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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category International Universities) for Thursday, November 21, 2024 (Season 41, Game 54):
Following student unrest in 1968, in 1970 the University of this city was divided into 13 smaller ones
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Holly Luo, a product designer originally from San Diego, California
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Jack Altman, a law student from New York, New York
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Mehal Shah, a software engineer from Seattle, Washington (1-day total: $9,799)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Mehal Shah was the winner yesterday, winning just under $10,000. Today’s challengers are New York’s Jack Altman and San Diego’s Holly Luo. Holly has had some strong Online Quiz League performances—while that isn’t always transferrable over to the Alex Trebek Stage, it would not surprise me if she did well in today’s game.
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Correct response: What is Paris?
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In the 1960s, the French university system was in trouble—the system had failed to account for the post-World War II baby boom, and conditions in French universities were considered poor. Students began protesting, and these protests came to a head in the spring of 1968 in Paris. By May, the protests had turned nationwide and were only quelled by the dissolution of Parliament. As a result, by 1970 the French government restructured the University of Paris into 13 different institutions.
Knowledge of France’s protests in 1968 will certainly help in getting this Final correct, though Czechoslovakia’s 1968 protests, which might lead players to Prague, is a big red herring today.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, November 21, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Leonardo Da Vinci; Nonfiction; Other Names For The City; Classic TV Theme Songs; Economics; Cohab Vocab)
Mehal went for a True Daily Double early, but an incorrect response dropped him back to $0. However, he recovered to second place by the first break. After 15 clues, Holly led with $3,600 to Mehal’s $2,200 and Jack’s $1,600.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Holly 5 correct 0 incorrect
Mehal 6 correct 1 incorrect
Jack 2 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Holly managed to get Eras Tour tickets and got 7″ platform boots so she could see.
Jack has a family dog named after Buzzy Cohen.
Mehal got into birding when he got a birdfeeder.
The second half of the round saw some incorrect responses as Mehal re-took the lead.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Mehal 14 correct 2 incorrect
Holly 6 correct 2 incorrect
Jack 4 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Mehal $4,000
Holly $3,000
Jack $2,200
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Norse Myth; 21st Century Cinema; Silent P; A Little Math, A Little Science; Have Fun; Storming The Castle)
Things were decided within the first 10 clues of this one—Holly got the first four, but went for the category run, only to give up control. On clue 7, Mehal found DD2. By clue 10—after a couple of shocking True Daily Doubles—Mehal went from $5,600 to $26,400 as he cruised to a runaway.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Mehal 27 correct 2 incorrect
Holly 13 correct 3 incorrect
Jack 12 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 12 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Mehal $37,600
Holly $9,800
Jack $7,400
Jack was the only player correct in Final; Mehal’s big runaway makes him a 2-day champion, though! He’ll go for win #3 tomorrow.
Tonight’s results:
Jack $7,400 + $2,401 = $9,801 (What is Paris?)
Holly $9,800 – $5,001 = $4,799 (What is Prague?)
Mehal $37,600 – $1,337 = $36,263 (What is Beijing?) (2-day total: $46,062)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) NONFICTION $800 (clue #7)
Mehal 2200 -2200 (Jack 1600 Holly 1000)
2) NORSE MYTH $1600 (clue #7)
Mehal 5600 +5600 (Jack 2600 Holly 8600)
3) STORMING THE CASTLE $1600 (clue #10, $22000 left on board)
Mehal 13200 +13200 (Jack 2600 Holly 8600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 100
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Mehal 4 3 3 4*
Jack 5 5
Holly 4
DJ! Round:
Mehal 4* 3 5 4*
Jack 5 4
Holly 4 3 2 1
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Mehal 3.75
Jack 4.75
Holly 2.80
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 12 (0.22 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Mehal $24,200 Coryat, 27 correct, 2 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Jack $7,400 Coryat, 12 correct, 1 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Holly $9,800 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $41,400
Lach Trash: $6,800 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $5,800
Lead Changes: 8
Times Tied: 2
Player Statistics:
Mehal Shah, career statistics:
49 correct, 8 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
41.96% in first on buzzer (47/112)
3/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $16,800)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,800
Jack Altman, career statistics:
13 correct, 1 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,400
Holly Luo, career statistics:
13 correct, 4 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,800
Mehal Shah, to win:
3 games: 67.662%
4: 45.781%
5: 30.977%
6: 20.959%
7: 14.182%
Avg. streak: 4.092 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I agree with “United Arab Emirates” not being promptable on that Abu Dhabi clue—after all, you wouldn’t ask a contestant to be more specific answering “the United States” when the correct response is “New Jersey”.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Mehal $37,600 Holly $9,800 Jack $7,400)
Mehal: Bet no more than $17,999. (Actual bet: $1,337)
Jack: Bet between $2,401 and $2,599 for the best chance of second place. (Actual bet: $2,401)
Holly: Standard cover bet over Jack is $5,001. (Actual bet: $5,001)
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My reasoning: Paris has 13 arrondissements. The only hint I had.
In the end, Paris actually has 20 arrondissements and has nothing to do with the clue.
A total fluke
The baby boom had an influence on universities in the United States as well. Many schools admitted additional graduate students in order to assist with the teaching of an influx of undergraduates. That’s how I became a TA.
I immediately thought “Prague Spring” on seeing the year. I fell for the red herring.
You and me both, but my mouth didn’t even utter Prague, though that’s what my brain was thinking. LOL
Like Mehal, I thought what was Bejing? I had I thought a little longer,I might have come up with Prague. I knew nothing of an unrest by French students about problems with the university of Paris back in 1968.So, hoping for a win tomorrow to finish the week
In 1968, I was much more concerned with riots and student unrest taking place in the United States due to a couple of significant assassinations as well as protests against the war in Viet Nam. Because of what was happening in the US in 1968, I had no idea there was student unrest in Paris, too. What a year 1968 was.
I was thinking that, too.
I thought it would be common knowledge among hardcore Jeopardy fans that France saw protests in 1968.
I am even impressed by the two contestants who were wrong in FJ but correct that it was a foreign country. With ’68 and ’70 being within the Vietnam War based campus unrest in the U.S., I took it for granted that it was here and just guessed New York City because it is so big [and also liberal, so presumably a lot of Vietnam War protesters] and seems to now have a lot of colleges and universities with ‘New York’ in their names.
I suppose they knew to consider foreign schools because the category was ‘International Universities’ but I had assumed that was just an attempt to keep the possibilities broad, like saying ‘person’ instead of ‘man’ or ‘woman’. Is “international” a Jeopardy code word for “foreign” as I thought that “international universities” were those set up specifically to draw students from multiple countries?
When Jeopardy producers use words like “international” and “foreign,” they mean outside of the U.S.
That feeling when you’re tracking your Coryat and thinking “oh, I’d have killed it today!” after recording one of your best games ever… only to look up and see the $37,600 on Mehal’s podium that you forgot about 🙃
Mexico City could also be added to the least of perfectly plausible incorrect answers.
Fantastic game all around.
Missed…..thought it was that city in Czechoslovakia…..uh…Prague….though my mouth couldn’t utter it during Think.
1 for 4 for the week and 7 for 54 for the season.