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Today’s Celebrity Jeopardy! contestants:
Sherry Cola, an actor & writer originally from Shanghai, China, playing for Teach AAPI
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D’Arcy Carden, an actor from Danville, California, playing for Americares
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Sean Gunn, an actor originally from Manchester, Missouri, playing for Women for Women International
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Andy’s Pre-Game Thoughts:
Today’s Celebrity Jeopardy! quarterfinal is being contested between Sean Gunn (Kirk on Gilmore Girls and Kraglin Obfonteri in the Marvel Cinematic Universe), D’Arcy Carden (Janet on The Good Place), and comedian Sherry Cola.
None of our players in this game have past experience on the show, but I am reasonably sure that one of D’Arcy’s interview segments is going to be about the clue about her that Amy Schneider got correct back in 2021.
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Final Jeopardy category: Colors
Final Jeopardy clue: Once very expensive to obtain–its dye came from a small Mediterranean sea snail–this color rarely appears on national flags
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Celebrity Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, March 5, 2025 Celebrity Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The Year 19-Something-7; “Black” & “White” Movies; Phobias; 10-Letter Words; Flower Girls; Dude, What’s Your Sign?)
Sean went 4/5 in the years category; after 15 clues, the scores were Sean$1,900 D’Arcy $700 Sherry $500.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Sean 6 correct 0 incorrect
D’Arcy 5 correct 1 incorrect
Sherry 3 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Sherry has been answering everything in question form to practice.
D’Arcy has an uncle who had a puppet interview on the show that went viral.
Sean only found one game of the show online.
Sherry got the Daily Double incorrect, but bet small on it. Everyone was within $300 after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Sean 8 correct 1 incorrect
Sherry 8 correct 3 incorrect
D’Arcy 10 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Sean $1,900
Sherry $1,600
D’Arcy $1,600
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Website Wit; Civil Rights Songs; Sports Good, Math Bad; Health Care Providers; Cities Ending In “City”; Costume Change)
Sean was on a roll and then missed DD2, garnering no sympathy from his opponents. After 45 clues, the scores were Sean $5,600 Sherry $1,600 D’Arcy $1,200.
Statistics at the third break (45 clues):
Sean 16 correct 4 incorrect
Sherry 9 correct 4 incorrect
D’Arcy 12 correct 3 incorrect
Today’s second interviews:
Sherry was a big Alex Trebek fan back in the day.
D’Arcy is playing today for her recently-deceased grandmother.
Sean was most worried about potentially going viral.
Sean continued his strong play, picking up DD3 along the way to take a big lead into Triple Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Sean 24 correct 5 incorrect
Sherry 11 correct 4 incorrect
D’Arcy 13 correct 5 incorrect
Scores after the Double Jeopardy! Round:
Sean $10,800
Sherry $2,800
D’Arcy $0
Triple Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Jeopardy! Is Everywhere; Gulfs; Film Warnings; What The He’Ll, Autocorrect!; “Great” Pyramids; Snack Attack)
Sherry had a chance to pull close on DD5, but bet small as Sean cruised to a runaway. Darcy went all in on a final clue DD6 and had to be spotted $500 going into Final.
Statistics after Triple Jeopardy:
Sean 39 correct 6 incorrect
Sherry 17 correct 5 incorrect
D’Arcy 16 correct 7 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Sean $22,100
Sherry $7,300
D’Arcy $500 (given)
Final Jeopardy correct response: What is purple?
Nobody got this Final Jeopardy correct but Sean Gunn advances on the strength of his runaway.
Tonight’s results:
D’Arcy $500 – $500 = $0 (What is yellow?)
Sherry $7,300 – $5,000 = $2,300 (What is charcoal?)
Sean $22,100 – $2,900 = $19,200 (What is green) (Semi-Finalist)
Daily Double locations:
1) 10-LETTER WORDS $300 (clue #16)
Sherry 500 -200 (Sean 1900 D’Arcy 700)
2) CITIES ENDING IN “CITY” $800 (clue #13)
Sean 6300 -1500 (D’Arcy 2200 Sherry 1600)
3) WEBSITE WIT $1000 (clue #30)
Sean 9400 +1400 (D’Arcy 0 Sherry 2800)
4) SNACK ATTACK $900 (clue #8)
Sean 12600 +2000 (D’Arcy 1800 Sherry 2800)
5) JEOPARDY! IS EVERYWHERE $1200 (clue #14)
Sherry 5500 +1500 (Sean 14900 D’Arcy 1800)
6) GULFS $1500 (clue #30, $0 left on board)
D’Arcy 2100 -2100 (Sean 22100 Sherry 7300)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -106
Game Stats:
Sean $22,100 Coryat, 39 correct, 6 incorrect, 44.05% in first on buzzer (37/84), 5/5 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Sherry $7,200 Coryat, 17 correct, 5 incorrect, 20.24% in first on buzzer (17/84), 1/3 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
D’Arcy $2,100 Coryat, 16 correct, 7 incorrect, 26.19% in first on buzzer (22/84), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $31,400
Lach Trash: $10,800 (on 15 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,800
Lead Changes: 4
Times Tied: 3
Sean Gunn, career statistics:
39 correct, 7 incorrect
5/5 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
44.05% in first on buzzer (37/84)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,900)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $22,100
D’Arcy Carden, career statistics:
16 correct, 8 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
26.19% in first on buzzer (22/84)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,100)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $2,100
Sherry Cola, career statistics:
17 correct, 6 incorrect
1/3 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
20.24% in first on buzzer (17/84)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,300)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,200
Andy’s Thoughts:
- The fact that r/Jeopardy took until the episode’s completion in order to put up a game thread for this episode is incredibly negligent behavior of the moderators, in my opinion. It leaves me to wonder if they are actually Jeopardy! fans at this point—and their actions lead me to believe that they aren’t.
- Thanks to Stefan Goodreau for this find: D’Arcy’s uncle who was on the show was 2009 contestant Steve Engelfried.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
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D’Arcy mentioning the personalized Jeopardy! game that was made for her grandmother, with life accomplishments and facts, sounds like a great idea that I will be stealing.
I like Sean Gunn, but he just seemed lucky in this episode [due to the categories and the “draw” of fellow contestants].
I guess I’ll also say that I was certain that the FJ! clue was referring to purple. I did not recall the snail fact, but I actually did remember that I HAD heard before what purple was made from. Also, I knew that royal robes were purple because the color was so rare and expensive and that that dated back to ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome (long before French and English royalty), so them being in the Mediterranean area made me more certain it was purple.