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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Sitcoms) for Tuesday, October 1, 2024 (Season 41, Game 17):
The first British sitcom to win a Best Comedy Golden Globe, it was remade in a U.S. version that had almost 15 times as many episodes
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Mike McComb, a project manager originally from Dearborn, Michigan
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Brooke Levine, a workforce manager from Old Bridge, New Jersey
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Ryan Manton, a systems administrator from Columbus, Ohio (1-day total: $22,178)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
In the search for our first 5-time champion of Season 41, there’s quite a strong chance that it will be Ryan Manton this week. He picked up a $26,800 Coryat Score in his debut performance yesterday, with his three incorrect responses all being on clues where a reply is “forced” (i.e. Daily Doubles and Final Jeopardy). Continuing with 0 unforced errors and nearly 30 correct responses will make him incredibly difficult to beat. Today, he faces off against New Jersey’s Brooke Levine and Michigan’s Mike McComb.
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Correct response: What is The Office?
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In 2003, the original British version of The Office took home the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series—Musical or Comedy. Remade into an American version that ran from 2005 to 2013, the American version was nominated for three Golden Globes in the same category but never won (losing to Ugly Betty, 30 Rock, and Glee, respectively.) However, the American version did win one Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series (in 2006) in six nominations.
Honestly, the only thing that makes this clue difficult (in my opinion) is the fact that there was no time period given to the contestants. (Though, honestly, I believe this is a necessary omission to avoid making the clue too easy for those both in studio and at home.)
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, October 1, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: 19th Century Culture Trip; Lunar Features; Toys & Games; Airports; Name The Classic Band: A Reading; Familiar Phrases)
Mike struggled with incorrect responses early on, including on the Daily Double, but he rebounded to second place. Even though he picked up his first unforced error of his run, Ryan led with $2,800 to Mike’s $1,600 and Brooke’s $800.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Ryan 4 correct 1 incorrect
Mike 5 correct 2 incorrect
Brooke 1 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Mike is undefeated in dance-off tiebreakers at his local pub quiz.
Brooke always has a large pile of unread books.
Ryan got to visit Iceland in 2018.
Ryan picked up 10 correct responses after the break to extend his lead.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Ryan 14 correct 2 incorrect
Mike 9 correct 2 incorrect
Brooke 1 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Ryan $6,800
Mike $3,200
Brooke $200
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Sir Walter Raleigh; Avian Poetry; The Name Game; Film-Pourri; America The Beautiful; “C” To Shining “C”)
After Mike got DD2 incorrect, the search for DD3 began; Ryan got it, betting enough to cement a runaway game going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Ryan 23 correct 2 incorrect
Mike 18 correct 4 incorrect
Brooke 3 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Ryan $21,600
Mike $10,000
Brooke $600
Much like yesterday, the two challengers got Final, while Ryan went for the shoutout again. He’s a 2-day champion, though, going for #3 tomorrow!
Tonight’s results:
Brooke $600 + $600 = $1,200 (What is The office?)
Mike $10,000 + $0 = $10,000 (What is The Office? <3 Dave <3)
Ryan $21,600 – $0 = $21,600 (What is I still love you Lauren) (2-day total: $43,778)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) LUNAR FEATURES $600 (clue #6)
Mike -400 -1000 (Ryan 0 Brooke 800)
2) FILM-POURRI $1600 (clue #7)
Mike 5600 -2400 (Ryan 8400 Brooke 200)
3) AVIAN POETRY $800 (clue #25, $6000 left on board)
Ryan 14400 +5600 (Brooke 600 Mike 8000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -104
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Ryan 5 4 5 4
Brooke 3
Mike 3*
DJ! Round:
Ryan 5 1 1† 5 5 4 3 2 1 4 3 2*
Brooke 2 2† 1
Mike 3 4 3 4* 5† 3 4 5 2 1
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Ryan 3.38
Mike 3.36
Brooke 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:
Ryan $16,800 Coryat, 23 correct, 2 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Mike $13,400 Coryat, 18 correct, 4 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Brooke $600 Coryat, 3 correct, 2 incorrect, 8.77% in first on buzzer (5/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $30,800
Lach Trash: $15,600 (on 14 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,600
Lead Changes: 3
Times Tied: 3
Player Statistics:
Ryan Manton, career statistics:
52 correct, 6 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
42.11% in first on buzzer (48/114)
2/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,600)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,800
Brooke Levine, career statistics:
4 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
8.77% in first on buzzer (5/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $600
Mike McComb, career statistics:
19 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,400)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,400
Ryan Manton, to win:
3 games: 60.736%
4: 36.889%
5: 22.405%
6: 13.608%
7: 8.265%
Avg. streak: 3.547 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
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Even if the clue is easy (for me, anyway), starting the day with a Final Jeopardy get – I’ve been up for at most 5 minutes – is always a great feeling!
