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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category American Banking) for Thursday, May 30, 2024 (Season 40, Game 189):
Around 1930 a bank named for this NYC area known as a slum was the USA’s largest savings bank by total deposits
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Sandee Baker, a real estate broker from Lake Tapps, Washington
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Brad Miller, an I.T. director from Wentzville, Missouri
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Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana (1-day total: $26,200)
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Correct response: What is the Bowery?
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According to an article in the New York Times on January 29, 1931, the Bowery Savings Bank in New York City was the largest mutual savings bank in the United States by total deposits, with $322 million on January 1, 1930 and $400 million on January 1, 1931. Emigrant Industrial in New York was second, while the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society was third.
In 1992, it was sold to H.F. Ahmanson & Co., now a part of JPMorgan Chase.
Meanwhile, for much of the 20th century, the Bowery was the place where New York City’s most down-and-out would congregate. The bank, located in the area, predated the street’s downturn; it was still an upscale area in the 1830s.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, May 30, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: …But Who’s Countying?; Giving You The Third Degree; First Name’s The Same; Slanguage; We Have Food At Home; Canon Events)
While Brad and Sandee got off zero first, Adriana picked up a great deal of momentum when she rebounded a $1,000 miss from Brad. Running up nine correct responses in the opening segment, she sat at $4,600 at the interviews to $800 each for both challengers.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Adriana 9 correct 0 incorrect
Sandee 1 correct 0 incorrect
Brad 4 correct 2 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Sandee lives on a family compound of 2.5 acres.
Brad has an ancestor who ran a Colorado silver mine.
Adriana did a fourth-grade animal project on the platypus.
The good news for Adriana: she picked up 9 more correct responses. The bad news for Adriana: her one miss was the Daily Double. That being said, she only lost $2,000 to it—she had a big lead through 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Adriana 18 correct 1 incorrect
Sandee 4 correct 0 incorrect
Brad 5 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Adriana $9,000
Sandee $1,800
Brad $1,600
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Play Characters; Thanks A “Mill”-ion!; Glass; National Coats Of Arms; Songs In The Key Of Life; Cannon Events)
Adriana picked up the second Daily Double and essentially ran both challengers out of clues before the last Daily Double was found. She had nearly a $20,000 lead over both Brad and Sandee going into Final.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Adriana 28 correct 2 incorrect
Brad 13 correct 5 incorrect
Sandee 8 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 18 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Adriana $22,200
Brad $3,700
Sandee $3,000
Brad was the only player correct in Final Jeopardy—Adriana is a 2-day champion, winnings $46,200!
Tonight’s results:
Sandee $3,000 – $1,200 = $1,800 (What is Hell’s Kitchen?)
Brad $3,700 + $2,301 = $6,001 (What is Bowery?)
Adriana $22,200 – $2,200 = $20,000 (What is Battery?) (2-day total: $46,200)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) …BUT WHO’S COUNTYING? $600 (clue #16)
Adriana 4600 -2000 (Brad 800 Sandee 800)
2) PLAY CHARACTERS $1600 (clue #14)
Adriana 13000 +4000 (Brad -400 Sandee 3000)
3) NATIONAL COATS OF ARMS $1600 (clue #26, $4800 left on board)
Brad 2000 +500 (Adriana 22200 Sandee 2200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 12
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Adriana 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 1 1 2 3*
Brad 3 4 4 5
Sandee 5
DJ! Round:
Adriana 1 2 3 4 5 1 3 4* 5† 2 3 5 5 1 1
Brad 4 5 3 2 4 4 3 4*
Sandee 1 2 1
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Adriana 2.69
Brad 3.75
Sandee 2.25
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 $21,800 Coryat, 28 correct, 2 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57), 4/4 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Brad $4,800 Coryat, 13 correct, 5 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Sandee $3,000 Coryat, 8 correct, 2 incorrect, 15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $29,600
Lach Trash: $14,200 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,200
Lead Changes: 1
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Adriana Harmeyer, career statistics:
47 correct, 5 incorrect
7/7 on rebound attempts (on 14 rebound opportunities)
34.21% in first on buzzer (39/114)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,700
Brad Miller, career statistics:
14 correct, 5 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $500)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,800
Sandee Baker, career statistics:
8 correct, 3 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $3,000
Adriana Harmeyer, to win:
3 games: 60.337%
4: 36.406%
5: 21.966%
6: 13.254%
7: 7.997%
Avg. streak: 3.521 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- On the last Daily Double, Brad had no reasonable chance of victory as there wasn’t enough money left on the board for him to break Adriana’s runaway; thus, a bet to ensure he was still around for Final Jeopardy was called for.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Adriana $22,200 Brad $3,700 Sandee $3,000)
Adriana: Bet no more than $14,799 and enjoy win #2. (Actual bet: $2,200)
Brad: Standard cover bet over Sandee is $2,301. (Actual bet: $2,301)
Sandee: (Actual bet: $1,200)
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“What is the Bowery?” I didn’t know that the Bowery was a bank. I got it from “…New York City area known as a slum…”
Yep, we’re on the same page again. When I think of slums in New York, the Bowery is one of the first things that comes to mind. However, I dis know that there was also a Bowery Bank.
