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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category London Locales) for Friday, November 11, 2022 (Season 39, Game 45):
To fight malaria, this former royal estate helped move quinine-producing cinchona plants from South America to India
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Andrew He, a software developer from San Francisco, California
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Eric Ahasic, a meteorologist from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Mattea Roach, a writer & podcaster from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Make no bones about it: this game will be a race to the Daily Doubles—and all three players know this. Eric has had an uncanny ability to find them throughout his Jeopardy! career; in every one of his victories, he found both Daily Doubles in Double Jeopardy. Andrew has also shown the propensity to make very large bets on those Daily Doubles. Meanwhile, Mattea’s tournament preparation has been made knowing that they need to change up their own strategy to better take advantage of Daily Doubles. I am expecting to see fireworks, large scores, and a match too close to call.
Tonight’s winner faces off against Amy Schneider and Sam Buttrey in the first-to-three-wins final, starting Monday.
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Correct response: What is Kew Gardens?
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In the 1720s, Kew Palace, currently located in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, was initially inhabited by King George II, finding it to be a perfect private place to live for their family. King George III later also lived there in an attempt to cure his mental illnesses prior to his regency. Today, Kew is the home of the famous Royal Botanic Gardens.
Kew Gardens’ assistance with the introduction of cinchona to India was detailed in the 1931 journal article “Introduction of Cinchona to India”, in the Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Vol. 1931, No. 3 (1931), pp. 113-117″
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Game Recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The County Seat; Logos; The Arts; Senior Moments; Spanish Words & Phrases; Mandy Patinkin)
It was Eric who got off to the best start early on in this game, holding the lead at the first break. However, Andrew rebounded very well from some early jitters, picking up the maximum on the first Daily Double and picking up 8 correct after the break! Mattea had a strong round to sit second after thirty clues.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Eric 6 correct 0 incorrect
Mattea 4 correct 2 incorrect
Andrew 4 correct 3 incorrect
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Eric 8 correct 1 incorrect
Mattea 9 correct 2 incorrect
Andrew 12 correct 3 incorrect
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: World Leaders; Elegies; Jazz & Blues Nicknames; Religion; “P”S; Carats)
I said it would be a race to the Daily Doubles, and it certainly was! It was Andrew who got to them first, and he picked up a combined $23,800 through the pair of them! That was more than enough to give him a runaway going into Final, though Eric put up a very strong fight. Scores going into Final were Andrew at $39,200, Eric at $17,000, and Mattea at $7,200.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Andrew 24 correct 4 incorrect
Eric 18 correct 1 incorrect
Mattea 15 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 12 (0 today).
Not only did this Final stump all three players, they couldn’t even hazard a guess. Andrew’s runaway means that he gets his rematch with Amy Schneider! The first-to-three finals start Monday!
Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, November 11, 2022 Jeopardy! by the numbers:
Scores going into Final:
Andrew $39,200
Eric $17,000
Mattea $7,200
Tonight’s results:
Mattea $7,200 – $0 = $7,200 ($10,000) (What is ?)
Eric $17,000 – $217 = $16,783 ($10,000) (What is ?)
Andrew $39,200 – $1,337 = $37,863 (What… ?) (Finalist)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Eric $5,400
Mattea $4,000
Andrew $3,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) THE ARTS $1000 (clue #13)
Andrew 0 +1000 (Mattea 1600 Eric 5400)
2) WORLD LEADERS $1200 (clue #3)
Andrew 7000 +7000 (Mattea 4000 Eric 5400)
3) ELEGIES $1200 (clue #7, $25600 left on board)
Andrew 16800 +16800 (Mattea 2400 Eric 5400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 300
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 12 (0.27 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Andrew $17,800 Coryat, 24 correct, 4 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Eric $17,000 Coryat, 18 correct, 1 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Mattea $7,200 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $42,000
Lach Trash: $4,400 (on 3 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,600
Mattea Roach, career statistics:
695 correct, 70 incorrect
35/43 on rebound attempts (on 107 rebound opportunities)
44.89% in first on buzzer (659/1468)
30/37 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $60,000)
18/26 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,623
Eric Ahasic, career statistics:
210 correct, 25 incorrect
17/20 on rebound attempts (on 44 rebound opportunities)
36.84% in first on buzzer (189/513)
15/17 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $65,000)
3/9 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,022
Andrew He, career statistics:
206 correct, 26 incorrect
14/16 on rebound attempts (on 30 rebound opportunities)
42.11% in first on buzzer (192/456)
11/16 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $57,600)
3/8 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,975
Today’s interviews:
Andrew heard from his middle school teacher who suggested charitable donations.
Eric is taking a post-tournament honeymoon in Hawaii.
Mattea was recognized while driving on the highway.
Remaining Players’ Tournament of Champions Chances (after 100,000 Simulations)
Amy Schneider: 38.962%
Andrew He: 43.417%
Sam Buttrey: 17.621%
Chances of 3 games: 12.251%
Chances of 4 games: 23.439%
Chances of 5 games: 29.726%
Chances of 6 games: 23.452%
Chances of 7 games: 11.132%
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Jeopardy! as it is right now, at this level, is a solved game. However, there is still the matter of being able to respond to Daily Doubles correctly if you do go all-in. Variance and excitement should be higher going forward.
- This may be the first instance of a single player successfully converting a maximum possible Daily Double wager on all three Daily Doubles in the show’s history.
