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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Historic Groups) for Monday, May 6, 2024 (Season 40, Game 171):
Like their uniform, the flag of this group created in 1506 has stripes of red, blue & yellow, the colors of the Medici family
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Carrie Klaus, a French professor from Greencastle, Indiana
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Matthew Smith, a paramedic from New York, New York
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Weckiai Rannila, an engineer from Albuquerque, New Mexico (3-day total: $35,200)
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Correct response: What is the Swiss Guard?
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The Swiss Guard is best known today as an armed forces unit who protects Vatican City and the Pope. It is called the Swiss Guard as it traditionally consisted of 150 to 200 Swiss mercenaries. Today, the unit consists of 135. Their colors match the House of Medici as they were introduced during the papal reign of Leo X, the first Medici pope.
I was actually surprised to see that this was only the third time that the Swiss Guard has come up in Final Jeopardy; I had the idea that they were a more-asked-about group. Interesting!
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, May 6, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: In The 19th Century; State Mottoes; A Floral Category; Embrace The Dark Side; Recorded At Abbey Road; Homophones)
Weckiai got off to the best start, picking up 9 correct and having $5,800 at the break. Carrie had $2,000 and Matthew $1,000.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Weckiai 9 correct 1 incorrect
Carrie 3 correct 0 incorrect
Matthew 2 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Carrie is part of band that dates back to 1858.
Matthew runs a mock Jeopardy! game when he teaches.
Weckiai is a member of the Comanche tribe; her name “a woman on a horse who’s looking for something”.
Weckiai got her score up to 5 figures after the Jeopardy! Round.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Weckiai 18 correct 1 incorrect
Carrie 6 correct 0 incorrect
Matthew 5 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Weckiai $10,000
Carrie $3,000
Matthew $2,800
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Combat Pilots; The Plot Sickens; Known By Their Initials; 4-Letter Verbs; U.S. Colleges & Universities; Time For Some TV “Ad”s)
Double Jeopardy saw Weckiai give her opponents an opening with a missed Daily Double; Matthew pulled close with a late Daily Double himself.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Weckiai 28 correct 2 incorrect
Matthew 12 correct 1 incorrect
Carrie 12 correct 0 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 10 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Weckiai $19,600
Matthew $13,200
Carrie $10,600
Matthew was the only player correct in Final and is the new Jeopardy! Champion!
Tonight’s results:
Carrie $10,600 – $9,000 = $1,600 (What is the Italian army?)
Matthew $13,200 + $13,200 = $26,400 (What is the swiss guard?) (1-day total: $26,400)
Weckiai $19,600 – $6,801 = $12,799 (What is the French Foreign Legion?)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) IN THE 19th CENTURY $800 (clue #3)
Weckiai 200 +1000 (Matthew -800 Carrie 0)
2) U.S. COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1600 (clue #19)
Weckiai 16400 -2000 (Matthew 5600 Carrie 10200)
3) COMBAT PILOTS $800 (clue #28, $800 left on board)
Matthew 8800 +4000 (Weckiai 19200 Carrie 10600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 133
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Weckiai 4 5 4*
Matthew
Carrie
DJ! Round:
Weckiai 3 4 3 5 2 4 3 5 4* 5† 5 2 1†
Matthew 4 5 4 5 4 3 2*
Carrie 3 2 1 3 2 1 2 1
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Matthew 3.86
Weckiai 3.69
Carrie 1.88
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 10 (0.06 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Matthew $10,000 Coryat, 12 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Weckiai $21,400 Coryat, 28 correct, 2 incorrect, 49.12% in first on buzzer (28/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 0 rebound opportunities)
Carrie $10,600 Coryat, 12 correct, 0 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $42,000
Lach Trash: $8,800 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,200
Lead Changes: 2
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Weckiai Rannila, career statistics:
87 correct, 18 incorrect
3/4 on rebound attempts (on 14 rebound opportunities)
40.97% in first on buzzer (93/227)
1/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,000)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,350
Matthew Smith, career statistics:
13 correct, 1 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,000
Carrie Klaus, career statistics:
12 correct, 1 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,600
Matthew Smith, to win:
2 games: 42.607%
3: 18.154%
4: 7.735%
5: 3.296%
6: 1.404%
Avg. streak: 1.742 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Weckiai $19,600 Matthew $13,200 Carrie $10,600)
Weckiai: Standard cover bet over Matthew is $6,801. (Actual bet: $6,801)
Matthew: You can’t both cover Carrie and win the Double Stumper. If you think Carrie will bet big, go all in. If you think she’ll bet small, bet no more than $400. (Actual bet: $13,200)
Carrie: I would go all in here to force Matthew to cover. (Actual bet: $9,000)
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I did not know that the Swiss Guard had a flag. Learn something new every day.
The Swiss Guard seems like an obvious answer.
“What is the Swiss Guard?” I knew that the Swiss Guard was formed in 1506, that they had uniforms striped red, blue, and yellow, and that the Medici had to do with the Papacy. (To be in the Swiss guard, one must be Swiss, Catholic, male, single, and at least 5’8” tall.)
It was Swiss Guard or Knights of Columbus for me..I figured the KOC was too recent so I went with the SG
I was thinking Knights Templar – but knew they were earlier than that (thanks to Dan Brown).
I said the papal guard, but I assume that wouldn’t be good enough. The yellow stripes have always looked orange to me, but my color vision is less than perfect.
There is no other papal guard nowadays but the Swiss Guard, so it should be good enough.
Regarding orange vs yellow, it is the same issue of lighting as with the [in]famous gold/white/blue/black dress, I think. I’ve looked at a few pictures of the Swiss Guard and depending on the light, folds of the fabric look anything from deep orange to lemon yellow.
I’ve been to Rome (not to Vatican proper because of long lines), and I’ve seen the guard in uniform at the gate, but too long ago to remember what was my real-life impression of the color.
Interestingly, Wikipedia says “The dress uniform is of blue, red, orange and yellow with a distinctly Renaissance appearance.”
When I read the colors, I knew it was the Swiss Guard. Also, the date sounded right.
Begining of a new week, and, a “get” to start off for me. I don’t know that I’ve seen the flag of the Swiss Guard, though maybe I’ve seen their formal uniform once. But something in my just clicked during the writing time, and, I said “What is the Swiss Guard?”
Andy, if only 40% of the daily Jeopardy network are ABC affiliates, why dothe writers have Ken give a promotional announcement about Jeopardy Masters as if the percentage of ABC affiated in the daily Jeopardy network was much higher?
The Medici family took me to Italy which took me to Vatican City which made the Swiss Guard an easy get. The date confirmed it. The colors didn’t matter to me. I really thought this would be a triple get.
Pretty much my reasoning, too. I did not KNOW the colors but I knew I’d seen them on TV and movies and it seemed about right. So I was happy to be right, even more so when only one of the contestants was correct.
Just out of curiosity, I watch on an ABC station, and at the end Ken says something like “Watch Masters on this ABC station” What do he say on non ABC stations
The CBS stations don’t have that announcement.
The French Foreign Legion occurred to me, too, at almost the same instant that The Swiss Guard did, but I felt the time and location made more sense for the latter.
I did go to Laughlin and wasn’t able to watch any Jeopardy tonight and came here just now and went with The French Foreign Legion, just like our defending champion did. O for last 50! See if I can get any of the FJ’s in Jeopardy Masters correct. 🙂