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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Fictional Characters) for Friday, December 27, 2024 (Season 41, Game 80):
In his very first appearance by name, this character comes downstairs “bump-bump-bump on the back of his head”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Herb Jeong, a retired pension administrator from San Francisco, California
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Megan Riddell, a human resources data analyst from Linthicum, Maryland
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Laura Faddah, a manager from Memphis, Tennessee (6-day total: $79,400)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Today is Game #7 for Laura Faddah, who has picked up nearly $80,000 over her first six victories, including one by runaway in yesterday’s matchup. Hoping to end her win streak at six, though, are Maryland’s Megan Riddell and San Francisco’s Herb Jeong.
Whoever wins today’s game will need to step aside for a couple of months, though, as next Monday begins what has quickly become my favorite part of the Jeopardy! calendar—the postseason! Things kick off on Monday with two weeks of Second Chance, followed by an abbreviated Champions Wildcard event and the Tournament of Champions beginning January 27. With a Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament giving us a spot in the next Jeopardy! Masters as well, our champion today returns in early March. I personally can not wait to see what is in store over the next two months!
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Correct response: Who is Winnie-the-Pooh? (Edward Bear)
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“Here is Edward Bear, coming down the stairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it. And then he feels that perhaps there isn’t. Anyhow, here he is at the bottom, and ready to be introduced to you. Winnie-the-Pooh.” So goes the opening paragraph of A. A. Milne’s much-beloved Winnie The Pooh.
And yes, Edward Bear—Winnie’s proper name—gave the Canadian pop group of the early 1970s their name. (Older viewers on both sides of the border would likely be familiar with their hit “Last Song”).
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, December 27, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Starts & Ends With “O”; Hodgepodge; Cups & Glasses; F. Scott Fitzgerald; The Last Tycoon; This Side Of Parodies)
All three players got in on the signalling device early, but it was Megan who edged into the lead after 15 clues. At the interviews, the scores were Megan $1,800 Laura $1,600 Herb $1,000.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Megan 3 correct 0 incorrect
Laura 5 correct 1 incorrect
Herb 3 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Herb has an ancestor who claimed to be the son of someone else in 1906.
Megan played HQ Trivia as she went into labor with her second child. (She didn’t win that night.)
Laura has traveled to many locations in Europe and South America; she’d like to go back to Chile and Valencia.
Megan found the Daily Double, but an incorrect response on it gave Laura the lead after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Laura 8 correct 1 incorrect
Megan 8 correct 2 incorrect
Herb 4 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Laura $3,400
Megan $1,800
Herb $400
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Shopping For Souvenirs; Science; Minor League Baseball Team Geography; The “D.C.” Universe; The Dreaded Lesser-Known Opera Category; Double Double Letters)
Both Daily Doubles fell for incorrect responses in this round; things were looking like we were going to have three players in four figures going into Final, but a strong performance in the baseball geography category by Laura meant she had $10,000 and a runaway going into Final.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Laura 18 correct 5 incorrect
Herb 9 correct 3 incorrect
Megan 10 correct 4 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 26 (3 today).
Scores going into Final:
Laura $10,000
Herb $3,200
Megan $1,400
Herb crossed out the correct response, but Megan didn’t. Laura’s runaway, though, makes her a 7-day champ; she’ll be back in early March to try to make it eight!
Tonight’s results:
Megan $1,400 + $52 = $1,452 (Who is Winnie the Pooh?)
Herb $3,200 + $0 = $3,200 (Who is Winnie T The Velveteen Rabbit?)
