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Today’s Celebrity Jeopardy! contestants:
W. Kamau Bell, a comedian, author & filmmaker originally from Chicago, Illinois, playing for DonorsChoose
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Jackie Tohn, an actor originally from Oceanside, New York, playing for PATH
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Margaret Cho, a comedian & actor originally from San Francisco, California, playing for Friendly House
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Andy’s Pre-Game Thoughts:
Celebrity Jeopardy returns tonight at 9:00 (8:00 Central) on ABC and CTV2 with our first semifinal, between Margaret Cho, Jackie Tohn, and W. Kamau Bell. I think most prognosticators would put Margaret as a commanding favorite to win tonight’s game after an incredible performance in the quarterfinals—one that had the audience’s hearts in their collective mouths with some gutsy Daily Double bets. But these games are played for a reason, and there’s a lot of variance in this game—there are six Daily Doubles on that board, and anything can happen on them! Victory is not a guarantee for anybody in this game. I can’t wait to see what happens in this one.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Celebrity Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, April 2, 2025 Celebrity Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: “C” Creatures; Words Of Wedlock; 80s Movie Montages; Awkward Confessions Of U.S. States; Food & More Food; In Digestion)
Kamau had the run of the buzzer early, running the food category and jumping out to an early lead. After 15 clues, the scores were Kamau $3,000 Margaret $700 Jackie $100.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Kamau 10 correct 0 incorrect
Margaret 3 correct 1 incorrect
Jackie 1 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Kamau has a beef with macadamia nuts.
Jackie confirmed she is smarter than Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Margaret was very nervous about her Daily Double wagers.
Margaret went for a True Daily Double—but fell back to $0. Kamau led after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Kamau 15 correct 1 incorrect
Margaret 7 correct 3 incorrect
Jackie 3 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Kamau $4,300
Margaret $400
Jackie $300
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Russian Literature; & The World Capital Is…; Planetary Real Estate Listings; Fight Songs; I’d Like To Buy All 5 Vowels; Human Body Humblebrags)
DD2 also went as an incorrect True Daily Double as Jackie fell to $0 this time. DD3 went Kamau’s way as he picked up $1,500. After 45 clues, the scores were Kamau $8,400 Margaret $2,600 Jackie $400.
Statistics at the third break (45 clues):
Kamau 21 correct 1 incorrect
Margaret 10 correct 3 incorrect
Jackie 6 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s second interviews:
Kamau has Ike Barinholtz as a Celebrity Jeopardy role model.
Jackie did better than her TV husband Timothy Simons.
Margaret sees this as a dream come true.
Margaret had the best segment in the second half of Double Jeopardy, cutting into Kamau’s lead.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Kamau 23 correct 2 incorrect
Margaret 17 correct 6 incorrect
Jackie 6 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Double Jeopardy! Round:
Kamau $9,000
Margaret $4,200
Jackie $400
Triple Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: On The Money; The Old Shoeshine By The Gumline; Rhymes With Gooooooal!; Oscar’s Best Picture Haiku; Bookstore Destinations; Historical Figure Roll Call (Shabooyah, Ya, Ya))
This became a game when Margaret doubled up through DD4. Kamau picked up DD5 for $5,000, and Margaret went for it on DD6—but another incorrect response gave Kamau a runaway.
Statistics after Triple Jeopardy:
Kamau 37 correct 2 incorrect
Jackie 8 correct 1 incorrect
Margaret 27 correct 9 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Kamau $25,700
Jackie $1,300
Margaret $600
Final Jeopardy correct response: What is the Rubicon?
Nobody got this Final Jeopardy correct as W. Kamau Bell is now a finalist!
Tonight’s results:
Margaret $600 – $600 = $0 (What is a gondola?)
Jackie $1,300 – $1,299 = $1 (What is Hi Glen!)
