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Here’s the Pop Culture Jeopardy Final Jeopardy (in the category The Movie’s Soundtrack) for Wednesday, January 8, 2025 (Season 1, Game 16):
The soundtrack of this 2010 movie includes “We Built Our Own World” & “Dream Within A Dream”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
‘Nother Scorcher, Greer, Sarah, and Brad
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Sears Siblings, Connor, Delaney, and Aidan
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40 Years Late For Detention, Ron, Jenny, and Dwayne
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Week Six of Pop Culture Jeopardy, as we get closer to the midway point of the series, opens with a match featuring three teams of at least partial alumni: “40 Years Late For Detention” is a team of Texans, the second in as many weeks from Austin’s massive trivia scene if I’m not mistaken, with Ron, who has now been on two spinoffs as well as the regular series. “Sears Siblings” features Connor Sears, who won two games in 2023 before losing in Yogesh Raut’s debut, while “‘Nother Scorcher” went viral for a preview that was posted where Greer and Sarah admitted they got married after meeting—and playing against each other in the quarterfinals—at the 2012 College Championship. (Greer won that matchup.)
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Correct response: What is Inception?
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The Hans Zimmer score to Christopher Nolan’s 2010 film Inception, with a Zimmer-described electronic motif, fit in with Nolan’s overall “dream” theme of the film. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a professional thief who operates by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets, effectively stealing their dreams.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Here’s the recap for Season 1, Episode 16:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Summer Blockbusters; A Dose Of Reality; The Cozy Gamer; Pop Culture Portmanteaus; It’s A Project; Oh Yes, There Will Be Football)
This was a good opening segment that saw laughs and all three teams get off to a good start. The Sears Siblings led at the break on the strength of six correct responses; scores were Sears Siblings 3,800 ‘Nother Scorcher 1,800 40 Years Late For Detention 1,200.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Sears Siblings 6 correct 0 incorrect
‘Nother Scorcher 5 correct 2 incorrect
40 Years Late For Detention 4 correct 2 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
‘Nother Scorcher are all in stuffy professions and enjoys watching trash TV.
Sears Siblings are all “disappointments” to their physician parents.
40 Years Late For Detention are all from Texas; Ron is Jenny’s quizmaster at pub quiz.
The Sears Siblings and ‘Nother Scorcher continued their battle, while our Texans lagged behind slightly in the second segment. Still 31 clues to play, though!
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Sears Siblings 11 correct 0 incorrect
‘Nother Scorcher 13 correct 3 incorrect
40 Years Late For Detention 6 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Sears Siblings 6,200
‘Nother Scorcher 5,600
40 Years Late For Detention 2,200
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Let’s Work It Out On The Remix; Acting Politicians; Rhyming Titles; Anti-Hero; Karma; Midnights)
…Detention had a good start to the round, but DD3 knocked them out of contention with a miss. The battle between Sears and Scorcher was still raging when the Triple Play was found late in the round; Scorcher picked up a pair to lead going into Final.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
‘Nother Scorcher 29 correct 3 incorrect
Sears Siblings 18 correct 1 incorrect
40 Years Late For Detention 13 correct 5 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
‘Nother Scorcher 21,600
Sears Siblings 13,800
40 Years Late For Detention 800
All of our players came up with a correct response; ‘Nother Scorcher advances to the next round!
Tonight’s results:
40 Years Late For Detention 800 + 799 = 1,599 (What is Inception? (<3 you Cojo!))
Sears Siblings 13,800 + 7,801 = 21,601 (What is Inception?)
‘Nother Scorcher 21,600 + 6,001 = 27,601 (What is Inception?) (Quarter-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) POP CULTURE PORTMANTEAUS 800 (clue #3)
‘Nother Scorcher 1000 +1000 (40 Years Late For Detention 800 Sears Siblings 800)
2) RHYMING TITLES 2000 (clue #4)
‘Nother Scorcher 6800 +2000 (40 Years Late For Detention 4600 Sears Siblings 6200)
3) LET’S WORK IT OUT ON THE REMIX 1600 (clue #12, 15600 left on board)
40 Years Late For Detention 8600 -8600 (Sears Siblings 12600 ‘Nother Scorcher 8800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 29
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
40 Years Late For Detention 4
Sears Siblings 5
‘Nother Scorcher 4*
DJ! Round:
40 Years Late For Detention 5 4 3 4 5 4*
Sears Siblings 4 3 4 5
‘Nother Scorcher 5* 5
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
‘Nother Scorcher 4.67
Sears Siblings 4.20
40 Years Late For Detention 4.14
Game Stats:
‘Nother Scorcher 21,400 Coryat, 29 correct, 3 incorrect, 45.61% in first on buzzer (26/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Sears Siblings 13,800 Coryat, 18 correct, 1 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
40 Years Late For Detention 9,400 Coryat, 13 correct, 5 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: 44,600
Lach Trash: 3,600 (on 3 Triple Stumpers)
Lead Changes: 6
Times Tied: 1
Player Statistics:
40 Years Late For Detention, career statistics:
14 correct, 5 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -8,600)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 9,400
Sears Siblings, career statistics:
19 correct, 1 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 13,800
‘Nother Scorcher, career statistics:
30 correct, 3 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
45.61% in first on buzzer (26/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 3,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 21,400
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I feel as though a lot of incorrect responses in the COZY GAMER category could have been avoided by taking the category top-to-bottom instead of bottom-to-top.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: ‘Nother Scorcher 21,600 Sears Siblings 13,800 40 Years Late For Detention 800)
40 Years Late For Detention: Bet whatever you like here—you can’t win unless you get a pair of significant overbets. (Actual bet: 799)
Sears Siblings: You have to bet at least 1,800 to have any chance of victory. After that, I’d probably limit my bet to 12,199, just to guarantee second place, even though there’s no monetary difference between second and third. (Actual bet: 7,801)
‘Nother Scorcher: Standard cover bet is 6,001. (Actual bet: 6,001)
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