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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Literary Characters) for Friday, October 4, 2024 (Season 41, Game 20):
A fragment from a nautical tool found on a Chilean island in 2005 was likely left by the Scot who partly inspired this character
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Mark Fitzpatrick, a content manager from Riverside, Connecticut
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Anne Singleton, an executive director from Williamstown, Massachusetts
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Ryan Manton, a systems administrator from Columbus, Ohio (4-day total: $83,179)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
After going 4-for-4 thus far this week and becoming the 460th person to win at least 4 times on Jeopardy since 1984, Ryan Manton looks today to become the 280th 5-time champion in the history of this version of the show. Looking to stop him are Anne Singleton and Mark Fitzpatrick. Ryan’s buzzer skills are still very strong, but his attempt numbers have dropped slightly over the course of the week.
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Correct response: Who is Robinson Crusoe?
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In 1704, Alexander Selkirk was serving on the British pirate ship Cinque Ports when, in the Juan Fernández Archipelago just over 400 miles off the coast of Chile, Selkirk thought the ship to no longer be seaworthy, and, staging a mutiny, demanded to be let off the ship on Más a Tierra Island. Later realizing the gravity of his error when he was the only member of the mutiny, he demanded to be let back on board, but the ship’s captain refused. Selkirk spent over four years on the island before a British ship passed by to rescue him. (Previously, two Spanish ships had anchored at the island, but Selkirk, being British, decided that being captured would be a worse fate than the island, choosing to hide in those cases.) In 2005, a fragment from a set of nautical calipers was found on the island where Selkirk had lived; they were believed to be Selkirk’s as nobody else would have possessed such an item on that island.
Selkirk’s story was one of many stories of that era that reputedly inspired Daniel Defoe to write his famed 1719 adventure novel Robinson Crusoe; other inspirations may have been Spaniard Pedro Serrano, Englishman Henry Pitman, as well as the 12th-century Ibn Tufail work Hayy ibn Yaqdhan.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, October 4, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Quoth The Woman; Cities On The River; Metonyms; Rodgers & Hammerstein; An Ocean Of Lotion; Books Revamped)
Even though Ryan had five correct responses, Anne led at the break thanks to a pair of bottom-row correct responses. After 15, Anne had $2,800 to Ryan’s $2,400 and Mark’s $1,800.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Anne 5 correct 1 incorrect
Ryan 5 correct 0 incorrect
Mark 4 correct 2 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Mark recently moved to Mexico City.
Anne lives in a place that borders Vermont and New York.
Ryan works for a nonprofit called Homeport.
Mark got to the Daily Double, but fell back to $0 and was in third after this round. Anne picked up another five correct to hold a $3,000 lead through 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Anne 10 correct 1 incorrect
Ryan 10 correct 0 incorrect
Mark 8 correct 3 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Anne $7,000
Ryan $4,000
Mark $1,800
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The British Monarch When He Became President; On “Foot”; Historic Books Of Science; U.S. Museums; Tall Tales; Movies Vamped)
Mark found the Daily Doubles on back-to-back clues, picking up a combined $8,000. This was enough to put him into the lead going into Final Jeopardy—but all three players were still in contention!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Mark 22 correct 4 incorrect
Ryan 20 correct 0 incorrect
Anne 13 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Mark $23,400
Ryan $15,200
Anne $10,200
Mark was the only player correct in Final Jeopardy; that makes him the new Jeopardy champion! He’ll return on Monday to defend his title.
Tonight’s results:
Anne $10,200 – $5,200 = $5,000 (Who is Wallace?)
Ryan $15,200 – $5,201 = $9,999 (Who is ??)
