Warning: This page contains spoilers for the March 6, 2024, game of Jeopardy! — please do not scroll down if you wish to avoid being spoiled. Please note that the game airs as early as noon Eastern in some U.S. television markets.
Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category American Literary History) for Wednesday, March 6, 2024 (Season 40, Game 128):
“The country is celebrating 100 years of freedom 100 years too soon”, says “The Fire Next Time”, published in this year
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Sean McShane, a tour guide from South Boston, Massachusetts
|
Deb Bilodeau, a restaurant server from San Francisco, California
|
Troy Meyer, a music executive from Tampa, Florida
|
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
The quarterfinal round of the 31st Tournament of Champions, which might become known in the future as “The ToC of Chaos”, concludes today with our final game. This matchup is between Troy Meyer, Deb Bilodeau, and Sean McShane. Many pundits saw Troy as an early favorite to make a deep run in this tournament, with most expecting that his knowledge base will be very suited to the more difficult material in a Tournament of Champions. However, as you’ve seen many times in this tournament, you can’t count anybody out. Sean had an average Coryat score north of $20,000 in his initial run, while Deb was the last player in the field; they’ve already been through a tournament gauntlet, having advanced out of the last Champions Wildcard competition.
Another reminder that I have started a Sunday mailbag column where I answer fan & viewer questions regarding the show. If you have a question, feel free to send it to mailbag@thejeopardyfan.com!
(Content continues below)
My friends over at Geeks Who Drink have introduced a daily trivia game—Thrice! Existing to make daily clever trivia content accessible to a wide audience, it's a daily challenge that tries to get you to the answer via three separate clues. It has a shareable score functionality to challenge your friends and new questions every day will give you a new daily social ritual. You can find it at thricegame.com.
Are you going on the show and looking for information about how to bet in Final Jeopardy? Check out my Betting Strategy 101 page. If you want to learn how to bet in two-day finals, check out Betting Strategy 102. In case the show uses a tournament with wild cards in the future, there is also a strategy page for betting in tournament quarterfinals.
Are you looking for information on how to stream Jeopardy! in 2024? Find out information here on how to stream from most places in North America!
Do you appreciate the work I do here on The Jeopardy! Fan? Would you like to make a one-time contribution to the site? You may do so here!
You can find game-by-game stats here at The Jeopardy! Fan of all 17 players, now including Adriana Harmeyer, that have won 10 or more games on Jeopardy!
You can now listen to Alex Trebek-hosted Jeopardy! episodes from TuneIn Radio without leaving The Jeopardy! Fan — listen now!
Correct response: What is 1963?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
(The following write-up is original content and is copyright 2024 The Jeopardy! Fan. It may not be copied without linked attribution back to this page.)
In 1963, James Baldwin wrote The Fire Next Time, which included a pair of essays: “My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation” and “Down at the Cross: Letter from a Region in My Mind”. It was in the first one where Baldwin wrote about how, despite the Emancipation Proclamation had occurred 100 years prior (in 1863), that America still made efforts to mistreat Black Americans.
To me, this seemed like an excellent “do the math” puzzle, where if you can figure out that “100 years of freedom” refers to “100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation”, you should be able to get to the correct response.
It should be noted from a clue perspective that while the initial “My Dungeon Shook” letter was published in The Progressive a year earlier, the clue cites The Fire Next Time, which was published in 1963. This is not a trick question, and I am writing this paragraph to preemptively rebut the pedants who inevitably come onto the site and challenge this sort of material.
We have many new offerings at The Jeopardy! Fan Online Store! Here are our current featured items, including our new Masters Season 3 Player List T-shirt:
Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, March 6, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Shakespeare For Everyone!; Olympic History; Islands; Middle X; Waits; Measures)
Deb found the Daily Double early, but fell into the red with an incorrect response. Troy got off to the best start overall, but a $1000 incorrect response, rebounded by Sean, made things close after 15 clues.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Troy 6 correct 1 incorrect
Sean 4 correct 0 incorrect
Deb 3 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Sean is willing to let bygones be bygones in his feud with Long Island.
Deb is wearing contact lenses.
Troy is expecting a baby girl; his wife has suggested Kenderella as a name.
In the back half of the opening board, Troy and Sean both picked up a number of correct responses; this will be a very interesting battle in Double Jeopardy!
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Troy 14 correct 1 incorrect
Sean 10 correct 1 incorrect
Deb 4 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Troy $7,000
Sean $5,200
Deb $1,600
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: 1924; Unusual Words; The Arts; Occupations; Movie Taglines; The Heavens & Earth)
Troy succesfully converted both Daily Doubles in this round within the first 11 clues, cementing a runaway position with more than a third of the round still to play! After 14 correct responses, and being the only player to score at the $2,000 level, he had a $30,000 lead going into Final.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Troy 28 correct 2 incorrect
Deb 12 correct 1 incorrect
Sean 13 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Troy $38,400
Deb $8,400
Sean $7,200
Troy put an exclamation mark on his dominant performance with a correct response in Final Jeopardy. He’s a semifinalist!
