Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Pairs in Astronomy) for Tuesday, July 12, 2022 (Season 38, Game 217):
Discovered in 1877, they were named for siblings of the Greek god of love
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Ben Coller, a history teacher from East Brunswick, New Jersey
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Tehmeena Malik, a business developer from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Steve Clarke, a lawyer from Chesapeake, Virginia (1-day total: $18,401)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Steve Clarke used knowledge of wagering strategy to major effect last night, winning last night’s game by just $2! And despite what the idiots at Entertainment Weekly are saying—no math errors were made last night. (That EW article is so grossly improper—it essentially accuses a math professor of professional incompetence—that I believe it needs to be officially retracted.) Moving onto today’s game, Steve defends his title against Tehmeena Malik—a Canadian!—and Ben Coller.
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Correct response: What are Phobos & Deimos?
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Phobos and Deimos, the two moons of Mars, were discovered in 1877 by American Asaph Hall. They were two sons of Ares (known to the Romans as Mars), and brothers of Eros. Phobos and Deimos were known in Greek mythology for following their father—the Greek god of war—into battle.
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Game Recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Human Anatomy; The Lyin’ King; Who’s In That Commercial?; In Disposable; National-Sounding Items; Welcome to the Jungle)
Steve and Tehmeena had the best time in the Jeopardy! round today, with Tehmeena picking up 6 correct over the first 15 clues, and Steve picking up 9 in the back half of the round. Ben struggled on the signalling device.
Jeopardy at the first break (15 clues):
Tehmeena 6 correct 1 incorrect
Steve 5 correct 1 incorrect
Ben 2 correct 0 incorrect
After the Jeopardy round:
Steve 14 correct 2 incorrect
Tehmeena 8 correct 1 incorrect
Ben 3 correct 2 incorrect
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Lakes & Rivers & A Mountain; Vampires in Literature; The Alexander Files; Sounds Smart; On the Label; “Top” of the Pops)
Steve continued his strong play, dominating on the signalling device (in spite of 5 incorrect responses in the round). Ben was much better, getting $10,000 in this round alone, but it was Steve, via an interesting betting scenario on the final clue of Double Jeopardy, getting to exactly twice Ben’s total. Scores going into Final were Steve at $20,000, Ben at $10,000, and Tehmeena at $3,200.
After Double Jeopardy:
Steve 25 correct 7 incorrect
Ben 13 correct 4 incorrect
Tehmeena 10 correct 5 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 83 (0 today).
Ben was the only correct player in Final Jeopardy today—which would ordinarily mean a victory for him. However, in an occurrence that happens much too frequently, Ben failed to bet enough for the situation, which meant that he handed victory over to Steve. It’ll be 2-day champion Steve who’ll be back to defend tomorrow!
Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, July 12, 2022 Jeopardy! by the numbers:
Scores going into Final:
Steve $20,000
Ben $10,000
Tehmeena $3,200
Tonight’s results:
Tehmeena $3,200 – $3,200 = $0 (What are Eros and Apollo)
Ben $10,000 + $3,000 = $13,000 (What are Phobos + Deimos?)
Steve $20,000 – $1 = $19,999 (What are Sagitarrius?) (2-day total: $38,400)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Steve $7,400
Tehmeena $4,800
Ben $0
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) THE LYIN’ KING $800 (clue #29)
Steve 6400 +1000 (Tehmeena 3800 Ben 0)
2) THE ALEXANDER FILES $1600 (clue #14)
Steve 11400 +2000 (Tehmeena 4800 Ben 4800)
3) ON THE LABEL $2000 (clue #30, $0 left on board)
Steve 15000 +5000 (Tehmeena 3200 Ben 10000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 67
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 83 (0.38 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Steve $16,400 Coryat, 25 correct, 7 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57), 3/5 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Ben $10,000 Coryat, 13 correct, 4 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Tehmeena $3,200 Coryat, 10 correct, 5 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 0/2 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $29,600
Lach Trash: $12,200 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $12,200
Steve Clarke, career statistics:
46 correct, 11 incorrect
4/6 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
40.35% in first on buzzer (46/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,100
Tehmeena Malik, career statistics:
10 correct, 6 incorrect
0/2 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $3,200
Ben Coller, career statistics:
14 correct, 4 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,000
Steve Clarke, to win:
3 games: 56.035%
4: 31.399%
5: 17.594%
6: 9.859%
7: 5.524%
Avg. streak: 3.275 games.
Today’s interviews:
Ben was introduced to Jeopardy! because of Universe of Energy at EPCOT.
Tehmeena was disqualified from poolside trivia in Cabo for knowing too much.
Steve is very nonconfrontational in spite of being a lawyer.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s Final Jeopardy! betting illustrates exactly why I suggest that the leader should bet exactly $1 in this situation. Remember, ties after Final Jeopardy! are broken by a tiebreaker clue now (and have been in regular play since November 2014.)
