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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Animated Film Characters) for Wednesday, April 10, 2024 (Season 40, Game 153):
In this 2017 film Dante is a hairless breed known as a Xolo dog
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Daniel Rosenberg, a lawyer from New York, New York
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Lee Wilkins, a regulatory affairs coordinator from Auburn, Alabama
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Lucas Partridge, a school counselor from Las Vegas, Nevada (3-day total: $66,200)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Regular play resumes today and will continue in syndication—with the exception of summer reruns—until January 2025. This will give the show the 160-or-so regular-play games that it always intended to run during Season 40. Las Vegas school counselor Lucas Partridge returns to the Alex Trebek Stage in search of his fourth victory; today’s challengers are New York lawyer Daniel Rosenberg and Alabama regulatory affairs coordinator Lee Wilkins.
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Correct response: What is Coco?
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In the 2017 Pixar film Coco, Miguel adopts Dante, a Xoloitzcuintli (pronounced “show-low-eats-QUEENT-lee” according to the American Kennel Club, and also colloquially known as a Mexican hairless dog). According to director Lee Unkrich, Dante was inspired by Aztec legend regarding the afterlife; according to the Aztecs, in order to make the journey through the afterlife, one needs a Xolo dog with you. In the film itself, Miguel is accidentally transported to the Land of the Dead; while there, he seeks the help of his deceased great-great-grandfather, a musician, to reverse a ban on music.
There definitely feels like a shift in difficulty between the JIT and regular play; this should be relatively straightforward for anyone who has kids and will have seen that film.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Slangin’ With Mr. Jennings; Music Terms; Major League Baseball; Flag Time!; Ask Forgiveness; Not Persimmon)
Daniel ran the baseball category early and had a big lead after 6 clues, thanks to the Daily Double being in that category as well! After a correction from the judges, Daniel had $3,800 at the first break, to Lucas at -$600 and Lee’s -$1,800.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Daniel 8 correct 1 incorrect
Lucas 3 correct 4 incorrect
Lee 0 correct 2 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Daniel got to meet the Pope.
Lee got to work as an obituary writer and a bartender.
Lucas once ate 75 shrimp at a “chain seafood restaurant”.
While Lucas did very well on the buzzer in the second half of the round, Daniel’s lead after 6 clues continued to hold through 30. Everyone got out of the red, though, by the midway point of the game!
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Daniel 9 correct 1 incorrect
Lucas 12 correct 5 incorrect
Lee 3 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Daniel $4,600
Lucas $3,600
Lee $0
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The 6 Mothers-In-Law Of Henry VIII; It’s A Fact; ’70s Tv Drama; State Capital Rivers; Books & Authors; Does That Ring A “Bell”?)
In a round that saw 4 unplayed clues thanks to a combined 15 incorrect responses and 15 Triple Stumpers throughout the game, Daniel split the Daily Doubles, and a late incorrect reponse gave Lucas a $400 lead going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Lucas 17 correct 6 incorrect
Daniel 16 correct 6 incorrect
Lee 7 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 4 (4 today).
Scores going into Final:
Lucas $7,600
Daniel $7,200
Lee $5,200
This was a Triple Stumper, and after both Daniel and Lee overwagered, it was Lee who ended up having enough money to be the new champion!
Tonight’s results:
Lee $5,200 – $3,000 = $2,200 (What is a Chinese crested?) (1-day total: $2,200)
Daniel $7,200 – $7,200 = $0 (What is Zootopia Superpets)
Lucas $7,600 – $7,600 = $0 (What is Luca?)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL $1000 (clue #4)
Daniel 1600 +1600 (Lucas 0 Lee 0)
2) IT’S A FACT $2000 (clue #11)
Daniel 7000 -1800 (Lucas 5200 Lee 1200)
3) THE 6 MOTHERS-IN-LAW OF HENRY VIII $1200 (clue #19, $10400 left on board)
Daniel 7600 +1600 (Lucas 7200 Lee 4400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 95
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Lucas 1
Lee
Daniel 3 4 5*
DJ! Round:
Lucas 2 3 4 4
Lee 3 2 1 5 1 3
Daniel 4 3 4 3 5* 4 5 5 3*
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Lee 2.50
Daniel 4.00
Lucas 2.80
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: THE 6 MOTHERS-IN-LAW OF HENRY VIII $400 $800 STATE CAPITAL RIVERS $400 $800
Total Left On Board: $2,400
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 4 (0.03 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Lee $5,200 Coryat, 7 correct, 3 incorrect, 16.98% in first on buzzer (9/53), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
Daniel $8,000 Coryat, 16 correct, 6 incorrect, 30.19% in first on buzzer (16/53), 1/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Lucas $7,600 Coryat, 17 correct, 6 incorrect, 43.40% in first on buzzer (23/53), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $20,800
Lach Trash: $17,400 (on 15 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $13,400
Lead Changes: 8
Times Tied: 4
Player Statistics:
Lucas Partridge, career statistics:
85 correct, 15 incorrect
5/6 on rebound attempts (on 18 rebound opportunities)
38.84% in first on buzzer (87/224)
1/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$500)
3/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,650
Lee Wilkins, career statistics:
7 correct, 4 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
16.98% in first on buzzer (9/53)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,200
Daniel Rosenberg, career statistics:
16 correct, 7 incorrect
1/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
30.19% in first on buzzer (16/53)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,400)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,000
Lee Wilkins, to win:
2 games: 24.074%
3: 5.796%
4: 1.395%
5: 0.336%
6: 0.081%
Avg. streak: 1.317 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- 7 is the fewest number of correct responses for a winning player since Susan Poliniak won on January 8, 2010 with 6 correct. (5 + a correct Final, in Susan’s case).
