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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Literary Narrators) for Friday, May 9, 2025 (Season 41, Game 175):
This work has 10 main narrators, 7 of them woman, including Fiammetta & Lauretta
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Zach Dickstein, a café manager from Chicago, Illinois
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Kara Peruccio, a university professor from Bangor, Maine
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Dan Moren, a writer & podcaster from Somerville, Massachusetts (2-day total: $33,500)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Dan Moren comes into today’s game as a 2-day champion, having won $33,500. Interestingly, the Unified Prediction Model—assuming an identical postseason format to 2025—thinks that there is a reasonably high likelihood of the cut line for Champions Wildcard coming between Dave Bond’s 2 wins and $51,400 and Dan Moren’s 2 wins and $33,500. That means that Dan may need to win a third game to have the best chance of making it into the postseason. Looking to stop him, though, include Main’s Kara Peruccio—who might look familiar to longtime fans of the show, as her twin sister Caitlin was a contestant in 2013, losing to Andrew Moore—and Zach Dickstein, a cafe manager who hails from the same hometown as Pope Leo XIV.
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Correct response: What is The Decameron?
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The Decameron was a famous collection of 14th century stories by Giovanni Boccaccio; it is framed as 100 stories told by ten different people—seven young women and three young men; the stories are told over 10 days, hence the name “decameron”—from the Greek for “ten-day”.
The number 10 and the Italian names should be enough of a hint for anyone on this Final Jeopardy.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, May 9, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Our Neanderthal Relatives; Signs & Symbols; There’S A Bird In Your Response; Are We Having Fun Yet?; Pick A Nick; Baskets)
Dan found the Daily Double and had the best start, picking up 6 correct before the break. After 15 clues, your scores were Dan $3,600 Zach $800 Kara $200.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Dan 6 correct 1 incorrect
Zach 1 correct 0 incorrect
Kara 3 correct 2 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Zach took a two-month bicycle trip between LA and Portland, Maine.
Kara attended her sister’s watch party, where the bar bill was greater than her prize.
Dan is also a novelist.
Dan picked up another seven correct to continue to lead after 30.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Dan 13 correct 1 incorrect
Kara 6 correct 2 incorrect
Zach 3 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Dan $6,800
Kara $2,200
Zach $2,000
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Queen Story Hour; Americana; Words About Words; Islands; The 1913 Armory Show; Property Watching)
12 clues through the round, Dan led Kara $10,000 to $200, despite missing DD2. However, a trio of rebounded misses, a missed Daily Double from Dan, and Kara going 4-for-5 in the Property Watching category meant that Kara turned a big deficit into a runaway the other way going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Kara 17 correct 4 incorrect
Dan 22 correct 7 incorrect
Zach 3 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 30 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Kara $12,200
Dan $5,700
Zach -$1,200
Kara put an exclamation point on the victory with a correct response in Final; she returns Monday to defend her title.
Tonight’s results:
Zach -$1,200 (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
Dan $5,700 – $5,600 = $100 (What is Inferno?)
Kara $12,200 + $200 = $12,400 (What is the Decameron?) (1-day total: $12,400)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) SIGNS & SYMBOLS $800 (clue #4)
Dan 600 +1000 (Kara 0 Zach 0)
2) WORDS ABOUT WORDS $1600 (clue #3)
Dan 8400 -2000 (Kara 2200 Zach 800)
3) THE 1913 ARMORY SHOW $1200 (clue #25, $4800 left on board)
Dan 7200 -1500 (Kara 9800 Zach -800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 55
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Dan 3 4 3 4*
Kara
Zach
DJ! Round:
Dan 3 4* 5† 2† 1† 2 3 4 5 2 2 4 2 3*
Kara 5 4 3 3 5 3 4 5 2 1
Zach 1
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Kara 3.50
Dan 3.11
Zach 1.00
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 30 (0.17 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Kara $12,200 Coryat, 17 correct, 4 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 4/4 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Dan $9,000 Coryat, 22 correct, 7 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Zach -$1,200 Coryat, 3 correct, 3 incorrect, 8.77% in first on buzzer (5/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $20,000
Lach Trash: $16,800 (on 16 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $17,200
Lead Changes: 1
Times Tied: 2
Player Statistics:
Dan Moren, career statistics:
69 correct, 18 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 15 rebound opportunities)
43.27% in first on buzzer (74/171)
3/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$500)
0/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,933
Kara Peruccio, career statistics:
18 correct, 4 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,200
Zach Dickstein, career statistics:
3 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
8.77% in first on buzzer (5/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/0 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: -$1,200
Kara Peruccio, to win:
2 games: 39.014%
3: 15.221%
4: 5.938%
5: 2.317%
6: 0.904%
Avg. streak: 1.640 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- No wagering suggestions are posted due to today’s runaway game.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
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I was worried this was going to be one of those, ‘how did I not get that’. It wasn’t. Never heard of this literary work that I can recall.
I ended up guessing Agatha Christie’s “and then there were none” since there are 10 characters in that work.
I have HEARD OF The Decameron but only when it has been referred to without enough context to pique my curiosity to find out anything about it.
I might be oversimplifying in my memory, but I always remember the Decameron as “Italian Canterbury Tales”. Andy’s right — Italian names + 10 got me there.
Ditto. I actually read the Decameron (Rnglish translation) in college as part of a course in medieval literature. Good times.
Somehow, this clue reminded me of the 1971 movie “The Decameron.” I thought of that movie instead of the book. Either way, the response was the same so I think it counts.:)
Wow, what a comeback by Kara!!
Should Dan have attempted a guess on the final clue? Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. The only outcome would be preventing a runaway given third place was not a contender.
Should he have? Absolutely.
I think it was probably a matter of not being aware of the game situation at that point. Not a lot of contestants are.