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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Historic Names) for Thursday, September 12, 2024 (Season 41, Game 4):
In 1824, President Monroe invited him back to the adopted country of his youth, which has always cherished his “important services”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Bethany Korp, a Spanish interpreter from Laurence Harbor, New Jersey
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Mark Palmere, an energy analyst from Sacramento, California
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Will Weiss, a technical program manager from Islip, New York (2-day total: $27,600)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Will Weiss is now a 2-day champion after yesterday’s victory; his strength has come in avoiding “unforced errors”—he’s only rung in with an incorrect response once in two games (and that was on a top-row clue.) Today, he faces off against New Jersey’s Bethany Korp and Sacramento’s Mark Palmere. Additionally, Will has been very strong on the signaling device, getting in on 60% of his attempts in his first two games.
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Correct response: Who was the Marquis de Lafayette?
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Nearly 50 years after he first arrived in the United States, the Marquis de Lafayette—one of the heroes of the American Revolution—was invited back to America by James Monroe in 1824. His arrival in New York was met with days of celebration, as he was seen as the revolution’s last surviving hero, and his arrival set off a wave of construction of monuments. Originally intending to stay in America only four months, he ended up extending his trip to 16 months, visiting all 24 states.
To me, this seems like a relatively straightforward American history clue that should play well for both viewers at home and contestants in studio.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, September 12, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: A Self-Helping Of Books; Bear With Us; Sporty Idioms; Animated Films In Other Words; The Clash; London Calling)
Will found the Daily Double early, bet clue value, was correct, and charged out to the lead on the strength of five correct responses. At the interviews, he had $3,200 to Bethany’s $1,400 and Mark’s $1,200.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Will 5 correct 0 incorrect
Bethany 4 correct 1 incorrect
Mark 4 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Bethany is a big fan of Robbie Burns Day.
Mark grew his moustache for Hallowe’en costumes.
Will met his wife in high school on the quiz bowl team.
Will picked up some more correct responses in this segment and held his lead.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Will 8 correct 0 incorrect
Mark 8 correct 1 incorrect
Bethany 7 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Will $5,200
Mark $3,000
Bethany $2,400
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Biblical Fathers & Sons; Starts With “K”; A Short Course In Chemistry; TV Characters; Mountains; Job-Pourri)
Mark and Will both missed Daily Doubles in this round; however, Will only bet clue value again, which meant that he was still very close to a runaway going into Final! Meanwhile, Bethany got clue #30 correct to ensure she was still in score contention going into clue #61.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Will 16 correct 1 incorrect
Mark 17 correct 3 incorrect
Bethany 12 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Will $14,400
Mark $8,200
Bethany $7,600
Mark and Bethany got Final Jeopardy correct; that makes Mark your new Jeopardy champion; he’ll be back tomorrow to defend his title.
Tonight’s results:
Bethany $7,600 + $6,801 = $14,401 (Who is the Marquis de Lafayette?)
Mark $8,200 + $7,999 = $16,199 (Who was Lafayette?) (1-day total: $16,199)
Will $14,400 – $2,001 = $12,399 (Who is Alexander Hamilton? (Dizzo!))
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) SPORTY IDIOMS $600 (clue #2)
Will 0 +600 (Mark 0 Bethany -800)
2) MOUNTAINS $1600 (clue #4)
Mark 4200 -2000 (Will 5200 Bethany 4400)
3) A SHORT COURSE IN CHEMISTRY $1200 (clue #24, $5600 left on board)
Will 15600 -1200 (Mark 8200 Bethany 4800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 5
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Will 4 3*
Mark
Bethany
DJ! Round:
Will 2† 2 2 1 1 1 1 3*
Mark 4* 3† 3 3 4 5 5† 4 4 5
Bethany 4 5 3 4 5 2
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Mark 4.00
Bethany 3.83
Will 2.00
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:
Mark $10,200 Coryat, 17 correct, 3 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Bethany $7,600 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Will $15,600 Coryat, 16 correct, 1 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $33,400
Lach Trash: $14,800 (on 14 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $5,800
Lead Changes: 3
Times Tied: 2
Player Statistics:
Will Weiss, career statistics:
55 correct, 6 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 16 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (51/171)
1/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,400)
0/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,667
Mark Palmere, career statistics:
18 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,200
Bethany Korp, 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
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,600
Mark Palmere, to win:
2 games: 33.390%
3: 11.149%
4: 3.723%
5: 1.243%
6: 0.415%
Avg. streak: 1.501 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Will $14,400 Mark $8,200 Bethany $7,600)
Will: Standard cover bet over Mark is $2,001. (Actual bet: $2,001)
Mark: Standard cover bet over Bethany is $7,001; however, you might as well go all in. (Actual bet: $7,999)
Bethany: Bet between $4,800 and $6,400 to have the best chance of both winning if you’re correct and finishing second if Mark isn’t. (Actual bet: $6,801)
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does just “Lafayette” work, or will they have to include “Marquis de”.
