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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Geographic Name’s Almost The Same) for Tuesday, June 18, 2024 (Season 40, Game 202):
Legend says in 1876 a dragon built for the first “Ring” Cycle had its neck sent to this Mideast capital, not the right German city
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Colleen Matthews, a speech-language pathologist from Portland, Oregon
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Mark Gagliardi, an actor & podcaster originally from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana (14-day total: $326,000)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Adriana Harmeyer is now a 14-game winner on Jeopardy!; she goes for win #15 today. Yesterday, she also joined Ken Jennings, Larissa Kelly, Tom Cubbage, Ben Ingram, James Holzhauer, Jennifer Quail, Amy Schneider, and Ray Lalonde as the only players to get 10 consecutive Final Jeopardy clues correct.
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Correct response: What is Beirut, Lebanon?
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According to 1946’s The Life of Richard Wagner, the neck of a dragon built for the inaugural Bayreuth Festival in 1876 did not make it to Bayreuth, as the London designers of that neck had sent it to the similar-sounding Beirut, Lebanon instead.
If I were on stage trying to solve this Final, it would have taken a lot to avoid groaning at about the 10-second mark once I realized that “Bayreuth” and “Beirut” were the similar-sounding names referred to by clue and category here.
I also think that we’ll be seeing more Final Jeopardy clues similar to today’s (and yesterday’s); as I do believe that Michael Davies wants to include more “puzzle”-type clues as opposed to clues that solely reward memorizing the contents of J! Archive.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, June 18, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Churches & Cathedrals; 3-Letter Nouns; U.S. Government; Entertaining Autobios; The Familiar Sum Of Its Parts; The Scandal Of It All)
Both challengers had a good time on the buzzer; Adriana was in third in buzzes, correct responses, and score going into the interviews! After 15 clues, Colleen led with $2,400, Mark had $2,200, and Adriana had $1,600.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Colleen 4 correct 0 incorrect
Mark 6 correct 0 incorrect
Adriana 3 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Colleen moved from California to New Mexico because of a book.
Mark is part of “Drunk History”.
Adriana met her husband over tea.
Coming out of the break, Mark found—and missed—the Daily Double. From there, Adriana picked up 8 correct and jumped into the lead after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Adriana 11 correct 0 incorrect
Colleen 6 correct 0 incorrect
Mark 10 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Adriana $6,800
Colleen $3,400
Mark $2,800
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: A Place In History; Diamond Mining; Oscar-Winning Songs; Botany; By Lines; “CC” Me)
Colleen got to both Daily Doubles in Double Jeopardy; unfortunately, she got them both incorrect. Thus, despite Colleen having the higher Coryat, Adriana had a $3,000 lead going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Adriana 18 correct 2 incorrect
Colleen 16 correct 3 incorrect
Mark 17 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 20 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Adriana $13,600
Colleen $10,600
Mark $7,200
Colleen got Final correct, putting the pressure on Adriana—who also got Final correct, making her a 15-day champion! She’ll go for #16 tomorrow.
Tonight’s results:
Mark $7,200 – $7,195 = $5 (What Hamburg + Amman)
Colleen $10,600 + $4,000 = $14,600 (What is Beirut?)
Adriana $13,600 + $10,000 = $23,600 (What is Beirut?) (15-day total: $349,600)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) U.S. GOVERNMENT $800 (clue #16)
Mark 2200 -2200 (Adriana 1600 Colleen 2400)
2) A PLACE IN HISTORY $1600 (clue #4)
Colleen 5400 -2000 (Adriana 6800 Mark 3200)
3) BY LINES $1200 (clue #17, $17600 left on board)
Colleen 9800 -2000 (Adriana 10800 Mark 5600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -157
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Adriana 1 3 4 2
Mark 1 2 5 3 2 3 4*
Colleen 1 4 5 2 3
DJ! Round:
Adriana 3 5 1 2
Mark 1 2 1 2 4
Colleen 3 4* 5† 1 2 3 4 3*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Adriana 2.63
Colleen 3.08
Mark 2.50
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 20 (0.10 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Adriana $13,600 Coryat, 18 correct, 2 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Colleen $14,600 Coryat, 16 correct, 3 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Mark $9,400 Coryat, 17 correct, 1 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $37,600
Lach Trash: $8,400 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,000
Lead Changes: 8
Times Tied: 1
Player Statistics:
Adriana Harmeyer, career statistics:
344 correct, 36 incorrect
18/21 on rebound attempts (on 58 rebound opportunities)
38.45% in first on buzzer (328/853)
11/16 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $17,500)
13/15 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,880
Mark Gagliardi, career statistics:
17 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,200)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,400
Colleen Matthews, career statistics:
17 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$4,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,600
Adriana Harmeyer, to win:
16 games: 61.906%
17: 38.324%
18: 23.725%
19: 14.687%
20: 9.092%
Avg. streak: 16.625 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Adriana $13,600 Colleen $10,600 Mark $7,200)
Adriana: Standard cover bet over Colleen is $7,601. (Actual bet: $10,000)
Mark: If Adriana and Colleen make cover bets and are incorrect, they’ll fall to $5,999 and $6,799 respectively. Bet no more than $400 to stay ahead. (Actual bet: $7,195)
Colleen: Standard cover bet over Mark is $3,801. (Actual bet: $4,000)
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“What is Beirut?” I didn’t add “Lebanon”, but I think that’s okay. “Wagner” led me to “Bayreuth” and from there it was a hop and a skip to “Beirut”. But the last time I predicted a triple get, I was wrong. So, we shall see. Go, Adriana!
