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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category New Words in the 18th Century) for Friday, May 12, 2023 (Season 39, Game 175):
Describing these, Captain Cook wrote, “The manner in which” they’re done “must certainly cause intollerable pain”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Victoria Ford, an independent bookstore owner from Saint Paul, Minnesota |
Skyler Gailing, an editorial & community associate from Exeter, New Hampshire |
Hannah Wilson, a data scientist from Chicago, Illinois (7-day total: $189,801) |
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Hannah Wilson is now a seven-day champion; she’ll go for win #8 tonight against Skyler Gailing and Victoria Ford. Nobody would know this at this point, but whoever wins today will face off with 3-day champion Ben Chan on Monday (and Ben had runaways in his first three games).
Additionally, Jeopardy! Masters resumes tonight at 8:00 Eastern/Pacific (7:00 Central/Mountain) on ABC in the United States; in Canada, it appears as though tonight’s game will be airing on main CTV and not CTV2.
Back to talk about today’s game: Having seen today’s categories in J!6, I have to say I was disappointed. The opening round contains a category called ARMY “ANT”s; I was expecting to see PERPETUAL MOTION SQUAD in Double Jeopardy!—and I was very disappointed not to see the reference there.
In a general housekeeping sense: I am in the process of changing my statistics tables over to utilizing Google Sheets over the coming weeks.
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Correct response: What are tattoos?
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While on his voyages in the South Pacific, Captain Cook wrote extensively about the body art of the Maoris; Cook described the art itself as “The figures they mostly use are spirals, drawn and connected together with great nicety and judgement.”
Before any subject-matter experts get their hackles up about this clue: I do not believe there is anything incorrect about clue or category.
While other definitions of “tattoo”—namely, the military definition, referring to the signal calling soldiers to quarters—date from earlier, the specific usage of the word “tattoo” referring to body art does appear to date from Captain Cook’s 18th-century description.
I should also note that the general practice of modern Western tattooing definitely not originate with Cook’s descriptions; tattoo historian Anna Felicity Friedman goes into a lengthy discussion of what is known in tattoo circles as “the Cook myth”.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, May 12, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: State Capital To State Capital; Triple Rhyme Time; Company Headquarters; A Birthday To Remember; Game Show Hosts; Army “Ant”S)
This game was all Hannah from the start—the only hiccup was getting the Daily Double incorrect! Skyler and Victoria were able to get in a few times after the break.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Hannah 12 correct 1 incorrect
Victoria 0 correct 0 incorrect
Skyler 0 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Victoria just opened her store.
Skyler tried out for the Teen Tournament while concussed; she does not remember how it went.
Hannah watched Jeopardy! during dinner on a TV that was only used to watch the show.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Hannah 18 correct 2 incorrect
Skyler 3 correct 0 incorrect
Victoria 1 correct 3 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Hannah $9,200
Skyler $2,000
Victoria -$1,200
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Life Is Picaresque; Solve For “Ex”; Lesser-Known Film Trilogies; 7-Letter Animals; Hymns & Spirituals; This 20Th Century World Leader…)
Hannah’s dominance of the proceedings continued in Double Jeopardy; unfortunately for her two challengers, they weren’t able to get too many correct responses (And, in Skyler’s case, she took too many incorrect responses to stick around for Final.)
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Hannah 33 correct 2 incorrect
Victoria 3 correct 3 incorrect
Skyler 6 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 26 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Hannah $29,000
Victoria $800
Skyler $0
Hannah got Final today—and added five figures to her total! She gets to return on Monday—when 3-day champion Ben Chan will be waiting!
Tonight’s results:
Skyler $0 (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
Victoria $800 – $799 = $1 (What are shackles?)
Hannah $29,000 + $11,000 = $40,000 (What are tattoos?) (8-day total: $229,801)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) STATE CAPITAL TO STATE CAPITAL $600 (clue #4)
Hannah 600 -1000 (Skyler 0 Victoria 0)
2) LIFE IS PICARESQUE $1600 (clue #9)
Hannah 14800 +2000 (Skyler 2400 Victoria 0)
3) THIS 20th CENTURY WORLD LEADER… $1600 (clue #19, $14000 left on board)
Hannah 20400 +3000 (Skyler 800 Victoria 0)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -72
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Hannah 1 1 2 3*
Skyler
Victoria
DJ! Round:
Hannah 3 5 1 2 3 4* 5† 1 2 1 2 3 4*
Skyler 2 5 4 3
Victoria 1 4
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Hannah 2.53
Victoria 2.50
Skyler 3.50
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 26 (0.15 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Hannah $28,200 Coryat, 33 correct, 2 incorrect, 54.39% in first on buzzer (31/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Victoria $800 Coryat, 3 correct, 3 incorrect, 10.53% in first on buzzer (6/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Skyler $0 Coryat, 6 correct, 2 incorrect, 12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $29,000
Lach Trash: $19,200 (on 17 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $5,800
Player Statistics:
Hannah Wilson, career statistics:
223 correct, 20 incorrect
12/16 on rebound attempts (on 36 rebound opportunities)
44.96% in first on buzzer (205/456)
12/14 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $39,300)
6/8 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,075
Skyler Gailing, career statistics:
6 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/0 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $0
Victoria Ford, career statistics:
3 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
10.53% in first on buzzer (6/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $800
Andy’s Thoughts:
- As I outlined above, Mayim’s explanation of Final today seemed to perpetuate the “Cook tattoo myth” that I alluded to above.
- For Monday’s game, the prediction model gives Hannah a 44.691% chance of winning and Ben Chan a 40.860% chance of winning.
- Today’s box score: May 12, 2023 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Hannah $29,000 Victoria $800 Skyler $0)
Hannah: Bet anywhere from $0 to $27,399. (Actual bet: $11,000)
Skyler: (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
Victoria: Bet whatever you like. (Actual bet: $799)
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I was very surprised to see 3 Triple Stumpers in the Game Show Hosts category on what I thought were gimmes. I assumed a contestant on Jeopardy would know the basics about other popular game shows.
Well, maybe not Richard Dawson (as it has been nearly 30 years since then and that show is not known for it’s “smarts”), but definitely $100,000 Pyramid and Allen Ludden. I knew 8 of the triple stumpers, but the most surprising [for a 70+ year old woman] was probably ‘Blade’ (which I have never even seen).
Apparently I am not know for that either — “its”, not “it’s”! [It is one of my pet peeves that spellchecker on my phone will insist on changing “its” to “it’s” if I don’t notice and prevent or correct, but I don’t know what happened here unless maybe just stumbled thinking ahead about whether or not to put quotes around the next word.]