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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Countries of the World) for Friday, March 1, 2024 (Season 40, Game 125):
Fearful of independence in 1975, around 120,000 of this country’s people, a third of the population, fled to the Netherlands
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Josh Saak, a traffic engineer from Boise, Idaho
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Brian Henegar, a guest services agent from LaFollette, Tennessee
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Stephen Webb, a data scientist from Longmont, Colorado
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
After yesterday’s barn-burner that saw a dramatic come-from-behind victory by Luigi de Guzman, today’s quarterfinal is shaping up to be another evenly-matched battle. Stephen Webb’s unluckiness at finding Daily Doubles in the last half of his run is hurting his standing in the prediction model a little bit, while Brian Henegar and Josh Saak both have had some very strong performances. I don’t know who’s going to win this one!
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Correct response: What is Suriname?
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Suriname, colloquially known pre-independence as Dutch Guiana, was one of the Dutch colonial possessions; Suriname is on South America’s northern coast. In the lead-up to Surinamese independence in 1975, many Surinamese, who had been given equal status with the mainland provinces of The Netherlands, fled to Europe, fearing a potential loss of economic opportunities post-independence.
Honestly, I think this should be a straightforward Final Jeopardy clue for most ToC-level players, who should hopefully be familiar with the general history of European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, March 1, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Place Name Etymologies; Getting Seal-y; Food, Fast; Pop Culture Princesses; Decades; Rhymes With Rhyme)
Although Stephen got to the Daily Double, an incorrect response dropped him into the red. Both Brian and Josh had a good start, but Josh led on the strength of not giving any incorrect responses.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Josh 5 correct 0 incorrect
Brian 5 correct 1 incorrect
Stephen 2 correct 2 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Josh is a bit of a local celebrity in Boise.
Brian spent part of his winnings on a Ferrari…racing wheel for his Xbox.
Stephen did an interview from a coffee shop right after a workout.
While Stephen struggled with incorrect responses, Josh and Brian kept a very close battle going.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Josh 11 correct 0 incorrect
Brian 10 correct 2 incorrect
Stephen 3 correct 3 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Josh $5,600
Brian $5,200
Stephen -$800
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: That’s A Long Story; Architecture; Cover Me; “N”owledge; Chemistry Class; Gendered Language)
While Stephen got DD2 correct, he was unable to stay out of the red by the end of the round and won’t be playing Final. Meanwhile, Brian got to DD3, but an incorrect response brought his score back close to Josh’s. No matter, though, Brian picked up 8 correct in the second half of Double Jeopardy to hold a crush-sized lead going into clue #61.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Brian 23 correct 5 incorrect
Josh 16 correct 1 incorrect
Stephen 8 correct 7 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Brian $12,800
Josh $8,400
Stephen -$800
While Josh named another country that gained independence in 1975, neither player could come up with Suriname. Brian’s crush position going into Final puts him into the semfinals!
Tonight’s results:
Stephen -$800 (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
Josh $8,400 – $4,405 = $3,995 (What is Papua New Guinea?)
Brian $12,800 – $4,001 = $8,799 (What is Belgium?) (Semi-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) PLACE NAME ETYMOLOGIES $600 (clue #10)
Stephen 400 -1000 (Brian 1800 Josh 1200)
2) “N”OWLEDGE $2000 (clue #7)
Stephen -3600 +2000 (Brian 3600 Josh 6800)
3) THAT’S A LONG STORY $1600 (clue #15, $13600 left on board)
Brian 10800 -3200 (Stephen -800 Josh 7600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -30
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Stephen 5 5 4 3*
Brian 3 4 3 4
Josh 4 3
DJ! Round:
Stephen 5 4 5 4 5* 5 3
Brian 4 3 2 3 4*
Josh 3 2 4†
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Brian 3.33
Josh 3.20
Stephen 4.36
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:
Brian $16,000 Coryat, 23 correct, 5 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Josh $8,400 Coryat, 16 correct, 1 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
Stephen $200 Coryat, 8 correct, 7 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $24,600
Lach Trash: $13,800 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $15,600
Lead Changes: 6
Times Tied: 5
Player Statistics:
Stephen Webb, career statistics:
223 correct, 39 incorrect
13/14 on rebound attempts (on 37 rebound opportunities)
40.70% in first on buzzer (232/570)
6/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $21,200)
3/9 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,840
Brian Henegar, career statistics:
137 correct, 26 incorrect
6/8 on rebound attempts (on 21 rebound opportunities)
50.18% in first on buzzer (142/283)
5/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
1/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,400
Josh Saak, career statistics:
186 correct, 28 incorrect
6/10 on rebound attempts (on 34 rebound opportunities)
36.52% in first on buzzer (187/512)
7/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $26,800)
6/9 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,978
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Brian $12,800 Josh $8,400 Stephen -$800)
Stephen: (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
Brian: Standard cover bet over Josh is $4,001. (Actual bet: $4,001)
Josh: Bet at least $400, but you might as well go all in here. (Actual bet: $4,405)
Updated ToC odds:
Luigi +460
Jared +500
Yogesh +550
Emily +750
Brian +1000
Ben C. +1200
David +1500
Troy +1700
Ray +2300
Sean +2900
Ike +3000
Emmett +5000
Justin +6500
Melissa +9600
Deb +11000
Finals length odds:
3 games: +690
4 games: +310
5 games: +220
6 games: +300
7 games: +710
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Pretty straightforward FJ clue today. The only revelation for me was that Suriname ends in an ‘e’. Who knew?
