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Today’s contestants:
Michael Hutchinson, a maths teacher from Reading
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Rachel Munro, a business analyst from London
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Dennis Wang, an actuary from Walthamstow, London (1-day total: £4,151)
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Andy’s Pre-Game Thoughts:
Dennis Wang is your returning champion after his more-than-£4,000 victory on yesterday’s program; today’s challengers are Rachel Munro and Michael Hutchinson!
Because I’m sure someone else will point it out if I don’t—Michael was the captain of the University of Reading University Challenge squad who lost the 2021–22 final to Imperial College, London. I just have a sense that Michael has what it takes to maybe win a few games on this show. Variance is absolutely a thing, though—I could very well be wrong in my predictions!
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Final Jeopardy category: Capital Cities
Final Jeopardy clue: Despite being the second-highest capital on Earth, this city enjoys a pleasant climate thanks to its close proximity to the Equator
Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! UK today? Here’s the Friday, January 12, 2024 Jeopardy! UK by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round #1:
(Categories: And Now, Time For The Weather; TV Formats Crossing The Pond; Oh… Canada!; Breakfast Around The World; Everyday Ancient Egypt; Spare Change)
Michael certainly Knew His Canada; the Daily Double was there and he doubled his score on clue #11! His 15 correct responses overall in the round put him into a strong position after 30 clues!
Statistics after Jeopardy Round #1:
Michael 15 correct 0 incorrect
Rachel 6 correct 0 incorrect
Dennis 7 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after Jeopardy! Round #1:
Michael £1,550
Rachel £525
Dennis £450
Today’s interviews:
Michael really enjoys being a teacher.
Rachel was a female coxswain of a male boat when at uni.
Dennis studies future probabilities as an actuary.
Jeopardy! Round #2:
(Categories: Historical Coincidences; Doctor Who?; Sports Abbreviations & Acronyms; “Bird” Books; Oh My Gods & Goddesses; Warning! Contains “Nut”)
Michael got the second Daily Double as his four-figure punt brought his score over £3,000 before the midpoint of the game! By the end of the round, Michael had 27 correct and almost three times Dennis’s score!
Statistics Jeopardy Round #2:
Michael 27 correct 0 incorrect
Dennis 18 correct 1 incorrect
Rachel 12 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after Jeopardy! Round #2:
Michael £3,600
Dennis £1,225
Rachel £875
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Scientific Heroines; Classical Music In Film; Devon And Cornwall; A Play Date; Monks, Nuns & Booze; Countries In Their Native Languages)
The trivia gods seemed to frown on Michael after he mis-named the American star J! player: it took us 10 shows for us to have a phrasing issue, and it was Michael who got dinged for it! That definitely hurt his momentum, as Dennis came on strong early in this round! Michael then got both Daily Doubles back to back—he missed the first, but got the second. Michael came back after the break to make sure he had the lead going into Final!
Statistics after 75 clues:
Dennis 23 correct 3 incorrect
Michael 31 correct 4 incorrect
Rachel 14 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after 75 clues:
Dennis £2,225
Michael £2,200
Rachel £1,125
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Michael 39 correct 5 incorrect
Dennis 25 correct 3 incorrect
Rachel 18 correct 2 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Michael £3,100
Dennis £2,475
Rachel £1,475
Final Jeopardy correct response: What is Quito, Ecuador?
Dennis and Michael got Final correct; Michael is your new Jeopardy! Champion!
Tonight’s results:
Rachel £1,475 – £1,470 = £5 (What is Addis Ababa?)
Dennis £2,475 + £2,474 = £4,949 (What is Quito?)
Michael £3,100 + £1,851 = £4,951 (What is Quito?) (1-day total: £4,951)
Daily Double locations:
1) OH… CANADA! £100 (clue #11)
Michael 475 +475 (Dennis 200 Rachel 350)
2) DOCTOR WHO? £100 (clue #13)
Michael 2150 +1150 (Dennis 875 Rachel 600)
3) CLASSICAL MUSIC IN FILM £200 (clue #11)
Michael 3550 -1550 (Dennis 1925 Rachel 1125)
4) DEVON AND CORNWALL £300 (clue #12, £2450 left on board)
Michael 2000 +500 (Dennis 1925 Rachel 1125)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 130
Game Stats:
Michael £3,025 Coryat, 39 correct, 5 incorrect, 44.19% in first on buzzer (38/86), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Dennis £2,475 Coryat, 25 correct, 3 incorrect, 29.07% in first on buzzer (25/86), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Rachel £1,475 Coryat, 18 correct, 2 incorrect, 22.09% in first on buzzer (19/86), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: £6,975
Lach Trash: £1,050 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): £1,575
Lead Changes: 6
Times Tied: 0
Dennis Wang, career statistics:
61 correct, 3 incorrect
5/5 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
32.56% in first on buzzer (56/172)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: £250)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: £2,888
Rachel Munro, career statistics:
18 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
22.09% in first on buzzer (19/86)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: £1,475
Michael Hutchinson, career statistics:
40 correct, 5 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
44.19% in first on buzzer (38/86)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: £575)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: £3,025
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I should point out to Michael: The famed American player is James Holzhauer, not James Hauser.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Michael £3,100 Dennis £2,475 Rachel £1,475)
Dennis: Standard cover bet over Rachel is £476. (Actual bet: £2,474)
Rachel: You can’t both defend against Dennis’s small range and stay ahead of Michael if he makes a cover bet and is incorrect. Either bet less than £225 or more than £525. (Actual bet: £1,470)
Michael: Standard cover bet over Dennis is £1,851. (Actual bet: £1,851)
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Owing to its high elevation, Quito, Ecuador has a very pleasant climate, with an average afternoon high temperature only at about 70ºF (21ºC). La Paz, the seat of government of Bolivia, is the only national capital with a higher elevation, about 800 meters higher than Quito. (This has actually caused problems for Bolivia at times in FIFA World Cup qualifying, as Bolivia’s elevation is high enough such that there aren’t enough stadia in the country at a low elevation.)
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Well, I got this one right despite having been wrong about the highest capital, which I assumed was Lhasa. Lhasa is higher than La Paz (which I had incorrectly assumed was a bit lower than Quito as well as knowing it was farther from the equator), but it is no longer a “country”, but rather a ‘Tibet Autonomous Region’ of China. [I did know that China has much control over it, but erroneously thought it was still considered a country “on the world stage”.]
Why does “Capital” apparently only mean capitals of countries and never capitals of states UNLESS stated as a state capital? I tried to research this and did not find that (in information about capitals across the world). [I did discover that a few countries have multiple capitals (for separate functions like judicial vs legislative) and a few foreign territories of Britain have capitals, but even that source made no mention of U.S. states.]
Funny that the US and UK Friday FJs were both ABOUT world capitals.