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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Shakespeare) for Wednesday, September 25, 2024 (Season 41, Game 13):
“Blood will have blood”, says this title character, who is later told “be bloody, bold, & resolute”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Diane Lochner, a librarian from Nicollet, Minnesota
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Drew Goins, a journalist from Honolulu, Hawai’i
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David Erb, a puzzle designer from Seattle, Washington (2-day total: $57,143)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
I’m pretty certain that David Erb has done enough at this point to at least ensure a return to the Alex Trebek Stage in Champions Wildcard at the very least. However, I do believe that at this point, his ceiling could very well be “top 25 player all time”, especially considering how well he is playing the Daily Doubles. (On that front, David very much reminds me of 2021 Tournament of Champions winner Sam Kavanaugh.) I certainly hope that David has a few more victories left in him! In his hunt for victory number three today, he faces off today against Hawai’i’s Drew Goins and Minnesota’s Diane Lochner.
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Correct response: Who is Macbeth?
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“It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.
Stones have been known to move, and trees to speak.
Augurs and understood relations have
By maggot pies and choughs and rooks brought forth
The secret’st man of blood.—What is the night?”
In this short soliloquy from Act 3, Scene 4 of Macbeth, the title Scot tells his wife of the old saying, remarking that violence often begets violence. He then consults with the three witches known as the Weird Sisters early in Act 4, where an apparition tells him, “Be bloody, bold, and resolute. Laugh to scorn / The power of man, for none of woman born / Shall harm Macbeth.”
To me, this seems like a very straightforward Shakespeare Final Jeopardy clue; there is no misdirection here and it’s a relatively famous pair of quotes from the play. This is the sort of clue that would have fit in anywhere in the show’s history, regardless of era. Let’s see how the players do on it today.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, September 25, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Animal Groups; Lit-Pourri; Before They Were Stars; Classic Cocktails; Old-Fashioned; 7 & 7)
In what I’d say was a bit of a surprise, Drew picked up 9 correct—including the Daily Double—to jump out to a big lead. At 15, Drew had $8,000 do Dian’s $1,200 and David’s minus $800.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Drew 9 correct 0 incorrect
Diane 4 correct 0 incorrect
David 1 correct 2 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Diane was present at the first Internet cat video festival.
Drew has been in vehicular distress on all four of the main Hawai’ian islands.
David was at the Smithsonian Astrophysical lab in college.
Both Diane and David played well in this half, but Drew still had a big lead at the game’s midpoint.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Drew 14 correct 1 incorrect
Diane 7 correct 0 incorrect
David 6 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Drew $9,600
Diane $3,000
David $2,600
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: American History; Grammy Album Of The Year; Caves; How ‘Bout A Game Of Cards?; Art Terms; At The Accent Aigu Café)
David found his stride in Double Jeopardy, and he didn’t let missing DD2 get to him; he found DD3 and doubled up through it to take a lead that he would not relinquish for the rest of the round.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
David 18 correct 3 incorrect
Drew 22 correct 3 incorrect
Diane 9 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
David $22,000
Drew $16,800
Diane $3,400
Both Diane and David got Final correct; this makes David a 3-day champion! He’ll go for #4 tomorrow.
Tonight’s results:
Diane $3,400 + $1,000 = $4,400 (Who is MacBeth?)
Drew $16,800 – $5,199 = $11,601 (Who is Titus Andronicus?)
