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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Sports & The City) for Tuesday, November 19, 2024 (Season 41, Game 52):
At 800 West Main & 700 Central in this city are a company & a venue both involved in Triple Crowns
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Chris Burge, a high school teacher from Farmers Branch, Texas
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Mikey McCullough, a librarian from Baltimore, Maryland
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Paul Clauson, a tax analyst from Madison Heights, Michigan (2-day total: $36,300)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Paul Clauson’s unpaid leave from his job has paid off on Jeopardy to the tune of two victories, $36,300, and at least a spot in Champions Wildcard. A win today, as per the overnight announcement on Inside Jeopardy, would put him in the Tournament of Champions at this point. However, Baltimore’s Mikey McCullough and Texas’s Chris Burge will want to stop him and get their own run of victories going.
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Correct response: What is Louisville, Kentucky?
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The two separate venues associating Louisville, Kentucky with Triple Crowns are, firstly, at 800 West Main, the headquarters of the Hillerich & Bradsby Co. the manufacturers of the famed Louisville Slugger baseball bat—associated with baseball’s “Triple Crown”.
The famous Louisville venue, located at 700 Central, is Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby, the first leg in American horse racing’s Triple Crown.
Assuming the contestants can realize that this clue refers to both baseball and horse racing and don’t get sidetracked by Baltimore (home of both MLB’s Orioles and Pimlico Race Course, venue for the Preakness), this should be a relatively straightforward clue. One that I actually enjoy as a sports clue, to be honest.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, November 19, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: People On U.S. Money; Timepieces; Over & “Under”; Y2K Memories; Billboard Music Awards; Landlocked & Loaded)
Paul picked up 6 correct in the opening segment to take a lead after 15 clues. After a correction, he had $4,200 to Chris’s $3,000 and Mikey’s $2,600.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Paul 6 correct 1 incorrect
Chris 4 correct 0 incorrect
Mikey 6 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Chris has been fighting Stage 4 colon cancer since May.
Mikey enjoys going on family road trips.
Paul is a big Detroit Lions fan.
Paul got a Daily Double incorrect and Chris picked up 6 correct responses to jump into the lead after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Chris 10 correct 0 incorrect
Mikey 10 correct 1 incorrect
Paul 10 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Chris $6,400
Mikey $4,200
Paul $2,600
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Literary Los Angeles; Musical Instruments; It’s Ruined; Sitcom Neighbors; Veterinary Medicine; French Crossword Clues)
Double Jeopardy saw the Daily Doubles come out really late. Mikey got DD2 correct, but a conservative bet put Paul in contention. Chris found DD3 but an incorrect response dropped him to a distant third.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Mikey 22 correct 1 incorrect
Paul 17 correct 3 incorrect
Chris 15 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 10 (2 today).
Scores going into Final:
Mikey $20,200
Paul $11,000
Chris $1,600
Only Chris was correct in Final, but Mikey’s big lead makes her the champ! She’ll return tomorrow to defend.
Tonight’s results:
Chris $1,600 + $0 = $1,600 (What is Louisville?)
Paul $11,000 – $11,000 = $0 (What is St. Louis?)
