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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Famous Names) for Wednesday, June 12, 2024 (Season 40, Game 198):
Vying with Eiffel, this engineer wanted to create big; an admiring account said the Obelisk of Luxor is too short to be a spoke
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Enzo Cunanan, a student from Orlando, Florida
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Connor Townsend, an attorney from Chelsea, Michigan
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Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana (10-day total: $225,700)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Yesterday, Adriana Harmeyer became the 17th player in Jeopardy! history to win at least 10 regular games on the show, forever cementing her legacy in J!‘s historical lore. In what might be called “an interesting historical curio but not statistically meaningful in any way”, the previous 16 all won their 11th game. However, if there was a time for that streak to end, it might be today: challenger Enzo Cunanan was the captain of University College, Oxford’s entry in Series 29 of University Challenge (airing in 2022–23). Of course, that says nothing about second challenger Connor Townsend, who passed the same test and is equally capable of playing giant-killer today. I know I am looking forward to what happens!
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Correct response: Who is George Ferris?
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After the success of the Eiffel Tower at the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris, the Americans felt a need to outdo the French. At a height of 264 feet, the Ferris Wheel ended up as the most important attraction at Chicago’s 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. Modeled on the principles of a waterwheel and a bicycle wheel, it was powered by a 1,000-horsepower steam engine. During the 1893 fair, almost 1.5 million people paid to ride on the wheel itself. It was later transported to St. Louis for the 1904 fair in that city and was demolished in 1906 by St. Louis.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, June 12, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The Photographs Of Mathew Brady; Nature; Regional Food; You’ll Need Some Protection; Name The Disney Princess; “D” Facto)
This game started as a two-contestant battle (Connor got in just once); Enzo’s incorrect response on the Daily Double meant that Adriana led after 15 clues with $3,600; Enzo had $2,600 at the intervirews and Connor had -$800.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Adriana 7 correct 0 incorrect
Enzo 5 correct 1 incorrect
Connor 0 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Enzo has written a novel about Henry VIII.
Connor encountered Eminem at a historical village in Michigan.
Adriana gets to teach students and researchers how to use archives.
The second half of the opening round saw Adriana pick up another 7 correct responses to extend her lead through 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Adriana 14 correct 0 incorrect
Enzo 7 correct 1 incorrect
Connor 6 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Adriana $7,600
Enzo $4,000
Connor $2,000
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Rivers Of Europe; Dreamy Shakespeare Quotes; Don’t Want To Fight; Gemstones; Numerically Named Musicians & Bands; Vowel Switcheroo)
Enzo picked up DD2 to shoot into the lead, but Adriana continued her strong play. She picked up another 11 correct–and the last Daily Double—to ensure she led going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Adriana 25 correct 0 incorrect
Enzo 17 correct 3 incorrect
Connor 12 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 18 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Adriana $20,600
Enzo $16,400
Connor $9,600
Enzo and Adriana were both correct in Final; that makes Adriana an 11-day champion as she takes home her biggest one-day total to date (and moves her to #16 in all-time regular play winnings.)
Tonight’s results:
Connor $9,600 – $2,600 = $7,000 (Who is Borglum?)
Enzo $16,400 + $15,000 = $31,400 (Who is Ferris?)
Adriana $20,600 + $12,400 = $33,000 (Who is Ferris?) (11-day total: $258,700)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) NATURE $600 (clue #6)
Enzo 1800 -1200 (Adriana 1200 Connor 0)
2) DREAMY SHAKESPEARE QUOTES $1200 (clue #8)
Enzo 6800 +4000 (Adriana 7600 Connor 7600)
3) RIVERS OF EUROPE $1600 (clue #22, $12400 left on board)
Adriana 14400 +1000 (Connor 8000 Enzo 10800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -1
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Adriana 1 2 3 4
Connor
Enzo 5 3*
DJ! Round:
Adriana 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 4*
Connor 2 3 4 5 1 1
Enzo 5 4 3* 2† 1† 3
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Adriana 2.50
Enzo 3.25
Connor 2.67
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 $21,200 Coryat, 25 correct, 0 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Enzo $14,800 Coryat, 17 correct, 3 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Connor $9,600 Coryat, 12 correct, 1 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $45,600
Lach Trash: $4,600 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,800
Lead Changes: 4
Times Tied: 4
Player Statistics:
Adriana Harmeyer, career statistics:
264 correct, 28 incorrect
17/19 on rebound attempts (on 46 rebound opportunities)
39.71% in first on buzzer (249/627)
8/13 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $9,500)
9/11 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,164
Connor Townsend, career statistics:
12 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,600
Enzo Cunanan, career statistics:
18 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,800)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,800
Adriana Harmeyer, to win:
12 games: 60.156%
13: 36.187%
14: 21.769%
15: 13.095%
16: 7.878%
Avg. streak: 12.510 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Adriana $20,600 Enzo $16,400 Connor $9,600)
Adriana: Standard cover bet over Enzo is $12,201. (Actual bet: $12,400)
Connor: If Adriana makes a cover bet and is incorrect, she falls to $8,399. However, if Enzo just makes the cover bet over you himself and is incorrect, he falls to $13,599. Because you can’t both bet less than $1,200 and more than $4,000, you should choose one of those options. Personally, I think “Enzo bets too much, and it’s a Triple Stumper” is the most likely happenstance here, so I would bet $1,200 or less. (Actual bet: $2,600)
Enzo: Standard cover bet over Connor is $2,801. (Actual bet: $15,000)
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Long spoke -> big wheel -> Ferris. One I didn’t know but was able to work out in a few seconds. St. Louis had the right idea, tearing the wheel down once the exhibition was over. London take note.
