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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category U.S. States) for Tuesday, June 11, 2024 (Season 40, Game 197):
Of the 10 U.S. states with 2-word names, this one stretches the farthest south
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Scott McCann, a math teacher from Germantown, Tennessee
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Sarah Hartzell, an audiovisual archivist originally from Howell, New Jersey
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Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana (9-day total: $204,700)
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Today is an important day for fans of Adriana Harmeyer; is today the day she becomes the 17th player in Jeopardy! history to win ten regular-play games? Or, does her streak stop at nine? Today’s challengers are Sarah Hartzell—another archivist—and math teacher Scott McCann.
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Correct response: What is New Mexico?
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The two 2-word states that stretch farthest south, South Carolina and New Mexico, come very close to having the same southernmost point; however, western New Mexico (near the area of Antelope Wells) does stretch farther south than southern South Carolina does.
Interestingly, I—the Canadian—got this one correct after about five seconds’ worth of thinking, though I definitely did not realize how far south South Carolina went when I checked my answer against the map. Someone more familiar with the east coast may guess South Carolina here. It’ll be interesting to see how it plays!
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, June 11, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Off We “Go”; From The Ad; New To The OED; The Dreaded Opera Category; Cleanup Men; AKA)
While it was Scott who got off to the early advantage, a rebounded incorrect response meant that Adriana led after 15 clues. At the interviews, Adriana had $2,800, Scott $2,400, and Sarah (who also missed the Daily Double) had -$1,400.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Adriana 6 correct 1 incorrect
Scott 4 correct 1 incorrect
Sarah 1 correct 2 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Scott is like his 11th grade math teacher.
Sarah took a trip to Croatia.
Adriana went to a whole bunch of Sylvan Lakes across America.
Scott, on the strength of going 3/5 in the CLEANUP MEN category, jumped into a $1,600 lead after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Scott 9 correct 1 incorrect
Adriana 10 correct 3 incorrect
Sarah 4 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Scott $5,000
Adriana $3,400
Sarah -$600
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Historic Descendants; Authors Before Authoring; Observatories; Ceramics; The Title Is An Adjective; A “K-A”)
Adriana had a strong Double Jeopardy round, but a miss on the last Daily Double meant that everyone was still very much in contention going into clue #61.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Adriana 23 correct 4 incorrect
Scott 15 correct 1 incorrect
Sarah 8 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 18 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Adriana $14,400
Scott $10,200
Sarah $5,400
Everyone got Final Jeopardy correct—that brings Adriana into double digits! (And yes, that means she gets a page starting tomorrow morning!)
Tonight’s results:
Sarah $5,400 + $3,000 = $8,400 (What is New Mexico?)
Scott $10,200 + $8,001 = $18,201 (What is New Mexico (Hi Eva + Noah!))
Adriana $14,400 + $6,600 = $21,000 (What is New Mexico?) (10-day total: $225,700)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY $600 (clue #8)
Sarah 600 -1000 (Adriana 400 Scott 1600)
2) HISTORIC DESCENDANTS $1200 (clue #8)
Sarah 3000 +2000 (Adriana 6200 Scott 5000)
3) AUTHORS BEFORE AUTHORING $1600 (clue #12, $19200 left on board)
Adriana 9000 -3000 (Sarah 5000 Scott 5000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -67
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Adriana 2 3 4 5
Sarah 3*
Scott 4 3 3
DJ! Round:
Adriana 4 5 2 3 4*
Sarah 3 5 4 3 4 3* 2†
Scott
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Adriana 3.56
Scott 3.33
Sarah 3.38
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 18 (0.09 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Adriana $17,400 Coryat, 23 correct, 4 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Scott $10,200 Coryat, 15 correct, 1 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Sarah $5,600 Coryat, 8 correct, 3 incorrect, 15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $33,200
Lach Trash: $14,000 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,800
Lead Changes: 4
Times Tied: 1
Player Statistics:
Adriana Harmeyer, career statistics:
238 correct, 28 incorrect
16/18 on rebound attempts (on 43 rebound opportunities)
39.65% in first on buzzer (226/570)
7/12 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,500)
8/10 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,860
Sarah Hartzell, career statistics:
9 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,600
Scott McCann, career statistics:
16 correct, 1 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,200
Adriana Harmeyer, to win:
11 games: 57.340%
12: 32.879%
13: 18.853%
14: 10.810%
15: 6.199%
Avg. streak: 11.344 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- “Math teacher” is an occupation that—when I analyze these games from a wagering strategy perspective—invites more scrutiny by virtue of the occupation, in my opinion.