- Today’s box score: November 11, 2022 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Andrew $39,200 Eric $17,000 Mattea $7,200)
Mattea: Bet whatever you like. (Actual bet: $0)
Eric: There’s no difference between second and third. Go all in in case Andrew Clavins. (Actual bet: $217)
Andrew: Bet between $0 and $5,199 and enjoy your spot in the finals! (Actual bet: $1,337)
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I had no clue. I wonder how many people will get this one?
Current FJ streak: 4L, and all I can say is come ON Sunday!😅
Being originally from that side of the pond, it was a no-brainer for me. But I could see it being not easy fore most others.
FOR most others . . . 🙄
I love acing Celebrity Jeopardy every Sunday and then getting humbled by the TOC during the week.
Puts life in perspective.
You perspective matches mine very well.
I got as far as “Royal Botanic Gardens,” but I wouldn’t have guessed “Kew” if I had a week. A quick search suggests it may not have been the response to a clue since 1988. Guess I missed that episode.
I suspect this will be a rough one for whoever is in the lead heading into FJ. Though it is clear that Eric and Andrew at least are willing to take big risks to secure the runaway ahead of FJ, and Mattea has indicated that she might be adopting a similar style in the TOC. (Mattea also has mentioned heading to the UK for debating competitions in high school, which wouldn’t have been that long ago at her age, so perhaps she paid a visit to the gardens as a tourist while she was there!)
Can’t wait to see how it all plays out!
I came up with Royal Botanic Gardens too, and I wonder if that would have been accepted. According to UNESCO, the official name is “Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.”
Ditto — for my response of “Royal Botanic Gardens” AND the question of whether that would have been accepted or not. If not, at least I can take comfort in knowing that I got closer than any of these three awesome players did. [Though I forgot “today” was Friday until it was actually Saturday!]
Coventry Gardens. Not!
Bring back the celebrities. I miss the smug self satisfaction of being a smarty pants. The Tournament of Champions make me feel like a such a… a…
“I’ll take “D” Light for 500, Ken”
“A stupid, incompetent, or foolish person”
“What’s a dufus?”
Hey I got one!
You may have been thinking of the “Covent Garden” district in London, well known as an entertainment and shopping area, but best known for the Royal Opera House, which is often called “Covent Garden” itself.
also, no clue. but, in the summer (winter there) of 2002, went down to the Amazon in Brasil, and on a hike the guide had me try a piece of bark from a tree and said, ‘this helps prevent mosquito disease’, and I said, ‘it tastes like quinine’, and he says, ‘yes, that’s it’. so, i guess it was a cinchona tree.
What a cool story! That must have been a great experience 🙂
Michael, it was. Look up Acajatuba Lodge. That is where I stayed in the jungle along the Rio Negros.
The tricky part of this clue, at least for me, was “former royal estate”…seeing how real estate acquisitions by the royal family are usually a one-way affair. How does an estate become a former royal estate? Presumably, either through donation (extremely rare) or liquidation (also extremely rare.)
From what I can tell, it was originally parts of the gardens of multiple manor house estates in the area, owned by various levels of “Royalty”, that were combined around 1840 to form the single unit of horticultural preservation under the control of a public trust.
OMG, I would be hard pressed to suggest a more interesting group of finalists. Andrew gets his rematch with Amy PLUS Professor Sam is in the mix?!?!?! Excited for these 3 to 7 games.
Andrew faced very tough draws in this tournament to get to the finals and a rematch with Amy. He had won 5 games when he faced her and was leading going into final jeopardy in that game.
and if he’d known Manhattan in that final jeopardy, history would be changed – though maybe Amy would have been in the second chance tournament and still worked her way to the final.
I did not want to say anything before, BUT the idea that two of the three players in the TOC are from the SF Bay Area; Andrew from Oakland, and Amy from across the bay in San Francisco. Now we Jeopardy fans in the Bay Area are most thrilled about that. For sure. I am thrilled!!!
And, Sam Buttery is from Pacific Grove, only about 40 south of the Bay Area. A Northern California TOC!
Imagine those three as a team for pub trivia . . .
Hahaha Melissa. That’s hysterical to think about. Reminds me of a Far Side I once saw. It was a Jeopardy like game and the host says “That’s right! The answer is Wisconsin. The score is now Bob with 300, Mary with 750, and God with 41,000”
Thomas G., you got it reversed. Actually, it is Amy who is from Oakland and Andrew who is from San Francisco.
Oh you are so right. I tried not to make that mistake as I was aware of course their cities…but lo and behold I made that mistake.
And as Jean mentioned, Sam is from Pacific Grove…so three Californians in the TOC. About time. (:
Maybe there will be an earthquake during game 3 of the Bay Area ToC finals…
(okay, so the finals were already taped and we know there wasn’t any major quakes during the actual games, unlike there was in the ’89 World Series; but maybe during the airdate… )
The only Kew gardens i know of is in queens new york. Not really familiar About the one in London. This is a challenging one even for me. Still i would love to see how this all plays out in the finals
I live near that Kew Gardens, and having looked up its etymology in the past is the reason I knew the answer to this one pretty much instantly
No surprise with who’s in the finals. Andrew was always a favorite of mine and Mattea was by far the biggest long shot for me to make it to the finals. Can’t wait for Monday as things should be very interesting with 3 elite players involved.
Having visited Kew Gardens (a London “must see” for me) about 15 years ago, I knew the answer before even finishing reading the clue. The admission ticket seller inquired whether I wanted a “concession,” which took me a while to realize he was politely asking if I wanted the elderly discount!
My correct reply was much more a shot in the dark than yours.
That said, getting it right when none of the TofC contestants even wrote replies is my apex. I should “retire” right now.
This was my exact reaction to getting this one.
LOL about the “concession”!