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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category World Political History) for Friday, October 11, 2024 (Season 41, Game 25):
William Whitelaw & John Peyton were also-rans in a 1975 leadership vote with this victor
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Dot White, a clinical psychologist from Bethesda, Maryland
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Eamonn Campbell, a lawyer originally from Manchester, Vermont
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Mark Fitzpatrick, a content manager from Riverside, Connecticut (5-day total: $107,201)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
In yesterday’s game, Mark Fitzpatrick became Season 41’s first 5-time champion; today, he faces off against Eamonn Campbell and Dot White. Interestingly, while today’s champion gets just the weekend off in terms of Jeopardy! Air Time (J!AT), whoever wins today’s game will have received a couple of months off in terms of Jeopardy! Production Time (J!PT).
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Correct response: Who is Margaret Thatcher?
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In 1975, less than 12 months after losing a pair of general elections to Labour and Harold Wilson, Conservative leader Edward Heath called for a leadership review; many analysts initially believed that Heath would win without challenge; however, Margaret Thatcher opted to challenge for the party leadership. However, on February 4, Thatcher received a plurality of votes from sitting Conservative MPs, causing the resignation of Heath and a second ballot one week later. Thatcher was elected on that second ballot (with William Whitelaw second and John Peyton fifth). With it, Thatcher became the first woman to be elected leader of a major British political party; she became Prime Minister four years later.
As a Canadian familiar with how party leaders are elected in Westminster political systems, this felt more straightforward to me than it might be for others.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, October 11, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: A Little Day Music; 18th Century History; Make It Singular; Transport Usa; Let’s Hear It For Animal Moms; Just Doin’ My Job)
Mark got the first three clues incorrect—including the Daily Double—to be at -$2,600 after 3 clues. However, he was out of the red by the time the interviews came around. After 15, Eamonn led with $2,000, while both Mark and Dot had $800.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Eamonn 5 correct 1 incorrect
Dot 1 correct 0 incorrect
Mark 5 correct 3 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Dot was part of the world’s largest clog dance in 2006.
Eamonn has a lobster trap as a coffee table.
Mark is a recovering musician.
Both challengers played well in the second half of the round, as Mark took some more incorrect responses to sit third after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Dot 7 correct 1 incorrect
Eamonn 10 correct 2 incorrect
Mark 6 correct 5 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Dot $3,200
Eamonn $3,000
Mark $200
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Russian Geography; TV Characters; Territorial Governors; I’m Him; Women Authors; Starts & Ends With “T”)
Mark had an up-and-down round, taking the lead, but falling back to 0 when he missed DD2. He doubled up through DD3 but still struggled with incorrect responses. Eamonn and Dot were both over five figures going into Final.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Eamonn 19 correct 3 incorrect
Dot 14 correct 1 incorrect
Mark 15 correct 8 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 1 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Eamonn $12,200
Dot $10,400
Mark $4,800
Despite a misspelling (but the misspelling was still pronounced the same way, so it was accepted), Eamonn was the only player correct in Final. (Though, thanks to his middle-ground non-cover wager, it wouldn’t have mattered.)
Tonight’s results:
Mark $4,800 – $0 = $4,800 (Who is Thanks for a fun day?)
Dot $10,400 – $599 = $9,801 (Who is Washing ?)
Eamonn $12,200 + $1,500 = $13,700 (Who is Thacher?) (1-day total: $13,700)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) 18th CENTURY HISTORY $800 (clue #2)
Mark -1000 -1000 (Eamonn 0 Dot 0)
2) WOMEN AUTHORS $1200 (clue #4)
Mark 5800 -5800 (Eamonn 3000 Dot 3200)
3) TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS $1600 (clue #13, $17600 left on board)
Mark 2800 +2800 (Eamonn 9400 Dot 4000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -100
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Mark 5 4*
Eamonn
Dot
DJ! Round:
Mark 5 5 4 3* 4 3 4*
Eamonn 3 4 2 1 3
Dot 5
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Eamonn 2.60
Dot 5.00
Mark 4.11
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 1 (0.04 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Eamonn $12,200 Coryat, 19 correct, 3 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Dot $10,400 Coryat, 14 correct, 1 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Mark $10,400 Coryat, 15 correct, 8 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $33,000
Lach Trash: $10,600 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,400
Lead Changes: 7
Times Tied: 3
Player Statistics:
Mark Fitzpatrick, career statistics:
129 correct, 26 incorrect
4/5 on rebound attempts (on 24 rebound opportunities)
37.83% in first on buzzer (129/341)
11/15 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $27,800)
2/6 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,067
Eamonn Campbell, career statistics:
20 correct, 3 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,200
Dot White, career statistics:
14 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,400
Eamonn Campbell, to win:
2 games: 40.914%
3: 16.740%
4: 6.849%
5: 2.802%
6: 1.146%
Avg. streak: 1.692 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I’m hoping that Eamonn decided to learn wagering strategy over his extended break.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Eamonn $12,200 Dot $10,400 Mark $4,800)
Mark: Bet no more than $1,200 in case Eamonn makes a cover bet and is incorrect. (Actual bet: $0)
Eamonn: Standard cover bet over Dot is $8,601. If you really think that Dot is going to make a small bet, you can defend against this—but that bet has to be less than $1,000. (Actual bet: $1,500)
Dot: Bet no more than $799 to keep Mark locked out. (Actual bet: $599)
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I correctly guessed – noticing that they did not say ‘him’ or ‘her’ and just said victor, I guessed it would be a woman and if they’d said ‘her’, it would have been too easy. And given the era, I went with Thatcher.