- Following on from that: I can not figure out what Scott was defending against with his wager—I’m not entirely sure why he thought Adriana would bet $3,800. Had his wager been $7,801, I could have at least seen the strategic thought behind it, but I’m at a loss to explain Scott’s wager right now.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Adriana $14,400 Scott $10,200 Sarah $5,400)
Adriana: Standard cover bet over Scott is $6,001. (Actual bet: $6,600)
Sarah: As Scott has reason to limit his bet to just $601 here, I would bet at least $4,200—but I’d also consider going all in here, as you need to be correct to win. (Actual bet: $3,000)
Scott: Standard cover bet over Sarah is $601; I’d consider going small, just in case Sarah underbets herself. (Actual bet: $8,001)
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Another Final Jeopardy that falls into the I should have had this bin. I was concentrating on the “directional states, the Dakotas, the Carolinas, but thought of New Mexico literally as “Think” was ending.
I was immediately sure it was either South Carolina or New Mexico, but a recent clue (or question, if it was some other game besides Jeopardy!) from which I learned that Maine is the closest U.S. state to Africa made me think that (despite the orientation of maps specifically of the USA or possibly due to Mercator Projection) maybe the U.S. kind of angles to the southeast on the globe, making South Carolina actually reach even farther south than it looks like it does (and New Mexico less so), so I went with South Carolina. [Note: I realized lately that I haven’t looked at a globe in decades.]
Well shoot Lisa! I never realized that South Carolina came down so far south! On to tomorrow for ya! 😉
Perhaps because of it being one of the original 13 colonies it is kind of associated with New England? But, of course, Georgia [further south than South Carolina] officially became one of the original 13 states BEFORE South Carolina did.
Took all of ten seconds to pick New Mexico over South Carolina. Had to visualize in my head, then I verified that I wasn’t forgetting anything.
Congrats to Adriana on a big win #10! I too can’t come up with why Scott made the bet he did. Did he really overthink this in a way only a math teacher could? Sarah made a bet to finish $1 ahead of Adriana in a single get, perhaps not thinking Scott could bet small. She clearly understood the strategy better than a lot of people.
Also: One more win for Adriana and she makes the top 20 all time earners in regular play!
I have NO idea if there’s any way to authenticate this, but I’m guessing that this is the first EVER archivist vs. archivist matchup. (And I’m not forgetting that Adrianna’s first win was against a librarian! (A related, yet still different, species!))
Moral of the story: DON’T MESS WITH THE ARCHIVIST! (A lesson that a certain ex-US Prez may soon wish he learned earlier!)
LOL Bruce! That’s such a hilarious comment. 🙂
Well, at first I heard Ken read the clue and thought that they said 2 states had 2 names in them and thought well, of course New Jersey over New Hampshire. Then I read the clue again and saw the magic 10 states and immediately went right to New Mexico! As Andy wrote up, I didn’t realize that South Carolina reached so far south. Yikes! I would have been truly disappointed had that been the answer.
New Mexico’s most southern point – 31°19′55.8″N 108°45′23″W
South Carolina’s most southern point – 32°02′08″N 80°53′32″W
(Courtesy of Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_U.S._states_and_territories )
Retro congrats to Adriana the Archivist on win #10 and becoming a Super Champ! This is so fun to see! I am on the train for this lasting a good while long! Go girl! 🙂
Re: Authors Before Authoring, $1200
I read that factoid about Harper Lee about an hour before watching the show. It’s crazy how things happen like that.
I am curious as to where you had so recently read that. Knowing that these shows are filmed weeks in advance (and the clues written some time before that), it has so often seemed that the Jeopardy! writers are so prescient that it makes me wonder if they know people in the publishing world who leak them information in advance.
It was from a series of Instagram Reels that talks about “interesting facts.”
I love when I learn something for what I believe to be the first time and then immediately hear it about it again! It’s definitely crazy how things like that happen Enos. 🙂
I only counted 9 states with two names: New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, West Virginia, North and South Carolinas, North and South Dakotas, and New Mexico. What am I missing?
Rhode Island.