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Today’s Celebrity Jeopardy! contestants:
Becky Lynch, a WWE superstar & author originally from Dublin, Ireland, playing for The V Foundation, supporting Connor’s Cure
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Rachel Dratch, an actor, writer & podcast host originally from Lexington, Massachusetts, playing for City Harvest
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Macaulay Culkin, an actor originally from New York City, playing for the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Over the one and a half seasons of Celebrity Jeopardy, one of the biggest “complaints” (I put complaints in quotation marks because I don’t think it’s particularly valid) is that some of the diehard fans that watch the regular show day in and day out aren’t as familiar with the celebrity players in primetime. And I think tonight’s casting is proof that “not being familiar with these players would be the fault of the viewer’s lack of pop culture knowledge, and not the fault of the show”. Tonight’s players are Becky Lynch (one of the WWE’s most recognizable current superstars), Rachel Dratch (who portrayed one of Saturday Night Live‘s most famous characters ever in Debbie Downer), and Macaulay Culkin (who has been internationally recognized for over 30 years, having starred as Kevin McCallister in the Home Alone films).
How will any of our players tonight play? I have no idea. The primetime Celebrity Jeopardy format lets our players be themselves; there’s extra time for goofing off, and we still get to see our full complement of clues.
One thing I’ve also very much been enjoying is the increased number of “behind-the-scenes” photos over on ABC’s press site. To me, the more photos, the better!
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Final Jeopardy category: Artists
Final Jeopardy clue: Exhumed in 2017 to settle a paternity suit, his mustache had “preserved its classic 10-past-10 position” according to the Spanish press
Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Celebrity Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, November 15, 2023 Celebrity Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The Search For Foreign Lands; For The Love Of Pete; TV Dramas In A Nutshell; Adventurous Women; Rain; Cringeworthy Office Lingo)
In a well-played opening segment, both Macauley and Rachel played very well! In the second part of the round, the two-horse race continued, with Mack and Rachel battling for the lead.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues)
Macaulay 9 correct 0 incorrect
Rachel 4 correct 0 incorrect
Becky 0 correct 1 incorrect
Score at the first break:
Macaulay $2,100
Rachel $1,500
Becky -$200
Today’s first interviews:
Becky thinks she might be thrown off because she’s not in a big arena.
Rachel watched Andy Richter’s episode and learned that anything can happen.
Macaulay has been a Jeopardy! clue 42 times.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Rachel 10 correct 0 incorrect
Macaulay 14 correct 1 incorrect
Becky 0 correct 3 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Rachel $3,400
Macaulay $2,700
Becky -$700
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Competitive Cheerleading; Science Museums; Six Degrees Of Actual Bacon; Sad Songs; Mother Goose Police Blotter; “N-I-A-L” Ain’t A River In Egypt)
The third segment of tonight’s game saw Macauley and Rachel continue an intense battle; Rachel led by just $100 after 45 clues! Mack re-took the lead after 60 clues, while Becky became the first known player in J! history to go through the first 60 clues of a game with 0 correct.
Statistics at the third break (45 clues)
Rachel 15 correct 0 incorrect
Macaulay 19 correct 2 incorrect
Becky 0 correct 3 incorrect
Score at the third break:
Rachel $5,600
Macaulay $5,500
Becky -$700
Today’s second interviews:
Becky has a friend who used to work on the show.
Rachel gets a million texts whenever Debbie Downer was a clue.
Macaulay has been a part of a Jeopardy family that watched every night.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Macaulay 25 correct 2 incorrect
Rachel 21 correct 1 incorrect
Becky 0 correct 4 incorrect
Scores after the Double Jeopardy! Round:
Macaulay $8,700
Rachel $7,600
Becky -$2,500
Triple Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: U.S. “World Capitals”; Veterinary Medicine; The Wardrobe Department; Musical Instrument Makers; That’s Half The Battle; Roget’s Butt)
Rachel got to two Daily Double and then found her buzzer timing, getting the last five clues to have a lead going into Final!
Statistics after Triple Jeopardy:
Rachel 35 correct 1 incorrect
Macaulay 37 correct 3 incorrect
Becky 2 correct 4 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Rachel $23,000
Macaulay $16,800
Becky -$500 (given $500 to play Final)
Final Jeopardy correct response: Who is Salvador Dali?
Everyone got Final correct, and Rachel is a semifinalist!
