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Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
| Nik Berry, a social studies teacher from Baltimore, Maryland |
| Julie Sisson, a library circulation assistant from Everett, Washington |
| Anji Nyquist, a hand model and podcast host from Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
The first of our Wild Card Play-In Games, hosted by Buzzy Cohen on TuneIn Radio, features Nik Berry, Julie Sisson, and Anji Nyquist. All three of these players were 1-time champions in Season 39; it appears to us on the outside that 1-time champions were selected by random draw to take part in this round. These games are audio only; therefore, there will not be any images available to me to post here on the site!
Nick did have the highest average Coryat of the three players in this game; however, Julie did go 2-for-2 in Final Jeopardy during her run. It’s really hard to predict a winner at this stage; I’m just going to enjoy tonight’s games!
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Final Jeopardy category: Tourist Spots
Final Jeopardy clue: Originally known as Longacre, it got its name after a newspaper moved its offices there in 1904
Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, January 12, 2024 Champions Wild Card Play-In Game #1 by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Grand Marshals Of The Rose Parade; Letter Perfect; The Colors Of Music; Break-Ups; Stop!; Hammer Time)
Julie got off to the best start, but fell back to $0 after missing a True Daily Double on clue #8. After that, Nick got going and led at the interviews. Nick picked up another five correct responses to extend his lead by the second commercial break.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Nik 3 correct 0 incorrect
Julie 7 correct 1 incorrect
Anji 1 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Nik got in trouble with his students after his first appearance.
Julie has her lucky Scrabble tile tattooed on her body now.
Anji was very surprised to get The Call for this competition.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Nik 8 correct 0 incorrect
Anji 6 correct 1 incorrect
Julie 9 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Nik $5,400
Anji $2,000
Julie $1,000
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: A City On The Water; Wide World Of Weird Words; Game Shows In The Movies; Over Caste; Iamb Woman; Hear Me Roar)
Daily Doubles proved crucial in this one; Nick doubled up through his, and then Julie fell to $0 for the second time in the match with only six clues left. This meant that Nik had a runaway going into Final Jeopardy!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Nik 20 correct 5 incorrect
Julie 18 correct 3 incorrect
Anji 6 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Nik $17,200
Julie $1,600
Anji $400
Final Jeopardy correct response: What is Times Square?
Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper; Nick advances to Champions Wildcard!
Tonight’s results:
Anji $400 – $400 = $0 (What is ‘ [diacritical mark])
Julie $1,600 – $1,598 = $2 (What is Churchill Downs?)
Nik $17,200 – $1 = $17,199 (What is no idea) (Quarter-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) GRAND MARSHALS OF THE ROSE PARADE $600 (clue #8)
Julie 3000 -3000 (Anji 800 Nik 0)
2) WIDE WORLD OF WEIRD WORDS $2000 (clue #10)
Nik 5400 +5400 (Anji 2000 Julie 4600)
3) IAMB WOMAN $1600 (clue #24, $4400 left on board)
Julie 8600 -8600 (Anji 800 Nik 17600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -100
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Anji 4 3
Julie 4 2 5 1 4 3*
Nik
DJ! Round:
Anji
Julie 2 5 1 3 2 4 2 2† 3 4*
Nik 3 4 4 5 4 5* 3 3 4 5 3 5 2 1
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Nik 3.64
Julie 2.94
Anji 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:
Nik $13,800 Coryat, 20 correct, 5 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Julie $13,200 Coryat, 18 correct, 3 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 4/4 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Anji $400 Coryat, 6 correct, 3 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $27,400
Lach Trash: $15,800 (on 14 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,800
Lead Changes: 6
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Anji Nyquist, career statistics:
26 correct, 7 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 20 rebound opportunities)
15.88% in first on buzzer (27/170)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,067
Julie Sisson, career statistics:
42 correct, 8 incorrect
6/7 on rebound attempts (on 19 rebound opportunities)
21.64% in first on buzzer (37/171)
0/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$15,600)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,533
Nik Berry, career statistics:
40 correct, 12 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 17 rebound opportunities)
27.81% in first on buzzer (47/169)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $400)
0/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,067
Andy’s Thoughts:
- It wasn’t easy to pick up on the category names audio-only; both OVER CASTE & IAMB WOMAN required me actually hearing a clue.
- Those who watched the main game today will recognize the $200 clue in STOP! for sure.
- Today’s box score will be linked to if posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Nik $17,200 Julie $1,600 Anji $400)
Anji: Bet whatever you like! (Actual bet: $400)
Julie: Play for second place, I guess? Bet no more than $799. (Actual bet: $1,598)
Nik: Bet no more than $13,999 and enjoy your win! (Actual bet: $1)
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Before the New York Times moved its offices to Midtown Manhattan in 1904, the famous NYC landmark known as Times Square was known as Longacre Square. It’s now one of the most famous landmarks worldwide.
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Yeah… I am not feeling this. It was rather difficult with not being able to see the clue as you hear it and not being able to keep track of the scores. It’s probably because this is so different than what I’m accustomed to. All that said, FJ was easy and I’m surprised nobody got it.
I’m with you on your last sentence. I wasn’t even thinking “Tourist Spot” to help, just “a location named for a newspaper office”. I guess the rest of the clue kept ‘Herald Square’ from being correct. Lucky for me ‘Herald Square’ didn’t even occur to me until after I had already said ‘Times Square’.
Overall, pretty good, in my opinion. The games had the same pace and feel of televised episodes. I didn’t find not being able to see the clues much of a problem, nor having views of the board — on the latter, I probably was aided by Coryat tracking, so I had a running diagram of the shape of the board.
Scoring updates is one thing that could be improved on for the third play-in game. I know some people would rag on Mayim for going through all three players’ scores when a Daily Double was found, but in this audio-only format, that would really be helpful in gaging the wisdom of players’ wagers. (Remember, not everyone has a “Saunders spreadsheet” open as the game is going along.) Score readout could also be added at the first break, before the interviews.
I definitely agree with that. And, even for someone with a “Saunders spreadsheet” like me, the more score updates, the better—I very much enjoy being able to check my work as often as possible with what’s airing.
This was interesting and I am glad that we are getting these games in some fashion. Thank you for providing the link to these on demand games Andy. Time to listen to Game 2.
I also missed FJ.
I originally missed ready the category for this Final Jeopardy but keywords “name changed when a newspaper moved it’s offices there” lead me to “what is Times Square?”. Not sure if knowing that the category was entitled Tourist Spots before seeing the Fonal Jeopardy answer would have helped, or, hindered, my thinking.
Nice to “see” Buzzy out of his role in the Chase.