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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Signs & Symbols) for Tuesday, September 10, 2024 (Season 41, Game 2):
Via a diplomatic conference in 2005, a diamond was added to supplement these 2 symbols, thought by some to have religious meaning
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Will Weiss, a technical program manager from Islip, New York
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Mary Catherine French, a writer, editor & research assistant from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Adam Reiffen, a Naval officer from San Diego, California (1-day total: $16,001)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Day 2 of Season 41 features a Naval officer in Adam Reiffen as our returning champion, who took the lead he did not relinquish on clue #2 of yesterday’s game, defeating defending champion Rachel Bradley. Today, he faces off against Mary Catherine French and Will Weiss.
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Correct response: What are the (Red) Cross & and the (Red) Crescent?
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While the Red Cross and Red Crescent were generally believed to neutral symbols, there were many who believed that the cross contained Christian connotations (or the crescent Muslim connotations) and thus were unwilling to abide by the Geneva Convention requirements that their protected medical personnel, buildings, and equipment depict one of those symbols. Thus, a 2005 diplomatic conference added the Red Crystal—a diamond—to the cross and crescent already protected.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, September 10, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: 1890s America; 4 Of The Same Consonant; Have A Day!; Celebrities Who Read Aloud; The Mafia; Islands In The Sea)
While Adam’s score was kept down by incorrect responses, Will had a strong opening segment and led with $2,800 after 15 clues; Mary Catherine had $1,800 and Adam $400.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Will 7 correct 0 incorrect
Mary Catherine 3 correct 1 incorrect
Adam 3 correct 3 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Will was in The Pool back in 2004 during Ken’s run.
Mary Catherine gets interrupted by squirrels during the show.
Adam went to the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup final.
While Adam got to the Daily Double, an incorrect response meant he ended the round in third place. Mary Catherine got clue #30 correct to take the lead going into commercial break #2.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Mary Catherine 7 correct 1 incorrect
Will 10 correct 0 incorrect
Adam 10 correct 4 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Mary Catherine $5,400
Will $5,000
Adam $3,000
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Arlington National Cemetery; Uncut Jams; Plays & Playwrights; Mishmash; Dr. Ken; Will “CU” Now)
Adam got to both Daily Doubles; unfortunately, incorrect responses on them both kept his score though. While the game was still in the balance throughout the round, Will ended the round with a runaway after Mary Catherine made a very smart guess on the last clue in an attempt to break the runaway.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Will 20 correct 0 incorrect
Adam 22 correct 7 incorrect
Mary Catherine 8 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Will $17,000
Adam $6,600
Mary Catherine $4,600
Nobody got this Final Jeopardy correct; Will’s runaway makes him the new champion! He’ll return tomorrow to defend.
Tonight’s results:
Mary Catherine $4,600 – $3,000 = $1,600 (What are a star and cre)
Adam $6,600 – $2,601 = $3,999 (What are ?)
Will $17,000 – $3,000 = $14,000 (What are ? Hey Toni Lo hicimos!) (1-day total: $14,000)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) CELEBRITIES WHO READ ALOUD $800 (clue #23)
Adam 3000 -2000 (Mary Catherine 3400 Will 3400)
2) ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY $1200 (clue #1)
Adam 3000 -3000 (Mary Catherine 5400 Will 5000)
3) DR. KEN $1200 (clue #17, $15200 left on board)
Adam 5200 -3000 (Mary Catherine 4600 Will 11800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -224
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Adam 2 3 2 3 5 2 3 4 4*
Mary Catherine 1 1 1 4 5 5
Will 1 4 1 2 3 2 3 1
DJ! Round:
Adam 3* 4† 5† 3 4 2 5 2 3*
Mary Catherine
Will 2 2 1 3 4 5 1 3
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Will 2.38
Adam 3.28
Mary Catherine 2.83
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:
Will $17,000 Coryat, 20 correct, 0 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Adam $14,600 Coryat, 22 correct, 7 incorrect, 45.61% in first on buzzer (26/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Mary Catherine $4,600 Coryat, 8 correct, 3 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $36,200
Lach Trash: $8,800 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,000
Lead Changes: 4
Times Tied: 3
Player Statistics:
Adam Reiffen, career statistics:
43 correct, 13 incorrect
3/4 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
40.35% in first on buzzer (46/114)
1/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$5,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,900
Mary Catherine French, career statistics:
8 correct, 4 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,600
Will Weiss, career statistics:
20 correct, 1 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,000
Will Weiss, to win:
2 games: 50.733%
3: 25.738%
4: 13.058%
5: 6.625%
6: 3.361%
Avg. streak: 2.030 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Will $17,000 Adam $6,600 Mary Catherine $4,600)
Adam: In the battle for second place, the cover bet over Mary Catherine is $2,601. (Actual bet: $2,601)
Mary Catherine: In the battle for second place, bet no more than $599 and take second if Adam is wrong. (Actual bet: $3,000)
Will: Bet no more than $3,799. (Actual bet: $3,000)
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Hi Andy, could you clarify what deliberate obfuscation some people might see in this clue? It seems straightforward to me
There felt like there was a bit of a “what exactly is going on here?” quality to this clue to me.
I agree with you. I’m thinking their biggest obfuscation was not saying “on flags” as I am not sure that would have made the clue much easier since “flags” could mean individual symbols on individual flags (which was the case here) or all three symbols on multiple identical flags.
I had assumed that it meant that the diamond symbol “joined” (in/on the same flag, seal, crest or whatever) the two symbols which the correct response should be. I guessed “dove and olive branch”. [I was thinking maybe on the UN flag — not remembering a dove on it, but thinking perhaps there is a small one somewhere.]
Hola Lisa! Happy Season 41 to you! 🙂
I guessed crescent and star. Oh, well.
The FJ seemed straightforward enough not to be a triple-stumper.
Like it seems all commenters here (so far) this Final Jeopardy “answer” was a curve ball that got past me. The fact that a cressant, used by many Arab countries on their flags, could be considered a religious symbol, was news to me. Obviously a cross, even the Swiss style one (don’t have a better description for it,) could be one. Though I don’t know of any Christian church that uses that style cross.
This was a Final Jeopardy that if you had an insight as to what the “Answer” was referring to, you could come up with the correct response. Tougher than yesterday’s Final Jeopardy, but then tomorrow’s might be a hanging curve ball in the middle of everyone’s strike zone.
I am pretty sure that I have never heard about that 2005 diplomatic conference or its result. I HAD heard about the 2nd “version” with the crescent instead of a cross, but had only heard about that within the last five or so years even though it was created back in the early 20th century. I believe if when I heard that had been within the last 6 months, I MIGHT of thought of that when hearing the FJ clue.
Since they call the newest version a crystal, I wondered if it would be less than 100 years before they begin getting complaints that it, too, is religious — Wiccan. 😉 However, it looks less like a crystal than a baseball diamond does, much less looking like an actual diamond. It is essentially a square on edge (also referred to as a “frame”). Despite a lot of internet searches, I cannot find that it is actually in use anywhere but by Israel and that, actually, it was Israel who made the cross&crescent complaint. Too bad when the first complaints came in from the Ottoman Empire about the cross they didn’t just SWITCH it to a red “band-aid”😉.
I could only come up with Trumpet and Horn as my FJ answer. 1 for 2 to start the new season. 😉
I don’t know, I had no problem with this final and figured out what they were looking for right away. shrugs