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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category American History) for Thursday, November 30, 2023 (Season 40, Game 59):
Established in 1963, this group had its conclusions questioned in books, reports & a special 1970s Congressional committee
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Alisa Hove, a botany professor from Asheville, North Carolina
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Ciara Donegan, a post-bachelor research associate from Washington, D.C.
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Tyler Vandenberg, a Marine officer currently serving in Stuttgart, Germany
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Today is quarterfinal #2 of Champions Wildcard’s Hearts bracket. This one’s between Alisa Hove, Ciara Donegan, and Tyler Vandenberg. Ciara’s buzzer stats were very strong in her initial run; I suspect today’s game will come down to the number of attempts Ciara feels comfortable making, with Tyler and Alisa potentially picking up any other clues. A fun “in the weeds” stat is that J! Archive now gets to add “currently serving in” to its list of ways contestants can be introduced on the show, as Tyler is listed as “currently serving in Stuttgart, Germany” as a Marine officer.
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Correct response: What is the Warren Commission?
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The Warren Commission, officially known as the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, was established to investigate the November 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy. Its findings, an 888-page report, was released in September 1964. Its chief conclusion was that Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President Kennedy and that Oswald acted alone. The investigation was re-opened in the late 1970s as the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations, investigating the assassinations of Kennedy in 1963 and Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, November 30, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Econ 101; I Married A Beatle; Who Is Theon Of Smyrna?; That’s “Corn”y; Well, I’m Warm-Blooded; Check It & See)
While Tyler doubled through the Daily Double, it was Ciara who led at the first break on the strength of seven correct responses! While a judges’ correction brought Tyler closer to the lead, Ciara still led after 30 clues.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Ciara 7 correct 0 incorrect
Tyler 5 correct 0 incorrect
Alisa 2 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Alisa is glad to be able to have her friends & family in the audience.
Ciara was in a meeting when she got Re-Called.
Tyler really appreciates the crew members of the show.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Ciara 13 correct 0 incorrect
Tyler 9 correct 0 incorrect
Alisa 5 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Ciara $6,800
Tyler $6,200
Alisa $3,800
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Islands & Peninsulas; We Sell Fun; If It Ain’t Baroque…; Hats; Quotable Quotes; Y_O_Y)
Double Jeopardy saw Tyler get to both Daily Doubles; he split them with $3,000 wagers on each. Going into Final, a crucial $800 incorrect response from Ciara meant Tyler led going into Final!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Tyler 18 correct 1 incorrect
Ciara 23 correct 1 incorrect
Alisa 10 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Tyler $15,800
Ciara $15,200
Alisa $7,800
Tyler was the only player correct in Final—he advances to the semifinals!
Tonight’s results:
Alisa $7,800 – $5,000 = $2,800 (What is the…)
Ciara $15,200 – $15,200 = $0 (What is Watergate commission oh no)
Tyler $15,800 + $15,800 = $31,600 (What is the Warren Commission) (Semi-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) ECON 101 $600 (clue #10)
Tyler 1600 +1600 (Ciara 1200 Alisa 1800)
2) IF IT AIN’T BAROQUE… $1200 (clue #6)
Tyler 7800 -3000 (Ciara 9200 Alisa 4600)
3) ISLANDS & PENINSULAS $2000 (clue #11, $21600 left on board)
Tyler 8000 +3000 (Ciara 10400 Alisa 6600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 99
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Tyler 1 1 2 3*
Ciara 3 4 4 5
Alisa 5 2
DJ! Round:
Tyler 3* 4† 5† 5*
Ciara 2 3 4 4
Alisa 1 2 3
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Tyler 3.00
Alisa 2.60
Ciara 3.63
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:
Tyler $16,800 Coryat, 18 correct, 1 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Alisa $7,800 Coryat, 10 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Ciara $15,200 Coryat, 23 correct, 1 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $39,800
Lach Trash: $11,600 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $2,600
Lead Changes: 8
Times Tied: 1
Player Statistics:
Tyler Vandenberg, career statistics:
80 correct, 10 incorrect
7/7 on rebound attempts (on 18 rebound opportunities)
31.14% in first on buzzer (71/228)
6/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $13,200)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,150
Ciara Donegan, career statistics:
65 correct, 8 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
38.10% in first on buzzer (64/168)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,000)
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,667
Alisa Hove, career statistics:
56 correct, 15 incorrect
2/4 on rebound attempts (on 20 rebound opportunities)
21.28% in first on buzzer (60/282)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,600)
1/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,560
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Considering Alisa in third has occasion to bet most of her score to potentially catch Ciara, that was an incredibly risky bet of Tyler in Final Jeopardy. I would not recommend doing what he did.
- Today’s box score: November 30, 2023 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Tyler $15,800 Ciara $15,200 Alisa $7,800)
Tyler: Standard cover bet over Ciara is $14,601. (Actual bet: $15,800)
Ciara: Standard cover bet over Alisa is $401. (Actual bet: $15,200)
Alisa: Unfortunately, you should consider betting at least $7,000—just in case Ciara bets small. (Actual bet: $5,000)
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I’m guessing all three with get this one
Well, nope. Surprised by their answers (except Tyler) and wagers. But who am I…just someone who will never be on Jeopardy, so kudos to them.
