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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category U.S. Geography) for Monday, April 24, 2023 (Season 39, Game 161):
Interstate 25 connects these 2 state capitals, 1st & 2nd in elevation, & in between runs through No. 3, Denver
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Dillon Hupp, a development director from North Little Rock, Arkansas |
Année Tousseau, an editor from Alameda, California |
Emma Hill Kepron, a librarian from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (2-day total: $26,000) |
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
It’s time for a new week of Jeopardy! episodes; this is scheduled to be Ken Jennings’ final week of episodes this season. Our returning champion is Canadian, and a librarian named Emma: Winnipeg librarian Emma Hill Kepron has two victories! Her challengers today are Dillon Hupp from Arkansas and Année Rousseau from Alameda.
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Correct response: What are Santa Fe & Cheyenne?
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Interstate 25, one of the country’s major north-south Interstate Highways (the major ones end in 5 going north-south or 0 going east-west), runs through New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming, going through the three highest capitals in elevation: Santa Fe, NM, Cheyenne, WY, and Denver, CO.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, April 24, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: African Geography; Synonyms & Antonyms; Non-Video Games; American Lit; That’s An Animal Sound; Beatles “S”ongs)
Dillon had the strongest round, picking up 15 correct, to 4 apiece for Emma and Année. The Daily Double also went his way, though he only bet a conservative $1,200 on it.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Dillon 9 correct 2 incorrect
Emma 2 correct 0 incorrect
Année 1 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Dillon is a former Arkansas state quiz bowl champion.
Année has many generations of ancestors who worked for the post office.
Emma accidentally drove onto a Game of Thrones set.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Dillon 15 correct 2 incorrect
Emma 4 correct 1 incorrect
Année 4 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Dillon $7,400
Emma $1,800
Année $1,200
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Greek History; Y Is The Only Vowel; The United Nations; Wherefore Art, Thou; Local Boy; Made Good)
Emma got to both Daily Doubles in Double Jeopardy! and used them to propel herself into the lead! Even a 30th-clue incorrect response wasn’t enough to take her out of the lead, but there was just $500 separating first from second going into Final!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Emma 16 correct 3 incorrect
Dillon 24 correct 4 incorrect
Année 6 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 26 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Emma $14,700
Dillon $14,200
Année $3,200
Dillon was the only player correct in Final today; that makes him Jeopardy! champion! He’ll be back tomorrow to defend.
Tonight’s results:
Année $3,200 – $3,199 = $1 (What Albany + Boston)
Dillon $14,200 + $7,799 = $21,999 (What are Cheyenne & Santa Fe?) (1-day total: $21,999)
Emma $14,700 – $7,000 = $7,700 (What is Cheyenne and Salt Lake Ci)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS $800 (clue #25)
Dillon 5200 +1200 (Emma 200 Année 1400)
2) WHEREFORE ART, THOU $1200 (clue #12)
Emma 3400 +2000 (Année 1600 Dillon 9800)
3) MADE GOOD $1600 (clue #23, $10800 left on board)
Emma 12600 +2500 (Année 1600 Dillon 12600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 102
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Emma 1 2 2
Année 3 4 2
Dillon 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 1 2 1 3 4 5 3 4*
DJ! Round:
Emma 2 3* 4† 5† 1 3 4 1 2 4*
Année 2 1 2
Dillon 2 1 3 1 3 4 5 2 5 3
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Dillon 2.86
Emma 2.62
Année 2.33
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:
Dillon $13,800 Coryat, 24 correct, 4 incorrect, 47.37% in first on buzzer (27/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Emma $13,000 Coryat, 16 correct, 3 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Année $3,200 Coryat, 6 correct, 2 incorrect, 12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $30,000
Lach Trash: $14,800 (on 14 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,200
Player Statistics:
Emma Hill Kepron, career statistics:
48 correct, 8 incorrect
4/5 on rebound attempts (on 15 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (45/171)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,000)
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,533
Année Tousseau, career statistics:
6 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $3,200
Dillon Hupp, career statistics:
25 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
47.37% in first on buzzer (27/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,200)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,800
Dillon Hupp, to win:
2 games: 46.950%
3: 22.043%
4: 10.349%
5: 4.859%
6: 2.281%
Avg. streak: 1.885 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Just a reminder to all fans that the rules of Jeopardy! are such that when referring to song titles (and song titles only) that if a contestant gives a correct lyric that contains the correct title, the judges will rule the contestant correct. (It’s known by longtime fans as the “Drive My Car” rule after “Baby, You Can Drive My Car” was accepted in Final Jeopardy on May 31, 2005.)
- On today’s Inside Jeopardy!, even Sarah and Buzzy expressed disappointment at contestants who go back to the same category as the first Daily Double when trying to find the second one. It’s not going to be there. Stop doing it.
- Today’s box score: April 24, 2023 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Emma $14,700 Dillon $14,200 Année $3,200)
Emma: Standard cover bet over Dillon is $13,701. (Actual bet: $7,000)
Année: Limit your bet to $2,199—staying ahead of Emma if she covers. (Actual bet: $3,199)
Dillon: Limit your bet to $7,799 to keep Année locked out. (Actual bet: $7,799)
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Andy’s comment about the “Baby you can drive my car rule” answered my question about one of Dillion’s responses in the Beatles “S”ongs category. Ken seem to hesitate in ruling him either correct, or, wrong, since he seemed to haven given a line of the lyric, and, not the title. With that hesitation Dillion looked off stage ( to the producer’s table?) But since the line of the lyric contained the title,he was ruled to have given the correct response. This rule seems to br the same as one used in some versions of Name That Tune, where as long as what is responded with has the correct song title, it’s acceptible.
This Final Jeopardy was like another recent one. If I could of visualized Wyoming, Colorado, and, New Mexico on an Atlas I might’ve gotten this FJ. But again, like the other geography FInal Jeopardy, I couldn’t, so I didn’t have the correct response
I am always thinking that it is easy to visualize ‘The Four Corners’ region (made by Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico) and I’m aware of Wyoming being right above Colorado due to news over the last few months concerning blizzards and Northern Lights [visible in Wyoming, but only in the most northern parts of Colorado], but as I explained separately, due to my slight familiarity with Flagstaff’s elevation, I guessed wrong whether the 3rd capital was of Arizona or New Mexico.
Interesting that the song lyric rule creates an incentive to provide more lyrics rather than try for accuracy and undershoot.
Wonder what would happen if one got the lyric WRONG but the ‘title’ portion of what was said was correct?