Today’s Final Jeopardy – Wednesday, October 9, 2024

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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

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3 games: 68.027%
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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Word Origins) for Wednesday, October 9, 2024 (Season 41, Game 23):

This word for one who cuts a trail comes from a name of a character in an 1840 novel

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Colleen Kelly, a girl-between-gigs from Melrose, Massachusetts

Robert Franke, a data analyst from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

Mark Fitzpatrick, a content manager from Riverside, Connecticut (3-day total: $58,000)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Mark Fitzpatrick’s luck continues—even after commenting after win #2 that he felt his luck was running out—after he survived a Triple Stumper Final Jeopardy in yesterday’s matchup. Today, he goes for the important win #4 against Wisconsin’s Robert Franke and Massachusetts’s Colleen Kelly. Colleen should also get some Internet commentary tonight for being introduced as “a girl-between-gigs”.

Correct response: What is pathfinder?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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The Oxford English Dictionary cites the first use of the compound word “pathfinder” as being from the writings of James Fenimore Cooper, specifically the 1840 novel The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea. The title Pathfinder in this case would be Natty Bumppo, Cooper’s hero of the Leatherstocking Tales. Soon thereafter, “The Pathfinder” also became the nickname of frontiersman John C. Frémont.

After Monday’s game, I am loath to comment again on the difficulty of Final Jeopardy so soon—and I need to preface this by saying, once again, that Alex Trebek would always say that the easiest trivia question is one that you know the answer to (and vice versa)—but I honestly believe that this Final Jeopardy clue could have used a reference to either Frémont, or even the Nissan car model, to bring its difficulty level down slightly. While it is nice to have a clue using fewer than 100 characters, you can make clues longer for a reason: do so!

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, October 9, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: 41; Green Veggies; World Geography; Alliteration; TV Coupling; Medieval Notables)

Mark started well, but fell back to $0 after a missed Daily Double. He still led at the break, though, with scores sitting at Mark $2,400, Robert $1,000, and Colleen $1,000.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Mark 7 correct 1 incorrect
Colleen 3 correct 2 incorrect
Robert 1 correct 0 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Colleen thought that getting The Call was similar to her pregnancy news.
Robert is a curler.
Mark once took a train trip from Germany to Denmark; the trip included a ferry.

Mark picked up 8 correct to extend his lead going into the second commercial break.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Mark 15 correct 1 incorrect
Robert 5 correct 0 incorrect
Colleen 3 correct 3 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Mark $5,400
Robert $2,600
Colleen $0

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: 41; Anatomy; “U” Know; Place The Book; Miscellany; Color Films)

Mark found Daily Doubles on consecutive clues early in the round, as he picked up a combined $7,000 and cruised to a runaway.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Mark 26 correct 2 incorrect
Robert 9 correct 1 incorrect
Colleen 10 correct 5 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 1 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Mark $23,600
Robert $6,200
Colleen $5,600

Today’s Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper; Mark is a 4-day champion, and he’ll go for win #5 tomorrow!

Tonight’s results:

Colleen $5,600 – $5,600 = $0 (What is a )
Robert $6,200 – $130 = $6,070 (What is ? Hi Eloise!)
Mark $23,600 – $0 = $23,600 (What is Pioneer?) (4-day total: $81,600)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) ALLITERATION $600 (clue #4)
Mark 2400 -2400 (Robert 0 Colleen 0)
2) ANATOMY $1200 (clue #7)
Mark 8200 +3000 (Robert 2600 Colleen 1200)
3) COLOR FILMS $1200 (clue #8, $25200 left on board)
Mark 11200 +4000 (Robert 2600 Colleen 1200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -28

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Mark 5 4 3 3*
Robert
Colleen

DJ! Round:
Mark 3 4 3* 3*
Robert
Colleen 3 4 3 4

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Mark 3.50
Robert 0.00
Colleen 3.50

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 1 (0.04 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Mark $21,400 Coryat, 26 correct, 2 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Robert $6,200 Coryat, 9 correct, 1 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Colleen $5,600 Coryat, 10 correct, 5 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $33,200
Lach Trash: $14,200 (on 14 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,600
Lead Changes: 4
Times Tied: 2

Player Statistics:

Mark Fitzpatrick, career statistics:

95 correct, 15 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 14 rebound opportunities)
41.85% in first on buzzer (95/227)
7/9 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $21,200)
1/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,900

Robert Franke, career statistics:

9 correct, 2 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,200

Colleen Kelly, career statistics:

10 correct, 6 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,600

Mark Fitzpatrick, to win:

5 games: 64.338%
6: 41.394%
7: 26.632%
8: 17.134%
9: 11.024%
Avg. streak: 5.804 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Mark $23,600 Robert $6,200 Colleen $5,600)

Mark: Bet no more than $11,199. (Actual bet: $0)

Robert: Standard cover bet over Colleen is $5,001. (Actual bet: $130)

Colleen: In the battle for second, I would bet between $1,201 and $4,399. (Actual bet: $5,600)

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