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Here’s the Pop Culture Jeopardy Final Jeopardy (in the category Record-Setting Records) for Wednesday, January 22, 2025 (Season 1, Game 24):
Released in 2017, it became the most streamed track worldwide & the first YouTube video to receive 5 billion views
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Pop Culture Jeopardy! contestants:
Game Night Rules!, Mike, Alessandra, and Carlos
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Nerd Alert!, Alex, Matt, and Tim
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The Team From Toronto, Faith, Aayush, and Kira
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Our final game of Week 8 features The Team From Toronto, Nerd Alert!, and Game Night Rules! While I don’t think any of these teams carry significance to fans of the regular show, one of these teams carries personal significance to me personally: The Team From Toronto is the first of two teams that I have personally known for quite a long time; my cheering allegiance is going to be very clear in this one. Apologies to the other two squads—I really don’t have anything against you!
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In 2018, the video of the original version of the 2017 hit “Despacito”, which start Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, became the first YouTube video to reach 5 billion views. Interestingly, “Baby Shark” was released a year earlier, yet had more staying power, by 2020, “Baby Shark” had surpassed “Despacito”‘s view count.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Here’s the recap for Season 1, Episode 24:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Describing The Movie’s Trailer; Bathroom Humor; Female Athletes; Florida!!!; Singers Head To Broadway; Can You Repeat That?)
Game Night Rules picked up the Daily Double to lead after 15 clues; scores were Game Night Rules! 3,200 The Team From Toronto 3,000 Nerd Alert! 400.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Game Night Rules! 6 correct 0 incorrect
The Team From Toronto 4 correct 1 incorrect
Nerd Alert! 2 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Game Night Rules! is comprised of one person here for the rules, one here for the vibes, and one here for the eventual argument.
Nerd Alert! thinks they might be up for a challenge in terms of nerdiness.
The Team From Toronto met at the University of Waterloo trivia club.
Our Torontonians swept the Triple Play in this half of the round to jump back into a lead, which they held after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
The Team From Toronto 11 correct 1 incorrect
Game Night Rules! 10 correct 0 incorrect
Nerd Alert! 5 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
The Team From Toronto 7,400
Game Night Rules! 4,400
Nerd Alert! 1,800
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Describing The Star’s Trailer; Boys On Girls; Concert Tours; Standups; They Played A Real Person; A Goth Category)
Game Night Rules got DD2 correct; Toronto got DD3 incorrect. However, our Torontonians did the best at the bottom of the board, which means they lead going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
The Team From Toronto 18 correct 2 incorrect
Game Night Rules! 18 correct 2 incorrect
Nerd Alert! 10 correct 2 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
The Team From Toronto 15,000
Game Night Rules! 10,500
Nerd Alert! 7,000
We saw two “Despacito”s, but not three. The Team From Toronto went for “Shape Of You”; this is so sad, Alexa, play “Despacito”. Game Night Rules advances to the quarterfinals in come-from-behind fashion!
Tonight’s results:
Nerd Alert! 7,000 + 5,990 = 12,990 (What is Despacito?)
Game Night Rules! 10,500 + 10,499 = 20,999 (What is Despacito?) (Quarter-Finalist)
The Team From Toronto 15,000 – 6,001 = 8,999 (What s Shape of You?)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) BATHROOM HUMOR 600 (clue #10)
Game Night Rules! 600 +1000 (The Team From Toronto 1400 Nerd Alert! 400)
2) DESCRIBING THE STAR’S TRAILER 1600 (clue #4)
Game Night Rules! 5600 +2500 (The Team From Toronto 7400 Nerd Alert! 1800)
3) CONCERT TOURS 1200 (clue #10, 24800 left on board)
The Team From Toronto 10600 -2000 (Nerd Alert! 1800 Game Night Rules! 10100)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 126
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
The Team From Toronto 3 5 2
Nerd Alert! 2 4 1
Game Night Rules! 5 5 1 3*
DJ! Round:
The Team From Toronto 5 3 2 1 3*
Nerd Alert! 1
Game Night Rules! 2 3 4* 4
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Game Night Rules! 3.38
Nerd Alert! 2.00
The Team From Toronto 3.00
Game Stats:
Game Night Rules! 9,200 Coryat, 18 correct, 2 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Nerd Alert! 7,000 Coryat, 10 correct, 2 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
The Team From Toronto 17,000 Coryat, 18 correct, 2 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: 33,200
Lach Trash: 18,000 (on 16 Triple Stumpers)
Lead Changes: 12
Times Tied: 1
Player Statistics:
The Team From Toronto, career statistics:
18 correct, 3 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -2,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 17,000
Nerd Alert!, career statistics:
11 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 7,000
Game Night Rules!, career statistics:
19 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 3,500)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 9,200
Andy’s Thoughts:
- 23 years after I did it, I both love and hate that “Trivia Club” is still often used by Canadian trivia programs; I chose the term because of the scope expansion to a multitude of different possible trivia formats, and not just “Reach for the Top”, “SmartAsk!”, or “quiz bowl”.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: The Team From Toronto 15,000 Game Night Rules! 10,500 Nerd Alert! 7,000)
The Team From Toronto: Standard cover bet over Game Night Rules is 6,001. (Actual bet: 6,001)
Nerd Alert!: Bet at least 2,000 to have any shot of winning–but you might as well go all in to force a cover from Game Night. (Actual bet: 5,990)
Game Night Rules!: You can’t both cover Nerd Alert and win a Triple Stumper. You should bet at least 3,501 to cover Nerd Alert, but you might as well go all in to force a cover from Toronto. (Actual bet: 10,499)
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