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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Detective Authors) for Tuesday, October 22, 2024 (Season 41, Game 32):
For much of the 1920s, he lived on Eddy Street in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Will Wallace, a game design director from Austin, Texas
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Stephanie Cooper, a Ph.D. candidate from Baltimore, Maryland
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Tristan Brown, a re-entry employment advocate from Richmond, Virginia (1-day total: $22,700)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
After being the only player to get yesterday’s Final Jeopardy clue correct, Richmond, Virginia’s Tristan Brown became the new Jeopardy! champion. Today, he faces off against Austin, Texas’s Will Wallace and Baltimore, Maryland’s Stephanie Cooper.
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Correct response: Who is Dashiell Hammett?
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A residence that re-entered the news cycle in May 2023 when it was put up for sale, 620 Eddy Street in San Francisco served as the residence of famed detective author Dashiell Hammett, famous for works like The Maltese Falcon. Hammett tended to set his works, such as The Continental Op and The Maltese Falcon, in San Francisco itself, which should be the major clue pointing everyone towards the correct response today. (Note that Raymond Chandler’s best known work, The Big Sleep, as well as Erle Stanley Gardner’s Perry Mason books, were both set in Los Angeles.)
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, October 22, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Selling Insurance; That’s Just Part Of The Story; 6 By 6 Names; TV Transports; It’s A Peninsula; “M” Before “N”)
Defending champ Tristan got off to the best start, picking up 9 correct and jumping out to a big lead after 15 clues. At the break, Tristan had $5,000 to Stephanie’s $1,800 and Will’s $600.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Tristan 9 correct 0 incorrect
Stephanie 3 correct 1 incorrect
Will 2 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Will played music in an Americana festival in Britain.
Stephanie studies serpents in the ancient Middle East.
Tristan was bitten by a monkey in Guatemala.
Will found the Daily Double; unfortunately, an incorrect response dropped him to $0. Tristan led after 30 thanks to another five correct responses.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Tristan 14 correct 0 incorrect
Stephanie 6 correct 2 incorrect
Will 6 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Tristan $6,800
Stephanie $3,200
Will $1,000
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The Dutch Colonial Empire; Pop Stars; The Cultural 19th Century; French Words & Phrases; Chemistry; She’s A Saint!)
A very closely contested Double Jeopardy round saw Will go on a roll mid-round to jump into the lead. However, he’d only bet $2,000 apiece on those Daily Doubles—which allowed for Stephanie to take a $400 lead going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Stephanie 16 correct 3 incorrect
Tristan 20 correct 3 incorrect
Will 13 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 2 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Stephanie $10,400
Tristan $10,000
Will $9,400
Will was the only player correct in Final Jeopardy; that makes him the new champion!
Tonight’s results:
Will $9,400 + $9,399 = $18,799 (Who is Hammett?) (1-day total: $18,799)
Tristan $10,000 – $10,000 = $0 (Who is Mostley? xoxo Julie Polly Matt Allison)
Stephanie $10,400 – $5,000 = $5,400 (Who is I had fun! Hi Bmore)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) IT’S A PENINSULA $1000 (clue #23)
Will 2400 -2400 (Tristan 5600 Stephanie 2200)
2) CHEMISTRY $1600 (clue #16)
Will 3400 +2000 (Tristan 8400 Stephanie 9600)
3) THE DUTCH COLONIAL EMPIRE $1600 (clue #19, $12400 left on board)
Will 6600 +2000 (Tristan 6400 Stephanie 8400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -11
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Tristan 3 2 3 4 5 1 2 4 1 1 4 5
Stephanie 2 4 3 2 1 2
Will 3 5 3 4 5*
DJ! Round:
Tristan 1 3 4 5 3
Stephanie 1 2 2 4 1 2
Will 3 4 5 3 4* 5† 3 4*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Will 3.92
Stephanie 2.17
Tristan 3.00
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 2 (0.06 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Will $11,000 Coryat, 13 correct, 2 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Stephanie $10,400 Coryat, 16 correct, 3 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Tristan $10,000 Coryat, 20 correct, 3 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $31,400
Lach Trash: $14,000 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,600
Lead Changes: 6
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Tristan Brown, career statistics:
39 correct, 7 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
37.72% in first on buzzer (43/114)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,300
Stephanie Cooper, career statistics:
16 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,400
Will Wallace, career statistics:
14 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,600)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,000
Will Wallace, to win:
2 games: 41.245%
3: 17.012%
4: 7.016%
5: 2.894%
6: 1.194%
Avg. streak: 1.702 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Watching this episode, I got the sense that Stephanie gave up on this Final Jeopardy clue way too quickly–at least judging by when she was writing things down—and I found that disappointing as a fan.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Stephanie $10,400 Tristan $10,000 Will $9,400)
Tristan: Standard cover bet over Will is $8,800. (Actual bet: $10,000)
Stephanie: Standard cover bet over Tristan is $9,601. (Actual bet: $5,000)
Will: I would bet between $2,001 and $8,199. (Actual bet: $9,399)
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I went with Earl Stanley Gardner. I used to watch Perry Mason as a kid.
