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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Businessmen) for Thursday, June 27, 2024 (Season 40, Game 209):
After joining the army at 16 in 1906 for a brief stint, he received a much higher honorary rank from the governor of his state 29 years later
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Jayaker Kolli, a medical student from Austin, Texas
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Luke Hemphill, a family business owner from Poulsbo, Washington
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Drew Basile, a graduate student from Birmingham, Michigan (6-day total: $111,601)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Six-foot-six Drew Basile has moved into six figures after victory number six yesterday; that sure is a lot of sixes! Today, he goes for win number seven against Luke Hemphill and Jayaker Kolli.
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Correct response: Who is (Colonel) Harland Sanders?
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In 1935, Harland Sanders had been operating a Shell service station in North Corbin, Kentucky, for five years, operating a restaurant on the side that served chicken, country ham, and steak when he was named an honorary Kentucky Colonel by then-governor Ruby Laffoon. By 1939, he discovered that pressure frying allowed for his chicken to be cooked well and very quickly, and in the 1950s began franchising his Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants.
Interestingly, honorary Kentucky Colonels do not need to be Kentucky residents—the list of honorary Colonels includes multiple Presidents as well as the current host of Jeopardy!, Ken Jennings.
Oftentimes, business-related Final Jeopardy clues stop champions in their tracks—it’ll be interesting to see if that happens today with Drew.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, June 27, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Inspired By Shakespeare; Science; Whose What?; It Starts With “Y”; You Say You Want An Industrial Revolution; We All Want To Change The World)
Much Ado About Nothing rears its head again; Drew got the opening Daily Double incorrect, leading to Jayaker leading after 15 clues. At the break, Jayaker had $4,600; Drew had $2,600 and Luke $1,800.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Jayaker 6 correct 0 incorrect
Drew 5 correct 1 incorrect
Luke 3 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Jayaker has an unusual bucket list—fruit he wants to try.
Luke got introduced into running by his child.
Drew lost on the spelling bee and got into trivia instead.
All three players picked up between 3 and 5 correct responses after the break; Jayaker still led after 30, even after a judges’ reversal.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Jayaker 10 correct 1 incorrect
Drew 10 correct 1 incorrect
Luke 6 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Jayaker $5,800
Drew $4,600
Luke $2,600
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Historians; World Cities; Getting Arty; The U.S. Senate; Halls Of Fame; Crossword Clues: Antonyms)
The turning point came on DD2, when Jayaker gave an incorrect response. From there, Drew picked up 9 correct, including $4,000 on the last Daily Double, as he cruised to a runaway.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Drew 19 correct 1 incorrect
Luke 13 correct 1 incorrect
Jayaker 17 correct 4 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 20 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Drew $19,000
Luke $7,800
Jayaker $7,800
Jayaker was the only player correct in Final, but Drew’s runaway gives him win #7. Drew goes for win #8 tomorrow!
Tonight’s results:
Jayaker $7,800 + $0 = $7,800 (Who is Colonel Sanders?)
Luke $7,800 – $7,000 = $800 (Who is Li)
Drew $19,000 – $1,000 = $18,000 (Who is Morgan?) (7-day total: $129,601)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) INSPIRED BY SHAKESPEARE $800 (clue #2)
Drew 600 -1000 (Luke 0 Jayaker 0)
2) HISTORIANS $1600 (clue #2)
Jayaker 7000 -2000 (Drew 4600 Luke 2600)
3) GETTING ARTY $2000 (clue #12, $18000 left on board)
Drew 11800 +4000 (Luke 3800 Jayaker 6200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -95
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Drew 3 4*
Luke
Jayaker
DJ! Round:
Drew 5 3† 3 4 5 4 5*
Luke 3 3
Jayaker 4* 4 2
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Drew 4.00
Jayaker 3.33
Luke 3.00
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 $18,000 Coryat, 19 correct, 1 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Jayaker $9,800 Coryat, 17 correct, 4 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Luke $7,800 Coryat, 13 correct, 1 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $35,600
Lach Trash: $11,400 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,000
Lead Changes: 2
Times Tied: 1
Player Statistics:
Drew Basile, career statistics:
165 correct, 30 incorrect
7/10 on rebound attempts (on 33 rebound opportunities)
41.75% in first on buzzer (167/400)
9/11 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $32,000)
3/7 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,971
Luke Hemphill, career statistics:
13 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,800
Jayaker Kolli, career statistics:
18 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,800
Drew Basile, to win:
8 games: 55.913%
9: 31.263%
10: 17.480%
11: 9.774%
12: 5.465%
Avg. streak: 8.268 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Drew $19,000 Luke $7,800 Jayaker $7,800)
Drew: Bet no more than $3,399 and enjoy win #7. (Actual bet: $1,000)
Luke: Going all in doesn’t guarantee you second; thus, I would bet all but $1 here—this covers anything but an all-in bet from Jayaker (that he’s guaranteed to win) and gives you second if he goes all in and is incorrect. (Actual bet: $7,000)
Jayaker: I believe the advantage is yours here for second by virtue of you leading after the first round. Thus, you should go all in to guarantee second place on a correct response. (Actual bet: $0)
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“Who is Colonel Sanders?” I thought of a businessman with a military rank, and “his state” seemed to have something to do with it. So. I actually got a business-related question right, for once.
yes, I used the same reasoning for my guess – military title and referencing state (but not specific one because that would make it too easy).
