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Here’s the Pop Culture Jeopardy Final Jeopardy (in the category Phrase Origins) for Wednesday, December 4, 2024 (Season 1, Game 2):
A famous wrestler was dared to do a dance & hand gesture during a televised match, leading to this famous diss
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Pop Culture Jeopardy! contestants:
Little Pocket Monsters, Alex, Melissa, and Andy
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Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys, Rob, Adam, and Jordan
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All That Jazz, Naomi, Lindsey, and James
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Episode 2 of Opening Day features teams named “All That Jazz”, the “Tinker Tailer Quiz Show Guys”, and the “Little Pocket Monsters”.
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Correct response: What is “You Can’t See Me”?
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“You Can’t See Me” is John Cena’s trademark taunt; he was dared by his brother to use the catchphrase while waving his hand in front of his face on WWE’s Velocity.
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Game Recap & Game Stats:
Here’s the recap for Season 1, Episode 2:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: I Can Do 2 Things!; Nifty Fifty; Reality Stars; Friends; Romans; Country Men & Women)
Everyone did well in the opening segment, with the Little Pocket Monsters leading with 3,000 to All That Jazz’s 2,400 and Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys’s 1,200.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Little Pocket Monsters 5 correct 0 incorrect
All That Jazz 5 correct 0 incorrect
Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys 3 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Little Pocket Monsters are fans of both Lady Gaga and Pokémon.
Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys are all New Yorkers who met at a Star Trek Convention.
All That Jazz are fans of “All That Jazz” and musicals.
The Little Pocket Monsters eventually found the Daily Double, but went for a conservative 800 points. They still led after 30, though.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Little Pocket Monsters 10 correct 0 incorrect
Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys 8 correct 1 incorrect
All That Jazz 11 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Little Pocket Monsters 7,200
Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys 4,200
All That Jazz 4,000
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Back In 2019; Books By Rappers; It’s All Relative; A Pop Quiz In Math; TV Swan Songs; I’m Suffering From Dystopia)
The Little Pocket Monsters found both Daily Doubles, but a pair of mor e conservative bets from them mean that they were short of having a runaway. Meanwhile, for the second round in a row, the Triple Play ended up with no change in score overall (teams doing no better than 1 correct, 1 incorrect)
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Little Pocket Monsters 24 correct 3 incorrect
Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys 16 correct 1 incorrect
All That Jazz 17 correct 4 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Little Pocket Monsters 21,000
Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys 13,800
All That Jazz 7,600
While the time ran out on All That Jazz, both the Tinker Tailer Quiz Show Guys and Little Pocket Monsters were correct in Final; the Little Pocket Monsters advance to the quarterfinals!
Tonight’s results:
All That Jazz 7,600 – 7,600 = 0 (What is You can)
Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys 13,800 + 10,000 = 23,800 (What is You can’t see me)
Little Pocket Monsters 21,000 + 6,601 = 27,601 (What is You Can’t See Me) (Quarter-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) COUNTRY MEN & WOMEN 800 (clue #26)
Little Pocket Monsters 5600 +800 (All That Jazz 4000 Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys 2200)
2) I’M SUFFERING FROM DYSTOPIA 2000 (clue #14)
Little Pocket Monsters 9600 +2000 (All That Jazz 8400 Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys 9000)
3) A POP QUIZ IN MATH 1200 (clue #19, 14000 left on board)
Little Pocket Monsters 14400 +3000 (All That Jazz 8400 Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys 10600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 56
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
All That Jazz 2 1 2 4 1 5 2 1 1 1 4
Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys 2 2 3 4 5
Little Pocket Monsters 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 5 1 4*
DJ! Round:
All That Jazz 3 2 3 2 1
Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys 1 4 2 1 3 5
Little Pocket Monsters 4 5 2 5* 4 3 2 3*
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Little Pocket Monsters 3.28
Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys 2.91
All That Jazz 2.19
Game Stats:
Little Pocket Monsters 19,200 Coryat, 24 correct, 3 incorrect, 35.59% in first on buzzer (21/59), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys 13,800 Coryat, 16 correct, 1 incorrect, 23.73% in first on buzzer (14/59), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
All That Jazz 7,600 Coryat, 17 correct, 4 incorrect, 30.51% in first on buzzer (18/59), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: 40,600
Lach Trash: 7,200 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Lead Changes: 7
Times Tied: 7
Player Statistics:
All That Jazz, career statistics:
17 correct, 5 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
30.51% in first on buzzer (18/59)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 7,600
Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys, career statistics:
17 correct, 1 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
23.73% in first on buzzer (14/59)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 13,800
Little Pocket Monsters, career statistics:
25 correct, 3 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
35.59% in first on buzzer (21/59)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 5,800)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 19,200
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Little Pocket Monsters 21,000 Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys 13,800 All That Jazz 7,600)
All That Jazz: You have to bet at least 6,800 to have any chance of winning. (Actual bet: 7,600)
Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys: You have to bet at least 1,401 to have any chance of winning. (Actual bet: 10,000)
Little Pocket Monsters: Standard cover bet over Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys is 6,601. (Actual bet: 6,601)
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I really haven’t paid much attention to pro wrestlng since the Hulk Hogan, Rowdy Roddy Piper era, and, even not a whole lot then, so “hnad guesture and dance move” meant nothing to me, The correct response with Andy’s more information, made John Cena’s signature guesture understandable.