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Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
| Rachel Clark, a director of client strategy from Washington, D.C. |
| Matthew Ott, an accountant from La Crescenta, California |
| Daniel Ciarrocchi, a writer from Baltimore, Maryland |
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
As with the first game, we’ve got three players 1-day champions from Season 39 here playing for a spot in Champions Wildcard. I should note that our players in these games did have their travel to Los Angeles and accommodations while in L.A. provided for them. The third of these Play-In Games will be airing on February 2nd.
The overall stats of our players in this game are slightly higher than the previous one, though nobody’s average Coryat Score is above $11,000 in our second play-in game. Much like Play-In Game #1, it will be hosted by Buzzy Cohen, who also hosted the 2021 Tournament of Champions.
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Final Jeopardy category: Literary Inspiration
Final Jeopardy clue: A book by historian Thomas Carlyle that Dickens said he’d read 500 times has this title subject that Charles would write about himself
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 #2 by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Just Deserts; NBA History; Kiddie Lit; Nicknames; Colleges & Universities; Mining For “Ore”)
Rachel got off to the best start with 6 correct responses in the first 15 clues. Shortly after the break, Rachel got the Daily Double and extended her lead! She had nearly $10,000 after 30 clues!
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Rachel 6 correct 0 incorrect
Matthew 3 correct 1 incorrect
Daniel 3 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Rachel just ran her fifth marathon.
Matthew had to put off jury duty to play in this event.
Daniel went to a Baltimore Jeopardy! bar for the game he lost.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Rachel 15 correct 0 incorrect
Matthew 6 correct 1 incorrect
Daniel 5 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Rachel $9,700
Matthew $3,000
Daniel $2,400
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: A Genre Category; My “Son”, The President; Opera, Like It Or Not; 3 Little Letters; Marine Life; Sprachen Sie Deutsch?)
Rachel got to the first Daily Double early in the round as her $5,000 bet put her even further into the lead! From there, the question would be “would she get a runaway?” and even though Matthew doubled up through the last one, it wasn’t enough to break Rachel’s runaway on this one!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Rachel 23 correct 0 incorrect
Matthew 12 correct 4 incorrect
Daniel 11 correct 4 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Rachel $22,300
Matthew $8,800
Daniel $4,800
Final Jeopardy correct response: What is the French Revolution?
Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper, but Rachel’s runaway sees her through to next week’s games!
Tonight’s results:
Daniel $4,800 – $3,199 = $1,601 (What is architecture?)
Matthew $8,800 – $8,800 = $0 (What is poverty?)
Rachel $22,300 – $0 = $22,300 (What is ?) (Quarter-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) JUST DESERTS $600 (clue #18)
Rachel 4800 +2500 (Daniel 2000 Matthew 2200)
2) MY “SON”, THE PRESIDENT $2000 (clue #5)
Rachel 12500 +5000 (Daniel 1200 Matthew 3000)
3) 3 LITTLE LETTERS $1600 (clue #10, $20800 left on board)
Matthew 3400 +3400 (Daniel 0 Rachel 18700)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 192
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Daniel 5 3 5 5 4 4
Matthew 2 2 5
Rachel 4 3 4 3 5 3 4 5 3*
DJ! Round:
Daniel 3 4 4
Matthew 5 3 4*
Rachel 3 5* 3 4
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Rachel 3.77
Daniel 4.11
Matthew 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:
Rachel $17,400 Coryat, 23 correct, 0 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Daniel $4,800 Coryat, 11 correct, 4 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Matthew $7,000 Coryat, 12 correct, 4 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $29,200
Lach Trash: $18,000 (on 14 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,800
Lead Changes: 4
Times Tied: 1
Player Statistics:
Daniel Ciarrocchi, career statistics:
44 correct, 9 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 17 rebound opportunities)
26.04% in first on buzzer (44/169)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$4,500)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,800
Matthew Ott, career statistics:
37 correct, 9 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
21.64% in first on buzzer (37/171)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,600)
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,533
Rachel Clark, career statistics:
48 correct, 4 incorrect
5/5 on rebound attempts (on 14 rebound opportunities)
23.39% in first on buzzer (40/171)
4/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $11,900)
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,600
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Obviously the “commercials” were way too short to try to update the site mid-game.
- Today’s box score will be linked to if posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Rachel $22,300 Matthew $8,800 Daniel $4,800)
Daniel: Bet at least $3,200 in the battle for second, in case Matthew just makes a cover bet for second. (Actual bet: $3,199)
Matthew: Cover bet over Daniel for second place is $801. (Actual bet: $8,800)
Rachel: Limit your bet to $4,699 and enjoy your victory! (Actual bet: $0)
More information about Final Jeopardy:
The Thomas Carlyle book, titled The French Revolution: A History, was written in 1837, just under 50 years after the Revolution took place. It certainly served as an inspiration for Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, as Dickens was said to carry the book around with him as he went.
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Are you realizing that your “PLAY-IN GAME #1 RECAP (JANUARY 12, 2024)” is posted FOLLOWING [as in “Next Post >”] your “PLAY-IN GAME #2 RECAP (JANUARY 12, 2024)”? Maybe there is a reason, but it doesn’t seem logical.
I set them to post at the same time, I guess WordPress put 2 in the wrong spot.
The times have been adjusted.
Figuring out the true order must have confused me as it turns out I did not even read this one. Now that I have, I was very surprised to get FJ correct, mostly because I was not fully confident about my response but also because it had turned out to be a Triple Stumper.
Interesting that both of these play in games were won in Runaway fashion. I was at the taping of Matthew Ott’s title defense that aired on 12/12/22, but he lost to 3 game champion Sean McShane.
The taping date was 10/24/22 and we got to see the morning taping of the shows that aired on 12/12/22, 12/13/22, and 12/14/22. I didn’t get to see what happened to Sean McShane’s 3 game win streak until the night of 12/15/22 and lo & behold that was the start of Ray Lalonde’s 13 game winning streak. Just missed seeing Ray by that much!
The Final Jeopardy category, and, the answer, for this play in game, didn’t help me any.
It was a totla miss for me. See what happens next game.