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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Wonders of the Ancient World) for Wednesday, February 7, 2024 (Season 40, Game 108):
Achilles Tatius wrote that it “was like a mountain… at the top of this mountain rose a second sun”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Taylor Clagett, a marketing director originally from Chesapeake Beach, Maryland
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Lisa Sriken, a lawyer from New York, New York
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Justin White, a director of orchestra personnel from Overland Park, Kansas
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Today’s game, quarterfinal #3 in this competition, is between Justin White, Lisa Sriken, and Taylor Clagett. While I think that many fans will be cheering for Lisa after she won the hearts of many during her initial run back in July, the prediction model does believe that Taylor is the favorite to take victory today.
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Correct response: What is the Lighthouse of Alexandria?
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria, also known as the Pharos, was a famous lighthouse in Alexandria’s harbor that stood over 300 feet tall. Built during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus in the 3rd century BCE, it stood for over 1,000 years.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: U.S. National Forests; Literature Bingo; Ahhh, The French; What Do You Collect?; Sports Professors; The “Ick”)
Lisa and Taylor began a battle right from the start of this episode, with some strong play from all three players in the opening segment.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Lisa 7 correct 0 incorrect
Taylor 5 correct 1 incorrect
Justin 2 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Taylor has received more donations for the Taylor Ann foundation, in honor of his niece, since his last appearance.
Lisa did a lot of shopping for nice blouses to prepare.
Justin wants to assure James Holzhauer that he is not coming for James.
Coming out of the interviews, Justin got to the Daily Double; he made the right play by going all in, but he fell to $0 with an incorrect response. Both Lisa and Taylor kept playing very well and an excellent game was shaping up through 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Lisa 13 correct 0 incorrect
Taylor 10 correct 1 incorrect
Justin 4 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Lisa $6,600
Taylor $5,600
Justin $400
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: It Happened In February; Anthropologists; Quoting The Old Testament; Do Me A Flavor; TV Shows By Character; Numerically Prefixed)
Both of today’s chief combatants saw Daily Doubles in this round; Lisa’s momentum was halted by losing $4,000 on hers, while Taylor went for just $1200 on his Bible one. However, Taylor seemed to get momentum from his correct response, and had a good-sized lead going into Final Jeopardy!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Taylor 22 correct 2 incorrect
Lisa 20 correct 2 incorrect
Justin 8 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Taylor $15,600
Lisa $11,000
Justin $3,600
Final Jeopardy today was a Triple Stumper; unfortunately, Lisa wagered too much in Final Jeopardy, which advances Taylor through to the semifinals!
Tonight’s results:
Justin $3,600 – $3,000 = $600 (What is the Colossus of Rhodes?)
Lisa $11,000 – $9,000 = $2,000 (What is :))
Taylor $15,600 – $7,400 = $8,200 (What is the Collosus of Rhodes?) (Semi-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) WHAT DO YOU COLLECT? $1000 (clue #17)
Justin 2200 -2200 (Lisa 4600 Taylor 4000)
2) ANTHROPOLOGISTS $1600 (clue #2)
Lisa 7800 -4000 (Justin 400 Taylor 5600)
3) QUOTING THE OLD TESTAMENT $1600 (clue #16, $9600 left on board)
Taylor 8800 +1200 (Justin 2000 Lisa 11000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -138
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Justin 4 5 2 5*
Lisa 4 3 4 5 4 3 4
Taylor 5 4 3 5 5 3
DJ! Round:
Justin 3 3
Lisa 4* 4 4 4 3 5† 5 3† 5
Taylor 5 5 4 5 4*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Taylor 4.36
Lisa 4.00
Justin 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:
Taylor $16,000 Coryat, 22 correct, 2 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Lisa $15,000 Coryat, 20 correct, 2 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Justin $5,800 Coryat, 8 correct, 1 incorrect, 12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $36,800
Lach Trash: $9,800 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,400
Lead Changes: 7
Times Tied: 2
Player Statistics:
Justin White, career statistics:
41 correct, 11 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
25.00% in first on buzzer (42/168)
2/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,000
Lisa Sriken, career statistics:
79 correct, 27 incorrect
4/5 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
40.89% in first on buzzer (92/225)
3/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $0)
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,000
Taylor Clagett, career statistics:
77 correct, 18 incorrect
1/3 on rebound attempts (on 17 rebound opportunities)
35.53% in first on buzzer (81/228)
4/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,200)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,700
Andy’s Thoughts:
- The part of my predictions where I thought we might see a lower-than average Combined Coryat in this one was incorrect; today’s game was slightly above the Season 40 average to date.
