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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category The Movies) for Wednesday, September 18, 2024 (Season 41, Game 8):
Hewlett-Packard’s first big customer was Walt Disney, who purchased special sound equipment for the making & showing of this film
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Sam Neuman, a global communications specialist from New York, New York
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Chris Lindsay, an attorney from Carmel, California
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Aiden Orzech, a teacher from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada (2-day total: $49,599)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Canadian Aiden Orzech is now a 2-day champion as he faces off against Chris Lindsay and Sam Neuman. His winnings so far translate out to about $67,400 Canadian; while many viewers believe that this total is also completely devoid of taxation due to Aiden’s nationality (as winnings such as this are classified differently in Canada compared to the United States), this is not entirely the case—certainly, California gets its cut because the money was earned there. Aiden faces off today against Carmel attorney Chris Lindsay and New York’s Sam Neuman.
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Correct response: What is Fantasia?
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In the late 1930s, Stanford electrical engineering graduates Bill Hewlett and David Packard realized that a pilot light and negative feedback loop could be used to significantly improve audio oscillators currently on the market, both in stability and price (HP’s oscillators could be sold for under $100 when competitors could only sell theirs for $200). This allowed the Walt Disney Company—who were searching for a reliable way to test their Fantasound system that they were creating for their 1940 musical extravaganza Fantasia—to purchase the reliable testing equipment they needed. From this, HP became regarded as the symbolic founder of Silicon Valley, one of the world’s major areas for tech companies.
This should be a relatively straightforward clue for anyone who knows that HP dates to the late 1930s and knows that Fantasia is a better answer to this clue than Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, September 18, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Princes & Princesses; Vancouver, B.C.; Completes The Song Titles; Rain Check; 7-Up; Say It “Aint” So)
In an opening segment that saw 8 incorrect responses and 6 Triple Stumpers—5 of the incorrect from Aiden—Sam was the only player with money at the interviews, with $2,600; Chris had minus $400 while Aiden had minus $600.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Sam 4 correct 1 incorrect
Chris 1 correct 2 incorrect
Aiden 4 correct 5 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Sam has a rose-growing obsession.
Chris planned a surprise trip for his negative-one wedding anniversary.
Aiden collects keychains.
Aiden had a much better time in the second half of the round, picking up 10 of the 15 clues in this half of the round. However, despite Aiden getting a True Daily Double, Sam still led after 30.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Sam 6 correct 1 incorrect
Aiden 14 correct 5 incorrect
Chris 3 correct 3 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Sam $3,600
Aiden $3,000
Chris $200
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Give Us Your Initial Thoughts; The Historical Hoosegow; Constellations; NFTs & IPOs; Presidential Last Names; Little Black Books)
The Daily Doubles definitely broke in Sam’s direction; Aiden got DD2 incorrect for a $3,000 loss, while Sam picked up $3,000 on his. While it wasn’t a runaway and everyone was still in contention, Sam did lead going into Final.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Sam 11 correct 2 incorrect
Chris 9 correct 3 incorrect
Aiden 23 correct 8 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Sam $10,200
Chris $5,800
Aiden $5,200
Chris was the only player correct in Final; that makes him the new champion! He’ll be back tomorrow to defend.
Tonight’s results:
Aiden $5,200 – $5,200 = $0 (What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?)
Chris $5,800 + $5,800 = $11,600 (What is Fantasia?) (1-day total: $11,600)
Sam $10,200 – $1,420 = $8,780 (What is Steamboat Willie?)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) VANCOUVER, B.C. $400 (clue #24)
Aiden 1000 +1000 (Chris 0 Sam 3600)
2) GIVE US YOUR INITIAL THOUGHTS $1600 (clue #6)
Aiden 5000 -3000 (Chris 200 Sam 5600)
3) CONSTELLATIONS $1200 (clue #11, $20800 left on board)
Sam 6800 +3000 (Aiden 2000 Chris 1000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 84
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Aiden 3 4 5 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 2*
Chris 4 3 2
Sam 3 4 3 4 4 5 4 3 5 2
DJ! Round:
Aiden 4 5 4* 2
Chris 3 3 3
Sam 2 4 5 3*
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Chris 3.00
Sam 3.64
Aiden 3.53
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:
Chris $5,800 Coryat, 9 correct, 3 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Sam $8,400 Coryat, 11 correct, 2 incorrect, 12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57), 3/5 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Aiden $7,600 Coryat, 23 correct, 8 incorrect, 50.88% in first on buzzer (29/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $21,800
Lach Trash: $18,400 (on 16 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $13,800
Lead Changes: 5
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Aiden Orzech, career statistics:
61 correct, 14 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 12 rebound opportunities)
38.60% in first on buzzer (66/171)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,400
Chris Lindsay, career statistics:
10 correct, 3 incorrect
0/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,800
Sam Neuman, career statistics:
11 correct, 3 incorrect
3/5 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,400
Chris Lindsay, to win:
2 games: 23.572%
3: 5.556%
4: 1.310%
5: 0.309%
6: 0.073%
Avg. streak: 1.308 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Sam $10,200 Chris $5,800 Aiden $5,200)
Aiden: Bet at least $3,600 to have any chance of victory. I’d limit my bet to $4,000 here as well for a better chance of second place. (Actual bet: $5,200)
Chris: Standard cover bet over Aiden is $4,601. (Actual bet: $5,800)
Sam: Standard cover bet over Chris is $1,401. (Actual bet: $1,420)
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I guessed “Sleeping Beauty” (1959), because I recall some hype at the time about it being the first Disney film to feature stereophonic sound.
Figured it was something from long ago that had lots of music. I went with “Song of the South”. Well, today I score Zip (a-dee-doo-dah).
LOL.
The only thing I could think of was Wall-E.
I got it right. I had not been sure that Hewlett-Packard went back as far as Fantasia (which I was not even positive went back as far as I thought it did), but I thought Fantasia otherwise fit too perfectly to ignore (especially since I had no other stand-out alternate choice). [And my thinking took me only a few seconds even though it may sound like I took longer than that.]
Similar here. If I had to guess, I would’ve said HP was founded in the 60s, but couldn’t think of another movie that made sense.
Had it been any other context, I would have thought that, too, but knowing that IBM dated back to the 19-teens and NCR dated back before 1900, it didn’t seem unlikely that HP could date back far enough to coincide with Fantasia.
Way to go! 🙂
I second guessed myself into giving a wrong response. I initially said “What is Fantasia?” reasoning what Disney “big budget” movie might need specialized electronic equipement. Then, thinking of all the computer generateed effects, went with Tron. Of course when Ken acknowledged the correct response, I, figuratively, of course, kicked myself.
Andy’s explanation that the big purchase was an improved Oscilascope, used to check the specialized sound created for Fantasia, was interesting.
I’m glad that the kick wasn’t literal Bill! 🙂
I went with The Black Hole reasoning that Hewlett-Packard might have been good for that time frame. Now 2 for 8 to start the season.