, Sarah and Nell both got it correct, which means that the runaway was crucial for Camron—he’ll defend tomorrow!
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, April 4, 2022 Jeopardy! by the numbers:
Scores going into Final:
Camron $24,600
Sarah $9,000
Nell $1,200
Tonight’s results:
Nell $1,200 + $200 = $1,400 (What is Succession? Happy Birthday James)
Sarah $9,000 + $4,000 = $13,000 (What is Succession?)
Camron $24,600 – $400 = $24,200 (What are the …?) (1-day total: $24,200)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Camron $8,200
Sarah $5,400
Nell $2,200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) CHANGES ON THE U.S. MAP $600 (clue #21)
Camron 3800 +2000 (Nell 1200 Sarah 4400)
2) BIRTH OF A WRITER $1600 (clue #3)
Nell 3400 -3400 (Sarah 5400 Camron 8200)
3) ASIAN MONARCHS $1600 (clue #16, $18000 left on board)
Camron 17800 +5200 (Nell -1200 Sarah 7400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -18
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: BIRTH OF A WRITER $400 $800 CITY FOLK $800
Total Left On Board: $2,000
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 58 (0.40 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Camron $19,600 Coryat, 23 correct, 3 incorrect, 38.89% in first on buzzer (21/54), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Sarah $9,000 Coryat, 12 correct, 0 incorrect, 20.37% in first on buzzer (11/54), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Nell $4,600 Coryat, 12 correct, 7 incorrect, 31.48% in first on buzzer (17/54), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $33,200
Lach Trash: $9,400 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,400
Nell Klugman, career statistics:
44 correct, 11 incorrect
1/4 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
40.54% in first on buzzer (45/111)
2/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,400)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,700
Sarah Cahalan, career statistics:
13 correct, 0 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
20.37% in first on buzzer (11/54)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,000
Camron Conners, career statistics:
23 correct, 4 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
38.89% in first on buzzer (21/54)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,200)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,600
Camron Conners, to win:
2 games: 73.976%
3: 54.725%
4: 40.483%
5: 29.948%
6: 22.154%
Avg. streak: 3.843 games.
Today’s interviews:
Camron has a Masters degree in medieval history from St Andrews in Scotland.
Sarah works on the COVID data team for the New York Times.
Nell has “technically” played every Shakespeare heroine.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- In order to remind viewers: Failing to phrase is only a penalty offense in Double Jeopardy—Nell’s failing to phrase tonight took place in the Double Jeopardy! round, and she was properly ruled incorrect by Mayim.
- Link to the box score: April 4, 2022 Box Score
Final Jeopardy! betting suggestions:
(Scores: Camron $24,600 Sarah $9,000 Nell $1,200)
Nell: There’s not really much you can do, here. I’d pick a favourite number and bet that.
Sarah: As long as you keep your score above $2,401, you get second. So, anything between $0 and $6,599 works.
Camron: Bet anything you like between $0 and $6,599, and enjoy your victory!
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I’m probably in the minority, but this is something I don’t think should be a FJ clue. Tens of millions have no doubt watched this show, but it’s also on a premium network that tens of millions don’t pay for. As far as product promotion, compare it to the category a little while back where Doris Kearns Goodwin gave clues about Lincoln. Clearly it was promoting an upcoming documentary, but every clue was an historic fact from Lincoln’s life. Those are totally fair game. On this one, just knowing the French word for king is not going to help you unless you’ve seen the show, and there’s no other way to deduce the correct response. To me, FJ is too important to tell contestants unless you watch this particular premium network, you’re out of luck.
I 100% disagree with you—this is a show that has literally won the Primetime Emmy for Best Drama series. If you’re trying to make the argument that the series that has literally won the Emmy in its category is inappropriate for Final Jeopardy, you are essentially suggesting that television is off limits in FJ. And I don’t think that’s an appropriate take.
(And I say this as a Canadian.)
I have not heard of this show, but, I’m 75 and don’t watch TV much.
Primetime Emmy or not, I believe that the clue is fair, as far as no knowledge about the plot details is required. It is enough to know that the show “Succession” exists, and the words “king” and “fittingly” would help to select it from the pool of all other names of current TV shows. (Personally, I had never heard of the show.)
