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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Famous Americans) for Friday, October 27, 2023 (Season 40, Game 35):
On March 23, 1779 he became the first U.S. diplomat to serve overseas by presenting his credentials to a foreign government
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Brian Adams, a retired public educator from Big Bear Lake, California
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Cory Burns Barger, an orchestra musician from Riverside, California
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Erick Loh, a pastor from Northridge, California
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Andy’s Pre-Game Thoughts:
It’s Friday today, and the end of the seventh week of strike replacement programming! Today’s Champions Wildcard quarterfinal features 1-day champ Erick Loh, 2-day champ Cory Burns Barger, and 3-day champ Brian Adams! Based on these numbers alone, and how the 3-day champs have generally been performing so far in Champions Wildcard, I would say that Brian is probably the favorite in this one. However, as we saw yesterday—absolutely anything can happen!
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Correct response: Who is Benjamin Franklin?
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Due to the allyship in the late 18th century between the Americans and the French (France was one of the first countries to recognize American sovereignty, and French provided assistance to the United States during the Revolutionary War), France became the first country to officially receive an American diplomat in 1779—Benjamin Franklin became the first United States Minister to France in that year. Franklin served in France until 1785; the official title was Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America at the Court of Versailles. The title became upgraded to Ambassador in the late 19th century, after the French Third Republic continued to use the title Ambassador. (Prior to this, only Great Power monarchies had been permitted to use the diplomatic title Ambassador.)
I think this might be a slightly more difficult Final than some of the others this week, though the way in is definitely knowing that the U.S. had diplomatic relations with France before England, and that Franklin was the first U.S. minister to France. I actually wouldn’t find this Final to be out of place in a Tournament of Champions context.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, October 27, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The Last Supper; Quotable Cinema; The Maori; Anatomy; Fabrics; The “Long” & “Short” Of It)
Erick got off to the best start, holding the lead at both commercial breaks! Brian sat second and Cory third after 30 clues.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Erick 6 correct 0 incorrect
Brian 4 correct 0 incorrect
Cory 3 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Brian spent his winnings on special cataract surgery.
Cory felt her original run was really shocking.
Erick felt grateful to be invited back.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Erick 10 correct 0 incorrect
Brian 11 correct 1 incorrect
Cory 5 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Erick $6,200
Brian $5,400
Cory $1,400
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Leonardo Da Vinci, Busy Guy; Broadway Musicals By Characters; “A”uthors; Microscopy; Street Smarts; Bad English)
Cory dominated the first part of Double Jeopardy, finding both Daily Doubles early on! She doubled up through the first one, but lost $6,000 on the second! This brought Erick and Brian back into the game; a strong performance in the Broadway category from Erick meant he held a lead going into Final!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Erick 19 correct 2 incorrect
Cory 14 correct 3 incorrect
Brian 16 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Erick $12,200
Cory $9,600
Brian $5,400
Brian gave the correct response, while Cory and Erick gave the other two very plausible incorrect responses (Jefferson was the second representative to France, while Adams was the first one to England). This means that Brian was a surprise semi-finalist!
Tonight’s results:
Brian $5,400 + $5,400 = $10,800 (Who Benjamin Franklin?) (Semi-Finalist)
Cory $9,600 – $3,000 = $6,600 (Who is Jefferson?)
Erick $12,200 – $7,001 = $5,199 (Who is John Adams?)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) ANATOMY $1000 (clue #10)
Cory 400 +1000 (Erick 2200 Brian 3200)
2) STREET SMARTS $1200 (clue #3)
Cory 5000 +5000 (Erick 4200 Brian 5400)
3) LEONARDO DA VINCI, BUSY GUY $1600 (clue #6, $25600 left on board)
Cory 10000 -6000 (Erick 4200 Brian 3400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 140
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Erick 1 2 3 4 5
Cory 5*
Brian 4 3 5 2
DJ! Round:
Erick
Cory 5 4 3* 5 5 4*
Brian
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Brian 3.50
Cory 4.43
Erick 3.00
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:
Brian $5,400 Coryat, 16 correct, 3 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Cory $11,800 Coryat, 14 correct, 3 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Erick $12,200 Coryat, 19 correct, 2 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $29,400
Lach Trash: $13,200 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,400
Lead Changes: 8
Times Tied: 2
Player Statistics:
Erick Loh, career statistics:
59 correct, 8 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
36.26% in first on buzzer (62/171)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,200
Cory Burns Barger, career statistics:
59 correct, 14 incorrect
5/8 on rebound attempts (on 22 rebound opportunities)
25.11% in first on buzzer (55/219)
4/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,500)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,550
Brian Adams, career statistics:
95 correct, 23 incorrect
4/7 on rebound attempts (on 17 rebound opportunities)
37.17% in first on buzzer (100/269)
4/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,600)
4/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,720
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I know that some of Reddit will be results-oriented and dislike Cory’s bet on DD3, but I’m okay with it—there was still a lot of game left to be played, and she would have been in a very strong position going into Final had she been correct.
- Today’s box score: October 27, 2023 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Erick $12,200 Cory $9,600 Brian $5,400)
Erick: Cover bet over Cory is $7,001. (Actual bet: $7,001)
Cory: Standard cover bet over Brian is $1,201. (Actual bet: $3,000)
Brian: You have two choices here: if you think Cory is going to bet small, you need to go all in to pass her if she’s incorrect. If you think Cory will bet big, limit your bet to $200 or less to play for the Triple Stumper. (Actual bet: $5,400)
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When I saw the category “Famous Americans”, before even seeing the clue, I guessed “Ben Franklin”. The actual clue only confirmed my guess. (It’s easy if you know it…) I knew that he had served as a diplomat in France, but I thought he was an “Ambassador”. I didn’t know that that title wasn’t in use there yet. Thanks, Andy, for yet another educational write-up!
