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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Canadian Medicine) for Monday, February 19, 2024 (Season 40, Game 116):
Nova Scotian William Knapp Buckley devised a widely used antitussive, meaning a drug used against this
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Taylor Clagett, a marketing director originally from Chesapeake Beach, Maryland
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Deb Bilodeau, a restaurant server from San Francisco, California
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Diandra D’Alessio, a technical writer from Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
The Montreal representation continues today as we reach the final week of Champions Wildcard—the Tournament of Champions begins on Friday! This semifinal features Diandra D’Alessio, Deb Bilodeau, and Taylor Clagett. I’m very interested in seeing how far Deb progresses, if at all, if only to prove that there is good reason to study Final Jeopardy strategy!
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Correct response: What is coughing?
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As any Canadian will tell you, “It tastes awful. And it works”. That’s how Buckley’s cough syrup has been marketed since the 1980s, with Frank Buckley, the adopted son of William Knapp Buckley, as its pitchman.
The active ingredients in Buckley’s Original Mixture are ammonium carbonate, potassium bicarbonate, menthol, and camphor.
I think the best way for most viewers to get this Final is to focus on the fact that “antitussive”, realize it sounds a lot like Robitussin, and realize that Robitussin is a cough medicine. In fact, I don’t even think that the Canadian angle to the clue will provide any sort of advantage or disadvantage here to Montrealer Diandra.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, February 19, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: On States’ Highway Welcome Signs; Their Name’s A Bible Book; Potent Quotables; TV Coaches; It’s All “Small” Stuff; Heavy)
It was Diandra who got off to the best start, picking up 7 correct and only 1 incorrect!
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Diandra 7 correct 1 incorrect
Deb 3 correct 1 incorrect
Taylor 1 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Taylor got the Call the same day his daughter was born.
Deb had a friend with an English graduate degree who also missed their last Final Jeopardy clue.
Diandra spent some of her winnings on a dog.
It took only four clues—including a True Daily Double—for Deb to overtake Diandra. The remainder of the round saw a close battle between the two leaders.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Deb 10 correct 1 incorrect
Diandra 9 correct 1 incorrect
Taylor 6 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Deb $5,800
Diandra $4,800
Taylor $1,000
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: National Statuary Hall; Awards & Honors; Plant Lore; Geographic Book Titles; Pop; The Question?)
Both Deb and Diandra got to Daily Doubles in this one—both made smaller bets, making for a very close game going into Final Jeopardy!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Deb 21 correct 2 incorrect
Diandra 16 correct 1 incorrect
Taylor 12 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Deb $17,200
Diandra $15,200
Taylor $4,600
As I said, I didn’t think this would play as a disadvantage to anyone—and I was right! This Final was a triple-get, as Deb advances to the finals!
Tonight’s results:
Taylor $4,600 + $23 = $4,623 (What is coughing? Happy birthday Jackson!)
Diandra $15,200 + $6,000 = $21,200 (What is coughing?)