- Most of the pro-tournament crowd said that we’d be seeing games like this one on the return to regular play. I hope the pro-regular game crowd enjoyed this episode—certainly, I’d say “be careful what you wish for!”
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Lucas $7,600 Daniel $7,200 Lee $5,200)
Lucas: Standard cover bet over Daniel is $6,801. (Actual bet: $7,600)
Lee: Bet no more than $1,200 and play to try to win the Triple Stumper. (Actual bet: $3,000)
Daniel: Standard cover bet over Lee is $3,201. (Actual bet: $7,200)
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I saw the film, so I got this one right away. I wonder if I’ll do better at the regular-play Finals than I did at the Tournament ones. Even at this level, they can still be tough. (“If you know, you know….”)
I saw the film, too….but I guess it didn’t stick with me. I went with 101 Dalmatians (thinking maybe there was a remake that came out then). Now if you asked me about Bruno…well, we don’t talk about Bruno.
I saw Coco, like I have with most Pixar films. But like you guess much of it didn’t stick with, because I don’t remember a dog, much less a hairless one.
Maybe this detail didn’t stick with today’s players either-presuming they saw it.
Worked my way through this clue without remembering the film itself, but putting the pieces together. Regular play–we are back!
I immediately thought that [‘Coco’] was the film that would be the correct response, but unfortunately I could not think of its title (especially since I kept thinking the title would have been some reference to “the Day of the Dead” or maybe purgatory instead of trying to think of character names).
I thought if I was wrong about it being that movie, then maybe it was ‘The Secret Life of Pets’.
I took the SAT this morning, and with my brain completely fried, I threw out Coco as a last-second joke guess.
Imagine my surprise when I scrolled down to the “Correct response” section. 🙂
Hope you did as well on your SAT as you did on this Final Jeopardy.
I saw only 20 minutes of “Coco” and left the theater. This was one animated movie that I did not like.
I liked it a lot better than ‘Encanto’ (which I also watched all the way through, but did not much care for).
I loved Coco, but still missed the Final Jeopardy. I couldn’t even get through Encanto.
Elena, were you like me and just couldn’t recall the title or did you not recognize the references in the clue?
Andy, how long has it been since we’ve seen unplayed clues? Early in this stretch, it was already a record, and frankly I’m surprised to see them back. (I suppose the return to regular-play might have something to do with it?)
The most recent game with unplayed clues was July 20 of last year, the seventh to last game of last season. So the streak of episodes without them ends at 158.
I would submit that returning to regular play absolutely has to do with it. 15 Triple Stumpers and 15 incorrect responses today. In QF1 of Winter 2024 Champions Wildcard 1, there were 14 and 13, respectively — and all the clues were played.
Thank you, Matt Carberry. I appreciate your work on Jeopardy! information. You always come through with interesting facts about this game.
You all seem to be forgetting that the producers of the show ensured that there would be no unplayed clues during the tournaments. Through proper editing, they were able to make sure all clues were revealed. This was done in the interest of making sure that everyone had an equal chance and eliminate any chance of an appearance of unfairness. Just imagine if there had been an unrevealed clue or two that happened to be a Daily Double. There was no chance of unrevealed clues in the tournaments because the producers designed it that way.
What prevents the producers from design[ing] it that way for regular games as well, I wonder. That would be a good idea at least for the sake of satisfying the spectators’ curiosity with regard to currently unrevealed clues.
Agree completely. It seems that an unrevealed DD is equally unfair in regular play as in a tournament.
