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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Authors’ Wives) for Thursday, June 20, 2024 (Season 40, Game 204):
When asked if she was the inspiration for the wife in a 1922 novel, this woman replied, “No. She was much fatter”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Jonquil Garrick-Reynolds, a theatrical wardrobe technician from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Bob Longstreth, a Superior Court judge from San Diego, California
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Drew Basile, a graduate student from Birmingham, Michigan (1-day total: $23,482)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
After three weeks, we have a new champion on Jeopardy! in Drew Basile, who knocked off 15-day champion Adriana Harmeyer in yesterday’s battle. On its surface, I’m sure that challengers Bob Longstreth and Jonquil Garrick-Reynolds are happy that they only have to play 1-day champion Drew instead of superchampion Adriana. However, I think Drew is shaping up to go on a run of his own—his stats on Day 1 were quite strong!
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Correct response: Who was Nora Joyce?
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Nora Joyce was the wife of author James Joyce, who was certainly known for the terse reply given asking if she was the inspiration for Molly Bloom in James Joyce’s 1922 novel Ulysses. (In fact, a 1988 review of a biography about her put that reply in the opening paragraph—implying that this quote was perhaps all she was known for until the late 20th century.)
Do I know if the show is going to require Nora’s first name? I don’t. Do I know it, and would I have put it down had I been in studio? Yes—Nora’s relationship with husband James is a pet topic of Australian content creator and author Esmé Louise James’s “Kinky History” shorts on TikTok. (Whatever gets you to the correct response, am I right?)
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, June 20, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Named By Lit Lovers; Shortened Words; Let’s Run The Numbers; It Was All Orange; Stevie Wonder; Sir Duke)
In an opening segment that saw 8 incorrect responses, including a Daily Double miss from Jonquil, Drew and Bob were tied for the lead after 15 clues with $1,000. Jonquil was in third at -$800.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Bob 4 correct 2 incorrect
Drew 5 correct 3 incorrect
Jonquil 2 correct 3 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Jonquil was told she was “too cheerful” to be in labor.
Bob got to be a “human paintbrush” for the Blue Man Group.
Drew is now paying for his friends’ trips to L.A. to watch in the audiience.
Drew picked up 7 correct responses in the second segment to hold a lead after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Drew 12 correct 4 incorrect
Jonquil 7 correct 3 incorrect
Bob 5 correct 3 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Drew $3,600
Jonquil $1,200
Bob $600
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Hit The Road, Jacques; Modern Products; Broadway’s Opening Night Casts; Museums; Body Parts’ Better Known Names; You Can’t Spell…)
After Drew got to DD2, a shocking mistake from Jonquil on a clue about Canada handed DD3 to Drew. However, Drew made a small bet (uttering “12”, with the judges taking it to mean $1,200) and that meant that all three players were in contention going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Drew 23 correct 5 incorrect
Jonquil 16 correct 5 incorrect
Bob 12 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 20 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Drew $15,800
Jonquil $10,400
Bob $8,600
Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper, with Bob coming agonizingly close—conflating the character with the wife—as Drew takes victory #2.
Tonight’s results:
Bob $8,600 – $2,202 = $6,398 (Who is Molly Joyce)
Jonquil $10,400 – $9,200 = $1,200 (Who is Anais Miller?)
Drew $15,800 – $6,000 = $9,800 (Who is Zelda Fitzgerald) (2-day total: $33,282)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) STEVIE WONDER $800 (clue #7)
Jonquil 1200 -1000 (Drew 400 Bob -800)
2) MUSEUMS $1600 (clue #13)
Drew 10000 +3000 (Bob 2600 Jonquil 7200)
3) HIT THE ROAD, JACQUES $1200 (clue #17, $12800 left on board)
Drew 13800 +1200 (Bob 2600 Jonquil 6400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -45
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Drew 2 3 4 5
Bob
Jonquil 4 4 4*
DJ! Round:
Drew 3 3 1 4 4* 5† 2† 2 3*
Bob 3 2
Jonquil 3 4 5 5 4 5
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Drew 3.15
Bob 2.50
Jonquil 4.22
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:
Drew $14,400 Coryat, 23 correct, 5 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Bob $8,600 Coryat, 12 correct, 3 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Jonquil $11,400 Coryat, 16 correct, 5 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $34,400
Lach Trash: $7,800 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,800
Lead Changes: 4
Times Tied: 4
Player Statistics:
Drew Basile, career statistics:
44 correct, 11 incorrect
0/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
41.23% in first on buzzer (47/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $14,200)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,600
Bob Longstreth, career statistics:
12 correct, 4 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,600
Jonquil Garrick-Reynolds, career statistics:
16 correct, 6 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,400
Drew Basile, to win:
3 games: 52.534%
4: 27.598%
5: 14.498%
6: 7.617%
7: 4.001%
Avg. streak: 3.107 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I don’t believe that Daily Double wagers should be allowed to be shortened. If a contestant says “Twelve”, that should mean “twelve dollars”, not “twelve hundred dollars”. Standards & Practices should have intervened and I am disappointed as a viewer that they did not.
