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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category States & The Census) for Friday, November 25, 2022 (Season 39, Game 55):
The 2020 Census gave Montana a second U.S. House seat; its most populous county, this one that attracts tourists, grew 11%
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Holly Smith, a writer & editor originally from Toledo, Ohio
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Sam Papuha, a graduate student from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Cris Pannullo, a customer success operations manager from Ocean City, New Jersey (14-day total: $487,923)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Yesterday, Cris Pannullo put up his most dominating performance thus far, adding over $70,000 to his total. Today, your challengers are Canadian Sam Papuha and Holly Smith.
Today is going to be interesting in terms of preemptions. ABC is broadcasting college football nearly all day, and CBS is running college football during the day. FOX is broadcasting World Cup during the day and the UCLA-Cal game in the late afternoon/early evening. You’ll notice I didn’t say NBC. If you’re in the Tupelo, Mississippi area today, you’re in luck, as NBC is the only network without preemptions today, and WTVA gets the first airing today—at 1:30 PM Eastern. Other areas in luck today include St. Louis, Minneapolis, Austin, Oklahoma City, Pittsburgh, and Detroit. At least Sam, up in Edmonton, won’t be pre-empted.
I also don’t know when today’s results will be posted here on the site; I’m hoping for some point in the afternoon, but there’s a chance that they won’t be posted until as late as 7:20 PM Eastern.
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Correct response: What is Yellowstone County?
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Yellowstone County (county seat Billings) is the most populous county in Montana; while Yellowstone National Park is mostly in Wyoming, the park does extend into Montana and Idaho. The northeast entrance to Yellowstone National Park is about 100 miles from Billings, Montana. It is generally believed that both Yellowstone National Park and Yellowstone County are named after the area’s Yellowstone River (one of the major tributaries of the Missouri River).
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Game Recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Let’s Play Sports There!; Do The Math; A Garden Party; Whether You’re A Brother Or Whether You’re A Mother; Stayin’ Alive; Ah, Ha Ha “Ha”)
Cris wasn’t quite as dominant today; firstly, the Daily Double came out immediately. Secondly, Holly and Sam got in a few times. Cris’ lead was just under $5,000 after 30 clues.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Cris 8 correct 1 incorrect
Sam 2 correct 0 incorrect
Holly 2 correct 0 incorrect
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Cris 17 correct 2 incorrect
Sam 5 correct 0 incorrect
Holly 3 correct 1 incorrect
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Only Half The Battle; 2-Word Book Titles; Our Flag Means…; Sellin’ It!; Some Of That Jazz; Unfriend)
Cris was still doing great on the signaling device, but Holly got to one of the Daily Doubles (unfortunately, she couldn’t get a correct response and fell back to $0.) Sam’s momentum was derailed by missing the last S on Arby’s slogan, “We have the meats”, and Cris found the last one very late, and went conservative. Going into Final, the scores were Cris $26,400, Sam $5,200, and Holly $3,200.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Cris 34 correct 4 incorrect
Sam 8 correct 1 incorrect
Holly 9 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 12 (0 today).
Cris was the only correct player today in Final, and he went very big on his wager. He’s crossed over the half-million mark in just 15 wins! He’ll go for win #16 on Monday!
Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, November 25, 2022 Jeopardy! by the numbers:
Scores going into Final:
Cris $26,400
Sam $5,200
Holly $3,600
Tonight’s results:
Holly $3,600 – $3,599 = $1 (What is Bozeman?)
Sam $5,200 – $2,200 = $3,000 (What is Flathead?)
Cris $26,400 + $12,221 = $38,621 (What is Yellowstone) (15-day total: $526,544)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Cris $7,400
Sam $2,800
Holly $2,000
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) LET’S PLAY SPORTS THERE! $1000 (clue #1)
Cris 0 +1000 (Sam 0 Holly 0)
2) 2-WORD BOOK TITLES $800 (clue #10)
Holly 5600 -5600 (Cris 15800 Sam 2800)
3) UNFRIEND $800 (clue #27, $1200 left on board)
Cris 22600 +3000 (Sam 5200 Holly 3200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 13
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Cris 5*
Sam
Holly
DJ! Round:
Cris 3 4 3 4 3 5 5 2 4 2 4 3 3 5 2 2*
Sam 1 3 5
Holly 4 5 2* 1† 5 2 1 4
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Cris 3.47
Sam 3.00
Holly 3.00
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 12 (0.22 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Cris $24,200 Coryat, 34 correct, 4 incorrect, 63.16% in first on buzzer (36/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Sam $5,200 Coryat, 8 correct, 1 incorrect, 12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Holly $9,200 Coryat, 9 correct, 2 incorrect, 15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $38,600
Lach Trash: $9,400 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,000
Cris Pannullo, career statistics:
459 correct, 33 incorrect
25/26 on rebound attempts (on 61 rebound opportunities)
48.88% in first on buzzer (416/851)
32/35 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $113,700)
10/15 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $25,987
Sam Papuha, career statistics:
8 correct, 2 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,200
Holly Smith, career statistics:
9 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$5,600)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,200
Cris Pannullo, to win:
16 games: 92.021%
17: 84.678%
18: 77.921%
19: 71.703%
20: 65.982%
Avg. streak: 26.532 games.