My original guess was just Lafayette.
Just Lafayette should be fine.
Another quick get. Even used his whole name title and all. Marquis de Lafayette.
Ditto.
His whole moniker was Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Motier de Lafayette, Marquis de Lafayette. No wonder we just called him Lafayette!
Andy, I always find it interesting when the champions chance to win the next game is almost the same as if it was drawing a name from a hat, in this case, 33.390%. I would think that having played one game already would at least give him a slightly better chance than that, especially since he also had the most correct answers today. I could maybe understand if it was a person in distant third who won a triple stumper.
I totally agree with you MarkO. That seems to be just about the same odds as any 3 random people coming to the show for the first time. Even a single game’s experience seems like it would someone an edge, even if just the fact that they are more used to being under the lights. I’m actually surprised that Mark’s odds aren’t, at least, a little better than that to win a second game. I wonder if Andy might chip in with what he thinks of this somewhat of an oddity.
I think I have heard before that subsequent contestants in the same taping day get to watch the earlier games being played. If that is true, then perhaps their prior exposure to the winner’s apparent strategies, strengths and weaknesses are just enough to negate the advantage of the current champion’s one-game win.
I would also suspect that, while he had been strong on the buzzer during the first two rounds, the fact that he had gone 0-2 on Final Jeopardy going into tonight would affect the probability a bit. If you can’t take a runaway into Final, you’re going to have to hit Final sooner or later.
Jim, I was referring to today’s champion who is 1 for 1 on final Jeopardy.
Lisa, that is true that tomorrow’s challengers would have seen today’s game, but there was really no special strategy that the winner exhibited. The leader had a crush game, so second place needed a correct answer to win, and he bet enough to lock out third place. Pretty standard strategy.
Sorry. I thought the 33/33/33 situation question was for a first-time champion in general, with Mark Palmere just being a current example. I was using the term strategy loosely, actually referring mostly to playing styles, category favorites, apparent willingness (or not) to buzz in fast then just guess, and tendency to just bet clue value on DDs, rather than FJ betting strategy. Those are the “strategies” that the next two players can already know about the current one-time champion that “his” original two competitors could not have already known about “him”.
Well this Final Jeopardy was, to me, as straight forward as Andy commented. Almost immediately after Ken finished reading the clue, and, Think! started to play, I said “who is Lafayette?” Which makes me one for four this week (Since I didn’t get former Sec. Albright until after Think! stopped playing.)
I was scrolling through TubeTube last night. Came accross a full episode of “Are You Smarter Than a 5 Grader?” The contestant was somebody who Jeopardy! fans are very familar with, Ken Jennings. He made it all the way to the “Million Dollar Question. The
subject of that final question was on Social Studies, and, Ken feeling a posible “H&R Block” moment, decided to “Drop Out,” quit, with $500,000. Which made hiim, at the time, the leader in all time game show winnings, passing Brad Rutter. The question, revelaed after Ken quit, was “What was the political party of John Adams, when he was elected President?” Ken knew the answer “Federalist.” But like many of us wghen it comes to Final Jeopardy, it was could’ve should’ve would’ve.
I didn’t know this FJ. 1 for 4 this week. Hopefully I can get to 2 for 5 tomorrow.
Have a great Friday everyone! 🙂
Surprised to see Will go out; I thought it would be a triple get. Seemed like a layup.
I know it’s past midnight where you are and almost that time here, but even still: happy birthday, Andy!