- As a Formula 1 fan, I was very disappointed not to see a clue about Alain Prost in the SPORTS PROFESSORS category. (Even with a response line of “What is Formula 1?”, it would have been just fine as the $1,000 clue.)
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Taylor $15,600 Lisa $11,000 Justin $3,600)
Justin: You can’t win unless both Taylor and Lisa get Final Jeopardy incorrect and overbet; go all in to put yourself in the best spot in case that happens. (Actual bet: $3,000)
Lisa: Bet $1,800 or less and you win if Taylor gets Final Jeopardy incorrect! (Actual bet: $9,000)
Taylor: Standard cover bet over Lisa is $6,401. (Actual bet: $7,400)
Updated CWC Group 2 odds:
Mira +790
Deb +800
Taylor +940
Patrick +1000
Dan +1100
Alex +1400
David +1400
Kat +1800
Elliott +1900
Vince +2300
Long +2500
Ilhana +2900
Nicole +2900
James +3100
Emma +3100
Sriram +3100
Suzanne +3400
Donna +4200
Ed +5100
Jesse +7200
Diandra +9000
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Maybe a Wonders of the Ancient World category is too easy? There’s only so many of them
Apparently, not easy enough, as none of the contestants responded correctly. Aside from that, I agree with you. There’s a limited number of choices. In this case, “a second sun,” kind of gave it away.
That was my thinking, too.
Duh. I was thinking a great pyramid being like a mountain or the Colossus of Rhodes since also ‘big’ but neither had the ‘sun’ at the top.
I disagree on both counts!
A wonder of the ancient world with a light at the top—“What is the lighthouse of Pharos?”
This one was considered to be a piece of cake since the lighthouse of pharos has the light at the top which should have been a dead giveaway. Egypt has the sphinx and the pyramids as well.
My mind didn’t run to the “Wonders of the ancient world.” For some strange reason it wanted to say “What is Mt. Olympus? But even if it had, don’t believe I knew of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, which seemingly put me in good company. None of today’s players knew of it either.
Today is a perfect example of why I try to never say “oh, this one is easy. It should be a triple-get.” Different people pick up on, and attach to, different parts of the clues. I suspect Taylor and Justin picked up on the name “Achilles” and attached to a Wonder located in Greece. I picked up on “mountain” and attached to “the Great Pyramid” even though I was uneasy about the “second sun” part of the clue, but also knew of pyramids having gilded capstones (though the Great Pyramid seems to predate that practice, upon researching this comment) and thought that could account for the “second sun”. To mean, a lighthouse is nothing like a mountain, so it didn’t even enter my thought. Then again, neither did the Colossus, for much the same reason.
So, once again, things that are obvious to some are not obvious to all, and if I can feel a pang of “am I that much of an idiot to have not known something others believe is obvious?” I’m sure that contestants would as well, should they see the comments, and I try to comment with that in mind.
Sorry, it’s just my two cents, but I think that the community would do well to think about “how would I feel if I were a contestant who missed the clue and I read this comment?” before posting. shrug emoji
Three objections about “a lighthouse is nothing like a mountain”:
1) I believe that people tend to think of lighthouses (most of which they are familiar with are from the 1700s and 1800s) as being fairly skinny (for their height) cylinders, but in more ancient times they didn’t so much have the technology(?) for that and had to build them more substantial at the bottom and not taper very sharply upward. The Lighthouse of Alexandria was like that, looking slightly like a pyramid but more like a setback style high-rise building.
2) As you approach a coastline from the sea, the tops of mountains in the area will be the first “land” to appear over the horizon, so when one got close enough to first see the lighthouse at Alexandria, one would have been closer than when first spotting an actual mountain, but it would probably look similar (just sort of an illusion as to how far away vs how big).
3) The purpose of lighthouses meant they would be on a coast and coasts are where armadas will attack a country (as opposed to attacking that country’s navy at sea), so that might be a reason to build a lighthouse in a strategic location more substantial than otherwise necessary.
