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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Foreign-Born Authors) for Tuesday, January 3, 2023 (Season 39, Game 82):
Early in her career she translated romance novels into Spanish, often changing the dialogue to make the heroines smarter
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Lloyd Sy, a graduate student in literature originally from Rockford, Illinois
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Claire Theoret, a high school registrar from Essex, Vermont
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Ray Lalonde, a scenic artist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (13-day total: $386,400)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Ray Lalonde—buoyed by a stellar record in Final Jeopardy, getting nine in a row—is now a 13-day champion, with his winnings nearing the US$400,000 mark. (At today’s exchange rates, Ray’s total would be somewhere in the neighborhood of CAD$526,700, just over halfway to a house in Toronto.) He’s survived a few scares so far; will he continue his winning ways, or will Claire Theoret or Lloyd Sy play giant killer today?
I’ve seen a few people starting to worry online about the fact that there have only been 4 players who have won 4 or more games thus far. However, we are only between 25-30% of the way through Season 39’s regular-play games—there’s still plenty of time for us to see more worthy champions this season. (Yes, I realize this is a point against one of the predictions I made yesterday, but I digress.)
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Correct response: Who is Isabel Allende?
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Famous Chilean author Isabel Allende (her father’s cousin was Chilean president Salvador Allende; Salvador Allende was overthrown by a U.S.-backed coup that installed a military dictatorship overseen by Augusto Pinochet), at the very start of her career, translated Barbara Cartland into Spanish. However, Allende found the stories too formulaic and boring. Initially, she began changing the dialogue to make the female characters sound better; however, she began changing the endings. When the publisher caught wind of these unauthorized changes to works, Allende was fired. During her exile in Venezuela, she began writing her own stories, beginning with 1982’s The House of the Spirits.
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Game Recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Fiction’s Fictional Places; American Art & Artists; Orgs. For Short; Romantic Movie Lines; Here’sS Looking At “U”; Kid Cuisine)
Today’s game started off very evenly matched, with all three players within $600 at the first break. Lloyd found the Daily Double and made a rare house minimum $5 bet, keeping it out of Ray’s hands, but Ray led after 30 clues.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Lloyd 5 correct 1 incorrect
Claire 3 correct 0 incorrect
Ray 4 correct 2 incorrect
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Ray 10 correct 2 incorrect
Lloyd 9 correct 2 incorrect
Claire 6 correct 0 incorrect
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The Good, Old, U.S. Of A.; Science News; Pop Music-Pourri; l’Histoire De France; Fun With 21; Same First & Last Letter)
Ray wasn’t quite as on his game in Double Jeopardy, picking up 4 incorrect responses, including a Daily Double. He made a valiant attempt on clue #30 for the lead, but his incorrect guess put him a shade behind Lloyd. Scores going into Final were Lloyd with a slim lead at $12,490, Ray at $12,000, and Claire at $11,200.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Lloyd 14 correct 3 incorrect
Ray 22 correct 6 incorrect
Claire 14 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 12 (0 today).
All three players got Final today, which means Lloyd is a giant killer! He’s the new champion and returns to defend tomorrow!
Tonight’s Game Stats:
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Scores going into Final:
Lloyd $12,490
Ray $12,000
Claire $11,200
Tonight’s results:
Claire $11,200 + $11,200 = $22,400 (Who is Isabel Allende?)
Ray $12,000 + $12,000 = $24,000 (Who is Allende?)