Beirut simply by itself was just fine RedRose as that’s what 2 contestants answered and it was accepted. Congratulations on getting it right! 🙂
Never heard of Bayreuth.
I, neither. So I just guessed at Amman thinking maybe there is a city in Germany that sounds like Amman.
Ditto! I had never heard of that German city and also guessed Amman. 🙂
But only in English. In German, Wagner’s city would be pronounced more like “Bye-roit” (soft “h”) and not “bay-root”, but since confusion arose in London, then the two cities sound more alike to people there.
Exactly. This clue was not so easy for people who have studied German or who have lived in Germany. The way that Bayreuth is pronounced in German sounds nothing like how we say “Beirut”.
I need to stop reading Andy’s Pregame Thoughts before I attempt the clue. For the third time now I have scrolled down too far after reading the Thoughts and saw just enough of the answer that I have to count myself wrong on the clue. I probably would have known this one without the split-second glimpse, but I have to keep myself honest and count it as incorrect.
I would like to think that geography is one of my strong points. But then Final Jeopardy’s like today’s come up, and, I realize that I’m not as strong in geeography as I thought.
I tried “racking” my brain for German cities that could possibly sound like one in the middle east.
The clue about the Canadian provincal’s governor’s scandal, shows how generaly the US news media ignores Canada, because I don’t remeber hearing about it. I’m sure it was national news in Canada, maybe drew some attention in US/Canada broder areas. But away from those areas? It’s like asking most US citizens to point out the indivual Martime Provinces. (Where I’d fail as well.)
Don’t be too hard on yourself on this one Bill. Not knowing this doesn’t make you bad at geography.
No,just means that I am not as knowledgable at geography as I once thought. Just like any number of other things.
Um yes, Jeopardy exposes many of my weaknesses too, but I’m okay with that. I truly enjoying trying my best at home and when I go for a taping. I will be trying to go to a taping for early Season 41 when it starts back up.
A fairly evenly matched game. Congrats to Adriana, who keeps pulling them out. She has been great in Final!
This matchup of these 3 was super fun! Only 6 Triple Stumpers!
Mark was Father Chuck on the show Blood & Treasure.The first season was on CBS then they moved it to Paramount Plus for the second and final season .I really enjoyed the show
Cool! 😉
And ‘Welcome to Night Vale’ was a VERY popular podcast he was in a few times. [My understanding was that this podcast was one of the reasons that podcasting really took off about the time it started.]
‘Blood & Treasure’ seemed to have mixed reviews at the time and I wasn’t sure if I wanted to watch it or not. Now I intend to.
What a great matchup these 3 players were tonight! 🙂 I thoroughly enjoyed watching this game tonight, albeit 2 1/2 later than usual due to an awesome hockey game.
Congrats to Adriana on win #15! Wow! One thing you know for sure if you’re in 2nd place to Adriana going to FJ. You won’t win if she gets FJ correct, because she will always bet to win, aka cover you. And being that she’s 13 of 15 in FJ, you better hope that you’re ahead of her going to FJ (only happened once in 15 games). And if you’re in 3rd place going into FJ, you better come here to Andy’s site and learn wagering to have your best chance to win from 3rd place.
Go Adriana Go for sweet 16 and match one of my other favorite all time contestants in Ryan Long! 🙂