David $22,000 + $11,611 = $33,611 (Who is Macbeth?) (3-day total: $90,754)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) OLD-FASHIONED $800 (clue #5)
Drew 3400 +2400 (David -1000 Diane 0)
2) ART TERMS $1200 (clue #11)
David 8600 -1000 (Drew 13600 Diane 3000)
3) AMERICAN HISTORY $2000 (clue #18, $11600 left on board)
David 10000 +10000 (Drew 16400 Diane 2200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 159
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
David 3
Drew 4 5 5 4*
Diane
DJ! Round:
David 2 3 4 5 3 2 1 4 3* 3 4 5*
Drew 5 4 5† 5 2†
Diane 1†
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
David 3.23
Drew 4.33
Diane 1.00
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:
David $15,000 Coryat, 18 correct, 3 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Drew $15,200 Coryat, 22 correct, 3 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Diane $3,400 Coryat, 9 correct, 1 incorrect, 15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $33,600
Lach Trash: $12,600 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,800
Lead Changes: 1
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
David Erb, career statistics:
65 correct, 6 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 12 rebound opportunities)
33.92% in first on buzzer (58/171)
5/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $34,000)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,200
Drew Goins, career statistics:
22 correct, 4 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,400)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,200
Diane Lochner, career statistics:
10 correct, 1 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $3,400
David Erb, to win:
4 games: 68.696%
5: 47.191%
6: 32.419%
7: 22.270%
8: 15.299%
Avg. streak: 5.194 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: David $22,000 Drew $16,800 Diane $3,400)
David: Standard cover bet over Drew is $11,601. (Actual bet: $11,611)
Drew: Because you’re between 75 and 80% of David’s score, you can safely bet between $5,201 and $6,400 today. (Actual bet: $5,199)
Diane: You can’t win unless both David and Drew overbet this; bet whatever you like. (Actual bet: $1,000)
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I guessed Macbeth even though I thought that would be too obvious. I don’t remember those specific lines in the play.
Anecdote time! (And yes, I got this rather quickly.)
When I was a freshman in high school, my entire English class was assigned to read Macbeth at some point in the winter. Now, 9th graders aren’t really too fond of trying to decode all of the bizarre language that Shakespeare used; thankfully, my English teacher that year was awesome, so he went out of his way to purchase copies of Macbeth that also had a “simplified” English translation after every page, so we could actually understand what was going on!
I did get Macbeth, but like MarkO, I didn’t immediately recall those lines from the play, and worried that it might be too obvious. I considered the Ancient Romans (Julius Caesar and Marc Antony) as well, but held onto my first guess for the hit.
I’m definitely looking forward to seeing how far David can take this run.
David reminds me a lot of Cris Pannullo. He’s pretty quiet and somewhat unassuming, but he’s very knowledgeable, very gutsy (but also knows when it’s best to just punt a clue), and has clearly done his homework when it comes to the strategic side of Jeopardy! He’s definitely my favorite contestant so far this season, and even though 3 wins and over $90,000 will likely be enough to slot him into the ToC if he loses tomorrow anyway (given how much regular play there is left before the postseason begins), I’m hoping he continues winning to make that a moot point!
When Shakespeare came up as the category for today’s Final Jeopardy, I knew I might have trouble coming up with the correct response. Shakespeare not being one of my strong points.
I guessed “what is Hamlet?” shrugging my shoullders. I would have been incredulos if Hamlet was actually the correct response.
David did appear to be in trouble of not getting his third win, falling behiiiind in the first round, but he “found his game” during D0uble jeopardy, and, with an Holtzhauer like move on the second Daily Double of the round, took the lead, and,despite Drew staying close, didn’t look back.
Bill, if you even look back days later and see my reply to you, go further down and see my long reply to Jeff. This reply to you is to ask you (since I mentioned that ‘Hamlet’ DID have some reasons to possibly fit the FJ clue) whether you had seen or read ‘Hamlet’ more recently than you had seen or read ‘MacBeth’? I am thinking that would have made the resemblance of the clue to ‘Hamlet’ come quicker to mind.
The Washington Post has a podcast on their website today with Drew Goins and two other Washington Post staffers who have been on the show. I enjoyed their discussions on how anecdotes were chosen in each of their eras, their post-Jeopardy experiences, and their recommendations for preparing for the show.
I hope they will invite Drew for the second chance, but, as he was the only one in this game missing FJ!, it is unlikely, unfortunately.
I would hope the producers would look at the whole body of work and not rule him out on the basis of a single clue. If I have this right, Drew’s 22 correct responses is the most by any second-chance eligible contestant this season. (Will Yancey is second with 21.) That $15,200 Coryat has to be pretty high up there as well. I hope he gets called back.
