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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Stars of the 20th Century) for Thursday, September 26, 2024 (Season 41, Game 14):
A 1927 N.Y. Times headline: “Witness testifies” this woman “rewrote play and insisted on the spicy scenes because city liked them”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Maddie Carwile, a healthcare program coordinator from New York, New York
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Alex Michev, an attorney from Richmond, Virginia
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David Erb, a puzzle designer from Seattle, Washington (3-day total: $90,754)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Despite David Erb receiving a bit of a scare in yesterday’s game from Drew Goins, he picked up victory #3 yesterday and is still shaping up to be one of the top players in Jeopardy history in terms of taking advantage of Daily Doubles. Today, he faces off against Alex Michev and Maddie Carwile in an attempt to take a very important fourth victory today.
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Correct response: Who is Mae West?
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Before becoming the film star of the 1930’s very much known for her double entendres, Mae West spent significant time in the New York vaudeville and stage scene. She was arrested in 1927 on morals and obscenity charges surrounding her 1926 play; the New York Times article also said its backers wanted a police raid because of the increased publicity surrounding such a move. The city certainly did like the spicy scenes, though: 325,000 people saw the play between April 1926 and the February 1927 raid, while the arrest and 10-day jail term served by West only served to enhance her national profile.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, September 26, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: William & Mary; That’s On Brand; National Symbols; Album Collection; The Group Of 7; Go Fish)
For the second straight game, David got off to a bit of a slow start; Maddie found the Daily Double and Alex picked up three high-value correct responses. Alex led after 15 with $3,400 to Maddie’s $2,800 and David’s $1,000.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Alex 4 correct 0 incorrect
Maddie 4 correct 0 incorrect
David 3 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Maddie is also an avid scuba diver.
Alex just had his second child.
David once did some “white hat” security regarding MySpace.
In the second half of the opening round, both challengers did very well and both had a good sized advantage over David after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Alex 10 correct 1 incorrect
Maddie 8 correct 0 incorrect
David 7 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Alex $6,400
Maddie $5,200
David $2,000
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Classic Novels; Tree People?; Great Landform; Psychology; Famous Fathers-In-Law; Begins & Ends With…)
David got to DD2 early and doubled up to make it close; however, he struggled to get in for most of the round. Maddie found DD3, but an incorrect response meant she was second going into Final, as Alex held a $2,100 lead going into clue #61.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Alex 18 correct 2 incorrect
Maddie 19 correct 2 incorrect
David 11 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Alex $16,000
Maddie $13,900
David $4,400
This Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper, which might have proven to be advantage David—but Maddie made a very smart small bet and is your new champion!
Tonight’s results:
David $4,400 – $123 = $4,277 (Who is Parker? | Best Family!)
Maddie $13,900 – $2,200 = $11,700 (Who is Woolf?) (1-day total: $11,700)
Alex $16,000 – $12,000 = $4,000 (Who is Gertrude Stein?)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) WILLIAM & MARY $400 (clue #11)
Maddie 1600 +1200 (David 1000 Alex 1000)
2) GREAT LANDFORM $1200 (clue #2)
David 2000 +2000 (Alex 6400 Maddie 5200)
3) PSYCHOLOGY $800 (clue #17, $16000 left on board)
Maddie 10000 -2500 (David 2400 Alex 11600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 150
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
David 3 4 5 2 3 4 5
Alex 3
Maddie 2 2 2*
DJ! Round:
David 2 3* 4† 4 3
Alex 4 5 2 3 5 2
Maddie 3 1 1 2 4 2*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Maddie 2.11
David 3.50
Alex 3.43
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:
Maddie $15,600 Coryat, 19 correct, 2 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
David $3,600 Coryat, 11 correct, 3 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Alex $16,000 Coryat, 18 correct, 2 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $35,200
Lach Trash: $12,400 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,400
Lead Changes: 6
Times Tied: 1
Player Statistics:
David Erb, career statistics:
76 correct, 10 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 15 rebound opportunities)
31.14% in first on buzzer (71/228)
6/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $36,000)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,550
Alex Michev, career statistics:
18 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,000
Maddie Carwile, career statistics:
19 correct, 3 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,300)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,600
Maddie Carwile, to win:
2 games: 42.280%
3: 17.876%
4: 7.558%
5: 3.196%
6: 1.351%
Avg. streak: 1.733 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Alex $16,000 Maddie $13,900 David $4,400)
David: Bet no more than $200 to stay ahead of Alex if he makes the minimum cover bet over Maddie. (Actual bet: $123)
Alex: Standard cover bet over Maddie is $11,801. (Actual bet: $12,000)
Maddie: Betting between $4,201 and $5,099 both defends against the biggest range of Alex’s bets and keeps David locked out. (Actual bet: $2,200)
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Thinking of an actress of that time who may have earlier been on stage, I went with Fay Wray.
I guessed correctly, because I remembered that Mae West was a playwright before she was an actress.
I guessed right mainly because I knew she’d been brought up on obscenity charges. 🙂
This was one of those situations where missing DD3 was advantageous for Maddie putting her in a close second (instead of being narrowly leading) going into the triple stumper Final Jeopardy. But one never knows on any given day. I do commend her on wagering to keep David from winning no matter what happened.
All I could come up with was Zelda
Fitzgerald?
Yes
The only reason I was able to get this one was because, as a young man, I had such a crush on Mae West. When thinking of a woman from that era who might like “spicey scenes,” Mae West came immediately to mind.
Mae West, Rudolph Valentino, and “Fatty” Arbuckle all from that era with interesting lives. I believe there was a previous Final about the man who had the historical (and hysterical) funeral crowd and Arbuckle was tried for murder three straight times on the west coast (and at the time he was the first millionaire screen star).
This was a Final jeopardy where you eihter knew about the story the “answer” clue referenced, or, from the fact the “answer” clue gave could guess the correct respnse. i neither knew, or, could guess.
Speaking non literakky, was David beenomg featured in clickbait stories the ‘kiss pf death’ to his Jeopardy winning streak/ in any case, it’s to imagine that we won’t see him next in a Champions Wild card tourbwnebt.
Mae West seemed like the obvious choice. She was pretty smart, and good at self-promotion.
I could only guess Lauren Bacall, but she wasn’t born in time for this, now that I’ve looked that up. 1 for 4 for the week and 3 for 14 on the season. Nothing special about that!
A very nice win by Maddie, but I was honestly hoping for David’s run to last longer. I imagine that we’ll see him in Champions Wildcard or perhaps a direct route to the ToC itself due to seeing that there might not be enough Champions of 4 wins or more come cutoff time to get to the 27 needed.
Maddie is the 2nd lady champion of the season and they are practically neighbors, as one is from New York, NY and the other from Brooklyn, NY.
Have a great Friday everyone!
I came up with Mae West without actually remembering having known those particular facts, it just sounded like something she would do! (And the best I recalled, 1927 was within her heyday.)
Congrats to Maddie on making what turned out be smart DD and Final Jeopardy bets.