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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category College Towns) for Wednesday, October 16, 2024 (Season 41, Game 28):
2 schools in the Southeastern Conference are located in cities with this same name but in different states
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Rachel Cassidy, an associate professor from Providence, Rhode Island
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Jay Eversman, an environmental attorney from St. Louis, Missouri
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Rishabh Wuppalapati, an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania from Vernon Hills, Illinois (1-day total: $22,201)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Penn student Rishabh Wuppalapati is your new Jeopardy! champion after his exciting victory last night. Today, he faces off against St. Louis’s Jay Eversman and Providence’s Rachel Cassidy. I’d be surprised if today’s game was as good as yesterday’s—I was certainly on the edge of my seat watching yesterday’s game—but I’d certainly like to see our players prove me wrong!
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Correct response: What is Columbia?
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I think that today’s write-up is going to be slightly shorter than some of my recent ones: of the 16 schools currently in the SEC, two of them are located in cities named Columbia: the University of Missouri, located in Columbia, Missouri, and the University of South Carolina, located in Columbia, South Carolina.
I suspect our player from St. Louis today might have a geographic advantage here, but it’s hard to say; around-the-map Finals always tend to play difficult.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, October 16, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Hey, Pumpkin!; A World Tour; Enjoy A Concerto; Holidays & Observances; Show Biz Movies; “Out” With It)
Although Rishabh got the Daily Double incorrect, he still led after 15 clues. After the interviews, Rishabh had $3,000 to Jay’s $1,400 and Rachel’s $1,400.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Rishabh 6 correct 2 incorrect
Rachel 2 correct 0 incorrect
Jay 3 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Rachel has her entire pub quiz team as her cheering section.
Jay worked for both Andrew Cuomo and Donald Trump.
Rishabh had difficulty with his driving test as he couldn’t find the horn.
Jay picked up 5 correct after the break to jump into the lead over Rishabh.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Jay 8 correct 1 incorrect
Rishabh 8 correct 3 incorrect
Rachel 7 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Jay $3,800
Rishabh $3,200
Rachel $2,400
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: American History; The Book Nook; Astronomy; The ____ Of The ____; What’s On TV?; That’s Such A Cliché!)
In a Double Jeopardy round that saw the lead change twice in the final four clues, Rishabh got clue #30 to pull into a $300 lead after Rachel bet $2,500 on DD2 and Jay got DD3 incorrect.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Rishabh 17 correct 5 incorrect
Rachel 15 correct 2 incorrect
Jay 12 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 1 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Rishabh $10,400
Rachel $10,100
Jay $4,800
Rachel got Final Jeopardy correct, putting the pressure on Rishabh—who changed his response to the correct one at the last second! Rishabh is now a 2-day champion, going for win #3 tomorrow.
Tonight’s results:
Jay $4,800 – $4,799 = $1 (What are Oxford)
Rachel $10,100 + $9,601 = $19,701 (What is Columbia? Hi Lucy + Sofie! <3)
Rishabh $10,400 + $9,801 = $20,201 (What is faye charles Columbia) (2-day total: $42,402)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) ENJOY A CONCERTO $800 (clue #3)
Rishabh 600 -1000 (Jay 800 Rachel 0)
2) THE BOOK NOOK $2000 (clue #8)
Rachel 5200 +2500 (Rishabh 8400 Jay 3800)
3) THE ____ OF THE ____ $1200 (clue #11, $18800 left on board)
Jay 6600 -2600 (Rishabh 8400 Rachel 7700)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -91
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Rishabh 4 4*
Jay 3
Rachel
DJ! Round:
Rishabh 4 4 5 3
Jay 3† 3*
Rachel 4 3 5 5* 4
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Rishabh 4.00
Rachel 4.20
Jay 3.00
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:
Rishabh $11,400 Coryat, 17 correct, 5 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Rachel $9,600 Coryat, 15 correct, 2 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Jay $7,400 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $28,400
Lach Trash: $15,200 (on 14 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,400
Lead Changes: 5
Times Tied: 4
Player Statistics:
Rishabh Wuppalapati, career statistics:
37 correct, 9 incorrect
0/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
35.09% in first on buzzer (40/114)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,600
Jay Eversman, career statistics:
12 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,600)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,400
Rachel Cassidy, career statistics:
16 correct, 2 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,500)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,600
Rishabh Wuppalapati, to win:
3 games: 41.982%
4: 17.625%
5: 7.399%
6: 3.106%
7: 1.304%
Avg. streak: 2.724 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Another reminder to viewers that the judges can see Final Jeopardy being written as it’s being written. They would have seen the letters to “Columbia” written by Rishabh and ruled accordingly.
- My advice to contestants: There is no need to speak whatsoever in the Final Jeopardy round unless Ken directly asks you a question. Let your screen stand for itself.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Rishabh $10,400 Rachel $10,100 Jay $4,800)
Rishabh: Standard cover bet over Rachel is $9,801. (Actual bet: $9,801)
Jay: Bet no more than $4,200 to stay ahead of Rishabh on a Triple Stumper. (Actual bet: $4,799)
Rachel: Bet between $301 (just in case Rishabh bets $0) and $499 (keeping Jay locked out). (Actual bet: $9,601)
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Being a Mizzou fan, this was a gimme. I can see someone not familiar with the conferences going with Miami since there is also a Miami of Ohio. Being that one of the contestants today is from Missouri, I think that’s an advantage for him in the final.
Miami University is in Oxford, Ohio. I got today’s answer but it wouldn’t have been in the 30 seconds allotted.
The first city that came to mind was “Oxford” (as my parents met when they were students at Miami University, so Ole Miss is the first SEC town I think of when starting from nothing. Coincidently another MAC school, Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, shares a city name with an SEC school, University of Georgia), then Athens (see previous note), then I started in the west with Austin, Norman, and finally Columbia, and that all took about five seconds for me to work out, but I am a geographer and city names flip through my head like cards in a rolodex sometimes.
I was in trouble when they named the conference. Had no idea.
Not an avid college football watcher… guessed Gainesville thinking of U Florida and hoping the same named Georgia city had a football team, too.
Being familiar enough with college football thanks to DraftKings and FanDuel, I was able to come up with this one fairly quickly. Interesting that the one I thought had the best chance of getting this one right was the only one not to get it. Congratulations to Rishabh Wuppalapati (just wanted to see if I could spell all of that right) on pulling out a last second win. I think Rachel played well enough to earn a second chance; she came oh so close.
I watch less college football than I watch the NFL, but I am a sports fan enough to have nailed this instantly. Bout time I got FJ right. 1 for 3 for the week and 5 for 28 in Season 41.
Retro congrats to Rishabh on win #2! He’s now our 4th straight multi-game winner.
And I concur with Robert J. Fawkes that Rachel deserves a 2nd chance. Her pub trivia team name is great as well…..4 non, non-blondes! LOL
Yeah, I live in an SEC college town and still had to shuffle through all the schools before I figured it out. I managed to do it within the 30 seconds, but who knows what might have happened on stage.