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Here’s the Pop Culture Jeopardy Final Jeopardy (in the category Band Names) for Wednesday, February 26, 2025 (Season 1, Game 37):
July 14 is the birthday of the founder of this British band that had a hit in 2013 about an Italian city
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Pop Culture Jeopardy! contestants:
South Shore Squad, Daniel, Amy, and Jack
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Mission Impopsicle, Stan, Abigail, and Simon
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Personality Hires, Emily, Zach, and Miranda
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
It’s Semifinal Week on Pop Culture Jeopardy!; today’s opening semifinal is between Personality Hires, Mission Impopsicle, and South Shore Squad.
I do feel the need to reiterate that the way the show was set up for taping, the field of 81 was split into three groups of 27. This means that unless the show was going to last-minute pay for 9 teams to return to Los Angeles instead of 3, that we may have two very strong teams in the same semifinal. I do believe that’s what has happened here, and I think the inevitable fan complaints about this are making unrealistic demands of a television production and are, in my opinion, completely invalid. In fact, when this match was taped, the show would have had no idea what would happen in the other two brackets.
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Correct response: What is Bastille?
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Dan Smith, the founder of British indie pop band Bastille, was born on July 14—Bastille Day, hence the name Bastille. Their biggest hit was the 2013 track “Pompeii”.
For the second week in a row, we see a Final Jeopardy clue that was just about identical to a question that I asked many years ago in pub quiz. This time around, though, there’s no way that any of the players from The Bullpen (or even The Team From Toronto) could have been destined to play this one.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Here’s the recap for Season 1, Episode 37:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: It’s Not Star Wars…; Same Song, Different Artists; Former Child Stars; Apocalypse How; Bodies Of Water; It Happened In 2024)
Mission Impopsicle doubled up through the Daily Double to lead after 15 clues. At the break, the scores were Mission Impopsicle 6,600 Personality Hires 3,400 South Shore Squad 3,000.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Mission Impopsicle 7 correct 1 incorrect
Personality Hires 4 correct 0 incorrect
South Shore Squad 5 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
South Shore Squad thinks Amy is a natural competitior, and Daniel is relentlessly positive.
Mission Impopsicle has Abigail, who lost to Matt Amodio, on their team.
Personality Hires thinks personality is why they’re doing so well.
Mission Impopsicle picked up another six correct to continue to lead after 30.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Mission Impopsicle 13 correct 1 incorrect
South Shore Squad 9 correct 0 incorrect
Personality Hires 7 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Mission Impopsicle 8,800
South Shore Squad 5,000
Personality Hires 3,400
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: TV Dad Lore; Age Of Aquarius; Smart Cars; A Past In Pageants; Tattoo You; Radical Optimism)
An exceptionally played Double Jeopardy round, where the only response not given was the third part of the Triple Play, saw Personality Hires find both Daily Doubles and use them to lead going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Personality Hires 24 correct 3 incorrect
Mission Impopsicle 21 correct 1 incorrect
South Shore Squad 15 correct 0 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Personality Hires 24,700
Mission Impopsicle 21,200
South Shore Squad 11,400
All three teams were correct in Final Jeopardy as the Personality Hires advance to the final of Pop Culture Jeopardy.
Tonight’s results:
South Shore Squad 11,400 + 11,400 = 22,800 (What is Bastille?)
Mission Impopsicle 21,200 + 5,000 = 26,200 (What is Bastille?)
Personality Hires 24,700 + 17,701 = 42,401 (What is Bastille??) (Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) IT’S NOT STAR WARS… 600 (clue #12)
Mission Impopsicle 2400 +2400 (Personality Hires 2400 South Shore Squad 3000)
2) RADICAL OPTIMISM 1200 (clue #1)
Personality Hires 3400 +3400 (Mission Impopsicle 8800 South Shore Squad 5000)
3) TATTOO YOU 1600 (clue #13, 17200 left on board)
Personality Hires 13600 +3500 (Mission Impopsicle 16000 South Shore Squad 7000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 226
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Personality Hires 3 4 3 3
Mission Impopsicle 5 4 3*
South Shore Squad 4 1 2 5 5
DJ! Round:
Personality Hires 3* 4 2 3 3 4*
Mission Impopsicle 4 5 3 2 5
South Shore Squad 5† 4†
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Personality Hires 3.20
Mission Impopsicle 3.88
South Shore Squad 3.71
Game Stats:
Personality Hires 20,600 Coryat, 24 correct, 3 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Mission Impopsicle 19,400 Coryat, 21 correct, 1 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
South Shore Squad 11,400 Coryat, 15 correct, 0 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: 51,400
Lach Trash: 1,400 (on 2 Triple Stumpers)
Lead Changes: 10
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Personality Hires, career statistics:
88 correct, 10 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
47.95% in first on buzzer (82/171)
5/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 14,700)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 23,067
Mission Impopsicle, career statistics:
87 correct, 2 incorrect
6/6 on rebound attempts (on 12 rebound opportunities)
38.60% in first on buzzer (66/171)
7/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 31,400)
3/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 27,133
South Shore Squad, career statistics:
61 correct, 4 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 13 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (54/171)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 4,000)
3/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 14,333
Andy’s Thoughts:
- The non-winning semifinalist teams receive $25,000 apiece.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Personality Hires 24,700 Mission Impopsicle 21,200 South Shore Squad 11,400)
Personality Hires: Standard cover bet over Mission Impopsicle is 17,701. (Actual bet: 17,701)
Mission Impopsicle: Standard cover bet over South Shore Squad is 1,601. You could safely bet up to 5,399 here, but I’m always a fan of “don’t bet any more than you have to”, just in case the South Shore Squad bet based on vibes. (Actual bet: 5,000)
South Shore Squad: If Personality Hires are incorrect in Final Jeopardy, they fall to 6,999. Your choice in bets here depends on what you think Mission Impopsicle will do, as you can’t defend against both a small bet from them and stay in front of a Personality Hires cover bet. If you think Impopsicle will bet 5,400 or less, bet at least 8,200. If you think Impopsicle will make a big bet, go small yourself and bet no more than 4,400. (Actual bet: 11,400)
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I think we had THREE very strong teams in this semi-final, but will admit I’m not impartial.
Regarding what Amy said: I think so as well.