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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category London Locales) for Friday, August 25, 2023 (Season 39, Game 45):
To fight malaria, this former royal estate helped move quinine-producing cinchona plants from South America to India
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Andrew He, a software developer from San Francisco, California
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Eric Ahasic, a meteorologist from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Mattea Roach, a writer & podcaster from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Make no bones about it: this game will be a race to the Daily Doubles—and all three players know this. Eric has had an uncanny ability to find them throughout his Jeopardy! career; in every one of his victories, he found both Daily Doubles in Double Jeopardy. Andrew has also shown the propensity to make very large bets on those Daily Doubles. Meanwhile, Mattea’s tournament preparation has been made knowing that they need to change up their own strategy to better take advantage of Daily Doubles. I am expecting to see fireworks, large scores, and a match too close to call.
Tonight’s winner faces off against Amy Schneider and Sam Buttrey in the first-to-three-wins final, starting Monday.
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Correct response: What is Kew Gardens?
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In the 1720s, Kew Palace, currently located in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, was initially inhabited by King George II, who found it to be a perfect private place to live for their family. King George III later also lived there in an attempt to cure his mental illnesses prior to his regency. Today, Kew is the home of the famous Royal Botanic Gardens.
Kew Gardens’ assistance with the introduction of cinchona to India was detailed in the 1931 journal article “Introduction of Cinchona to India”, in the Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Vol. 1931, No. 3 (1931), pp. 113-117″
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, August 25, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The County Seat; Logos; The Arts; Senior Moments; Spanish Words & Phrases; Mandy Patinkin)
It was Eric who got off to the best start early on in this game, holding the lead at the first break. However, Andrew rebounded very well from some early jitters, picking up the maximum on the first Daily Double and picking up 8 correct after the break! Mattea had a strong round to sit second after thirty clues.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Eric 6 correct 0 incorrect
Mattea 4 correct 2 incorrect
Andrew 4 correct 3 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Andrew heard from his middle school teacher who suggested charitable donations.
Eric is taking a post-tournament honeymoon in Hawaii.
Mattea was recognized while driving on the highway.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Eric 8 correct 1 incorrect
Mattea 9 correct 2 incorrect
Andrew 12 correct 3 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Eric $5,400
Mattea $4,000
Andrew $3,400
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: World Leaders; Elegies; Jazz & Blues Nicknames; Religion; “P”s; Carats)
I said it would be a race to the Daily Doubles, and it certainly was! It was Andrew who got to them first, and he picked up a combined $23,800 through the pair of them! That was more than enough to give him a runaway going into Final, though Eric put up a very strong fight.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Andrew 24 correct 4 incorrect
Eric 18 correct 1 incorrect
Mattea 15 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 12 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Andrew $39,200
Eric $17,000
Mattea $7,200
Not only did this Final stump all three players, they couldn’t even hazard a guess. Andrew’s runaway means that he gets his rematch with Amy Schneider! The first-to-three finals start Monday!
Tonight’s results:
Mattea $7,200 – $0 = $7,200 (What is ?)
Eric $17,000 – $217 = $16,783 (What is ?)