Today’s interviews:
Holly had a professor who asked for documentation after giving birth.
Sam watched the show early as an 8-year-old to “impress” her grandparents.
Cris had a dream of being a TV writer.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- At $526,544, Cris moves to 12th all time in terms of overall money won, including tournaments. He’s just under $6,000 shy of Jason Zuffranieri for 6th in regular play winnings.
- With 459, Cris moves to 11th all time in terms of number of correct responses on the show. Matt Jackson is 10th with 514.
- Today’s box score: November 25, 2022 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Cris $26,400 Sam $5,200 Holly $3,600)
Cris: Bet between $0 and $15,999 and enjoy win #15! (Actual bet: $12,221)
Sam: Standard cover bet over Holly is $2,001. (Actual bet: $2,200)
Holly: Limit your bet to $399; that way, if Sam is wrong, you can take second place. (Actual bet: $3,599)
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In Chicago, Jeopardy won’t be aired at its normal time of 3:30 central time.
Did it air in the early hours of Saturday, or, on ABCChicago’s digital subchannel? I seen that college football would prempt Jeopardy Friday, but didn’t check for later airings.
Dang 🙁 I knew Billings was the largest city, and so figured its county was also the most populous, but didn’t know what the name of it was. That gives me a losing record for this week ;p
Current FJ streak: 2L
Not having any knowledge of Montana counties I threw out Yellowstone and it stuck. Predicting a triple get.
Uh-oh 😬
Same here. Except Yellowstone, the only touristy places in that general area that I could think of were in Utah or the Dakotas. However, I was not just guessing that Yellowstone Park might extend into Montana, I thought that it did at least somewhat.
Shows how lucky my guess was.
Not just lucky, an EDUCATED guess! My wife got it before I did . . .
It was easy to guess with multiple clues built in.
Since the clue refers to re-districting, there was some interesting consequence to the addition of the new second district. In the OTHER district, MT-01, the Democrats were surprisingly competitive and kept the GOP candidate below 50%.
Though it had no effect on the game, a late clue on Nicaragua’s flag asked Cris to be more specific on his initial response of What Are the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Aren’t the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean two different bodies of water?
The Caribbean Sea is technically part of the Atlantic Ocean; there was no issue with that prompt. Especially as Nicaragua itself considers itself to be on the Atlantic.
In Boston if something is going on to preempt Jep on CBS it is shown at the same time on MeTV channel 38 or 38.1 if you’re watching over the air without cable.
I’m not near Boston, but thanks for the suggestion anyway! More of us need options like that, so I’m going to explore my over-the-air options for the future, just in case. Unfortunately, I don’t think I can get much in my part of the country (South Carolina) due to lots of tall trees surrounding us (We even have trouble getting cell phone signals).
When I lived in the Nashville (TN) area we used to have the tree problem that prevented us from getting one of the OTA channels and we could only get ABC in the winter when the leaves were off the trees. But if we were able to get the primary channel (the ‘.1’) of a station, we would be able to see the alternates [CBS had 8 of them!]. I always thought when they were pre-empting something on the primary channel they should air it on one of their other channels, but they never did. It is interesting to me that other stations do do that.
I’ve seen few recent comments about the continued great performance of the current champion, Cris! But I’m still enjoying his consistently great play, and just trying to see how many of the responses I can get before he answers, although it’s helpful when he pauses to think before answering.
One of my pet peeves is how visuals of the clue are removed from the viewers’ sight prematurely. It doesn’t help viewers trying to answer the same questions in “real time” (as real as it gets at home!), and it’s especially annoying in clues that are anagrams or other plays on the letters in the clue. And when the full name of the category is not visible, much of the full context of the clue is lost, especially when contestants are jumping around the board in their selections. It seems there could be a better way of including home viewers in the game with a little more thought.
I like how Ken repeats the category before reading the Daily Double clues because I’d forget half the time . . .
I liked Laurie’s comment about Me TV out of Boston, I receive reception out of Milwaukee and thought Me Tv was for Milwaukee. I am glad I can switch between channels to see both since I have DVR. Me Tv is a Chicago company that is nation wide
Weigel Broadcasting (MeTV,H&I,etc.,) is the dominant player in themed “classic tv” digital subchannels. It’s various “networks” are carried nationwide as “subchannels” of broadcast network affiliates, and, independents.
As Kathy S. commented above, in Chicago, Jeopardy (and, Wheel) were prempted by college football in it’s regular time slot.
Though seemingly in Friday’s game Cris wasn’t quite as dominant as in Thursda’s game, he still ruled.
On the Final Jeopardy, if one knows that Yellowstone National Park is in Montana, that leads you to the correct response. Unfortunately I didn’t.
Yellowstone National Park is mostly in Wyoming. Only a little bit of it is in Montana and Idaho.
FYI Chicago ABC 7 DID air Jeopardy the next morning in the early slot. I had recorded it.