I knew, just because every time I see it written I wonder if I’ve been pronouncing it wrong as “Surinam’.
But I did not get FJ correct. I guessed South Africa, though I doubted I was correct.
I guessed “What is Ghana?”, even though I knew its population was way too big. I wasn’t even thinking about South America. Obviously I’m not qualified to play at the ToC level. My Finals score this week was a big fat 0 !
Also, Ghana wasn’t a Dutch colony.
I was in the correct hemisphere. I went with Sint Maarten. For what it’s worth, that island is the smallest under two nations – 37 square miles, 21 of which is French, the other 16 of which is Dutch. Also, the shortest regularly scheduled international flight goes from that island to Anguilla (I took the less than an hour boat ride).
I always wanted to visit there but never got around to it. My hairstylist told me he took his wife on vacation there every year, which made me wonder if I was overtipping him.
As Suriname was the only Dutch-colonized country I could think of that would have achieved independence as late as 1975, I guessed correctly on this one! Still, former Dutch colonial countries is a topic I should learn more about.
I’m just proud I actually got a TOC-level FJ.
Wasn’t Suriname used as a final jeopardy once before in the past year? Or maybe it was a rerun I saw it in.
BTW, from one Newf to another, love the website.
There was one in November 2021, rerun in August 2022.
That was what I was thinking, too, but I thought maybe I was actually remembering a wrong FJ response by someone.
If one could remember Dutch colonies that became idependent in 1975, this Final Jeopardy was relatively straight forward. But it wasn’t that straight forward for me. Like MarkS, the only Dutch colony I could think of was Suriname. And, also like MarkS, until I saw the spelling Andy used (I presume he got from the prime Jeopardy reference work for these type of questions the (US) CIA Book of World Facts,) I wouldn’t have spelled it with an “E.” Would Jeopardy rules have made me incorrect for leaving the “E” off?
Basically, the country’s official English name gained the final letter in 1978.
You’d have been OK spelling it without, though.
Dutch colony led me to Suriname fairly quickly, though the year did give me pause. I subsequently recalled that a few British possessions in Central America and the Caribbean (Belize among them) didn’t gain independence until the 1980s.
The prediction you made in the last mailbag you wrote back on February 4 is looking pretty good; it’s likely to be confirmed as soon as Monday.
With all the things swirling around this week of quarterfinal games, tomorrow afternoon should be interesting around these parts.
Despite the rather small size of the population of Suriname, one of the members of the church choir I was in was from Suriname. Because of this, I was rather familiar with Suriname previously being Dutch Guiana. That made it easy. It is always surprising to me when I meet someone from such a small country.
It was an easy Final Jeopardy for me … mainly because I knew that damn near all of the population of Suriname (I know that’s an exaggeration) moved to the Netherlands.
A little surprised to see zero comments on Brian’s winning reaction; not saying it was good or bad, just.. different? (Esp. after the multiple “group hugs” earlier in the week)
The game overall was pretty uneven for a ToC game, no comparison to yesterday’s classic (and yes, I’m a grieving non-Canadian Juveria fan!)
Finally, I got Surinam(e), and think this was a fair and worthy Final J! clue.
Nope, no FJ for me today. Started the week off with a bang and then nada the rest of the way for a 1 for 5 week. I threw out a guess of Monaco, just to have something and nope, not it. Didn’t think it was.
Retro congrats to a very excited Brian Henegar on the win in Quarterfinal #6. Since Bruce brought it up in the previous post, I’ll go on record of saying I have no problem at all with Brian’s celebration of victory. It should be exciting to be moving onto the Semifinals of the ToC. 🙂
Have a great weekend everyone and I am very much looking forward to one of my favorites returning on Monday and that is Mr. Ray Lalonde. 🙂