Andrew $39,200 – $1,337 = $37,863 (What… ?) (1-day total: $37,863)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) THE ARTS $1000 (clue #13)
Andrew 0 +1000 (Mattea 1600 Eric 5400)
2) WORLD LEADERS $1200 (clue #3)
Andrew 7000 +7000 (Mattea 4000 Eric 5400)
3) ELEGIES $1200 (clue #7, $25600 left on board)
Andrew 16800 +16800 (Mattea 2400 Eric 5400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 300
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Mattea 5 4 4 4 4
Eric 3 5 3 5 3 3
Andrew 5 5*
DJ! Round:
Mattea
Eric
Andrew 5 4 3* 3 4 4 3*
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Andrew 4.00
Eric 3.67
Mattea 4.20
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 12 (0.27 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Andrew $17,800 Coryat, 24 correct, 4 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Eric $17,000 Coryat, 18 correct, 1 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Mattea $7,200 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $42,000
Lach Trash: $4,400 (on 3 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,600
Player Statistics:
Mattea Roach, career statistics:
695 correct, 70 incorrect
35/43 on rebound attempts (on 107 rebound opportunities)
44.89% in first on buzzer (659/1468)
30/37 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $60,000)
18/26 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,623
Eric Ahasic, career statistics:
210 correct, 25 incorrect
17/20 on rebound attempts (on 44 rebound opportunities)
36.84% in first on buzzer (189/513)
15/17 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $65,000)
3/9 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,022
Andrew He, career statistics:
206 correct, 26 incorrect
14/16 on rebound attempts (on 30 rebound opportunities)
42.11% in first on buzzer (192/456)
11/16 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $57,600)
3/8 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,975
Remaining Players’ Tournament of Champions Chances (after 100,000 Simulations)
Amy Schneider: 38.962%
Andrew He: 43.417%
Sam Buttrey: 17.621%
Chances of 3 games: 12.251%
Chances of 4 games: 23.439%
Chances of 5 games: 29.726%
Chances of 6 games: 23.452%
Chances of 7 games: 11.132%
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Jeopardy! as it is right now, at this level, is a solved game. However, there is still the matter of being able to respond to Daily Doubles correctly if you do go all-in. Variance and excitement should be higher going forward.
- This was believed to be the first instance of a single player successfully converting a maximum possible Daily Double wager on all three of a game’s Daily Doubles in the show’s history.
- Today’s box score: November 11, 2022 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Andrew $39,200 Eric $17,000 Mattea $7,200)
Mattea: Bet whatever you like. (Actual bet: $0)
Eric: There’s no difference between second and third. Go all in in case Andrew Clavins. (Actual bet: $217)
Andrew: Bet between $0 and $5,199 and enjoy your spot in the finals! (Actual bet: $1,337)
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Out of every single game in this ToC, this is the one that proved just how important Daily Doubles are. In terms of the actual material offered during the game, Andrew and Eric were almost neck-and-neck, with less than $1,000 separating their Coryats… but of course, thanks to the betting clues, the actual outcome is completely different. I was expecting a bet of around $7,000 or $8,000, but I definitely wasn’t expecting $16,800!
Amy Schneider tweeted after the game about how she timed the first seven clues of Double Jeopardy, and it took just over two minutes for Andrew to go from last place to having over six times Eric’s score. It somehow even shook her up, which I don’t think happens very often!
After the tournament aired initially, I saw a couple people online try to retroactively compare Andrew’s bet to Karen Morris’ $10,000 bet. (People also compared Karen’s bet to James Holzhauer’s 25,600 bet in game 14 of Masters, but that’s irrelevant to this comment.) However, I think the arguments for comparison are pretty baseless. With Karen’s bet, it was in a situation where a small enough bet – $2,799 for a lock, $399 for a superlock – would have guaranteed a victory for her right then and there. Andrew, however, took only seven clues to find the final Daily Double; there was still a lot of Jeopardy left to be played at that point, and he didn’t feel like he was dominating the buzzer, so the big wager was absolutely the correct play.
That ends my thoughts for today; watching the Finals again with little memory of them the first time is gonna be interesting!
For jeopardy being a “solved game it’s clear very few people in the second half of this season were either aware of this or decided to neglect playing in such a way.
If nothing else for the tournaments, I think the all in bets on Daily Doubles will rule the say. In the GOAT, Ken was going all in and you could see it made him uncomfortable. It wasn’t how he was accustomed to playing the game. But he knew it was how he would need to play to win. That was true for last year’s ToC (the one they are re-showing now) as well. No doubt you need to get the DD’s right. If you don’t its likely moot.
But when going up against multi-day champs, I expect other multi-game champs will bet big on Daily Doubles. Not at the end of Double Jeopardy if you have a big lead. Or in certain other instances. You don’t know how the rest of the game will play out for you so go for big points when you can. Earlier it makes sense as well because there is still a lot of money on the board/in the game.
Why are they repeating all of these Final Jeopardies? There have been about 25 in a row
that were previously seen.
Michael:
As has happened every summer since the 1984–85 television season, the show has played encore presentations over the summer.