Laura $10,000 – $2,000 = $8,000 (Who is ?) (7-day total: $87,400)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) THE LAST TYCOON $600 (clue #20)
Megan 3000 -2000 (Laura 1600 Herb 1000)
2) SCIENCE $1200 (clue #3)
Laura 4200 -1800 (Megan 1800 Herb 400)
3) DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS $1200 (clue #13, $20800 left on board)
Herb 1600 -2000 (Laura 6000 Megan 1000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -210
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Laura 1 2 4 2 3 3 4
Megan 3 3 2 4 5 1 3 3*
Herb 5 1 4 5 2
DJ! Round:
Laura 3* 4† 5† 1 3 4 5 2
Megan 2
Herb 2 2 2 3*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Laura 3.07
Herb 2.89
Megan 2.89
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: THE DREADED LESSER-KNOWN OPERA CATEGORY $400 $1600 $2000
Total Left On Board: $4,000
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 26 (0.33 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Laura $11,800 Coryat, 18 correct, 5 incorrect, 37.04% in first on buzzer (20/54), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Herb $5,200 Coryat, 9 correct, 3 incorrect, 16.67% in first on buzzer (9/54), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Megan $3,400 Coryat, 10 correct, 4 incorrect, 22.22% in first on buzzer (12/54), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $20,400
Lach Trash: $18,200 (on 17 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,400
Lead Changes: 6
Times Tied: 4
Player Statistics:
Laura Faddah, career statistics:
124 correct, 24 incorrect
11/11 on rebound attempts (on 31 rebound opportunities)
31.79% in first on buzzer (124/390)
4/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,200)
3/7 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,029
Megan Riddell, career statistics:
11 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
22.22% in first on buzzer (12/54)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $3,400
Herb Jeong, career statistics:
10 correct, 3 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
16.67% in first on buzzer (9/54)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,200
Laura Faddah, to win:
8 games: 42.600%
9: 18.148%
10: 7.731%
11: 3.293%
12: 1.403%
Avg. streak: 7.742 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
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I guessed correctly that it was a non human character, but I went with Stuart Little.
My fourth grade teacher read this book to the class, way back in 1965!!! So based on that memory alone, I came up with Winnie-the-Pooh.
As for Edward Bear, the Canadian pop group, I did not know that about them, but their “Last Song” I loved a lot, but here in the states, we never heard from them again.
Also, a popular radio station back then offered a contest to us listeners called “The Last Contest”, basing it on the song from Edward Bear. Oh those 50-60 year old memories are coming back.
Edward Bear had several follow ups to “Last Song”.The immediate follow up was “Close Your Eyes” which Delilah (of the nightly syndicated radio show) used for her closing theme. “Close Your Eyes” got to # 37 on the USA Billboard Hot100. I read one of the Winnie the Pooh books in my Swedish class years ago…a fun read in any language. This final Jeopardy brought back memories of one of my Canadian roadside trips….ventured by bus to White River Ontario, to see the Winnie the Pooh statue…..well off the beaten tourist trap.
Excuse the typo….the last word in my previous post should have been trail NOT trap.
My guess was Tigger because he was always bouncing. At least I was close.
Finishing the week with a miss. Winnie was not even close to being on my radar. But, as usual, Andy’s “Further Information” explains clearly why Winnie was the correct response.
Same here. ‘Winnie the Pooh’ was never read to me and I never read it myself though I did see the couple of movies made about it recently. However, when that was given as the correct response, I remembered having repeatedly seen a silhouette of Christopher Robin holding Pooh by one foot down by his side, which would have resulted in his head hitting stair steps.
Until today, Ken’s been doing a great job this season of refraining from making extraneous comments while clues are in play. Hopefully it was just a temporary blip.
Laura hasn’t made a ton of money so far, averaging about 12,500 per game, but am I correct in thinking that 7 wins is the best for anyone so far this season?
Having read “Winnie The Pooh” to my children a few times, I was quite familiar with the opening lines. That made this a no-brainer for me.
I was thinking along the same lines as Nick-O with regard to Laura’s win streak. I don’t remember anyone having 7 or more wins so far this season before Laura. What I was thinking, though, was that Laura has amassed 7 wins with under $100,000. Are there any records kept that would tell us the highest number of wins without going over $100,000. It seems that Laura might be getting close. She has done a remarkable job at pulling off this 7-game streak.
As far as I can tell, Tim Aten’s total of $107,499 was the lowest for any player who still won 7 games, meaning Laura has both broken that record and become the first person to have won less than $100,000 after 7 games. So the new record was set today, at 7 wins… although Laura is now the most successful player to have been introduced as being from Tennessee (in games and money won), so there’s that. 🙂
Thank you, MasterDoge, that was exactly the kind of information I was looking for. I was thinking Laura had probably set a record of some sort and you have confirmed it. Thanks much.
Laura is averaging $12,485 per game. It will be good to see her back on the game in March.
Herb reminds me of one of the characters from Squid Games, very timely.
I don’t know if I fall into your “older viewers” category, but I’m pretty familiar with “Last Song.” (I was not alive when it was popular, so I don’t know what that says about my musical tastes.)