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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category 19th Century America) for Wednesday, January 17, 2024 (Season 40, Game 93):
An 1884 article calls this newly completed structure “the highest work of man” & disagrees with those who call it “a great chimney”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Patti Palmer, a retired teacher & bookseller from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Juveria Zaheer, a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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Devin Lohman, an architectural designer & Masters student from Peachtree City, Georgia
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
After her triumphant performance in the first Season 39 Second Chance competition, Juveria Zaheer returns to the Alex Trebek Stage in Champions Wildcard. Today she faces off against Devin Lohman, who won just $1,200 in his single win in Season 39, and Patti Palmer, who won a single game before losing to ToCer Matthew Marcus. With Juveria’s performance having aired shortly before the taping of these games, I could absolutely see her opposition being intimidated by that. If not, though, I would say that absolutely anything can happen.
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Correct response: What is the Washington Monument?
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Completed in December 1884 and 555 feet high, the Washington Monument, was literally “the highest work of man”—its height surpassed the then-world’s tallest building, the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, by 43 feet (as per the 1884 article). Per that same article, which was republished in newspapers throughout America in late 1884 and early 1885, “I do not agree with those who say it is nothing but a giant chimney. It is a work of massive, symmetrical, and wonderful immensity; and no man can view it without being filled with great thoughts of man and nature in their infinite possibilities.” The structure was overtaken in height by the Eiffel Tower in 1889.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The Fist & The Furious Movies; Around The Globe; Born On Jan. 17; U.S. Stamps; Politics As Unusual; Inconvenient Words)
In an opening segment that saw our players have difficulty in the INCONVENIENT WORDS category, it was Juveria who picked up the early advantage, thanks to a True Daily Double! Another 8 correct responses after the interviews extended Juveria’s lead to $1,800 after 30 clues.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Juveria 5 correct 2 incorrect
Devin 4 correct 1 incorrect
Patti 4 correct 2 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Patti was the subject of a Rosie O’Donnell TikTok.
Juveria has a daughter with the nickname “Ken Jennings, Jr.” because she hosts Juveria’s prep work.
Devin ran a half-marathon, but trained for this one.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Juveria 13 correct 3 incorrect
Patti 9 correct 2 incorrect
Devin 4 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Juveria $5,600
Patti $3,800
Devin $1,600
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Not To Be Confused; Alliterative Terms; Find The Fish; If Food Be The Love Of Music; Frailty, Thy Name Is Man; Summer Of Our Discontent)
Everyone except for Juveria herself—even Ken—were surprised by what happened on the 15th clue when she found the first Daily Double: she went all in! It was a good choice as her correct response broke the game wide open! She found the last one late in the round and bet much, much less. Needless to say, the score was a dominent runaway for everyone’s favourite Canadian psychiatrist (Canadian spelling of “favourite” used deliberately.)
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Juveria 30 correct 6 incorrect
Patti 13 correct 3 incorrect
Devin 9 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Juveria $32,800
Patti $7,000
Devin $6,400
Juveria was the only player correct in final, an exclamation mark on a dominant performance! She moves on to the semifinals!
Tonight’s results:
Devin $6,400 – $601 = $5,799 (What is the Brooklyn Bridge?)
Patti $7,000 – $7,000 = $0 (What is the Eiffel Tower? Hi, Girls! <3)
Juveria $32,800 + $8,000 = $40,800 (What is the Washington Monument?) (Semi-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) U.S. STAMPS $800 (clue #7)
Juveria 1600 +1600 (Devin 1800 Patti 800)
2) FRAILTY, THY NAME IS MAN $2000 (clue #15)
Juveria 11600 +11600 (Devin 5200 Patti 6600)
3) SUMMER OF OUR DISCONTENT $800 (clue #20, $6000 left on board)
Juveria 27200 +3200 (Devin 5200 Patti 6600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 212
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Devin 3 5 4
Juveria 4 4*
Patti 5 5
DJ! Round:
Devin 4 5 3 3 4
Juveria 3 4 3 4 5 4 2 5* 3 5 2 2*
Patti 4 5 5
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Juveria 3.57
Devin 3.88
Patti 4.80
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:
Juveria $20,000 Coryat, 30 correct, 6 incorrect, 54.39% in first on buzzer (31/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Devin $6,400 Coryat, 9 correct, 2 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Patti $7,000 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $33,400
Lach Trash: $8,000 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $12,600
Lead Changes: 2
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Devin Lohman, career statistics:
34 correct, 10 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 14 rebound opportunities)
19.41% in first on buzzer (33/170)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $15,600)
0/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,333
Juveria Zaheer, career statistics:
132 correct, 21 incorrect
3/4 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
47.37% in first on buzzer (135/285)
9/9 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $64,400)
3/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,840
Patti Palmer, career statistics:
39 correct, 8 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 14 rebound opportunities)
22.22% in first on buzzer (38/171)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,000)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,400
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score: January 17, 2024 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Juveria $32,800 Patti $7,000 Devin $6,400)
Devin: (Actual bet: $601)
Juveria: (Actual bet: $8,000)
Patti: (Actual bet: $7,000)
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I got this, mainly because of the date.
Initially I thought Statue of Liberty (the date is really close), but fortunately ‘structure’ and looks like a chimney quickly diverted me to the Washington Monument.
I also thought Statue of Liberty, thinking that it might have been finished a couple of years ahead of schedule. Those were the days.
Structure and looks like a chimney sent me straight to the Washington Monument. I would not have been able to give the year myself, but would have guessed something about like that, so it did not turn me off my first choice.
Having visited the Washington monument in the past i got this one because of the date in the clue itself. Juveria is very dominant today.
One might think that Patti had neglected to take the category of ’19th Century America’ into consideration, but if a likely structure did not come to her fast enough, she may have thought the publication making those statements could have been an American newspaper writing about the Eiffel Tower.
That said, I still was surprised that it was not a Triple Get (or at least 2 out of 3).
I got this Final Jeopardy! Thing of it is, I have no idea HOW i got it, The keywords in the answer meant nothing to me. Just shrugged and said “what is the Washington Monument?” I was so flabergasted when they revealed Juveria’s response, and, Ken announced it was right!
Guess it just might be another example of Canadians knowing more about US, than we Americans know about our own country (and, certainly more than most Americans know about either of our North American neighbors.)
Living fewer than 20 miles from the Washington Monument made this an easy get for me. I can see whereas one might go for the Eiffel Tower given the timeframe. Still, this was too easy for me given my proximity to it.
Yeah, but the category was 19th Century America, which would eliminate anything outside of the U.S.
As I already commented 2 days ago “One might think that Patti had neglected to take the category of ’19th Century America’ into consideration, but if a likely structure did not come to her [Patti] fast enough, she may have thought the publication making those statements could have been an American newspaper writing about the Eiffel Tower”.
It appears that Ken knew what amount Juveria had wagered in Final Jeopardy before it screened; confirming my suspicion that the host is aware of bets and responses just before the reveals.
For what it’s worth: this isn’t new information. It has been known for years, and the show has explicitly said this (especially on Inside Jeopardy), that after the wagers are locked in, the host is given a card with everyone’s wagers on them, as well as their final scores “if correct” and “if incorrect”, so that the host can quickly inform the viewers as to what is happening.
I went with The Empire State Building for FJ. Oopsie! Congrats to Juveria on a hugely dominant win. I have Martha winning tomorrow.