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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category The U.S. Government) for Thursday, June 15, 2023 (Season 39, Game 199):
Established in 1938, this Congressional group was still issuing subpoenas in 1969 & finally ceased to exist 6 years later
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Kiran MacCormick, a math teacher from Burlington, Vermont |
Suzanne Goldlust, a marketing manager from Reston, Virginia |
Holly Hassel, an English professor from Fargo, North Dakota (1-day total: $10,500) |
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Holly Hassel is your new Jeopardy! champion, having defeated 6-day winner Suresh Krishnan. Today’s challengers are Suzanne Goldlust and Kiran MacCormick.
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Correct response: What is the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)?
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The House Un-American Activities Committee (or the House Committee on Un-American Activities), was created to investigate those in the United States suspected to have fascist or communist ties. Created in 1938 (though there had been three previous committees investigative the same since 1918) and originally chaired by Martin Dies, Jr. from Texas, it became a standing committee in 1945. It’s most famous for the investigation of Hollywood in 1947, leading to the unfortunate blacklisting of many writers and directors. By the 1960s, it was generally lampooned by both political satirists and those who were subpoenaed by the committee, and the committee ceased to exist in January 1975.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, June 15, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The Czar; 21st Century Horror Novels; Rolling Stones Lyrics; Dating/Apps; The Golden Gate Bridge; Bird Idioms)
Today saw Suzanne get off to the best start, picking up 8 correct before the break to have a lead after 30 clues!
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Suzanne 8 correct 0 incorrect
Kiran 4 correct 0 incorrect
Holly 2 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Kiran coaches some of his students in math.
Suzanne has a 907-day New York Times crossword streak.
Holly has been coaching middle school football.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Suzanne 11 correct 1 incorrect
Holly 6 correct 2 incorrect
Kiran 7 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Suzanne $5,600
Holly $3,600
Kiran $2,800
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: “G”, Look At That; American Caves; Fact: Nonfiction; Physics & Energy; TV Criminals; Italian Words & Phrases)
Suzanne’s strong play continued; she found both Daily Doubles in the round to cement a runaway going into Final!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Suzanne 21 correct 2 incorrect
Holly 13 correct 5 incorrect
Kiran 15 correct 4 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 34 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Suzanne $17,700
Holly $8,000
Kiran $5,600
Kiran came close to making it a 3-for, but Holly and Suzanne went for the abbreviation and got Final correct! Suzanne is your new champion!
Tonight’s results:
Kiran $5,600 – $800 = $4,800 (What is the House Unamerican activities Comission)
Holly $8,000 + $8,000 = $16,000 (What is House HUAC)
Suzanne $17,700 + $1,000 = $18,700 (What is the HUAC?) (1-day total: $18,700)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) BIRD IDIOMS $800 (clue #4)
Suzanne 1000 +1000 (Holly 0 Kiran 200)
2) ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $1600 (clue #19)
Suzanne 9200 +1500 (Holly 6000 Kiran 6000)
3) FACT: NONFICTION $800 (clue #22, $10800 left on board)
Suzanne 13100 +1000 (Holly 6000 Kiran 6000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 124
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Holly 1
Suzanne 3 4*
Kiran 2
DJ! Round:
Holly 1 4 5 1 3
Suzanne 2 3 1 4* 5† 1 2*
Kiran 5 4 3 2 1 5 4 3 2 2
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Suzanne 2.78
Holly 2.50
Kiran 3.00
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 34 (0.17 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Suzanne $17,400 Coryat, 21 correct, 2 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Holly $8,000 Coryat, 13 correct, 5 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 1/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Kiran $5,600 Coryat, 15 correct, 4 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $31,000
Lach Trash: $11,000 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $12,000
Player Statistics:
Holly Hassel, career statistics:
28 correct, 7 incorrect
3/5 on rebound attempts (on 14 rebound opportunities)
23.68% in first on buzzer (27/114)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,500
Suzanne Goldlust, career statistics:
22 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,500)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,400
Kiran MacCormick, career statistics:
15 correct, 5 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,600
Suzanne Goldlust, to win:
2 games: 57.466%
3: 33.024%
4: 18.977%
5: 10.906%
6: 6.267%
Avg. streak: 2.351 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score: June 15, 2023 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Suzanne $17,700 Holly $8,000 Kiran $5,600)
Holly: Standard cover bet over Kiran is $3,201. (Actual bet: $8,000)
Suzanne: Limit your bet to $1,699 and enjoy your victory! (Actual bet: $1,000)
Kiran: Limit your bet to $799 to take second if Holly is incorrect. (Actual bet: $800)
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Nice to have you back Andy, you were missed!
