Happy Tuesday! It’s Day 7 of Savannah Guthrie’s hosting stint. Through 6 games, $121,680 has been raised for the Bowery Mission. Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category 19th Century Literary Creatures) for Tuesday, June 22, 2021 (Season 37, Game 192):
The author said the name of this 10-letter creature in his poem meant “the result of much excited discussion”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Sandy Olive, a high school English teacher from St. Louis, Missouri |
Bridget Gallagher, an accounts receivable clerk from Austin, Texas |
Michael Tran, a Ph.D. student from El Monte, California (1-day total: $12,879) |
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Michael played a strong game yesterday, especially at the bottom of the board in Double Jeopardy!; that should serve him well! If he can keep the incorrect responses down, he’ll have an even better chance of win #2.
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Correct response: What is (the) Jabberwock?
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The Jabberwock is the title character of Lewis Carroll’s famed poem “Jabberwocky”, included in 1871’s Through the Looking-Glass, the sequel to 1865’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; “jabber” meaning “excited discussion” and “wock” from the Anglo-Saxon “wocer”, meaning “offspring” or “the fruit of”.
That being said: today’s Final Jeopardy! clue is as much an exercise of parsing what the writers want as it is coming up with the response. Firstly, both the category and the clue specify “creature”. (This should hopefully keep players from responding with Carroll.) The more important part of the clue, though, is “10-letter”. This, again, pins the clue to “Jabberwock” (the creature) as opposed to “Jabberwocky” (the poem). Whether or not you think that the writers should be hinging clues on such a distinction is another matter, but the writers have certainly made their intentions clear on this clue. I would definitely say that the lines “Beware the Jabberwock, my son! / The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!” are very apt for today’s Final.
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Scores going into Final:
Sandy $21,000
Michael $10,000
Bridget $3,300
Tonight’s results:
Bridget $3,300 – $0 = $3,300 (What is Jaberwocky?)
Michael $10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000 (What is Jabberwock?)
Sandy $21,000 – $0 = $21,000 (What is a hullaballoo?) (1-day total: $21,000)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Bridget $8,800
Sandy $8,600
Michael $1,000
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) PSYCHOLOGY $400 (clue #11)
Bridget 2600 +2600 (Michael 0 Sandy 2600)
2) MUSIC HISTORY $1600 (clue #8)
Bridget 11200 -5500 (Michael 2200 Sandy 9800)
3) AROUND THE WORLD $1200 (clue #12, $22000 left on board)
Michael 5400 +3000 (Bridget 5700 Sandy 9800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 106
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 195 (1.02 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Sandy $21,000 Coryat, 24 correct, 1 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Michael $8,200 Coryat, 11 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Bridget $6,600 Coryat, 17 correct, 3 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $35,800
Lach Trash: $9,400 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,800
Michael Tran, career statistics:
30 correct, 6 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
27.03% in first on buzzer (30/111)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,100
Bridget Gallagher, career statistics:
17 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,900)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,600
Sandy Olive, career statistics:
24 correct, 2 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,000
Sandy Olive, to win:
2 games: 66.929%
3: 44.796%
4: 29.981%
5: 20.066%
6: 13.430%
Avg. streak: 3.024 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Through 7 days, $145,680 has been donated to the Bowery Mission. $1,840,656 has been donated to all charities.
- Savannah should have communicated why Bridget’s response was incorrect. Just saying “No” will lead to a lot more viewer confusion. Being that a full credit roll took place, there was absolutely time for a more detailed explanation.
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