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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Novel Locales) for Thursday, November 3, 2022 (Season 39, Game 39):
This place from a 1933 novel lies in the Valley of Blue Moon, below a peak called Karakal
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
John Focht, a software team lead originally from El Paso, Texas
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rowan ward, a chart caller, writer & editor from Chicago, Illinois
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Courtney Shah, a community college instructor from Portland, Oregon
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Through three quarterfinals thus far in the 30th Tournament of Champions, the contestant occupying the leftmost lectern is 0-3. Unfortunately, my prediction model thinks it’s more likely than not that this becomes 0-4. rowan—who prefers having their name rendered in lowercase—laid waste to their Second Chance competition this week and is coming into this match as a slight favorite over John Focht, who showed the ability to put up solid performances in his initial run. Don’t count Courtney entirely out, though—she can pull out victories under every circumstance!
It’s a minor error, but Jeopardy’s player statistics over at its Tournament of Champions page still understated rowan’s average Coryat score by $200 (a mistake arising from an accidental initial crediting of a Daily Double miss to Sadie Goldberger during Game 1 of the Second Chance competition finals).
Looking at the J!6 categories (and obviously not having seen the game at this point), there’s a category titled A MUSICAL JOURNEY WITH QUESTLOVE that I assume will be based around Questlove’s new book “Music is History”.
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Correct response: What is Shangri-La?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
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Shangri-La is the famous fictional utopia in the Tibetan highlands, from James Hilton’s 1933 novel Lost Horizon. In the book, Shangri-La and the peaceful valley of Blue Moon is free of war in crime, and its inhabitants live for hundreds of years and age very slowly. Interestingly, Lost Horizon only became popular after the immense popularity of a later work of Hilton’s, Goodbye, Mr. Chips.
The name has since become synonymous with any remote paradise; it was also the original name of Camp David; Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inspired by Lost Horizon when naming the presidential retreat in 1942.
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Game Recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: A Year Ending In 2; Real-Deal Rhyme Time; Newspapers & Magazines; Objects Of Verse; Adverbs; Film Fight Marquee)
Things started off a little slowly, but this game was a close three-way fight after both 15 and 30 clues, with all three players within $1,200 after the opening round and it still being anyone’s game.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
John 3 correct 1 incorrect
rowan 3 correct 2 incorrect
Courtney 4 correct 1 incorrect
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
rowan 10 correct 2 incorrect
John 6 correct 1 incorrect
Courtney 6 correct 1 incorrect
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Gotta Know Your Science; Starts With J; Biblical People; Get Down To Business; Name That Balkan Nation; A Musical Journey With Questlove)
10 clues into Double Jeopardy, John had an $1,800 lead over rowan. However, clues 13 and 14 proved to be the turning point in this game; Name That Balkan Nation was certainly in John’s wheelhouse and he proved it by finding the first Daily Double there, and picking up $8,000! He then found the second Daily Double immediately and added another 3. 15 clues into Double Jeopardy, John’s lead was $17,600—and he never looked back, having $32,000 going into Final, to rowan’s $10,800 and Courtney’s $5,200.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
John 23 correct 1 incorrect
rowan 17 correct 2 incorrect
Courtney 9 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 8 (0 today).
Final Jeopardy! today was a Triple Stumper; it was academic, though—John bet $0 and moves on to the semifinals!
Tonight’s Game Stats:
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Scores going into Final:
John $32,000
rowan $10,800
Courtney $5,200
Tonight’s results:
Courtney $5,200 – $4,200 = $1,000 ($5,000) (What is the Big Valley?)
rowan $10,800 – $399 = $10,401 ($5,000) (What is Brigadoon???)
John $32,000 – $0 = $32,000 (What is Xanadu?) (Semi-Finalist)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
rowan $3,600
John $3,000
Courtney $2,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $800 (clue #6)
rowan 800 +1000 (Courtney -1000 John 0)
2) NAME THAT BALKAN NATION $2000 (clue #13)
John 13000 +8000 (Courtney 3200 rowan 8400)
3) GET DOWN TO BUSINESS $1200 (clue #14, $15200 left on board)
John 21000 +3000 (Courtney 3200 rowan 8400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 176
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 8 (0.21 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
John $24,200 Coryat, 23 correct, 1 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
rowan $10,600 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Courtney $5,200 Coryat, 9 correct, 1 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $40,000
Lach Trash: $11,000 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,000
Courtney Shah, career statistics:
148 correct, 18 incorrect
9/15 on rebound attempts (on 33 rebound opportunities)
26.86% in first on buzzer (137/510)
2/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,200)
6/9 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,933
rowan ward, career statistics:
135 correct, 18 incorrect
6/7 on rebound attempts (on 15 rebound opportunities)
46.32% in first on buzzer (132/285)
7/9 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $17,800)
2/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,600
John Focht, career statistics:
140 correct, 13 incorrect
6/8 on rebound attempts (on 16 rebound opportunities)
37.72% in first on buzzer (129/342)
9/10 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $31,300)
3/6 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,133
Remaining Players’ Tournament of Champions Chances (after 100,000 Simulations)
Amy Schneider: 17.646%
Matt Amodio: 27.963%
Mattea Roach: 10.431%
Maureen O’Neil: 0.660%
Andrew He: 14.397%
Tyler Rhode: 3.971%
John Focht: 10.265%
Eric Ahasic: 6.558%
Jaskaran Singh: 1.618%
Jackie Kelly: 2.834%
Zach Newkirk: 0.992%
Jessica Stephens: 0.409%
Sam Buttrey: 2.256%
Today’s interviews:
John has turned his team of data analysts to analyzing J! box score data (j-ometry.com).
rowan thought Second Chance was some of the most fun they had ever had.
Courtney had her phone light up daily during her run.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- This performance from John isn’t completely surprising—his first match in his regular run was just as dominant.
- Today’s box score: November 3, 2022 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: John $32,000 rowan $10,800 Courtney $5,200)
Courtney: Bet whatever you like. (Actual bet: $4,200)
rowan: Since the prize for second and third are the same, you might as well try to go all-in and hope for a miracle (namely, an unlikely Clavin.) (Actual bet: $399)
John: There’s nothing to be gained by making a bet here. Bet $0. (Actual bet: $0)
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Somewhat disapointed that rowan won’t be mving on to the next round. They had a good chance until John uncovered, and, correctly responded to both Daily Doubles in Double Jeopardy.
As for today’s Final Jeopardy, the description of where the correct response was located, did nothing for me, so I had nothing. Courtney and rowan seemed to have a lot more of a clue than I did, but were wrong.