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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category World Flags) for Tuesday, October 8, 2024 (Season 41, Game 22):
The 12 stars on its flag symbolize perfection, not geographic or political units
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Gino Montoya, an attorney from Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Andrew Miller, an auto claims adjuster from Bristol, Connecticut
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Mark Fitzpatrick, a content manager from Riverside, Connecticut (2-day total: $50,401)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
We have two players from the Nutmeg State on today’s episode; challenger Andrew Miller (not to be confused with the Season 35 Andrew Miller) is representing Bristol, while champion Mark Fitzpatrick is representing Riverside. They’re joined today by fellow challenger Gino Montoya, an attorney who is representing Albuquerque, Connecticut New Mexico.
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Correct response: What is the European Union?
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Editor’s note: The clue currently detailed above is what appeared in the New York Times this morning. What often happens is that any last-minute changes made to the clue might appear in the episode but not be reflected in the show’s internal database; it is the show’s internal database that is consulted when providing content to a partner like the New York Times.
According to the Council of Europe, when the European flag (12 golden stars forming a circle on a blue field) was adopted in 1955, it was stated, “Against the blue sky of the Western world, the stars symbolise the peoples of Europe in a form of a circle, a sign of union. Their number is invariably twelve, the figure twelve being the symbol of perfection and entirety.”
It is also clearly intended by the show here to focus on the flag of the European Union here—in my opinion, if you know enough about world flags to even consider any alternate responses here, you’d know enough about world flags to know that the European flag is the intended correct response. (But yeah, if you actually said Uzbekistan at home, give yourself credit. Unless, of course, the clue had an extra clue in the show itself. See my note above.)
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, October 8, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Oregon; Get “Out” Of The Clue; Sonnets & Sonneteers; Auto-Makin’ Brands; What’s My Motivation?; Going Ape At The Movies)
While Andrew got to the Daily Double, Mark picked up seven correct responses to lead at the break. After 15 clues, Mark had $5,400 to Andrew’s $2,000 and Gino’s $1,000.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Mark 7 correct 0 incorrect
Andrew 4 correct 1 incorrect
Gino 2 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Gino has a “secret language” with his wife based on “The Godfather” movies.
Andrew has a newborn daughter.
Mark is a lifelong Nets fan.
While Mark struggled with a couple of incorrect responses, Andrew pulled closer to the lead.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Mark 10 correct 2 incorrect
Andrew 10 correct 1 incorrect
Gino 5 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Mark $4,800
Andrew $3,800
Gino $1,800
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: People Of The Bible; Historic Names; 15-Letter Words; The French Masters; A Penny For Your Thoughts; 20th Century Song, 21st Century Ad)
Gino had a great round, picking up 15 correct responses; however, he made a pair of crucial errors in the Daily Double hunt, allowing Mark to find them both and take the lead going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Mark 20 correct 3 incorrect
Gino 20 correct 1 incorrect
Andrew 11 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 1 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Mark $21,200
Gino $17,400
Andrew $4,600
This Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper; Gino went for a big bet and that makes Mark a 3-day champion! He’ll go for win #4 tomorrow.
Tonight’s results:
Andrew $4,600 – $417 = $4,183 (What is Australia?)
Gino $17,400 – $17,400 = $0 (What is ?)
