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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Islands of Europe) for Monday, December 9, 2024 (Season 41, Game 66):
In February 1793 the French were repulsed in an attack on this island from one just north that they controlled
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Lisa O’Donnell, an ESL teacher from Vienna, Virginia
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Bill McKinney, a VP of restaurants & bars originally from Boston, Massachusetts
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Dave Bond, a retired grant manager from West Henrietta, New York (2-day total: $51,400)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Welcome to the beginning of Week 14 of Jeopardy!, with Dave Bond our 2-day defending champion. Dave also opens the book on eligibility for the 33rd Tournament of Champions in the winter of 2026; he’s won $51,400 in two wins thus far and would absolutely help his chances if he picked up a third victory. Your challengers today are Boston’s Bill McKinney and DC-area Lisa O’Donnell.
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Correct response: What is Sardinia?
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Arriving from Corsica, held by the French just to the north, they attempted an attack on the island of Sardinia. Both attacks, directed at Cagliari on the island’s southern coast and La Maddalena, were failures; today, the attacks are likely best known due to the participation of a young Napoleon Bonaparte. The aftermath, which saw accusations that Corsican leader Pasquale Paoli had sabotaged the attacks, led to Napoleon leading a French attack on Corsica and subsequent banishment to France for the future leader.
This should be a relatively straightforward clue for anyone who knows Mediterranean geography well and can keep their directions straight. Sardinia is a major non-French island lying directly south of a French island, which is probably the best way in for anyone unfamiliar with Napoleon’s early military participation.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, December 9, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Geography; Mortal Matters; Big Words; Miscellany; A League Of Their Own; Those Etruscan Darners)
Everyone got off to a strong start, with Bill and Lisa tied for the lead after 15 clues with $3,000; Dave had $2,400.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Lisa 4 correct 0 incorrect
Bill 5 correct 0 incorrect
Dave 3 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Lisa had a mother who was on the Art Fleming version.
Bill is a big James Bond fan.
Dave went to Insectapalooza at Cornell.
Bill picked up $3,000 on the Daily Double to take a big lead after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Bill 10 correct 2 incorrect
Lisa 8 correct 1 incorrect
Dave 8 correct 3 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Bill $7,000
Lisa $4,600
Dave $2,600
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: That’s All History; A Flock Of Doves; Alliterative Movie Titles; What The “LL”?; Main Character; Energy)
Bill ran ALLITERATIVE MOVIE TITLES, also picking up $5,000 on DD2. After Lisa got DD3 incorrect, Dave made a valiant effort to keep Bill from getting a runaway, but Bill got the 30th clue of the round correct to cement victory.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Bill 21 correct 3 incorrect
Dave 18 correct 5 incorrect
Lisa 13 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 15 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Bill $22,000
Dave $10,600
Lisa $6,800
This Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper; Bill is your new champion, winnings $22,000!
Tonight’s results:
Lisa $6,800 – $6,799 = $1 (What is Corsica?)
Dave $10,600 – $5,000 = $5,600 (What is Corsica? Malta)
Bill $22,000 – $0 = $22,000 (What is ?) (1-day total: $22,000)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) MORTAL MATTERS $400 (clue #25)
Bill 3800 +3000 (Dave 2400 Lisa 4200)
2) ALLITERATIVE MOVIE TITLES $1600 (clue #5)
Bill 11800 +5000 (Dave 4200 Lisa 4600)
3) WHAT THE “LL”? $2000 (clue #16, $11200 left on board)
Lisa 6200 -3000 (Dave 10600 Bill 20400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 73
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Dave 3 3 4 4 5 5 1 4 5 2
Bill 5 4 3 5 4 3 2*
Lisa 3 2 5 3 2 4 2 2
DJ! Round:
Dave 3 4 5 3 3 4
Bill 4 5 4* 5† 3† 3 2† 4 5
Lisa 5*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Bill 3.81
Dave 3.63
Lisa 3.11
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 15 (0.23 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Bill $16,000 Coryat, 21 correct, 3 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Dave $10,600 Coryat, 18 correct, 5 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Lisa $9,800 Coryat, 13 correct, 2 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $36,400
Lach Trash: $7,400 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,200
Lead Changes: 9
Times Tied: 5
Player Statistics:
Dave Bond, career statistics:
63 correct, 10 incorrect
5/5 on rebound attempts (on 12 rebound opportunities)
36.26% in first on buzzer (62/171)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,600)
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,400
Bill McKinney, career statistics:
21 correct, 4 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,000
Lisa O’Donnell, career statistics:
13 correct, 3 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,800
Bill McKinney, to win:
2 games: 60.998%
3: 37.208%
4: 22.696%
5: 13.844%
6: 8.445%
Avg. streak: 2.564 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Bill $22,000 Dave $10,600 Lisa $6,800)
Dave: Cover bet over Lisa is $3,001. (Actual bet: $5,000)
Bill: Bet no more than $799. (Actual bet: $0)
Lisa: If Dave covers you and is incorrect, he falls to $7,599. Thus, you should bet at least $800. (Actual bet: $6,799)
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Not even close. Knowing that Mauritius is French speaking and it’s close to Madagascar, I went with Madagascar.
Hopefully remembering the category will prevent others from making the same mistake.
doh! yeah, I wasn’t even paying attention to the category when I made that guess. Not that I would have gotten it if I had been.
I remembered the category, but like Marko, my geography was way off.For some reason I was thinking French colonies in the Carribbean. At least Madagascar is in the same general hemisphere.
My grandfather was born and raised in that part of the Mediterranean so this was rather straightforward to me. Two of the contestants were, at least, kind of close with responses of Corsica and Corsica with a strikethrough. They knew the general area.
Can’t believe this got missed: the answer was Dylan’s Blowin’ in the Wind. The contestant said, with nails on the blackboard clarity, Blowing in the Wind. It passed, unchallenged.
It wasn’t “missed” or “unchallenged” by the judges.
As per the rules of Jeopardy, -in’ and -ing are treated identically in responses unless there is a specific circumstance where they would not be synonymous.
Unlike the time someone was later ruled incorrect when they said ‘Gangster’s paradise” instead of “Gangsta’s Paradise” (almost seven years ago).
Exactly—in that case, the show determined that “Gangster” and “Gangsta” are not synonymous.
I thought Lisa answered “Pierre”lachaise to the cemetery clue and that the judges would have corrected into Pere but no. Did anyone else hear that added syllable?
Contestants are allowed to correct themselves before rulings; her correction was more “Pier”, a reasonable pronunciation of the letters “Pere” that was correctly accepted by the judges.
Reading comments, complaints, and, questions about acceptibility of responses, makesme appreciate those from the production staff working as judges during episodes. They not only have to interpret what the answer clue says (and, doesn’t say,) they also have interpret contestants oral responses during the “main game,” as well as their sometimes scribbled responses during Final Jeopardy. I know today those at the judges table have nearly instantaneous access to all kinds of research material, and, to isolated replays of contestants oral responses. But I still think it can be a difficult job at times. We should all take our (proverbial) hats off to them.