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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category The 19th Century) for Thursday, June 22, 2023 (Season 39, Game 204):
In 1823 he wrote, “in the war between those new governments and Spain we declared our neutrality”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Andrea Rednick Granados, a community organizer & stay-at-home daughter from Dallas, Texas |
Dan Meuse, a university lecturer from Cranston, Rhode Island |
Ben Goldstein, a content marketing specialist from Dexter, Michigan (4-day total: $37,293) |
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Ben Goldstein is now a 4-day champion, with winnings of $37,293. Today, Rhode Island’s Dan Meuse and Dallas’s Andrea Rednick Granados attempt to stop him from winning game #5. Unless Ben wins a significant amount of money in today’s game, if he wins today, he will very likely have one of the lowest 5-day totals of all time. And that’s not Ben’s fault if that does happen; he’s simply played the material given to him and his opponents as best as he can.
One of today’s challengers, Andrea, is introduced as a stay-at-home daughter. That’s already caught the notice of some fans, who are very hopeful that this is because Andrea is a stay-at-home caregiver for an ailing parent. If this is the case, I think this will earn her a large cheering section from many fans.
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Correct response: Who is James Monroe?
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The quote from today’s Final comes from the famous Monroe Doctrine, which was first outlined in late 1823 during President James Monroe’s seventh State of the Union address to Congress. At that point, much of the New World was very close to independence. In it, Monroe stated that any efforts by European powers to influence sovereign states in the New World would be seen as a threat to U.S. security; in exchange, the U.S. would not interfere in existing European colonies, nor meddle in those European countries’ internal affairs. Over the years, the Monroe Doctrine has become a major cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, June 22, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: State Emblems; Movie Title Connections; 20th Century Happenings; Med. Abbrev.; “Chain”; Of Fuels)
A rare occurrence as of late, the opening round saw a perfect round, with 30 correct and 0 incorrect responses! Ben picked up $8,000 worth of the clues to hold the lead after 30.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Ben 6 correct 0 incorrect
Andrea 4 correct 0 incorrect
Dan 5 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Andrea was roped by a calf in El Salvador.
Dan was once on a flight that lost an engine.
Ben got advice from Jason Schwartzman on how to gain weight for a movie role.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Ben 11 correct 0 incorrect
Dan 15 correct 0 incorrect
Andrea 4 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Ben $8,000
Dan $6,800
Andrea $3,200
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Going Dutch; 12-Letter Words; Writing On The Walls; Trumpet Tootin’; Let’s “T” Up The Map; Vampire-Pourri)
Double Jeopardy! saw Andrea pick up both Daily Doubles; unfortunately, she missed them both and was in third place going into Final. Ben held a slim lead over Dan, both of whom passed the 20-correct-response mark through two rounds!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Ben 20 correct 1 incorrect
Dan 21 correct 1 incorrect
Andrea 10 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 34 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Ben $15,200
Dan $12,000
Andrea $4,500
Only Andrea was correct in Final; however, both Dan and Ben made small bets. That means Ben is now a 5-day champion!
Tonight’s results:
Andrea $4,500 + $3,001 = $7,501 (Who is Monroe?)
Dan $12,000 – $0 = $12,000 (Who is Marshall?)
Ben $15,200 – $3,195 = $12,005 (Who is Madison?) (5-day total: $49,298)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) STATE EMBLEMS $1000 (clue #11)
Dan 1000 +1000 (Ben 2400 Andrea 3200)
2) 12-LETTER WORDS $1600 (clue #9)
Andrea 6400 -3000 (Ben 12000 Dan 6800)
3) WRITING ON THE WALLS $1600 (clue #18, $12400 left on board)
Andrea 4200 -2500 (Ben 12400 Dan 7200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -6
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Ben 3 4 5 2 2
Dan 4 5*
Andrea 3 3 4 3
DJ! Round:
Ben 2 3 4 5 1 3 3
Dan 4 5 4 2
Andrea 2 2 4* 3 5† 3 4*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Ben 3.08
Dan 4.00
Andrea 3.27
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:
Ben $15,200 Coryat, 20 correct, 1 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Dan $12,000 Coryat, 21 correct, 1 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Andrea $10,000 Coryat, 10 correct, 3 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $37,200
Lach Trash: $9,600 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,200
Player Statistics:
Ben Goldstein, career statistics:
98 correct, 18 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 31 rebound opportunities)
36.62% in first on buzzer (104/284)
1/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$5,200)
1/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,360
Dan Meuse, career statistics:
21 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,000
Andrea Rednick Granados, career statistics:
11 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$5,500)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,000
Ben Goldstein, to win:
6 games: 34.495%
7: 11.899%
8: 4.105%
9: 1.416%
10: 0.488%
Avg. streak: 5.527 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Ben is the first player in Jeopardy! history to win less than $50,000 post-doubling (or $25,000 pre-doubling) in their first five wins. The previous record was set last June by Megan Wachspress at $52,002.
