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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category European Cities) for Wednesday, February 8, 2023 (Season 39, Game 108):
Alphabetically the first German city in encyclopedias, it was also the first one taken by the Allies in World War II
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Dan Wohl, a high school history teacher from Forest Hills, New York
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Becky Molder, a social media specialist from Salt Lake City, Utah
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Matthew Marcus, a software developer from Portland, Oregon (4-day total: $114,200)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
4-time champion Matthew Marcus goes for victory number five today against Becky Molder and Dan Wohl.
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Correct response: What is Aachen?
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Not only is Aachen generally the first German city alphabetically, but it’s also the westernmost city in Germany—which explains why, on October 21, 1944, it was the first German city to be liberated by the Allies during World War II. Aachen Cathedral, which had been consecrated in 805, was damaged during this period, but the basic structure of the cathedral survived; Charlemagne was buried at the cathedral in 814.
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Game Recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Show Me Missouri Show Biz People; The “C” Shore; Squirrels Just Want To Have Fun; Ends With The Same 2 Consonants; Acts Of Congress; Also A Baseball Term)
Matthew had a good start to the game, getting 8 correct before the break, even though he lost $1,000 on the Daily Double. Dan clawed back, though, after the break, with 6 correct to take the lead!
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Matthew 8 correct 1 incorrect
Dan 3 correct 0 incorrect
Becky 3 correct 0 incorrect
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Dan 9 correct 0 incorrect
Matthew 12 correct 2 incorrect
Becky 6 correct 2 incorrect
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: I’M Henry Vi, I Am; The Corporate Structure; Comedy Time; I Before E; The Fine Arts; That’S Dedication)
The Daily Doubles today were crucial: Dan went all-in for $10,000 on his, while Matthew lost $6,000 on the last one. This gave Dan just enough room to have a runaway going into Final; Dan went into Final with $26,400, Matthew with $13,000, and Becky at $5,200.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Dan 19 correct 0 incorrect
Matthew 23 correct 3 incorrect
Becky 9 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 16 (1 today).
Dan and Matthew were both correct in Final—we have a new champion in Dan Wohl! He’ll be back tomorrow.
Tonight’s Game Stats:
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Scores going into Final:
Dan $26,400
Matthew $13,000
Becky $5,200
Tonight’s results:
Becky $5,200 – $5,100 = $100 (What is ??)
Matthew $13,000 + $2,500 = $15,500 (What is Aachen)
Dan $26,400 + $399 = $26,799 (What is Aachen???) (1-day total: $26,799)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Dan $6,000
Matthew $5,000
Becky $1,600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) ACTS OF CONGRESS $800 (clue #3)
Matthew 400 -1000 (Becky 0 Dan 600)
2) THE CORPORATE STRUCTURE $1600 (clue #15)
Dan 10000 +10000 (Matthew 13000 Becky 5200)
3) THAT’S DEDICATION $1600 (clue #19, $9200 left on board)
Matthew 15800 -6000 (Becky 5200 Dan 22000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -38
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Matthew 3 4*
Becky
Dan 2
DJ! Round:
Matthew 4 5 2 1 3 4 3 5 4*
Becky 3 2 5
Dan 3 3 4 5 4* 4 3
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Dan 3.50
Matthew 3.45
Becky 3.33
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: THAT’S DEDICATION $400
Total Left On Board: $400
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 16 (0.15 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Dan $18,000 Coryat, 19 correct, 0 incorrect, 32.14% in first on buzzer (18/56), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Matthew $20,000 Coryat, 23 correct, 3 incorrect, 39.29% in first on buzzer (22/56), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Becky $5,200 Coryat, 9 correct, 2 incorrect, 17.86% in first on buzzer (10/56), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $43,200
Lach Trash: $7,000 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,400
Matthew Marcus, career statistics:
123 correct, 12 incorrect
5/6 on rebound attempts (on 17 rebound opportunities)
41.70% in first on buzzer (118/283)
3/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
4/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,240
Becky Molder, career statistics:
9 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
17.86% in first on buzzer (10/56)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,200
Dan Wohl, career statistics:
20 correct, 0 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
32.14% in first on buzzer (18/56)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $10,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,000
Dan Wohl, to win:
2 games: 77.901%
3: 60.685%
4: 47.274%
5: 36.827%
6: 28.688%
Avg. streak: 4.525 games.
Today’s interviews:
Dan got married on Halloween.
Becky is a big fan of axe-throwing.
Matthew once spent 76 hours on a Greyhound bus.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Friendly reminder that the show has much better audio than anyone has at home; if they believe a contestant pronounced a response properly, then it means it happened, and that we’re missing something at home.
- $20,000 is the highest Coryat score in the “Sky’s the Limit” era for a player locked out before Final.
- With regard to the Palmolive Building clue: The clue said “to play on”. The show clearly stated it was making a play on words. It was not a direct quote. There was no mistake in the clue.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Dan $26,400 Matthew $13,000 Becky $5,200)
Matthew: Limit your bet to $2,599. (Actual bet: $2,500)
Becky: Bet whatever you like. (Actual bet: $5,100)
Dan: Limit your bet to $399. (Actual bet: $399)
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I remember the Battle of Aachen as the follow-up to the strategically unsuccessful Operation Market Garden. It stays in my mind for that, as well as for being the capital and final resting place of Charles the Great.
It stays in my mind as I was once a young, dumb American soldier who fell asleep on a train in 1985 and ended up at the end of the line which was Aachen. I ended up wandering around the cathedral and saw Charlamagne’s throne before getting back on a return train to Frankfurt. Good times!
Aachen and Arlington, Virginia, where I used to live, are sister cities. That fact helped me, but I suspect that the three contestants will guess the right answer anyway. Not very many city names start with “Aa”.
Is $20,000 the highest ever Coryat for second place in a lock game?
It is noted above that it is.
To be fair, it was added after the question.
Aachen was the battle that I remebered while studying the War history. Charles the Great that I remember pretty well too. I would love to visit the site of his burial one of these days. Happy to see Dan winning this match. Matthew will be back in the Tournament of Champions.
Andy,
Again, thanks for your support for the trans and non-binary community. As a non-binary trans woman, who first started to come out almost 29 years ago, I’ve fought a lot of these battles. I let a lot of the hate this week roll off of me because I’ve heard all of this before, many times. I’m even seeing old anti-gay and anti-lesbian tropes being repurposed of late, especially as relates to laws in the state legislatures. It’s truly distressing on one level, but it also seems to be the death rattles for a regime that truly on its last legs, as many of its most staunch supporters are, shall we say, “aging out”.
Your support and advocacy make me very happy to have found this community last year, during Amy Schneider’s run. And seeing champions like Amy and Mattea and how they have used their platform has made me very happy with the J! community.
Kudos to Dan for an excellent game and an aggressive DD bet! Matthew is a strong player. But missing two DDs is no recipe for victory.
Like Ken, I think we will certainly be seeing Matthew again in the TOC. Four wins and $116K usually gets you in. Congrats to Dan on pulling this off!
I didn’t get this one, unfortunately. Couldn’t brainstorm any “German cities alphabetically before Berlin” in time. Did get the last DD just before the buzzer, though.
Glad the unplayed clue turned out to be moot.
It’s about a video game?
It’s a lot more than “it’s about a video game”; it just happens that the release of this video game has brought a number of issues to the forefront.
Here’s the link to the NYT article about it. Andy, I’m so happy with the tone you set on this blog. I understand if you don’t want to further the discussion here since this is about Jeopardy. But I love that you call it out.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/arts/hogwarts-legacy-jk-rowling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare