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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Historic Groups) for Friday, April 21, 2023 (Season 39, Game 160):
Originally a term for security escorts for commanders, in 27 B.C. this group was designated an official imperial force
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Igor Petrovich, an attorney from Ashburn, Virginia |
Anjali Salvador, a lawyer from Houston, Texas |
Emma Hill Kepron, a librarian from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (1-day total: $11,400) |
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
The second Triple Stumper Final Jeopardy! in a row last night led to a Canadian becoming champion on Jeopardy!; our latest champion is Winnipeg’s Emma Hill Kepron! Today, she faces off against a pair of legal professionals: Anjali Salvador from Houston and Igor Petrovich from Ashburn, Virginia.
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Correct response: What is the Praetorian Guard?
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The Praetorian Guard today is best known today for providing bodyguard services to the Roman Emperor during the post–27 BCE era of Roman history. However, during the Roman Republic, the Praetorian Guard served as bodyguards for Roman generals, having done so as far back as c.275 BCE. The unit was comprised of hand-picked veterans of the Roman Army; the unit was ultimately dissolved by Constantine during his reign in the 4th century CE.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, April 21, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Basketball Greats; The California Missions; Sliding Into Your “D.M.”s; Rhyme Time; You Drive; A Hard Bargain)
Anjali got the Daily Double among her 7 correct by the first break to take a big lead! However, some incorrect responses, and strong play by Igor, put him in front after 30!
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Anjali 7 correct 0 incorrect
Igor 2 correct 1 incorrect
Emma 3 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Igor was taught English through Jeopardy!
Anjali enjoys hut-to-hut hiking.
Emma was backpacking in Europe in the fall of ’89—and went to Rome instead of Berlin.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Igor 9 correct 1 incorrect
Anjali 8 correct 2 incorrect
Emma 4 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Igor $4,800
Anjali $4,600
Emma $600
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Speak Of The Dickens; Go Jump In A Lake; Scientific Numbers; Foreign Political Parties; “F”ive Letter Words; Cutting In Line At The Movies)
Double Jeopardy1 saw Emma and Igor play Daily Doubles; both went conservative, though! As it turns out, bet sizing was crucial, as first and second were separated by just $100 going into Final.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Emma 14 correct 3 incorrect
Igor 18 correct 4 incorrect
Anjali 14 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 26 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Emma $12,100
Igor $12,000
Anjali $9,400
Emma and Anjali got Final correct; Emma was fortunate that Anjali bet small and Igor was incorrect; her non-cover bet worked today for win #2! She’ll return Monday to defend.
Tonight’s results:
Anjali $9,400 + $2,500 = $11,900 (What is the Praetorian guard)
Igor $12,000 – $11,000 = $1,000 (What are centaurions?)
Emma $12,100 + $2,500 = $14,600 (What is the Praetorian guard?) (2-day total: $26,000)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) SLIDING INTO YOUR “D.M.”s $400 (clue #6)
Anjali 1800 +1800 (Emma 200 Igor 0)
2) “F”IVE LETTER WORDS $1600 (clue #8)
Emma 2200 +1500 (Anjali 6600 Igor 5200)
3) FOREIGN POLITICAL PARTIES $1600 (clue #12, $23600 left on board)
Igor 6800 +2000 (Emma 3700 Anjali 8600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 198
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Emma 1 2
Anjali 3 4 5 2*
Igor
DJ! Round:
Emma 1 2 3 4* 5†
Anjali 2 3 1
Igor 1 2 3 4*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Emma 2.57
Anjali 2.86
Igor 2.50
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 26 (0.16 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Emma $12,200 Coryat, 14 correct, 3 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 3/4 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Anjali $8,000 Coryat, 14 correct, 3 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Igor $11,600 Coryat, 18 correct, 4 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $31,800
Lach Trash: $14,800 (on 14 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,400
Player Statistics:
Emma Hill Kepron, career statistics:
32 correct, 4 incorrect
3/4 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
25.44% in first on buzzer (29/114)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,500)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,800
Anjali Salvador, career statistics:
15 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,800)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,000
Igor Petrovich, career statistics:
18 correct, 5 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,600
Emma Hill Kepron, to win:
3 games: 45.029%
4: 20.277%
5: 9.130%
6: 4.111%
7: 1.851%
Avg. streak: 2.819 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score: April 21, 2023 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Emma $12,100 Igor $12,000 Anjali $9,400)
Emma: Standard cover bet over Igor is $11,901. (Actual bet: $2,500)
Anjali: Bet between $2,701 (thereby passing Emma by $1) and $3,799 (thereby staying ahead of Igor if he covers and is incorrect). (Actual bet: $2,500)
Igor: Standard cover bet over Anjali is $6,401. (Actual bet: $11,000)
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I got this, but I’m not sure how—it’s not the sort of thing I’d normally be interested in. But avid readers, such as myself, can sometimes acquire a piece of information that lies dormant until some trigger, for example this clue, wakes it up again.