This is definitely going to be easier for anyone playing at home who lived through the Kennedy assassination.
For someone Ciara’s age, it’s a lot more difficult.
The warren commission seems to have been my guess from the start after the clue was revealed. A bit f studying about the JFK assassination helped me here. isn’t watergate nixon’s issue?
As you were told yesterday, “No matter how incorrect an answer is, it’s always still infinitely more likely to be correct than leaving your answer blank!”
I tend to struggle being able to judge a Final Jeopardy as being easy or difficult. If I know the answer, I tend to think of it as easy. If I don’t, I think if it as hard. Sometimes there can be something that is very nuanced/not well known that I happen to know because I am very familiar with the subject which I can view as being a hard question but one I just know.
This one struck me as being easy. Expected it would be a triple get. And I wasn’t born when the commission was formed and was very young when the Congressional Committee was formed. Just something that to me seems to be common knowledge given the year it was formed. But obviously 2 people who were able to get onto Jeopardy (one of whom rang up $15k going into Final which is good score) didn’t know it.
I think its easy to get lost in the lights. There is no pressure sitting on my couch watching. And I don’t have to write my response out like the contestants do. While the clock is ticking on the stage under the bright lights. Can definitely understand how someone could mess up/give an answer that doesn’t make sense in context/etc (and yes, even those stand a better chance than no answer at all).
I think another issue may just be timing. Shows were taped months/weeks ago. Anniversary of assassination was 8 days ago (and it was the 60th). So there were a number of shows/articles in the media/etc on it that we the audience members recently saw which the contestants at the time of show taping did not. Expect that if the show was aired live when it taped, more people in the audience would have missed this Final.
Today’s game was just taped on the 6th of THIS MONTH. There was a clue/response that aired less than 4 weeks earlier on October 11th this year referencing Justice Warren and his commission (and one in late May [under ‘The 1960s’] whose correct response was ‘The Warren Commission’), so the other two had a chance to be exposed to this fact recently. Even if they felt they should “study up on” OLDER games, I think this level of fan should be watching the daily shows. I also think if they were watching either of those shows and did not get a clue correct, they should “read up on” related history because the clue writers often seem to “get on a kick” and will have several clues over a few weeks which are all on that (or a very related) subject.
This certainly was an easy FJ! for me today. I was in the fourth grade when JFK was assassinated and I clearly remember when the Warren Commission was formed.
I was in second grade then. I don’t recall even hearing about the Warren Commission until Junior High 😕 I still got it though… immediacy effect I suppose.
I was in the 6th grade then but that was around the time I began reading all of each daily newspaper but the classifieds and the sports sections and that lasted until I went to college (which is when I switched to reading multiple newspapers in the school library, but only had time to hit the highlights). However, this is why I still have no trouble recalling “the Warren Commission”
Great reply and I also loved reading the newspaper daily. I delivered it too. 🙂
The keywords in the answer, 1963, and, “it’s conclusions questioned,” immediately gave me “What was the Warren Commission?”
I was also suprised that it wasn’t a triple get. For whatever reason, the response, the Warren Commission, didn’t come to the ladies, or, came late to them. As easy it was for me watching at home, it bears repeating that it is completely the opposite for those on stage.
For those of us of a certain generation and who lived through the events of 1963, this was the proverbial piece of cake. With the category being American History, as soon as one sees 1963, thoughts turn to the Kennedy Assassination and surrounding events. For old timers, this couldn’t have been easier but I understand that some younger folks may not have such an easy time of it
Interesting that today, there are still many people who question the findings of the Warren Commission. It hasn’t helped that the government still finds it necessary to redact parts of the report. That does lead to people being suspicious that we are not being told the full story. Hmmmmm.
I forgot the name Warren, and had “The JFK Assassination Commission” in mind. Would that be considered close enough to the official name of the commission to be acceptable?
According to Wikipedia, it was “The President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as the Warren Commission.” So your guess would have been closer to the “official” title than “The Warren Comish,” and doesn’t have any extraneous incorrect info, so I’d guess, yeah, that would be fine. (It’s all “up to the judges” though, so one never knows for sure!)
Being a Poli Sci major, this one came pretty easy to me, even though I wasn’t born until 1968.
I was too young in 1963 to remember the events of the day. I think I became aware of the Warren commission when Gerald Ford became vice-president and later president because at the time it was often noted that he had been a member of the commission. For me, all the final jeopardy clues this week have been obvious or easy to figure out by the time the music ends.
You have to be close to 70 to have actual memories of the Kennedy assassination. It was a quick get for me but I’m a history buff and 1963 is a year that sticks out in presidential trivia. It probably helped me it was in the news just last week with the 60th anniversary but I think it’s just as easy for me in June. But I’ve never been on stage so who knows.
Not great wagering from the trailers. The leader going all in wasn’t that bad as he probably wouldn’t win if he’s wrong. But from the lead I would only bet enough to win by $1. Especially if there’s no financial benefit as there was here. Third should have bet everything and second way overbet.
Was glad to see Tyler win. I remembered him from Summer 2021 and liked his style. I respect military people. He was defeated by Josh Saak, who was defeated by Matt Amodio.