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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Historic Women) for Wednesday, July 3, 2024 (Season 40, Game 213):
In the 16th century, she changed the “ew” in her family name to a “u” to help her new French in-laws spell it more easily
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Dana Keane, an attorney from Sarasota, Florida
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Isaac Hirsch, a customer support team lead from Burbank, California
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Kelly Proulx, a non-profit communications director from Billerica, Massachusetts (1-day total: $16,801)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Kelly Proulx’s 0 incorrect response game yesterday turned her into the Jeopardy champion; today, she faces off against challengers Dana Keane from Florida and Isaac Hirsch from California. One thing that I found very interesting as a Canadian yesterday: Kelly’s hometown of Billerica, Massachusetts is pronounced with a silent E—that is not something that I would have guessed!
In terms of how well our challengers may do—I do believe Isaac has past quiz bowl experience, but Jeopardy is a different game; skill at one game does not automatically lead to skill in another.
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Correct response: Who is Mary Stuart (Mary, Queen of Scots)?
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In order to strengthen Scotland’s alliance with France in the face of England, Mary Stewart—known as Mary, Queen of Scots—married Francis II of France. In order to protect her from the English—upset that she was marrying the French Dauphin and not the English heir—she was raised in France, where her last name was changed to the French “Stuart”; this is where we get the spelling of the famed British House of Stuart.
Knowing that Mary, Queen of Scots had ties to France is an important part of getting this clue—this was a much easier Final Jeopardy clue for me today, considering that my pub quiz team got a question wrong last week that partly hinged on that knowledge—the requisite knowledge was in the right part of my brain.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, July 3, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Picture The Hit Song; 20th Century American History; A Lonely Word; The Name Doesn’t Mean Anything; Read ‘Em & Weep; Meltdown)
In an opening segment that had zero incorrect responses, Isaac led on the strength of 5 correct. At the interviews, Isaac had $2,800 to Dana’a $2,200 and Kelly’s $1,600.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Isaac 5 correct 0 incorrect
Dana 3 correct 0 incorrect
Kelly 3 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Dana belongs to a Kiwanis club.
Isaac has a father who on lost Jeopardy in the 1980s.
Kelly started watching cooking and baking competition shows during the pandemic.
Dana got to the Daily Double, and an incorrect response meant she didn’t lead after 30 clues. All three players were within $400 after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Isaac 8 correct 1 incorrect
Dana 8 correct 1 incorrect
Kelly 8 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Isaac $4,000
Dana $3,900
Kelly $3,600
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Science Stuff; Proclamations; “Gr”8 Words; Paintings; Don’t Go, Jason; Waterfalls)
Isaac split the Daily Doubles, but 16 correct responses in the round—and Kelly’s first-ever incorrect response on the round’s final clue, gave Isaac a runaway going into Final.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Isaac 24 correct 3 incorrect
Dana 13 correct 2 incorrect
Kelly 13 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 20 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Isaac $19,800
Dana $8,300
Kelly $8,000
This Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper; that makes Isaac your new Jeopardy champion; he’ll be back tomorrow to defend.
Tonight’s results:
Kelly $8,000 – $1,000 = $7,000 (Who is ?)
Dana $8,300 – $8,000 = $300 (Who is)
Isaac $19,800 – $615 = $19,185 (Who is uhhh) (1-day total: $19,185)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) MELTDOWN $800 (clue #25)
Dana 4000 -1500 (Kelly 3200 Isaac 3600)
2) PAINTINGS $1200 (clue #10)
Isaac 9200 +3000 (Kelly 7600 Dana 5100)
3) PROCLAMATIONS $1200 (clue #17, $16000 left on board)
Isaac 15000 -4000 (Kelly 9200 Dana 7100)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -32
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Kelly 3 4 1 3 4 4 5 2
Isaac 5 3 4 3 4 5 3 3
Dana 2 5 1 5 2 2 1 1 4*
DJ! Round:
Kelly 4 2 1 4 2
Isaac 5 3 5 3* 4† 3 4 3*
Dana 3 1 2 1
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Isaac 3.75
Kelly 3.00
Dana 2.31
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 20 (0.09 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Isaac $22,000 Coryat, 24 correct, 3 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Kelly $8,000 Coryat, 13 correct, 1 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Dana $9,800 Coryat, 13 correct, 2 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $39,800
Lach Trash: $8,000 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,200
Lead Changes: 10
Times Tied: 1
Player Statistics:
Kelly Proulx, career statistics:
28 correct, 2 incorrect
5/5 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
20.18% in first on buzzer (23/114)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,600
Isaac Hirsch, career statistics:
24 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $22,000
Dana Keane, career statistics:
13 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,500)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,800
Isaac Hirsch, to win:
2 games: 52.490%
3: 27.552%
4: 14.462%
5: 7.591%
6: 3.985%
Avg. streak: 2.105 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I am currently unsure if Isaac’s father’s game is in J! Archive. If it is in the Archive, the likeliest explanation is that his father’s local newspaper in 1985 spelled a name incorrectly.