The names in the answer clue meant nothing to me. Hearing the correct response to be Margaret Thatcher still didn’t help me understand either the game material, or, why Thatcher was the correct response. Then comes Andy’s “further information.” THEN I understand it was all bout British politics, which like many US citizens, I know little about. Not complaining, we (US citizens in general) probably should pay more attention to the politics of our friends. For instance I’ve heard nothing about if the current PM of Canada is having trouble with the Canadian Parliament? (Is the PM still Trudeau?)
It is still Justin Trudeau. His father Pierre was my FJ! guess but I was off by 5 years for the PM vote. I did think it was probably British or Canadian politics, but did not think of it maybe being just for party leadership rather than a PM vote. I went with Canada instead of England because I know Canada has more than two strong parties [or at least that’s the impression I get from my Canadian in-laws], but had the impression that England only had two (or at least only two to make it up to a vote for PM). [And, of course, that is 1975 vs now, so even more that I don’t know 🤷.]
I know this much about British politics, there seems to be three major parties, Consservative (Torries,) Labour, and, liberal, plus smaller ones like the Green party (I think,) Scottish National,etc.
Canada, as far as I know is Conservative, and, Liberal, plus smaller ones like Parti Quebecoise,etc.
So, I’m not totaaly ignorant in British, and, Canadian politics. But still not as informed as maybe I should be.
I can’t help thinking that Mark was lucky that today’s board was not used in his first five games. Had this been his first board, we wouldn’t have a new five-day champion. This shows how important the categories are in determining a winner.
I originally thought Thatcher, but then thought it was too early, then maybe De Gaulle, but the names didn’t look French so I went back to Thatcher even though I thought it was probably incorrect.
Similarly, the names sounded English to me so that led me to Thatcher.
When Ben Chan lost, he spelled Benedict instead of Benedick. He lost for a spelling mistake.
Today, the winner misspelled Thatcher – yet his spelling mistake was given a pass.
That was a VERY frustrating moment for me, especially knowing what happened to Mr. Chan.
Patricia:
Spelling mistakes have always been judged relative to whether or not the mistake changes the pronunciation of the word.
As “Benedict” is pronounced differently from “Benedick”, it was ruled incorrect.
As “Thacher” is not pronounced differently from “Thatcher”, it was ruled correct.
Your frustration is caused by your own misunderstanding of the rules of the show.
Additionally, because of Eamonn’s small bet, the only way this would’ve affected the outcome is if Dot had also written Thatcher. However, because she did not, the only difference in the outcome it made was whether Eamonn won $10,700 or $13,700 in his first win.
Didn’t Ken remark that “Thacher” was accptable since it would be pronounced the same as “Thatcher”?
Well, I went right to Jimmy Hoffa and clearly shouldn’t have. Ha! Especially with the category, I knew it shouldn’t have been anything in the United States. 0 for 5 for the week and 4 for 25 on the season. No bueno!
Awesome run by Mark and look forward to his ToC appearance.
On Monday, we’ll see if Eamonn can be our 3rd straight multi-game winner!
Have a great weekend everyone! 🙂
I thought that since the names seemed so British the answer had to be Thatcher.
Interesting that Ken tipped part of the result with “what a lovely farewell message” as Mark was still in the running at that point (from the audience’s perspective) with a triple stumper and aggressive wagering by the others.
Saw the year, noted the names were English, and immediately knew it was Thatcher because I knew she was elected Tory leader in 1975. My dad was a bit shocked that I got it so quickly because I was a young child back then, and he didn’t expect I would know that much about British political history from that period.