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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Famous Names) for Monday, April 10, 2023 (Season 39, Game 151):
In 1966, the year of his death, he shared plans for an experimental prototype community in Florida
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
P.J. Brennan, a physics teacher from Bayonne, New Jersey |
Robbi Ramirez, a writer from Orlando, Florida |
Rachel Clark, a director of client strategy from Washington, D.C. (1-day total: $6,500) |
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Week 31 of Jeopardy! this season begins with Rachel Clark as your champion; she won on Friday having survived the fourth Triple Stumper in Final Jeopardy of the week. Today’s challengers are Orlando writer Robbie Ramirez and New Jersey teacher P.J. Brennan.
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Correct response: Who is Walt Disney?
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In 1966, Walt Disney had the idea that his upcoming Florida theme park, Walt Disney World, would contain a real “experimental prototype community of tomorrow”—EPCOT. It was intended to operate as a real city, and would feature all the components of a normal city, connected by multimodal mass transportation. It was intended to serve as a test space for city-living innovations. Unfortunately, Disney’s death later that year caused a shelving of the project, but the name EPCOT lives on as Disney’s second theme park at Walt Disney World, which opened in 1982.
I’m not sure that an Orlando writer would have an advantage, per se, on this clue, if only because I think “what does EPCOT stand for?” is well enough known, making this a relatively straightforward Final Jeopardy clue for most players and viewers.
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Game Recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Recent Events; Moose-ellaneous; A La The French Cooking Style; The Nation In Question; Music’s Missing Links; “Self-E”s)
In a well-played game to start, P.J. held the lead at the first break in spite of Rachel’s Daily Double
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
P.J. 6 correct 0 incorrect
Rachel 3 correct 1 incorrect
Robbi 3 correct 0 incorrect
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Rachel 8 correct 1 incorrect
Robbi 9 correct 2 incorrect
P.J. 9 correct 0 incorrect
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: That’s Ancient History; The Main City In The Movie; Air Travel; Novels By Quote; A River Runs Through It; Quantum Science)
Robbi certainly had the best Double Jeopardy! round, being the only player to score at the $2,000 level. However, conservatism on the Daily Doubles was the order of the day today. Robbi only bet $4,000 on a $800-level Daily Double, while P.J. made a choice to bet only $2,000 on his; it’s certainly not a choice I would have made! As it was, Robbi was unable to get either of the final two clues to improve his position, and the game was still up for grabs going into Final. Scores going into Final were Robbi at $22,400, P.J. at $11,400, and Rachel at $10,200.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Robbi 21 correct 2 incorrect
P.J. 17 correct 0 incorrect
Rachel 12 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 23 (0 today).
Final Jeopardy! today was a triple get! (I had a feeling that this would be a straightforward clue for everyone). That means Robbi is your new champion! He’ll come back tomorrow to defend.
Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, April 10, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers:
Scores going into Final:
Robbi $22,400
P.J. $11,400
Rachel $10,200
Tonight’s results:
Rachel $10,200 + $1,201 = $11,401 (Who is Walt Disney?)
P.J. $11,400 + $10,600 = $22,000 (Who Walt Disney?)
Robbi $22,400 + $1,400 = $23,800 (Who is Walt Disney?) (1-day total: $23,800)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Rachel $6,200
Robbi $4,400
P.J. $4,200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) RECENT EVENTS $1000 (clue #10)
Rachel 1400 +1400 (Robbi 600 P.J. 1800)
2) NOVELS BY QUOTE $800 (clue #13)
Robbi 14000 +4000 (Rachel 7400 P.J. 7800)
3) A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT $1600 (clue #28, $2400 left on board)
P.J. 9400 +2000 (Rachel 9800 Robbi 22400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 150
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Rachel 3 1 1 5*
Robbi 4
P.J. 2 3 2 3 4
DJ! Round:
Rachel 3 5 2 1
Robbi 4 5 1 2 5 1 2* 4† 1† 2 3 4 1 5 4
P.J. 3 2 3 4 3 5† 3 2 4*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Robbi 3.00
P.J. 3.07
Rachel 2.63
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 23 (0.15 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Robbi $19,200 Coryat, 21 correct, 2 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
P.J. $11,000 Coryat, 17 correct, 0 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Rachel $9,800 Coryat, 12 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $40,000
Lach Trash: $12,600 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $1,400
Rachel Clark, career statistics:
25 correct, 3 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
19.30% in first on buzzer (22/114)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,400)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,200
Robbi Ramirez, career statistics:
22 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,200
P.J. Brennan, career statistics:
18 correct, 0 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,000
Robbi Ramirez, to win:
2 games: 70.009%
3: 49.013%
4: 34.313%
5: 24.023%
6: 16.818%
Avg. streak: 3.334 games.