Does this mean you think Seattle should tear down the Space Needle, also originally built for a World’s Fair?
Exactly!!!
Why?? Haven’t been to St. Louis but had the pleasure of riding on the London Eye. Wonderful experience and I’m sure it’s quite the money-maker for London.
Actualy the London Eye is now in Scotland, seems like it was supposed to be a loan for the World’s Fair, at least according to the news reports I remember reading.
I used the same reasoning with spoke being the key leading to wheel and Ferris Wheel. Also, I’ve always had a picture in my mind of the symbol for iron being in place of the buckets so that the wheel was made of spokes with the symbol Fe at the end of each spoke for a true Ferris wheel.
That aside, I don’t understand why it’s “the right idea” to tear down these World’s Fair landmarks. Seems to me that having spent all that money to build them, it would be kind of a waste to tear them down after a short time.
Let us not forget the Eiffel Tower itself was built as a temporary attraction, and was originally thought of as an eyesore by locals.
RIGHT!
The Parthenon in Nashville, TN is sort of the opposite. It was built for the Tennessee Centennial to be temporary and was made of something that wouldn’t last, but everyone liked it too much to tear it right down and after having to repair it repeatedly, they began replacing it with a new concrete version a couple of decades after the first one was built of plaster.
Speaking of spokes, it’s insightful to remember that the spokes in all of the big wheels — including this original Ferris wheel — are at tension. This reliance on tension allows for a much more lightweight structure. Without having the spokes at tension, the truly giant big wheels would be impossible. As a Big Wheel’s hub is being constructed, it cannot be at tension because it is not whole. Rigid spokes — scaffolding — must be deployed to hold the hub in place until the circle is complete. The videohttps://youtu.be/MZkf-sH4rtw?si=weaEUmg3o12gfEa6&t=110 shows the installation of temporary rigid spokes as the rim of the Las Vegas High Roller is being constructed. That rim construction is the most perilous phase of the wheel construction. After the permanent spokes are installed and tensioned, the temporary rigid ones are removed.
Big wheels are at the limit of our construction technology. The Ain Dubai — the world’s largest big wheel — produces unacceptable vibrations at its hub. The big wheel remains intact, but it has not moved in over a year. The YouTube channel B1M has an excellent video about this failed construction: https://www.theb1m.com/video/ain-dubai-stopped .
I wondered what the “Long spoke” would be, trying to think of a long piece of somerthing. Now that I know the answer, the Ferris Wheel is so obvious….Duh!!!
GREAT day for Adriana!
Had no idea on final today.
Hearing/reading the “answer” (clue) the “hint” spoke went over my head, even after Ferris was revealed to be the correct response. It took Gregory’s comment for me to get it.
The $200 “answer” (clue) in “You need some protection,” spoke of the US Marshal’s service moving witnesses. Adrianna answered “What is Witness Protection?” which I think is the official anme for the program. But I answered “What is ‘WitSec’- Witness Security, a name popularized on TV.The word “protection” was needed for other correct responses in this category, but would the proper name for the program be the only acceptable response?
The mention of the Obelisk of Luxor had me stuck in Paris, trying to think if the Obelisk is meant to be spoke it could be referring to the Champs-Elysees, which at the other end connects to a roundabout around the Arc de Triomphe, an then whether the clue was wanting the engineer for the Arc or something else nearby. Ah, well…this is what knowing too much about sights in Paris will get you.
I thought about the “go big” (and probably competing with Paris) first and thought ‘The London Eye’, but the “competing with Eiffel” meant long before ‘The London Eye’ was built, so trying to think of other famous big Ferris Wheels, I forgot to reread the clue to realize that the man Ferris was who they wanted 🤦, duh! [Actually, I did reread the part of the clue about the spoke, but since obelisks are usually kind of thick, that just threw me off of Ferris Wheels instead of helping at all.]
“Ferris” was obvious, thanks to “spoke”, but I did not know his first name.
I couldn’t think of the correct answer on FJ tonight, but enough about my fail……how about that game?!?! These 3 played awesome! I see Enzo getting to come back for Second Chance. Adriana the Awesome Archivist now up to 11 wins! Great stuff we are seeing. Can’t wait to see if she get #12 after watching Stanley Cup Final game #3 tomorrow night. 🙂