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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Comic Book Characters) for Friday, April 19, 2024 (Season 40, Game 160):
Featured in a 2020 film, she gets her name from a 16th c. Italian stock character who often wore diamond-patterned outfits
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Molly Fitzpatrick, a writer from Queens, New York
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Scott Nations, a financial engineer & option trader from Chicago, Illinois
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Marko Saric, a math professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina (1-day total: $3,799)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Alison Betts’s 5-game win streak was halted last night by a Triple Stumper Final Jeopardy; your new champion is Marko Saric, who comes in having won just $3,799. Today’s challengers are Molly Fitzpatrick and Scott Nations. I’m interested in seeing how Scott does; upon a cursory glance, it appears as though Scott has developed a number of financial strategic models for making money in options trading; I’m curious to see if he chose to try to transfer any of those skills over to Jeopardy! strategy.
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Correct response: Who is Harley Quinn?
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Created in the early 1990s as a henchwoman for The Joker, Harley Quinn became known in the DC Animated Universe as The Joker’s love interest. In the DC Extended Universe in the 2010s and 2020s, she is famously portrayed by Margot Robbie and featured in the 2020 film Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn).
The name came as a play on the Harlequin stock character from Italian commedia dell’arte; Harley’s original outfit included many parts of the stock character’s costume, including a jester hat, diamond pattern, and ruffled collar.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, April 19, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Anatomy A To Z; U.S. Geography; Fun Facts; Ordinal Phrases; Bowling; Silence!)
Even though Molly missed the Daily Double, she rebounded well and led with $3,800 after 15 clues; Marko had $2,800, while Scott had $1,400 (all from the BOWLING category).
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Molly 6 correct 1 incorrect
Marko 5 correct 1 incorrect
Scott 2 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Molly has a father who was watching Jeopardy! In the delivery room when she was born.
Scott is the writer-in-residence at the Ernest Hemingway museum in Oak Park.
Marko helped Donald Glover park in Chicago.
The second half of the round saw Mark take the lead, thanks to 6 correct responses, and some incorrect responses from Molly.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Marko 11 correct 2 incorrect
Molly 12 correct 4 incorrect
Scott 4 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Marko $4,800
Molly $4,000
Scott $2,400
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: African History; Not Your Everyday Words; On Guitar; Poets Of Love; Plumbing; The Depths)
The Daily Doubles did not break Marko’s way in Double Jeopardy; he got DD2 incorrect, while Scott nearly doubled up through DD3. This meant that while Marko led going into Final, it wasn’t a runaway, and everyone was still in contention!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Marko 23 correct 3 incorrect
Scott 11 correct 1 incorrect
Molly 16 correct 6 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 4 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Marko $15,900
Scott $11,400
Molly $4,800
Marko and Molly both got Final correct; Marko is now a 2-day champion!
Tonight’s results:
Molly $4,800 + $4,798 = $9,598 (Who is Harley Quinn)
Scott $11,400 – $6,901 = $4,499 (Who is Wonder Woman?)
Marko $15,900 + $6,901 = $22,801 (Who is Harley Quinn? ❤️ ♦️) (2-day total: $26,600)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800 (clue #2)
Molly 600 -1000 (Marko 0 Scott 0)
2) POETS OF LOVE $1200 (clue #2)
Marko 6400 -4500 (Scott 2400 Molly 4000)
3) NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS $2000 (clue #10, $21200 left on board)
Scott 4400 +4200 (Marko 8300 Molly 2400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -75
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Marko 3
Scott
Molly 4*
DJ! Round:
Marko 3* 4† 2 3 4 5 3
Scott 4 4 5*
Molly
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Marko 3.38
Molly 4.00
Scott 4.33
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:
Marko $20,400 Coryat, 23 correct, 3 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Molly $5,800 Coryat, 16 correct, 6 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Scott $9,200 Coryat, 11 correct, 1 incorrect, 15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $35,400
Lach Trash: $9,400 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,200
Lead Changes: 12
Times Tied: 3
Player Statistics:
Marko Saric, career statistics:
46 correct, 10 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
42.98% in first on buzzer (49/114)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,800
Scott Nations, career statistics:
11 correct, 2 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,200)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,200
Molly Fitzpatrick, career statistics:
17 correct, 6 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,800
Marko Saric, to win:
3 games: 44.232%
4: 19.565%
5: 8.654%
6: 3.828%
7: 1.693%
Avg. streak: 2.793 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- If Scott’s financial strategies are anything like his Final Jeopardy strategy, I don’t think I want any part of it. Yikes!
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Marko $15,900 Scott $11,400 Molly $4,800)
Marko: Standard cover bet over Scott is $6,901. (Actual bet: $6,901)
Scott: Your best chance of winning is if you bet no more than $1,799; this keeps Molly locked out for second and wins if Marko is incorrect. (Actual bet: $6,901)
Molly: If Marko is incorrect, he falls to $8,999. Bet at least $4,200. (Actual bet: $4,798)
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Got that one right away. Some Halloweens ago, I went as The Joker and my lady friend as Harley Quinn. I remember there being a lot of Joker and Harley Quinn costume wearing folks that year including the hosts of the Halloween party we went to.
Guessed wonder woman. “diamond-patterned outfits” hint led me to the stars on her outfit
Same, but I know very little about this category. I was hoping they were going to mention Ben Affleck playing one of these superheroes and I would have known that he was Daredevil. I actually did see that movie in 2003.
I didn’t know the Joker connection but I did know the Italian comic character’s outfit. So I said “Harlequin” instead of “Harley Quinn”. Would that have been accepted?
Good question. It could technically be phonetically pronounced the same – but being that is a person’s name, I am going to guess no.
The diamond garb popped Dagger from Cloak & Dagger into my head which it turns out did not come out in 2020 and was not a film but a television series.
Ten in a row! But, honestly, for someone who consumed a lot of “Batman: The Animated Series” while in university, this is a slam dunk. I won’t say triple-get though, because I’m not sure how many contestants are going to be well-verses in post-1990 comics/animated shows. Could be a triple stumper.
I thought of Harlequin but guessed Columbine, because she was his love interest in the Harlequinade plays.
From the description of her classic costume, “Diamond patterned,” I immediately went to Dr. Quinzell, aka, “Harley Quinn.”
Andy, in your explantation of the correct response, you didn’t mention that her popularity from Batman: The Animated Series, lead to her being adapted into comic books, first as the Joker’s “henchwoman,” then as the lead in some “mini-series,” as well as the star of her own TV series.
I knew this one right away. I BELIEVE I could have gotten it correct anyway due to recent movies (and the Italian reference), but I definitely got it since it was my daughter’s favorite comic book character when she was a teen.
[There are a lot of dogs named Harley. I’d say most due to this character or “a motorcycle”.]
Female dogs from Harley Quinn; male dogs from Harley motorcycles. 🙂
With two sons into DC and Marvel, this was too easy.
Not my cup of tea category and guessed Wonder Woman, so I at least had something guessed. 0 for my last 39. This is unreal. I swear to you good folks here that I am not a total moron, but apparently I have been for the past 39 Monday through Friday’s. Guess I will try again next Monday to avoid the great 40 days of Noah! LOL.
Nicely done by Marko in getting win #2. Much more impressive than in Game #1. Retro good luck next week sir!
“Retro good luck next week”. What is that supposed to mean?
It’s an acknowledgement of the fact that these game are taped (as opposed to live) and thus, any luck/wishes are retroactive to the respective taping day.
Exactly! I had never heard it before until I saw some former players say it to a player with games upcoming on TV and I thought it was pretty cool, so I like to use it. 🙂