Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, December 23, 2024

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Current Champion

Matthew Riggle, career statistics:
47 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
41.23% in first on buzzer (47/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,300

To win:
3 games: 68.027%
4: 46.277%
5: 31.481%
6: 21.415%
7: 14.568%
Avg. streak: 4.128 games.
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20. Arthur Chu $297,200

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1. Brad Rutter $4,968,436
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5. Amy Schneider $1,864,800
6. Yogesh Raut $1,098,403
7. Mattea Roach $897,983
8. Jamie Ding $885,605
9. David Madden $785,733
10. Victoria Groce $773,801
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Larissa Kelly $671,930
14. Matt Jackson $623,612
15. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
16. Andrew He $534,365
17. Scott Riccardi $533,000
18. Jerome Vered $499,102
19. Julia Collins $495,767
20. Austin Rogers $493,000
21. Ben Ingram $449,201
22. Paolo Pasco $448,717
23. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
24. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
25. Juveria Zaheer $441,000

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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category World Leaders) for Monday, December 23, 2024 (Season 41, Game 76):

In 2009 this leader gave Barack Obama the book “Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Jenifer Miller, a freelance web developer from Ann Arbor, Michigan

Sean Maguire, a commercial real estate manager from New York, New York

Laura Faddah, a manager from Memphis, Tennessee (2-day total: $17,000)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

The final week of regular play for a while in Season 41 begins with Laura Faddah entering as a 2-day champion; she faces off today against New York’s Sean Maguire and Ann Arbor’s Jenifer Miller. At this point, I can already predict that Ken is going to mention Laura’s conservative wagering during his opening—and those both in the game and in the audience should pay attention to Ken’s words. While I would still prefer Ken not mention strategy on a Monday, I am becoming resigned to the fact that it likely will happen—and will definitely take that into account going forward when making my own strategic suggestions.

It’s also Christmas Week—which means that we’re going to see preemptions this week—especially on Wednesday if you watch the show on ABC. (Thankfully, the show is syndicated—a concept which appears to flummox many who write about this show for tabloids—which means we don’t have a nationwide preemption on Wednesday.) Make sure to check your local listings!

Correct response: Who is Hugo Chávez?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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Hugo Chávez, who served as the President of Venezuela from 1999 until 2013, was also a major adversary of American foreign policy during his presidency. At the 5^th Summit of the Americas in 2009, Chávez gave a Spanish copy of Open Veins to Obama; the book is an analysis of the impact that European settlement, imperialism, and slavery had in Latin America, and the Eduardo Galeano work has generally been an important reference for socialist thought in Latin America.

I get the sense that most viewers would likely have forgotten that this happened and the most likely way in for people might be, “What leader of that era would most likely gift such a work to Obama?” while also having to remember that Obama didn’t really visit with Castro and Cuba until 2016. It’ll be interesting to see how this Final plays; it wouldn’t surprise me to see our third Triple Stumper in a row.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, December 23, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Who? Where? When?; Body Parts’ Better Known Names; At The Pet Store; “C” Food; Television City; Words From Hindi)

Sean led after 15 clues on the strength of five correct responses. At the interviews, the score was Sean $3,000 Laura $1,800 Jenifer $1,400.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Sean 5 correct 0 incorrect
Laura 4 correct 2 incorrect
Jenifer 4 correct 1 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Jenifer ran the Detroit marathon in 2001.
Sean toured with the Colgate 13 a capella group in a stretch limo.
Laura met Shaq in an elevator in New Orleans.

Shortly after the break, Laura found the Daily Double. A correct response put her into a lead that she held through the rest of the round.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Laura 12 correct 2 incorrect
Sean 8 correct 1 incorrect
Jenifer 6 correct 2 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Laura $6,200
Sean $3,400
Jenifer $2,000

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Name That Supreme Court Justice; Plays & Playwrights; International Cities; African Americana; World War I Words; The Cinematic Vampire)

Twelve Triple Stumpers and six incorrect responses throughout the round led to four unplayed clues. Laura found both Daily Doubles and got them both correct en route to a runaway position going into Final Jeopardy.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Laura 22 correct 3 incorrect
Sean 10 correct 2 incorrect
Jenifer 8 correct 6 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 21 (4 today).

Scores going into Final:

Laura $15,600
Sean $4,200
Jenifer -$2,000

Neither player got Final Jeopardy correct; Laura dropped $2,400 but is now a 3-day champion! She’ll go for #4 tomorrow.

Tonight’s results:

Jenifer -$2,000 (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
Sean $4,200 – $13 = $4,187 (Who is ?)
Laura $15,600 – $2,400 = $13,200 (Who is Fujimoro?) (3-day total: $30,200)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) WORDS FROM HINDI $600 (clue #18)
Laura 2600 +1400 (Sean 3000 Jenifer 2200)
2) INTERNATIONAL CITIES $2000 (clue #4)
Laura 8600 +2000 (Sean 4600 Jenifer 800)
3) NAME THAT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE $1200 (clue #25, $8400 left on board)
Laura 14600 +1000 (Sean 4200 Jenifer -400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 84

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Laura 1 4 3 2 5 3*
Sean 4 5 3 2 4
Jenifer 3 4 4 5 5 3 4

DJ! Round:
Laura 3 5* 1† 1 4 5 1 1 4 5 1 2 1 2 3*
Sean 4 3 4 5 2
Jenifer 2 2 3 2 3

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Laura 2.71
Sean 3.60
Jenifer 3.33

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: NAME THAT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE $2000 PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $1200 $1600 $2000
Total Left On Board: $6,800
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 21 (0.28 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Laura $15,000 Coryat, 22 correct, 3 incorrect, 39.62% in first on buzzer (21/53), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Sean $4,200 Coryat, 10 correct, 2 incorrect, 16.98% in first on buzzer (9/53), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
Jenifer -$2,000 Coryat, 8 correct, 6 incorrect, 26.42% in first on buzzer (14/53), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $17,200
Lach Trash: $19,800 (on 16 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,200
Lead Changes: 5
Times Tied: 3

Player Statistics:

Laura Faddah, career statistics:

53 correct, 7 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 18 rebound opportunities)
29.34% in first on buzzer (49/167)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,400)
0/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,667

Sean Maguire, career statistics:

10 correct, 3 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
16.98% in first on buzzer (9/53)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,200

Jenifer Miller, career statistics:

8 correct, 6 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
26.42% in first on buzzer (14/53)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/0 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: -$2,000

Laura Faddah, to win:

4 games: 46.122%
5: 21.272%
6: 9.811%
7: 4.525%
8: 2.087%
Avg. streak: 3.856 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• The fact that there was only one clue played after the last Daily Double, despite there having been a recent “less than a minute” call that was less than a minute, is a result of a rule instituted by the show a few years ago requiring that all Daily Doubles be played. The show can’t announce “less than a minute” until that Daily Double is found, just in case the contestants switch categories, but we were clearly running short of time at its finding as well.
• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

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