Tonight’s results:
Sean $7,200 – $1,201 = $5,999 (What is 1876? Hi South Boston!)
Deb $8,400 – $0 = $8,400 (What is 1976? Thanks y’all)
Troy $38,400 + $0 = $38,400 (What is 1963) (Semi-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) SHAKESPEARE FOR EVERYONE! $800 (clue #2)
Deb 800 -1000 (Troy 0 Sean 0)
2) THE HEAVENS & EARTH $1600 (clue #6)
Troy 11800 +11800 (Deb 4400 Sean 5200)
3) OCCUPATIONS $1200 (clue #11, $19600 left on board)
Troy 26400 +4000 (Deb 4400 Sean 6800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 15
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Troy 4
Deb 4*
Sean
DJ! Round:
Troy 4 3 4* 2 5 4 3*
Deb 3 4 5
Sean 4
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Troy 3.63
Deb 4.00
Sean 4.00
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:
Troy $25,400 Coryat, 28 correct, 2 incorrect, 47.37% in first on buzzer (27/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Deb $9,400 Coryat, 12 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Sean $7,200 Coryat, 13 correct, 2 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $42,000
Lach Trash: $8,200 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,800
Lead Changes: 2
Times Tied: 2
Player Statistics:
Troy Meyer, career statistics:
228 correct, 17 incorrect
14/16 on rebound attempts (on 28 rebound opportunities)
46.27% in first on buzzer (211/456)
10/10 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $44,800)
6/8 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $23,850
Deb Bilodeau, career statistics:
136 correct, 22 incorrect
7/8 on rebound attempts (on 20 rebound opportunities)
33.92% in first on buzzer (135/398)
6/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,100)
3/7 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,229
Sean McShane, career statistics:
123 correct, 12 incorrect
5/5 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
42.46% in first on buzzer (121/285)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,000)
3/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,600
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s game aired at 9:30 AM Central on KIMT (Mason City, Iowa)
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Troy $38,400 Deb $8,400 Sean $7,200)
Troy: Bet no more than $21,599—but you might as well bet $0. (Actual bet: $0)
Deb: Standard cover bet over Sean is $6,001. (Actual bet: $0)
Sean: Bet no more than $4,800. (Actual bet: $1,201)
Updated ToC odds:
Troy +400
Ben +490
Luigi +560
Jared +610
Yogesh +650
Emily +940
Ike +1400
Brian +1800
David +1800
Finals length odds:
3 games: +690
4 games: +300
5 games: +210
6 games: +300
7 games: +740
Become a Supporter now! Make a monthly contribution to the site on Patreon!
Contestant photo credit: jeopardy.com
When commenting, please note that all comments on The Jeopardy! Fan must be in compliance with the Site Comment Policy.
If you are going to quote any information from this page or this website, attribution is required.
Have you had a chance to listen to our podcast game show, Complete The List, yet? Check it out! It's also available on Apple Podcasts.
I’m just going to come out and predict this, even though it’s a bit too early – Troy Meyer, Ben Chan, and Ike Barinholtz for the TOC finals.
Ben and Ike face off in the first semifinal tomorrow.
The seemingly obvious final matchup would be Ben, Yogesh, and Troy — but none of these nine will be an easy out.
Andy! Have the three TOC semifinals been set?
They have. The show’s mini-site has been placing the quarterfinal winners into the three games. You can see the final slot where Troy will go:
https://www.jeopardy.com/track/2024/tournament-champions
Matt! Thank you so much.
This is the second day in a row that Jeopardy! has been pre-empted in the Birmingham, AL, TV market for CBS soccer broadcasts. I wish they didn’t have to do that during the ToC.
To say nothing of the fact that Man City came out on fire and have all but put Copenhagen away.
The fortunate thing is, even though there are four more Champions League matchups that have their second legs on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, it looks like CBS won’t be broadcasting them over-the-air, so games 1 & 2 of the ToC final won’t be affected.
I think the reason for this is that our clocks go an hour forward this coming weekend, while that doesn’t happen in Europe until the end of the month. So next week, the matches go from 4-6 PM Eastern instead of 3-5 PM, which would overlap with local news in the Eastern and Central Time Zones.
I went from the end of the Civil War, so said 1965. As we know, that wouldn’t be acceptable.
You were not alone. 🙂
Same here. Figured the anniversary of freedom would be celebrated from when emancipation (nominally) happened rather than from when it was declared. Nicely done by Troy.