STRONGLY seconded!
Absolutely!! So happy to see you again, Andy!!
Yes, and thank you for your hard work getting the site up and running.
It is wonderful to have you back!
So glad you are back online Andy.
Thank you for all you.
Wow, you’re back! What a welcome return. It was a frustrating 2 days, what with no Jeopardy Fan website!
If I was frustrated yesterday not finding you, I can’t even know your frustration not being able to be found. Oh my goodness a FJ I knew the question. Doesn’t happen often. Thanks for all you do for us fans.
I didn’t know WHAT was goin’ on! I kept tryin’ & tryin’ & TRYIN’ to get on this website and the line that normally scrolls across while the page was loading would just stop and then this “error 504” message would pop on the screen. I said, “what in the sam hill is goin’ on?!?…can’t get on the Jeopardy fan page!!” Anyway Andy..glad you’re back!
Same here, Sara, though I voiced something much stronger than “sam hill”. Welcome back, Andy.
I was worried he had been sabotaged!
I did not know the importance of those years, but I guessed the HUAC just based on the period, “Congressional” and “subpoenas”.
It is good to see you back andy thank you for sharing this page! I also got the HUAC due to the congressional stuff being the keyword here. Happy to see Suzanne and holly getting the final today
Around 9 AM every morning I check this site for Final Jeopardy! and test my aging brain. Around 1 PM I check back for the game recap. The server issue made me realize the importance of this site to my day. Thank you so much, Andy, for the effort you put into it.
Yippee, you’re back.
Nice to have you back Andy. I was missing you yesterday. Thanks for responding to my email…
I assume that the word “Commission” would not be the same as “Committee”!!
Nope!
Especially not when the answer refers to a proper name or title. I was a bit surprised when the initials HUAC was accepted as an correct response, but I believe that was an official anagram, so under show rules, it’s the same as if one said “What is the House UnAmerican Activites Committee?” I knew the correct reponse, but think I didn’t quite phrase the name right. My trouble was in trying to phrase “UnAmerican.”
sure am glad that did not affect the outcome. I’m sure there would have been an outcry since they accepted the acronym and the incorrect response did not affect the acronym.
Perhaps there would have been an outcry, but that would not have been appropriate since two players just putting a person’s last name and the third putting a first name, too, but only the first letter of it is correct should/would not be deemed correct.
Andy, I was flummoxed on Tuesday when this site vanished without a trace. Fortunately, I googled your site, and it brought up a link to The Jeopardy Fan Twitter, in which you noted the site would be down a couple of days, and you hoped to have it back up by Thursday.
I so enjoy reading your commentary and analysis, and it left a bjg empty feeling not being able to find you for two days. Thank you so much for your hard work.
I am really surprised that essentially they all three knew what it was! Knowing what the House Un-American Activities Committee was (as I did/do) is far different that being able to recognize that was the reference and remembering the name of it. I guessed The Warren Commission. Of course that makes no sense for 1938, but I got bogged down on pre-1969 to 1975 and forgot about the beginning of the clue.
I recall seeing a documentary recently (I believe it was on CNN) about the life of famed NY attorney Roy Cohn. He was “right hand man” to Joseph McCarthy, and later became lawyer and mentor to Donald Trump. No wonder, being mentored by a guy with such a bombastic personality, a bully, a win-at-any-cost mentality (through legal measures or not so legal methods), that Trump became the creature he is today. After 20 years of service to the Trump family, Cohn was dying from AIDS…did they even come and visit him in his dying days…take a guess?
Oh good you’re back in business! Yesterday was so weird and having you not available was just the way my day went. Our TV was not cooperating. HUAC was my guess, too bad Kiran didn’t use the acronym.