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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Places of Disaster) for Monday, February 3, 2025 (Season 41, Game 106):
In 1883 an old sailor didn’t know what its name meant but believed the natives “named it from the sound”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Lucas Partridge, a high school counselor from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Amar Kakirde, a policy analyst from Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey
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Drew Goins, a journalist from Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Our final quarterfinal of the 32nd Tournament of Champions features Drew Goins, Amar Kakirde, and Lucas Partridge. But wait, you say, didn’t Drew lose in Champions Wildcard? Yes, he did—he placed second. However, Lisa Ann Walter was unable to take part in the Tournament of Champions this year due to her commitments to Abbott Elementary—which meant that Drew, as first alternate (as a result of placing second at Champions Wildcard) got to participate in Lisa Ann’s place in the Tournament of Champions.
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Correct response: What is Krakatoa?
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It certainly would have been nice this morning to actually find the citation for the story used in today’s Final Jeopardy clue; it’s clear that the writers found it from somewhere, though, because there’s zero chance they’re running something that isn’t cited somewhere—my guess is that there’s an old book in their writers’ room that wasn’t digitized anywhere because I plugged what appears to be a direct quote into multiple search engines and got absolutely nowhere.
That being said, while a citation would have been nice to find, that doesn’t get in the way of solving this clue. “Places of Disaster” + “1883” should garner a Pavlovian response for the Krakatoa eruption in Indonesia, a massive volcanic eruption considered one of the most destructive volcanic events in recorded history. With an explosion heard 3,000 miles away near Mauritius, over 36,000 deaths were attributed to both the eruption as well as the resultant tsunamis. Moreover, the sulphur dioxide injected into the stratosphere by the eruption caused significant temperature decreases for a full year worldwide following the eruption. Here’s hoping that we can get something that isn’t a Triple Stumper like quarterfinals #4 and #5 had.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, February 3, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The Man, The Myth, The Legend; Kid Stuff; Just Take The W; Voyaging Through History; Nicknames; Better Luck Next Time)
Drew picked up 6 correct to lead after 15 clues, even though Amar picked up a True Daily Double. After 15 clues, the scores were Drew $4,800 Lucas $2,800 Amar $2,400.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Drew 6 correct 0 incorrect
Lucas 4 correct 0 incorrect
Amar 3 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Lucas finds that everyone has become an expert in “Coco”.
Amar is a passionate baker and bought his stand mixer with his winnings.
Drew is here because of Lisa Ann Walter stepping aside.
Drew picked up another 5 correct to continue to lead after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Drew 11 correct 1 incorrect
Lucas 8 correct 2 incorrect
Amar 7 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Drew $5,400
Lucas $3,800
Amar $3,800
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Anagrammed Nuclear Physics; Brand Names; Wetlands; 5-Syllable Words; Subtitles Of Books; Ancient Rome In The Movies)
After going on a roll, Drew found the Daily Doubles on back to back clues. He got them both correct, picking up 15 correct in the round to cruise to a runaway.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Drew 25 correct 1 incorrect
Lucas 14 correct 3 incorrect
Amar 10 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 26 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Drew $31,200
Lucas $7,400
Amar $6,600
Drew bet Hawaii’s area code in Final Jeopardy; both Drew and Amar were correct in Final as Drew advances to the semifinal.
Tonight’s results:
Amar $6,600 + $6,599 = $13,199 (What is Krakatoa?)
Lucas $7,400 – $1,989 = $5,411 (What is ?)