I’ve been up a few hours, but the same 🙂 I didn’t know the ratio between American and British episodes.
The UK version did 14 episodes. They did 2 six-episode seasons and a 2-part special afterwards.
The US version ran for 9 seasons and did 201 episodes.
The Office seemed too obvious to me, and I was thrown by the math involved with the episode counts. I didn’t know the Christmas special ran as 2 episodes in the UK, but I remember watching it as a single episode on BBC America (and the total runtime is more than 3 of the regular episodes). I didn’t know if the special counted as an episode, but multiplying 12 and 13 by 15 both fell short of 200, which I knew the US version topped and wouldn’t have met the “almost” part of the clue.
Probably would’ve just put The Office just to have something.
The lack of a time period in the clue tripped me up but good. I thought it must either be Till Death Us Do Part (which became All in the Family in the US) Or Steptoe and Son (Us version: Sanford & Son). Guess I was going back way too far.
I thought of those two as well but the Golden Globes are given by the Hollywood Foreign Press to programs shown in the US and I don’t believe the originals of those two were shown in the US.
The Office originals were a big US hit before the remake was made.
I was certainly wrong about this one as I responded with “All in the Family”. How wrong can I be…? Sorry that I typed this way.
I answered Man About The House. The US version was of course Three’s Company. But hindsight is 20/20, I looked up online that the British version aired for 6 seasons and the US 8. Lol, definitely not nearly 15 times as many episodes.
I have not looked at Today’s Final Jeopardy, and, won’tuntiltomorrw, because in Chicago,Jeopardy normally airs at 3:30 pm Central.But today,and, probably tomorrow as well, Jeopardy is prempted for the Detroit at Houston American League Wild Card playoffs. According to Zap2it.com tv listings, Jeopardy will air at approximately 3:30 AM.
Others may have their Jeopardy fix disrupted because of tonight’s US Vice Presidential candidates “debate.” As Andy usually says in these situations, check your local listings. (or, the one posters database, if he did for tonight.)
I agree that having the time period in the clue would have been helpful. The first thought that came to me was “Till Death Do Us Part” was the British show in question. That was about 30 years prior, and it was the inspiration for “All In the Family.” Fortunately, the correct answer came to shortly after.
The only response that came to mind at all was “The Office.” For me this was a TINA (there is no alternative). It was interesting to read in the comments how many other possibilities there might have been. None of those even occurred to me.
“All In the Family” occurred to me momentarily, but I quickly discarded it for the wrong reason. So many aspects of it were so distinctly American that I was thinking that Norman Lear created it “from scratch”. Once Andy provided the its origin, I remembered having heard that before.
I didn’t really care for the American ‘The Office’, so have not been inclined to check out the British version, but I’d noticed on streaming services where either are available (and on Reelgood.com which shows such information if you are searching for specific or similar titles) that the British version didn’t have nearly as many episodes as the version my husband watched for years, so I got FJ correct today.
[Thus I had seen quite a few episodes when it originally aired and recognized that it was brilliant but it was just too annoying for me.]
Well, I don’t watch much “appointment TV,” so I’ve never even seen The Office. I guessed Benny Hill and I knew that I was wrong.
Retro congrats to Ryan on win 2! Keep it running!
0 for 2 on the week and 3 for 17 on the season.
Nearly 24 hours after when Tuesday’s Jeopardy normally would be aired, I finished my DVR recording of that game. Unfortunately the delay didn’t help my being correct in Final Jeopardy. Maybe it was the (necessary?) omission of a time frame. Or, maybe it’s my general ignorance of British TV. My misreading of the “answer clue sure didn’t help. My response was “What is ‘Til Death Do Us Part?” The original Britihs forebearer of All In The Family. The Office wasn’t even on my “radr.”
I’m sure that early/late afternoon viewers of Jeopardy on ABC affiliates are aware of premption due to ABC carrying MLB Wild Card pplayoff gaames, Wednesday and, possibly Thirsday as well. The usual advice of check your local listings is given.