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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category American Literary History) for Monday, August 5, 2024 (Season 40, Game 128):
“The country is celebrating 100 years of freedom 100 years too soon”, says “The Fire Next Time”, published in this year
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Sean McShane, a tour guide from South Boston, Massachusetts |
Deb Bilodeau, a restaurant server from San Francisco, California |
Troy Meyer, a music executive from Tampa, Florida |
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Correct response: What is 1963?
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In 1963, James Baldwin wrote The Fire Next Time, which included a pair of essays: “My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation” and “Down at the Cross: Letter from a Region in My Mind”. It was in the first one where Baldwin wrote about how, despite the Emancipation Proclamation had occurred 100 years prior (in 1863), that America still made efforts to mistreat Black Americans.
To me, this seemed like an excellent “do the math” puzzle, where if you can figure out that “100 years of freedom” refers to “100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation”, you should be able to get to the correct response.
It should be noted from a clue perspective that while the initial “My Dungeon Shook” letter was published in The Progressive a year earlier, the clue cites The Fire Next Time, which was published in 1963. This is not a trick question, and I am writing this paragraph to preemptively rebut the pedants who inevitably come onto the site and challenge this sort of material.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, August 5, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Shakespeare For Everyone!; Olympic History; Islands; Middle X; Waits; Measures)
Deb found the Daily Double early, but fell into the red with an incorrect response. Troy got off to the best start overall, but a $1000 incorrect response, rebounded by Sean, made things close after 15 clues.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Troy 6 correct 1 incorrect
Sean 4 correct 0 incorrect
Deb 3 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Sean is willing to let bygones be bygones in his feud with Long Island.
Deb is wearing contact lenses.
Troy is expecting a baby girl; his wife has suggested Kenderella as a name.
In the back half of the opening board, Troy and Sean both picked up a number of correct responses; this will be a very interesting battle in Double Jeopardy!
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Troy 14 correct 1 incorrect
Sean 10 correct 1 incorrect
Deb 4 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Troy $7,000
Sean $5,200
Deb $1,600
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: 1924; Unusual Words; The Arts; Occupations; Movie Taglines; The Heavens & Earth)
Troy succesfully converted both Daily Doubles in this round within the first 11 clues, cementing a runaway position with more than a third of the round still to play! After 14 correct responses, and being the only player to score at the $2,000 level, he had a $30,000 lead going into Final.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Troy 28 correct 2 incorrect
Deb 12 correct 1 incorrect
Sean 13 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Troy $38,400
Deb $8,400
Sean $7,200
Troy put an exclamation mark on his dominant performance with a correct response in Final Jeopardy. He’s a semifinalist!
Tonight’s results:
Sean $7,200 – $1,201 = $5,999 (What is 1876? Hi South Boston!)
Deb $8,400 – $0 = $8,400 (What is 1976? Thanks y’all)
Troy $38,400 + $0 = $38,400 (What is 1963) (Semi-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) SHAKESPEARE FOR EVERYONE! $800 (clue #2)
Deb 800 -1000 (Troy 0 Sean 0)
2) THE HEAVENS & EARTH $1600 (clue #6)
Troy 11800 +11800 (Deb 4400 Sean 5200)
3) OCCUPATIONS $1200 (clue #11, $19600 left on board)
Troy 26400 +4000 (Deb 4400 Sean 6800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 15
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Troy 4
Deb 4*
Sean
DJ! Round:
Troy 4 3 4* 2 5 4 3*
Deb 3 4 5
Sean 4
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Troy 3.63
Deb 4.00
Sean 4.00
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:
Troy $25,400 Coryat, 28 correct, 2 incorrect, 47.37% in first on buzzer (27/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Deb $9,400 Coryat, 12 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Sean $7,200 Coryat, 13 correct, 2 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $42,000
Lach Trash: $8,200 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,800
Lead Changes: 2
Times Tied: 2
Player Statistics:
Troy Meyer, career statistics:
228 correct, 17 incorrect
14/16 on rebound attempts (on 28 rebound opportunities)
46.27% in first on buzzer (211/456)
10/10 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $44,800)
6/8 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $23,850
Deb Bilodeau, career statistics:
136 correct, 22 incorrect
7/8 on rebound attempts (on 20 rebound opportunities)
33.92% in first on buzzer (135/398)
6/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,100)
3/7 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,229
Sean McShane, career statistics:
123 correct, 12 incorrect
5/5 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
42.46% in first on buzzer (121/285)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,000)
3/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,600
Andy’s Thoughts:
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