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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Famous Names) for Wednesday, December 6, 2023 (Season 40, Game 63):
Subject of a 2003 film, his 1947 obituary said he fathered at least 100 & died of a heart attack at 14, at a California ranch
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Patrick Hume, a client operations director from Van Nuys, California
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Kate Freeman, a financial manager originally from Lake Orion, Michigan
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Ed Coulson, an economics & real estate professor from Dana Point, California
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Today’s Champions Wildcard quarterfinal sees the return of a history-making player: Kate Freeman, back in December 2020, was the first ever out transgender player to win a game on Jeopardy. Today, she makes her return to the Alex Trebek Stage to face off against Ed Coulson and Patrick Hume. The stats do say that Patrick is likely the favorite, by virtue of his being a 3-time champion, but absolutely anything can happen in a game of Jeopardy. Prior stats mean nothing when a game starts.
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Correct response: Who is Seabiscuit?
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Seabiscuit was a famous American horse of the 1930s and that era’s top money-winning horse. While Seabiscuit was the top Western horse of 1937, War Admiral was the top Eastern horse, winning the Triple Crown that year. A match race was eventually set up between the two in late 1938, which Seabiscuit won by four lengths.
He is best remembered today at the subject of Laura Hillenbrand’s 1999 book Seabiscuit: An American Legend, that was adapted into a 2003 Best Picture Oscar-nominated film.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, December 6, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Real Men Of Science; Watery Songs; House Party; Out Of Con Text; I Just Want A Lover Like Any Other; What Do I “Get”)
An incorrect early Daily Double dropped Kate into the red, but she got back into the positive by the first break; Patrick had a good opening segment to lead. The second half of the round saw Patrick pick up another seven correct responses to extend his lead.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Patrick 6 correct 0 incorrect
Ed 3 correct 0 incorrect
Kate 5 correct 3 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Patrick is now a homeowner and a father.
Kate did a “full Rocky IV training montage”.
Ed sent his book to Ken (but Ken clearly doesn’t remember.)
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Patrick 13 correct 0 incorrect
Ed 6 correct 0 incorrect
Kate 8 correct 3 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Patrick $7,200
Ed $4,400
Kate $2,200
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Hodgepodge; Double Talk; Classic Comic Strips; African Cuisine; Dewey; Decimals)
The Daily Doubles proved critical in this Double Jeopardy round; Ed got his correct, while Patrick did not, for a $6,000 swing in score. Ed led going into Final, with Patrick second and Kate third. Everyone was very close, though!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Ed 16 correct 2 incorrect
Patrick 20 correct 2 incorrect
Kate 15 correct 4 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Ed $14,600
Patrick $10,200
Kate $9,000
Patrick and Ed were correct in Final—Ed is a semifinalist!
Tonight’s results:
Kate $9,000 – $1,201 = $7,799 (Who is Will Rogers?)
Patrick $10,200 + $7,801 = $18,001 (Who is Seabiscuit?)
Ed $14,600 + $5,801 = $20,401 (Who is Seabiscit?) (Semi-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) OUT OF CON TEXT $600 (clue #12)
Kate 200 -1000 (Ed 1800 Patrick 3400)
2) DEWEY $2000 (clue #16)
Ed 8800 +3000 (Kate 5800 Patrick 10400)
3) AFRICAN CUISINE $1600 (clue #18, $8400 left on board)
Patrick 11600 -3000 (Ed 11800 Kate 5800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -92
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Ed 3 2 5
Kate 4 3 4 3*
Patrick 2 1 5 4 1
DJ! Round:
Ed 5 3 3 3 5* 3
Kate 3 4 3 5 4 5 4
Patrick 5 4 2 4 4*
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Ed 3.56
Patrick 3.20
Kate 3.82
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:
Ed $13,600 Coryat, 16 correct, 2 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Patrick $13,200 Coryat, 20 correct, 2 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Kate $10,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 4 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $36,800
Lach Trash: $8,400 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,800
Lead Changes: 1
Times Tied: 1
Player Statistics:
Ed Coulson, career statistics:
78 correct, 10 incorrect
5/6 on rebound attempts (on 14 rebound opportunities)
32.02% in first on buzzer (73/228)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,500)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,750
Kate Freeman, career statistics:
49 correct, 12 incorrect
2/4 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
30.95% in first on buzzer (52/168)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,000)
0/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,667
Patrick Hume, career statistics:
104 correct, 8 incorrect
11/11 on rebound attempts (on 20 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (90/285)
4/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,500)
4/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,440
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score: December 6, 2023 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Ed $14,600 Patrick $10,200 Kate $9,000)
Ed: Standard cover bet over Patrick is $5,801. (Actual bet: $5,801)
Kate: If you think Patrick will bet to cover you, bet less than $200 to win a Triple Stumper. If you think he’ll bet small, go all in. (Actual bet: $1,201)
Patrick: You’re in Stratton’s Dilemma; you can’t both win a Double Stumper with Patrick and cover Kate. If you think Kate will make a small bet, bet $1,000 or less and hope for a Triple Stumper. Otherwise, bet at least $7,801. (Actual bet: $7,801)
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Knowing it had to be a horse I was stuck between War Horse and Sea Biscuit, but went with Sea Biscuit.
Why “had to be a horse”? Why not some famous bull? Also, how long do roosters live? Why not a rooster? JK
According to the official Guinness Book of World Records, the oldest rooster died of heart failure at the age of roughly 12 years. He almost made it to 14. Missed it by that much.
Good choice there as War Horse was in WWI, so could not have been 14 in 1947. (Besides that he was a British horse, though he did also warrant an obituary in the Evening Standard in 1941 that read ‘Horse the Germans Could Not Kill’…)
Sneaky one. I said Billy the Kid.