Becky $500 + $500 = $1,000 (Who is Salvador Dali?)
Macaulay $16,800 + $16,800 = $33,600 (Who Dali (hi Brenda))
Rachel $23,000 + $10,601 = $33,601 (Who is Salvador Dali?) (Semi-Finalist)
Daily Double locations:
1) TV DRAMAS IN A NUTSHELL $400 (clue #4)
Macaulay 300 +300 (Rachel 0 Becky -200)
2) SAD SONGS $400 (clue #2)
Rachel 3600 +1000 (Macaulay 2700 Becky -700)
3) SCIENCE MUSEUMS $800 (clue #24)
Rachel 8200 -2000 (Macaulay 7100 Becky -700)
4) U.S. “WORLD CAPITALS” $900 (clue #4)
Macaulay 9900 +1500 (Rachel 7600 Becky -1700)
5) ROGET’S BUTT $1200 (clue #16)
Rachel 11200 +2000 (Macaulay 13200 Becky -500)
6) THE WARDROBE DEPARTMENT $1200 (clue #22, $7800 left on board)
Rachel 15600 +2000 (Macaulay 14400 Becky -500)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 109
Game Stats:
Rachel $22,800 Coryat, 35 correct, 1 incorrect, 35.71% in first on buzzer (30/84), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Macaulay $16,300 Coryat, 37 correct, 3 incorrect, 44.05% in first on buzzer (37/84), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Becky -$500 Coryat, 2 correct, 4 incorrect, 7.14% in first on buzzer (6/84), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $38,600
Lach Trash: $10,400 (on 15 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $5,000
Lead Changes: 9
Times Tied: 2
Macaulay Culkin, career statistics:
38 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
44.05% in first on buzzer (37/84)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,800)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,300
Rachel Dratch, career statistics:
36 correct, 1 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
35.71% in first on buzzer (30/84)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $22,800
Becky Lynch, career statistics:
3 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
7.14% in first on buzzer (6/84)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: -$500
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I was impressed by both Mack and Rachel in this one. I’d absolutely love to see Mack play Celebrity Jeopardy again at some point.
- Today’s box score: November 15, 2023 Celebrity Jeopardy Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Rachel $23,000 Macaulay $16,800 Becky $500)
Macaulay: Limit your bet to $4,400 and hope for a miss from Rachel. (Actual bet: $16,800)
Rachel: Cover bet over Mack is $10,601. (Actual bet: $10,601)
Becky: (Actual bet: $500)
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Go, Kevin McCallister!
“out of pocket” has a different modern meaning. It means the same as “out of line” or “unrestrained” in modern vernacular
I’m not sure what your issue is here—”at one’s own expense” is still correct, and it’s still a needlessly wordy way of saying “unavailable”.
It is good to remember that there is a character limit on clues; thus, it is very impractical to put every single possible meaning of a term into a clue.
I agree with you about length limits on clues, but also something can be correct without having to be doubly correct by giving additional information.
IMO “out of pocket” is not just a needlessly wordy substitute for unavailable. I think “unavailable” can have the connotation of “not available TO YOU” but “out of pocket” is more likely to be taken as the truth [which even now in the age of universal cell phones can be true].
Also, I have heard the phrase used to mean “in a bad mood”, though I feel that can have evolved by just a few people from either/both of the other uses. I.e., if a boss is in a bad mood, callers may be told the boss is “out of pocket” (rather than putting the caller through) and/or if someone is in a really bad mood they may be more likely to say something out of line.
Becky didn’t get money credit for baconator answer.
No—because she didn’t ring in, and it came after time was up. Nobody—not even celebrities—can skirt those rules.
The complaints of “some of the diehard fans that watch the regular show day in and day out” because they “aren’t as familiar with the celebrity players in primetime” is so funny. For one thing, Celebrity Jeopardy! is not pre-empting THEIR Jeopardy! shows, so why can’t they just ignore that it exists? For another, do they KNOW who any of the players on their daily syndicated Jeopardy! shows ARE before they watch? (They barely know afterward unless one turns into a multi-day champion.) Apparently some do not even want to know anything about the regular contestants anyway as I have read several say they never pay attention to the interviews or that the interviews are the worst part of the show.
My guess is that a lot of the “who knows these so-called celebrities?” ‘d’itching is because they don’t like that they don’t “get” the banter when they don’t already know anything about them. My answer is either “research them in Wikipedia” before watching or JUST DON’T watch!