Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category State Mottos) for Wednesday, July 13, 2022 (Season 38, Game 218):
This motto is the name of a city in that state & is a famous quote by an ancient Greek from the 3rd century B.C.
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Jin-Soo Huh, an education non-profit employee from Chicago, Illinois
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Emily Fiasco, a middle school band director from St. Louis, Missouri
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Steve Clarke, a lawyer from Chesapeake, Virginia (2-day total: $38,400)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
I am looking forward to the six-week summer break. One commenter on Twitter said, “the fandom has become bigger than the game itself,” and I agree with that. Maybe the summer break will help cool things off.
Onto today’s game: Steve Clarke is a two-day champion after proving just how important it is to learn wagering strategy. (That being said, while there have been some absolute howlers in the betting department this season, overall, I think the quality of betting this season has been pretty good. More people are learning what to do, and I like to see it.) Today, your challengers are Emily Fiasco and Jin-Soo Huh; will either of them become Jeopardy! champion?
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Correct response: What is “Eureka!”
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“Eureka!” is a quote famously attributed to Archimedes when he realized the principle of displacement in fluid mechanics when he stepped into his bath in Syracuse, and the water level rose. According to legend, he used this new “discovery” to assess the purity of pure gold (versus gold that had been secretly replaced with other materials) using a hydrostatic balance of sorts.
The word “Eureka” became associated with California after the discovery of gold near Sutter’s Mill, northeast of Sacramento, in 1848. Eureka, California, found in Northern California, is also the most populous city named Eureka in the country; the word “Eureka” became the official state motto of California in 1963.
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Game Recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Quoting the King James Bible; Making Money; Reel Estate; Welsh Folk; Shores; Horses, Anagrammed)
Steve went straight to the Bible category, and then proceeded to run it. He was also rewarded with the Daily Double at the bottom of the category! (Yes, he bet $2,000 on it.) He dominated the proceedings over Single Jeopardy, though Emily was able to get a bit of a word in edgewise. Jin-Soo struggled, only getting in on the signaling device three times.
Jeopardy at the first break (15 clues):
Steve 9 correct 1 incorrect
Emily 2 correct 1 incorrect
Jin-Soo 1 correct 0 incorrect
After the Jeopardy round:
Steve 16 correct 1 incorrect
Emily 6 correct 1 incorrect
Jin-Soo 2 correct 1 incorrect
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Presidential Globetrotting; Plays & Playwriting; Antarctica; Hodgepodge; TV Comedy; Word “L”)
While Jin-Soo’s struggles continued, unfortunately—the rightmost challenger only getting in first twice during Double Jeopardy—Steve and Emily had a very evenly-matched Double Jeopardy! round. Emily had a chance at the lead, in fact, when she picked up the final Daily Double on clue #29; unfortunately, she was unable to get the correct response, and went into Final in second place. Jin-Soo, unfortunately, took a late incorrect response to put him in the red and was unable to play Final Jeopardy. Scores going into Final were Steve at $17,700, Emily at $14,000, and Jin-Soo at -$200.
After Double Jeopardy:
Steve 27 correct 3 incorrect
Emily 15 correct 3 incorrect
Jin-Soo 4 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 83 (0 today).
In Final, Emily was the only correct player, and she both doubled up and became Jeopardy! champion! She’ll return tomorrow to defend.
Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, July 13, 2022 Jeopardy! by the numbers:
Scores going into Final:
Steve $17,700
Emily $14,000
Jin-Soo -$200
Tonight’s results:
Jin-Soo -$200 (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
Emily $14,000 + $14,000 = $28,000 (What is Eureka?) (1-day total: $28,000)
Steve $17,700 – $10,301 = $7,399 (What is Corpus Christi?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Steve $10,400
Emily $3,600
Jin-Soo -$200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) QUOTING THE KING JAMES BIBLE $1000 (clue #5)
Steve 2000 +2000 (Emily 0 Jin-Soo 0)
2) PRESIDENTIAL GLOBETROTTING $1200 (clue #9)
Steve 12000 +2500 (Emily 6400 Jin-Soo 1800)
3) PLAYS & PLAYWRITING $1600 (clue #29, $2000 left on board)
Emily 16000 -2000 (Steve 17700 Jin-Soo -200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 108
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:
Emily $16,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Steve $15,400 Coryat, 27 correct, 3 incorrect, 45.61% in first on buzzer (26/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Jin-Soo -$200 Coryat, 4 correct, 2 incorrect, 8.77% in first on buzzer (5/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $31,200
Lach Trash: $13,600 (on 13 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,200
Steve Clarke, career statistics:
73 correct, 15 incorrect
6/8 on rebound attempts (on 12 rebound opportunities)
42.11% in first on buzzer (72/171)
5/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $12,500)
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,200
Emily Fiasco, career statistics:
16 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,000
Jin-Soo Huh, career statistics:
4 correct, 2 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
8.77% in first on buzzer (5/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/0 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: -$200
Emily Fiasco, to win:
2 games: 46.365%
3: 21.497%
4: 9.967%
5: 4.621%
6: 2.143%
Avg. streak: 1.864 games.
Today’s interviews:
Jin-Soo didn’t fall his first time skating.
Emily has a husband who programmed a Jeopardy! simulator for her preparation.
Steve was helped after a car accident by a man named Perry Mason.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Link to the box score: July 13, 2022 Box Score
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Steve $17,700 Emily $14,000 Jin-Soo -$200)
Steve: Standard cover bet over Emily is $10,301. (Actual bet: $10,301)
Emily: If Steve covers and is incorrect, he falls to $7,399. Thus, you should make sure you stay above $7,401. Bet anywhere between $3,701 and $6,599. (Actual bet: $14,000)
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Ευρηκα! I got it!
Hoping for a triple get
Never would have gotten this 😕
I’m curious to see if any will!
tsk I probably should have gotten this, but I was struggling to remember any state motto in Greek and could not make the Gold Rush connection. So long, win streak!
Current FJ streak: 1L
It took me ten minutes of thinking to get it.
So, in reality, I did not get it!
Immediately I thought “Eureka! I have found it!”
Or the exclamation by the one who established the city, “Eureka! I have founded it!” 🙂
Based on where the contestants are from currently, there probably isn’t a geographic advantage for anyone. This is a pretty well-known motto, though, so maybe they will all get it. If it were asked the other way, which state has the motto Eureka, I think at least 95% of Jeopardy contestants would get it. Since I know a lot of states have Latin mottoes, I had to look it up. Interestingly, California seems to be the only state with a Greek motto.
My cat Archimedes liked to spend a lot of time in the bath tub. I left the faucet dripping for him to drink from. I never heard him say, ‘Eureka’, but i got this one right away.
Eureka!!! I live in California!!!
Philadelphia popped in my head from ancient Greek, but that’s obviously not a state motto. Then… Eureka, I found it.
Steve’s guess of Corpus Christi was not good with the 3rd century B.C. part in the clue.
Or the Greek part.
they say it is better to write a wild guess than to leave it blank
Right. Even the wildest guess might turn out to be correct. A blank will always be incorrect.
Corpus Christi was a bad guess and even I knew archimedes and his eureka quote. Happy to see emily winning this game today. This is pretty much greek to me.
If the alternative to “Corpus Christi” was leaving it blank, then Steve’s response was infinitely better.
That final was a Fiasco for Steve.