Warning: This page contains spoilers for the December 2, 2024, game of Jeopardy! — please do not scroll down if you wish to avoid being spoiled. Please note that the game airs as early as noon Eastern in some U.S. television markets.
Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Poetic Characters) for Monday, December 2, 2024 (Season 41, Game 61):
In an 1842 poem, it is said of this legendary character that his “quaint attire” is much admired
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Mike Ross, a teacher from Kansas City, Missouri
|
Evan Jones, a software designer from Seattle, Washington
|
Susan Beachy, a news researcher from Queens, New York (1-day total: $9,300)
|
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Welcome to December! The month begins with Susan Beachy, who won just under $10,000 on Friday. With one spot left to be claimed in both the Tournament of Champions and Champions Wildcard, things are looking to be very interesting this week, the final week to claim a spot in the 2025 postseason. With today’s challengers being Evan Jones and Mike Ross, it’s shaping up to be a competitive Monday game.
(Content continues below)
My friends over at Geeks Who Drink have introduced a daily trivia game—Thrice! Existing to make daily clever trivia content accessible to a wide audience, it's a daily challenge that tries to get you to the answer via three separate clues. It has a shareable score functionality to challenge your friends and new questions every day will give you a new daily social ritual. You can find it at thricegame.com.
Are you going on the show and looking for information about how to bet in Final Jeopardy? Check out my Betting Strategy 101 page. If you want to learn how to bet in two-day finals, check out Betting Strategy 102. In case the show uses a tournament with wild cards in the future, there is also a strategy page for betting in tournament quarterfinals.
Are you looking for information on how to stream Jeopardy! in 2024? Find out information here on how to stream from most places in North America!
Do you appreciate the work I do here on The Jeopardy! Fan? Would you like to make a one-time contribution to the site? You may do so here!
You can find game-by-game stats here at The Jeopardy! Fan of all 17 players, now including Adriana Harmeyer, that have won 10 or more games on Jeopardy!
You can now listen to Alex Trebek-hosted Jeopardy! episodes from TuneIn Radio without leaving The Jeopardy! Fan — listen now!
Correct response: Who is the Pied Piper of Hamelin?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
(The following write-up is original content and is copyright 2024 The Jeopardy! Fan. It may not be copied without linked attribution back to this page.)
While the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin—detailing the story of a rat-catcher who leads the rats out of town, is refused payment, and then retaliates by doing the same to the town’s children—dates back to the Middle Ages, today’s Final Jeopardy clue relates to Robert Browning’s 1842 poem as published in Dramatic Lyrics, with “And nobody could enough admire / The tall man and his quaint attire” being the specific couplet referred to.
I suspect that this Final Jeopardy’s difficulty will hinge on the number of people who are aware of the definition of the word “pied”—meaning “multicolored”.
We have many new offerings at The Jeopardy! Fan Online Store! Here are our current featured items, including our new Masters Season 3 Player List T-shirt:
Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, December 2, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Around The Caribbean; Cheers To Beers!; That Chapter’s Named For Me!; Sports Star Records; Anagrammed Occupations; Florida Woman)
Susan found the Daily Double immediately, but an incorrect response put her in the hole. Evan ran ANAGRAMMED OCCUPATIONS to lead after 15 clues. At the first break, Evan had $4,400 to Mike’s $800 and Susan’s $0.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Evan 8 correct 1 incorrect
Mike 2 correct 1 incorrect
Susan 2 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Mike was born on April 1.
Evan proposed at the Cincinnati airport.
Susan is part of a “Buy Nothing” group for goods and services.
While Mike picked up five correct responses, Evan still held the lead after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Evan 12 correct 1 incorrect
Mike 7 correct 1 incorrect
Susan 5 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Evan $6,000
Mike $3,400
Susan $1,000
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The Wedded Opera Category; Fields; America Before The Revolution; Geographic Movie Titles; Moons Of The Solar System; Add Verbs)
Mike, far behind when he found DD2, successfully converted a True Daily Double to pull close to the lead. Evan found DD3 and bet just $3,000, which gave Mike a faint hope going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Evan 25 correct 2 incorrect
Mike 13 correct 2 incorrect
Susan 9 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 12 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Evan $21,800
Mike $13,200
Susan $5,000
Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper, which makes Evan the new champion—not that Mike bet enough anyway. Evan will be back tomorrow to defend.
Tonight’s results:
Susan $5,000 – $2,000 = $3,000 (Who is Longfellow?)
Mike $13,200 – $3,100 = $10,100 (Who is Falstaff?)
