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Today’s contestants:
Nina Grant, a disability advocate from Norwich
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Seán Lea, a digital learning consultant from South East London
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Ben Jones, a hotel receptionist from Caerphilly (2-day total: £11,700)
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Andy’s Pre-Game Thoughts:
Our final game of this week sees 2-day champion Ben Jones take on Seán Lea of South East London and Nina Grant of Norwich.
Additionally, the TV schedules are now far enough out such that we know when the final seven episodes will be airing: we will be seeing games on Monday through Thursday of next week, no episode on either Good Friday or Easter Monday, and then the final three episodes of this series will air April 22–24.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! UK today? Here’s the Friday, April 11, 2025 Jeopardy! UK by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round #1:
(Categories: Written On A Napkin; Ten; Singers On Film; Fish, Bird Or Mammal?; Renamed Cities; Classic British Sitcoms; “Vel”come)
Ben found the Daily Double early and picked up £200 from it. Nina had an excellent round as a challenger and was in a close second after 35 clues.
Statistics after Jeopardy Round #1:
Ben 13 correct 3 incorrect
Nina 9 correct 0 incorrect
Seán 8 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after Jeopardy! Round #1:
Ben £875
Nina £775
Seán £400
Today’s interviews:
Nina is still new to Norwich, and advises companies on how to make their businesses more accessible.
Seán has a degree in paleolithic archaeology and watches a movie a day.
Ben works the night shift at his hotel.
Jeopardy! Round #2:
(Categories: Overcomplicated Pub Snacks; Regional Nicknames; Managerial Merry-Go-Round; Scottish-Born Politicians; Define This; Eurovision Winners; Dear Diary)
Ben ran the Eurovision category near the start of the round to jump into a big lead; Nina found the Daily Double, though, and gained £275 from it. Ben picked up 18 correct in the round to have a good-sized lead after 70.
Statistics after Jeopardy Round #2:
Ben 31 correct 4 incorrect
Nina 15 correct 1 incorrect
Seán 16 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after Jeopardy! Round #2:
Ben £2,000
Nina £1,325
Seán £825
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Europe Has Royals Too; All That Jazz; Name The Playwright; The “K” Is Silent; Chemical Element Descriptions; Fruit Salad)
Seán found the Daily Double very early in the found and got £400 from it. Seán got close to the lead, but Ben went on a run, punctuated with finding the last Daily Double, picking up £750 from it. With 15 clues left, the scores were Ben £4,050 Seán £1,925 Nina £1,375. After the break, Seán did enough to make sure that Ben didn’t have a runaway going into Final.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Ben 47 correct 6 incorrect
Seán 27 correct 2 incorrect
Nina 19 correct 1 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Ben £4,600
Seán £2,625
Nina £1,725
Final Jeopardy correct response: What is BBC Sports Personality of the Year?
This was a Triple Stumper; Ben would have been correct, but Stephen mentioned that Ben crossed out the correct response! No matter, then, as Ben’s strong lead going into Final meant he’s now a 3-day champion! He’ll go for #4 on Monday.
Tonight’s results:
Nina £1,725 – £1,725 = £0 (What is World press photog)
Seán £2,625 – £2,625 = £0 (What is a BAFTA?)
