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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Children’s Authors) for Monday, November 28, 2022 (Season 39, Game 56):
Reversing the story of this heroine she created, Patricia Maclachlan was born on the prairie but spent much of her life in New England
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Xanni Brown, a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut
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Michael Harten, a dean of academics from Putnam, Connecticut
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Cris Pannullo, a customer success operations manager from Ocean City, New Jersey (15-day total: $526,544)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Welcome to a new week, as things return slightly more closer to normal—Thanksgiving is done and we’ve now got less than four weeks until Christmas. Cris Pannullo returns as a 15-day champion and today faces Michael Harten and Xanni Brown. You may have noticed that I haven’t updated any of the stats pages from Friday’s game; this was a deliberate choice in order to allow for those who didn’t watch Friday’s show on Friday to catch up without being spoiled on a public-facing page.
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Correct response: Who is Sarah? (from Sarah, Plain and Tall)
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Sarah is the title character of the 1986 Newberry Medal award-winning Sarah, Plain and Tall. In it, Sarah Wheaton was a mail-order bride from Maine who travels out to the Midwest after Jacob Witting, a farmer and widower, places an ad for a mail-order bride to help handle taking care of his two children, whose mother passed away during childbirth; while Sarah misses the sea, she stays and marries Jacob. An early-’90s TV movie adaptation starred Glenn Close and Christopher Walken.
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Game Recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Novel Notes; Slang; Lawmen & Women; Foot, The Bill; Play Your Cards Right; Of Movies)
The Daily Double hunting began in earnest, and it was Xanni who found it on clue #15—her doubling up gave her the lead at the opening break! Coming out of the break, Xanni played with confidence as she extended her lead and ended the round with more correct responses than Cris!
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Xanni 4 correct 0 incorrect
Cris 7 correct 1 incorrect
Michael 2 correct 0 incorrect
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Xanni 12 correct 0 incorrect
Cris 11 correct 1 incorrect
Michael 4 correct 1 incorrect
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: British History; Animal Names; Abbrev. Tv; 6-Letter Words; That’S Major; Around The Globe)
Proving just how important the Daily Doubles are in today’s game, Cris found both of them in a four-clue span and picked up a combined $16,800 on them! He ended up needing nearly all of that money, as Xanni’s late-game rally to break the runaway fell just short. Going into Final, Cris had $39,800 to Xanni’s $19,400 and Michael’s $5,600.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Cris 27 correct 1 incorrect
Xanni 20 correct 0 incorrect
Michael 9 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 12 (0 today).
Final Jeopardy! today was a Triple Stumper — Cris didn’t bet a cent and is a 16-day champion!
Tonight’s Game Stats:
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Scores going into Final:
Cris $39,800
Xanni $19,400
Michael $5,600
Tonight’s results:
Michael $5,600 – $2,000 = $3,600 (Who is Anne of Green Gables?)
Xanni $19,400 – $1,114 = $18,286 (Who is Anne of Green Gables)
Cris $39,800 – $0 = $39,800 (Who is Ann of Green Gables) (16-day total: $566,344)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Xanni $8,600
Cris $5,400
Michael $1,600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) SLANG $1000 (clue #15)
Xanni 2200 +2200 (Cris 4200 Michael 1600)
2) BRITISH HISTORY $1200 (clue #6)
Cris 9000 +9000 (Michael 3600 Xanni 10200)
3) THAT’S MAJOR $1600 (clue #9, $23200 left on board)
Cris 20800 +7800 (Michael 3600 Xanni 10200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 238
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Cris 5 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 5 3
Michael 3 3
Xanni 4 4 5*
DJ! Round:
Cris 4 3* 4 3 4*
Michael 3 2 4
Xanni 5
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Cris 3.87
Xanni 4.50
Michael 3.00
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 12 (0.21 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Cris $25,800 Coryat, 27 correct, 1 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Xanni $18,200 Coryat, 20 correct, 0 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Michael $5,600 Coryat, 9 correct, 1 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $49,600
Lach Trash: $3,200 (on 4 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $1,200
Cris Pannullo, career statistics:
486 correct, 35 incorrect
26/27 on rebound attempts (on 62 rebound opportunities)
48.57% in first on buzzer (441/908)
34/37 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $130,500)
10/16 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $25,975
Michael Harten, career statistics:
9 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,600
Xanni Brown, career statistics:
20 correct, 1 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,200)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,200
Cris Pannullo, to win:
17 games: 92.680%
18: 85.896%
19: 79.608%
20: 73.780%
21: 68.380%
Avg. streak: 28.661 games.
Today’s interviews:
Xanni is also a mountain climber hoping to climb the “fourteeners” in Colorado.
Michael had a nickname of “The Teacher That Eats from the Floor”.
Cris is hoping to own a house.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Xanni is the first player to hold a lead against Cris after the Jeopardy! round.
- Xanni’s score of $19,400 going into Final is the highest second place score of a player in a runaway game in regular play.
- $566,344 places Cris 5th all time in regular-play winnings, only behind the four millionaires—Ken Jennings, James Holzhauer, Matt Amodio, and Amy Schneider.
- Even though Cris barely had a runaway, one has to think that Xanni’s performance puts her high on the list of potential Second Chance returnees in the future.
- Today’s box score: November 28, 2022 Box Score
He also moves into 10th place in winnings—not 9th—if tournaments are included. (Remember, Mattea Roach received $10,000 for making the Tournament of Champions semifinals. I still don’t understand why the show doesn’t include this on the Leaderboard of Legends. They are putting out incomplete information and it needs to be fixed.)
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Cris $39,800 Xanni $19,400 Michael $5,600)
Cris: Bet between $0 and $999 and enjoy win #16! (Actual bet: $0)
Michael: Bet whatever you’d like. (Actual bet: $2,000)
Xanni: Bet between $0 and $8,199 to guarantee second place. (Actual bet: $1,114)
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As a retired Elementary School librarian, I found this Final Jeopardy clue incredibly easy. But I understand why for many it was not so much.
Lol, of course, it was easy for an elementary school Librarian, isn’t it for second though fifth graders (ages 8 to 12, maybe)? It is eminently logical that it would be easy for you. Having been published in 1985, it was way after my time (1950’s). (Incidentally, this was meant to be jovial, not harsh or critical.) 🙂
Not taken as harsh or critical. Like I said, I understand why many wouldn’t get this. The book is a 4th grade reading level and has an interest level of grades 3-6. I actually had a classroom set of over 30 copies in my library.
I doubt the TOC format will continue. This year’s included 1.5 seasons of contestants, going back to when Alex died. If they’re going to do one every year like Davies has suggested, they’re going to struggle to find 15. The 2nd Chance tourney may continue,I vote yes, but not to make it to 21.
I’m surprised all three said Anne of Green Gables. Haven’t they seen it? Hasn’t everybody? Doesn’t everyone watch it every few years? Sorry, I just love it. Along with the ’95 version of Pride and Prejudice and Winona Ryder in Little Women.
I think the SCT was a stroke of programming genius, and really hope it continues. It greatly helps to mitigate unfair bad luck for good players. Can you imagine getting your one shot in life to be on the show, but you’re put on against someone like Pannulo? That is extremely unlucky for someone like Xanni, who is easily capable of running up a 10-game streak if she were pitted against some of the same contestants he has faced. I also loved the best-of-seven TOC final, and have always hated the two-day total way of settling things. Finally, I disagree with giving anyone a bye into an advanced round. Seeding the players is fine, but giving a bye confers a huge unfair advantage. The so-called super champions are great players, but as we saw in the tournament, the other participants were not exactly chopped liver. They more than held their own.