P.S. Hi, Judith P.! I’m glad you got “Kennedy”. It seems like this was a fairly easy clue for most, but I was the odd woman out with my guess of “Rockefeller”. I’m not clear whether you got “Columbus” or not. I hope you did. Even though I didn’t, on Wednesday I did post three (!) comments about “native peoples”. I’d be interested in your (or anyone’s) opinion of what I had to say about that topic.
Hi RedRose, Glad that you got the “Ben Franklin” clue, today. Kudos. Me, too. I knew that Franklin had been a diplomat to France. I just didn’t know which year he had started that endeavor. Have a good weekend.
I knew that both Franklin and Jefferson spent time in France after the Revolution. My internal coin flip landed on Jefferson. sad trombone noises
I’m in the same boat as Brian D. Knowing both of them were options, but my brain went to Hamilton, and so Jefferson was my pick here. Alas, I still finish with a 3-2 week plus a hit on the Celebrity episode.
Got this one!
I recently watched John Adams miniseries on Max.
While John Adams was headstrong and grew frustrated with the slow progress made, Franklin’s approach was diplomatic but more effective in gaining long term trust and relationship with France in securing funding and support against England.
I got it immediately, too, though I then did not feel 100% confident that it wasn’t Jefferson or Adams. However, I stuck with Franklin for a similar reason to yours — it has only been 18 months since I saw Ken Burns’ Benjamin Franklin documentary so I felt like that made my first reaction more likely to be correct.
Funny, I just recently cancelled my Max subscription and the John Adams miniseries was the first thing I noticed afterward as “Oh, I had meant to watch that and never got around to it (probably since it was no longer being promoted)”. Was it exceptionally good?
Add me to the list of those choosing TJ over Ben.
Huh… It seemed so obvious to me, that I didn’t consider other possibilities. I’ll be anxious to see what the FJ poll in r/Jeopardy shows for today.
As the answer was being read (displayed,) I immediately KNEW the correct response was Ben Franklin. I remember reading that he was well loved by the French (though in hindsight, that was probably during the time French support for the Revolution was being sought.)
It sounds hypocritical of myself, seeing how other people found other Final Jeopardy’s to be (relatively) easy, while they weren’t easy to me, but I was surprised that Erick, and, Cary didn’t get this.
I also got ben franklin because of his diplomat work in france. Though Adams was my second choice but I stood by with my first response based on the clue itself. Still cory put on a great show so far in this game. Happy to see brian winning again.
As a long-time fan of Ben Franklin, this was simply a known fact. I was glad to see Brian pull this one out from third place as he is probably the closest in age to me and may have had a similar education. Somehow, I think the old time education may have been better than what subsequent generations got or, maybe, I just had a good public school system where I grew up.
Side note: My high school was all-male when I attended and was the third oldest high school in the country.
Hello, Robert J. Fawkes. I’d be interested to know what you thought of my Wednesday’s remarks discussing your comment’s note on the “spontaneous appearance” of “indigenous peoples”.
P.S. I did go to (some) all-female schools, but as my family traveled around a lot, I didn’t have the benefit of a consistent education in one specific place. Most of what I know, I learned as an adult.
So very glad to see Mr. Adams pull off the win. As a proud alum of Big Bear High (Class of ’97) I can personally vouch for the fact that EVERYONE absolutely adored Mr. Adams. He’s every bit as kind as he seems on TV, and deserves every win under his belt. Cheers Mr. Adams. Go get ’em. Go Bears.
This seemed obvious, for two reasons. First, BF’s tenure as “ambassador” of France was probably both the most productive AND profligate (not to mention, long-standing) term of any US emissary ever. (They even made a musical about it!)
Second, and perhaps more controversially, during these “writer-less” final J’s, it seems to me we are getting a fairly long string of what a one-time champion called “Pavlov questions.” (As in, if the question has to do with using dogs in experiments?) I don’t know that the contestants had the opportunity to pick up on that, but after a string of (to name a few) “Kennedy,” “Columbus,” “Motown,” and “Mahal” (wherein they spotted you Laj!) Final J’s, I’d think of “Who’s name was synonymous with US Diplomacy in the late 18th Century” and Go with the Obvious!
Yes, it does seem that way. However, doesn’t that circumstance invite “overthinking” due to FJ!’s reputation for difficulty? That could even be what happened with Cory and
Erick
Oh, and P.S. Am I the only one who wonders what Brian’s initial reaction was, after getting FJ! correct? They cut to Ken saying, “That’s right, etc” but Brian must’ve done something unusual (when they did show him after he won, he was engagingly animated) as there was a strong audible audience reaction.
Brian’s response was “Who Benjamin Franklin?” (no verb).
Ken replied “That correct.” (no verb).
I believe the audience picked up on Ken omitting his verb.
Ironic that “sentence fragment” was a response earlier in the game.
Ah, good catch, Dan.
Brian WAS very animated in his win (in a nice way), so it was good to see someone with some years to their credit (which I can relate to!) celebrate.
I nailed this FJ immediately (which is rare), as I believe I learned it somewhere in my history studies and it never left me, even at age 55. LOL
The betting in FJ was quite interesting. Erick did what he should have, which was bet enough that you win if you’re right. Cory bet enough to win if she was the only one right or if they were all wrong. And Brian slammed it home with an all-in for the comeback from 3rd place.
However, if Erick had played to make it where Brian couldn’t win and just bet $1399 or less, he wins this game. Interesting stuff.
Can’t wait for Monday to see if Hari can join Jilana in moving from 2nd Chance to this groups Semi-finals.
Tuesday for Hari. Oops!