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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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Well darn, I sure overthought this and didn’t pay attention enough to the clue about the movie in 2003. I went with his counterpart War Admiral. 🙁 I’m a dummy because I was just talking horse racing yesterday while at the Jeopardy shoot. I never should have missed this, especially since I really liked the movie!
Great game by all tonight and look forward to the return of Yungsheng tomorrow. I really wanted his streak to go beyond 3 when watching him before and now he has his chance again.
I didn’t think of a horse but a dog – thought perhaps Rin Tin Tin or Lassie (which was really a male) But I guess people don’t keep statistics on dog progeny. I just know that I will never hear Will Rodgers’ name again without breaking out in giggles. 14.
Date of death was 15 years earlier for Rin Tin Tin, but the age (14) was the same. Coincidentally this was the opposite of my first (but discarded) thought: Man O’War who died the correct year, but was age 30.
They obviously don’t keep public records of dog progeny (or bulls, or horses), but there are registries that do, so if an animal of other distinction warrants an obituary, either the writer can find out about progeny or, in interviewing the owners, just be told.
The Will Rogers answer was funny. My mother and I were in histerics when we heard that. I knew it had to be an animal, and horse was the first that came to mind. I also knew it couldn’t have been Secretariat, as that was in the 70s iirc, and the movie was in the 2010s. I knew Sea Biscuit had a movie, so got it right in the end, but laughed real hard at the Will Rogers response. Fathering 1 kid at the age of 14 is crazy enough, much less 100.