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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Historic Geography) for Wednesday, May 29, 2024 (Season 40, Game 188):
This city attracted thousands of visitors even before a new shrine to a murder victim was dedicated there July 7, 1220
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Brian O’Shea, a gifted specialist & teacher from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana
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Abby Mann, a digital scholarship librarian from Normal, Illinois (1-day total: $5,200)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Abby Mann is your new Jeopardy! champion, picking up a victory—worth $5,200 to her—after she ended up with the best score following a Triple Stumper in last night’s Final Jeopardy round. Today sees her first title defense against Adriana Harmeyer of Indiana and Brian O’Shea of North Carolina.
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Correct response: What is Canterbury?
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Canterbury, located in Kent in South East England, is known worldwide for its cathedral (specifically Christ Church Cathedral, but also known generally as Canterbury Cathedral) that is the home of the Archbishop of Canterbury, one of the major leaders of the Church of England. Being a site of major religious importance to the English, it received thousands of visitors even prior to the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket in the cathedral in 1170. The shrine to Becket was dedicated in 1220 and was one of Europe’s richest—before Henry VIII ordered it destroyed in 1538 due to his ongoing battle with the Pope.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, May 29, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Louisiana Parish Names; Novels; This & That; Don’t Stop Retrievin’; Classic Rap Lyrics; Change The S To An N)
Unlike many games of Season 40, the opening 15 clues saw mostly top and middle row clues selected. (Thus, scoring was down). After 15 clues, Brian led with $2,200, while Abby and Adriana had $800 apiece. The majority of the game’s money was still on the board, though!
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Brian 6 correct 1 incorrect
Adriana 3 correct 1 incorrect
Abby 3 correct 2 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Brian encountered Rick Steiner in Myrtle Beach as a child.
Adriana enjoys being an archivist.
Abby is the world’s clumsiest adventure traveler.
While it was Adriana who got to the Daily Double, she only bet $1,000—which meant that Abby led going into Double; Brian was just $200 behind and Adriana sat third.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Abby 9 correct 2 incorrect
Brian 10 correct 2 incorrect
Adriana 7 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Abby $4,800
Brian $4,600
Adriana $3,800
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: White House Weddings; “M”usic; Shall We Science?; Cookbooks; Alliterative TV; This Is Fine)
Double Jeopardy saw a very old-school clue selection round; Adriana got $4,000 from the first Daily Double, while Brian lost $6,000 on the last one. Brian ended up missing Final, while Abby got to within $200 of Adriana. However, Adriana went on a late run and pulled out a good-sized lead going into Final.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Adriana 18 correct 2 incorrect
Abby 17 correct 3 incorrect
Brian 14 correct 6 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 18 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Adriana $16,200
Abby $12,400
Brian -$1,000
Both Abby and Adriana were correct in Final; Adriana is your new Jeopardy champion! She’ll come back tomorrow to defend.
Tonight’s results:
Brian -$1,000 (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
Abby $12,400 + $3,000 = $15,400 (What is Canterbury Canterbury?)
Adriana $16,200 + $10,000 = $26,200 (What is Canterbury?) (1-day total: $26,200)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) LOUISIANA PARISH NAMES $800 (clue #18)
Adriana 2600 +1000 (Abby 800 Brian 2200)
2) “M”USIC $1600 (clue #12)
Adriana 8200 +4000 (Abby 5600 Brian 3000)
3) WHITE HOUSE WEDDINGS $1600 (clue #19, $15600 left on board)
Brian 6200 -6000 (Abby 8400 Adriana 13400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -10
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Abby 3 4 5 2 1
Adriana 2 3 3 5 4 4*
Brian 2 3 1 2 3 2 1
DJ! Round:
Abby 1 2 3 3
Adriana 1 2 3 4 5 1 1 2 3 4* 5† 2
Brian 2 3 4*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Adriana 3.00
Abby 2.67
Brian 2.30
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:
Adriana $13,600 Coryat, 18 correct, 2 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Abby $12,400 Coryat, 17 correct, 3 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Brian $5,000 Coryat, 14 correct, 6 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $31,000
Lach Trash: $12,000 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,000
Lead Changes: 4
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Abby Mann, career statistics:
30 correct, 6 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 13 rebound opportunities)
27.19% in first on buzzer (31/114)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,300
Adriana Harmeyer, career statistics:
19 correct, 2 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,600
Brian O’Shea, career statistics:
14 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$6,000)
0/0 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,000
Adriana Harmeyer, to win:
2 games: 53.708%
3: 28.845%
4: 15.492%
5: 8.321%
6: 4.469%
Avg. streak: 2.160 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Adriana $16,200 Abby $12,400 Brian -$1,000)
Abby: As you’re between 3/4 and 4/5 of Adriana’s score, I would bet between $3,801 and $4,799 here for the best chance of winning. (Actual bet: $3,000)
Adriana: Standard cover bet over Abby is $8,601. (Actual bet: $10,000)
Brian: (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
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I guessed “What is Mecca?” WAY off.