These finals are going to be lit no matter who qualifies.
Having lived all of my teenage years in the turbulent decade of the 1960’s, it was easy to remember that “The Fire Next Time,” came out in 1963, marking the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.
From assassinations (JFK, MLK, RFK, Malcolm X), the Viet Nam WAr, anti-war protests, the civil rights movement, Medicare and Medicaid created, to landing on the moon, it was quite a chootic and tumultous time. I can’t believe how much history I was an eyewitness to.
“chootic” should be “chaotic”
“Chootic” might be a good term for a kid who is neurotic about cooties. 😄
I knew nothing of baldwin’s essays, so obviously I didn’t know today’s final refered to the Emnancipation Proclaimation.In facy, I barely know what “Juneteenth” is. I went the too obvious route and said 1863.
Could Troy Meyer become anothr Buzzt Cohen? Music Executive and a legendary JeopardyChampion?
Any idea why Troy was seated? I don’t recall his being seated during the regular season.
He was also seated during the regular season.
Well another day down and another day of not getting FJ correct. I was thinking what Sean was and went with 1876. 0 for 3 for the week and a 7 day losing streak overall. 🙁
Retro congrats to Troy on a MOST impressive win! I didn’t jinx him with my prediction of him winning. Got the last 2 games winners correct to finish 3 of 9 in my Semifinal picks.
Troy will be slotting into Lectern 2 for next Monday’s Semifinal #3.
I will throw my predictions in here for the 3 Semifinal games that start tomorrow night.
Thurs. 03/07/24 (Semifinal #1)
Lectern # 1 – Jared Watson
Lectern # 2 – Ben Chan
Lectern # 3 – Ike Barinholtz
Gotta go with Ben here as his skills are quite amazing (and he’s a Packers fan 😉 )
Fri. 03/08/24 (Semifinal #2)
Lectern # 1 – David Sibley
Lectern # 2 – Yogesh Raut
Lectern # 3 – Emily Sands
I’ll go with Emily Sands, in what I see as a very evenly matched game amongst these 3 great players. I am picking Emily due to how aggressive she is with the DD’s and thus, I find it highly important that she land these and I think she will.
Mon. 03/11/24 (Semifinal #3)
Lectern # 1 – Luigi de Guzman
Lectern # 2 – Troy Meyer
Lectern # 3 – Brian Henegar
I have to go with Troy Meyer in this one. His skills are immense and he probably should have been more than a 6x winner, but Jake DeArruda and his uber aggression ended it there. Luigi and Brian could pull this game out and it wouldn’t shock me. This is why they play the games, as they say.
An interesting note of the Quarterfinals is that they were bookended by 2 Runaways to start and 2 Runaways to end, with the 5 middle games being non-Runaways.
Have a great Thursday and tomorrow it all gets very real!
3 of 9 in my Quarterfinal picks that is!
Jeff! Thanks for the analysis.
🙂 Thanks Rick!
I am ranking everyone in the TOC based on their cumulative score over the tournament.
Where Everyone Places in the TOC:
1. Luigi de Guzman, Semifinalist, $43,999
2. Troy Meyer, Semifinalist, $38,400
3. Jared Watson, Semifinalist, $32,200
4. Ben Chan, Semifinalist, $29,800
5. Ike Barinholtz, Semifinalist, $28,601
6. David Sibley, Semifinalist, $26,401
7. Hannah Wilson, Quarterfinalist, $26,395
8. Yogesh Raut, Semifinalist, $24,799
9. Emily Sands, Semifinalist, $21,800
10. Ray Lalonde, Quarterfinalist, $21,800
11. Matthew Marcus, Quarterfinalist, $14,799
12. Melissa Klapper, Quarterfinalist, $13,199
13. Justin Bolsen, Quarterfinalist, $9,958
14. Brian Henegar, Semifinalist, $8,799
15. Deb Bilodeau, Quarterfinalist, $8,400
16. Yungsheng Wang, Quarterfinalist, $6,400
17. Sean McShane, Quarterfinalist, $5,999
18. Kevin Belle, Quarterfinalist, $5,800
19. Josh Saak, Quarterfinalist, $3,995
20. Juveria Zaheer, Quarterfinalist, $2,400
21. Jake DeArruda, Quarterfinalist, $1,999
22. Ben Goldstein, Quarterfinalist, $100
23. Nick Cascone, Quarterfinalist, $1
24. Cris Pannullo, Quarterfinalist, $0
25. Suresh Krishnan, Quarterfinalist, $0 (DQ for FJ)
26. Stephen Webb, Quarterfinalist, -$800 (DQ for FJ)
27. Emmett Stanton, Quarterfinalist, -$2,000 (DQ for FJ)
Very nice AD!
Thank you, Jeff!