I knew it was a horse, almost went with Secretariat, but then thought “Whoa! 1947 is way to early for that one”—so, Seabiscuit.
and Secretariat sired over 600…..
Interesting that the obituary said fathered instead of sired. Maybe it was different in 1947, but sired seems like the more typical term when referring to horse breeding.
With all due respect, I think “fathered” was deliberately chosen to obfuscate the fact the clue was about a horse and not a human.
I agree and that goes with what I said yesterday about them deliberately making a part of a clue more vague than it could be to keep the totality of the clue from being any easier.
Thanks Andy, and your comment prompted me to look up the obituary. The NY Times article from May 19, 1947 did say “sired at least 100.” The clue states “his 1947 obituary said,” and then followed that with something it didn’t say. Clues can have some misdirection in them, but they shouldn’t be factually incorrect. Maybe I’m the only one bothered by it, but if Jeopardy is going to cite an historic article, it seems to me to be a foul to replace a key word in the article with a synonym.
With all due respect, the two terms are essentially identical in terms of horse breeding, and one doesn’t give away the correct response. You’ll also note that there were no actual quotation marks in the clue, so I would say there is no foul.
When I figured out the subject was a horse, the time frames gave me the solution.
I like horses, but only from a distance. Any animal human sized or bigger gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Curious about your last comment. I LOVE horses, of all kinds and all sizes at all distances, but especially at a stroking distance! [I love riding them, too, but am no longer able to do that.] So just wondering if by “like horses” you mean “admire horses” or what?
I like horses mostly for their visual aesthetic, but not enough to want to be close to them.
I thought that might be the case as they are certainly beautiful and also pleasurable to watch from a distance or on film.
I like the Will Rogers answer. Given he said he never met a man he didn’t like, if he’d fathered over 100, seemed he would’ve never met a woman he didn’t like, either.
I like the will Rogers answer but since this was about a horse I went with Seabiscuit as well because I remember riding on a horse when I was very young and most recently I saw a horse in Wadsworth falls in 2022
The facts from this Final Jeopardy answer, dying at age 14, fathering at least 100, all pointed to a horse. That lead me to Secretariat, wondering if the movie about him was in 2003. Whatever year it was is obviously irrevelant, because he died long after 1947, a part of the answer I missed. Would I have come up with “Who was Seabiscut?” if I hadn’t missed the year the subject died? I might have. But since I did miss that key fact, we’ll never know. Maybe I’ll do better with the Final Jeopardy in tonights Celebrity Jeopardy.
My first thought was Man O’War who also died of a heart attack in 1947! However, I knew he was older than 14 and died in Kentucky. [Also he sired nearly 400, 57% of which won races themselves!]
Plus I must have missed the 2003 movie about Man O War
I meant I knew it couldn’t be him BEFORE I had to start considering whether there had been a movie that I’d forgotten about. [Man O’War is a personal favorite, so a few elements of the clue made him come to mind first.]
Having grown up within hailing distance of Baltimore’s famed Pimlico Race Track (home of the Preakness, middle jewel in the Triple Crown), I knew immediately this was Seabiscuit.
Given the age of death as being at 14, many people seem to have automatically assumed that it could only have been a horse. I beg to differ as it could just as easily have been a bull. I just don’t think people are as familiar with famous bulls as they are with famous horses. 🙂
I haven’t seen the episode yet so I’m curious as to whether Kate was making a joke or was giving serious consideration to it being a person (Will Rogers). I hope she was kidding.
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. Will Rogers
It is possible in certain circles nowadays that a champion bull could rate an obituary (and possibly even a film, especially if “subject of” was stretching the definition, which some clues do), but I don’t feel that was likely for 1947 and 100 progeny is unremarkable for a champion bull!
A dog could also fit the criteria (except maybe the movie) as the AKC was awarding championships long before that.
[I don’t mean “fit” as in either of those possibilities could lead to an acceptable alternate response, just not undeserving of quick consideration when the clue was presented.]
There is an excellent (what would now be referred to as “YA” level) book titled “Champion Dog Prince Tom,” the true story of a misfit cocker spaniel who was wildly successful both in the show ring and the field in the 40’s and 50’s. His success at begetting progeny is unknown to me, however, and Google is no help!
There are used copies listed on Amazon, but I suppose you were referring to looking up about progeny, not for the book. Being published in 1959, I doubt the book even mentioned puppies, much less a total quantity.
I found a Cocker Spaniel Database online and got nearly 600 results for ‘Prince Tom’ from their general search but none were specifically for just those two words. [They have a deeper search if one wants to bother with a free account, but I didn’t. Maybe you are more curious.]
“Misfit” might be a warning, though. Often problematic purebred animals are neutered before they had a chance to show hidden talents. However, “showing” is not cheap, so a dog would be unlikely to be shown after than even if he turned out to be much better than expected.
Unlike yesterday, I have no problem with this clue (even if I got it wrong). It required you to realize quickly that the correct question wouldn’t refer to a human, and then to shuffle mentally through the animals who would fit the criteria. In other words, a “twist,” but a fair one.
Did anybody catch that Ed Coulson mispelled Seabiscuit as “Seabiscit”?
Some have, but because it can be pronounced the same way, the judges correctly ruled Ed correct.
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Yes, it could be pronounced like a hard “c” (or like a “k”), which would work. One odd thing is that he wrote a letter that looked like not quite a “c” and not quite a “u”. Writing fast can yield funny results.
Loved that we got a Buzzcocks reference in the category names.
I did as well, only now I can’t get the song out of my head)! 🙂