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Today’s contestants:
Andrew Fisher, a Ph.D. student from Sheffield
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Wendy Hurp, a retired science publisher from Oxfordshire
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Ben Jones, a hotel receptionist from Caerphilly (3-day total: £15,550)
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Andy’s Pre-Game Thoughts:
Ben Jones enters a new week of UK Jeopardy! as a 3-day champion, winnings £15,550, becoming the sixth player in the UK revival to win at least three. (Dan Afshar, Michael Hutchinson, Keshava Guha, Abby Hallett, and Emma Laslett are the other five. Imagine not remembering players from Series 1—I scoff at the thought that people would forget about players.) Today, he hopes to win a fourth game against Oxfordshire’s Wendy Hurp and Sheffield’s Andrew Fisher. For those who are deep in the weeds of multiple mind sports—this is the Andrew Fisher who is really strong at quizzing, not the Andrew Fisher who is really strong at Scrabble. That being said, I am hoping to see a hotly-contested episode today filled with strong players.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! UK today? Here’s the Monday, April 14, 2025 Jeopardy! UK by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round #1:
(Categories: The High Street; Bond Villains & Femme Fatales; Palace Of Westminster; “En” We Go!; Places Beginning With “T”; Words In Shakespeare Titles; Who Sang It? 80s Power Ballads)
Ben opened the game bu running the power ballad category. In fact, it took 12 clues for anyone other than Ben to get in! That being said, Andrew found the Daily Double—and doubled his £200 through it. Ben had a strong lead after 35 clues.
Statistics after Jeopardy Round #1:
Ben 19 correct 0 incorrect
Andrew 6 correct 0 incorrect
Wendy 7 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after Jeopardy! Round #1:
Ben £1,450
Andrew £550
Wendy £350
Today’s interviews:
Andrew is a PhD student in pure mathematics (algebraic topology)
Wendy grew up in Ohio, but moved to the UK in 1981.
Ben is a big fan of poker.
Jeopardy! Round #2:
(Categories: Fancy Music Terms; Third Things; Fictional TV Businesses; Did They Really Just Say That?; “In” Jeopardy; At The Greek Restaurant; A Night At The Theatre)
It took most of the round, but Ben eventually got to the Daily Double, picking up £625 from it to extend his lead.
Statistics after Jeopardy Round #2:
Ben 35 correct 0 incorrect
Andrew 15 correct 1 incorrect
Wendy 14 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after Jeopardy! Round #2:
Ben £3,025
Andrew £1,150
Wendy £850
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Fancy Architectural Terms; A-B-C Words; High Achieving Families; Supergroups; Significant Years In History; Domains.Jep)
Andrew found DD3 early in the round and knew he had to go for it. Unfortunately, he did not know the correct response and fell to £0. A few clues later, Andrew lost the maximum again on DD4. With 16 clues to play, Ben has £4,725 to Wendy’s £1,300 and Andrew’s -£50. After the break, Andrew made sure he was around to play Final as Ben cemented a runaway.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Ben 53 correct 1 incorrect
Wendy 21 correct 4 incorrect
Andrew 22 correct 3 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Ben £5,775
Wendy £1,400
Andrew £500
Final Jeopardy correct response: What is Mary Westmacott?
Ben was the only player correct in Final, and is now a 4-day champion! He’ll go for #5 tomorrow.
Tonight’s results:
Andrew £500 – £498 = £2 (What is Atkins)
Wendy £1,400 – £150 = £1,250 (Who is Miss Marple)
Ben £5,775 + £2,775 = £8,550 (Who is Mary Westmacott?) (4-day total: £24,100)
Daily Double locations:
1) PALACE OF WESTMINSTER £100 (clue #16)
Andrew 200 +200 (Ben 900 Wendy 125)
2) THIRD THINGS £100 (clue #23)
Ben 2225 +625 (Wendy 750 Andrew 1050)
3) BRITISH RIVERS £250 (clue #3)
Andrew 1300 -1300 (Ben 3225 Wendy 850)
4) HIGH ACHIEVING FAMILIES £250 (clue #12, £3000 left on board)
Andrew 100 -250 (Ben 4225 Wendy 1150)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -72
Game Stats:
Ben £5,250 Coryat, 53 correct, 1 incorrect, 50.50% in first on buzzer (51/101), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Wendy £1,400 Coryat, 21 correct, 4 incorrect, 24.75% in first on buzzer (25/101), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Andrew £1,950 Coryat, 22 correct, 3 incorrect, 20.79% in first on buzzer (21/101), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: £8,600
Lach Trash: £750 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): £1,150
Lead Changes: 0
Times Tied: 0
Ben Jones, career statistics:
178 correct, 19 incorrect
7/8 on rebound attempts (on 18 rebound opportunities)
43.81% in first on buzzer (177/404)
7/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: £4,075)
3/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: £3,888
Wendy Hurp, career statistics:
21 correct, 5 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
24.75% in first on buzzer (25/101)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: £1,400
Andrew Fisher, career statistics:
22 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
20.79% in first on buzzer (21/101)
1/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -£1,350)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: £1,950
Andy’s Thoughts:
- No wagering strategies are posted because of today’s runaway game.
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The last few weeks have been NUTS for the UK version! First, Abby Hallett wins four games despite going 0-for-4 in Final Jeopardy in those games; then, Dan Afshar’s choice to go all-in despite being just a few hundred pounds behind Abby going into Final Jeopardy of her fifth game eventually leads to his becoming the first player in the history of Jeopardy UK to win more than 5 games; and now, Ben shows up, becomes the Nancy Zerg to Dan’s Ken Jennings, wins a pretty solid sum while doing so, and is now putting together a remarkable run of his own. Michael Hutchinson and Keshava Guha (both from Series 1) are the only two of the top 5 longest streakers to have not debuted in the last four weeks; Abby, Dan, and Ben have joined them in immediate succession. I’m very sad I can’t watch the show here; I’m missing out on some great television!
And speaking of Michael Hutchinson, with how well Ben has played over the last four days, the odds of Michael’s winnings record (£30,551) falling tomorrow are actually pretty decent… I can’t wait to see what happens then!
Now that I think about it, calling Ben the Emma Boettcher to Dan’s James Holzhauer might be slightly more accurate…
I’m sorry you aren’t able to see it too, MasterDoge. For me, who admittedly hasn’t seen much Jeopardy in over 30 years, it has been a great joy. It feels as though in the last week or so it has settled into a nice groove with a fairly relaxed feel and everyone seeming to enjoy the experience despite coming up against such great champions.
I know I say this a lot here but I really am impressed by the calibre of contestant that has been on the programme over the two series so far. Their range of knowledge has been so impressive. All three contestants today seemed to be excellent again, but Ben was outstanding on the buzzer. Kudos to Andrew too for his wagering, I’m sure he did the right thing.
I think Jeopardy! is proving attractive to the country’s top quizzers. Although we are well served by difficult TV quizzes here, most of the others offer little or no prize. It’s really nice to see our champions get rewarded for their knowledge (great total today by the way, Ben!)
I had no idea about today’s FJ!
I only knew that Agatha Christie did publish non-detective novels under a pseudonym, but not what the name was.