[The rest of the posts do not seem to me to be “dissing” the contestants. Many seem to also be revealing how they, too, went about coming up with the wrong response. Sun on top (but NOT the real sun) immediately made me think Lighthouse of Alexandria, but I wasn’t gloating about it and none of the others that said they got it right seemed to be either. I’ve seen you post before, but do you not come to this site often enough to realize that at least half the posts on the weekday pages are usually saying “I got FJ correct” (and maybe how) or “I got FJ wrong” (and maybe how)? Plus, after Ken revealed the correct response I bet all three thought “Duh! Why didn’t I realize that?”]
Would just “Lighthouse” have been accepted here? I’m guessing not, but I can’t find any definitive precedent in the Archive.
Not specific enough
I blanked out on this for about 20 seconds as I was watching the game on TV, but the answer came to me with about five seconds left. Probably not enough time to write down the entire phrase. Also more likely that I would have frozen up live on stage as a contestant.
I could only come up with Mount Everest and that didn’t seem right to me. Not a FJ category that suits me too well.
Retro congrats to Tyler! On to the Semifinals. I had Lisa winning, but I did think that any of the 3 could win. For tomorrow night’s game I have Alex Gordon. See what happens!
On a side note, here in SoCal, we missed quite a few clues and answers being heard due to 2 weather advisories. First was a Severe Thunderstorm Warning and then a Flash Flood Warning. Things that we rarely get out here.
Did anyone else have the same reaction to the question about the movie “Diner” where they are quoting Daniel Stern’s character who is an avid collector of “these.” Ellen Barkin’s character says “who care what’s on the flip side.” Nobody answers, and Ken gives the answer as “LP’s/ records”. Shouldn’t the answer have been “what are 45’s”? If a contestant had said “records,” then I think they could have had a “more specific please,” but isn’t LP’s just wrong?
Ooh, good call.
I kind of noticed that in passing, but it breezed right by. I do wonder if you’re correct. It really doesn’t come up in collecting LPs, does it? But it sure does in 45s. I automatically deferred to the show being right because… I’ve never seen Diner! 😮
Also, regarding another’s post about the ease of FJ, I don’t think there’s too much shame in getting it wrong (at least when it’s me!). And especially not here on this site, where we all say we’re wrong all the time!
To prove it, I’ll explain why I got it wrong!
When I was a kid, I think I knew the Wonders from a children’s history book, but that’s quite a while back, so I’m rusty. I answered, “The Lighthouse at Halicarnassus.” So, yeah. I conflated a (correct) lighthouse with a (wrong) mausoleum.
The clue got me stymied for a minute, and then I was victorious! For a minute (or a couple seconds), at least. Then I felt dumb, like I needed to go read more books. Not shamed, just in need of more knowledge. Easily fixable. Would that all flaws were so easily remedied…
But at least I (re)learned something! Yay!
It is also true that I might feel differently with the added salt in the wound of losing out on actual cash or the guarantee of it in the future. But such is life. I guess, don’t read the comments? Lol
Peace
Yes, I had the same reaction. I would think “record” would be a sufficient response because the hobby is generally called “record collecting.” I think it was specifically LPs, but perhaps the character was demonstrating ignorance of the difference between an LP and a 45, the latter of which more commonly has its B side referred to as the flip side and more often has nothing worth listening to.
Phillip:
Having just watched the scene, and knowing what LPs look like vs. 45s, Shrevie’s record collection definitely consists of LPs, not 45s.
Interesting! I have seen ‘Diner’ but only back when it was new so I don’t remember much except “you know what” 🤨.
It seems possible that the scriptwriter did not know what they were talking about but more likely they were deliberately making Ellen Barkin’s character not know what SHE was talking about (as the “title track” and/or biggest hit on an album [LP] will be on the “front” but the back will also contain hits to get buyers to listen to ALL the songs, hoping to make them even bigger fans).
This was easy for me and I’m shocked not even one of them got it. I wasn’t expecting a triple get since there were a number of traps in the clue, but I thought at least one would attach to the “second sun” as referring to a gigantic lighthouse across the sea. It took me like seven seconds to come up with it, so I’d have had plenty of time to write two 10-letter words. I did not realize that’s where “Pharos” came from specifically; for those of you playing Persona 3 Reload right now, that’s food for thought…