I guessed Chandler because he was the first one that came to mind. Haven’t read any of these guys in too long a time.
I went with Hammett, solely on the basis of San Francisco, thinking of Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon. In general I prefer English mysteries, such as Agatha Christie, to American ones.
Sam Spade WAS the 1920s detective I thought of, but I had no idea what novel(s?) he was in, much less the author of them. I just said Erle Stanley Gardner as a long shot. [Though we did watch Perry Mason every week (when I was a kid), I think the reason I can always remember Gardner is because of the odd (to me, anyway) spelling of his first name, which I used to often see on the spines of many paperbacks in used book stores. I had heard of Dashiell Hammett AND ‘The Maltese Falcon’, but not nearly as much and not especially together. I think I had heard of Sam Spade more as a cliche than a specific character in a specific book, kind of a meme before there were “memes”.]
Good thing I wasn’t playing on stage, because ididn’t realize the category called for AUTHORS, not their creations, until Ken called for “pens down.” I had Sam Spade through much of “Think1′ then realized my mistake, then said Hammett.
Andy, whoever, I’m not understanding the acceptance of “East India Company, West India Company,” in the final answer clue of the game. I thought I understood that the proper names would be “East Indes Company, West Indes Company” which being proper names, is a requirement (I thought) for acceptance. If I’m wrong on any of my points, please forgive my error(s).
I assumed that it was a matter of allowing English translations of names in other languages, but I’m finding that the Dutch East India company lasted for nearly 200 years before being dissolved and nationalized as Dutch East Indies company. Since the clue had no dates, I assume either version would have been accepted. [Apparently, the Dutch West India Company sort of splintered and gradually ended without becoming a Dutch West Indies Company]
Also, to your other point about AUTHORS, I imagine that the exact phrasing of the FJ category will be of more impact to the contestants who have had to think about how much they are willing to wager (based not just on the other scores, but on how likely they think they will know facts in this category), than its impact to a viewer who, while immediately assaulted by commercials, will probably be distracted from thinking that hard about the precise wording of the category rather than more of a generalization of it.
I feel the same way about Stephanie in final jeopardy – even before the clue, she didn’t even wager to cover from the lead. Maybe she had somewhere to be.
Hammett = SF, Chandler = LA. Had to be Hammett.
Despite living in the SF Bay Area for 30+ years, I have not heard of Hammett before today. That’s for sure, otherwise I would have remembered the first name Dashiell.
The clue made me think of “The Maltese Falcon” which led me to Hammett. Not sure I could have spelled the first name correctly if that had been needed. Apparently, the last name was good enough as Will just went with Hammett, too.
The category also contains a clue, as it’s “Detective Authors” and not “Detective Fiction Authors”. Hammett worked for the Pinkertons, and as I far as know neither Chandler nor Gardner were ever professional detectives.
However, it does seem likely that any contestant with that knowledge would’ve been just fine with the clue itself.
BRILLIANT!
I could only think of Mickey Spillane. I have never heard of Hammet. 0 for 2 on the week and 5 for 32 on the Season. .156 Batting Average.
That was a super competitive game between these 3 players and I very much enjoyed it. 🙂
Yeah, I get the feeling that more and more contestants are focused on writing shout-outs than thinking about Final. (I thought of Chandler and couldn’t come up with Hammett’s name to save my life.)
If she didn’t feel comfortable about the clue and was hoping for a triple stumper, was in a distant 3rd place, or in a lock game, maybe that would be a good time for writing a shout-out.
There’s a time and a place for everything, but not when you’re entering FJ! in 1st place with a $400 lead and with the player in 3rd place still pretty much in the game.