Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Medicine) for Monday, May 23, 2022 (Season 38, Game 181):
Post-this disease syndrome affects many survivors, of which the U.S. is estimated to have 300,000, the vast majority over 65
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Jodi Harris, a content strategist from Culver City, California
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Mari Chao, a writing center coordinator from Orlando, Florida
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Ryan Long, a rideshare driver from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (6-day total: $131,801)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Philly rideshare driver Ryan Long has entered superchampion territory with his sixth win in yesterday’s game. One thing that will aid him in his attempt to get win number seven: he has his glasses today; he didn’t have those for his first six games! Will the glasses be good luck for Ryan, or will Mari or Jodi become champion after today’s game?
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Correct response: What is polio?
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Post-polio syndrome is a group of potentially disabling illnesses that appear decades after contracting polio. During the 1940s and 1950s, polio was an epidemic in many Western countries; the disease was completely eradicated, though, in the United States, due to widespread vaccination efforts, including mandatory vaccinations in order to attend school.
I feel as though this sort of Final Jeopardy! is inspired by the fact that Long COVID is absolutely going to become a major news item, and the show wants to demonstrate, “Hey, this has been a thing with epidemics in the past, it’s plain to see for anyone with any knowledge of history!” Unfortunately, it’s also been my experience that people don’t want to pay attention to this.
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Game Recap:
Jeopardy! Round categories: The Rainforests; What’s in a Name?; It’s May 23rd!; Wide World of Sports Films; U.S. Buildings; Anagram Pairs
Ryan and Mari got off to a good start and the two of them were tied after Single Jeopardy!; it was Jodi, though, who played the Daily Double. Jodi did lose $1,000 to that clue.
Double Jeopardy! Round categories: Relatively Successful Composers; Possessive Phrases; How Epic!; TV; Salt & Pepper; It’s an “Ad”, “Ad”, “Ad”, “Ad” World
Double Jeopardy! belonged to Ryan; he got 13 correct. Meanwhile, both of his opponents lost money on their betting clues—Jodi $1,800 and Mari $3,500. Scores going into Final were Ryan at $18,000, with Mari at $13,300 and Jodi $2,000.
Final today was a Triple Stumper, which could have been advantage Mari with how the scores went. However, Ryan bet small and Mari went big, so Ryan ended up as champion for his 7th straight win! He’ll go for win #8 tomorrow!
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, May 23, 2022 Jeopardy! by the numbers:
Scores going into Final:
Ryan $18,000
Mari $13,300
Jodi $2,000
Tonight’s results:
Jodi $2,000 – $1,000 = $1,000 (What is stroke?)
Mari $13,300 – $12,100 = $1,200 (What is post traumatic stress disorder)
Ryan $18,000 – $4,600 = $13,400 (What is measles?) (7-day total: $145,201)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Mari $4,000
Ryan $4,000
Jodi $2,200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) U.S. BUILDINGS $400 (clue #19)
Jodi 3000 -1000 (Ryan 3200 Mari 2000)
2) IT’S AN “AD”, “AD”, “AD”, “AD” WORLD $1200 (clue #10)
Jodi 3800 -1800 (Ryan 8800 Mari 5200)
3) HOW EPIC! $800 (clue #22, $12400 left on board)
Mari 13600 -3500 (Ryan 13600 Jodi 2000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -106
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 73 (0.40 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Ryan $18,000 Coryat, 23 correct, 1 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Mari $16,800 Coryat, 18 correct, 3 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Jodi $4,800 Coryat, 8 correct, 3 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $39,600
Lach Trash: $9,200 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $5,200
Ryan Long, career statistics:
165 correct, 20 incorrect
7/9 on rebound attempts (on 25 rebound opportunities)
40.20% in first on buzzer (160/398)
7/9 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $21,000)
5/7 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,771
Mari Chao, career statistics:
18 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,500)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,800
Jodi Harris, career statistics:
8 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,800)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,800
Ryan Long, to win:
8 games: 64.302%
9: 41.347%
10: 26.587%
11: 17.096%
12: 10.993%
Avg. streak: 8.801 games.
Today’s interviews:
Jodi went on a 60-hour mystery vacation to Jamaica.
Mari was born in Guam and did quiz bowl there.
Ryan worked for a Korean piano mover.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I hope that players waiting to play this week noticed Ryan’s not betting to cover today.
- Friendly reminder that the judges have the ability to isolate contestant audio. If they are satisfied that contestants are responding in the form of a question, then that’s good enough for me. Complaints of this nature, for this reason, are out of order.
