Note: This page contains spoilers for the August 13, 2024, game of Jeopardy! — please do not scroll down if you wish to avoid being spoiled. Please also note that today’s game is an encore presentation of the game that originally aired on March 14, 2024.
Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category The United Nations) for Tuesday, August 13, 2024 (Season 40, Game 134):
Of the 9 countries that have produced a U.N. Secretary-General, this nation is the only one from its hemisphere
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Ben Chan, a philosophy professor from Green Bay, Wisconsin
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Troy Meyer, a music executive from Tampa, Florida
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Yogesh Raut, a social and personality psychologist from Vancouver, Washington
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Tonight’s encore presentation is Game 3 of the 31st Tournament of Champions final; entering this one, Troy Meyer was coming off a stunning True Daily Double bet of over $20,000, while Ben Chan had taken Game 1. Only Yogesh Raut had yet to win.
Interestingly, when these games originally aired in March, I had started to suspect that Yogesh had made a comeback in this event when he made a point of mentioning that I had pegged his tournament win chances at 11.080%. In all honesty, it’s not easy to make a comeback when you have to win 3 times and your opponents only have to win two!
This was also the game in which the only non-Daily Double clue not responded to correctly was a clue about a Taylor Swift song. It went about as viral back in March as I thought it would.
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Correct response: What is Peru?
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Nine countries have produced a U.N. Secretary-General: Norway (Trygve Lie), Sweden (Dag Hammarskjöld), Myanmar (U Thant), Austria (Kurt Waldheim), Peru (Javier Pérez de Cuéllar), Egypt (Boutros Boutros-Ghali), Ghana (Kofi Annan), South Korea (Ban Ki-Moon), and Portugal (António Guterres). Of those nine, eight are in the Northern Hemisphere; the ninth, Peru, is in the Southern Hemisphere.
Back in March, I said that “the list of U.N. Secretaries-General is short enough that any serious quizzer from high school onwards should have the list memorized, so this should be relatively straightforward for a Tournament of Champions finals situation.” I was definitely correct; this did play straightforwardly for our three players in this one.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, August 13, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Look At The Map; Health & Medicine; Khan You Dig It?; Festivals; Songs Of Youth; Crossword Clues “R”)
Troy found the Daily Double right before the interviews; an incorrect response on it left him starting again from $0.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Ben 5 correct 0 incorrect
Yogesh 5 correct 0 incorrect
Troy 4 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Ben is a huge fan of Elvis’s favorite roller coaster—that was relocated to Green Bay.
Troy was inspired by a teacher named Mrs. Scuderi.
Yogesh thinks “Pretty Little Liars” is an excellent show.
After the break, all three players played well in a round that had just one Triple Stumper. Of course, that Triple Stumper was the clue about Taylor Swift’s “Fifteen”. Troy’s right: it’s not going to go over well—even though it was literally the only clue on the board that got by all three players.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Ben 8 correct 0 incorrect
Yogesh 9 correct 1 incorrect
Troy 11 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Ben $5,800
Yogesh $4,600
Troy $2,800
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Ancient History; Books By Reporters; Memorials & Monuments; It’s A Fact!; The Name On The Oscar; Ends In “IX”)
In a round that saw all 30 clues responded to correctly, both Troy and Yogesh successfully converted True Daily Doubles; Yogesh’s came two-thirds of the way through the round and propelled him into the lead going into Final Jeopardy!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Yogesh 22 correct 2 incorrect
Ben 16 correct 0 incorrect
Troy 20 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Yogesh $29,600
Ben $17,800
Troy $15,200
Everyone got Final Jeopardy correct—which means this series is now all square at one game apiece!
Tonight’s results:
Troy $15,200 + $15,200 = $30,400 (What is Peru)
Ben $17,800 + $12,601 = $30,401 (What is Peru?)
Yogesh $29,600 + $6,001 = $35,601 (What Where Peru) (Semi-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) KHAN YOU DIG IT? $1000 (clue #15)
Troy 2600 -2600 (Yogesh 3200 Ben 4600)
2) MEMORIALS & MONUMENTS $1600 (clue #9)
Troy 5600 +5600 (Yogesh 5000 Ben 13000)
3) ENDS IN “IX” $1200 (clue #20, $7200 left on board)
Yogesh 12200 +12200 (Troy 13200 Ben 17800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 100
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Yogesh 4 4 5 4 3 3
Troy 2 3 5 5*
Ben 4 5 3 4 3
DJ! Round:
Yogesh 5 4 3 2 4 3*
Troy 4 2 4* 3 5 5
Ben 3 5 4 3 4 2 2 5
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Yogesh 3.67
Ben 3.62
Troy 3.80
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 0 (0.00 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Yogesh $18,600 Coryat, 22 correct, 2 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Ben $17,800 Coryat, 16 correct, 0 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Troy $13,800 Coryat, 20 correct, 2 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $50,200
Lach Trash: $400 (on 1 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,400
Lead Changes: 1
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Yogesh Raut, career statistics:
220 correct, 16 incorrect
13/15 on rebound attempts (on 32 rebound opportunities)
39.77% in first on buzzer (204/513)
8/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $43,400)
7/9 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,089
Troy Meyer, career statistics:
316 correct, 26 incorrect
22/25 on rebound attempts (on 41 rebound opportunities)
41.81% in first on buzzer (286/684)
17/19 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $84,400)
8/12 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $22,700
Ben Chan, career statistics:
385 correct, 34 incorrect
17/22 on rebound attempts (on 56 rebound opportunities)
41.50% in first on buzzer (354/853)
21/28 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $41,405)
11/15 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,400
Andy’s Thoughts:
- The tournament win chances at this point were Troy at 42.1%, Yogesh at 30.7%, and Ben at 27.2%.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Yogesh $29,600 Ben $17,800 Troy $15,200)
Yogesh: Standard cover bet over Ben is $6,001. (Actual bet: $6,001)
Troy: Bet at least $8,400 here. (Actual bet: $15,200)
Ben: Standard cover bet over Troy is $12,601. (Actual bet: $12,601)
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I don’t see many other people do this, so I will – considering that some stretches haven’t been the best before, the writers absolutely cooked with the Final Jeopardy clues all tournament long. With maybe two exceptions, all of them were the absolute perfect difficulty for ToC contestants, but also not so difficult that the average watcher stands no chance of getting them. And no matter what outcome, the audience – including me – is always able to learn something new! 😀
Final Jeopardy Postseason Record: 11R – 1W