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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category The Movies) for Tuesday, May 21, 2024 (Season 40, Game 182):
Louise & Lisa Burns, twins featured in this 1980 film, told a magazine, “We’re naturally spooky!”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Chris D’Amico, a verifications specialist from Lakewood, Ohio
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Sam Spar, a CPA originally from Burlington, Vermont
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Grant DeYoung, a grocery clerk from Prescott, Arizona (4-day total: $81,203)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Grant DeYoung comes into today’s game looking to do something that only 276 others before him since 1984 have been able to do: become a 5-time Jeopardy! champion. Of course, Sam Spar & Chris D’Amico, today’s challengers, are coming into this game hoping that they can prevent Grant from doing so. While Grant has been extremely strong on the buzzer in his run to date, he has also struggled with accuracy, giving a number of incorrect responses. (In fact, Grant was the first player since the 1980s to win while giving as many incorrect responses as he did in yesterday’s game.) It’ll be interesting to see if Grant can tone down the guessing.
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Correct response: What is The Shining?
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Louisa & Lisa Burns played the famed Grady twins from the Stanley Kubrick 1980 film The Shining. While they were simply sisters in the original Stephen King work, Kubrick made them identical twin girls for the film.
Interestingly, while it is claimed that it was not deliberate, the staging of the two girls in The Shining bears a striking resemblance to Diane Arbus’s famed “Twins” photograph.
To me, this feels like a relatively straightforward piece of popular culture for most of the older members of the home audience; whether it will be straightforward for younger players is still to be seen.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, May 21, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Here Comes The Son; The New York Times; Meanwhile, Back At The Ranch; Expensive Graduation Gifts; Perfectly Unbalanced; Double-Letter Broadway Summaries)
Things got off to a bit of a slow start, even though Grant found the Daily Double. After 15 clues, Chris had $2,200, Sam $400, and Grant $200.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Chris 4 correct 2 incorrect
Sam 1 correct 0 incorrect
Grant 4 correct 4 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Chris writes a website where he publishes a puzzle every day.
Sam created a web series called “Subway Sessions” with her friends.
Grant may go on a trip to Italy with his winnings.
Grant only had 1 incorrect response after the break, and that was enough for him to jump into the lead after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Grant 12 correct 5 incorrect
Chris 8 correct 4 incorrect
Sam 2 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Grant $3,800
Chris $3,400
Sam $600
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Band Books; 5-Letter Chemistry; An Organization With Alliteration; TV; 19th Century Britain; “I” Is The Only Vowel)
In a very interesting Double Jeopardy round, Grant missed DD2, and while he bet to retake the lead on DD3, a crucial 9th incorrect response over the final few clues gave Chris just enough space to retake the lead on the final clue of the round.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Chris 17 correct 4 incorrect
Grant 22 correct 9 incorrect
Sam 5 correct 0 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 18 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Chris $12,600
Grant $12,400
Sam $3,400
Everyone got Final Jeopardy correct; that makes Chris our new Jeopardy! Champion. He’ll be back tomorrow to defend.
Tonight’s results:
Sam $3,400 + $1,999 = $5,399 (What is The Shining?)
Grant $12,400 + $399 = $12,799 (What is The Shining?)
Chris $12,600 + $12,500 = $25,100 (What is The Shining?) (1-day total: $25,100)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) PERFECTLY UNBALANCED $800 (clue #1)
Grant 0 +1000 (Sam 0 Chris 0)
2) AN ORGANIZATION WITH ALLITERATION $1600 (clue #14)
Grant 9800 -4000 (Sam 600 Chris 8200)
3) BAND BOOKS $800 (clue #23, $3600 left on board)
Grant 9800 +3000 (Sam 2200 Chris 11400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 90
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Grant 4*
Sam
Chris
DJ! Round:
Grant 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 3 4* 4 5 5† 2 2*
Sam 2 3 5
Chris 4 5 3 4 1 2
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Chris 3.17
Grant 3.73
Sam 3.33
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 18 (0.10 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Chris $12,600 Coryat, 17 correct, 4 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Grant $14,000 Coryat, 22 correct, 9 incorrect, 45.61% in first on buzzer (26/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Sam $3,400 Coryat, 5 correct, 0 incorrect, 5.26% in first on buzzer (3/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $30,000
Lach Trash: $15,000 (on 15 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,000
Lead Changes: 11
Times Tied: 3
Player Statistics:
Grant DeYoung, career statistics:
114 correct, 36 incorrect
2/5 on rebound attempts (on 16 rebound opportunities)
46.10% in first on buzzer (130/282)
7/10 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $16,200)
5/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,440
Sam Spar, career statistics:
6 correct, 0 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
5.26% in first on buzzer (3/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $3,400
Chris D’Amico, career statistics:
18 correct, 4 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,600
Chris D’Amico, to win:
2 games: 41.154%
3: 16.937%
4: 6.970%
5: 2.868%
6: 1.180%
Avg. streak: 1.699 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Chris $12,600 Grant $12,400 Sam $3,400)
Grant: Limit your bet here to $5,599 or less and hope for a Triple Stumper. (Actual bet: $399)
Sam: Bet no more than $3,000 and hope for a big bet from Grant and a Triple Stumper. (Actual bet: $1,999)
Chris: Standard cover bet over Grant is $12,201. (Actual bet: $12,500)
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I found it easy, but being a Kubrick and Stephen King fan, I know the movie well (and how much it strays from the book). I’d guess Grant would know this one right away, too.
Side note – I think Stephen King is one of two people whose work I was reading in the 1970’s and still read their new work now. The other is Garry Trudeau.
Too easy for me, I was born in 1980 & The Shining was the first movie that ever came to my mind
The Shining is forever emblazoned in my brain. We were on vacation when this movie was released and saw it or first night. I was 15, and had to go back to the hotel (remember, our first night in the hotel) and try and sleep. Yikes.
I saw the movie when it was first released. Living in Oregon at the time, I recognized the hotel as Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood.
I liked Grant and his unbridled joy! Fare thee well, good sir.
Like Ken said though, we’re extremely likely to see him back for the ToC in 2025. 🙂
Twins that are spooky. What else but the Shinging.
Didn’t realize Grant used a chair. Was he seated in all 5 of his games?
I believe that to be the case, yes.
Grant even mentioned the chair in one of the episodes when Ken asked him about his height during the interview portion. Grant said that the chair hid how tall he really is.
We already know how the clue played but as a relatively younger fan (in undergrad) I found the clue pretty straightforward thinking about old scary movies with twins.
FJ was easy. Loved the book. Hated the movie.
“I” is the only vowel. And bite is the answer?
“bight”, not “bite”.
A very close game decided by a few $400 clues at the end. One of them, with reference to the Mambo Kings was answered ” Ricky Ricardo” by Chris. Shouldn’t the correct answer have been Desi Arnaz? At the very least, more information might have been requested.
In “The Mambo Kings play Songs of Love”, 2 Cuban Brothers end up playing with this “Sitcom” bandleader”. That would be Ricky Ricardo
I wondered the same thing, but “this sitcom bandleader” is ambiguous enough that either is probably acceptable because in the novel the brothers make an appearance on the TV show.
I was either 11 or 12 when the movie came out and being brought up by a highly religious mother, there was no chance I was going to see the movie. And to this day I haven’t seen it. No excuses though, as I just couldn’t get there on this FJ.
That was quite the fun game tonight and retro congrats to Chris on the win and we’ll see if he can get win #2 tomorrow night. 🙂