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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Charity) for Wednesday, August 9, 2023 (Season 39, Game 33):
A Catholic charity called Caritas Rome is the beneficiary of money collected from here, over the years averaging about $3,500 daily
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
rowan ward, a chart caller, writer & editor from Chicago, Illinois
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Do Park, a sportswriter from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Nikkee Porcaro, an educational consultant and business owner from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Today’s encore presentation features last fall’s Second Chance matchup between rowan ward, Do Park, and Nikkee Porcaro.
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Correct response: What is the Trevi Fountain?
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The Trevi Fountain is a very famous fountain located in Rome, Italy, that has been featured in numerous films—1954’s Three Coins in the Fountain being the most famous. Since 2001, Caritas Rome has been the beneficiary of coins tossed in the fountain. Interestingly, in late 2018/early 2019, there was a minor hullaballoo after the City of Rome threatened to use the coins thrown in the fountain to pay for city maintenance projects. However, the city retracted that position after public outcry.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, August 9, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Quick Lit; The Number In Music; Peaks & Valleys; Snap Chat; Birds Within Words; Hidden Brain Podcast)
Nikkee started the match immediately by finding the Daily Double; unfortunately, she lost $1,000. Do had the best time on the signaling device, but rowan had enough at the bottom of the board to lead at the opening break. Coming out of the break, though, rowan put on a signaling device clinic, picking up 13 correct to take a commanding lead!
Statistics at the first break (14 clues):
rowan 4 correct 0 incorrect
Do 5 correct 2 incorrect
Nikkee 1 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
rowan spent their winnings on their name change filing.
Do had gotten closure about his appearance, and then got invited back.
Nikkee spent her winnings on “copious amounts of therapy”.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
rowan 17 correct 0 incorrect
Do 7 correct 2 incorrect
Nikkee 1 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
rowan $9,400
Do $2,000
Nikkee $0
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Law Slaw; Historic Seconds; Animal-Titled Movies; D.C.-Area Attractions; Sculpture; A Standing Middle O)
rowan was cruising and then they found the Daily Double—at which point they proceeded to double up for $10,600! From that point, it was only a matter of whether our trailers would find the third one—and then rowan put the game away by finding it near the round’s two-thirds mark.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
rowan 30 correct 4 incorrect
Nikkee 7 correct 2 incorrect
Do 14 correct 4 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 8 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
rowan $26,800
Nikkee $7,200
Do $6,800
rowan was the only player correct today in Final; they’re moving on to the finals tomorrow and Friday!
Tonight’s results:
Do $6,800 – $401 = $6,399 (What is St. Peter’s Basilica?)
Nikkee $7,200 – $5,401 = $1,799 (What is the Red Cross?)
rowan $26,800 + $10,000 = $36,800 (What is the Trevi Fountain?) (1-day total: $36,800)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) QUICK LIT $600 (clue #1)
Nikkee 0 -1000 (Do 0 rowan 0)
2) LAW SLAW $1600 (clue #5)
rowan 10600 +10600 (Nikkee 1600 Do 2800)
3) HISTORIC SECONDS $2000 (clue #19, $10000 left on board)
rowan 20000 +2000 (Nikkee 6400 Do 6400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 10
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Nikkee 3*
Do
rowan
DJ! Round:
Nikkee 3 2 3 4 5 2 2
Do 4 2 4 3 5
rowan 4 4* 3 3† 5† 2 5*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
rowan 3.71
Do 3.60
Nikkee 3.00
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 8 (0.24 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
rowan $17,800 Coryat, 30 correct, 4 incorrect, 49.12% in first on buzzer (28/57), 3/4 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Do $6,800 Coryat, 14 correct, 4 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Nikkee $8,200 Coryat, 7 correct, 2 incorrect, 12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $32,800
Lach Trash: $10,200 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,000
Player Statistics:
Nikkee Porcaro, career statistics:
25 correct, 5 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 13 rebound opportunities)
19.30% in first on buzzer (22/114)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,500)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,600
Do Park, career statistics:
31 correct, 6 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
27.19% in first on buzzer (31/114)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,400)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,600
rowan ward, career statistics:
53 correct, 7 incorrect
5/6 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
42.11% in first on buzzer (48/114)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $9,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,600
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score: August 9, 2023.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: rowan $26,800 Nikkee $7,200 Do $6,800)
Nikkee: Standard cover bet over Do is $6,401. (Actual bet: $5,401)
Do: I would bet between $801 (in case Nikkee bets small) and $5,999 (staying above Nikkee in case you both are incorrect and she bets to cover).(Actual bet: $401)
Rowan: You’ve got a runaway. Bet $0. (Actual bet: $10,000)
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I will say, rowan quickly became one of my favorite contestants ever throughout this tournament’s original airing. They’re smart as hell, flamboyant (but not overly so to the point of obnoxiousness), fazed by pretty much nothing, and minus those two errors in clue selection, know how to replicate the strategies of the person who initially beat them to the fullest effect. It’s a shame the ToC didn’t work out nearly as well for them as this competition, but these next couple days are going to be very enjoyable for me as a Jeopardy! watcher!
I’m not sure I approve of Michael Davies’ plans for Season 40. How is this different from crossing a picket line? The best way to show support for the writers is to boycott any form of new production.
The writers have not asked for a viewer boycott of shows, as their fear is that viewer boycotts will lead to show cancellations and, thus, no work for them to return to.
That had been my personal thoughts on the situation, but I didn’t know it was the strikers’ opinion, too. The last writers’ strike lasted 100 days (as this one has so far) and several TV series were cancelled because of it, at least one that was one of my favorites at the time.
I am in full support of Season 40.