No clue. I was thinking, Citi or Chemical…..I remember the Bowery Boys but did not make the connection.
I also knew of the Bowery from the Huntz Hall features. Never realized that it was considered to be a slum in NYC, so would not have put ANY type of bank with that neighborhood.
In Chicago Jeopardy is shown at 3:30p Central Time, and, was prempted by ABC news coverage of the verdict from Donald Trump’s “Hush Money” trial.
I had heard of Bowery before as a slum, but thought it was a generic term like Skid Row (though I suppose Skid Row could have originally been a specific place). However, I could only think of Skid Row and felt sure that would not have been a bank name. If I HAD remembered Bowery, I’d hope I would have realized it could be a bank name, but can’t be sure since I didn’t even think of that name to start with.
[It’s kind of funny to me that in trying to think of some old bank names in hopes one would fit, Chase is one of the ones I thought of.]
Hi Lisa,
I believe the original “Skid Row” is a location here in downtown Los Angeles. It’s starting nexus on the northwest side is located at the corner of 3rd Street and Main Street. My office building is just across the street from the starting spot.
My guess of Harlem is probably going to be unpopular, but it’s all that I could come up with for FJ.
But was the spot in L.A. ever actually named that rather than just being the original place that began to be called that?
Joe DiMaggio did TV ads for the Bowery at one time.
I thougnt of the Bower Boys too, but not the bank.
I can only relate the Bowery to the Martin Scorsese movie, “The Gangs of New York”.
I was about to throw out a guess when suddenly I remembered the commercials on NYC TV in the late 70s (with Joe DiMaggio!) for Bowery Bank. Sometimes growing up on the fringes of the NYC Metro pays off, especially with all of the Yankees’ games my older brother forced us to watch.
I gotta give all thanks to Jim Croce for this one.
When I saw the names Allen and Gibson in that First Name’s the Same dance clue, first thing that sprung to mind, before processing the “dance” part, was “Mel”. Wonder if people were driven to dance by World Series radio broadcasts and a scene from What Women Want.
Thanks for that. I’m always amused at my (and others’) wrong pairings and answers. Such strange bedfellows sometimes. There ought to be a blooper reel. I’d totally watch that.
Back to back very nice games by our 2 day Champion Adriana the Archivist! Will she make it 3 in a row tomorrow? I’d say there’s a strong chance.
By the way, a little stat for ya’s. In 37 regular season games played, 12 have been won by Runaway!
Sorry , but Life is A Highway is a Tom Cochrane song first.Rascal Flatts did a bad cover version 😂
Tom was the lead singer in Red Rider
I agree.
I got it, but then I was struggling to remember what relatively one hit wonder did that back in the 90s. I never knew it was covered, and I don’t remember seeing the movie Cars, so there’s that. Not being my favorite song, I wouldn’t have kept my ears open for it. And then modern country? Pretty hard pass.
But Cochrane should have been the clue. It is his song, after all, and was a decently popular one (hence the cover). I’m pretty sure that when I do hear that song, like in the grocery store or somewhere, that’s the version I hear them playing.
On another 90s note, it was funny to see the flailing around for 3rd Eye Blind 😂
Not that they’re a band that everyone should know, but it was just funny to watch them trying to get there. Third time’s the “semi-charm”?
Thank you Keith and PJ. I concur with your opinion that this is a Tim Cochrane song. The writers should give credit to the song writer and the original song release, save for the rare cover version that eclipses the original (e.g., Whitney Houston’s cover of “I Will Always Love You”).
I had no idea on this FJ.
Harlem? Hell’s Kitchen? But I was pretty sure those were never banks. I did recognize the Bowery as a bad area, but I guess I’m too young and non-New Yorker to know that it was ever a bank.
But I do have a question about something else, in the vein of “might a hot dog be a sandwich”:
I said “panther” instead of “jaguar” for the Guyana clue. Do you think that still would be acceptable? Cougars, panthers, and jaguars all close enough that many of them get called the same thing (black panther, black jaguar, puma). The only difference is that jaguars (and the ones on the coat of arms) have spots. But black jaguars don’t (not really), and neither do black panthers. And all these cougars and whatnot are all the same species.
Wikipedia’s Panthera entry says, “Black panthers do not form a distinct species, but are melanistic specimens of the genus, most often encountered in the leopard and jaguar.”
I’m not saying leopard, I’m asking about panthers. They’re the same right?
Such a dilemma. Would that they all were so trivial.
So do y’all think my response would be accepted or not?
Mountain lions, pumas, cougars, & panthers are all names for the same animal. Jaguars are different. There are no wild jaguars in the U.S. except a few random un-mated males in the Southwest not far north of where they’d crossed the border. South of the Estados Unidos a jaguar is also called jaguaretê, yaguareté, tigre, canguçu, pintada, pinima, pinima-malha-larga and pixuna. Since some of those probably sound kind of like puma, cougar or tiger (and might translate as such), they are not. Thus, I think only jaguar would be an acceptable response.