My Jeopardy! tonight is being preempted by the Presidential debate. It usually airs at 7:30 PM Pacific.
Thanks for the heads up. Forgot all about the scheduling conflict here.
Our Jeopardy! aired as usual at 7:00 pm Eastern on ABC. BUT they had a box advertising the debate in upper right corner (except during commercials). It blocked the upper-half of Jayaker. Irritated us both as a tornado could be in the middle of town, and they would probably run a small scroll at the bottom of screen.
You and I must be near the same location Al, because ditto!
After WWII, construction of the Interstate Highway System threatened the viability of Col. Sanders’ business, which was going to divert traffic away from his current locale, that had been a major thoroughfare. To keep his business alive, he looked into franchising, which made the KFC as we know.
Preempted in Baltimore by COPA: USA vs Panama….
I love KFC…for sure. This game will also be pre-empted for tonight’s debate. My local ABC station certainly has been pre-empting Jeopardy! a lot lately; The NBA Finals, the Stanley Cup, and yesterday the NBA Draft. And then now the debate. When will it end?
Ditto Thomas and let’s hope it ends soon! 🙂
Tose events may have prempted Jeopardy from it’s regular time slot, but-according to a “clickbait” story, one ABC affilate did show Jeopardy, but also featured a “countdown clock” to the debate that (seemed to be always on Jayaker’s head.
Somewhere there’s an episode of “What’s My Line?” from the mid or late 1950s, in which Sanders was an ordinary contestant, not a mystery guest – because no one on the panel had ever heard of him! Times changed. 🙂
“Six-foot-six Drew Basile has moved into six figures after victory number six yesterday; that sure is a lot of sixes!”
I got one more for you – Six-foot-six Drew Basile, who finished in sixth in Survivor 45, has moved into six figures after victory number six yesterday. 🙂
MasterDoge!
You just cracked me up.
Thanks!
6 letters in his name; Basile and (An)drew.
Too late, now that he is 7 game winner?
Just finished a three hour walk/hike about Philadelphia and came back to this updated hilarity!!
Wow Rick! Good job! That 3 hour walk/hike and I’d be kaput!
Drew is officially a several-time champ.
Though there are several states that award honorary military rank (or, some kind of similar honor,) Kentucky is the most well known. So the portion of the “answer” (clue) that refered to the subject being awarded a “higher rank” some years after his actual military service, lead me to a “Kentucky Colonel.” The most well known businessman with that title was Col. Sanders. Unortunately I answered “Who is HARLAN Sanders?” Since the ‘answer” (clue) subject is a specific person, missing the last letter of the Colonel’s first name meanss I was incorrect, even though you can tell who I was referring to. I wouldn’t be surprised that Jayacker said “Who is Col. Sanders?” to avoid that mistake.
I am surprised that Drew, and, Luke, didn’t deduce that the correct response was “Who was Col. Harland Sanders?” Maybe like the Fort McHenry FInal Jeopardy, they thought it too obvious. Whatever the reason, they didn’t. Clickbait stories might come up. I may glance at them, as may others, but like the Jeopardy production team, I will pay them no mind.
Having read the story of Colonel Sanders at a local Taco Bell/KFC outlet, this was pretty easy. May or may not have gotten it otherwise.
Andy wrote, “Oftentimes, business-related Final Jeopardy clues stop champions in their tracks.” Didn’t a certain well-known champion have some confusion about H & R Block versus FedEX? No telling how many games he might have won if not for that missed FJ! He hasn’t done badly, though, since then.
Good job Drew on the ruanaway, rendering Final moot. My only two immediate thoughts were Sanders and Tom Parker. I thought Sanders was more likely so got it at home. Not at all the same as getting it on stage.
I immediately thought “Col. Sanders” and just took a moment to make sure nothing in the clue made him unlikely. I did not think of Tom Parker because of always thinking of him as a fraudulent “colonel”. However, I find a Louisiana governor had awarded him his the same as Harland Sanders’ from Kentucky. I think I felt that way because ‘Tom’ was a greedy unethical (and not as savvy as he thought he was) “businessman” [and Harland was pretty much the opposite]. I doubt I’m the only one who feels that way about him.
I did not know that “Colonel” in Col. Sanders was a honorary rank, nor that there are well-known specific States which bestow them.
I tried to think along the lines of “General …” (Electric, Motors, Mills) but didn’t get anywhere.
Incidentally, I also have a fascination with exotic fruits. I learned about jaboticaba aka Brazilian tree grape a few months ago. It cannot be commercially shipped fresh because it ferments too quickly. So I’ve resorted to buying some preserves online.