Mark $21,200 – $13,601 = $7,599 (What is Liberia) (3-day total: $58,000)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) AUTO-MAKIN’ BRANDS $1000 (clue #7)
Andrew -200 +1000 (Mark 2000 Gino 0)
2) THE FRENCH MASTERS $2000 (clue #16)
Mark 10800 +3000 (Andrew 5000 Gino 13000)
3) 15-LETTER WORDS $1200 (clue #20, $8000 left on board)
Mark 16600 +3000 (Andrew 5000 Gino 13800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 146
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Mark 5 4 2 4 3
Andrew 5*
Gino 3
DJ! Round:
Mark 4 3 3 4 4 5* 5 2 3*
Andrew 2
Gino 5 4 5 3 3 3 4 5 1 2†
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Mark 3.64
Andrew 3.50
Gino 3.45
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 1 (0.05 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Mark $18,400 Coryat, 20 correct, 3 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Andrew $4,600 Coryat, 11 correct, 2 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Gino $17,400 Coryat, 20 correct, 1 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $40,400
Lach Trash: $9,000 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $4,600
Lead Changes: 4
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Mark Fitzpatrick, career statistics:
69 correct, 12 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
42.35% in first on buzzer (72/170)
5/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $16,600)
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,400
Andrew Miller, career statistics:
11 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,600
Gino Montoya, career statistics:
20 correct, 2 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,400
Mark Fitzpatrick, to win:
4 games: 62.800%
5: 39.438%
6: 24.767%
7: 15.554%
8: 9.768%
Avg. streak: 4.687 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Discussion has already begun as to whether or not Gino is deserving of a Second Chance spot. I would say that making a wagering mistake is the same as a mistake in another fashion (being incorrect in Final or on a Daily Double, for example); thus, I don’t think it should be disqualifying from a Second Chance. Of course, I hope a player who gets a Second Chance would learn from their original mistakes.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Mark $21,200 Gino $17,400 Andrew $4,600)
Mark: Standard cover bet over Gino is $13,601. (Actual bet: $13,601)
Andrew: To have any chance of victory in this one, you need to bet at least $3,000. (Actual bet: $417)
Gino: I would bet between $7,601 (to cover against any of Mark’s small range) and $8,199 (to keep Andrew locked out). (Actual bet: $17,400)
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The clue on the telecast is identical to that printed in The New York Times.
Here’s what the Uzbek government says:
https://gov.uz/en/pages/symbols
Based on that, I think the clue isn’t pinned to the European Union.
I do NOT know enough about world flags and could only try to search through my memory of having seen many flags under different circumstances, but primarily at Olympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies (which I do not think would ever contain EU designated contestants). However, just pulling from that, I felt like my guess of China was better than Liberia which only has one big star. [For China I was kind of remembering an arch or circle of gold stars on a red background, but also thought perfection is a really big deal in China.]
China’s flag has five stars.
Well, I already looked that up. I was indicating that my GUESS was just based on a vague memory of “an arch or circle of gold stars on a red background”. So my vague memory was correct on that point, but incorrect in remembering it as more than a few stars.
At least I was in the neighborhood, I thought NATO.
Thanks to a vague memory from looking at the “flags” entry in my 1960’s World book Encyclopedia, I got this. I had a memory of a blue flag with a circle stars, listed as belonging to a “Council of Europe.” as confirmed by Andy’s “further information.” The Council of europe evolved into the (European) Common Market, and, then into the European Union.
Not the easiest to be 2 for 2 on the week, but I’ll take it. Only the Jeopardy producers know what the rest of the will bring, in terms of Final Jeopardys.
As for Gino getting a “second chance.” Since being picked for that compettition is subjective, getting picked is baseed on the producers idea on who the fans favor, lost, after playing an excellant game, whatever, Gino has a much, or, better than some others.
The category of World Flags led me to believe we were looking for the flag of a country. The only one with 12 stars that came to mind was the flag of Uzbekistan. If I were on the show and they didn’t give me credit for that, I would have raised an issue with them. Frankly, I didn’t even know the European Union had a flag. Even knowing that, I still think Uzbekistan fits the clue and would ask for a re-do if I were on the show. I wonder if they would have accepted that response.
I was thinking along the lines of a flag that wasn’t for a nation, but it seemed like they were wanting a nation, so I went with Brazil. I believe European Union was in my brain somewhere, but I just couldn’t utter it. Oh well. 0 for 2 on the week and 4 for 22 on the season.
Retro congrats to Mark on win #3!
See what happens tomorrow!
I think the category name is significant. If they were looking for a country’s flag, the final category would probably have been “national flags.”
Fair point
While Gino’s FJ! wager was questionable to say the least, I don’t know why Andrew didn’t try to bet for to win.
I’m gonna be honest, these types of instances on when a contestant is in a very distant 3rd, but has a chance to win there, doesn’t bet enough in hopes of a win via on a solo get…you don’t see that happen frequently in a game.