Lloyd $12,490 + $12,000 = $24,490 (Who is Isabel Allende?) (1-day total: $24,490)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Ray $5,000
Lloyd $4,595
Claire $3,200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) KID CUISINE $800 (clue #22)
Lloyd 3600 -5 (Ray 3600 Claire 2800)
2) L’HISTOIRE DE FRANCE $1600 (clue #4)
Lloyd 5795 +3095 (Ray 6600 Claire 5200)
3) SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $2000 (clue #14, $16400 left on board)
Ray 11400 -3000 (Claire 9600 Lloyd 10490)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 27
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Ray 5 5 4 4 3 2 2 1
Claire 4 3 2 1
Lloyd 4 5 3 2 2 3 3 4 5 4*
DJ! Round:
Ray 5 4 5† 2† 5*
Claire 4 3 3† 1† 5 2
Lloyd 4* 3 3
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Lloyd 3.46
Ray 3.62
Claire 2.80
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 12 (0.15 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Lloyd $11,000 Coryat, 14 correct, 3 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Ray $15,000 Coryat, 22 correct, 6 incorrect, 45.61% in first on buzzer (26/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Claire $11,200 Coryat, 14 correct, 1 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $37,200
Lach Trash: $7,200 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,600
Ray Lalonde, career statistics:
354 correct, 43 incorrect
25/28 on rebound attempts (on 49 rebound opportunities)
41.98% in first on buzzer (335/798)
16/20 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $36,800)
12/14 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,957
Claire Theoret, career statistics:
15 correct, 1 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,200
Lloyd Sy, career statistics:
15 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,090)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,000
Lloyd Sy, to win:
2 games: 41.880%
3: 17.540%
4: 7.346%
5: 3.076%
6: 1.288%
Avg. streak: 1.721 games.
Today’s interviews:
Lloyd folded 1,000 cranes as part of a promposal.
Claire met Green Day at a radio station—at the age of six months.
Ray is a two-time skydiver.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- At 354, Ray moves into 22nd all time in terms of correct responses given on the show.
- I’m glad everyone who went for the first name spelled “Isabel” properly; I would not have wanted to chance the judges on “Isobel” after Berry vs. Barry Gordy.
- It was a little bit disappointing to see all of the obeluses and 1s on my “Clue Selection by Row” chart.
- Today’s box score: January 3, 2023 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Lloyd $12,490 Ray $12,000 Claire $11,200)
Ray: Standard cover bet over Claire is $10,401. (Actual bet: $12,000)
Claire: Cap your bet at $9,599 to win a potential Triple Stumper.(Actual bet: $11,200)
Lloyd: Standard cover bet over Ray is $11,511. (Actual bet: $12,000)
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Ray’s statistics on DDs and FJs was amazing and laudable, but with his “average incorrect” staying right at 10% (slightly higher after this game), I was more surprised that he made it this far than that he did not go farther. Ultra-champions are more often around 7.5% incorrect: Amy Schneider was 5.5%; Cris Pannullo 7%; Matt Amodio 8.5%; Mattea Roach 8.7%; Ken Jennings 8.9%; James Holzhauer only 3% (though he got NONE incorrect in his losing game!) Ryan Long was an exception at 13.5% but note that he only won 3 more games than Ray did. Jonathan Fisher had 11% incorrect but “only” 11 wins.
the current producers have already shown that they aren’t locked into the “traditional” format for the ToC. They changed it up to fit more than 15 contestants for the last ToC, so I don’t see why they wouldn’t come up with a format to work with fewer than 15 contestants if there was somehow a shortage of 4-game/tournament winners for the remainder of this season.
It is sad to see Ray lose, as he was a very cool headed person. He was less than $15,000 away from the $400,000 level. But Ray is the first Super champion to win between $300,000 to $399,999. Now onto the future.
Ray had mentioned his identical twin brother is in the contestant process. I can’t wait to see that face again and how that twin will do.
Congrats to Ray. He did an outstanding job!
In regards to the TOC, they have used 3 day champions when they need to fill spots. Steve Molds was a 3 day champ and he was in the 2021 TOC. (I don’t count Emma Boettcher. There were a bunch of 4 day champs that should have been in the TOC before her.)
Additional notable examples are Michael Falk and Michael Bilow – the former actually won his Tournament of Champions (being the only 3-day champion to do so), while the latter was strong enough to win his ToC but had the horrible luck of going up against a guy named Alex Jacob in his quarterfinal match.