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Here’s the Pop Culture Jeopardy Final Jeopardy (in the category Acting Directors) for Wednesday, December 4, 2024 (Season 1, Game 3):
He’s directed himself in movies in which he played a professor, a sanitation worker & a psychiatrist
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Punny Goddesses, Kelsey, Amy, and Ezgi
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Personality Hires, Emily, Zach, and Miranda
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Esprit Top 3, Sam, Hans, and Erin
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Episode 3 features 9 players who are all main-show alumni—and Colin certainly leaned into that fact in the opening! And, proving just how tight-knit the alumni community is, the Esprit Top 3 (the three finalists from a past College Championship) were the only ones who had played against each other in the past.
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Correct response: Who is Denzel Washington?
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The three Denzel Washington films and roles in this case: The Great Debaters (professor Melvin B. Tolson), Fences (sanitation worker Troy Maxson), and Antwone Fisher (Dr. Jerome Davenport).
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Here’s the recap for Season 1, Episode 3:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: We’re Going To Broadway!; Finish The Rap Lyric; My Movie With Meryl Streep; Tiktok; On The Clock; But The Party Don’T Stop)
Much to Colin’s chagrin, Esprit Top 3 really wanted to play the rap category, while the Personality Hires showed they were horngry for victory by picking up a clue on Suzi Vidal’s OnlyPans TikTok videos. After 15 clues, the scores were Personality Hires 4,600, Esprit Top 3 3,200, Punny Goddesses 1,000.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Personality Hires 8 correct 1 incorrect
Esprit Top 3 4 correct 0 incorrect
Punny Goddesses 2 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Punny Goddesses named themselves after the Parks & Rec group.
Personality Hires are all people who lost the first time around on the regular show.
Esprit Top 3 were three finalists in a J! college championship.
Immediately out of the break, the Personality Hires picked up another 3,000 on the Daily Double. From there, they ended up with 19 correct responses (including 2 on the Triple Play) to lead with 13,000 after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Personality Hires 19 correct 2 incorrect
Esprit Top 3 5 correct 1 incorrect
Punny Goddesses 6 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Personality Hires 13,000
Esprit Top 3 3,200
Punny Goddesses 1,600
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Haute Dogs; History On TV; Fashion Collabs; 3-Letter Responses; Fictional Brands; Numerical Lyrics)
The Punny Goddesses took their shot, but a missed True Daily Double dropped them back to zero. Two clues later, the Personality Hires found DD3, picked up 3,200, and cruised to a dominant runaway from there, picking up 33 correct responses overall.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Personality Hires 33 correct 3 incorrect
Esprit Top 3 12 correct 3 incorrect
Punny Goddesses 14 correct 3 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Personality Hires 30,600
Esprit Top 3 10,800
Punny Goddesses 4,800
This one was a Triple Stumper; the Personality Hires advance on the strength of their runaway.
Tonight’s results:
Punny Goddesses 4,800 – 0 = 4,800 (Who is Jerry Lewis?)
Esprit Top 3 10,800 – 10,800 = 0 (Who is Shyamalan?)
Personality Hires 30,600 – 139 = 30,461 (Who is Clooney?) (Quarter-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) ON THE CLOCK 800 (clue #16)
Personality Hires 4600 +3000 (Esprit Top 3 3200 Punny Goddesses 1000)
2) HISTORY ON TV 1200 (clue #6)
Punny Goddesses 4400 -4400 (Esprit Top 3 6800 Personality Hires 14200)
3) FASHION COLLABS 1200 (clue #8, 24,400 left on board)
Personality Hires 15800 +3200 (Esprit Top 3 6800 Punny Goddesses 0)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -15
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Esprit Top 3 5 4 3 5 2 1
Personality Hires 4 5 4 3 2 4 3 4*
Punny Goddesses 4 3
DJ! Round:
Esprit Top 3 5 3
Personality Hires 4 3*
Punny Goddesses 3 4 3* 4†
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Personality Hires 3.60
Punny Goddesses 3.50
Esprit Top 3 3.50
Game Stats:
Personality Hires 26,400 Coryat, 33 correct, 3 incorrect, 54.39% in first on buzzer (31/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Punny Goddesses 9,200 Coryat, 14 correct, 3 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Esprit Top 3 10,800 Coryat, 12 correct, 3 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: 46,400
Lach Trash: 3,400 (on 4 Triple Stumpers)
Lead Changes: 2
Times Tied: 3
Player Statistics:
Esprit Top 3, career statistics:
12 correct, 4 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 10,800
Personality Hires, career statistics:
33 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
54.39% in first on buzzer (31/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 6,200)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 26,400
Punny Goddesses, career statistics:
14 correct, 4 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -4,400)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 9,200
Andy’s Thoughts:
- As is per usual, I do not post wagering suggestions in a double-runaway situation.
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I thought I knew that George Clooney had directed himself, and, thought I recognized that he’d portrayed a proffessor, and, a physchitrist, so why not a “sanitation worker”? Obviously since Denzel Washington was the correct response, Clooney may have had roles in at least some of those occupations, may have directed himself in those, but not all three.
All oo which means I’m 0 for the first week of Pop Culture Jeopardy.
“physchitrist”?
Would anyone mind explaining the rules for the Triple Play clues in detail? [probably requiring examples] Because the first team to buzz in may get one or two correct then be wrong or run out of time, but then another team can try for remaining responses (one or two) and be correct and/or wrong or run out of time and the third team may even try, I am not clear on who gets points (and how many per correct response) nor who gets points subtracted [or do they, as I didn’t catch any declining points?] And if points are subtracted (presumably), are they subtracted the same regardless of whether an incorrect response was given or time ran out? I am assuming that if one team gets all three responses correct they get 3 times the number of points for that clue’s location on the board, but I cannot say that for sure because no team got all 3 correct.
So, anyway, I feel like this seems like a dumb question since for streaming one can re-watch, pause to take notes, or whatever, but I find it very hard to control streaming “rewind” and hate having to watch a larger portion over and over to catch/confirm what I first saw and heard over a matter of seconds.
Probably there is even a place on an official Jeopardy! website that explains all the rules in detail, but I didn’t find it, so just being provided a specific link would be a help.