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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Great Brits) for Monday, April 15, 2024 (Season 40, Game 156):
From 1689 to 1690 & 1701 to 1702, he served as a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Cambridge University
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Adam Sieff, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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Joshua Beckett, an ethicist originally from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Alison Betts, a writer & creative executive originally from San Jose, California (2-day total: $61,700)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
A new week begins on Jeopardy!, as 2-day champion Alison Betts returns to the Alex Trebek Stage. Interestingly, this is a rare case where a Monday game isn’t the first one taped—due to the postseason ending mid-week, the general taping schedule likely won’t be Monday-to-Friday for most of this season. Today’s challengers are Joshua Beckett and Adam Sieff.
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Correct response: Who was Sir Isaac Newton?
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Famed British polymath Isaac Newton also served two terms as a Member of Parliament representing Cambridge University as a Whig.
One thing that I found surprising is that until 1950, British voters, if they had a university degree, were able to vote for a representative of both their location of residence, and a representative of their alma mater. However, the Representation of the People Ace 1948 effectively enshrined a “one person, one vote” system for electing Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom.
This feels like the sort of clue where a lot of people might learn something about Isaac Newton today, but that a lot of people will also successfully guess Newton from a “Who else could it be?” perspective.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, April 15, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Historic Americans; Boats; 3-Letter Spelling Bee; Places That Are Also First Names; Hodgepodge; The Voice Of Television)
Joshua and Alison both got off to the best start in this one, with 6 correct responses and $4,400 each at the first break! Meanwhile, Adam couldn’t get in at all and looked visibly unimpressed with the situation at the first break.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Joshua 6 correct 0 incorrect
Alison 6 correct 0 incorrect
Adam 0 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Adam has a wife who was on the show last year.
Joshua has a game going on with the neighbors where they try to take lemons from his lemon tree.
Alison retired from playing air hockey after beating her husband.
Alison got to the Daily Double just after the break and used it to propel herself to five figures after 30 clues, despite an incident where Ken accidentally ruled her correct on a clue and had to reverse course quickly. Meanwhile, Adam’s struggles continued on the buzzer, going the entire round without getting in once.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Alison 15 correct 2 incorrect
Joshua 11 correct 1 incorrect
Adam 0 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Alison $10,000
Joshua $6,800
Adam $0
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Health Observances; In The Dictionary; A Love For Books; Road Scholarly; That Band’s An Institution; “P”eople)
Alison found both Daily Doubles, picked up a combined $10,000 on them, and cruised to a runaway, despite some ill-advised guesses in a category she said herself she was terrible in (music). Adam did get in four times to ensure he was around for final—and still had a shout at second place!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Alison 26 correct 4 incorrect
Joshua 17 correct 2 incorrect
Adam 4 correct 0 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 4 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Alison $26,800
Joshua $8,400
Adam $4,800
Alison and Joshua were both correct in Final; Alison is now a 3-day champion, winnings $97,500!
Tonight’s results:
Adam $4,800 – $3,000 = $1,800 (Who is Locke?)
Joshua $8,400 + $1,201 = $9,601 (Who was Newton?)
