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Here’s the Pop Culture Jeopardy Final Jeopardy (in the category The Tony Awards) for Wednesday, January 22, 2025 (Season 1, Game 22):
Only 6 women have won Tonys for directing a musical; 2 of them have this last name, winning in 1998 & 2024
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Pop Culture Jeopardy! contestants:
Blame My Mom, Hope, Zoe, and Emma
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Sisters In Spirit, Curran, Brady, and Ned
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Three Almost Dads, Andrew, Michael, and John
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Week #8 of Pop Culture Jeopardy begins with “Three Almost Dads”, “Sisters In Spirit”, and “Blame My Mom”. I will say that it does not feel as though we are eight weeks into this series. One thing that I found amusing is that this episode is rated 13+ on Prime Video for “foul language”.
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Correct response: What is Taymor?
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The two referred to in the clue: Julie Taymor for The Lion King and Danya Taymor for The Outsiders. The other 4: Susan Stroman for The Producers, Diane Paulus for Pippin, Rachel Chavkin for Hadestown, and Marianne Elliott for Company.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Here’s the recap for Season 1, Episode 22:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Friendship; Celebrity Memes; 6 Feet Over; Feat.; For The Birds; It’s The Muppet Category!)
Three Almost Dads went 2-for-3 on the Triple Play rebound, and found the Daily Double just before the break. After 15 clues, the scores were Three Almost Dads 3,800 Sisters In Spirit 1,800 Blame My Mom 1,000.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Three Almost Dads 7 correct 0 incorrect
Sisters In Spirit 5 correct 2 incorrect
Blame My Mom 2 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Blame My Mom wants to shout out all the moms.
Sisters In Spirit are big fans of Las Culturistas.
Three Almost Dads is comprised of Andrew and John, whose wives were still expecting at tape time, and Michael, whose wife gave birth three months before taping.
The Almost Dads picked up another 9 correct after the break to extend their lead after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Three Almost Dads 16 correct 0 incorrect
Sisters In Spirit 8 correct 3 incorrect
Blame My Mom 5 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Three Almost Dads 9,000
Sisters In Spirit 3,200
Blame My Mom 3,000
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Heartthrobs; The Cinema Of John Hughes; Fictional Languages; The Scandalous Suburbs; Oh…Baby; Festival-Con)
Sisters in Spirit had a shot at getting close to the lead when they found DD2, but an incorrect response dropped them out of contention. Getting DD3 correct meant they were around for Final, though. Three Almost Dads picked up another 14 correct—including a sweep of the Triple Play to go 5/6 on those clues in the game—to take a runaway lead going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Three Almost Dads 30 correct 0 incorrect
Blame My Mom 8 correct 2 incorrect
Sisters In Spirit 16 correct 7 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Three Almost Dads 21,000
Blame My Mom 5,400
Sisters In Spirit 700
Nobody got this Final correct; Three Almost Dads will be back in a few weeks in the quarterfinals.
Tonight’s results:
Sisters In Spirit 700 – 700 = 0 (What is Smith)
Blame My Mom 5,400 – 5,400 = 0 (What is Streisand lol)
Three Almost Dads 21,000 – 3 = 20,997 (What is Tony?) (Quarter-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) FOR THE BIRDS 800 (clue #15)
Three Almost Dads 2800 +1000 (Sisters In Spirit 1800 Blame My Mom 1000)
2) FESTIVAL-CON 1600 (clue #15)
Sisters In Spirit 8000 -6000 (Three Almost Dads 14600 Blame My Mom 2600)
3) HEARTTHROBS 2000 (clue #27, 4000 left on board)
Sisters In Spirit 1200 +1100 (Three Almost Dads 17000 Blame My Mom 5400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 16
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Three Almost Dads 2 3 3 4 5 4*
Sisters In Spirit 4 5 2 3 3 2 1
Blame My Mom 1 1
DJ! Round:
Three Almost Dads 4 5 3 3 2 2† 1 1 2
Sisters In Spirit 3 2 4 3 4 3 3 4* 5 1 5 4 5*
Blame My Mom 2 2 1 5† 1
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Three Almost Dads 2.93
Blame My Mom 1.86
Sisters In Spirit 3.30
Game Stats:
Three Almost Dads 20,800 Coryat, 30 correct, 0 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 4/4 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Blame My Mom 5,400 Coryat, 8 correct, 2 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Sisters In Spirit 7,600 Coryat, 16 correct, 7 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: 33,800
Lach Trash: 11,800 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Lead Changes: 0
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Three Almost Dads, career statistics:
30 correct, 1 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 1,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 20,800
Sisters In Spirit, career statistics:
16 correct, 8 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -4,900)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 7,600
Blame My Mom, career statistics:
8 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 5,400
Andy’s Thoughts:
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The only woman stage director I could think of (even though I do know that there are many, just most with different last names) was “that woman who practically staged ‘The Lion King’ all by herself (except for the acting)” but I could not think of her name in time. I did not know she had a relative who won one, too, but if I could have remembered Julie Taymor’s name, I would have guessed her anyway.