- I would say, though, that all three players definitely made this episode an actual tire fire to judge. I thought that the contestants put the judges in a tight spot in at least half a dozen different places in this game—sometimes, that just happens on the show. I also wouldn’t pin some of this on Ken; even Alex would have made similar judging mistakes, even in his prime.
- We still don’t know if the show would have accepted just “Joyce”.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Drew $15,800 Jonquil $10,400 Bob $8,600)
Drew: Standard cover bet over Jonquil is $5,001. (Actual bet: $6,000)
Bob: Bet between $2,200 and $5,000 here; the lower end pases Drew if he covers and is incorrect, while the upper end stays ahead of Jonquil if she bets to cover you and is incorrect. (Actual bet: $2,202)
Jonquil: Bet at least $6,801 to cover Bob. (Actual bet: $9,200)
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My two cents:
I don’t think “Joyce” alone would have been sufficient since it’s a common feminine given name as well as the author’s surname
Given that the minimum wager on DD is $5, the judges should have taken $12 to be just that. On the other hand, maybe they did ask for clarification, but that was edited out, which is strange, rather than editing out the misstated wager. They only thing that I can think of is in clarifying he may have said “hundred” rather than “twelve hundred” and leaving in the “twelve” made more sense in editing.
I had absolutely no clue. The only author’s wife I could think of was Sylvia Plath, but she was far too young to have been the correct response.
2 contestants have now put a “T” instead of a “D” in Wimbledon!
Reid Rodgers on 3/12/12 and Bob Longstreth tonight!
Precisely! I was surprised that Ken didn’t rule it incorrect immediately.
I also could only think of Zelda Fitzgerald. Today’s game was kind of messy.
I wonder if this question could be challenged because James Joyce and Nora lived together for decades without being married. They didn’t marry until almost a decade after the date mentioned in the clue.
They didn’t have to be. The inspiration for the wife in a novel could have been anyone, even a total stranger to the author, FWIW.
Except that the category was Author‘s wife, not character’s wife. Given that James Joyce and Nora were notoriously known to have not been married for nearly the entirety of their relationship, especially during the time of the publication of Ulysses, I think that would have been enough to potentially eliminate her as a possible answer. At least it was enough for me.
I think that would have been enough to potentially eliminate her as a possible answer
I think that would have been enough to potentially eliminate her as a possible answer Perhaps.
For the record, I could not even venture a guess. But, as far as the clue is factually correct (Nora had been Joyce’s wife), there is no ground for a challenge. Here’s a hypothetical example: The category is “Artist’s wife”, the clue mentions Paul Eluard, and the question is “Who is Gala [Dali]?” Would that be wrong?
…mentions Paul Eluard…
Or rather alludes to Paul Eluard.
I blurted out an answer and it wasn’t right and I don’t even remember what it was. Ha!
As great as last night’s game was, tonight’s was the antithesis and messy as GaryS said above. Retro congrats to Drew on win #2!
I loved seeing a Stevie Wonder clue. Reminds me of story that happened to me once. I was waiting for a flight to Phoenix (then on to St. Louis) and it was nearly 4 p.m. at LAX. Boarding is going on and then it stops. Plane is supposed to take off at 4:30 p.m. Finally at 4:20 p.m. a guy with braided hair and sunglasses and a pretty large entourage walk by me. I look at the 2 guys next to me and say, Stevie Wonder? One says, I think so. I get to Phoenix and as I’m exiting the plane, they have Stevie covered in a blanket in First Class. I barely made my connecting flight to St. Louis. Had I missed it, I would have been reaching out to Stevie’s representatives, as this was the last flight from Phoenix to St. Louis on that day. I can only look at it now and laugh. 🙂
Ken did say 1200 back to him, so I suppose if he wanted 12 or 12000, he could have spoken up.
I was surprised he wasn’t more aggressive on the DD. He left the door open for others to overpass him in Final Jeopardy/. Adriana wasn’t overly aggressive in her play either.
I also said Zelda Fitzgerald.
I DO think just “Joyce” would have been acceptable. There was only one Joyce writing at the time. The clue established that the person was female and the wife of a famous author (or why interview her at the time?). Joyce only had one wife, so nothing more specific than the last name was required to pinpoint that woman.
We were told in advance that we had to be very specific so Joyce would not have been enough we needed Nora. All I knew about Joyce’s wife is he wrote dirty limericks to her so I went with Molly on the chance he named the character after his wife.