- Today’s box score: June 22, 2023 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Ben $15,200 Dan $12,000 Andrea $4,500)
Ben: Standard cover bet over Dan is $8,801. If you think Dan is going to bet to keep Andrea out of play, though, limit your own bet to $199. This keep you ahead of all of Dan’s small-bet range. (Actual bet: $3,195)
Dan: If you limit your bet to $2,999, you keep Andrea locked out. (Actual bet: $0)
Andrea: Bet at least $1,901 to surpass Ben’s standard cover bet over Dan. (Actual bet: $3,001)
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Unrelated to today’s episode, but I saw that Andy was quoted in the NYPOST about yesterday’s final and this site referenced, so there may be some new visitors today. Hopefully they play nice.
Thinks… “hmm. foreign policy in 1823. Who was President? … Monroe! It’s from the Monroe Doctrine.” ‘Course, it didn’t have to be an American, but my nationalist inclination saved some time. So… happy 🙂
But… wasn’t the main author of the Monroe Doctrine Secretary of State John Quincy Adams? President Monroe delivered it in his State of the Union message in December 1823, but the question (answer) said “wrote”. Maybe some scholar knows which man drafted which sentences, but I wonder if “Who was JQA?” would have been deemed incorrect.
With all due respect, a President’s State of the Union address is credited to the President, not the President’s speechwriter.
Had to be James Monroe and his Doctrine!
After being in the audience for Ben’s games 2 through 4 in April, I was hoping that he’d win game 5 to be a 5 day + champion. His game 5 came right after lunch. But good for Ben to win game 5. I waited two months for this game.
The Monroe doctrine definitely led me to monroe but studying about this in us history class did help me greatly. Congrats to Ben winning game 5 even if this is the lowest total he won since the 50K win set by Megan Wachspress last year.
Actually the Monroe Doctrine was written by John Quincy Adams and delivered by the President James Monroe.
I wonder what the lowest total for a 5 game winner is
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“Any comment that clearly demonstrates that one did not read the post being commented on will not be approved.”
I totally agree with that policy and appreciate your having it. However, in defense of some who seemingly don’t comply, there are so many ads interspersed between titled sections that as one scrolls down reading, the initial appearance of each ad [from a SMALLER white space] will jerk off the screen the sentences one was reading so one must find them again (or assume one had finished and go on, thus possibly missing something). Also, often the same ad [largely a picture] appears in more than one place, perhaps tricking someone into thinking they are where they were when they are actually farther down.
But I would recommend that anyone thinking of asking a question do a ‘Find’ on the page (not in Google) for their keywords to make sure they didn’t just miss info about that very thing.
Note I have no problem with ads in general as they fund the internet, but their behavior (at least in some browsers) can be annoying and CAN contribute to awkwardness in reading a site. A major example is Accuweather, especially the hour-by-hour — one can have scrolled halfway down browsing upcoming hours and suddenly it will jump back nearly to midnight — and this can happen 3 or 4 times before it settles down. That is especially annoying if one was only trying to get to the bottom to click on a subsequent day and it keeps jumping back up away from the spot that can be clicked. [Though MOST annoying is when it jumps from like 3pm back to 2am (with the scrolling effect not visible) and at first one is thinking “that forecast for 2pm & 3pm makes no sense!”]
