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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category From The Ancient World) for Friday, March 22, 2024 (Season 40, Game 140):
“Captured in Egypt by the British Army 1801” is painted on the side of this artifact named for the city where it was found
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Alan Lin, a software engineer from Los Angeles, California
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Matt Jackson, a grad student in computer science & public policy originally from Washington, D.C.
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Terry O’Shea, a software engineer from Brooklyn, New York
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
First up on the docket today, as we end the week: today’s a big milestone for the show, as this is the 9000th episode of Jeopardy! to air in syndication in the post-1984 era. Congratulations! One thing that I think is astounding: at this point, J! Archive has every single clue and response of 8,714 of those episodes.
Now onto today’s festivities: to celebrate, we’ll be seeing Alan Lin, Matt Jackson, and Terry O’Shea return to the Alex Trebek Stage. Matt is considered to be the favorite in this one—he was one of the best contributors in the 2019 All-Star Games. Alan Lin was also a strong player, making a ToC final and doing well in the All-Star Games, and can absolutely win any game in which he does well on the Daily Doubles. Meanwhile, while Terry O’Shea’s resume on the show isn’t quite as strong, she did make a ToC semifinal 10 years ago while still attending Princeton—the possibility for her to be an improved player from 10 years ago is quite high. I wouldn’t count Terry out of this one!
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Correct response: What is the Rosetta Stone?
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The Rosetta Stone is a large piece of rock (specifically granodiorite) that contains a decree from 196 BC from King Ptolemy V Epiphanes. It is seen today as a major reason why we have so much understanding of ancient Egyptian language, as the identical decree was written in three different languages (ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic, ancient Egyptian Demotic, and ancient Greek). It was discovered in 1799 by the French and surrendered to the British at the 1801 Capitulation of Alexandria. As with many stolen artifacts from that area and time period, it can now be seen at the British Museum.
Interestingly, my first instinct on seeing this clue was, “The British stole so many artifacts from this part of the world; is this clue actually pinned?” There certainly isn’t anything nearly as famous as the Rosetta Stone, but you can never be too sure.
As you might have expected, Egypt has referred to the 1801 removal of the Rosetta Stone from Egypt as “an act of plunder,” and they have called for its return.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, March 22, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The Electoral College, By The Numbers; Nonfiction; Turning 60 In 2024; Words In Invitational; The Lyrical Stylings Of Johnny Gilbert; Time For Dessert)
Though it took him a few clues to get in, Matt did very well in the second half of the opening segment, picking up 8 correct and the Daily Double to give him a good-sized lead at the 15-clue mark.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Matt 8 correct 1 incorrect
Terry 3 correct 0 incorrect
Alan 3 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Alan met his partner Cliff at a dinner after his ToC.
Matt went to grad school instead of law school.
Terry got recognized from being on the show and ended up dating him for a year and a half.
Both Terry and Alan played well in this egment, but Matt still led on the strength of his early lead.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Matt 11 correct 1 incorrect
Terry 9 correct 0 incorrect
Alan 7 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Matt $9,600
Terry $4,200
Alan $2,800
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The Old Testament; House Of Entertainment; In The National Women’s Hall Of Fame; Italian Words & Phrases; Composers; Time For Desert)
While Alan got to DD2, it was Matt who found Daily Double #3—and picked up $12,000. From there, there was not going to be any doubt who our semifinalist was; Matt cruised to a runaway.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Matt 26 correct 1 incorrect
Alan 16 correct 2 incorrect
Terry 14 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Matt $41,200
Alan $14,000
Terry $5,800
While Terry misunderstood the clue and just named the city, Alan and Matt named the artifact. Matt is now a semifinalist!
Tonight’s results:
Terry $5,800 – $5,800 = $0 (What is Rosetta?)
Alan $14,000 + $1 = $14,001 (What is the Rosetta Stone)
Matt $41,200 + $121 = $41,321 (What is the Rosetta Stone) (Semi-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, BY THE NUMBERS $600 (clue #11)
Matt 3200 +3200 (Terry 800 Alan 2400)
2) TIME FOR DESERT $1600 (clue #4)
Alan 4000 +4000 (Terry 4200 Matt 13200)
3) THE OLD TESTAMENT $1200 (clue #10, $20000 left on board)
Matt 20000 +12000 (Terry 4200 Alan 9600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 260
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Terry 3 3
Matt 4 5 5 5 4 3*
Alan 4 5 4
DJ! Round:
Terry
Matt 5 3 4 5 4 3*
Alan 4 4* 5 3
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Matt 4.17
Alan 4.14
Terry 3.00
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:
Matt $27,800 Coryat, 26 correct, 1 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Alan $11,600 Coryat, 16 correct, 2 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Terry $5,800 Coryat, 14 correct, 1 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $45,200
Lach Trash: $3,600 (on 4 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $5,200
Lead Changes: 1
Times Tied: 2
Player Statistics:
Terry O’Shea, career statistics:
117 correct, 12 incorrect
9/10 on rebound attempts (on 35 rebound opportunities)
27.32% in first on buzzer (109/399)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,800)
5/7 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,943
Matt Jackson, career statistics:
541 correct, 29 incorrect
20/22 on rebound attempts (on 64 rebound opportunities)
43.64% in first on buzzer (487/1116)
37/40 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $162,995)
12/21 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $23,390
Alan Lin, career statistics:
274 correct, 28 incorrect
13/14 on rebound attempts (on 63 rebound opportunities)
32.78% in first on buzzer (258/787)
11/16 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $12,805)
9/14 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,160
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I thought both Terry and Alan played about as well as they could have, considering they were up against Matt Jackson.
