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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Sports) for Thursday, February 16, 2023 (Season 39, Game 114):
In 2010 they introduced the 4-point shot, 35 feet from the basket
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Brad Weinstock, an actor from Hoboken, New Jersey
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Ali Miller, a product manager from San Francisco, California
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Stephen Webb, a data scientist from Longmont, Colorado (1-day total: $38,401)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Stephen Webb had a very strong debut yesterday, earning nearly $40,000! Today’s challengers are San Francisco’s Ali Miller and Hoboken’s Brad Weinstock.
Some exciting changes will be coming to my coverage over the next two months—I can’t really talk about specifics yet, but I think you’ll find it enjoyable!
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Correct response: Who are the Harlem Globetrotters?
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I just have a feeling that today’s Final Jeopardy! clue will see negative feedback from those who have misread the clue today. This clue is correct as worded. In 2010, the Harlem Globetrotters introduced four-point circles, 35 feet from the basket. The fact that the Harlem Globetrotters made a change to a 30-foot four-point line in 2016 is not relevant to this clue; all the clue states is that they introduced a 4-point shot, which, at the time, was 35 feet from the basket.
With the increased reliance on 3-pointers in the NBA, it would not surprise me if the NBA introduced a 4-point line within the next decade.
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Game Recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: An Ancient Wonder Of The World; Cars By The Number; Celebrity Relatives; The Letter After C; The Force Will Be With You; All Ways)
Brad got off to the best start, but Stephen clawed back the entire deficit with a True Daily Double! He then went on to pick up 8 correct in the second half of the round to have a commanding lead after 30 clues!
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Brad 6 correct 0 incorrect
Stephen 5 correct 0 incorrect
Ali 4 correct 0 incorrect
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Stephen 13 correct 0 incorrect
Brad 8 correct 2 incorrect
Ali 6 correct 1 incorrect
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Military Men; Same First & Last Letter Geography; Women Authors; Ranks & Titles; Disney Movie Taglines; “Plain” & “Simple”)
Brad got to both Daily Doubles in this round. His first one saw him take the lead, but not being able to get the last one correct left him in a tight spot. Then, accidentally responding with Faulkner in a Women Authors category (a mistake where Brad said he hoped he won’t go viral) led to Stephen having a runaway going into Final! Scores going into Final were Stephen at $21,800, Brad at $10,600, and Ali at $2,200.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Stephen 22 correct 0 incorrect
Brad 17 correct 6 incorrect
Ali 9 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 16 (0 today).
Stephen was the only player correct today in Final (spelling aside); he’s now a 2-day champion!
Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, February 16, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers:
Scores going into Final:
Stephen $21,800
Brad $10,600
Ali $2,200
Tonight’s results:
Ali $2,200 – $0 = $2,200 (Who is the ABL?)
Brad $10,600 – $511 = $10,089 (Who is Ina Garten)
Stephen $21,800 + $500 = $22,300 (Who are the Harlem Globetroters) (2-day total: $60,701)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Stephen $10,200
Brad $4,400
Ali $1,800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) THE FORCE WILL BE WITH YOU $600 (clue #9)
Stephen 1800 +1800 (Ali 600 Brad 3400)
2) DISNEY MOVIE TAGLINES $800 (clue #5)
Brad 6800 +5000 (Stephen 11400 Ali 1800)
3) SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER GEOGRAPHY $1200 (clue #21, $9600 left on board)
Brad 14200 -4000 (Stephen 17800 Ali 1000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 145
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Stephen 5 5 3*
Ali 5 4
Brad 3 4 2 1
DJ! Round:
Stephen 2 5 3 5 4 4 3 5 1 2
Ali 5 4 3 3 2
Brad 3 2* 1† 4 2 3*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Stephen 3.62
Brad 2.50
Ali 3.71
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 16 (0.14 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Stephen $20,600 Coryat, 22 correct, 0 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Brad $10,400 Coryat, 17 correct, 6 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Ali $2,200 Coryat, 9 correct, 2 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $33,200
Lach Trash: $13,400 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,400
Stephen Webb, career statistics:
46 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
37.72% in first on buzzer (43/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $10,800)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,600
Ali Miller, career statistics:
9 correct, 3 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $2,200
Brad Weinstock, career statistics:
17 correct, 7 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,400
Stephen Webb, to win:
3 games: 75.406%
4: 56.860%
5: 42.876%
6: 32.331%
7: 24.379%
Avg. streak: 5.066 games.
Today’s interviews:
Brad curates his own travel experiences.
Ali moonlights as a symphony violinist.
Stephen attended a physics conference in Havana, Cuba.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- As those of us who’ve been listening to the premium “Jeopardy! Radio Classics” station on TuneIn recently discovered, Norman Schwartzkopf hates the nickname “Stormin’ Norman”. I’m surprised the show used it, to be honest.
