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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category U.S. Stamps) for Monday, February 12, 2024 (Season 40, Game 111):
This Roman numeral appeared on stamps in a 2022 series for the 50th anniversary of an anti-discrimination law
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Dan Wohl, a high school history teacher from Brooklyn, New York
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Donna Matturri, a librarian from Columbus, Ohio
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Sriram Krishnan, a consultant from Falls Church, Virginia
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
As we get closer and closer to the start of the Tournament of Champions—the first quarterfinal is just 11 days away—the battle for that last spot continues, with today’s game featuring the sixth quarterfinal between Sriram Krishnan, Donna Matturri, and Dan Wohl. My prediction model considers Dan to be the favorite in today’s game, on the strength of his very strong victory where he ended the run of ToCer Matthew Marcus. Dan has earned a net $9,500 on Daily Doubles over his initial games; this bodes well for his chances as long as he can find those major clues. If not, though, both Sriram and Donna have very good average Coryat scores—I’m expecting a hotly-contested battle in today’s game.
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Correct response: What is IX?
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The Education Amendments of 1972 are best known today for Title IX, which enshrined into law prohibitions on gender-based discrimination in educational institutions receiving federal aid. Interestingly, one of the major impacts of the law has been a significant increase in women in organized sports, especially at the college level, in the United States.
In 2022, the U.S. Postal Service commemorated the 50th anniversary of Title IX with a series of four Forever stamps, featuring a runner, swimmer, gymnast, and soccer player.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, February 12, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Pop Culture Vs.; Airline Logos; Initials Of Historic People; Some Very Moving Words; Life In The 1920s; Genius: MLK/X)
While Donna did get off to the best start on the buzzer in this one, she did select four top-row clues in the opening segment, certainly leaving an opening to her opponents in the hunt for those crucial Daily Doubles.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Donna 9 correct 0 incorrect
Sriram 3 correct 0 incorrect
Dan 3 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Dan thinks he might have inspired Skrillex to release his latest album.
Donna thinks sleep is important to play “Jeopardy”.
Sriram isn’t scared of Cris Pannullo.
While Donna did get to the Daily Double, her incorrect response on it dropped her to second place; Sriram led after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Donna 14 correct 1 incorrect
Sriram 7 correct 1 incorrect
Dan 6 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Donna $4,900
Sriram $4,800
Dan $2,200
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Fictional Characters; Oceanography; Musicians Of The 1960s; Homes; International Organizations; Rhyming Synonyms)
Donna got to the first Daily Double, and used it to build a big lead. However, she left another opening—which Dan took full advantage of when he doubled up through the last one. While Dan took some incorrect responses in the last half of the round, Sriram kept Donna from having a runaway going into Final!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Donna 23 correct 1 incorrect
Sriram 15 correct 1 incorrect
Dan 12 correct 4 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Donna $20,700
Sriram $13,200
Dan $6,000
Both Dan and Sriram were correct, but Donna was not—Sriram advances to the semifinals in come-from-behind fashion!