Drew $31,200 + $808 = $32,008 (What is Krakatoa? Lisa Ann I will worship you the rest of my days.) (Semi-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) VOYAGING THROUGH HISTORY $800 (clue #8)
Amar 1400 +1400 (Drew 2400 Lucas 1000)
2) ANAGRAMMED NUCLEAR PHYSICS $800 (clue #12)
Drew 15400 +5400 (Amar 3800 Lucas 5000)
3) SUBTITLES OF BOOKS $800 (clue #13, $17200 left on board)
Drew 20800 +2800 (Amar 3800 Lucas 5000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 149
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Drew 4 3 4 5 4
Amar 5 4*
Lucas 3
DJ! Round:
Drew 4 3 3 5 4 5 5 2* 2*
Amar 3 4 4
Lucas 3
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Drew 3.79
Amar 4.00
Lucas 3.00
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 26 (0.25 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Drew $24,600 Coryat, 25 correct, 1 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Amar $6,000 Coryat, 10 correct, 1 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Lucas $7,400 Coryat, 14 correct, 3 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $38,000
Lach Trash: $12,400 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,600
Lead Changes: 2
Times Tied: 1
Player Statistics:
Drew Goins, career statistics:
204 correct, 23 incorrect
8/10 on rebound attempts (on 35 rebound opportunities)
38.21% in first on buzzer (196/513)
10/12 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $30,200)
5/9 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,156
Amar Kakirde, career statistics:
103 correct, 21 incorrect
10/12 on rebound attempts (on 33 rebound opportunities)
28.36% in first on buzzer (97/342)
5/9 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,900)
3/6 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,333
Lucas Partridge, career statistics:
99 correct, 19 incorrect
5/6 on rebound attempts (on 20 rebound opportunities)
37.01% in first on buzzer (104/281)
1/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$500)
3/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,400
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Updated ToC odds:
Adriana +770
Isaac +630
Drew B. +720
Will +1000
Amy +1500
Neilesh +450
Ryan +890
Mark +860
Drew G. +570
Finals length odds:
3 games: +720
4 games: +310
5 games: +220
6 games: +290
7 games: +690
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I spent nearly 45 minutes trying to find this quote somewhere, including in two books I have on Krakatoa in my personal library, and I could find nothing. I did, however, think of Krakatoa as the answer almost immediately.
Could they possibly have taken the quote from the 1968 film “Krakatoa East (I know, the wrong direction unless you go almost 360 degrees) of Java”. If they did, maybe there’s some source for it, or maybe it’s just undocumented lore.
Andy, speaking of Pavlovian responses, though I CAN keep from SAYING it, I cannot THINK of “Krakatoa” without actually thinking “Krakatoa, East of Java”!
“1883” and “named it from the sound” helped me come up with Krakatoa. That even amazes me!!!
Go Drew!!!
“Sailor” threw me off and I was trying to think of a sea/ocean disaster from 1883. I couldn’t come up with that, and the only body of water I could think of with a name that sounds like the sound of the body of water was Massachusetts Bay (all of the esses sounding like the falling of waves on a shoreline). When time was up, knowing I was wrong and scrolling for the answer, I thought “well, it didn’t have to be a sea disaster, even though it was a sailor who was the source of the quote…” but the year never clicked with Krakatoa for me, regardless.
The category “Places of Disaster” and “an old sailor” made me think of either the Bermuda Triangle or Krakatoa. Since I didn’t know of any sound that’s associated with the Bermuda Triangle, I went with Krakatoa by process of elimination.
Today’s clue, then your mention of the Bermuda Triangle both made me think of the volcano La Soufrière located on the Caribbean island of St Vincent because the last time it erupted a search engine told me Soufrière was just the French word for volcano. However, I now find that to not be quite true. “Soufrière” in French translates to
“sulfur mine” in English, but they do use it as a generic term for a volcano and apparently several volcanoes have that as part of their name in addition to it being the whole name of St. Vincent’s. Maybe to be taken with a grain of salt as one search engine main result also says that La Soufrière last erupted in 1979 when I know it erupted in April 2021.
I got it (I remember hearing that story before), but my preferred spelling is Krakatau.
Seems like sound logic
A volcanic eruption
Or was it a mouse?
Nice callback! 🙂
I immediately thought of that volcano eruption, but the “sound” that first came to mind was ‘krakow’! Luckily I KNEW that was a city in Poland, so was able to put that thought aside and quickly remember ‘Krakatoa’.
way to go! 🙂 I was at a loss!
Yeah, I thought of nothing for FJ.
Way to go Drew on a most dominant win! Retro congrats!
I sure hope that Drew and Neilesh didn’t get unfortunate and drew each other in the Semifinals.
It starts getting really real tomorrow, as we start awarding seats into the Finals that start on Thursday! Should be good!
Okay, the matchups for the 2 Semifinal games are up:
Match 1
Adriana Harmeyer v. Ryan Manton v. Will Wallace
I’ll say Ryan will win
Match 2
Isaac Hirsch v. Mark Fitzpatrick v. Amy Hummel
I’ll say Isaac will win
Match 3
Drew Basile v. Drew Goins v. Neilesh Vinjamuri
I’ll say Neilesh will win
Well dang! Drew Goins and Neilesh Vinjamuri did draw each other. Clearly the most dominant players in the Quarterfinals.
I see Match 1 as being pretty tight. I see Match 2 coming down to a strong fight between Isaac and Mark, but I hope Amy does well! And I see Match 3 as a very tough fight between Drew Goins and Neilesh, not that 7 game winner Drew Basile will just fold.
Let’s do this!
3 Semifinal Games!