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Today’s contestants:
Junaid Alvi, an accountant from Manchester
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Helen Bolt, a mental health nurse from Birmingham
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Archi Campbell, a lawyer from Greenwich, London (1-day total: £4,800)
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Andy’s Pre-Game Thoughts:
Today is the final game of this series of Jeopardy! episodes in the United Kingdom. After Dean Strachan’s maths error yesterday, Archi Campbell enters this game as a one-day champion, facing off against Junaid Alvi and Helen Bolt. One thing I found interesting about today’s game: listings made reference to a “series title”—please don’t ask me what that means, I am not connected with production—it could mean that the show plans on retiring whoever wins this game and not bring them back if a Series 2 is commissioned (though I certainly wouldn’t recommend that—fans absolutely would expect that sort of continuity as it happens in the United States). Certainly whoever wins this game will win the cash (in addition to the £4,800 that Archi won yesterday, which he also takes home regardless.)
Now, will there be a Series 2? Fans certainly hope so. The discussion that I am hearing from my insider sources are that this show might be a better fit at 3:00 instead of 4:00 on ITV—I know I’d certainly be happier covering this show at 3:00 and I think my overall coverage would improve if it was a 3:00 show.
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Final Jeopardy category: The UK Charts
Final Jeopardy clue: This singer is the first female artist to have a UK number 1 album in five consecutive decades; the 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, and 20s
Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! UK today? Here’s the Friday, January 26, 2024 Jeopardy! UK by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round #1:
(Categories: Travel Tags; Dog Tags; “Take It Off!”; Eat-In Or Takeaway; Who Sang It? Duets; Funny Accents)
Despite our players not always hunting for Daily Doubles today, Archi got the Daily Double. However, he went conservative and only lost a third of his score. That meant that Archi still led after 30 clues.
Statistics after Jeopardy Round #1:
Archi 13 correct 2 incorrect
Junaid 9 correct 1 incorrect
Helen 6 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after Jeopardy! Round #1:
Archi £750
Junaid £550
Helen £525
Today’s interviews:
Junaid stayed at the Banksy hotel in Jerusalem.
Helen loves her job as a mental health nurse.
Archi has a science degree but is now a lawyer.
Jeopardy! Round #2:
(Categories: Biology Basics; Ireland; Fictional Big Cats; Who Said It?; Film Titles! Exclamation Marks!; Consecutive Vowels)
This round saw something that hadn’t happened yet: Archi got a Daily Double correct. That was one of 21 correct responses for Archi in Double Jeopardy as he shot into a huge lead!
Statistics Jeopardy Round #2:
Archi 34 correct 3 incorrect
Helen 11 correct 3 incorrect
Junaid 10 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after Jeopardy! Round #2:
Archi £2,400
Junaid £600
Helen £650
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Name The Decade: Inventions; Name The Decade: Number 1 Hits; Words Of Welsh Origin; 2022 FIFA World Cup; Talkin’ Bout A Revolution; “Camouflaged” Animals)
Archi went back to normal in the first part of this round—with an incorrect Daily Double. A sensibly conservative wager kept him in a big lead with 16 clues to go. Getting the last one correct cemented Archi’s runaway going into Final!
Statistics after 75 clues:
Archi 41 correct 5 incorrect
Junaid 13 correct 3 incorrect
Helen 13 correct 4 incorrect
Scores after 75 clues:
Archi £3,300
Junaid £850
Helen £700
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Archi 47 correct 7 incorrect
Junaid 17 correct 4 incorrect
Helen 14 correct 6 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Archi £4,400
Junaid £1,100
Helen £450
Final Jeopardy correct response: Who is Kylie Minogue?
Only Helen gave the correct response; Archi is our winner thanks to his runaway; he’s a 2-day champion, £7,200!
Tonight’s results:
Helen £450 + £400 = £850 (Who is Kylie Minogue)
Junaid £1,100 – £195 = £905 (Who is Madonna?)
Archi £4,400 – £2,000 = £2,400 (Who is Madonna? (Love you Lauren!)) (2-day total: £7,200)
Daily Double locations:
1) DOG TAGS £100 (clue #19)
Archi 750 -250 (Helen 375 Junaid 375)
2) IRELAND £150 (clue #7)
Archi 1225 +300 (Helen 375 Junaid 650)
3) TALKIN’ BOUT A REVOLUTION £300 (clue #2)
Archi 2700 -500 (Helen 650 Junaid 600)
4) WORDS OF WELSH ORIGIN £150 (clue #19, £1100 left on board)
Archi 3450 +800 (Helen 500 Junaid 1050)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -4
Game Stats:
Archi £4,350 Coryat, 47 correct, 7 incorrect, 52.33% in first on buzzer (45/86), 4/5 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
Junaid £1,100 Coryat, 17 correct, 4 incorrect, 19.77% in first on buzzer (17/86), 3/4 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
Helen £450 Coryat, 14 correct, 6 incorrect, 23.26% in first on buzzer (20/86), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: £5,900
Lach Trash: £1,675 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): £2,025
Lead Changes: 1
Times Tied: 2
Archi Campbell, career statistics:
80 correct, 14 incorrect
5/7 on rebound attempts (on 12 rebound opportunities)
45.93% in first on buzzer (79/172)
2/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -£250)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: £3,675
Helen Bolt, career statistics:
15 correct, 6 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
23.26% in first on buzzer (20/86)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: £450
Junaid Alvi, career statistics:
17 correct, 5 incorrect
3/4 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
19.77% in first on buzzer (17/86)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: £1,100
Andy’s Thoughts:
- No word from Stephen on Archi’s future status.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Archi £4,400 Junaid £1,100 Helen £450)
Archi: Limit your bet to £2,199 and take victory! (Actual bet: £2,000)
Helen: Bet whatever you like. (Actual bet: £400)
Junaid: Limit your bet to £199 or less and take second! (Actual bet: £195)
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I saw Kylie Minogue for the first time on TV recently and was surprised that she was older than most singers that I only know the name of, but I was still more surprised to find out she was old enough to be the correct response to this clue.
I also see Kylie and Dannii Minogue as younger than they are; Dannii was engaged to Canadian F1 driver Jacques Villeneuve in his heyday in the late ‘90s, so I wouldn’t have associated Kylie Minogue with being active in the ‘80s.