Alison $26,800 + $9,000 = $35,800 (Who is Newton?) (3-day total: $97,500)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) HISTORIC AMERICANS $400 (clue #18)
Alison 5800 +3000 (Joshua 4000 Adam 0)
2) IN THE DICTIONARY $1600 (clue #10)
Alison 17200 +5000 (Joshua 5200 Adam 3200)
3) A LOVE FOR BOOKS $1600 (clue #16, $13600 left on board)
Alison 23400 +5000 (Joshua 6000 Adam 3200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 102
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Alison 4 5 4 4 5 4 3 5 2 2*
Joshua 3 5 3 2 3 4 3 3
Adam
DJ! Round:
Alison 4 3 5 3 2 4* 2 4*
Joshua 3 4 5 3
Adam 3 4 5 2
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Alison 3.61
Joshua 3.42
Adam 3.50
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 4 (0.03 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Alison $17,400 Coryat, 26 correct, 4 incorrect, 45.61% in first on buzzer (26/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Joshua $8,400 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Adam $4,800 Coryat, 4 correct, 0 incorrect, 5.26% in first on buzzer (3/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $30,600
Lach Trash: $17,800 (on 13 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $5,600
Lead Changes: 4
Times Tied: 2
Player Statistics:
Alison Betts, career statistics:
75 correct, 11 incorrect
6/6 on rebound attempts (on 15 rebound opportunities)
40.35% in first on buzzer (69/171)
8/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $27,000)
3/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,600
Joshua Beckett, career statistics:
18 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,400
Adam Sieff, career statistics:
4 correct, 1 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
5.26% in first on buzzer (3/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,800
Alison Betts, to win:
4 games: 70.287%
5: 49.403%
6: 34.724%
7: 24.406%
8: 17.154%
Avg. streak: 5.366 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- It appears as though Adam’s wife was Madeleine McKenna, who was on the show exactly 52 weeks ago.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Alison $26,800 Joshua $8,400 Adam $4,800)
Alison: (Actual bet: $9,000)
Joshua: Standard cover bet over Adam is $1,201. (Actual bet: $1,201)
Adam: Bet at least $2,401 for the best chance of finishing second. (Actual bet: $3,000)
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Got this pretty fast, and believe it or not, I didn’t have to guess it!
I’ve gotten three of the four Final Jeopardy clues correct since the return of regular play… if nothing else, regular play is a very welcome ego boost 🙂
I thought “Who is a famous British scholar that would fit those dates?” and came up with “Isaac Newton”. But I didn’t know he ever had anything to do with politics. What a polymath!
“Great Brits”, an academic, and the turn of the 18th century? To quote “Highlander”; “there can be only one”.
Andy got it exactly right in his write-up. I learned something new about Newton and correctly guessed it with no other apparent options.
I deduced that an MP from Cambridge would most likely be a well known scholar.But that was as far as I got.
I’m presuming that Newton served in the House of Commons, that though he was knighted he was not a hereditry Lord, and, so not eligible to serve in the House of Lords.
I’m not familiar with many dates from British history so I thought “um, 200 years after the “discovery” of the Americas, but still nearly 100 years before the early years of the United States, so maybe Sir Walter Raleigh?” I was off by around 100 years (and he attended Oxford, but he WAS a Member of Parliament). I should have known that Jeopardy! seems to never miss a chance to have Sir Isaac Newton as FJ!
some ill-advised guesses …. “notwithstanding” missing ?
Another nice performance by Alison. During her 3-game run, she has been perfect on the betting clues. She also has drawn 8 of the 9 Daily Doubles. Things are going well for her, and she is taking advantage of her opportunities.
I am surprised Allison wasn’t more aggressive on the $400 clue daily double. I assume that they randomly select the daily doubles after the answer are selected and don’t put a harder answer when it happens to be in $400 or $200.
I don’t think I have seen Ken misspeak about an answer like he did for Florence/Venice. He is always so smooth and knowledgable.
IMO, “Florence” and “Venice” are somewhat similar phonetically (an initial labiodental consonant, a nasal in the middle, a final sibilant…). Knowing the correct answer, in this case Ken heard something close to what he was expecting to hear, and his first reaction was effectively a reflex. He has immediately corrected himself, as soon as the actual answer had been consciously processed.
This season contestants are doing about 16 percentage points better on $400 DDs than other DDs in the Jeopardy round. However, the sample size is pretty small, and historically there doesn’t seem to be much correlation at all between dollar value and contestant success rate on DDs.
I can’t wait for the Jeopardata to be released to see how many times Adam truly tried to buzz in. It doesn’t appear to be out yet.
I’ve been dog 🐕 sitting and just got to watching this episode tonight. Thankfully my brother in law tapes Jeopardy.
Another biting of the dust in FJ. 0 for last 35. 🙄
What a win by Alison! Most impressive.