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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Statues) for Thursday, April 25, 2024 (Season 40, Game 164):
The 42-foot-high statue of Athena in this state capital is the tallest indoor statue in the United States
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Justin Brandt, an attorney originally from West Hills, California
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Tyler Jarvis, a researcher & PhD student originally from Portales, New Mexico
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Amy Hummel, an ER doctor from Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1-day total: $18,900)
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Amy Hummel is your new Jeopardy! champion after her win yesterday; today, she faces off against Tyler Jarvis and Justin Brandt!
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Correct response: What is Nashville?
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As a nod to its nickname “Athens of the South”, the city of Nashville built a full-scale replica of the original Parthenon as a part of the 1897 Centennial Exposition (celebrating the centenary of Tennessee’s entry into the Union). In 1990, Alan LeQuire re-created the statue of Athena from the Athenian Parthenon to serve as the building’s focus.
One thing I don’t know writing this as a Canadian: this was a piece of information that I learned today. I presume that the fact that Nashville has an exact replica of the Parthenon is more known to Americans?
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, April 25, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Gorges Countries; Top 10 Baby Names; Assaults & Batteries; Reality Show Hosts; Bro-Pourri; “A.C.”)
Tyler picked up some momentum just before the first commercial break when he doubled up through the Daily Double; he had $5,200 after 15 clues; Amy had $2,200 and Justin $600.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Tyler 6 correct 0 incorrect
Amy 5 correct 2 incorrect
Justin 1 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Justin worked as a public address announcer at UCLA.
Tyler can read approximately 10 languages (but can only speak 1).
Amy had to learn how to drive manual on a long trip to Cincinnati.
Amy got a lot of the momentum back, picking up seven correct after the commercials and briefly overtook Tyler at one point. Tyler led, though, after 30.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Tyler 10 correct 1 incorrect
Amy 12 correct 2 incorrect
Justin 3 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Tyler $6,200
Amy $5,800
Justin $800
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Below Deck: Sailing Novel; Vocabulary; World Holidays & Observances; French History; Let’s Rock & Roll!; D.C.)
Amy very much controlled the run of play in Double Jeopardy; Tyler and Justin combined for all of three correct responses. While she missed a Daily Double early, she picked up the last one among 13 correct in the round, and her deliberate play meant that there wasn’t enough time for Tyler to break the runaway going into Final.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Amy 25 correct 3 incorrect
Tyler 12 correct 1 incorrect
Justin 4 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 8 (4 today).
Scores going into Final:
Amy $18,800
Tyler $8,600
Justin $2,000
Nobody got Final correct, but Amy bet just $5; she’s now a 2-day champion!
Tonight’s results:
Justin $2,000 – $0 = $2,000 (What is Juneau?)
Tyler $8,600 – $4,599 = $4,001 (What is Little)
Amy $18,800 – $5 = $18,795 (What is Bos Springfield?) (2-day total: $37,695)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) BRO-POURRI $800 (clue #12)
Tyler 1800 +1800 (Amy 2200 Justin 600)
2) VOCABULARY $2000 (clue #4)
Amy 7800 -3000 (Tyler 6200 Justin 2000)
3) FRENCH HISTORY $800 (clue #19, $10000 left on board)
Amy 11200 +2000 (Tyler 8200 Justin 2000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 79
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Amy 4 3 5 5 4 4 3 5
Tyler 4 3 4*
Justin 3
DJ! Round:
Amy 5* 4† 3† 4 4 3 4 3 2† 4 5 3 3 2 2*
Tyler 2
Justin 3 4 5
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Amy 3.65
Tyler 3.25
Justin 3.75
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: BELOW DECK: SAILING NOVEL $400 WORLD HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400 LET’S ROCK & ROLL! $400 $2000
Total Left On Board: $3,200
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 8 (0.05 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Amy $20,600 Coryat, 25 correct, 3 incorrect, 49.06% in first on buzzer (26/53), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Tyler $7,600 Coryat, 12 correct, 1 incorrect, 20.75% in first on buzzer (11/53), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Justin $2,000 Coryat, 4 correct, 1 incorrect, 7.55% in first on buzzer (4/53), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $30,200