Ben £4,600 – £750 = £3,850 (What is —) (3-day total: £15,550)
Daily Double locations:
1) WRITTEN ON A NAPKIN £125 (clue #7)
Ben 250 +200 (Seán 275 Nina 0)
2) DEAR DIARY £100 (clue #11)
Nina 875 +275 (Ben 1500 Seán 575)
3) ARCHITECTURAL MARVELS £200 (clue #3)
Seán 825 +400 (Ben 1800 Nina 1325)
4) ALL THAT JAZZ £150 (clue #15, £2800 left on board)
Ben 2750 +750 (Seán 1725 Nina 1325)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 187
Game Stats:
Ben £3,925 Coryat, 47 correct, 6 incorrect, 50.50% in first on buzzer (51/101), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Nina £1,550 Coryat, 19 correct, 1 incorrect, 15.84% in first on buzzer (16/101), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Seán £2,425 Coryat, 27 correct, 2 incorrect, 26.73% in first on buzzer (27/101), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: £7,900
Lach Trash: £1,675 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): £925
Lead Changes: 5
Times Tied: 0
Ben Jones, career statistics:
124 correct, 18 incorrect
5/6 on rebound attempts (on 13 rebound opportunities)
41.58% in first on buzzer (126/303)
6/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: £3,450)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: £3,433
Seán Lea, career statistics:
27 correct, 3 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
26.73% in first on buzzer (27/101)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: £400)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: £2,425
Nina Grant, career statistics:
19 correct, 2 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
15.84% in first on buzzer (16/101)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: £275)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: £1,550
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Christopher Chataway broke the 5,000 meter world record in 1954, earning the first BBC Sports Personality of the Year award after a public vote.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Ben £4,600 Seán £2,625 Nina £1,725)
Ben: Standard cover bet is £651. (Actual bet: £750)
Seán: You have to be correct to win; bet at least £1,325. (Actual bet: £2,625)
Nina: You can’t win unless Ben overbets. Play for second and bet no more than £425. (Actual bet: £1,725)
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I also guessed BAFTA since I had no idea when BAFTA began or what its trophy looks like. However, if I was a UK resident, I would expect to know what a BAFTA trophy looks like since I know what Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Golden Globe trophies look like. Admittedly I do not know what a Tony award looks like. However, I’d imagine that one would be more apt to know what televised awards given to many people per year looks like but presumably there would only be one annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year and it perhaps not televised (at least not in a major, highly hyped way).
It’s actually quite a big event here, and perhaps surprisingly it probably achieves a higher degree of interest than the BAFTAs (I think that even here the Oscars attract much more attention than the BAFTAs).
I think the Sports Personality award was originally given at the end of a programme reviewing the year in sport, and over the years that’s grown into a two hour prime time show in the week before Christmas with other awards (a smaller replica of the main trophy) presented for team of the year, overseas personality, young personality, courage in adversity, unpaid work to support others and others. I think the trophy is designed after a camera to reflect the idea that it’s the BBC award celebrating televised sport. Now that a large amount of sport is only available on subscription TV in Britain, it’s perhaps one of the more popular sport-related events of the year. If you’re interested in what the ceremony and trophy look like, there are some videos online of Keeley Hodgkinson (800m Olympic champion) winning last year, and a lovely clip of Muhammad Ali attending the 1999 ceremony to receive a special gold version of the trophy after British viewers overwhelmingly voted him our sports personality of the 20th century.
I think this is only the second time all series (after the Hungarian fences clue in the first week) that I’ve actually known the correct response in FJ without having to guess to some extent!
Incidentally, Chris Chataway went onto become the first newsreader on ITV – only eight months after winning the BBC award, and while still a top-level athlete. Later on he was a government minister.
Interesting! Thanks! Actually, I had figured out that the trophy was probably designed after a camera to reflect the idea that it’s a BBC award celebrating ANY AND ALL televised sports.
BTW, hurrah for your populace’s choice of Muhammad Ali, which was my opinion, too, though my non-sports person of the 20th century was Jimmy Carter. [Just a coincidence that one was born one state up from me and the other one state down.]
Yes, hurrah for Muhammad Ali! It was a very popular choice – more than 50% of the vote in an open vote.
I am a huge admirer of Jimmy Carter too.
Thanks for this! I realised Ben would likely know the answer or wager low, so I had no choice but to go all in and hope for the best. Never mind! Couldn’t have lost to a nicer bloke, and the J! team were wonderful (they even had a little ramp built up to the podium for me!).
Well done, Nina! So glad it was such a good experience.