In your site (as most) the comments do not have embedded ads so do not have the “keeping up with where you are” problem, possibly encouraging some to jump down from the FJ clue and its explanation to the comments, thinking they are only missing a bunch of statistics.
The lowest total was set today – Ben Goldstein with $49,298.
In terms of “lowest total, period” and not accounting for the doubling of dollar values, Season 2’s Donald Burgo won just $26,180 over his five days as champion.
Strange. I thought that J.J. Todor was the one that held the lowest total by a 5-day champ with $29,021.
1) That was before the dollar values were doubled;
2) Donald Burgo had just over $26,000 in 1986, so no, J.J. Todor holds no records.
I was surprised they took chain mail instead of chain letter as a correct answer in the chain category since it (chain mail) was already a correct answer earlier in the category. The same words are rarely the answer.
I’m not surprised; it was a clear alternative response and nothing else in clue or category disqualified it.
Oddly defensive FJ wagering by the top two (playing to ensure you beat the person in third place?? I guess!) And I thought this would be a triple get; pretty basic straightforward US history (as in, “Europe, don’t mess with USA’s neighbors; that’s our job!”) Oh well!
I actually liked Dan’s decision to bet small.
If he didn’t like the clue and was banking on hoping that Ben made the cover and got it wrong, he would have won.
I thought it was savvy wagering by Ben and third place was only part of the story. Dan thought Ben would cover so Dan could get away with betting small since he would only win if Ben were wrong. Ben read (or guessed) Dan’s strategy so countered with a small bet of his own – guaranteeing he would win if Ben were wrong and giving himself chances if Ben were right and made a small wager. I think we’ll see more of this counter strategy in the future as small wagers by second place become more common. Mattea would be Masters Champion if they had read James’ strategy and countered this way (and they had a hint since that’s exactly what James did successfully in an earlier game when Mattea was leading)
I respectfully disagree. I am “okay” with Dan’s bet (though you would think he would have made a modest bet, so if he HAD gotten it right, he could have foiled Ben’s ploy). What has me scratching my head is Ben’s bet; if he assumes that Dan is a) either gonna get it wrong or b) get it right but not bet very much, then why would you bet anything? (Or, as was suggested, bet next-to-nothing, i.e., $200? This would give you a chance if both get it right and Dan bet just enough to pull into the lead). I get it that this strategy paid off for Ben, but awkward strategies pay off all the time; that just means it worked this time, Yay!, but doesn’t mean that limiting your opportunities to win is generally a good idea.
As regards Andrea’s introductory descriptor:
“A note in advance of today’s #Jeopardy! fun and games: with all respect to those who live with their parents, the joke behind ‘stay-at-home daughter’ lies in the fact my mother is presently living with me and my seasonal work means I’m home a lot. Made Mom smile. Thx @Jeopardy!”
Time stamp: 07:27 (NDT, of course).
https://twitter.com/argphd/status/1671819580619014145
I would say that using the word “wrote” in the clue may have been an unfortunate choice that opens it up to claims of ambiguity. If the idea was to refer to the SotU speech, “said” would have been preferable. JMO
Referring of course to the FJ clue, which I clumsily did not attach this to my first comment 🥴
Did he give it as a speech, though? My understanding is that the SotU was primarily delivered as a written report from Jefferson through Taft.
The National Archives rather ambiguously states the following: “The Monroe Doctrine was articulated in President James Monroe’s seventh annual message to Congress on December 2, 1823”.
I recall reading that before (about the written report). When we learned this in middle through high school, it was always referred to as a speech. Looking now at the transcripts of Congress on that day, it does appear that it was spoken (presumably by the Clerk or some other designated speaker).
“This city in northwestern Baja California is about 15 miles south of San Diego”. I’ve seen this clue before on Jeopardy, a few years ago. I’m surprised they used it again. As someone from San Diego, who knows that the city of San Diego extends to the border, I would have gotten it wrong. I would have said Rosarito, which doesn’t begin with a T but is about 13 miles south of the border. Sometimes it doesn’t pay to have detailed knowledge of something I guess.