Evan $21,800 – $4,601 = $17,199 (Who is Daniel Boone?) (1-day total: $17,199)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) CHEERS TO BEERS! $600 (clue #1)
Susan 0 -1000 (Evan 0 Mike 0)
2) AMERICA BEFORE THE REVOLUTION $1200 (clue #13)
Mike 5000 +5000 (Susan 3000 Evan 14400)
3) THE WEDDED OPERA CATEGORY $800 (clue #19, $11200 left on board)
Evan 17200 +3000 (Susan 3000 Mike 8400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 17
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Susan 3*
Evan
Mike
DJ! Round:
Susan 2 3 3 1
Evan 4 5 3 2 4 5 3 4 4 5 2*
Mike 2 3* 4† 3
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Evan 3.73
Mike 3.00
Susan 2.40
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 12 (0.20 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Evan $19,600 Coryat, 25 correct, 2 incorrect, 45.61% in first on buzzer (26/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Mike $9,400 Coryat, 13 correct, 2 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Susan $6,000 Coryat, 9 correct, 2 incorrect, 15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $35,000
Lach Trash: $14,200 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $4,800
Lead Changes: 1
Times Tied: 1
Player Statistics:
Susan Beachy, career statistics:
25 correct, 8 incorrect
1/3 on rebound attempts (on 13 rebound opportunities)
23.68% in first on buzzer (27/114)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,900
Evan Jones, career statistics:
25 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
45.61% in first on buzzer (26/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,600
Mike Ross, career statistics:
13 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,400
Evan Jones, to win:
2 games: 61.407%
3: 37.708%
4: 23.155%
5: 14.219%
6: 8.732%
Avg. streak: 2.591 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Evan $21,800 Mike $13,200 Susan $5,000)
Susan: Due to the fact that Mike needs to bet at least $4,000 to have a chance at victory, you still have a chance at second place. Bet $400 or less if you think Mike will bet at least $8,601 (a plausible wager here), or at least $4,200 if you think he’ll go in the smaller $4,000 range.(Actual bet: $2,000)
Evan: Standard cover bet over Mike is $4,601. (Actual bet: $4,601)
Mike: To have any hope of victory, you have to bet at least $4,000. (Actual bet: $3,100)
Become a Supporter now! Make a monthly contribution to the site on Patreon!
Contestant photo credit: jeopardy.com
When commenting, please note that all comments on The Jeopardy! Fan must be in compliance with the Site Comment Policy.
If you are going to quote any information from this page or this website, attribution is required.
Have you had a chance to listen to our podcast game show, Complete The List, yet? Check it out! It's also available on Apple Podcasts.
I guessed Paul Revere (though didn’t think he had been described as such but that’s all I had in 30 seconds).
I thought maybe it was Santa Claus, this being the first of December. I don’t see this being an easy get for the contestants but I’ve been wrong before, quite frequently in fact.
It’s actually the second of December 🙂 or did you mean the first game of December.
I’m guessing he means it is the first part of December. I guessed Santa, too, but not just because it is December but because ‘The Night Before Christmas’ was just written around 20-25 years before 1842 and I thought this might have been in a follow-up poem that did not become so famous.
Meant to type “first episode of December” but my fingers were doing their own thing. Good catch.
This Final Jeopardy answer had nothing that ked me to a correct response. Like many, I know of the tale of the Pied Piper of Hamlin, never heard of the poem, didn;t know the mewaning of pied.
My first thought was Gulliver but I thought (correctly) it was much earlier and not in poetry form. My next thought was Rip Van Winkle which I didn’t think was a poem, but knew was short, so might have been a long poem. As I said above, I went with Santa Claus — it turns out both of them were written around the same time. I did know that “pied” means “multicolored”, but that was no help to me in coming up with that character for this clue. I imagine this clue would be difficult even in a master’s tournament.
Was thinking Longfellow too, but went with the village blacksmith
For some odd scheduling reasons, my local ABC affiliate here in the SF Bay Area will be showing tonight’s Jeopardy tomorrow morning at 4am. How disappointing to just now finding that out.
🙁
I am familiar with pied meaning multicolored from the animal kingdom. For example, there are piebald horses, many pied birds, snakes, cattle, dogs, cats, etc., however, this was no help in getting to the correct response.
The people whose attire might be admired that came to mind were Richard Corey (first), J. Alfred Prufrock, Cyrano de Bergerac and Dorian Gray but all of these were written about much later. As with others, I am familiar with the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin but I didn’t know there was a poem to go with it. I suspected this would be a triple stumper. As someone suggested, this might have been a better clue in a Master’s Tournament or Tournament of Champions.
“much admired” “quaint attire” led me to Beau Brummel.
I had no idea! 0 for 1 for the week and 7 for 61 for the season. Ugh.
That was a hard one today.
Not much to go on there. Maybe a little more info, mention of music or something.
On the John McEnroe clue in the Jeopardy round, I would’ve ruled “More Specific” then just McEnroe was said as Patrick McEnroe, John’s brother, also played tennis. Fun fact, at the end of an ESPN 30 for 30 on Jimmy Connors’ run in the 1991 US Open, it was Patrick that called Connors a euphemism of the rear end, not John.
I missed Friday’s match, but I recognized Susan Beachy’s name immediately…Her byline appears often in the NYTimes.