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Here’s the Pop Culture Jeopardy Final Jeopardy (in the category Rap Albums) for Wednesday, December 25, 2024 (Season 1, Game 12):
The final track of this award-winning album from 2017 tells the story of Top Dawg meeting the rapper’s dad, Ducky
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Running Up That Chili, Derek, Joseph, and Michael
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The Anibrainiacs, Andrew, Alida, and Evan
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Cozy Trivia Crew, Radhika, Vanshika, and Alaric
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Our final game of the day features the Cozy Trivia Crew, The Anibrainiacs, and Running Up That Chili.
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Correct response: What is DAMN.?
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DAMN. is a critically-acclaimed 2017 Kendrick Lamar album—in fact, the album won Lamar a Pulitzer Prize for Music. The story in the clue was told in the album’s final track, “Duckworth”; Top Dawg (who then went on to own Kendrick Lamar’s record label) was a known robber at the time in real life; however, Ducky would give Top Dawg extra biscuits every time the robber came in to KFC. This caused Top Dawg to spare Ducky, which Lamar would then claim led to the start of his own music career through the circumstances.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Here’s the recap for Season 1, Episode 12:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Couple Portmanteaus; Game Show Revivals; Jukebox Musicals; Taylor Made; Patent Pettables; Whoopi-Kiy-Yay!)
Running Up That Chili led after 15 clues on the strength of a True Daily Double. At the interviews, the scores were Running Up That Chili 6,200 The Anibrainiacs 3,400 Cozy Trivia Crew 400.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Running Up That Chili 6 correct 1 incorrect
The Anibrainiacs 6 correct 1 incorrect
Cozy Trivia Crew 1 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Running Up That Chili wonders “who doesn’t like chili?”
The Anibrainiacs got their name from a Google search of “pop culture trivia names”.
Cozy Trivia Crew are coparents for a Pomeranian—much to Colin Jost’s chagrin.
Our chili lovers continued their strong play, extending their lead in the second half of the round.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Running Up That Chili 12 correct 3 incorrect
The Anibrainiacs 10 correct 3 incorrect
Cozy Trivia Crew 3 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Running Up That Chili 8,200
The Anibrainiacs 4,400
Cozy Trivia Crew 600
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Classic Movie Endings; A Sampler; Bring Out Your Undead; Stars Selling Stuff; Red; Bottoms)
The Daily Doubles were crucial in this one; Running Up That Chili picked up 5,000 on theirs, while The Anibrainiacs dropped 5,000 on DD3. That allowed our chili lovers to take a runaway going into Final.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Running Up That Chili 23 correct 7 incorrect
The Anibrainiacs 22 correct 5 incorrect
Cozy Trivia Crew 8 correct 3 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Running Up That Chili 20,400
The Anibrainiacs 9,000
Cozy Trivia Crew 5,000
Two teams were correct in this Final; much to Colin’s chagrin, Chili didn’t risk their runaway and advanced to the next round!
Tonight’s results:
Cozy Trivia Crew 5,000 – 1,000 = 4,000 (What is ?)
The Anibrainiacs 9,000 + 8,998 = 17,998 (What is Damn?)
Running Up That Chili 20,400 + 1 = 20,401 (What is Damn.?) (Quarter-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) JUKEBOX MUSICALS 800 (clue #10)
Running Up That Chili 2800 +2800 (Cozy Trivia Crew 0 The Anibrainiacs 2400)
2) BRING OUT YOUR UNDEAD 2000 (clue #7)
Running Up That Chili 13000 +5000 (Cozy Trivia Crew 600 The Anibrainiacs 4800)
3) RED 1600 (clue #15, 16400 left on board)
The Anibrainiacs 10000 -5000 (Cozy Trivia Crew 600 Running Up That Chili 19200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 88
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Cozy Trivia Crew 1
The Anibrainiacs 5 3 5
Running Up That Chili 4 5 3 4 5 4*
DJ! Round:
Cozy Trivia Crew 1
The Anibrainiacs 2 3 4 3 4† 3 4*
Running Up That Chili 5 3 5* 3 2 3† 4
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Running Up That Chili 3.85
The Anibrainiacs 3.60
Cozy Trivia Crew 1.00
Game Stats:
Running Up That Chili 15,400 Coryat, 22 correct, 6 incorrect, 39.66% in first on buzzer (23/58), 3/4 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
The Anibrainiacs 14,000 Coryat, 21 correct, 4 incorrect, 37.93% in first on buzzer (22/58), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Cozy Trivia Crew 5,000 Coryat, 7 correct, 2 incorrect, 13.79% in first on buzzer (8/58), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: 34,400
Lach Trash: 8,400 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Lead Changes: 2
Times Tied: 1
Player Statistics:
Cozy Trivia Crew, career statistics:
8 correct, 4 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
13.79% in first on buzzer (8/58)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 5,000
The Anibrainiacs, career statistics:
23 correct, 5 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
37.93% in first on buzzer (22/58)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -5,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 14,000
Running Up That Chili, career statistics:
24 correct, 7 incorrect
3/4 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
39.66% in first on buzzer (23/58)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 7,800)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 15,400
Andy’s Thoughts:
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I think Andrew, Alida, and Evan made a poor choice of a team name because no matter how well they play, if they don’t win (or even if they do win, but with a low score) they are apt to get referred to as Antibrainiacs.