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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Bodies of Water) for Friday, December 1, 2023 (Season 40, Game 60):
The Goshute, a Western people, called this vast body of water Teittse Paa, meaning “bad water”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Brianne Barker, a biology professor from Madison, New Jersey
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Bryce Hwang, an ophthalmology resident from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Garrett Marcotte, a software engineer from Boulder, Colorado
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Correct response: What is the Great Salt Lake?
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The Goshute, an indigenous people of the Utah area, called the Great Salt Lake “Teittse Paa”, meaning “bad water” or “fish water”, due to its saltiness. The Great Salt Lake is “endorheic”, meaning it retains water and does not outflow to an ocean; the evaporation of water containing minerals leaves behind the salt.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, December 1, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Landmarks For Sale; A Red-Hot Latin Lawyer; Macbeth’s Witches On Food Network; Crossword Clues “H”; Nursery Rhyme Phobias; Aerosmith)
Garrett got off to a hot start in this one, clearing $7,000 by the interviews. He cooled off slightly after the break, but taking the big money off the board early meant that Garrett still had a big lead at the midway point of the game.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Garrett 8 correct 0 incorrect
Brianne 2 correct 0 incorrect
Bryce 2 correct 2 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Brianne was on the beach in Mexico when she got re-Called.
Bryce still hopes to open an eye care clinic.
Garrett has moved to Colorado.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Garrett 11 correct 1 incorrect
Bryce 10 correct 2 incorrect
Brianne 5 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Garrett $7,800
Bryce $2,800
Brianne $2,600
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Eve 6; Fun With Geometry; Ok, Corral Me; One Of These Kings Is Not Like The Others; Punny & Not-Punny Definitions; Eros Myth)
Garrett found both of the Daily Doubles in Double Jeopardy; despite him making a more conservative wager on the last one, he was aggressive on the first one and was still able to pull out a runaway going into Final!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Garrett 23 correct 1 incorrect
Brianne 15 correct 1 incorrect
Bryce 17 correct 4 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Garrett $27,400
Brianne $12,600
Bryce $10,400
Bryce and Garrett got Final correct — Garrett is moving on to the semifinals!
Tonight’s results:
Bryce $10,400 + $0 = $10,400 (What the Great Salt Lake? Rest in peace, grandpa)
Brianne $12,600 – $8,201 = $4,399 (What is Oneida Lake)
Garrett $27,400 + $0 = $27,400 (What is the Great Salt Lake?) (Semi-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) A RED-HOT LATIN LAWYER $800 (clue #8)
Garrett 1000 +1000 (Bryce -1200 Brianne 1200)
2) EROS MYTH $2000 (clue #8)
Garrett 13800 +7000 (Bryce 2800 Brianne 7000)
3) PUNNY & NOT-PUNNY DEFINITIONS $1600 (clue #18, $8000 left on board)
Garrett 22800 +1000 (Bryce 10400 Brianne 9800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 155
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Garrett 1 5 4*
Bryce 3
Brianne 4 4 3 5
DJ! Round:
Garrett 4 2 3 5* 4† 5 4*
Bryce 4 3 2 3 4
Brianne 5 3 5 4 5 5
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Garrett 3.70
Bryce 3.17
Brianne 4.30
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:
Garrett $22,800 Coryat, 23 correct, 1 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Bryce $10,400 Coryat, 17 correct, 4 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Brianne $12,600 Coryat, 15 correct, 1 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $45,800
Lach Trash: $4,600 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,600
Lead Changes: 2
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Garrett Marcotte, career statistics:
114 correct, 13 incorrect
6/7 on rebound attempts (on 19 rebound opportunities)
38.63% in first on buzzer (107/277)
7/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $17,900)
3/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,680
Bryce Hwang, career statistics:
92 correct, 16 incorrect
9/9 on rebound attempts (on 15 rebound opportunities)
39.38% in first on buzzer (89/226)
5/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $18,400)
3/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,400
Brianne Barker, career statistics:
58 correct, 8 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (57/171)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$500)
0/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,067
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score: December 1, 2023 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Garrett $27,400 Brianne $12,600 Bryce $10,400)
Garrett: Limit your bet to $2,199—but really, there’s no reason to bet anything here. (Actual bet: $0)
Bryce: Limit your bet to $5,999 for the best chance at second place. (Actual bet: $0)
Brianne: Standard cover bet over Bryce is $8,201. (Actual bet: $8,201)
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I was way off. I guessed “What is the Atchafalaya Swamp?” It goes as far west as Texas, it is “bad water”; but it seems I was overthinking—the right answer is so much more obvious.
It was obviously not Badwater, Death Valley, but leading me to think of Badwater led me to thinking of salt flats, which led me to Utah and the Great Salt Lake. All in about three seconds.
As an alumni of the local University, whose team name is a different but similarly named indigenous people (My memory is fuzzy on exactly how closely related the indigenous peoples are to each other, but the similarity of the names always kept them close to each other in my mind), and the familiarity with the body of water that comes from living there for 22 years, this one was a gimme for me. That being said, I can easily see it being tougher for anyone without those connections.
Drats! Wish I had bet more! I blurted out the question before I finished reading the answer. But, alas, I had little confidence in my knowledge of the category.
Hm… second sylabble, “Western”, vast body, “bad water”. That’s a lot of hints. But I won’t pull the trigger and predict a triple get. Too many ways to go wrong 😕
Bad water the western us state and vast body yes it pointed me to the great salt lake in Utah. Still the keywords in that clue are worthy of getting it.
I made a very tiettse guess on this one
Though not familar with the Goshute people, the answers keywords “western,” and, “Bad Water,” gave me “What is Salt Lake?” Would Salt Lake, without the term “Great” been accepted?
IMHO just ‘Salt Lake’ should NOT be sufficient. There are lots of salt lakes in the world and if one does not know what language the words ‘Goshute’ and ‘Teittse Paa’ are (and does not make the assumption that ‘Western’ always means “western U.S.A.” in Jeopardy!), then ‘Salt Lake’ could be any of them. [A few are in the western part of their country or region and Lake Eyre salt lake (also a vast one) is in Australia which is considered to be a ‘Western World’ country and of its 500 separate Aboriginal languages, I suppose some of them COULD have words that sound at least somewhat like ‘Goshute’ and ‘Teittse Paa’. In fact, there are “foreign languages” spoken near a large percentage of the world’s salt lakes. Also, the Sambhar Salt Lake is west of Jaipur.]
On the other hand, ‘Great Salt Lake’ immediately came to my mind to the degree I thought no more about it until finding out if that was correct.
Lisa, with your reasoning, I can see where “What is Salt Lake?” would NOT have been accepted. From what you say “the Great Salt Lake” is it’s proper name, referring to the one in Utah. So since the answer called for a specific place, it’s proper name was what was needed. Standard Jeopardy proceedure.
I had zero clue! Just couldn’t come up with anything. A lot of abbreviating the clue titles tonight. Maybe I’ll do better at FJ when I go watch 3 tapings next Tuesday. I’ll be happy if I know 1 of the 3. 🙂