Deb $17,200 + $13,201 = $30,401 (What is cough?) (Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) ON STATES’ HIGHWAY WELCOME SIGNS $600 (clue #19)
Deb 2200 +2200 (Diandra 4200 Taylor -200)
2) THE QUESTION? $1600 (clue #11)
Deb 8600 +2600 (Diandra 8000 Taylor 2600)
3) AWARDS & HONORS $1200 (clue #17, $9200 left on board)
Diandra 11200 +2000 (Deb 12800 Taylor 2600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 148
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Diandra 4 5 3 3 2 4 3 2 2
Deb 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 3*
Taylor 5 4
DJ! Round:
Diandra 5 4 3 4 5 4 3*
Deb 4 5 5 4* 3 5
Taylor 1 5 4 3
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Deb 4.36
Diandra 3.50
Taylor 3.67
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:
Deb $14,600 Coryat, 21 correct, 2 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Diandra $14,400 Coryat, 16 correct, 1 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Taylor $4,600 Coryat, 12 correct, 3 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $33,600
Lach Trash: $14,400 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,000
Lead Changes: 11
Times Tied: 1
Player Statistics:
Diandra D’Alessio, career statistics:
78 correct, 11 incorrect
8/11 on rebound attempts (on 30 rebound opportunities)
23.86% in first on buzzer (68/285)
5/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $11,400)
2/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,520
Deb Bilodeau, career statistics:
89 correct, 15 incorrect
6/6 on rebound attempts (on 13 rebound opportunities)
38.77% in first on buzzer (88/227)
5/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,600)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,350
Taylor Clagett, career statistics:
90 correct, 21 incorrect
1/3 on rebound attempts (on 19 rebound opportunities)
33.68% in first on buzzer (96/285)
4/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,200)
3/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,280
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Deb $17,200 Diandra $15,200 Taylor $4,600)
Diandra: Bet no more than $5,999 to keep Taylor locked out. (Actual bet: $6,000)
Deb: Standard cover bet over Diandra is $13,201. (Actual bet: $13,201)
Taylor: Bet no more than $599 to have the best chance of winning, just in case Diandra overbets. (Actual bet: $23)
Updated CWC Group 2 odds:
Mira +180
Deb +210
Alex +500
Kat +510
Jesse +1800
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Yes, linked it to robitussin. That’s the only reason I guessed correctly.
I linked it to pertussis, with the same outcome.
I actually linked “antitussive” to “pertussis”, which I caught on a trip to Toronto in 2001. For what it’s worth, the Buckley’s ads should have rang a bell, but did not, because I remember the “it tastes awful” tagline from when when I was in college at Bowling Green State from 1992-1995, and our cable system had CBC 9 from Windsor (and I was a devoted Hockey Night viewer). But, however I made the link, I made it. 😀
That is exactly what I came up with, only I used it’s more comon name, Whooping Cough. I didn’t think a simple cough would be a Final Jeopardy. Well I was wrong. There went my streak of getting Final Jeopardy right. Had to end sometime.
Like Gregory and Katerina E., I linked “antitussive” to “pertussis”. So, “What is coughing?”
Hi RedRose, Congrats on your correct response today. I also got today’s Final! right. I knew that the word meant “against coughing.” I also remembered the Robitussin brand of cough syrup. Cheers!
It seems to me that this was pretty easy for everyone who has responded thus far. For me, I think there is also an advantage to being a parent. What parent hasn’t had to try to get a dose of antitussive into a sick child, hoping it wouldn’t come back up? Lol
I got this one wrong by overthinking it. I, too, immediately thought of pertussis (Whooping Cough) and Robitussin cough medicine, but I also remembered that chest percussion is a long standing treatment for Cystic Fibrosis, so I put too much emphasis on JUST the “uss” all three have in common and went with “chest congestion” instead of “coughing”.
Yesterday’s rain out of the Daytona 500 will impact Fox affiliates’ Jeopardy! showings for today. My DVR guide hasn’t updated for the preemption, and the Baltimore affiliate’s web schedule has the race scheduled for 4pm to 8pm but doesn’t (currently?) have the 7pm Jeopardy! episode rescheduled. I’m at least able to catch the DC ABC channel’s showing at 7:30.
Rather than Robitussin, I got it from a different cough syrup called Pertussin (very close to pertussis).
Another group hug.
I love those! 🙂
That was one fun and great game. All of these players a great to watch!
Retro congrats to Deb and look forward to seeing you in the Finals starting in 2 days! You are the epitome of a fun Champion. Hiding behind the podium when hitting a Daily Double was classic! 🙂
Yep, the audience let out a audible gasp when the FJ was announced and I was intrigued as well, but as Andy said, that wasn’t really the part that mattered. The tussin part mattered completely and my answer a bemused “cough,” thinking can it be that easy? Thankfully I didn’t try to read more into it and change my mind.
On to the last Semifinal tomorrow and I’m anticipating another great game! 🙂
Goodnight everyone!
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