Mark $23,400 + $7,001 = $30,401 (Who is Robinson Crusoe) (1-day total: $30,401)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) QUOTH THE WOMAN $800 (clue #20)
Mark 2400 -2400 (Ryan 3000 Anne 3800)
2) U.S. MUSEUMS $1200 (clue #12)
Mark 8200 +3000 (Ryan 8400 Anne 8200)
3) TALL TALES $1200 (clue #13, $20000 left on board)
Mark 11200 +5000 (Ryan 8400 Anne 8200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -19
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Ryan 5 4 2 1 5 4 1 2 3
Anne 1 2 3 4 5 1
Mark 3 5 3 2 4*
DJ! Round:
Ryan 5 2 1 2
Anne 1
Mark 5 4 3 4 4 3 3* 3*
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Mark 3.54
Ryan 2.85
Anne 2.43
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:
Mark $20,200 Coryat, 22 correct, 4 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Ryan $15,200 Coryat, 20 correct, 0 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Anne $10,200 Coryat, 13 correct, 1 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $45,600
Lach Trash: $5,600 (on 4 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $2,800
Lead Changes: 4
Times Tied: 1
Player Statistics:
Ryan Manton, career statistics:
112 correct, 10 incorrect
7/8 on rebound attempts (on 22 rebound opportunities)
35.44% in first on buzzer (101/285)
5/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
2/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,640
Anne Singleton, career statistics:
13 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,200
Mark Fitzpatrick, career statistics:
23 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,600)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,200
Mark Fitzpatrick, to win:
2 games: 60.517%
3: 36.623%
4: 22.163%
5: 13.412%
6: 8.117%
Avg. streak: 2.533 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Mark $23,400 Ryan $15,200 Anne $10,200)
Ryan: Standard cover bet over Anne is $5,201. (Actual bet: $5,201)
Anne: To have any chance of winning, you need to bet at least $6,200. (Actual bet: $5,200)
Mark: Standard cover bet over Ryan is $7,001. (Actual bet: $7,001)
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Robinson Crusoe, who else? I started reading the book as a boy but never finished it. To this day I feel “library guilt.”
I know it’s probably much too late for you at this point, but as a kid I read the “Great Illustrated Classics” version of Robinson Crusoe.
That is a great series of books to get kids reading the classics.
It was the same for me. A “literary character” who was att least implied to be a castaway? Robinson Cursoe is the most famous “literary character” who meets the description. Ended the week with a win.
Same thing for me, Bill. The implication of a castaway brought Robinson Crusoe to mind and I couldn’t think of anyone else at the moment except for Tom Hanks and Wilson so I stayed with Robinson Crusoe.
I no longer remember whether I read the actual book or an illustrated version or even a condensed version, but I suppose it was the original since I do remember reading the original of ‘Heidi’ and ‘The Wizard of Oz’ (and its sequel). But, anyway, I was surprised FJ was not a triple-get. I got it right away. Maybe some younger generations are not really exposed to the novel due to Friday and the book depicting “cannibals”? Also, modern day exposure to the classics often come from movies and “TV series” but the Robinson Crusoe movies are all quite old so their “production values(?)” don’t appeal to younger generations. There was a TV series about 15 years ago, but it does not have very high ratings.
[Also, I’d guess that a lot of people would not have clicked on a news link titled “You won’t believe what was found on Robinson Crusoe’s Island!”.]
I was surprised FJ was not a triple-get.
My thoughts exactly.
I didn’t know it. 🙁 1 for 5 on the week and 4 for 20 on the season.
That was one heck of a game these 3 players put on tonight. Any time all 3 players are over entering FJ at $10k or above, it’s a great game to me.
Very nice run by Ryan and I think we’ll see him invited to the ToC, if recent precedent holds for 4 game winners.
Retro congrats to Mark on his win and DD2 and DD 3 prowess.
Have a great weekend all and until Monday, peace! 🙂
Re: Books Revamped, $1000
I just started reading “Demon Copperhead” last week, though I haven’t yet reached the part where U-Haul is introduced. I was still able to make the Uriah Heep connection, even though I haven’t read “David Copperfield,” Great Illustrated Classics version or otherwise. I wish I had so I could more easily recognize the parallels.
Ryan’s non responses would get to him one day. And so on his 5th day, he would not win game #5. But I am sure he will show up in the TOC.