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Today’s contestants:
Dan Adler, an IT consultant from Farnham
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Asha Chumber, a finance manager from London
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Michael Hutchinson, a maths teacher from Reading (4-day total: £23,926)
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Andy’s Pre-Game Thoughts:
Today, Michael Hutchinson, the Reading maths teacher, attempts to win his 5th game; if he does win, he would become the first player in this UK version of the show to win five. In his four games, he’s already won £23,926—£4,425 more than Keshava Guha, the show’s first 4-time winner. However, today’s challengers Asha Chumber and Dan Adler want to stop Michael from winning money and win some themselves! Interestingly, Dan does have a known history of being a strong quizzer, so Michael might have his work cut out for him today!
This brings me to one point of clarification for our new UK viewers: the winner of each game wins their total score at the end of the game, and can return as long as they keep winning. So, regardless of what happens, Michael will win at least £23,926; that money can’t be taken from him at this point.
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Final Jeopardy category: The Winter Olympics
Final Jeopardy clue: This year was the last time that both the Summer and Winter Olympics were held in the same year
Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! UK today? Here’s the Thursday, January 18, 2024 Jeopardy! UK by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round #1:
(Categories: Cover Girls And Guys; On This Day; The Stadium Tour; China; Those Wives Of That King; Palindromes)
Michael got off to a strong start, but fell back to £0 after a missed True Daily Double. No matter, though, 19 correct in the round meant that Michael still had a big lead after 30 clues!
Statistics after Jeopardy Round #1:
Michael 19 correct 1 incorrect
Dan 3 correct 0 incorrect
Asha 5 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after Jeopardy! Round #1:
Michael £775
Dan £275
Asha £75
Today’s interviews:
Dan has been married for 34 years and was in a production with Imelda Staunton in school.
Asha has been skydiving and ziplining.
Michael became a teacher during the COVID lockdown.
Jeopardy! Round #2:
(Categories: What The Dickens?; What’s In A (Brand) Name?; I’D Like To Thank The Academy…; Scales; A River Runs Through It; Before Bed)
After picking up 10 of the first 13 correct responses in this round, Michael went for the jugular and a £1,675 True Daily Double! A correct response put him over the £3,000 mark! At the end of a round that Stephen called “astonishing”, Michael had a commanding lead! This one isn’t over yet, though!
Statistics after Jeopardy Round #2:
Michael 40 correct 1 incorrect
Dan 10 correct 1 incorrect
Asha 6 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after Jeopardy! Round #2:
Michael £4,125
Dan £775
Asha £100
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Football Team Suffixes; It’s Also A TV Show; Literary Shared Surnames; Heart Of The Matter; Sir Isaac Newton; Loose Change)
Dan got to the Daily Double nearly immediately, but somehow decided not to go all in. Still, an incorrect response dropped him to £375. He got some of his money back, but Michael still had a huge lead after 75 clues. In the second half of the round, Dan got the last Daily Double, and his bet sizing was enough to make sure today’s game wasn’t a runaway going into Final!
Statistics after 75 clues:
Michael 46 correct 1 incorrect
Dan 14 correct 2 incorrect
Asha 7 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after 75 clues:
Michael £5,325
Dan £975
Asha £250
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Michael 51 correct 2 incorrect
Dan 24 correct 2 incorrect
Asha 7 correct 2 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Michael £5,625
Dan £3,275
Asha £250
Final Jeopardy correct response: What is 1992?
Dan got Final Jeopardy correct; so did Michael. Michael is the first 5-day champion, £30,551!
Tonight’s results:
Asha £250 – £50 = £200 (What is 2000?)
Dan £3,275 + £2,700 = £5,975 (What is 1992)
Michael £5,625 + £1,000 = £6,625 (What is 1992?) (5-day total: £30,551)
Daily Double locations:
1) CHINA £100 (clue #10)
Michael 750 -750 (Asha -100 Dan 150)
2) I’D LIKE TO THANK THE ACADEMY… £100 (clue #14)
Michael 1675 +1675 (Asha 75 Dan 600)
3) LITERARY SHARED SURNAMES £200 (clue #3)
Dan 1075 -700 (Michael 4425 Asha 100)
4) SIR ISAAC NEWTON £150 (clue #22, £550 left on board)
Dan 1675 +1300 (Michael 5475 Asha 250)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 31
Game Stats:
Michael £4,800 Coryat, 51 correct, 2 incorrect, 55.81% in first on buzzer (48/86), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Dan £2,825 Coryat, 24 correct, 2 incorrect, 26.74% in first on buzzer (23/86), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Asha £250 Coryat, 7 correct, 2 incorrect, 10.47% in first on buzzer (9/86), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: £7,875
Lach Trash: £1,050 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): £675
Lead Changes: 2
Times Tied: 1
Michael Hutchinson, career statistics:
243 correct, 18 incorrect
10/10 on rebound attempts (on 20 rebound opportunities)
53.49% in first on buzzer (230/430)
12/16 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: £8,525)
3/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: £4,500
Asha Chumber, career statistics:
7 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
10.47% in first on buzzer (9/86)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: £250
Dan Adler, career statistics:
25 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
26.74% in first on buzzer (23/86)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: £600)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: £2,825
Andy’s Thoughts:
- If £30,551 was converted into an American performance (taking the American board values into account, it would be equivalent to $171,849), it would be 8th all time in terms of money won through 5 games.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Michael £5,625 Dan £3,275 Asha £250)
Michael: Standard cover bet over Dan is £926. (Actual bet: £1,000)
Asha: Bet whatever you like. (Actual bet: £50)
Dan: Bet between £1,425 and £2,774. (Actual bet: £2,700)
As I can’t math very well is 8th all time in American winnings factoring in all past American winners only play 2 rounds of jeopardy and not 3?
Yes, it takes into account that an American board has $54,000 worth of material on it, compared with the British £9,600 (a factor of 5.625).
Just think of all the crazy possibilities if someone like James Holzhauer had 3 rounds and 4 daily doubles to work with! The possibilities are endless
Honestly? Not as much as you might think. Plus, his run might have ended sooner! Look at how much Dan caught up in Double Jeopardy today—a lot of challengers have actually been finding their timing on the third board.
100% agreed people would have eventually caught on to James way of playing at some point. All the added variables are fun to look at and ponder. Also it’s crazy how much I’m liking this UK version. I watch it before I head to bed as it’s so chill.
Is 5.625 the correct factor to be using here? It seems to result from an apples to oranges comparison (or more precisely here, dollars to sterling). I think the proper factor would be 4.43 (converting £9,600 to $12,188, and diving $54,000 by that).
But I think your ranking is correct; using that factor converts Michael’s total to an equivalent of £135,359, which becomes about $171,800.
With all due respect, adding an exchange rate only confuses the process.
There are 54,000 points on the board in US.
There are 9,600 points on the board in the UK.
Using the “points” framing is helpful here, because it shows how to accomplish the same calculation without resorting to an exchange rate, as opposed to employing one twice. Initially, I thought, don’t you HAVE to convert to dollars to properly compare a British score with American ones? Indeed, one does not.
Besides which the exchange rate varies over time and especially when comparing past winners, that covers a lot of time.