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Today’s contestants:
Mike Parkinson, a nonexecutive director from Surrey
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Gill Woon, a retired learning coach from North London
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Dan Afshar, an events manager from Kingston upon Thames (6-day total: £20,400)
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Andy’s Pre-Game Thoughts:
How long will Dan Afshar’s run last? That is the biggest question on many minds right now; he picked up victory #6 yesterday. Today, he goes for win #7 against Surrey’s Mike Parkinson and North London’s Gill Woon.
As of right now, Dan is at 268 correct responses over his first six games; if he does get to 300, he will earn a place in this site’s “300 Club”. I would say that the chances are reasonable that he might do so today, regardless of whether he wins or loses.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! UK today? Here’s the Tuesday, April 8, 2025 Jeopardy! UK by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round #1:
(Categories: Telly People; Capital People; Bible People; Political People; Name The Month; Anagrams Within Clues; Commonly Misheard Lyrics)
Dan started with an incorrect response, but then proceeded to run the months category. Gill found the Daily Double, but made a “fearful wager” of just £100. Dan led after 35 clues.
Statistics after Jeopardy Round #1:
Dan 17 correct 2 incorrect
Gill 8 correct 1 incorrect
Mike 6 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after Jeopardy! Round #1:
Dan £925
Gill £525
Mike £475
Today’s interviews:
Mike is now retired; he celebrates “cocktail evening” on Friday.
Gill went to university with Sandi Toksvig.
Dan would like to do more parapenting.
Jeopardy! Round #2:
(Categories: UNESCO Heritage Sites; Funny Celeb Tweets; C-ompanies; Name The Year In British History; Missing Consonants; “Hard” Clues; Bristol, Booker, Or Body?)
The Daily Double came out immediately; Mike could have bet for the lead but picked up just £225. Dan extended his lead, getting himself past 300 correct responses on the process.
Statistics after Jeopardy Round #2:
Dan 34 correct 5 incorrect
Mike 10 correct 0 incorrect
Gill 18 correct 5 incorrect
Scores after Jeopardy! Round #2:
Dan £2,000
Mike £850
Gill £675
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Bureau De Change; A&E; Classic Book Titles Translated; Who Said It?; German Cities; Meryl Streep Films)
Gill made things quite interesting early in the round, pulling close to Dan’s lead. Dan pulled back into a good-sized lead before the commercial. Both Daily Doubles are still out with 16 clues to play; at the commercial, the scores were Dan £3,150 Gill £1,525 Mike £1,100. Coming out of the break, Dan found DD3 but lost just £250 on it. When he found DD4, he bet just £100, preferring to take his chances on his buzzer skill. It was a good choice, as he did cement a runaway.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Dan 53 correct 9 incorrect
Gill 26 correct 6 incorrect
Mike 12 correct 0 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Dan £3,600
Gill £1,675
Mike £1,150
Final Jeopardy correct response: What is “The Thinker”?
Everyone got this Final correct as Dan picks up win #7. He’ll go for #8 tomorrow!
Tonight’s results:
Mike £1,150 + £1,150 = £2,300 (What is The Thinker)
Gill £1,675 + £1,000 = £2,675 (What is ‘The Thinker’)
Dan £3,600 + £200 = £3,800 (What is The Thinker?) (7-day total: £24,200)
Daily Double locations:
1) BIBLE PEOPLE £125 (clue #21)
Gill 275 +100 (Dan 500 Mike 400)
2) UNESCO HERITAGE SITES £75 (clue #1)
Mike 475 +225 (Dan 925 Gill 525)
3) A&E £150 (clue #23)
Dan 3550 -250 (Gill 1525 Mike 1100)
4) GERMAN CITIES £150 (clue #26, £600 left on board)
Dan 3200 +100 (Gill 1525 Mike 1100)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 80
Game Stats:
Dan £3,900 Coryat, 53 correct, 9 incorrect, 57.43% in first on buzzer (58/101), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Gill £1,700 Coryat, 26 correct, 6 incorrect, 24.75% in first on buzzer (25/101), 5/6 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Mike £1,000 Coryat, 12 correct, 0 incorrect, 9.90% in first on buzzer (10/101), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 13 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: £6,600
Lach Trash: £1,950 (on 13 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): £1,950
Lead Changes: 1
Times Tied: 2
Dan Afshar, career statistics:
322 correct, 65 incorrect
11/15 on rebound attempts (on 35 rebound opportunities)
49.79% in first on buzzer (352/707)
6/13 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: £650)
4/7 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: £3,243
Gill Woon, career statistics:
27 correct, 6 incorrect
5/6 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
24.75% in first on buzzer (25/101)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: £100)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: £1,700
Mike Parkinson, career statistics:
13 correct, 0 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 13 rebound opportunities)
9.90% in first on buzzer (10/101)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: £225)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: £1,000
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Due to today’s runaway game, wagering suggestions will not be posted.
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I know almost nothing about art in general and even less about sculptures, but The Thinker showed up pretty prominently in one of my favorite books as a kid, so much so that I eventually bothered to look it up. In my mind, “Rodin” + “muscular” + “sitting in a garden” should lead right to The Thinker. Glad to see that logic proved successful!
I find it interesting that Dan chose to trust that his buzzer dominance would continue over the last four clues of Double rather than try to lock the game up right then and there on DD4; there’s been a lot of cases over here where a challenger who’s just barely locked out with a few clues to go gathers some momentum on the final few clues and is able to prevent a lock by the skin of their teeth and win on a single-get Final as a result. Obviously, it worked out for him in this instance, but I don’t think it’s what I personally would have done. (No disrespect whatsoever is meant to Dan, who is still an absolutely fantastic player – and after all, only a few dozen people here in America can claim that they are a 7-day Jeopardy champion, and God knows I can’t claim that! I also don’t think it was a strategic blunder by any means; maybe a little risky, but Dan clearly was able to back up his trust in himself!)
Dan owes Abby a drink, dinner or holiday card after her wager on Dan #1 set him up to begin his run of wins.
Wow, yes, I’d forgotten about that, Mark! On that point, and also yours, MasterDoge, it feels as though contestants’ wagering strategies in this series have been quite unusual generally. So far this year in the UK, no-one leading going into FJ has wagered the standard cover bet (granted, there is quite a small sample size, made smaller as there have been several runaways lately). By contrast, some contestants last year had clearly studied Jeopardy wagering strategy – in fact in the very first episode of this UK revival in 2024, the episode winner executed a perfect cover wager. However the general knowledge skills of the contestants has been superb across the board in both series.
Congratulations again to Dan, another great game for everyone. Thinking back to Andy’s comment yesterday about Dan’s excellent buzzer speed, it’s striking that he has also been very successful in Mastermind, which doesn’t require buzzer skills (and in Only Connect, which is more of a puzzle game) – he is a real all rounder. A fantastic player as you say, MasterDoge.
Another successful guess for me in FJ, similar thought process to MasterDoge.
I wouldn’t even call my response a guess. I was certain that it was ‘The Thinker’ because besides it occurring over and over in trivia, I came to know it well at an early age due to a replica of it being featured repeatedly on ‘The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis’ (1959-1963).