Same here. Not sure how I came up with it other than that it is just a little bit of information lodged in my brain. Go figure.
It was the same for me, as it was for Redrose, and, Robert Fawkes, somehow the era, and, Imperial Force somehow clicked in my brain, and, came out Praetorian Guard. Maybe it was from the semester of World Cultures from freshman year in high school, just don’t. But nice to have the correct response going into the weekend.
It’s nice when those years of Latin and concomitant Roman history prove helpful 😀
I watch I, Claudius on occasion and remember the guard proclaiming Claudius emperor.
After assassinating Gaius, no less.
Yes, that’s how I got it too. Learned a lot from I Claudius
Ending the week on an up note (3-2) – this one seemed like an easy get given my “knowledge base”
I didn’t have a clue (?) re Final but it didn’t matter because I was too busy cheering for Emma who is not just a Canadian but a Manitoban! Woo hoo!
Complete tangent: (Forgive me, Andy.)
The Game Show Network just finished broadcasting the original ABC television event from 1999 – Who Wants to be a Millionaire? I am simply appalled by what passed for trivia knowledge back then. A contestant had to phone a friend (after doing the 50/50) to determine if it was a carrot or an oyster that was shucked.
Well, shuck me.
I’ll always think of it as “Doctor Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” now. 😉
Even the personable Regis Philbin could not make “Millionaire” watchable for me!
I’ve always felt that Millionaire took the wrong route when it comes to TV quiz shows – that being, the selling point is the amount of money won, and not the difficulty or quality of the material, like Jeopardy. Over the years, my opinion has been solidified further when looking at contestants like John Carpenter – who, by the way, made it to the million without using a single lifeline and only used his PAF because he thought not doing so would make him look overly cocky. John would probably enjoy a pretty good run on Jeopardy, but I highly, highly doubt he would have been able to match his Millionaire success.
I don’t think Carpenter was worried about appearing cocky, since when he got his PAF—his father—on the line, he said he didn’t actually need help; he just wanted to let him know he was about to win the million.
I, like Igor, could only think of the Centurions (which go back about 300 years too far). Also like him, my first thought of their name was also centaurions but I immediately realized that was the mythical horse/men.
I know very little Roman history. I thought of Centurians from the Bible. If I have ever heard the name Praetorian Guard (emphasis on “heard”), I am pretty sure I would have thought it had something to do with Pretoria, South Africa.
In the “Scientific Numbers” category, the question “Sure, you all know pi approximated 3.14, but it’s also approximated by this fraction” The engineer in me was taught 355/113 is better than 22/7, the stated answer. I wonder if they would have accepted 355/113?
I think if they didn’t they’d be opening themselves up to a bunch more negative publicity.
I was wondering if 314/100 would’ve been accepted. I don’t read anything in the clue that would exclude it. Rare to see a clue with potentially infinitely many correct responses.
I had encountered the term from reading the Bible, but I didn’t know exactly what it was. I’m sure I looked it up years ago, but had forgotten the precise meaning. But anyway, I guessed correctly.