- We still have yet to find a game where all three players bet $0 in Final Jeopardy!.
- Today’s box score: February 16, 2023 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Stephen $21,800 Brad $10,600 Ali $2,200)
Stephen: Limit your bet to $599. (Actual bet: $500)
Ali: Bet whatever you like. (Actual bet: $0)
Brad: Limit your bet to $6,199. (Actual bet: $511)
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IMHO, any successful shot from behind center-court should be worth 4 points.
Huh, that’s a bit arcane, but you have to expect some of the clues will travel far from the fields we know 🙂
Current FJ streak: 1L
Entertainment
I guessed basketball… at least I had the correct sport
The clue reads ‘they”. I knew then it was basketball, but could not figure out who the ‘they’ were.
I guessed WNBA cause I figured it had to be basketball and had to be a league that I didn’t follow. I saw the Harlem Globetrotters almost 50 years ago. Meadowlark Lemon was my favorite. Hard to believe he was already in his 40’s when I first saw him in person. And if you’ve never seen “The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan’s Island”, well, I can NOT recommend it.
I also guessed the WNBA, and I also saw the Globetrotters at least twice (in the 1960s). Never gave them a thought for this answer.
WNBA is what came to mind first but I quickly ruled it out.
Thinking it would be used “with the BEST players” and maybe not get widespread long-term media coverage, I guessed the Olympics.
“The Harlem Globetrotters” fills my criteria, but since they get far less media coverage than they did in their heyday (so I don’t think of them being in this century), I also never gave them a thought. [It makes sense that they can set their own rules, but I had never thought about that, so was also thinking the correct response was some governing body like NCAA.]
I got the globetrotters because I remember a scooby doo episode which featured the cartoon versions of that basketball team. Meadowlark Lemon was one of the players I remember and he was my favorite as well. Good to see Stephen getting his second win.
I am not surprised that you got it right as you often seem to “think outside the box”, sometimes even on clues that are pretty straight-forward.
I, too, have been listening to Jeopardy Classic Radio. Just listened to some of Ken’s last games. Interesting that the answer “tanks” came up in his game number 73. I am enjoying the relaxed manner Alex Trebek has with the contestants and Ken’s dry wit. Good thoughts, hopes that Stephen will go at least three more games. Maybe it was game 74. We all know what happened in game 75. Alex called Nancy a giant killer.
Found this clue a little vague or ambiguous. Clearly the sport was basketball, but who are “they”? A league, like NBA or WNBA? A specific team, and again in which league? Thinking a little of the Lakers and the “Fast Break” that they innovated. Specific player on a team? And also because I have never heard, or seen, 4-point shots in the few NBA games I watch each year so I could not think of where it may still be used today. Good point for me to remember to expand my horizons, and think beyond what i believe to be the norm for a category or clue. And if you spend a fair amount of the 30 seconds thinking of the answer, then you wind up with less time to get it all written out. At least it was not a triple-stumper.
I thought this clue was pretty straight-forward, just that the most obvious response of the NBA was highly unlikely (unless they did this for just a short time that one would have to have followed closely to know — and I’ve said before, I hate basketball because of the squeaky shoes).
It couldn’t be a specific team (much less a specific player) because everyone they play has to follow the same rules. It would be unlikely to be the WNBA because the women are pretty much as good as the men, but not better. Same logic for it not being the NCAA because college players would not be better than pros. Therefore, I guessed the Olympics because those players are presumably the best in the WORLD.
Yeah, like Lisa, I put the IOC because I spent too much time trying to recall if the NBA tried an experiment late in Stern’s tenure. I regularly forget that the WNBA exists (nobody cares about women’s basketball here – it’s all about volleyball [which is as popular as men’s basketball]). I knew it wasn’t the NCAA and the Trotters (I hope they’d have accepted that short form nickname in FJ given the 19-character response) never came to mind. I just thought “Olympics” at the end and put IOC to indicate that.
This clue wasn’t vague at all for the reasons Lisa stated, and that’s why I never thought of the Trotters, a single team performance troupe that I don’t think plays in a league.
When I heatd/read the clue for this Final Jeopady, I immediately said the Harlem Globetrotters,because of seeing one of their games on TV, where a four point line was mentioned.
Andy, your thought about the NBA adopting such a rule would drive Spurs coach Greg Popovich insane. Recent comments attributed to him, makes it clear that he is absolutely not a fan about how teams are becoming seemingly dependent on the three point basket.
I’m guessing that the NBA would not want to adopt such a rule because they’d have to rework the TS% math. I’d think audiences would like it because they could see what’s going on even better with the players more spread out. My guess is that the main reason for not wanting it is that being a more difficult shot, it would make for a lower success rate but they’d get criticized for seldom or never trying.