Kamau $25,700 – $1 = $25,699 (What is the Dead Sea?) (Finalist)
Daily Double locations:
1) WORDS OF WEDLOCK $400 (clue #19)
Margaret 900 -900 (Jackie 200 Kamau 3000)
2) HUMAN BODY HUMBLEBRAGS $600 (clue #2)
Jackie 700 -700 (Margaret 400 Kamau 4300)
3) FIGHT SONGS $800 (clue #6)
Kamau 5500 +1500 (Margaret 400 Jackie 0)
4) OSCAR’S BEST PICTURE HAIKU $900 (clue #9)
Margaret 6000 +6000 (Jackie 700 Kamau 12300)
5) THE OLD SHOESHINE BY THE GUMLINE $1200 (clue #20)
Kamau 17700 +5000 (Margaret 12900 Jackie 1300)
6) BOOKSTORE DESTINATIONS $1500 (clue #25, $4500 left on board)
Margaret 16500 -16500 (Jackie 1300 Kamau 22700)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -114
Game Stats:
Kamau $21,200 Coryat, 37 correct, 2 incorrect, 40.48% in first on buzzer (34/84), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Jackie $2,000 Coryat, 8 correct, 1 incorrect, 8.33% in first on buzzer (7/84), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Margaret $12,900 Coryat, 27 correct, 9 incorrect, 38.10% in first on buzzer (32/84), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $36,100
Lach Trash: $9,800 (on 15 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,100
Lead Changes: 3
Times Tied: 1
Margaret Cho, career statistics:
69 correct, 16 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
43.45% in first on buzzer (73/168)
4/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $17,100)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,400
Jackie Tohn, career statistics:
23 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
11.90% in first on buzzer (20/168)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$200)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,950
Kamau Bell, career statistics:
71 correct, 11 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
42.86% in first on buzzer (72/168)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,705)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,750
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Props to Margaret for going for it, even though it didn’t work out for her.
- Due to today’s game being a runaway, no wagering suggestions are posted.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
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“Props to Margaret for going for it, even though it didn’t work out for her.”
I thought the same thing at the time, and while I don’t expect Margaret to have done any of this math on stage, it seems the move was justified, based on your numbers here.
If she wanted to guarantee the lead going into Final, she needed to get above 27200 (22700 + 4500). That would need a wager of more than 10700. Missing with such a wager would have dropped her below 5800, leaving her with a potential maximum of just under 10300, not enough to break Kamau’s lock had he put the buzzer down.
Those Coryats really tell the story though. On one hand, Margaret was done in as much by her misses after ringing in as by the Daily Doubles. On the other, Kamau outbuzzed her and significantly out-Coryatted her. He’ll formidably oppose whoever comes out of the other two semifinals.
Kamau played a strong game but Margaret was one correct response away from having the lead based on big DD wagers. Was a fun game to watch last night. Loved Margaret’s response in Final Jeopardy. Players interacting with each other and making jokes creates a very different atmosphere which I think is enjoyable.
I was disappointed in Margaret Cho for not figuring out DD6 because “gondola” was so obvious! I’m guessing that as it did not come to her immediately, the clue was so wordy that it intimidated her into not being methodical in coming up with a possible response when actually without thinking about saving books in a flood, only “Venice” and the one word I cannot recall [and cannot find a J Archive to look in, but am certain it was in that clue], but was something like symbolic or emblematic (or maybe even ubiquitous) just screamed “gondola”.
It was clearly a “thing” vs a person or place. Regardless of the word I can’t remember [or POSSIBLY just imagined], to come up with a stab at any response rather than no response, think “what THINGS can I associate with Venice?”…canals, gondolas, bridges…then “which of these MIGHT could be used to save books in a flood?” Aha, “gondolas” won’t be an absurd response even if I am not correct.
I believe this was an exemplary clue. If anyone is gathering example clues to teach potential contestants HOW to play rather than to JUST depend on learning a bunch of facts, this one belongs in that repository.
I’ve always liked Margaret Cho [‘All-American Girl’ deserved at least one more season!] and I also loved Margaret’s FJ! response in this game.