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Pop Culture Jeopardy Recap – Wednesday, January 15, 2025 (Episode 20)

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Matthew Riggle, career statistics:
47 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
41.23% in first on buzzer (47/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,300

To win:
3 games: 68.027%
4: 46.277%
5: 31.481%
6: 21.415%
7: 14.568%
Avg. streak: 4.128 games.
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All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Regular Play Only:

1. Ken Jennings $2,520,700
2. James Holzhauer $2,462,216
3. Matt Amodio $1,518,601
4. Amy Schneider $1,382,800
5. Jamie Ding $882,605
6. Cris Pannullo $748,286
7. Mattea Roach $560,983
8. Jason Zuffranieri $532,496
9. Scott Riccardi $455,000
10. David Madden $430,400
11. Julia Collins $428,100
12. Matt Jackson $411,612
13. Austin Rogers $411,000
14. Ray Lalonde $386,400
15. Harrison Whitaker $373,999
16. Adriana Harmeyer $349,600
17. Caleb Groen $346,968
18. Adam Remsen $306,415
19. Ryan Long $299,400
20. Arthur Chu $297,200

All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Including Tournaments (and Consolation Prizes):

1. Brad Rutter $4,968,436
2. Ken Jennings $4,372,700
3. James Holzhauer $3,614,216
4. Matt Amodio $1,964,601
5. Amy Schneider $1,864,800
6. Yogesh Raut $1,098,403
7. Mattea Roach $897,983
8. Jamie Ding $885,605
9. David Madden $785,733
10. Victoria Groce $773,801
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Larissa Kelly $671,930
14. Matt Jackson $623,612
15. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
16. Andrew He $534,365
17. Scott Riccardi $533,000
18. Jerome Vered $499,102
19. Julia Collins $495,767
20. Austin Rogers $493,000
21. Ben Ingram $449,201
22. Paolo Pasco $448,717
23. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
24. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
25. Juveria Zaheer $441,000

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Here’s the Pop Culture Jeopardy Final Jeopardy (in the category Song Titles) for Wednesday, January 15, 2025 (Season 1, Game 20):

This man died on Halloween 1926 & reappeared in the title of 2 songs that were on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2024

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Trivia Tuesdays, Samantha, Matt, and Montana

Trivia Tuesdays on Pop Culture Jeopardy!

The Challengers, Erica, Alexandra, and Claire

The Challengers on Pop Culture Jeopardy!

The Quiztina Aguileras, David, Sam, and Josh

The Quiztina Aguileras on Pop Culture Jeopardy!

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Our second game of the day features The Quiztina Aguileras, The Challengers, and Trivia Tuesdays. Once again, as someone who spent over a decade hosting trivia nights in bars and retirement homes, I would like to say that there are probably somewhere around 100 teams worldwide every night who will use some form of Quiztina Aguilera as their team name. The team name is no longer original, and I feel as though David, Sam, and Josh could have done better with their team name choice.

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Correct response: Who is Harry Houdini?

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The two songs, both titled just “Houdini”, were by Eminem and Dua Lipa. Harry Houdini the magician died on Halloween 1926, of peritonitis; the cause of that abdominal swelling between appendicitis and being punched in the abdomen have been debated in the century since the incident.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Here’s the recap for Season 1, Episode 20:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: They Were We Are The World; Film Series; Secretly Shakespeare; Pop! Go The Gilmore Girls; Rhyme Time; Marry Me)

Trivia Tuesdays found the Daily Double very early, wagering just 300 points, to the disdain of both viewers at home and Colin openly in studio. The Challengers swept the Triple Play on Clue 10 for their only correct responses of the opening segment; Trivia Tuesdays led after 15, with scores of Trivia Tuesdays 4,100 The Challengers 1,800 The Quiztina Aguileras -1,000.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Trivia Tuesdays 8 correct 0 incorrect
The Challengers 3 correct 1 incorrect
The Quiztina Aguileras 1 correct 2 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Trivia Tuesdays have a “Supper Club” where they will pair a chain restaurant with a movie.
The Challengers are huge Zendaya fans.
The Quiztina Aguileras met as part of a randomly assigned LGBTQ dodgeball team in West Hollywood.

Trivia Tuesdays picked up 4 more correct responses to continue to lead as The Quiztina Aguileras got themselves out of the hole on clue 29.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Trivia Tuesdays 12 correct 0 incorrect
The Challengers 6 correct 1 incorrect
The Quiztina Aguileras 4 correct 2 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Trivia Tuesdays 6,700
The Challengers 2,800
The Quiztina Aguileras 600

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: The Show’s Opening Credits; A Little Bit Country; A Category About Nothing; Slap Shots; Corporate Celebs; The Song That Ends The Movie)

The endgame of this one became very interesting because the Triple Play came out on Clue 28—with a Daily Double still unseen. Because the last correct response gains control of the board, control moved over to the third place Quiztinas for giving the last correct response. They didn’t find the last Daily Double, though, as Trivia Tuesdays got control back and used it to cement a runaway.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Trivia Tuesdays 25 correct 2 incorrect
The Challengers 13 correct 2 incorrect
The Quiztina Aguileras 9 correct 4 incorrect

Scores going into Final:

Trivia Tuesdays 19,700
The Challengers 7,600
The Quiztina Aguileras 3,400

Trivia Tuesdays finished this game as well as they could have, giving a correct response and getting the callback joke in with their Final Jeopardy wager. They’ve advanced to the quarterfinals.

Tonight’s results:

The Quiztina Aguileras 3,400 – 3,399 = 1 (Who is K.)
The Challengers 7,600 – 7,500 = 100 (Who is Elvis Presley)
Trivia Tuesdays 19,700 + 300 = 20,000 (Who is Houdini?) (Quarter-Finalist)

Trivia Tuesdays, today's Pop Culture Jeopardy! winners (for January 15, 2025, episode 20.)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) THEY WERE WE ARE THE WORLD 600 (clue #4)
Trivia Tuesdays 600 +300 (The Quiztina Aguileras 0 The Challengers 0)
2) THE SHOW’S OPENING CREDITS 2000 (clue #6)
Trivia Tuesdays 9900 -2000 (The Quiztina Aguileras 600 The Challengers 3200)
3) CORPORATE CELEBS 2000 (clue #30, 0 left on board)
Trivia Tuesdays 18700 +1000 (The Quiztina Aguileras 3400 The Challengers 7600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 15

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
The Quiztina Aguileras 1
The Challengers
Trivia Tuesdays 1 2 3*

DJ! Round:
The Quiztina Aguileras 1 1 4 3 4 5 4
The Challengers 2 2† 1 2 3 5 3
Trivia Tuesdays 3 3 4 5* 1† 3 2 5 4 5 1 1 2 4 2 5*

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Trivia Tuesdays 2.95
The Challengers 2.57
The Quiztina Aguileras 2.88

Game Stats:

Trivia Tuesdays 23,000 Coryat, 25 correct, 2 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
The Challengers 7,600 Coryat, 13 correct, 2 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
The Quiztina Aguileras 3,400 Coryat, 9 correct, 4 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: 34,000
Lach Trash: 14,200 (on 15 Triple Stumpers)
Lead Changes: 0
Times Tied: 0

Player Statistics:

The Quiztina Aguileras, career statistics:

9 correct, 5 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 3,400

The Challengers, career statistics:

13 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 7,600

Trivia Tuesdays, career statistics:

26 correct, 2 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -700)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 23,000

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • I thought Colin was much too complimentary of Quiztina Aguileras as a team name; I’m guessing he’s never experienced it before.
  • Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

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