Today’s interviews:
P.J. gives a bonus question on his tests that have nothing to do with physics.
Robbi is a published poet.
Rachel is an avid runner.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- If an incorrect response on a Daily Double means that you are going to lose regardless, you might as well bet most of your score. In fact, doing so today would have very likely made for a signifcantly stronger case for P.J. to be invited back for Second Chance later, even if he did end up losing.
- It disappoints me deeply when I see the “1†” marking in my “Clue Selection By Row” chart. Any future contestant should make every effort to avoid this—and certainly, anyone who’s giving advice to prospective contestants needs to make sure their proteges avoid this.
- Today’s box score: April 10, 2023 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Robbi $22,400 P.J. $11,400 Rachel $10,200)
Rachel: As long as Robbi doesn’t overbet, you’re playing for second. I’d recommend a bet of $9,399; that keeps you ahead of P.J. for second if he’s incorrect, while gives you a faint hope if Robbi does overbet Final. (Actual bet: $1,201)
Robbi: Standard cover bet over P.J. is $401. (Personally, I wouldn’t stray from that—P.J.’s conservative Daily Double bet doesn’t instill confidence to me that he’ll be aggressive in Final.) (Actual bet: $1,400)
P.J.: Bet at least $10,601 and take victory if Robbi is incorrect. (Actual bet: $10,600)
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I feel like this is an easy get. I had no idea when Walt Disney died, but hearing “experimental prototype community in Florida” made me think of the production of Disney World that would follow the production of a very successful Disneyland.
The acronym EPCOT has come up previously on Jeopardy! – possibly the only reason I knew this. Disney had considered a theme park on the Mississippi in St. Louis. What could have been.
I thought Celebration was the prototype city.
Unrelated to today’s show, but I’ve noticed that late there has been seems like a breakdown in betting strategy on Daily Doubles and Finals. I remember a year ago Andy was talking about how contestants had seemed to start to take betting strategies to heart, but lately it seems they’ve been abandoned, and I wonder if that’s part of the reason that we’ve not had as many significant runs since Chris.
Oh, wow…I should have proofread that before I hit send…
“I’ve noticed that of late there it seems like there has been a breakdown…”
I will blame the sinus headache I’m fighting thanks to the pollen levels. Yep, that’s the reason.
😬 I think you are correct about your headache — it seems to have made you make a different mistake in your attempt to correct the first mistake! I sympathize as I used to get bad sinus headaches 🤕.
It was the last public announcement Walt Disney ever made. So I’ve heard, anyway.
Yeah, it seems like kind of a softball to me… Ofc, I was living in Florida for the whole time of the proposal through now, so the immediacy might make it easier 😉
Got it immediately, mostly because of the first three words in the acronym. Thanks, Wil Wheaton! 🙂
Thanks, MD, I just knew I had heard it on Jeopardy! recently, but did not recall when (or whether it was a FJ), though I had already known that fact before Wil said it.
Easy one for me, an avid Disney fan. I have heard this nugget of information many times.
Am I allowed to say that I am glad that P.J. didn’t win? It was because I am totally against teachers doing what he said he does [in effect, bragged about, since that is what he CHOSE to say about himself] about putting non-physics bonus questions on physics tests!
I haven’t seen today’s show yet; however, when I taught calculus, I would put eight 12-point questions on the exam and give each student four points for remembered to put their name on the paper.
I don’t think your reasoning is going to be as popular as you think it is, Lisa. But I’m sure you’ve considered that.
I did not expect high % agreement, but I (a Physics major college graduate) indignantly wanted to express that opinion. [And I see it as relevant to whether he was able to win or not because it seems to indicate that he thinks his students should have as good or better knowledge of trivia as of their subject (physics), but then his knowledge was insufficient to win.]
A teacher of mine once put as a question on a test — regular points, not bonus points — who is the author of our textbook? As if that mattered at all — well, maybe it could have mattered for a college-level psychology course, but not a high-school-level science course. [It might even have been more likely to be known by someone who had never opened the book 😉.]
It seemed too easy so my mind went wandering and I thought maybe Levitt had moved on from creating modern suburbs in the northeast and thought up something like The Villages. Don’t know when he died, and it probably took me longer than 30 seconds to think of his name, so I probably would’ve written Disney anyway.
Would “self-evident” be acceptable in place of “self-explanatory” for the $1000 clue in “Self-E”?
As always, any opinions would be appreciated.
I would find it acceptable.
Very easy Final. I was surprised Ken didn’t make a comment about Robbi being from Orlando before showing his response.