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 with Andy on this one. I don’t see how one can reasonably complain about a Final Jeopardy clue referencing one of the most critically heralded, and popular, and awarded, and even in ways controversial, television shows of our time. I can’t stand the show, but it would be hard to make a serious case that it isn’t well known within the popular culture. You don’t have to have HBO to have seen the many, many newspaper and magazine stories about it.
Ditto, plus actor appearances on “talk” shows and pop up ads on the internet.
I have never seen Succession (or Empire) but I immediately felt sure it was one or the other. Then I thought “Cookie Roy” doesn’t sound right, so chose Succession.