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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Supreme Court Justices) for Tuesday, November 26, 2024 (Season 41, Game 57):
Born to immigrant parents, in 1916 he was the first Supreme Court nominee to undergo public Senate confirmation hearings
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Samantha Altschuler, an academic dean from Brooklyn, New York
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Ryan Smith, a writer originally from South Pasadena, California
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Kevin Laskowski, an Episcopal priest from Falls Church, Virginia (1-day total: $15,200)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
In yesterday’s game, Episcopal priest Kevin Laskowski had a strong Double Jeopardy round, picking up 12 correct responses en route to a runaway victory. He’s going to need another victory today in order to continue his Jeopardy! career, as his $15,200 score from yesterday will not be enough for him to reach Champions Wildcard. Ryan Smith and Samantha Altschuler are your challengers.
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Correct response: Who is Louis Brandeis?
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Due to both antisemitism and because Brandeis’s career had been made on fighting for social justice against the oligarchs and the rich of the time, there was significant opposition in America to Woodrow Wilson’s nomination of Louis Brandeis to the Supreme Court in 1916, to the point where the Senate elected to hold public confirmation hearings in determining whether or not to confirm Brandeis to the court. After over four months, Brandeis was confirmed by the Senate to the Supreme Court.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Queen Victoria; In The Navy; It’s A Fake!; Pigeon Facts & Lore; Movie Amusements; Not If I “CU” First)
In an unusual circumstance for 2024, the opening segment saw three categories played in their entirety. After 15 clues, Ryan led with $4,600 on the strength of 7 correct responses, while Samantha had $2,200 and Kevin $1,400.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Ryan 7 correct 1 incorrect
Samantha 5 correct 0 incorrect
Kevin 3 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Samantha competed against some of her students in the lead-up to the show.
Ryan works for the climate advocacy arm of the World Bank.
Kevin once worked as a rideshare driver in the D.C. area.
Samantha eventually got to the Daily Double and lost $1,500 on it. Ryan led after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Ryan 10 correct 2 incorrect
Kevin 10 correct 1 incorrect
Samantha 8 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Ryan $6,600
Kevin $5,000
Samantha $2,300
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: U.S. Cities; Poetry; It’s Physics!; They Won Emmys For…; That’s A Fact; In Tolerable)
An interesting Double Jeopardy round saw the Daily Doubles found very late. Ryan got them both incorrect to fall to third place. Meanwhile, Kevin got the final two clues of Double Jeopardy correct to lead going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Kevin 17 correct 3 incorrect
Samantha 15 correct 2 incorrect
Ryan 18 correct 6 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 12 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Kevin $12,200
Samantha $10,300
Ryan $5,100
Kevin was the only player correct in Final, and that makes him a 2-day champion! He’ll go for win #3 tomorrow.
Tonight’s results:
Ryan $5,100 – $5,100 = $0 (Who’s Thurgood Alito)
Samantha $10,300 – $0 = $10,300 (Who is Scalia?)
Kevin $12,200 + $12,000 = $24,200 (Who is Brandeis?) (2-day total: $39,400)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) QUEEN VICTORIA $600 (clue #28)
Samantha 3800 -1500 (Kevin 4200 Ryan 6600)
2) POETRY $800 (clue #25)
Ryan 8600 -2500 (Kevin 8200 Samantha 10300)
3) U.S. CITIES $1600 (clue #28, $4000 left on board)
Ryan 7300 -2200 (Kevin 8200 Samantha 10300)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -99
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Kevin 1 2 4 5 3 5 2 3 5 2
Ryan 1 2 3 4 5 1 1 4 1 4
Samantha 3 4 5 2 3 2 1 3*
DJ! Round:
Kevin 5 1 1 5 3 4 5 1
Ryan 2 3 4 2 4 2 2* 3† 4† 4*
Samantha 1 1 3 2 3 4 5 2 3 1
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Kevin 3.17
Samantha 2.67
Ryan 2.80
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 12 (0.21 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Kevin $12,200 Coryat, 17 correct, 3 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Samantha $11,800 Coryat, 15 correct, 2 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Ryan $9,800 Coryat, 18 correct, 6 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $33,800
Lach Trash: $9,800 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,400
Lead Changes: 5
Times Tied: 2
Player Statistics:
Kevin Laskowski, career statistics:
36 correct, 6 incorrect
3/5 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
28.95% in first on buzzer (33/114)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,300
Ryan Smith, career statistics:
18 correct, 7 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$4,700)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,800
Samantha Altschuler, career statistics:
15 correct, 3 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,500)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,800
Kevin Laskowski, to win:
3 games: 50.173%
4: 25.173%
5: 12.630%
6: 6.337%
7: 3.179%
Avg. streak: 3.007 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- If you told me 20 years ago that it would be an unusual occurrence in 2024 for three categories to be played in their entirety in a show’s opening segment, I think I would have been pretty happy with that development.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Kevin $12,200 Samantha $10,300 Ryan $5,100)
Kevin: Standard cover bet over Samantha is $8,401. (Actual bet: $12,000)
Ryan: Bet $1,299 or less to stay ahead of Kevin in case Kevin makes the cover bet. (Actual bet: $5,100)
Samantha: Limit your bet to $99 or less to keep Ryan locked out. (Actual bet: $0)
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Missed that first comma, and in haste read that he was born in 1916 – so I missed it.
Given the guesses of Alito and Scalia, guessing those contestants missed the first comma, too.
I made the same mistake, although I tempered my guess at least a little better than Scalia and Alito, and said Thurgood Marshall (imagining racially motivated reasoning for the public hearings). He was, at least, born in 1908, so it’s not terribly far off on the year (compared to Scalia and Alito, who were born in 1936 and 1950, respectively).
Add me to the list of those who missed the comma. I was thinking one on Nixon’s appointees.
I also missed the comma at first but quickly realized that the first public hearing went way back. I narrowed it down to two Brandeis and Frankfurter with the former being the more likely
Even if I knew that Brandeis was a Supereme Court Justice (and, I’m sure that I didn’t,) this fact about his confirmation, that it was the first held in public by the Senate, I never knew before.
The only Supreme Court justice that I could think of from that era was Brandeis so I went with that. Justice Frankfurter was more recent, from 1939 to the early 60’s, during my lifetime so I knew it couldn’t be him.
In my case, I did not remember what Brandeis’ era was, but knowing that he was the first Jewish Justice, and that likely was the reason he had to go through confirmation hearings, I went with Brandeis.
My interpretation was correct that the hearing was in 1916, but didn’t have any idea. I guessed Holmes, who I have no idea if the timing was right. It looks like I wasn’t too far off, being justice starting in 1902.
Same situation for me, then in looking up Oliver Wendell Holmes to see how far off that was, I discovered why I often first think of him as a poet, then think “No, he was a Supreme Court Justice. Could he maybe have been both?” Now, I see that the justice was a “Jr.” and that “Sr.” was the poet.
I guessed Darrow, not even knowing if he was ever a Supreme Court justice. I have heard of Brandeis University, so now I know where that came from and I didn’t know that 1916 was the first time the Senate confirmed a justice.
0 for 2 for the week and 7 for 57 on the season.