Same
I was way off also. “What is Jerusalem.”
I also guessed Jerusalem.
I said Bethlehem, so I was in your guys’ neck of the woods. I also went to Bethlehem in 1980. Also many other cities in Israel.
I guessed Constantinople/Byzantium thinking it was the Hagia Sophia. This feels like a hard one that either comes to you right away or there’s no way you can laterally think your way to it, but when I saw the answer I felt like I should have known it.
I know of Thomas A-Beckett, that he died because of his refusal of the command of his King. But that’s the end of my knowledge of him.
Like many people I know of the Cantrbury Cathredral. But there also I lack much knowleedge. I didn’t know that Canterbury was a town (city.) I thought that the Canterbury Cathedral was the seat of the Church of England (like St. Peter’s Balisica is for Roman Catholics) that the Archbishop of Cantrbury would be considered to be a near Pope in the Anglican faith.
From Andy’s explanation of the correct response to today’s Final Jeopardy, I find that not only did I know to little too answer it correctly. Things I thought I knew about the Church of England Anglican faith wereall wrong. Guess it proves you can still learn at any age.
I had thought that Beckett was murdered in London by a political rival so I put that, thinking 800 years ago it could have attracted internationals. Whoops.
This game was such an anachronism. It really feels like belonged before Holzhauer, though Brian was doing the Forrest Bounce a lot. He was the only one who seemed to be using strategy at first. He got out to that early lead until Adriana found her buzzer timing. And once she did, that was that. I don’t mind her more aggressive bet since it was just her and Abby. We’ll see how she fares tomorrow!
Curious. Didn’t the reference to “thousands of visitors, even before..” trip any triggers towards the Canterbury Tales? (Though the contestants clearly picked up on it) Esp. since the whole set-up of the Tales was to kill time on the interminable trek to Canterbury from.. well, almost anywhere else in the British Isles.
Anyways, always love a good librarian vs. archivist showdown!
It did to me, too, but only after I found out the correct response. Like RedRose and Serena, I was thinking “Middle East” as I think of memorials rather than shrines for Europeans (and subsequently Americans) but, then, I did not grow up around any Catholics. [Of course in subsequent decades I’ve had more exposure and now I recall lots of Catholic Shrines to people, but I think a lot of one’s immediate subconscious sway comes from one’s environment earlier than adulthood. Or one might say, from first-hand exposure rather than second-hand. And my earliest second-hand exposure to the Middle East was the Bible, then ‘Lawrence of Arabia’, then ‘Indiana Jones’, so my subconscious likely contains more misinformation than actual information in this area.]
That was an entertaining game.
Retro congrats to Adriana the Archivist! We’ll see if she gets win #2 tomorrow night!
I got this one because of the shrine to a murder victim part. Immediately thought of that slaying in the church. But I was unsure of the date… I think I confuse Becket and More. Too many Thomases. I know that if I’d had more time, I would surely have talked myself out of it and come to some other answer, maybe even one of those offered here. Good thing I only had 30 seconds!
I also have felt time warped lately, as far as the strategy goes. It feels like watching when I was a kid – you get to warm up to the category before the harder questions come. Ah, remember those days? Darn that James! May his reign resume next year… (Congrats to Queen Victoria tho)
I wonder if it makes Jeopardy seem easier to kids, like I was, if the easy answers come first? Personally, I like to lie to myself and pretend I’m smart when I get all those last clues correct at the end. But seriously, does it make the game more popular the other way? I know I do appreciate seeing good gameplay, but maybe that’s just me (and a large subset of Jeopardy fans?). I’m always disappointed when it appears a contestant doesn’t play well. I think, “Why don’t they all come here first?!” We can learn to bet, at the very least… Then, when the pressure and the lights are on, at least you have a chance by being prepared!
Thank you, Andy, for all your good work and dedication 🙂