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Here’s the Pop Culture Jeopardy Final Jeopardy (in the category The Razzies) for Wednesday, January 8, 2025 (Season 1, Game 18):
The recipient of 4 2018 Golden Raspberry Awards, this movie had Patrick Stewart voice a character named Poop
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
In Our Jeopardy! Era, Tyler, Liza, and Courtney
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Together We’re T.I.M., Travis, Ian, and Matt
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Team Shenanigans, Christina, Jason, and Niambi
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Our final Pop Culture Jeopardy matchup of Week 6 features Team Shenanigans, Together We’re T.I.M., and In Our Jeopardy! Era. I have to say, seeing a team called Tim brings me back to my days hosting trivia at Squirrel Tooth Alice’s (the fact the venue was the direct cause of my first bout of therapy notwithstanding,—r/Jeopardy is very much in danger of being the direct cause of my second), and I’m honestly surprised that it’s not the “The Bullpen” team—who you’ll see three weeks from now—who managed to steal that name from another team in the competition.
One thing that has come out over the past few weeks from multiple contestants is that the “ELVIS” signaling system is different for Pop Culture Jeopardy, as compared to the regular game. On the regular show, if you buzz early, you are locked out for a quarter of a second. However—and I presume this is the case because the system likely had technical restrictions and didn’t want one player going early and locking out their two teammates—there is no lockout penalty, with the first player in after the system is activated getting to respond. This change did seem to catch some players by surprise slightly, but I do think there were technical reasons behind this change, and I doubt we’ll see it move over to the main show for that reason. (I also think that it would equalize the buzzer too much, and it would have unintended consequences that would do significant harm to the show’s long-term viability, as I think it would upset the delicate balance that currently exists between keeping the game playable for the home viewer and having a buzzer format that does permit superchampions on occasion—in order to keep the show in the public eye in the much more fractured media landscape.)
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Correct response: What is The Emoji Movie?
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The Emoji Movie was a 2017 film that starred T.J. Miller as Gene Meh, James Corden as Hi-5, Maya Rudolph as Smiler, among many other emojis. Despite grossing over $200 million, the movie was critically panned to the extent that its Rotten Tomatoes rating is a 🚫 emoji. The film won Razzies for Worst Picture, Worst Director, Worst Screen Combo, and Worst Screenplay—becoming the first animated film to win in any of these categories.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Here’s the recap for Season 1, Episode 18:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: La La Land; Songs From Broadway Musicals; The London Scene; Disney Princesses In Therapy; Out Of The Frying Pan; Into The Fire)
A well-played opening segment saw Jeopardy Era pick up a True Daily Double to lead after 15 clues. At the interviews, the scores were In Our Jeopardy! Era 4,800 Together We’re T.I.M. 3,600 Team Shenanigans 1,000.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
In Our Jeopardy! Era 6 correct 0 incorrect
Together We’re T.I.M. 7 correct 0 incorrect
Team Shenanigans 1 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
In Our Jeopardy! Era all met at Notre Dame.
Together We’re T.I.M. host a podcast where they watch the first and last episodes of completed TV series.
Team Shenanigans all have Ph.Ds in political science.
While T.I.M. had the most correct responses overall, In Our Jeopardy! Era swept the Triple Play to continue to lead after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
In Our Jeopardy! Era 11 correct 2 incorrect
Together We’re T.I.M. 15 correct 2 incorrect
Team Shenanigans 2 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
In Our Jeopardy! Era 7,400
Together We’re T.I.M. 5,400
Team Shenanigans 0
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: 4-Letter Album Titles; A Quick “How To”; Biblical Names; The Origin Of The Meme; The Ol’ College Try; But I’m A Cheerleader)
After T.I.M. got DD2 incorrect, Jeopardy Era took a long time to find DD3. When they did, they went for a much-too-conservative 3,000 points on a second-row clue with quotation marks in it, and although they got it correct, they were still well short of a runaway going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
In Our Jeopardy! Era 20 correct 3 incorrect
Together We’re T.I.M. 27 correct 5 incorrect
Team Shenanigans 7 correct 2 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
In Our Jeopardy! Era 18,800
Together We’re T.I.M. 12,800
Team Shenanigans 5,600
All three teams were correct; In Our Jeopardy! Era advances to the next round.
Tonight’s results:
Team Shenanigans 5,600 + 5,600 = 11,200 (What is The Emoji Movie?)
Together We’re T.I.M. 12,800 + 12,800 = 25,600 (What is The Emoji Movie)
In Our Jeopardy! Era 18,800 + 6,801 = 25,601 (What is The Emoji Movie?) (Quarter-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) DISNEY PRINCESSES IN THERAPY 1000 (clue #8)
In Our Jeopardy! Era 2200 +2200 (Team Shenanigans 0 Together We’re T.I.M. 1400)
2) 4-LETTER ALBUM TITLES 1200 (clue #7)
Together We’re T.I.M. 4200 -3000 (Team Shenanigans 1200 In Our Jeopardy! Era 8200)
3) A QUICK “HOW TO” 800 (clue #25, 5600 left on board)
In Our Jeopardy! Era 15800 +3000 (Team Shenanigans 5200 Together We’re T.I.M. 11600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 48
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Team Shenanigans 1
Together We’re T.I.M. 3 1 2 4
In Our Jeopardy! Era 4 3 5*
DJ! Round:
Team Shenanigans 1 1 1 4 2
Together We’re T.I.M. 4 5 3* 2† 5 4 2 5 3 5 1† 4
In Our Jeopardy! Era 2 3 3 4 3 3 4 2*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
In Our Jeopardy! Era 3.27
Together We’re T.I.M. 3.31
Team Shenanigans 1.67
Game Stats:
In Our Jeopardy! Era 15,400 Coryat, 20 correct, 3 incorrect, 29.31% in first on buzzer (17/58), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Together We’re T.I.M. 15,800 Coryat, 27 correct, 5 incorrect, 48.28% in first on buzzer (28/58), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Team Shenanigans 5,600 Coryat, 7 correct, 2 incorrect, 15.52% in first on buzzer (9/58), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: 36,800
Lach Trash: 11,200 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Lead Changes: 1
Times Tied: 1
Player Statistics:
Team Shenanigans, career statistics:
8 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
15.52% in first on buzzer (9/58)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 5,600
Together We’re T.I.M., career statistics:
28 correct, 5 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
48.28% in first on buzzer (28/58)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -3,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 15,800
In Our Jeopardy! Era, career statistics:
21 correct, 3 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
29.31% in first on buzzer (17/58)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 5,200)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 15,400
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: In Our Jeopardy! Era 18,800 Together We’re T.I.M. 12,800 Team Shenanigans 5,600)
Team Shenanigans: You can’t win unless both of your opponents overbet. Bet whatever you like. (Actual bet: 5,600)
Together We’re T.I.M.: If Jeopardy Era covers and is incorrect, they fall to 11,999. Bet no more than 800. (Actual bet: 12,800)
In Our Jeopardy! Era: Standard cover bet today is 6,801. (Actual bet: 6,801)
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The Emoji Movie has always been extremely weird to me – because, for as hated as it is, it doesn’t feel like it was destined to be hated. If even just a little more time was spent polishing the writing or the voice acting, it could’ve been amazing… but because of that lack of polish, the execution was disappointing at best. And I’m sure Patrick Stewart did not feel very happy about the fact that his career went from portraying characters in Shakespeare and Star Trek to voice acting a literal pile of sh—