- Link to the box score: May 23, 2022 Box Score
Final Jeopardy! betting suggestions:
(Scores: Ryan: $18,000 Mari $13,300 Jodi $2,000)
Ryan: Standard cover bet today is $8,601. If you really think that Mari will bet small, then bet no more than $799. (Actual bet: $4,600)
Mari: If Ryan covers, you need to stay above $9,400. Bet no more than $3,899. (Actual bet: $12,100)
Jodi: Not really much you can do today unless someone overbets. Bet whatever you like, though you’re more likely to finish 2nd if you have more money left. (Actual bet: $1,000)
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how is “covid” not an answer? “long covid” would seem to
fit.
Probably because most long covid sufferers aren’t over age 65, or maybe there aren’t 300,000 of them? Nevertheless, that’s the first answer that came to my mind.
I feel that there are a lot of reasons why “long COVID” wouldn’t fit:
For one, “survivors” implies the current sufferers nearly died, but there are plenty of people with long COVID whose original case of COVID was not severe.
“The U.S. is estimated to have 300,000” — it is too soon for such an estimate for long COVID and it looks like the count will be far more than that.
And I really doubt that the vast majority (of those with long COVID) are likely to be over 65 since there was just so far more under-65 people available to get COVID than those over-65 even if it did hit the elderly harder in terms of severity and deaths (and if you died you are not a survivor). [Also, so many long COVID symptoms are conditions the elderly can have anyway, like fatigue, that it is probably more apt to be diagnosed in a younger person who would be far less likely to have such symptoms for other reasons (and far more likely to have been perfectly healthy beforehand).]
“Long COVID” has been referred to as being a “post-acute COVID-19 syndrome” or as post COVID-19 symptoms, but not yet really NAMED Post-COVID Syndrome.
So, anyway, all my statements would be debatable, but the point is that Jeopardy! is not going to have a clue/response that is that vague/debatable and contestants would realize that and thus not put “COVID” (as, indeed, none of them did).
However, I am shocked and disappointed that NONE of them even GUESSED Polio (besides clearly not KNOWING it was that — which I immediately DID). Maybe they are too young to have been concerned with Polio at any point in the past, but they have just lived through over a year of controversy about COVID-19 vaccines, with the comparison to Polio vaccines having been brought up MANY times in EVERY media. If they didn’t get from that what polio was and when it was rampant (thus most survivors are over 65), it SHOULD HAVE piqued their curiosity and they SHOULD HAVE wanted to look it up so they would not remain ignorant of something currently relevant.
My wife and I both thought the same as you. Even though I know several people who suffer from post-polio syndrome, I did realize there were that many. I guess we still don’t know enough about the full long-term effects of Covid to know how many there will eventually be.
I DIDN’T realize . . .
Solid win against a tough opponent. Still not happy with the wagers, but he keeps getting away with it, so what do I know?
I (we) should have paid more attention to “over 65” part of the Final clue. I had no idea and guessed heart attack.
Interesting non-cover bet again by Ryan – betting Mari would get it wrong rather than he would get it right. It could also win if Mari bet zero, which she might well have done figuring Ryan would cover, at least if she wasn’t watching last weeks games.
My dad had polio in 1953 and is doing great at 96 despite the effects of post-polio! So of course he and everyone in the family knew this one.
Which response did not appear to be phrased as a question? I must have missed it.
“Post-this” reminds me too much of Post-it Notes. I would’ve hyphenated the whole thing as “post-this-disease syndrome,” an ajectival phrase modifying a noun. Triple Stumper Final for this over-the-hill dude . . .
I love seeing an unconventional wagerer have success, mostly because of all the hand-wringing that ensues from the peanut gallery
I am also 78 and I do remember getting the Salk vaccine at school (and the Sabin vaccine in college on a sugar cube). I’ve been thinking that given the current situation with all the anti-VAXers, with the polio vaccine – and magazines filled with photos of kids in iron lungs and the polio survivor featured annually in the March of Dimes drives – no one’s parents were denying their kids the shot.
I answered immediately because polio struck in 1949 when I was 6-months-old. Still what an obtuse question!! What is Post-Polio Syndrome? Like a guided-missile, the millions of polio virus particles ultimately targeted the brain stem and then attacked and killed nerves along the spinal column resulting in paralysis or even death. To compensate, other nerves grew and did double-duty. After about 30 years, those tired and worn out nerves are dying and gained the descriptor Post-Polio Syndrome. What do we experience? Burning muscles, fatigue, and even more paralysis causing many of us to be confined to wheelchairs. From the onset of COVID in China and Europe in early 2020, I wondered if there would be after effects. Sadly, Long Haul COVID is claiming hundreds of thousands victims.
Definition of Survivor: a person who copes well with difficulties in their life.