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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Historic People) for Friday, January 6, 2023 (Season 39, Game 85):
After a 1789 event, he wrote, “My first determination was to seek a supply of…water at Tofoa, & afterwards to sail for Tongataboo”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Reuben D’souza, a surgical consultant from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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Caitlin Monesmith, a Ph.D candidate from Chicago, Illinois
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Patrick Curran, a consultant from Washington, D.C. (1-day total: $30,000)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Patrick Curran is our new champion after putting up a very strong performance in yesterday’s game! Today, for his encore, he faces Reuben D’souza and Caitlin Monesmith!
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Correct response: Who was William Bligh?
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William Bligh was the famous captain of the HMS Bounty, whose crew mutinied in 1789 and set Bligh adrift; the mutineers settled on Tahiti and Pitcairn Island, while Bligh survived, captained an open boat to Timor, and began the process of apprehending the mutineers.
Bligh’s memoirs are available on the Gutenberg Project.
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Game Recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The President Immediately Before…; A Trip To The Islands; The Whole Tooth; We’re On The Case; Colorful People; Letter Perfect)
Things started off like a Season 1 game with lots of incorrect responses. However, everyone did find their footing by the end of the round; Patrick had a small lead.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Caitlin 4 correct 1 incorrect
Patrick 5 correct 2 incorrect
Reuben 1 correct 2 incorrect
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Patrick 14 correct 3 incorrect
Caitlin 5 correct 2 incorrect
Reuben 5 correct 2 incorrect
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Native American Self-Names; Legally Speaking; Record Of The Year Grammys; Add A Syllable; Workers Of The World; You, Knight)
Patrick’s True Daily Double on clue #2 was the turning point; doubling up to $11,200 gave him confidence and he had the best Double Jeopardy! round. Scores going into Final were Patrick at $20,200, with both challengers tied for second at $7,200.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Patrick 24 correct 4 incorrect
Caitlin 11 correct 3 incorrect
Reuben 11 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 12 (0 today).
Reuben was the only player correct in Final, but Patrick’s runaway means he’s a 2-day champion!
Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, January 6, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers:
Scores going into Final:
Patrick $20,200
Caitlin $7,200
Reuben $7,200
Tonight’s results:
Reuben $7,200 + $7,200 = $14,400 (Who is Cook? Bligh)
Caitlin $7,200 – $3,600 = $3,600 (Who is Cook?)
Patrick $20,200 – $4,800 = $15,400 (Who is Cook?) (2-day total: $45,400)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Patrick $4,000
Caitlin $2,400
Reuben $1,200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) A TRIP TO THE ISLANDS $600 (clue #2)
Patrick -800 -1000 (Caitlin -800 Reuben 0)
2) YOU, KNIGHT $1200 (clue #2)
Patrick 5600 +5600 (Caitlin 2400 Reuben 1200)
3) NATIVE AMERICAN SELF-NAMES $800 (clue #20, $9600 left on board)
Patrick 14800 +3000 (Caitlin 6000 Reuben 6400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 20
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Patrick 4 3*
Caitlin
Reuben
DJ! Round:
Patrick 3* 3 2 4 3 5 5 4† 2*
Caitlin 4 3 5 1 2†
Reuben 4 3 2 5 4 2
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Patrick 3.45
Reuben 3.33
Caitlin 3.00
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 12 (0.14 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Patrick $14,600 Coryat, 24 correct, 4 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Reuben $7,200 Coryat, 11 correct, 2 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Caitlin $7,200 Coryat, 11 correct, 3 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $29,000
Lach Trash: $16,600 (on 13 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,400
Patrick Curran, career statistics:
50 correct, 6 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
40.35% in first on buzzer (46/114)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $15,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,800
Caitlin Monesmith, career statistics:
11 correct, 4 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,200
Reuben D’souza, career statistics:
12 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,200
Patrick Curran, to win:
3 games: 73.839%
4: 54.522%
5: 40.259%
6: 29.727%
7: 21.950%
Avg. streak: 4.822 games.
Today’s interviews:
Reuben had a run-in with a group of raccoons on a camping trip.
Caitlin has a pet Argentine black and white tegu lizard.
Patrick is woken up every morning by the Naval Observatory’s national anthem at 8 AM.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score: January 6, 2023 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Patrick $20,200 Caitlin $7,200 Reuben $7,200)
Patrick: Limit your bet to $5,799 and enjoy win #2! (Actual bet: $4,800)
Caitlin: You have the advantage over Reuben thanks to having the better score after the first round. Go all in to guarantee 2nd place if you’re right. (Actual bet: $3,600)
Reuben: You have a choice here—all or nothing. Either one is ultimately fine. (Actual bet: $7,200)
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Who is Kevin McCarthy… Um I mean Who is Captain Bligh?
Ha…Good one, Patrick!
Good one, Pat!
tch Well, I got The Bounty part right but I guessed the principal who did NOT leave a written account, Fletcher Christian 😔
Missed a shot at a winning week, but at least I didn’t have a losing one either, thanks to the pickup of Einstein from last night’s Celebrity FJ! 3-3 for the week.
Current FJ streak: 1L
AAArgh! The evil Captain Bligh will always be Charles Laughton!
Well, now I don’t feel so bad guessing Cook.
Bligh was the only one I can think of. Besides I have heard of the HMS bounty even in books and movies lately. Happy to see Reuben getting the final today. Congrats to patrick on a runaway and the win
We know it was not Cook. He was killed in 1776. (BTW, Bligh was there. He was Cook’s sailing master). The date (1789) and the Polynesian names pretty much lead to a conclusion that it had to be the Bounty (and either Christian or Bligh) or La Perouse. I assumed that La Perouse is too obscure (although those of us from Hawaii know about him) and the nature of the questions sounded like what Bligh (an amazing Mariner who gets far too much bad press) had to do when put into a small boat. SO I quickly jumped to Bligh.
Yeah, Captain Bligh made way more sense, but I momentarily couldn’t think of the captain’s name and went with Fletcher Christian.
I put Cook down because he was the only captain I could come up with by name, and I was pretty sure the judges wouldn’t accept “the guy cut adrift after the Mutiny on the Bounty.” I wasn’t sure when Cook had the incident with the natives that had led to his eventual demise off the top of my head, just “late 1700s,” but I was pretty sure I was wrong. Lo and behold. The Bounty is the most prominent name from the event, but that would have been way too easy for FJ using the info from this clue.
I end the week 3 for 5 (haven’t seen the Celebrity Jeopardy yet). Not bad.
Having seen “Mutiny on The Bounty” on the big screen in 1962, I can still see it in my mind’s eye. The movie was shot in Technicolor and Ultra Panavision so it really made an impression on me when seen on a large movie theater screen back in those days. Because of that, I was able to come up with Captain Bligh immediately. The movie was a magnificent sight back in the day. I’m old, lol.
If they had answered “What’s love got to do with it?” Is that correct or would they have to say “What is what’s love got to do with it?”
The song title alone would be accepted. See the second paragraph here:
https://www.jeopardy.com/jbuzz/behind-scenes/what-are-some-questions-about-jeopardy
Thanks Eric! I always wondered that. I am surprised more people don’t throw in more creative questions, but I can see how it could be annoying or time consuming. I did like when the guy on Aaron Rodger’s hosting asked “Whose idea was it to kick the field goal?”, but over the head of most people I imagine.