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Here’s the Pop Culture Jeopardy Final Jeopardy (in the category Long-Running Series) for Wednesday, January 15, 2025 (Season 1, Game 19):
This weekly series began in Chicago & ran from 1970 to 2006; an awards show that uses its name has been ongoing since 1987
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Pop Culture Jeopardy! contestants:
The Three Seasons, Heather, NV, and Will
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A Tribe Called Quiz, Isaiah, Dula, and Robert
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Ladies of the 80s, Mary, Patricia, and Tobi
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Week 7 of Pop Culture Jeopardy! begins with a match between “Ladies of the 80s”, “A Tribe Called Quiz”, and “The Three Seasons”. I don’t recognize any of the nine players, though I have noted an inability to recognize faces well on this site in the past.
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Correct response: What is Soul Train?
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After spending its first year airing locally in Chicago, Soul Train entered syndication in 1971, airing until 2006. Don Cornelius hosted the show until 1993; the show also gave its name to the Soul Train Music Awards, awarded for outstanding achievement in soul music, contemporary R&B, gospel, jazz, reggae, and hip hop.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Here’s the recap for Season 1, Episode 19:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Dating, But On TV; Send Dudes; Here’s The Drill; Diy Cosplay; Tag Team; Back Again)
“It’s better you got it out of the way now”. The Ladies of the 80s found the Daily Double immediately, but a teamwork issue, where Patricia knew it but Mary couldn’t get her head around the fact that “Weird Barbie” could actually be a response, put them behind the 8-ball early on in this one. However, they rebounded very well from a moment that couuld have been a harbinger of things to come—they picked up 7 correct responses in the opening segment to lead after 15 clues. The scores were Ladies of the 80s 2,800 A Tribe Called Quiz 1,400 The Three Seasons 1,000.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Ladies of the 80s 8 correct 2 incorrect
A Tribe Called Quiz 3 correct 0 incorrect
The Three Seasons 2 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
The Three Seasons are from Chicago; Heather and NV used to date.
A Tribe Called Quiz are all from Morehouse College.
Ladies of the 80s are “sisters who are pretty close” and are huge theme park enthusiasts.
Everyone played well in the second half of the round; the Ladies of the 80s still led.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Ladies of the 80s 13 correct 2 incorrect
A Tribe Called Quiz 9 correct 0 incorrect
The Three Seasons 4 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Ladies of the 80s 5,600
A Tribe Called Quiz 4,800
The Three Seasons 2,200
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Acceptance Speech Speakers; The Baby Of The Family; A-Ravin’ In The Sun; Concert Films; From Screen To Stage; Movie Quotes Done Low-Key)
The Three Seasons found the first Daily Double immediately, using it to double up. Picking up 9 correct in the round, they led going into Final Jeopardy after the Ladies of the 80s got DD3 barely incorrect.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
The Three Seasons 13 correct 1 incorrect
Ladies of the 80s 22 correct 4 incorrect
A Tribe Called Quiz 17 correct 5 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
The Three Seasons 16,000
Ladies of the 80s 10,200
A Tribe Called Quiz 8,000
A Tribe Called Quiz was the only team correct in Final Jeopardy, and that makes them quarterfinalists!
Tonight’s results:
A Tribe Called Quiz 8,000 + 8,000 = 16,000 (What is Soul Train?) (Quarter-Finalist)
Ladies of the 80s 10,200 – 10,200 = 0 (What 60 minute)
The Three Seasons 16,000 – 4,500 = 11,500 (What)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) DIY COSPLAY 600 (clue #1)
Ladies of the 80s 0 -1000 (A Tribe Called Quiz 0 The Three Seasons 0)
2) FROM SCREEN TO STAGE 800 (clue #1)
The Three Seasons 2200 +2200 (Ladies of the 80s 5600 A Tribe Called Quiz 4800)
3) THE BABY OF THE FAMILY 2000 (clue #18, 13200 left on board)
Ladies of the 80s 10000 -3000 (A Tribe Called Quiz 7200 The Three Seasons 12400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -30
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Ladies of the 80s 3*
A Tribe Called Quiz
The Three Seasons
DJ! Round:
Ladies of the 80s 4 4† 5† 1† 3 4 5*
A Tribe Called Quiz 3 1 5
The Three Seasons 2* 3† 2 4 5 3 1 2
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
A Tribe Called Quiz 3.00
The Three Seasons 2.75
Ladies of the 80s 3.63
Game Stats:
A Tribe Called Quiz 8,000 Coryat, 17 correct, 5 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
The Three Seasons 14,600 Coryat, 13 correct, 1 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57), 4/4 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Ladies of the 80s 14,200 Coryat, 22 correct, 4 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: 36,800
Lach Trash: 9,400 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Lead Changes: 9
Times Tied: 3
Player Statistics:
Ladies of the 80s, career statistics:
22 correct, 5 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -4,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 14,200
A Tribe Called Quiz, career statistics:
18 correct, 5 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 8,000
The Three Seasons, career statistics:
13 correct, 2 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 2,200)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 14,600
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Kudos to Ladies of the 80s for rebounding well after the first Daily Double; that could have been the undoing of a large number of players or teams, but they didn’t seem to let it affect them.
- I wish the writers had added “but not seiso” to the Doja Cat clue where she was referred to as a “‘Say So’ rapper”.
- Double Jeopardy needed a category titled “Here’s The Dril” where it was nothing but Dril tweets.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: The Three Seasons 16,000 Ladies of the 80s 10,200 A Tribe Called Quiz 8,000)
Ladies of the 80s: Bet at least 5,801 to cover A Tribe Called Quiz—but being that you have to be right to win, and there’s no bonus for coming second, you might as well go all in.(Actual bet: 10,200)
A Tribe Called Quiz: You have to bet at least 3,600 to have any shot of victory—however, because you have to be correct in Final to win, you might as well go all in. (Actual bet: 8,000)
The Three Seasons: Standard cover bet here is 4,401. (Actual bet: 4,500)
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The “Ladies of the 80s” may be even less close sisters after that ‘Weird Barbie’ fiasco 😬. [BTW, I “got” it.] Shouldn’t teams go in with the plan that if the “leader” (who is the only one allowed to respond in certain situations) doesn’t know the answer, they should repeat ANYTHING told to them by a team member?
[I am wondering if Mary immediately thought of Post Malone (but maybe even couldn’t think of his name) and her brain was just too busy mulling that over to take in what Patricia was saying. I also wonder if it might have helped if Patricia had said to her “Weird Barbie from the hit Barbie movie” to either get Mary into the right context or just prove Patricia knew what she was talking about, rather than having come up with something crazy. But Patricia might have said that (or “played by Kate McKinnon”) and it still didn’t get through to Mary.]
I had already been questioning why the show doesn’t put the “leader” in the middle so the other two can speak to them more easily, but this emphasizes that. Also, another hint for teams that are going to be on Jeopardy! (if there are again): get your ears professionally checked because lots of people don’t hear out of one ear as well as the other and don’t even realize it!
She just couldn’t hear Patricia in all the chaos of the Daily Double from the jump.
The sisters are still close, but Weird Barbie might randomly get thrown back in Mary’s face occasionally.
I actually did think that it looked a bit like that, but I assumed that if Jeopardy! invented a version in which team members would need to confer, they would have instituted procedures to enable that rather than allowing a noisy atmosphere. Shame on the producers(?).
And another team strategy thought: agree that if a non-leader KNOWS the correct response (not just an educated guess and especially not a wild guess), that they will kick the leader in the shin to indicate “don’t think about it; just repeat what I tell you, but in the form of a question”.