It also felt like there were a lot of pauses and hesitation that could’ve been further edited down in this one.
I don’t agree because we know (or expect) that tournament players are VERY good and will get through the clues quickly (as in no hesitation in buzzing in and almost always getting it correct so there is no one taking up extra time with a 2nd player’s response, much less a 3rd. I believe I recall that it was admitted(?) that the tournaments were edited to ensure all clues were revealed, but I doubt that they had to cut out very much [maybe a few quarter-seconds to half-seconds here and there]. I also bet that it was mostly not from contestant pauses, but rather before and after Ken’s replies to contestant responses.
However, I believe in many non-tournament games, editing out a lot of contestant pauses would be a disservice to viewers, making these “ordinary” contestants look “quicker” (more responsive) than they really were, but also a disservice to the players themselves, making it look like they “jumped in” with wrong responses faster than they really did, when they actually paused (prior to buzzing in) to decide if they thought they might know the correct response.
Back to regular play: lots of incorrect responses, low Daily Double bets, and a triple miss on Final. But it was an evenly matched game with an unexpected finish, so was entertaining in its own way.
Why did Lee get less money than the guy who lost? In the end…
It may look that way on its surface, but Lee gets to return tomorrow, where she is guaranteed at least $2,000.
Well, kind of. She could win again, but with a total that is less than $2,000 that time 😉.
Both consolation prizes were bumped up by $1,000 at the start of this season; second now gets $3,000 (up from $2,000) and third now gets $2,000 (up from $1,000).
There is always a chance that a win + 3rd place consolation prize could yield less money than the 2nd place consolation prize. The bragging rights of being a Jeopardy! champion, even a one-day champion, are worth more than the difference, I believe.
Plus the chance to come back for another game.
As a “pro regular game person”, I did enjoy this game. In particular, I liked being able to see the Daily Doubles come up and have there be some sort of drama as to what would be wagered as opposed to knowing there would be an automatic all in. The possibility of lower DD wagers makes it more likely the game remains close and facilitates more back and forth score changes late in the game.
Andy, I think you are being very rude to today’s contestants with your derisive “be careful what you wish for” quip. Just because this was a low-scoring game does not mean that it wasn’t entertaining, or that these contestants don’t deserve as much respect from the viewers as anybody who makes it to the J! stage.
I don’t expect that you will publish this comment, which is your prerogative, since this is your site. But I felt you should know that at least one of your long-time readers is discouraged and upset with the scornful, condescending tone you’ve taking toward non-practiced, non-tournament ready players.
Thank you for your feedback.
For what it’s worth: My intent was not to be condescending towards the players in today’s game, and I do apologize, because I didn’t realize that it could be taken that way.
I had only thought you were being funny.
Andy, thank you for your prompt response, and allow me to apologize for MY tone. In reading it back, I am afraid that I may have come off too angry.
I absolutely believe you that you did not intend to be condescending to the contestants, as that has never been the approach you take in your write-ups. I suppose I was only thinking of how Lucas, Lee, or Daniel might feel if they came upon this write-up and saw their performance summed up with an ominous “be careful what you wish for!” I was afraid it might make them feel as though the J! community was condemning their appearance. But perhaps I was being overly sensitive. Once again, I apologize for my tone.
To elaborate —
I feel I can say with high confidence that Andy’s unequivocal intent was to scold the “tournament fatigue brigade” of fans who have complained continuously about the first two-thirds of the season being all tournaments. To him, they are like petulant children, and he’s in the role of the worn-down parent trying to get them to eat their vegetables and take their medicine. His intent was: “this is the quality of Jeopardy! play you’ve been clamoring for, and now you have it.”
Matt, excellent way to describe it.
Caleb, you’ve nothing to apologize for.
I took the L on this one. Started with “The Secret Life of Pets”, switched to “Zootopia”. Both were complete guesses.
Definitely a change of pace from the tournaments, but a compelling watch and a surprising finish on par with the tournament comebacks!
I totally enjoyed the tournament play that we’ve had for all of Season 40 so far and I was very excited for regular play to begin tonight.
It was a compelling and close game and retro congrats to Lee on taking the win. She’ll get the crack at being a 2 Day Champion tomorrow night.
I haven’t seen the movie Coco and I don’t have kids, so another FJ loss was granted upon me. 0 for my last 32. It will end soon though. Being back to regular play, I found that I was able to get more answers correct in this version of Jeopardy compared to the Tournament play and especially the last 2 Tournaments. I have utter respect for any and all players that make it onto the Alex Trebek stage to compete and play Jeopardy. They amaze me!
On to Thursday night and seeing what happens!