Lach Trash: $16,200 (on 14 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $4,400
Lead Changes: 10
Times Tied: 2
Player Statistics:
Amy Hummel, career statistics:
46 correct, 6 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
42.73% in first on buzzer (47/110)
1/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$5,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,900
Tyler Jarvis, career statistics:
12 correct, 2 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
20.75% in first on buzzer (11/53)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,800)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,600
Justin Brandt, career statistics:
4 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
7.55% in first on buzzer (4/53)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $2,000
Amy Hummel, to win:
3 games: 46.074%
4: 21.228%
5: 9.781%
6: 4.506%
7: 2.076%
Avg. streak: 2.854 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- One who controls the board like Amy does get to control the run of play. If Tyler and Justin wanted to play faster, they had plenty of opportunity to get control of the board from Amy.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Amy $18,800 Tyler $8,600 Justin $2,000)
Amy: Bet no more than $1,599 and enjoy your win! (Actual bet: $5)
Tyler: Bet no more than $4,599 and take second. (Actual bet: $4,599)
Justin: Bet whatever you like. (Actual bet: $0)
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Being from the Southern US and having been to Nashville I got to the answer pretty quickly. Despite that, I don’t imagine this is an easy pull for most Americans, I would have preferred this be a TOC clue, but I’m confident at least one of them gets to Nashville.
Seeing how difficult this clue is for the other people on this site I am no longer confident that any of the contestants will get this right.
I went with Atlanta being that there is an Athens in Georgia which led me to thinking Greek stuff. I hope no one in haste sees ‘state’ and writes the state and not the city.
I thought the same MarkO…Btw…GA has an Athens and a Rome.
Bingo MarkO….I said Atlanta too and for the same reason as you. At first I said Georgia and realized it needed to be a city and thus shouted out Atlanta within the 30 seconds, only to be wrong….again. 0 for last 43. lol
I have been to Nashville. I’ve even been inside the replica Parthenon and seen this statue. Nevertheless, when I saw the clue, the first thing that popped into my head was “Olympia” and I just couldn’t shake it. My brain is a mystery to me and sometimes an enemy.
LOL
I have been to Nashville too (but not to the Parthenon) and I said Olympia too. My brain went, “Isn’t there something Greek in Nashville? Maybe. But they might be going for Greek gods – Olympus – Olympia.”
I was trying to get to the answer through Athens GA.
I too thought of Athens, Georgia, even though I knew the capital is Atlanta. I didn’t know that Nashville’s nickname was “The Athens of the South”.
Right, for the most part “Music City” has supplanted that.
This seemed hard (almost impossible) to me but then I remembered about the Nashville Parthenon! Woohoo!!
Final was obscure to me. But I have not been to Nashville.
Nashville is where I was born. I currently live in Madison, Wisconsin, and lived there since 2010.
Did you know that one of the suburbs of ‘Metropolitan Nashville’ is Madison, Tennessee?
Yes, I did know that.
Nice comment about the deliberate gameplay. I have thought about this when watching – slow down play if the lead is enough – but I don’t think I have ever seen anyone actually do it! Once in a while you can see leaders only calling the low numbers at the end so others don’t have a chance to catch up.
Definitely a smart move if the show allows it. Amy seems to have played pretty deliberatively from the outset in both games, so I’m not sure it was an intentional endgame strategy on her part.
That said, it’s bad for competition, and — especially — bad for the viewer. Play all the clues and edit out the pauses, IMO.
I was very aware of the replica of the Parthenon in Nashville, so this was easy for me. I’m not sure how many Americans know of it if they’ve not been to Nashville, however.
My first trip to Nashville was age 13 as a delegate to a youth orchestra convention (cellist). Stayed with local volunteer family who took me to “The Parthenon.” Very impressive! Never forgot it and got the clue!
This was a “get” for me. Somewhere in my brain as today’s Final Jeopardy was revealed/being read, my brain came up with “What is Tennesee?” Then corrected to “What is Nashville?” when rereading the Final Jeopardy “answer” clue, noted that it wanted a state capital. It’s just that I don’t how, or, read about the Partheon in Nashville, just knew that something like that was there, and, of course would be a logical place for a very large statue of Athena.
