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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Book & Movie Title References) for Friday, May 17, 2024 (Season 40, Game 180):
The title of this 2001 book, also a 2003 film, forms a partial border between Boston, Chelsea, Medford & Everett
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Rachel Shelton, an attorney from Lexington, Kentucky
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Nick Coombs, an auctioneer from Chicago, Illinois
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Grant DeYoung, a grocery clerk from Prescott, Arizona (2-day total: $46,401)
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Grant DeYoung is now a 2-day champion after he took a runaway win in yesterday’s game. Today, he faces off against Chicago’s Nick Coombs and Lexington, Kentucky’s Rachel Shelton.
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Correct response: What is Mystic River?
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The Mystic River, which gives its name to the 2001 Dennis Lehane novel (and subsequent 2003 Clint Eastwood film) does not come from the English word “mystic”; it comes from the Massachusett word for “large estuary”, “missi-tuk”. Lying to the north of Boston, it joins with the Charles to form the inner part of Boston Harbor.
To me, this felt like a relatively straightforward clue—as soon as I stopped confusing Mystic Pizza (a movie from the late 1980s set in Mystic, Connecticut) with Mystic River. I think that if a contestant can avoid that confusion and is generally well-versed in movies, they should be okay.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, May 17, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: I’m A Fun Guy; Passports; Words From Film; Baseball’s 25-Game Winners; Enter The Literary Character; Franklin)
Rachel got off to the best start in this one, courtesy of a pair of high-value correct responses. She had $2,600 after 15 clues, Grant had $1,800, and Nick had $1,600.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Rachel 4 correct 0 incorrect
Grant 4 correct 0 incorrect
Nick 4 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Rachel is part of an organization that saves wasted food from going to landfill.
Nick auctioned off a previously lost “inverted Jenny” postage stamp.
Grant was a big fan of the show in high school.
Grant found the Daily Double shortly after the break and doubled up through it in order to take a big lead; meanwhile, Rachel struggled on the buzzer, getting in just twice after the break.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Grant 12 correct 1 incorrect
Rachel 6 correct 0 incorrect
Nick 8 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Grant $8,000
Rachel $3,800
Nick $3,600
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: State Name Stuff; Cast Members In The Reboot; “Gn”owledge; Tough 6-Letter Words; Chapters In Biographies; We Are Fungi)
After the Daily Doubles stayed out for a very long time, Rachel found DD2, took a big swing, but fell back to $0. Grant got DD3, bet $5,000 and was correct; a pair of incorrect responses from him meant that Grant was very close to having a runaway going into Final.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Grant 23 correct 4 incorrect
Nick 13 correct 3 incorrect
Rachel 9 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 16 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Grant $19,800
Nick $10,400
Rachel $0
Grant was the only player correct in Final; that makes him a 3-day champion! Will he get win #4 on Monday?
Tonight’s results:
Rachel $0 (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
Nick $10,400 – $9,401 = $999 (What is The Turnpike?)
Grant $19,800 + $1,001 = $20,801 (What is Mystic River?) (3-day total: $67,202)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) PASSPORTS $1000 (clue #19)
Grant 3200 +3200 (Nick 1600 Rachel 3400)
2) CHAPTERS IN BIOGRAPHIES $800 (clue #19)
Rachel 7000 -7000 (Grant 12400 Nick 11600)
3) TOUGH 6-LETTER WORDS $1200 (clue #21, $4800 left on board)
Grant 13200 +5000 (Nick 11600 Rachel 0)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 38
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Grant 3 3 4 4 5 3 4 5 4 5*
Nick 3 5 2 1
Rachel 2 2 1 4 3
DJ! Round:
Grant 4 3 5 3 4 3 3*
Nick 4 5 5 4 4 5 4 3 5 5
Rachel 3 2 2* 2
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Grant 3.82
Nick 3.93
Rachel 2.33
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 16 (0.09 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Grant $13,800 Coryat, 23 correct, 4 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 0/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Nick $10,400 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Rachel $7,000 Coryat, 9 correct, 2 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $31,200
Lach Trash: $15,000 (on 14 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,800
Lead Changes: 5
Times Tied: 3
Player Statistics:
Grant DeYoung, career statistics:
72 correct, 16 incorrect
1/3 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
44.12% in first on buzzer (75/170)
5/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $16,200)
3/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,000
Nick Coombs, career statistics:
13 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,400
Rachel Shelton, career statistics:
9 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$7,000)
0/0 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,000
Grant DeYoung, to win:
4 games: 60.362%
5: 36.436%
6: 21.993%
7: 13.276%
8: 8.013%
Avg. streak: 4.523 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I might have bet “Catfish” to come up on today’s board; however, I would have bet it to show up in the 25-game winner category, not the “words from film” one.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Grant $19,800 Nick $10,400 Rachel $0)
Grant: Standard cover bet over Nick is $1,001. (Actual bet: $1,001)
Nick: Bet at least $8,400. (Actual bet: $9,401)
Rachel: (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
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I kept thinking of Mystic Pizza and then realized there was a movie called Mystic River. Got it within 30 seconds. Whew!