Mikey $20,200 – $2,000 = $18,200 (What is Churchille Dow Lexington) (1-day total: $18,200)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) LANDLOCKED & LOADED $800 (clue #16)
Paul 4200 -3000 (Mikey 2600 Chris 3000)
2) MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $800 (clue #22)
Mikey 17000 +2000 (Paul 10600 Chris 6400)
3) FRENCH CROSSWORD CLUES $2000 (clue #27, $1200 left on board)
Chris 7600 -6000 (Paul 11000 Mikey 19800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -139
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Paul 4 5 4 4 3 5 4*
Mikey 2 3 4 5 5 2
Chris 3 2 3
DJ! Round:
Paul 4 5 5 3 2 4 4 3 2
Mikey 2 3 3 4 5 5 2 3 4 1 2* 1† 1
Chris 4 3 5 2 5*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Mikey 3.00
Chris 3.38
Paul 3.81
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: LITERARY LOS ANGELES $400 FRENCH CROSSWORD CLUES $400
Total Left On Board: $800
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 10 (0.19 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Mikey $19,000 Coryat, 22 correct, 1 incorrect, 34.55% in first on buzzer (19/55), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Chris $7,600 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 27.27% in first on buzzer (15/55), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Paul $14,000 Coryat, 17 correct, 3 incorrect, 32.73% in first on buzzer (18/55), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $40,600
Lach Trash: $4,800 (on 3 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,800
Lead Changes: 6
Times Tied: 1
Player Statistics:
Paul Clauson, career statistics:
63 correct, 16 incorrect
3/4 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
39.52% in first on buzzer (66/167)
4/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,800)
0/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,333
Mikey McCullough, career statistics:
22 correct, 2 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
34.55% in first on buzzer (19/55)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,000
Chris Burge, career statistics:
16 correct, 3 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
27.27% in first on buzzer (15/55)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$6,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,600
Mikey McCullough, to win:
2 games: 57.112%
3: 32.618%
4: 18.629%
5: 10.639%
6: 6.076%
Avg. streak: 2.332 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Mikey $20,200 Paul $11,000 Chris $1,600)
Paul: The only way you can win is if you bet at least $7,400. If you limit your bet to $7,799, you can guarantee second place as well. (Actual bet: $11,000)
Mikey: Standard cover bet over Paul is $1,801. (Actual bet: $2,000)
Chris: (Actual bet: $0)
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Figured it had to be Louisville, Baltimore, or Elmont. I correctly went with Louisville. Oddly, this year the Belmont Stakes will not be held in Elmont as they are doing work on the race track there – it will be held in Saratoga Springs.
Yeah MarkO, I believe 2024 and 2025’s Belmont are both at Saratoga.
I got this one. Was recently in Louisville, Kentucky to attend the “Louder Than Life” music concert. Visited the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory
And here I thought I was being so smart, thinking Baltimore because of Pimlico and Frank Robinson’s Triple Crown as an Oriole. Too bad I didn’t know the address part of the clue.
appreciate your out of the box thinking re Frank Robinson triple crown.
Wondering if Paul was thinking of Rawlings being based in St Louis given his final jeopardy answer. And Andy, as for your betting suggestion for Paul, I’d have to disagree. Don’t play for second – his wager should be at least 9,201 just in case Mikey doesn’t wager to cover.
If you don’t think Mikey is betting to cover, then your best bet is all in, as only that covers all of Mikey’s non-covers.
Additionally, when you can both guarantee second place as well as give yourself a nearly equal chance of victory—it is generally in your best monetary interests to do so.
On the other hand, by betting it all when you must be correct to win you give yourself a bigger payday if you do win.
Despie the wording of today’s Final Jeopardy clue answer seeming awkward TI ME, there was enough for me to suspect that the correct response would be “What is Louisville, KY?” As I was Googling one of the addresses to see if I was right, Ken confirmed I was right, with Chris’s response. Now 1-1 for the week.
I got FJ correct using vague knowledge and lack of knowledge. I.E., I was aware of the Louisville Slugger factory but did not know anything about a baseball Triple Crown. I did not know the address of Churchill Downs, but had been there and knew that it is practically “downtown” which either West Main or 700 Central addresses sound like. Obviously one Triple Crown connection was the Kentucky Derby held at Churchill Downs, but I just assumed the other one was some company in Louisville otherwise involved in the same Triple Crown, perhaps a governing organization or a marketing firm or even a betting company. Of course that theory doesn’t exactly match plural [kinds of] Triple Crowns, but a FJ clue wording that you can split hairs about is not rare.
Having grown up in Baltimore and not far from Pimlico, I knew the address wasn’t right for Pimlico Race Course. That left either the home of the Kentucky Derby or the Belmont Stakes. Since I wasn’t sure of the city where the Belmont is run, I went with Louisville, Kentucky, as the only other option. It was mostly a matter of ruling out the other two and, then, confirming with the home of the Louisville Slugger which I used in my days as a catcher in the Forest Park Little League.
Hi Robert! The city that the Belmont Stakes is held in is actually Elmont, NY. Thought that you might like that little bit of trivia. 🙂
I’ll “B”
🙂 a”b”solutely mike!
Well well, a sports FJ that I didn’t screw up, like last week’s New Orleans Saints. I immediately threw out Louisville. I threw it out so fast that I was nearly questioning myself as “Think” continued playing. LOL
1 for 2 for the week and 7 for 52 for the season. .135 batting average!
Retro congrats to Mikey on a very big win! Will she get #2 tomorrow?