Tonight’s results:
Dan $6,000 + $1,000 = $7,000 (What is IX)
Sriram $13,200 + $13,200 = $26,400 (What is IX) (Semi-Finalist)
Donna $20,700 – $5,800 = $14,900 (What is LXII?)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) LIFE IN THE 1920s $1000 (clue #21)
Donna 5400 -2500 (Sriram 3600 Dan 2600)
2) FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $1200 (clue #6)
Donna 10500 +5000 (Sriram 4800 Dan 5000)
3) INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS $1600 (clue #12, $19600 left on board)
Dan 4200 +4200 (Sriram 6800 Donna 17100)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 101
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Sriram 3 4 2 5 3 5
Donna 5 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 5*
Dan 3 3 4 4 4
DJ! Round:
Sriram 3 4
Donna 4 5 3* 2† 1†
Dan 3 4 5 3 4*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Sriram 3.63
Donna 2.53
Dan 3.70
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:
Sriram $13,200 Coryat, 15 correct, 1 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Donna $19,400 Coryat, 23 correct, 1 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Dan $3,400 Coryat, 12 correct, 4 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $36,000
Lach Trash: $11,200 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,800
Lead Changes: 8
Times Tied: 2
Player Statistics:
Sriram Krishnan, career statistics:
57 correct, 6 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 15 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (54/171)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,400)
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,600
Donna Matturri, career statistics:
76 correct, 13 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 13 rebound opportunities)
34.65% in first on buzzer (79/228)
2/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,500)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,750
Dan Wohl, career statistics:
53 correct, 7 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 14 rebound opportunities)
28.82% in first on buzzer (49/170)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $13,700)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,000
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Donna $20,700 Sriram $13,200 Dan $6,000)
Sriram: Bet at least $1,800 to pass Donna if she gets Final incorrect. (Actual bet: $13,200)
Donna: Standard cover bet over Sriram is $5,701. (Actual bet: $5,800)
Dan: Your only chance of winning happens if Donna overbets. Go all in to give yourself the best chance. (Actual bet: $1,000)
Updated CWC Group 2 odds:
Alex +430
Mira +730
Deb +780
Sriram +890
Taylor +910
David +1300
Jesse +1400
Kat +1800
Elliott +1800
Vince +2200
Long +2500
Nicole +2700
Ilhana +2800
James +2900
Diandra +8900
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I underthought it and guessed the Roman numeral for 50–“What is ‘L’?” Not a good start to the week.
Ahh I didn’t even think how it could be tricky like that! I automatically thought IX BUT my dad thought like you!
What threw me is I didn’t think of Title IX as an anti-discrimination law (though I should have). I was thinking of something related to race or religion, and then just ended up going with ‘L’. I remember the super bowl 8 years ago when they specifically didn’t use the Roman numeral that one time because they thought a big ’50’ looked better than ‘L’.
I remember that. I thought this year’s Superbowl number LVIII (especially occurring in Las Vegas) made me think of the ‘Flying Elvi’.
Since Title IX was about gender discrimination, does it say anything that for the most part [as I think one each in the other gender’s court] that the females posting on here got it right and the males didn’t? Admittedly it was not a high enough count to be statistically significant, but it was noticeable (especially if there were two Jeffs, but I don’t think there were).
I went straight to L as well and am O for 1 for the week.
When I think back to the day I studied Roman numbers the IX for 9 made me think back to title IX. Although I didn’t apply for title IX just studying the topic is good enough for me
I’m guessing Donna’s answer of LXII she actually meant to be LXXII. Maybe she’s actually kind of relieved that it wasn’t LXXII.
I thought maybe she had 1962 mixed up with 1964 [Civil Rights Act], which was 60 years before 2022 rather than 50, but maybe she thought the postal service possibly wasn’t timely with recognizing commemorative anniversaries.
I had “gone with” IX for “title 9”. I could have sworn that it had been enacted before I graduated high school, but as I was not into athletics anyway, I figured I was wrong (which luckily I was — wrong about the date, not about my correct response 😉). I was kind of surprised I got it right!
Andy – would ‘What is Title IX?’ be considered correct?
I could definitely see the judges going either way on it.
On the one hand: it’s not a Roman numeral.
On the other: It doesn’t technically introduce incorrect information.
It’s hard to say how the judges would rule.
Can’t really say how the judges would have ruled but the stamp actually has “Title IX” on it. The word is pretty significantly displayed on each of the four designs if anyone is interested.
By the way, this was easy for me because I get a daily mail from the Mystic Stamp Company (is it okay to mention a company) featuring a stamp from that date in history and I am old enough to remember when it was issued.
Didn’t start the week off well. Forgot about “Title IX.” so today’s final Jepardy was a loss.”
Andy; wouldn’t the rule about giving more information than is actually called for in a response, being accepted as long as the key element of the correct response is in the response, apply here, if a contestant had written “What is Title IX ?” Like in the clue about Connelly’s (ex) LAPD detective. It seems like they were just looking for Bosch as a correct response, but readily accepted Harry Bosch. as they would if anyone had come up with his full first name, which is the same of the artist Bosch
I went to L immediately. And I was clearly wrong. I was only 3 and 4 years old in 1972. I had Donna winning tonight and now I am 2-4 in my Quarterfinal predictions.
Retro congrats to Sriram and look forward to seeing you in the Semifinals.
I have Long Nguyen winning tomorrow’s game. See what happens!