Interestingly, the first quote from Macbeth came up about two weeks ago in Thrice.
Despite not having the freedom of a runaway, David provided me another “interesting/fun number” final wager today.
Lisa,
Is that because “611” is used to report trouble with landline service/payphones or because “611” is considered an angel number by some people? Is there something else it could mean that I’m not aware of?
No, 11611 was just a pleasing pattern resulting in a total of 33611 which was a slightly pleasant pattern.
Also, not that I think that David’s final wagers these three days have constituted any kind of puzzle themselves, but I suspect that their “interesting quality” is related to his ‘puzzle designer’ mind.
This seemed like a FJ! where only a smattering of Shakespeare knowledge would help, “Macbeth” being among the more famous of his works. Or, maybe, I just know more Shakespeare than I thought as it came to me right away.
Based off of the Jeopardy! Round, it seems as though David kind of dodged a bullet today. I’m glad he did, though, as he is my favorite contestant so far this season. He wound up easily winning today’s “D” tournament to become the “D” champion.
p.s. It seems as though Drew subtracted 1 instead of adding 1 in his Final Jeopardy wager. Probably due to the stress of being under the lights, so to speak.
I concur with you on Drew’s wager.
[I am replying to Jeff rather than Robert because Robert’s comment covered more than one subject, but I am really addressing both (and anyone else who cares to read this thread).]
I just wanted to call attention to this “+1 versus -1” situation occurring only a couple of days after I’d commented “even without these restrictions players fairly often get discombobulated and make a wager that ends with $1 when it needed to be $99 or subtracts when they needed to add or whatever”. The “restrictions” I was referring to were adding additional rules that certain sets of numbers cannot be used in a wager (and maybe forbidding wagers that could allow one of such sets to appear in the final result after adding for a correct response or subtracting for an incorrect response).
Yes, I know this game was filmed weeks or months before my comment. I am just pointing out how quickly an example aired after my having made the claim that it happens fairly often.
David is an awesome player. My husband and I think he resembles Clint Eastwood:)
I went with Mark Antony, not having any clue. At least I did guess someone that is in a Shakespeare play, so that’s a plus for me. LOL. Needless to say, when I saw the category, I cringed. 1 for 3 for the week and 3 for 13 in Season 41.
I was quite impressed with Drew and thought he might put a very premature end to our outstanding champion David Erb, but nope. David put on the gas, got smart and toned down DD2 and hammered DD3. He knew how much he needed to bet to win and added an extra $10 to make the number fun. I’d really love to see this run go as far as possible.
I think Drew definitely deserves to be called to 2nd Chance, especially since he gave such a strong player a run for his money. Since there will be 18 players called back for 2nd Chance, I see him as very qualified at this point.
Wink, wink: I think you are giving yourself a little too much credit since the clue was “title character” in the category “Shakespeare”, so it would HAVE TO be “someone that is in a Shakespeare play”. 😉 😉
It was fun to tease you, but I assume you just meant that you weren’t wrong that Marc Anthony WAS someone in a Shakespeare play. But, sorry, Marc Antony was only a title character in ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ which was considerably less bloody than ‘Julius Caesar’ (which Marc Antony was in, but of course NOT the title character) and the play ‘Julius Caesar’ was less bloody than the play ‘MacBeth’.
My first thought had been ‘MacBeth’ because I was pretty sure that I recalled [as (Old) Eric mentioned] that Thrice occurrence, which I had got right on the first clue by an educated guess — emphasis on the GUESS, but for Thrice I had run the “bloodier” comparison through my head, kind of thought ‘MacBeth’ was the bloodiest and then let the “Out, damned spot [which was blood]” quote weigh in, too!
However, in my “bloody” comparisons, I judged ‘Hamlet’ to be least bloody and I realize now both that it was bloodier than I recalled and that Hamlet made similar “blood” quotes — not with the same meanings, just that the quotes did not necessarily immediately/directly tie to actual blood spilling. So, wrong route but still arrived at the correct destination.