- It might seem like out-of-pocket behavior from the judges to rule against Kelly, but the judges made the right call. The clue said “this marital wear”—and the clue even said “fall”, not “falls”. That mistake—as heartbreaking as it is—is on Kelly.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Isaac $19,800 Dana $8,300 Kelly $8,000)
Kelly: Bet between $601 (in case Dana bets small) and $7,400 (to stay ahead of Dana in case she bets to cover and is incorrect.) (Actual bet: $1,000)
Isaac: Bet no more than $3,199. (Actual bet: $615)
Dana: Standard cover bet over Kelly is $7,701. (Actual bet: $8,000)
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I guessed “Who is Elizabeth Tudor—Elizabeth I?”. She was the only historic 16th century woman I could think of with a “u” in her name. At least I was in the right vicinity.
I chose the wrong Mary (Tudor, Mary I, aka “Bloody Mary”), not Mary Stewart/Stuart, Queen of Scots.
Ditto.
After about 10 seconds: Stewart/Stuart; the only first name that comes to mind in relation to that family name is Mary. Let it be Mary, then.
I’m glad that some of my fellow commenters got this Final Jeopardy right. Like today’s players, the “answer” (clue) meant nothing to me. Of course when Ken read the correct response, and, a brief explanation, plus Andy’s further explanation, it all made sense.(I can’t think of time when it didn’t.)
Issac is one up on his father. We’ll see tomorrow if he breaks the string of one day champions. (And, of course Andy is right, success with one set of categories, doesn’t neccesarily mean success with a different set.)
Kelly’s very slight miss on the final clue of DJ was sad to see. Fortunately, it did not affect the result since she missed Final.
My question is “Would bridal veil” have been acceptable with no mention of fall or falls?
Yes—Ken even said as much on the episode tonight.
The ruling on Kelly’s response still strikes me as wrong. The clue asked for the “marital wear” and not the correct name of the waterfall. Since Kelly’s response included the correct “marital wear” — bridal veil — why does it matter that she went on to misname the waterfall, a thing not asked for? The only logic I can find in the ruling is that Jeopardy! rules against a player who responds with information not asked for in the clue (such as naming the author when the title of a work by that author was called for). But that’s not the basis on which Ken ruled against Kelly on her response. Adding an “s” to “Fall” should have been deemed irrelevant extra information, as when a player gives more lyrics of a song than the lyrics called for. No?
The rules of the show have always been that if you introduce extra information, that extra information must be correct.
The extra information given was incorrect, and was correctly ruled incorrect by Ken and the judges.
This was very tricky, as there are other waterfalls in the US called Bridal Veil Falls (one in Colorado and one in Washington) Also, the catagory was WaterFALLS. So, you would think the one in Yosemite would be Bridal Veil Falls as well.
I totally agree with you and the show’s ruling. [Isn’t the “extra lyrics” thing that PaulK mentioned a rule exception that itself is written into the rules?]
But just as a commentary on the name of the specific waterfall in question being different than many other similarly named waterfalls, it does feel like whoever named that one [Warren Baer, a newspaper editor in 1856] was just being “contrary”, but one of the definitions of the NOUN ‘fall’ is “a costume decoration of lace or thin fabric arranged to hang loosely and gracefully” which would describe a bridal veil exactly. A lot of waterfalls are technically multiple falls very close together (especially when their water source is temporarily low), so are generally named ‘Whatever Falls’. I suppose that leaves most people generally thinking of that geological(?) feature being a “falls” regardless of its layout [which is probably why dictionaries say that waterfall is singular and the plural is waterfalls, but that waterfalls is acceptable for singular].
And an additional ‘Reply’ to Sunshine since her post was too deep to allow for direct replies . . . Yes, the category was ‘WATERFALLS’, but there were 5 clues, each containing a waterfall, making the category plural (like each clue in the category ‘PROCLAMATIONS’ was just about one proclamation). Also, the first three clues (supposedly always easier than the last two) specifically said waterfalls, whereas not only did the 5th one just say “fall”, but the 4th one just said “cataracts”!
It doesn’t help that there is a Bridal Veil Falls in each of the U.S. states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Colorado, and North Carolina (and also in New Zealand and as a part of Niagara Falls in New York State) and they are each named “Falls”, not “Fall”.
I had zero idea on FJ. 🙁
Isaac was pretty solid and I believe he stands a pretty good chance to end the streak of 1 time winners tomorrow, that currently stands at 3 before his win.
After Cris Pannullo had his streak ended at 21, there were 5 straight 1 game winners. I saw that streak end in person by Sean McShane and then after I left that day, Ray Lelonde started his 13 game winning streak by taking out Sean and winning 1 other game that day.
Have a great 4th of July everyone who celebrates! 🙂