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Season 40
Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, February 19, 2024
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Current Champion
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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13. Larissa Kelly $671,930
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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
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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Canadian Medicine) for Monday, February 19, 2024 (Season 40, Game 116):
Nova Scotian William Knapp Buckley devised a widely used antitussive, meaning a drug used against this
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Taylor Clagett, a marketing director originally from Chesapeake Beach, Maryland
Deb Bilodeau, a restaurant server from San Francisco, California
Diandra D’Alessio, a technical writer from Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
The Montreal representation continues today as we reach the final week of Champions Wildcard—the Tournament of Champions begins on Friday! This semifinal features Diandra D’Alessio, Deb Bilodeau, and Taylor Clagett. I’m very interested in seeing how far Deb progresses, if at all, if only to prove that there is good reason to study Final Jeopardy strategy!
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Correct response: What is coughing?
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As any Canadian will tell you, “It tastes awful. And it works”. That’s how Buckley’s cough syrup has been marketed since the 1980s, with Frank Buckley, the adopted son of William Knapp Buckley, as its pitchman.
The active ingredients in Buckley’s Original Mixture are ammonium carbonate, potassium bicarbonate, menthol, and camphor.
I think the best way for most viewers to get this Final is to focus on the fact that “antitussive”, realize it sounds a lot like Robitussin, and realize that Robitussin is a cough medicine. In fact, I don’t even think that the Canadian angle to the clue will provide any sort of advantage or disadvantage here to Montrealer Diandra.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, February 19, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: On States’ Highway Welcome Signs; Their Name’s A Bible Book; Potent Quotables; TV Coaches; It’s All “Small” Stuff; Heavy)
It was Diandra who got off to the best start, picking up 7 correct and only 1 incorrect!
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Diandra 7 correct 1 incorrect
Deb 3 correct 1 incorrect
Taylor 1 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Taylor got the Call the same day his daughter was born.
Deb had a friend with an English graduate degree who also missed their last Final Jeopardy clue.
Diandra spent some of her winnings on a dog.
It took only four clues—including a True Daily Double—for Deb to overtake Diandra. The remainder of the round saw a close battle between the two leaders.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Deb 10 correct 1 incorrect
Diandra 9 correct 1 incorrect
Taylor 6 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Deb $5,800
Diandra $4,800
Taylor $1,000
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: National Statuary Hall; Awards & Honors; Plant Lore; Geographic Book Titles; Pop; The Question?)
Both Deb and Diandra got to Daily Doubles in this one—both made smaller bets, making for a very close game going into Final Jeopardy!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Deb 21 correct 2 incorrect
Diandra 16 correct 1 incorrect
Taylor 12 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Deb $17,200
Diandra $15,200
Taylor $4,600
As I said, I didn’t think this would play as a disadvantage to anyone—and I was right! This Final was a triple-get, as Deb advances to the finals!
Tonight’s results:
Taylor $4,600 + $23 = $4,623 (What is coughing? Happy birthday Jackson!)
Diandra $15,200 + $6,000 = $21,200 (What is coughing?)
Deb $17,200 + $13,201 = $30,401 (What is cough?) (Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) ON STATES’ HIGHWAY WELCOME SIGNS $600 (clue #19)
Deb 2200 +2200 (Diandra 4200 Taylor -200)
2) THE QUESTION? $1600 (clue #11)
Deb 8600 +2600 (Diandra 8000 Taylor 2600)
3) AWARDS & HONORS $1200 (clue #17, $9200 left on board)
Diandra 11200 +2000 (Deb 12800 Taylor 2600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 148
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Diandra 4 5 3 3 2 4 3 2 2
Deb 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 3*
Taylor 5 4
DJ! Round:
Diandra 5 4 3 4 5 4 3*
Deb 4 5 5 4* 3 5
Taylor 1 5 4 3
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Deb 4.36
Diandra 3.50
Taylor 3.67
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 0 (0.00 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Deb $14,600 Coryat, 21 correct, 2 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Diandra $14,400 Coryat, 16 correct, 1 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Taylor $4,600 Coryat, 12 correct, 3 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $33,600
Lach Trash: $14,400 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,000
Lead Changes: 11
Times Tied: 1
Player Statistics:
Diandra D’Alessio, career statistics:
78 correct, 11 incorrect
8/11 on rebound attempts (on 30 rebound opportunities)
23.86% in first on buzzer (68/285)
5/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $11,400)
2/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,520
Deb Bilodeau, career statistics:
89 correct, 15 incorrect
6/6 on rebound attempts (on 13 rebound opportunities)
38.77% in first on buzzer (88/227)
5/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,600)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,350
Taylor Clagett, career statistics:
90 correct, 21 incorrect
1/3 on rebound attempts (on 19 rebound opportunities)
33.68% in first on buzzer (96/285)
4/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,200)
3/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,280
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Deb $17,200 Diandra $15,200 Taylor $4,600)
Diandra: Bet no more than $5,999 to keep Taylor locked out. (Actual bet: $6,000)
Deb: Standard cover bet over Diandra is $13,201. (Actual bet: $13,201)
Taylor: Bet no more than $599 to have the best chance of winning, just in case Diandra overbets. (Actual bet: $23)
Updated CWC Group 2 odds:
Mira +180
Deb +210
Alex +500
Kat +510
Jesse +1800
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