- Link to the box score: July 12, 2022 Box Score
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Steve $20,000 Ben $10,000 Tehmeena $3,200)
Steve: Bet $1. Your chances of winning are highest overall when you attempt to avoid a tiebreaker. Why not more than $1? Because the trailer often doesn’t bet everything; thus, exactly $1 give you the best chance overall to win. (Actual bet: $1)
Tehmeena: You don’t really have much chance to win today. Any bet that isn’t “everything” gives you the best chance of taking second place. (Actual bet: $3,200)
Ben: You have exactly one good bet: All $10,000. Anything else is terrible. (Actual bet: $3,000)
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Foul! Phobos & Deimos were Aphrodite’s CHILDREN (by Ares), not her siblings!!!!
Eros is the Greek god of love.
Aphrodite is not a god. She is a goddess.
I was stuck on this for roughly 20 seconds before I realized that the clue was probably asking for pairs of celestial bodies and not pairs of people. After that, I was able to figure out the correct answer rather fast. Feels good to get one after going completely dry all of last week 😀
you thought there was a pair of people that were “discovered in 1877”?
Well, a Scottish merchant “discovered” the Siamese twins Chang and Eng in 1824.
I mean, I know the category was “Pairs in Astronomy”, but if the category had been “Pairs in Physics” wouldn’t you have first gone (in your mind) to Marie and Pierre Curie and maybe got stuck for 20 seconds on trying to think of people before realizing the rest of the clue implied things? Remember it is hard not to think of a likely clue upon hearing the category, so one could be already thinking in the wrong direction before you hear the actual clue.
I wouldn’t get this in 10,000,000 years 🙁
Me neither, Mark. Me neither. 😊
I immediately went to “two moons of some planet” but didn’t know which planet, much less the names of them. I thought maybe moons of Venus since Venus is sometimes considered a goddess of love, but I didn’t think Venus had any moons. [It doesn’t and neither does Mercury.] As a science fiction fan, I’ve definitely heard of Phobos, so if I could have racked my brain for only 1,000 years, I think I MIGHT have been able to come up with the right response, but in 30 seconds, a resounding NOPE.
Got misdirected for a bit, thinking of Aphrodite, but then remembered Eros and got to Deimos and Phobos that way. Not an instant solve, but under 30 seconds 🙂
Current FJ streak: 7W
Wow, I was shocked that Ben didn’t bet it all. That odd wager ended up costing him the win unfortunately.
Yes, very odd bet, guaranteed second place with no chance of winning.
Shocked ben didn’t bet it all to beat steve. Also phobos and deimos are moons in addition to being gods. It reminded me of the game doom. Still as a mythology buff back in grade school this should be easy.
I knew it was Mars’ moons, I just didn’t remember their names.
I knew their names but I thought they were Jupiter. I got the answer because somehow I knew of them as a pair of moons for something. Also funny is that I thought the greek god of love was Aphrodite.
Ben must be really hurting when he realizes that he made a wager that gave him absolutely zero chance.
🙂
But I have to say
All contestants should be reading your betting strategy page!
It looks like Ben played for 2nd place and got it. But it looks like Tehmeena also made the one bet that could’ve cost her 2nd place if Ben got it wrong going all-in.
I must say I was flabbergasted (is that the right word?) by Ben’s bet in FJ. I thought for sure he was going to bet it all. He had to know that Steve had to either risk nothing (for a tie) or $1 (for best shot at a win) as his most likely bets. Ben had nothing to gain by not risking it all or no less than $9,999 if he wanted to hope for a tie in the event Steve was wrong (although logically, $10,000 is still the best hope for a tie as well). I am just stunned.
My first thought when I read the FJ clue was the characters Pain and Panic from the Disney feature film “Hercules.” Of course, that led me directly back to Phobos and Deimos who the characters were loosely based on. Thinking of Pain and Panic did give me a smile though. Did the Pain and Panic characters from “Hercules” come to mind for anyone else?
“Flabbergasted” is probably the right word, but also “gobsmacked”? 😉
It was just yesterday when Andy was complimenting the contestants on proper bidding. That didn’t last long.
I’m stuck on that last Daily Double bet – $5001 would’ve been a runaway, and to me it seems even if he got it wrong going into Final down $1 would be preferable to risking losing like he should have if Ben had bet properly.
Or do I need to brush up on my betting strategy…?
You do not need to brush up on betting strategy. If Steve had loved the category I am sure he would have gone for $5001. Also it seemed clear to me that Steve was the much stronger player, so wagering the $5000 on the last DD was still going to give him a really good chance for winning the game. It’s just so weird that Steve should have lost. But here is one wagering factoid. Going into FJ, the person in second, if they can win, should always know what the leader needs to bet. In today’s case the person in first totally knows that second place must bet it all. Actually I hope Steve keeps going, even if he did not know “Lake Erie”.