So with that, I’m 2 for 4, so far, on this week’s Final Jeopardy.
I hope that there aren’t any click bait stories about how Ken (actually the Jeopardy staff at the judges table) refused to take Hasbro as a correct response for the “answer”/(clue) regarding the game Clue in Bro Pourri. The “answer” (clue) referred to the time of it’s acquisition by a US board game publisher. Which was Parker Bros. TODAY Hasbro owns Parker Bros. (and, Milton Bradley, among other game and toy companies.) But not in 1949, back then Parker Bros. was independent. Unfortunately, I won’t be surprised if there are click bait stories on this.
Also put Atlanta, Georgia down because its name comes from a Greek heroine and there’s an Athens, GA as well. When Ken mentioned the Parthenon replica, I said “The WHAT?!” aloud.
I’m American and thought this was an incredibly difficult, obscure FJ that gave absolutely zero clues to parse the question with. This was TOC difficulty for sure.
With respect to Andy’s comment, “…the fact that Nashville has an exact replica of the Parthenon is more known to Americans,” I’d say it is better known to Americans but not well-known. I think this is borne out by the fact that none of the contestants got it as well as the comments here. I happened to know this only because I’ve been to Tennessee and was familiar with the replica being there. The majority of Americans probably aren’t aware of this so it is not surprising that Canadians wouldn’t be.
It has been common in the past to have FJ clues that someone is FAR MORE likely to know if they are from the state it involves and QUITE MORE likely to know if one is just from the general region.
Nashville is a MAJOR tourist destination [crossed by three major interstates and with nearly 100,000 hotel rooms, part of them in the largest non-gaming hotel property in the U.S.] and if a visitor is there for a short time they are unlikely to miss brochures for the Parthenon even if not actually going to it. It seems reasonable to me for prospective Jeopardy! contestants to go onto the internet to check out “tourist board” info for all 50 states instead of just reviewing their presumed knowledge of all 50 states/capitals.
Just FYI: As Andy said, Nashville was called “Athens of the South” before the Parthenon was built, so if anyone is wondering why, it was because there were so many colleges and universities there.
I lived in Nashville for decades and we used to get lots of Canadian tourists. In fact, before credit cards became so pervasive that they can be used for fast food, one could hardly go a month without getting Canadian pennies (and occasionally nickels or quarters) in our change.
FJ question tonight was very easy for me, as I live just outside Nashville,currently, and pass by the park & Parthenon on a pretty regular basis. Little tidbit for those that don’t know originally when sculpted/ built, Athena was mostly white, in recent years her robe & other parts are more covered in gold leaf. Parthenon & her statue is really quite a site to see!
That being said, I was at first shocked no one got it correct but realized none of them are even in the region and made sense to me.
I’m impressed with myself this week. Currently sitting at 2/2 on correct FJ’s!
Nashville’s Athena was mostly white to begin with because not enough money had been raised yet for the gold leaf, so the statue certainly is really quite a sight to see! The contrast with the gold almost makes her “skin” look porcelain. “Pictures don’t do her justice” is a common expression, but in her case many do (because of the sheen of the gold and her size shown by the nearness of the walls and ceiling).
At first she felt TOO BIG to me, but I learned that historical accounts indicated the original size and I quickly got used to it. Somehow I think the gold helped with that [I guess making her sort of like a lit filament in a light bulb].
I had no idea about this one, so my guess was Olympia. “Athens of the South” is one of those self-designated nicknames that don’t get much traction beyond the local area. Since Boston also has identified as an “Athens” I can see why Amy started that as her response. This was a very good FJ clue, just one of the surprisingly high number of triple stumpers in this game.
But wouldn’t Olympia be called “Athens of the Northwest”? Actually, wouldn’t a nickname of “Athens” be more likely to be given to (or taken on by) a city that did not already have a prominent Greek name?
Boston was dubbed the ‘Athens of America’ over 200 years ago and it had been proposed for Philadelphia before that, so that is probably why “of the South” was included when Nashville was so designated (about 1850).