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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Mythology) for Wednesday, September 27, 2023 (Season 40, Game 13):
Chrysomallus was the name of the creature that was the source of this sought-after item, vellus aureum in Latin
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Allison Pistorius, an actor & assistant professor from Houston, Texas |
Mark Lucas, a strategist from Redondo Beach, California |
Barb Fecteau, a high school librarian from Beverly, Massachusetts |
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On to today’s syndicated game, we have Barb Fecteau, Mark Lucas, and Allison Pistorius looking to join Michalle Gould and Jilana Cotter in the weekly final.
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Correct response: What is the golden fleece?
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The first thing I would like to point out about this Final Jeopardy clue: No, it is not a repeated clue. Yes, it was similar to the clue we had in February about the same subject, but they are different clues. This was certainly an easy clue for me, as my writeup in February mentioned Chrysomallos/Chrysomallus (I’m not particularly concerned about the spelling here, it’s a transliteration into English of a term from two and a half millennia ago). Chrysomallus, the Golden Ram, was the offspring of Poseidon and Theophane; the Golden Fleece was famously quested for by Jason and his Argonauts (a group that included Castor & Pollux).
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, September 27, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Law & Order; Brad To The Bone; A Soviet Union; Funeral Officiants; Tricky Questions; Mixed Nuts)
The Jeopardy Round saw Mark having the best time, by virtue of having the fewest number of incorrect responses! Allison sat second in spite of a judges’ reversal (which, yes, gets counted around these parts as a Triple Stumper.)
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Barb 5 correct 2 incorrect
Mark 4 correct 1 incorrect
Allison 2 correct 3 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Allison had to worry about her husband taking care of triplets when she got The Call.
Mark has a family who was very supportive of him when he got The Call.
Barb has a student who was convinced that Barb would get another Call.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Mark 9 correct 1 incorrect
Allison 6 correct 3 incorrect
Barb 7 correct 5 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Mark $3,400
Allison $1,600
Barb $0
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Title Women; “M”usicals; Rivers Of Africa; The Pipe Organ; Let’s Party!; Sounds Fractional)
Double Jeopardy saw Barb recover from her Daily Double miss—she doubled up on the second clue of the round! Mark’s shot for the lead midway through the round saw his score fall down as he struggled to recover. In a game with 15 Triple Stumpers and 15 incorrect responses, Barb led going into Final.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Barb 15 correct 7 incorrect
Allison 13 correct 3 incorrect
Mark 15 correct 5 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Barb $9,600
Allison $6,400
Mark $2,800
Final Jeopardy today was a triple get; Barb is your third finalist!
Tonight’s results:
Mark $2,800 + $1,402 = $4,202 (What is the Golden Fleece?)
Allison $6,400 – $0 = $6,400 (What is golden fleece?)
Barb $9,600 + $3,201 = $12,801 (What is the golden fleece?) (Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) FUNERAL OFFICIANTS $400 (clue #26)
Barb 1200 -1200 (Mark 3400 Allison 0)
2) TITLE WOMEN $1600 (clue #2)
Barb 2000 +2000 (Mark 3400 Allison 1600)
3) RIVERS OF AFRICA $1200 (clue #15, $19600 left on board)
Mark 5800 -3800 (Barb 6800 Allison 3200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -66
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Barb 4 2 3 4 5 2 3 4 5 3 3 2*
Mark 3 5 4 5 1 1 4 5 1 1 1
Allison 4 2 2
DJ! Round:
Barb 5 4* 3† 2† 1† 5 1
Mark 4 3 2 3*
Allison 2 3 1 2
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Barb 3.21
Allison 2.29
Mark 2.87
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 0 (0.00 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Barb $10,400 Coryat, 15 correct, 7 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Allison $6,400 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 1/3 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
Mark $6,600 Coryat, 15 correct, 5 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $23,400
Lach Trash: $17,400 (on 15 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $13,200
Player Statistics:
Barb Fecteau, career statistics:
36 correct, 10 incorrect
2/5 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
32.74% in first on buzzer (37/113)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $800)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,400
Mark Lucas, career statistics:
38 correct, 9 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
35.09% in first on buzzer (40/114)
0/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$10,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,000
Allison Pistorius, career statistics:
32 correct, 7 incorrect
1/3 on rebound attempts (on 13 rebound opportunities)
28.95% in first on buzzer (33/114)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,800
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I would have thought that the show wouldn’t have repeated a question like TRICKY QUESTIONS $200, considering that none of the contestants gave a correct response when it originally ran in 2000, and that clue went about as viral as you could get in 2000.
- Today’s box score: September 27, 2023 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Barb $9,600 Allison $6,400 Mark $2,800)
Barb: Standard cover bet over Allison is $3,201. (Actual bet: $3,201)
Mark: Not really a lot you can do here; you’d need two players to bet too much to have a chance. I’m going to say anything that isn’t “all in” gives you about an equal chance at second place here. (Actual bet: $1,402)
Allison: If Barb bets to cover, she falls to $6,399. Stand pat. (Actual bet: $0)
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The gold part was easy part of my guess – I see au, and I think gold. And being a fan of Brooks Brothers, and having a pittance of knowledge of mythology, I guessed golden fleece.
What is “the Golden Fleece”? Three for three this week. (It is believed that the origin of this story lies in an ancient practice of using fleeces to pan for gold.)
I also thought “golden fleece” from the “au” and “vellum”.
The golden fleece was what I got from the Greek words au and vellum. Also Jason and the Argonauts were looking for the golden fleece
I forgot that clue from February but it didn’t matter. I remembered this from Latin.
I did “remember” the clue from February, but not the “answer”. I don’t know much Greek or Latin words, stories, etc. so I responded “silkworms” because ‘Chryso’ made me think of cocoons. [And Castor & Pollux are always going to make me think of Orphan Black rather than the Argonauts. 🙄]
BTW, Andy’s pointed “it is not a repeated clue” tickled me because my immediate response had been that it was. HOWEVER, I also immediately THOUGHT that I was bound to be wrong and just recognizing that there had been a related clue that Andy had provided additional information about. [Note I said “tickled, not “ticked”.]
Contestants are now doing 10 percentage points better on FJ than on DDs for the season. Last season it was 20+ percentage points in favor of DDs. This certainly seems to be a function of the writing.
At some point, the optimal betting strategy from a lead on a late DD changes.
Concerning Andy’s thoughts on TRICKY QUESTIONS $200 I would say “Well, the $200 clue is expected to be [supposed to be?] the easiest in that category and the others were very easy, too!” I could barely believe there were two triple stumpers in that category. Barb actually got the point of the $800 triple stumper but didn’t realize she should pick the actor she had never heard of (or at least was not nearly as famous as the other two for playing early movie “monsters”).
I know next to nothing of Latin.
Maybe I did, I would understand how in the world I came up with “what is the ‘golden fleece?”
Maybe just “sought-after” in Mythology was all it took for your subconscious.
Hi. My husband and I really enjoyed the “Tricky Question” Category on Jeopardy and would like to play that category with our adult kids at Thanksgiving. Could you send me the questions and answers? That would be awesome!!
Thanks
Cheri: My suggestion would be to get the clues from J! Archive: https://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=8593