- Johnny Gilbert was honored on-set at the end of the show to celebrate episode #9000; he’s the only person to have been with the show for all 9000 shows.
- I agree with the judges’ decision not to accept Terry’s Final Jeopardy response; doing so would have set a dangerous future precedent, even though it wouldn’t have mattered at all for today’s outcome.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Matt $41,200 Alan $14,000 Terry $5,800)
Terry: Bet whatever you like. (Actual bet: $5,800)
Matt: Bet no more than $13,199. (Actual bet: $121)
Alan: Bet no more than $2,399. (Actual bet: $1)
Updated JIT odds:
Matt +390
Larissa +450
Andrew +970
Brandon +1500
Sam K. +1600
Amy +1700
Victoria +1800
Ben +2000
Jennifer +2100
Austin +2500
Arthur +2900
Alex +2900
David +3000
Chuck +3600
MacKenzie +3800
Colby +5700
Sam B. +6900
Dhruv +7200
Celeste +9100
Monica +10000
Lilly +10000
Finals length odds:
2 games: +170
3 games: +110
4 games: +350
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Guessed correctly given location and time period. Finally. Happy Friday, everyone.
Me too, although I didn’t know that Rosetta was a place. So I still learned something new.
Ditto.
I guessed “What is the Temple of Dendur?”, even though that’s in America, not Britain.
I thought it would be a triple get — it almost was. /shrug
Given how strong Andrew, Larissa, and Matt were, I would not be surprised that this would be the threesome that we’ll end up with in the finals.
That was a great tribute to Johnny at the end of the episode, and awesome to see him in studio. It was also great that they recognized the milestone on the correct episode — unlike the 7000th, which was noted eight episodes later than it actually aired. (I’m still at a loss to figure out how that happened.)
Regarding the ruling against Terry on Final: you’re absolutely right, and it’s not even the first time this season such a misreading has been dinged! Recall Jilana Cotter in the Diamonds final (November 7); she gave the country, not the capital as the clue targeted. (And in that instance, it cost her dearly.)
What a dominant game by Matt today. Alongside Larissa, he looks like he hasn’t lost a step in the last five years, and is one of the clear favorites to take the whole thing and move on to Masters.
That tribute to Johnny was so awesome! 🙂
Another favorite advances! No upsets so far in this Tournament.
There was a howler on the 400 OT clue.
It said, “According to the psalmist and Bob Marley, ‘by the rivers of’ here we sat down & ‘wept when we remembered Zion’ ”
The reference is to the song “Rivers of Babylon” by the Melodians (yes, it was adapted from a Psalm). Marley was neither a member of that band, nor is there any evidence that I can find that he (or the Wailers) ever covered it. BM did, indeed, talk about Babylon a fair amount in his songs, but that’s far from being able to give him any attribution in this instance.
Admin note: A comment in reply to this was deleted because the commenter erroneously referred to the writing staff as “the Clue Crew”. “The Clue Crew” is a different group—they were the on-location clue presenters from 2001 to 2022; a different group than the writers.
Andy, I think you meant, “…Matt still led on the strength of his early lead.” People get “lead” and “led” mixed up all the time. It’s kind of a pet peeve of mine, sort of like how people mispronounce “Newfoundland” is for you. 🙂
Matt Jackson is still as good as he ever was. He is definitely a tough out.
As did Luke, I thought today’s final would be a triple get. It nearly was.
My “word” pet peeve is ‘reign’ vs ‘rein’. Despite the latter being a simpler word, ‘reign’ seems to me to be misused more often than ‘rein’ is, maybe because the sight of the word ‘reign’ occurs more often in titles [movies, books, media articles’ titles, etc.] than ‘rein’ does, thus giving more familiarity to it.
Coincidentally, my second “favorite” pet peeve is “sight” vs “site”.
How about “sight” vs “site” vs “cite”? Maybe, “Jeopardy!” can do a category on triple homophones. 🙂
Good idea. I didn’t think about ‘cite’ because I don’t recall ever seeing its misuse (in either direction). I’m thinking perhaps the people who get ‘sight’ and ‘site’ mixed up are not that aware of the word ‘cite’😉, but they are probably also influenced by the fact that when on a sight-seeing trip the sights one often sees are historical sites, famous sites, infamous sites, etc.
Question: Does the 9000 episodes include the first season(s) Jeopardy was on the air with Art Fleming?
It does not.
Because it’s a different production, the count reset to 1 in 1984.
Now 0 for my last 19 on FJ clues. One day I’ll get one right again. Might be the year 2027, but hey! LOL
Retro congrats to Matt Jackson on a dominant performance! Impressive to say the least.
Matt Carberry mentioned it earlier, but it was so great to see that moving tribute to Johnny Gilbert and seeing there in the studio with that great cake. And then the crowd yelling out “This is Jeopardy” in his honor was awesome!
Have a great weekend everyone! Will 40 game winner Amy Schneider continue the run of favorites to win on Monday? Time will tell! 🙂
I wasn’t sure originally if 9000 episodes referred to the total of NBC daily, and specials, plus, syndicated dailys, and, ABC specials. But with Johhny Gilbert’s comments after they brought out the cake, it was clear. Wasn’t this the first time Johnny has been at the Sony studios since the pandemic? I thought I read someplace that he know records all his pieces in his home studio.
I understood, and supported Terry being rules incorrect in Final, it clearly called for the ARTIFACT, not the place from where it was found.
But, even understanding what “question” the “answer” was looking for didn’t help me. I knew of the Rosetta Stone, and, it’s historical significance, but didn’t know when, where, and, how it had been found.