It did help to remember that Mystic Pizza was a much older movie.
I’d love to see the auctioneer say something like, “… I’ll take 200, no 400, no 600 on …”
Mike!
You just cracked up me. Thanks.
I knew that it was not “Mystic Pizza”, but I had forgotten about “Mystic River”.
Total strikeout. Threw out 2001: A Space Odyssey as a joke, but I’ve legitimately never so much as heard of Mystic River.
Although I can take solace in the fact that a friend that is much smarter than me AND very, very knowledgeable when it comes to references in movies/TV shows (both in titles and in content) couldn’t get it either, so I don’t feel TOTALLY incompetent. Just mostly. 🙂
Thinking movie title that is a place in the Northeast, only thing I could come up with in thirty seconds was Garden State.
No reason for Nick to not bet it all. He’s locked up at least second, and only way he wins is if gets FJ correct.
It was a good book; another cab driver I worked with shared it w/ me to pass time between fares.
Seeing someone else mention “Mystic Pizza” (the movie I recaall sampling, once upon a time,) made me realize that I didn’t recall either the book, or, movie, so that today’s Final Jeopardy answer (clue) ment nothing to me. My weeks score, 2 right, 2 wrong, and, an incomplete.
I thought it might be the movie with the story which is ‘Manchester-by-the-Sea’ [but that turned out to be newer and an original screenplay rather than a book, but at least I was right about it being a suburb of Boston.] However, in trying to think of the title ‘Manchester-by-the-Sea’, ‘Mystic’ kept coming to mind and instead of working on from that I kept discarding it, knowing it was NOT ‘Mystic Pizza’. If I hadn’t known about ‘Mystic Pizza’ at all, I bet I would have remembered (and said) the title ‘Mystic River’, though still actually thinking of the WRONG movie (‘Manchester-by-the-Sea’).
My Mom went on a working cruise on Mystic River shortly before she died and my nephew lives in Boston. These facts led me to Mystic River right away. Also, no offense to Andy, but I just can’t see a pizza forming a boundary between cities. 🙂
Glad to see Grant continuing on his run. Now, just have to wait until Monday to see if my prediction yesterday comes true.
If I were betting on “Catfish” to appear in today’s episode, I would have bet on “Catfish” Hunter as a 25-game winner in 1974 with the Oakland A’s. That was also a Cy Young Award year for him. A true Hall of Famer. 🙂
Robert, a town (or suburb or township) could itself form a partial border between several other towns or suburbs or townships, leaving a question as to whether the clue REQUIRES a response using the WHOLE title or not. Thus, if one does not know that area and does not specifically recall the (referenced) movie, but ‘Mystic Pizza’ DOES somehow come to mind, one might respond ‘Mystic’ thinking the town portion of the title was all the clue needed as a response, not that the ‘Mystic Pizza’ pizza shop building was a partial boundary to those places. [Though I did myself think that the clue required a response of the entire title, I was just thinking of a totally different movie possibly in that area.]
I live on the North Shore (next to MBTS) and didn’t get it! I never saw the movie or read the book but I’m a librarian so certainly know of it. No excuse! I’ve been to Mystic, CT lots of times, even eaten at Mystic Pizza (do not recommend!) so wouldn’t have mixed up those two Mystics. I really like Grant! I was curious about why he sits in a chair and found the answer.
I couldn’t even close to the correct answer for tonight’s FJ. Funny thing is that I saw the movie Mystic River while visiting a friend in the Florida Panhandle in February 2004 and also saw the movie Monster. Both were really good. Didn’t know that Mystic River had been a book in 2001. Didn’t remember the setting of where the Mystic River was. This movie was a tragedy in many different ways, that’s for sure.
Have a great weekend everyone! 🙂
See if Grant can get win #4 on Monday.