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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Presidents & Vice Presidents) for Monday, January 22, 2024 (Season 40, Game 96):
The first Vice President & the first President not born in one of the original 13 states were both born in this state
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Ron Cheung, an economics professor from Lakewood, Ohio
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Daniel Moore, a contract compliance analyst from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Holly Hassel, an English professor from Calumet, Michigan
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
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Correct response: What is Kentucky?
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The first President not born in the original 13 colonies was Abraham Lincoln, born in Larue County, Kentucky in 1809.
The first Vice President not born in the original 13 colonies was Richard Mentor Johnson, born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1780.
I have said this before on this site and I’ll say it again: obfuscation is a valid writing tactic to make a question or clue less straightforward. The obfuscation here is adding the Vice-Presidential fact here, because I would assume that it’s an old chestnut of Presidential trivia that Lincoln, born in Kentucky, was the first President not born in the original 13 states. However, you have to sift that out of the rest of the question to get to that point, and if you get bogged down in the Vice Presidential trivia without realizing that Richard Mentor Johnson was also born in Kentucky, you might struggle to get to a correct response within 30 seconds—and that’s a perfectly valid writing technique.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, January 22, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: What A “Day”; Letters Of The Law; Word Origins; The Job Is The Movie Title; It’s Getting Cold In Here; So Put On All Your Clothes)
While Ron struggled with some incorrect responses early, Daniel didn’t, and jumped into the lead! While he spent some time avoiding the Daily Doubles, a correct response it extended Daniel’s lead significantly!
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Daniel 6 correct 1 incorrect
Holly 4 correct 1 incorrect
Ron 3 correct 2 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Ron went viral on TikTok after getting a clue incorrect.
Daniel missed the news about Champions Wildcard because he was taping his initial games during the announcement.
Holly wrote songs to help study.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Daniel 14 correct 2 incorrect
Holly 6 correct 1 incorrect
Ron 7 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Daniel $9,600
Holly $3,200
Ron $1,200
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Short Stories; Tempera-Mental Artists; This Category Is “Mid”; Whose What; Aviation Pioneers; Jukebox Musicals)
Ron got to both Daily Doubles, but didn’t bet for the lead either time! Thankfully for Ron, he played well enough on the final clues to take an $800 lead going into Final!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Ron 16 correct 4 incorrect
Daniel 19 correct 3 incorrect
Holly 15 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Ron $14,000
Daniel $13,200
Holly $8,800
I think I may have misjudged the difficulty of this final—it fell for a Triple Stumper (and certainly, a lot of people in the comments already missed it too!) It came down to the betting, and Ron’s $1,599 ends up advancing to the semifinals!
Tonight’s results:
Holly $8,800 – $8,700 = $100 (What is Tennessee?)
Daniel $13,200 – $13,200 = $0 (What is Tennessee)
Ron $14,000 – $12,401 = $1,599 (What is New Hampshire?) (Semi-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) IT’S GETTING COLD IN HERE $400 (clue #27)
Daniel 6400 +3000 (Holly 3200 Ron 800)
2) THIS CATEGORY IS “MID” $800 (clue #11)
Ron 5200 +3000 (Holly 8400 Daniel 9200)
3) WHOSE WHAT $2000 (clue #21, $6800 left on board)
Ron 7400 +5000 (Holly 7200 Daniel 12800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 172
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Holly 3 4 4 3 3 2 3
Daniel 5 5 4 5 5 5 1 4 2 1 1 2 2*
Ron 4 5 4 3 3 2 2
DJ! Round:
Holly 3 4 5 3 2 3 2
Daniel 5 5 4 5 4 3 2
Ron 3 4 3 4 2* 2 5*
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Ron 3.29
Holly 3.14
Daniel 3.50
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:
Ron $8,800 Coryat, 16 correct, 4 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Holly $8,800 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Daniel $10,600 Coryat, 19 correct, 3 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $28,200
Lach Trash: $14,800 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,000
Lead Changes: 2
Times Tied: 2
Player Statistics:
Holly Hassel, career statistics:
43 correct, 11 incorrect
4/6 on rebound attempts (on 20 rebound opportunities)
25.73% in first on buzzer (44/171)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,600)
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,267
Daniel Moore, career statistics:
91 correct, 18 incorrect
4/5 on rebound attempts (on 16 rebound opportunities)
41.67% in first on buzzer (95/228)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $13,800)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,200
Ron Cheung, career statistics:
46 correct, 13 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
29.24% in first on buzzer (50/171)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $16,000)
0/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,000
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Ron $14,000 Daniel $13,200 Holly $8,800)
Holly: If Daniel bets to cover and is incorrect, he falls to $8,799. Stand pat, bet $0. (Actual bet: $8,700)
Daniel: Standard cover bet over Holly is $4,401. (Actual bet: $13,200)
Ron: Standard cover bet over Daniel is $12,401. (Actual bet: $12,401)
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I guessed Ohio. I’m not too up on Presidential birthplaces.
Remember, “Grant was the first from Ohio” came up in November in Final.
I also went with Ohio, not remembering that Grant was the first from Ohio. I did remember something recently about the Presidency and Ohio though. 🙁
Knowing Lincoln was born in Kentucky, and off hand not knowing if any of the previous 15 presidents were not born in the original 13, Kentucky seemed like a good guess.
I used the same reasoning to come up with Kentucky.
Me Too.
I guessed Tennessee, thinking of Andrew Jackson, but apparently he was born somewhere in Carolina.
I was thinking the same way. I had no idea on the VP, but I knew Andrew Jackson was from Tennessee. I didn’t know he wasn’t born there.
I was thinking Tennessee because of James Polk and Andrew Johnson
So was I because of not knowing “from” vs “born in”. I do not mean that I do not know the difference or that I misunderstood the clue, just that “from” is what I remember (and I probably never knew “born in” for some). Mostly I just had no memory of Richard Mentor Johnson AT ALL. My second choice was Kentucky because of Abraham Lincoln and I did know that New Hampshire was one of the original 13 states.
Oh, and actually I was thinking of Andrew Jackson rather than James Polk. What is now Tennessee was originally the western part (2/3?) of what is now North Carolina, but I don’t think any of these three were actually born in that part of NC.
I was thinking Tennessee at one point but my mind went to Kentucky thinking of abe Lincoln. Presidential birthplaces are fairly decent for my taste
Lincoln being born in Kentucky is something I remember from my American history classes, but if the fact he was the first President born outside the original 13 states came up during those classes my mind didn’t record it. Like two of todays players I thought Tennessee. Obviously I need to be one state north.
The actual outcome somehow feels more satisfying to me, than if Holly had made a strategic bet.
Ron was the only one who wagered correctly in FJ. If either of the other two had wagered correctly, they would have won. So, I guess that means Ron earned the win and congratulations to him on that.
I don’t think adding the Vice President obfuscated anything here for the very reason that Andy stated. Anyone up on their Presidential trivia knows that Lincoln was the first President born in a state outside of the original 13. Most people would also know that Lincoln was born in Kentucky, not Illinois. One could just ignore the part about the Vice President. My thinking is that more people would have gotten the final wrong due to thinking Lincoln was born in Illinois (instead of Kentucky) rather than due to the Vice President being added.
The Final simply required another layer of knowledge. Obfuscation is an intentional attempt to make something “obscure, unclear or unintelligible”.