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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Authors) for Monday, July 22, 2024 (Season 40, Game 226):
“Love” is within the titles of 3 of his most famous books; a fourth, “The Rainbow”, calls love “the flower of life”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Monica Anderson, a master control operator from Sterling, Virginia
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Sean Duffie, a Spanish & civics teacher from Kentwood, Michigan
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Neilesh Vinjamuri, a software engineer from Lionville, Pennsylvania (1-day total: $12,000)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Today begins the final week of Season 40; Neilesh Vinjamuri picked up $12,000 on Friday’s show in a victory over 3-day champion Jay Fisher. Today, he faces off against Michigan’s Sean Duffie and Virginia’s Monica Anderson.
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Correct response: Who is D.H. Lawrence?
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English writer D.H. Lawrence, active in the 1910s and 1920s, counted among his most well-known novels 1913’s Sons and Lovers, 1920’s Women in Love (the sequel to 1915’s The Rainbow), and, most famously, 1928’s Lady Chatterly’s Lover. His writing was often very famously the subject of censorship trials due to what was perceived at the time as inappropriate portrayals of sexuality and his use of profanity.
I suspect that this Final will play on the slightly more difficult side, as the necessary logic jump from “love” to Lawrence, while there, isn’t immediately obvious—with the only other entry point being what many would probably see as Lawrence’s third- or fourth-best-known work.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, July 22, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Scientific Discoveries; Stars We Lost Last Year; All Apologies; State Holidays; Mouth To Mouth; Classic Poems’ Endings)
Neilesh picked up 10 of the first 11 clues to jump into a big lead; at the interviews, he had $5,000 to Sean’s $1,200 and Monica’s $400.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Neilesh 10 correct 0 incorrect
Sean 2 correct 0 incorrect
Monica 1 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Monica once was able to carry a key to the Lincoln Memorial.
Sean is a champion of charcuterie.
Neilesh is a software engineer in an MRI lab.
The Daily Double wasn’t found until clue #30; Neilesh, holding a big lead, only bet $1,000, though. He led after 30.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Neilesh 15 correct 0 incorrect
Sean 6 correct 0 incorrect
Monica 4 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Neilesh $9,000
Sean $3,600
Monica $2,000
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: That’s An Executive Order; The II; Songs From The Movie Soundtrack; Food History; World Cities; 3 “O”s)
Double Jeopardy saw Neilish pick up both Daily Doubles as he cruised to a runaway.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Neilesh 28 correct 1 incorrect
Monica 12 correct 3 incorrect
Sean 10 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 21 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Neilesh $26,100
Monica $7,600
Sean $5,200
Neilesh gave a correct response to Final; he’s now a 2-day champion! Meanwhile, both Sean and Monica overbet, with Sean still ending up taking second.
Tonight’s results:
Sean $5,200 – $2,401 = $2,799 (Who is —?)
Monica $7,600 – $5,000 = $2,600 (Who is Hi James!)
Neilesh $26,100 + $3,000 = $29,100 (Who Lawrence) (2-day total: $41,100)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) CLASSIC POEMS’ ENDINGS $1000 (clue #30)
Neilesh 8000 +1000 (Sean 3600 Monica 2000)
2) WORLD CITIES $1200 (clue #10)
Neilesh 10600 +3000 (Sean 5600 Monica 3600)
3) THAT’S AN EXECUTIVE ORDER $1600 (clue #29, $2000 left on board)
Neilesh 23600 +2500 (Sean 5200 Monica 7600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 51
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Neilesh 1 2 3 2 3 4 5 2 1 1 2 4 4 5 4 5*
Sean 3 5 3 2 1 5 1 2 3
Monica 3 4 1 4 5
DJ! Round:
Neilesh 2 2 3* 4† 1† 4 1 3 4 5 1 4*
Sean 3 4 5 5† 2
Monica 4 3 1 5 1 2† 3 1 2 5 2 3
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Neilesh 2.93
Sean 3.14
Monica 2.88
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 21 (0.09 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Neilesh $23,400 Coryat, 28 correct, 1 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Sean $5,200 Coryat, 10 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Monica $7,600 Coryat, 12 correct, 3 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $36,200
Lach Trash: $11,400 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,400
Lead Changes: 0
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Neilesh Vinjamuri, career statistics:
48 correct, 7 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
39.47% in first on buzzer (45/114)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,500)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,800
Sean Duffie, career statistics:
10 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,200
Monica Anderson, career statistics:
12 correct, 4 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,600
Neilesh Vinjamuri, to win:
3 games: 61.419%
4: 37.723%
5: 23.169%
6: 14.230%
7: 8.740%
Avg. streak: 3.592 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- While it is true that the Mars bar in the rest of the world is marketed as Milky Way in the United States, “Milky Way” is the only correct response to that clue as written. Note that the clue specifically said “malted dairy product” and “1924”; there was no malted dairy product called Mars, and the Mars bar was not sold in the rest of the world under that name until 1932. The judges were correct to rule against Monica, as Monica’s response did not fit all of the constraints of the clue.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Neilesh $26,100 Monica $7,600 Sean $5,200)
Neilesh: Bet no more than $10,899. (Actual bet: $3,000)
Sean: If Monica covers and gets Final Jeopardy incorrect, she falls to $4,799. Bet no more than $400. (Actual bet: $2,401)
Monica: Standard cover bet over Sean is $2,801. (Actual bet: $5,000)
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Guessed Gabriel Garcia Marquez thinking of Love in the Time of Cholera. Don’t think I would have gotten to Lawrence in enough time.
All I could think of was 70s/80s self-help guru Leo Buscaglia, who was not a typical Jeopardy subject but did write several books with “love” in the titles.
He hasn’t been named in a clue in 20 years, but it would have been a plausible guess in the show’s early seasons…
I predict that the next series of clickbait Jeopardy stories will feature the
Mars bar/Milky Way clue.
This Final Jeopardy was on the “difficult” side of the meter for me, since I didn’t know that Lawrence had written two other novels witht he word love in the title, and, had written a fourth with the word love in a subtitle.
Yeah, this clue was impossible to get in 30 seconds if you didn’t know it right away like Neilesh did. I know DH Lawrence from Lady Chatterly, but doubt I’d have ever recalled Sons and Lovers in time (have never heard of The Rainbow). This clue could have used an additional pointer about being considered “obscene” at the time. That could have narrowed the time window down a little, but not too much, and still doesn’t give a lot to go on given how many authors were labeled that way.
My problem was that I don’t think of Sons and Lovers as containing the word love. I couldn’t come up with another author, but was sure I was wrong as only one has the word love while two contain love in a related word. I was impressed that it wasn’t a triple stumper.
I agree with your assessment about the difficulty of coming up with the correct response due to trying to think of titles with the specific word ‘love’ in them when they are actually including the word ‘lover’. I think the framing of the clue as … “Love” is within the titles … rather than saying … The word “love” is in the titles … [or maybe even just … “Love” is in the titles] represents that situation, but would have been difficult to pick up on.
Neilesh impresses me as the type of contestant that could go a long way. Software engineers seem to have a pretty good record on Jeopardy! as I recall. It would not surprise me to see Neilesh finish the week and the season as the current champion and be the holdover winner until next season. That’s my opinion anyway.
Agreed. After a shaky Jeopardy round on his first day, Neilesh has been very impressive.
I didn’t have one iota of a clue on FJ, so I just threw out Steinbeck. LOL.
Will Neilesh be a 5 game champ to close Season 40 and come back to start Season 41?
He looks strong enough to do so. Time will tell! 4 more games left in Season 40.
Ready for that vacation Andy? 🙂