Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category The Eastern U.S.) for Monday, July 4, 2022 (Season 38, Game 211):
At its peak, this state had 6 seats in the House of Representatives; since the 1930s, it has had just 1
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Andie Huskie, an educator from Geneva, New York
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Yungsheng Wang, a public defender from Los Angeles, California
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Eleanor Dixon, a freelance technical editor from Vero Beach, Florida (1-day total: $20,818)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
With four weeks to go in this season of Jeopardy!, Villanova basketball fan Eleanor Dixon picked up the victory on Friday after wagering their last NCAA championship year—$2,018—on a Daily Double. Today’s challengers are LA public defender Yungsheng Wang and Geneva, New York educator Andie Huskie.
Editorially: I’m a little bit angry this weekend, because the tabloids saw fit to accuse Mayim Bialik of making a mistake during Final Jeopardy! on Friday when she did not make a mistake—Dave’s spelling of French Guiana of “French Guyana” is not an incorrect response; this long-standing precedent has even been made abundantly clear on the Jeopardy! website for five and a half years. Three incorrect Jeopardy! fans on Twitter are not reason to write a clickbait article and these journalists need to do better research.
On a more personal note: For the past two and a half years, I have often raised money for the MS Society of Canada through their “Gamers vs. MS” program. This July, Gamers vs. MS is running a month-long fundraising campaign called “Boss Battles.” In an attempt to raise $25,000, the Gamers vs. MS team has designed a “fundraising adventure” to defeat eight evil bosses. (Much like a Mario game might have eight bosses to defeat.) You can get more information about the program at https://www.gamersvsms.ca/bossbattles.
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Correct response: What is Vermont?
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Following the 1810 census, Vermont’s population (217,713) was such that it was given 6 Congressional representatives; unfortunately, due to increased population elsewhere in the Union, by 1820, it was reduced to 5. Vermont’s representation was reduced to 4 following the 1840 census, to 3 following the 1850 census, to 2 following the 1880 census, and to 1 following the 1930 census.
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Game Recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Orchestral Instruments; Name the Automaker; TV; Silent Consonant Words; Tunnels; Bye, George)
Yungsheng and Andie got off to the best start with today’s game; Eleanor struggled for most of the game to get in on the signalling device. Buoyed by $1,000 on the Daily Double, Yungsheng held the lead after both 15 and 30 clues!
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Non-Orchestral Instruments; Starts with “AU”; It’s Kind of a Funny Story; Medical Adjectives; Old Movies; The Power of the Doge)
Eleanor got the opportunity to bet $2,016—Villanova’s other recent championship—on the third Daily Double. Unfortunately, it was in a situation where she probably needed to bet more, as she was just over $4,000 down to the lead. Andie played well enough to hold the lead in spite of a missed Daily Double herself, thanks to a correction and the judges listening to the tape! Meanwhile, Yungsheng had six incorrect responses in the game, leading to him sitting second going into Final! Scores going into Final were Andie at $12,200, Yungsheng at $11,800, and Eleanor at $5,784.
Yungsheng was the only correct player in Final; he becomes the new Jeopardy! champion, winnings $22,800! He’ll get to defend his title tomorrow.
Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, July 4, 2022 Jeopardy! by the numbers:
Scores going into Final:
Andie $12,200
Yungsheng $11,800
Eleanor $5,784
Tonight’s results:
Eleanor $5,784 – $3,799 = $1,985 (What is Rhode Island?)
Yungsheng $11,800 + $11,000 = $22,800 (What is Vermont?) (1-day total: $22,800)
Andie $12,200 – $12,199 = $1 (What is Delaware?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Yungsheng $6,600
Andie $4,400
Eleanor $2,600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) TV $800 (clue #8)
Yungsheng 1000 +1000 (Eleanor 200 Andie 1000)
2) MEDICAL ADJECTIVES $1600 (clue #17)
Andie 13200 -3000 (Eleanor 4200 Yungsheng 11000)
3) NON-ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENTS $1600 (clue #28, $4000 left on board)
Eleanor 7800 -2016 (Yungsheng 11800 Andie 12200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 51
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 83 (0.39 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Yungsheng $11,600 Coryat, 22 correct, 6 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Eleanor $7,800 Coryat, 11 correct, 4 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Andie $15,200 Coryat, 16 correct, 2 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $34,600
Lach Trash: $9,200 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,200
Eleanor Dixon, career statistics:
28 correct, 8 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
25.44% in first on buzzer (29/114)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,800
Yungsheng Wang, career statistics:
23 correct, 6 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,600
Andie Huskie, career statistics:
16 correct, 3 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,200
Yungsheng Wang, to win:
2 games: 39.949%
3: 15.960%
4: 6.376%
5: 2.547%
6: 1.018%
Avg. streak: 1.665 games.
Today’s interviews:
Andie goes camping in the Adirondacks every year with her father and sister.
Yungsheng has a tattoo of a drinking poem by Li Bai.
Eleanor has a hobby of community theatre and has a favourite role of Ann Landers.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- The judges often go to the tape to make a judging review. I would like to make it abundantly clear that it is 100% inappropriate to criticise Mayim Bialik for the judges making an overrule—especially so if you’re a journalist looking to pin this as a mistake on Mayim Bialik.
- I also think that Jeopardy! fans in general are much too nitpicky when it comes to the host’s rulings. It’s, quite frankly, tiresome for me to watch so-called fans rush to their keyboards on a nightly basis to find fault and attempt to one-up the show on everything possible.
- Link to the box score: July 4, 2022 Box Score
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Andie $12,200 Yungsheng $11,800 Eleanor $5,784)
Eleanor: If you limit your bet to $4,983, you’ll stay ahead of Andie if you’re both wrong. (Actual bet: $3,799)
Yungsheng: If you limit your bet to $231, you’ll stay ahead of Eleanor. (Actual bet: $11,000)
Andie: Standard cover bet over Yungsheng is $11,401. (Actual bet: $12,199)
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I went with Delaware, thinking that its larger current population meant it would have been more likely to have six representatives in the past. Poor reasoning, it turns out.
I agree, I’m not sure why Vermont would be any more obvious than Delaware. A fun and not obvious trivia fact is that Vermont has voted Republican in the Electoral College more than any other state.
If you look at the population chart from 1790-1860, you will find the answer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_historical_population
I wish these contestants would show some emotion when winning. Yungsheng needs to do something besides just stand there stoicly. 🙄
I kind of lean the same direction as you, but his ultimate score was so much higher than the other two, he might have felt like he could not manage a happy look that wouldn’t possibly be taken for gloating. And I’m not saying that he did just guess the right response, but he may have — if so, that might have left him feeling relieved (or even something sort of like guilty) instead of elated. I had also said Vermont but it was a little bit of a guess for me, though maybe an “educated guess” as I had reasons for picking it, but I had not KNOWN for sure. [My first thought was Rhode Island, then I thought “no, pretty involved in shipping, commerce, tourism, etc. so population is probably sort of dense”, then Maine but thought “no, too big even though parts of it are kind of sparse”, then decided Vermont as pretty small and kind of “out of the way”.]
After the answer was revealed Mayim – said Bernie Sanders – he is a Senator not a
representative.
She said Sanders was the Representative (from 1991 to 2007).