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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category 20th Century Authors) for Monday, April 22, 2024 (Season 40, Game 161):
Best known for a novel, she wrote at least 6 full-length plays & collaborated with Moms Mabley on a 1931 Broadway revue
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Elly Trickett, a blog & podcast editor from Danbury, Connecticut |
Nam Nguyen, a playwright from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
Marko Saric, a math professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina (2-day total: $26,600) |
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Marko Saric returns in today’s episode as a 2-day champion. However, much like last week, the mid-week ending of the Jeopardy Invitational Tournament means that today’s game is not the first of a new tape day—this game would have been taped a few minutes after Friday’s. Today’s challengers are Nam Nguyen and Elly Trickett.
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Correct response: Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
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For a viewer at home or player in-studio, good trivia topics usually fall into three categories: things you know, things you should know, and things you once knew but have forgotten about and are disappointed that you’ve now forgotten. Today’s Final Jeopardy falls squarely into “things you should know”.
Part of the famed Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston’s works include her best-known novel today, Their Eyes Were Watching God, as well as Fast and Furious, a revue that played at the New Yorker Theatre in September 1931; both Hurston and Mabley were among the collaborators.
Hurston’s works had been largely ignored by the American literary “establishment”, though, until Alice Walker’s 1970s essay “In Search of Zora Neale Hurston”, published in Ms. magazine and later renamed “Looking for Zora”; the essay was about Walker’s search for Hurston’s then-unmarked grave, in a quest to mark it. Walker’s essay led to a rediscovery of Hurston’s works; collections of Hurston’s essays, including “You Don’t Know Us Negroes”, were still being published in 2022.
Hurston’s writing about the African-American experience in the early-to-mid-20th century is important for understanding current race relations in the United States; hence why I described this clue as “something you should know,” regardless of what the at-home or in-studio get rate is.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, April 22, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Take Me To The Bridge!; Booked In Books; Last Name’s The Same; An Emmy-Winning Role; Also A Basketball Term; The Sunday Scaries)
Marko got off to a rocket start, doubling up on clue #7 and having $9,000 at the interviews. Nam was second at $2,400 and Elly was third at $1,000.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Marko 8 correct 0 incorrect
Nam 3 correct 0 incorrect
Elly 2 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Elly plays many instruments, including the bagpipes.
Nam was part of a pub trivia winning team thanks to his “Encanto” knowledge.
Marko is an aspiring crossword constructor.
Both Marko and Nam played well after the break, with Marko picking up 7 correct and Nam 8. Elly struggled with a pair of incorrect responses.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Marko 15 correct 0 incorrect
Nam 11 correct 0 incorrect
Elly 2 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Marko $12,800
Nam $5,200
Elly -$400
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Secrets Of The Octopus; Historical Figures; Zimbabwe; Libraries; And The Role Almost Goes To…; 6-Syllable Words)
The Marko-Nam battle continued, with Nam taking the lead when he got DD2 correct; Marko’s incorrect response on DD3 put Nam in a great position, as Nam nearly was able to pick up a runaway!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Nam 27 correct 1 incorrect
Marko 20 correct 2 incorrect
Elly 5 correct 4 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 4 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Nam $28,200
Marko $14,700
Elly -$800
Both Marko and Nam were incorrect, but Nam’s strong position makes him the new Jeopardy! champion!
Tonight’s results:
Elly -$800 (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
Marko $14,700 – $13,501 = $1,199 (Who is Plath?)
Nam $28,200 – $1,201 = $26,999 (Who is Hansberry?) (1-day total: $26,999)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) TAKE ME TO THE BRIDGE! $600 (clue #7)
Marko 3600 +3600 (Nam 600 Elly 600)
2) HISTORICAL FIGURES $1200 (clue #3)
Nam 8000 +5000 (Marko 12800 Elly -400)
3) 6-SYLLABLE WORDS $800 (clue #10, $22000 left on board)
Marko 16400 -3300 (Nam 17000 Elly -400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 142
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Marko 3 5 3 4 3*
Nam 5
Elly 4
DJ! Round:
Marko 3 2*
Nam 4 3* 4 3 5 4 4
Elly 3
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Nam 4.00
Marko 3.29
Elly 3.50
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 4 (0.02 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Nam $24,400 Coryat, 27 correct, 1 incorrect, 45.61% in first on buzzer (26/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Marko $15,000 Coryat, 20 correct, 2 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 4/4 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Elly -$800 Coryat, 5 correct, 4 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $38,600
Lach Trash: $8,400 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,000
Lead Changes: 2
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Marko Saric, career statistics:
66 correct, 13 incorrect
7/7 on rebound attempts (on 13 rebound opportunities)
38.01% in first on buzzer (65/171)
2/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,300)
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,533
Nam Nguyen, career statistics:
27 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
45.61% in first on buzzer (26/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $24,400
Elly Trickett, career statistics:
5 correct, 4 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/0 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: -$800
Nam Nguyen, to win:
2 games: 64.442%
3: 41.528%
4: 26.761%
5: 17.246%
6: 11.113%
Avg. streak: 2.812 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Nam $28,200 Marko $14,700 Elly -$800)
Marko: Bet at least $12,300 to have the best chance of victory. (Actual bet: $13,501)
Nam: Cover bet over Marko is $1,201. (Actual bet: $1,201)
Elly -$800 (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
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