I didn’t know the show “Succession” existed until the correct FJ answer was revealed. I’ve never watched any HBO show (including “The Sopranos,” if that’s an HBO show) as I’m not a subscriber. Still, all is fair in love and war and Jeopardy! The fact that you might not know something is part of why you are in jeopardy of losing some of your money. If you don’t like the category, wager small.
by that logic, they should avoid anything related to opera, since opera is “premium” (you have to pay to watch opera), and hundreds of millions don’t watch opera. Though I don’t know if opera has ever been a FJ category (it just shows up frequently in the single and double rounds)
Add me to the list of “never heard of it” viewers. I guess everything’s fair game. I have the same problem with contemporary——let’s call it——music. I’m old and gray and have lost my way . . .
Have you ever noticed that, generally speaking, women are better at contemporary television than men, in much the same way men seem to have an edge at sports?
I don’t watch shows that are on premium (pay for) channels. Never heard of Succession. Of course, since I don’t watch the Emmy Award program, I would not know about the TV show. (So much of the show and awards went to shows that were not on regular network channels or basic cable, so I did not know the shows or the actors. I have not watched the Emmy Awards show for years — maybe decades.) I know that “roi” is the French word for “king.” That did not help me with the FJ response. ROTTEN FJ!!!
I don’t think your comments are fair, Nancy. Would you complain if the show asked about a historical event you didn’t know about? How is this any different?
Please Robert S.’s comments. He also thinks it is unfair to ask a question about a program that is only available to those who pay for premium shows on cable TV. Glad you liked the FJ.
Nancy:
I’m allowed to disagree with multiple people—just because two people hold an opinion doesn’t mean that the opinion is correct.
Opinions are just opinions. They can’t be correct or incorrect.
I have never paid for HBO, but I have watched the first two seasons of Succession on dvd from my library. Also, Kieran Culkin was on SNL in November to promote the show. That’s how I was able to get this Final.
I just finished reading BrIan Cox’s new memoir, Putting the Rabbit in the Hat. As Logan Roy, he is the star of Succession and fills the book with much talk about the show. Even if I had never seen the show, it would have been hard to avoid hearing him talk about it on NPR, seeing him on Late Night with Set Myers, and reading about him and the show in The New York Times and other outlets. It is a fair question!
Seth not Set
:p I had no idea.
Current FJ streak: 2L
I really don’t understand the inconsistency with the “no shoutouts” rule.
I mean, that “rule” was instituted two producers ago and may just have been a specific instruction to James.
Yeah, that makes more sense.
I especially like the conspiracy theories that claim that “rule” was only put into place because James started to run dry on people he could shout out. I don’t believe it whatsoever, but it’s still really funny.
In this instance, she probably didn’t care all that much even if they did decide to penalize her for the “shoutout”. She was going to end up in 3rd regardless, so perhaps she just decided to have fun with it
I thought shoutouts were made illegal to Jeopardy, and any shoutouts written out would be treated as additional information and will be rendered incorrect. Why is Nell being given a correct response even though she added too much information?
That was never a rule. James was just instructed to stop and he implied that they were banned.
That “rule” has been inconsistently applied over the years. We were specifically told not to do it in 1997, but obviously not all contestants have received that warning.
I used to have HBO years ago. Although i can still reorder the dvds of succession from ebay this was a good clue. The stars have won so many awards for this drama so it does not hurt to watch it again.
This isn’t the first time a Jeopardy clue has been about a show on cable or premium cable, though it may be the first FJ clue, I don’t know. We watch TV via antenna, so we don’t know a lot about cable shows. Many of these clues would fall into the “stuff we don’t know” category, along with other “stuff we don’t know”. C’est la vie.
The shout-out was funny and a great homage. Makes me sad we’ve seen the last of Nell.
I had no idea on this one. Modern TV is one of my weakest categories and, since I don’t pay for HBO and don’t care for awards shows, I couldn’t tell you anything about this show. I would not have bet much regardless of position due to the category. That’s on me, of course. Emmy nominations of the last decade is something I’d have to study if I were to go on the show.
I had to tell this: I knew Roy immediately, but I couldn’t think of the name of the show. The reason is because I use Dish TV, and it had an argument over pricing with HBO, so I just got it back. I did check it out, and now the series is on HBO.
Any FJ I can’t answer in the allotted time must be a bad choice of question. Unfortunately, as I get older, the number of “bad choices” seems to be increasing . . . 🙄
LOL
Bad FJ question.