Today’s Final Jeopardy – Tuesday, March 19, 2024


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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category The Human Body) for Tuesday, March 19, 2024 (Season 40, Game 137):

This glandular organ that starts to shrink at puberty is known for being where the cells key to adaptive immunity develop

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Ben Chan, a philosophy professor from Green Bay, Wisconsin (2 wins)
Ben Chan on Jeopardy!
Troy Meyer, a music executive from Tampa, Florida (1 win)
Troy Meyer on Jeopardy!
Yogesh Raut, a social and personality psychologist from Vancouver, Washington (2 wins)
Yogesh Raut on Jeopardy!

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

After easily the most dominant game of anyone start-to-finish on the buzzer, Yogesh Raut has now brought himself to within a game of $250,000. Will he win a second straight game to close out this series? Or, will Ben Chan claim his third victory tonight? Finally, there’s no way Troy Meyer will go down without a fight—a win from Troy will send this first-to-three-win series to a winner-take-all Game 7.

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Correct response: What is the thymus?


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The thymus, located in the upper front part of the chest, is a major part of the human immune system; T cells (named after the thymus) are crucial to the body’s adaptive immunity response. After reaching its largest size just before puberty, it shrinks from that point forward, though some T cell development continues throughout adulthood.

I’m not entirely sure how to predict this Final Jeopardy clue; this is not a strong subject of mine personally, so I can’t really say that I’m a good judge of clue difficulty here. To me, this could land anywhere from “this is actually hard, it’ll go 0-for-3” to “this is just a big blind spot in my knowledge, all 3 players will get this instantly”.



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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, March 19, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Speechmaking; Name The River; Newer Machines & Inventions; Organizations; Silence, Letters!; Welcome To The Big Leagues)

While Yogesh picked up 5 correct responses, it was Troy who led after 15 clues, after he picked up a True Daily Double.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Troy 6 correct 0 incorrect
Yogesh 5 correct 0 incorrect
Ben 3 correct 1 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Ben wants to also thank Greg Shahade.
Troy has Jerome Vered as a favorite contestant.
Yogesh joked about being confused with Suresh Krishnan.

Both Troy and Yogesh played well after the interviews; Troy continued to lead after 30 clues.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Troy 12 correct 0 incorrect
Yogesh 10 correct 0 incorrect
Ben 7 correct 1 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Troy $9,400
Yogesh $5,400
Ben $3,400

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Books & Authors; Classical Music Is In Session; Jeoportmanteau!; Directors Acting; Underground; Mind The Gap)

Ben was in a distant third—but found both Daily Doubles! Unfortunately, he got the last one incorrect, and dropped back to $0. Troy led going into Final—but was had another A = B + C situation for the second time in three games! (However, this one was a little bit different.)

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Troy 19 correct 0 incorrect
Yogesh 21 correct 0 incorrect
Ben 15 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Troy $19,800
Yogesh $16,600
Ben $3,200

Ben was the only player correct in Final Jeopardy—but because Yogesh made a small bet in Final Jeopardy, he now has his third win, and Yogesh is your Tournament of Champions winner! Ben finishes 2nd and Troy 3rd.

Tonight’s results:

Ben $3,200 + $3,200 = $6,400 (What is the thymus?) ($100,000)
Yogesh $16,600 – $3,201 = $13,399 (What is spleen?) ($250,000)
Troy $19,800 – $13,401 = $6,399 (What is pituitary?) ($50,000)


Today's Jeopardy! scores (for the March 19, 2024 game.) Yogesh Raut won Jeopardy! today.


Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) SPEECHMAKING $1000 (clue #12)
Troy 2800 +2800 (Yogesh 3000 Ben 400)
2) JEOPORTMANTEAU! $1600 (clue #15)
Ben 4200 +4200 (Yogesh 13000 Troy 17400)
3) MIND THE GAP $1200 (clue #17, $10400 left on board)
Ben 9600 -9600 (Yogesh 13000 Troy 17400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 100

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Yogesh 3 4 3 4 4 4
Troy 3 3 3 5*
Ben 4 4

DJ! Round:
Yogesh 5 5 4 3 2
Troy 2 4 3 5 4 5
Ben 4 3 5 4* 3 3*

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Yogesh 3.73
Ben 3.75
Troy 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:

Yogesh $16,600 Coryat, 21 correct, 0 incorrect, 33.93% in first on buzzer (19/56), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Ben $10,200 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 26.79% in first on buzzer (15/56), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 0 rebound opportunities)
Troy $18,000 Coryat, 19 correct, 0 incorrect, 32.14% in first on buzzer (18/56), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $44,800
Lach Trash: $5,200 (on 4 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $4,000
Lead Changes: 3
Times Tied: 0

Player Statistics:

Yogesh Raut, career statistics:

293 correct, 20 incorrect
20/22 on rebound attempts (on 41 rebound opportunities)
39.53% in first on buzzer (270/683)
9/9 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $58,600)
7/12 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,283

Troy Meyer, career statistics:

372 correct, 33 incorrect
22/25 on rebound attempts (on 46 rebound opportunities)
40.05% in first on buzzer (342/854)
21/23 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $108,200)
9/15 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,493

Ben Chan, career statistics:

431 correct, 40 incorrect
17/23 on rebound attempts (on 62 rebound opportunities)
38.81% in first on buzzer (397/1023)
24/32 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $42,005)
14/18 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,578

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • I assume that the “Dan Schroeder” shouted out by Yogesh after the Premier League clue is a friend of his.
  • Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Troy $19,800 Yogesh $16,600 Ben $3,200)

Yogesh: Bet no more than $10,199 and win if Troy is incorrect. (Actual bet: $3,201)

Troy: Standard cover bet over Yogesh is $13,401. (Actual bet: $13,401)

Ben: Your only chance of victory here is if you go all in, Troy misses, and Yogesh overbets. Go all in. (Actual bet: $3,200)


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2 Comments on "Today’s Final Jeopardy – Tuesday, March 19, 2024"

  1. Another dramatic game! If Ben had thought of the Cumberland Gap it would have completely changed things, but that’s the way these things go.

    Yogesh clearly found his timing with the buzzer. I felt like his 3 game streak was limited by either getting beat on the buzzer or ringing in too early, I’m not sure which.

  2. Phew, got caught up just in time to see this end live yesterday. What a fun TOC this was! I wasn’t doing particularly well but I think that’s because I’m no trivia expert. Didn’t get any of the FJs in the finals right except for Yerevan, which was with 3 seconds left – barely enough time to scribble it down. Have not been on my A-game as of late.

    I know some people don’t like Yogesh, but if his behavior these last two games (particularly the FJ joke yesterday and the “Hi Suresh” joke today) is any indication, I’d think his comments about Jeopardy were made in jest, a sarcastic joke that did not land. He made a smart bet here – really, $3201 was the minimum he should have bet (in addition to the maximum you said), to force Troy to make a bet. The most surprising thing for me is that Troy only won one game, but that is largely on account of Ben’s brilliance in FJ. All three were fantastic players and I expect this is not the last we’ll be seeing of them. JIT will be another fun one, folks!

    BTW Andy: Thanks for stopping people from posting spoilers for future games in the comments. Helped me see what people were thinking as I got caught up after my vacation. (I was slow but I had other things going on.)

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