Today's Final Jeopardy - Friday, March 8, 2024 (2024)

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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Literature & Religion) for Friday, March 8, 2024 (Season 40, Game 130):

This city now in Turkey is the addressee of one of the New Testament epistles & the setting for “The Comedy of Errors”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Emily Sands, a project manager from Chanhassen, Minnesota

Today's Final Jeopardy - Friday, March 8, 2024 (1)

Yogesh Raut, a social and personality psychologist from Vancouver, Washington

Today's Final Jeopardy - Friday, March 8, 2024 (2)

David Sibley, an Episcopal priest from Walla Walla, Washington

Today's Final Jeopardy - Friday, March 8, 2024 (3)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

After Ben Chan narrowly advanced to the finals yesterday, today’s game sees what I described in my preview as “the Rose Bowl semifinal”—as Minnesota’s Emily Sands takes on Washington’s David Sibley and Yogesh Raut. (Before I get lots of comments today: yes, I know Vancouver, WA is a suburb of Portland, OR, but Oregon’s in the Pac-12 as well.)

I’m expecting a very closely contested match today; all three players are very capable of taking victory, though Yogesh showed in the quarterfinal that he is capable of winning without Daily Doubles. I do think it’ll reach a point where he will need to find one—at this level, it is incredibly difficult to win on Coryat score alone.

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Correct response: What is Ephesus?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

I didn’t realize that Jeopardy! could write a Tournament of Champions Final Jeopardy about the New Testament epistles without making an authorship claim!

This Final Jeopardy boils down to “Where is Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors set?”, with the New Testament side of the clue being enough to narrow down your guess if you know more about that half of the clue. I doubt it’ll be enough to keep the rage train from happening, though, from people who see red every time the Bible is even whispered on the show, even though the much more useful half of the clue is about Shakespeare. The Comedy of Errors is a well-known Shakespearean farce surrounding mistaken identity set in Ephesus, while Ephesians is one of a few epistles addressed to a group located in what is now Turkey (Colossians and Galatians are other examples).

Interestingly, Ephesus, known in antiquity as the site of the Temple of Artemis was abandoned completely by the 15^th century, more than a century before The Comedy of Errors was written. The site of Ephesus is nearby the modern-day Turkish town of Selçuk.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, March 8, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Literary Awards; Suffixes; Leftovers; We’re Goin’ To Broadway!; Paper; Trail)

Emily got 6 correct early to take an early lead, but Yogesh came back to make this a close game after 15 clues, thanks to the Daily Double.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Emily 6 correct 0 incorrect
Yogesh 3 correct 0 incorrect
David 3 correct 2 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Emily was told she was reminded of if a golden retriever was a contract killer.
Yogesh wants to slip Ike Barinholtz his screenplay.
David lives in “The Jeppy Room”.

Yogesh picked up six more correct responses after the break, and that was enough to give him the lead after 30 clues!

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Yogesh 12 correct 0 incorrect
Emily 10 correct 2 incorrect
David 5 correct 2 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Yogesh $7,400
Emily $5,600
David $600

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: The Middle Ages; 13-Letter Words; Shades Of Blue; South Of The Equator; Film Bros; 150 Years Of The 92nd Street Y)

The turning point in this one came when Emily found the first Daily Double in the round; unfortunately, her incorrect response dropped her to $0. While she got to the last Daily Double, neither her nor David were able to break Yogesh’s runaway position going into Final.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Yogesh 23 correct 1 incorrect
Emily 19 correct 5 incorrect
David 12 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Yogesh $21,400
Emily $6,800
David $6,200

Yogesh was the only player correct in Final; he’s now a finalist!

Tonight’s results:

David $6,200 – $3,721 = $2,479 (What is Corinth?)
Emily $6,800 – $0 = $6,800 (What is Corinth?)
Yogesh $21,400 + $0 = $21,400 (What Ephesus Your bracelet was my lucky charm, Emily) (Finalist)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) TRAIL $800 (clue #11)
Yogesh 1800 +1800 (David -400 Emily 2600)
2) SHADES OF BLUE $1600 (clue #6)
Emily 7600 -7600 (David 2200 Yogesh 13000)
3) 150 YEARS OF THE 92nd STREET Y $1200 (clue #14, $12000 left on board)
Emily 2800 +2800 (David 2200 Yogesh 18600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 100

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
David 3 5 4 3
Yogesh 4 5 4*
Emily 3 4 5 4

DJ! Round:
David 4 5 5
Yogesh 4 5 5 4 4 5
Emily 4* 5 3 4 3*

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Yogesh 4.44
Emily 3.89
David 4.14

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:

Yogesh $20,400 Coryat, 23 correct, 1 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Emily $12,800 Coryat, 19 correct, 5 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
David $6,200 Coryat, 12 correct, 3 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $39,400
Lach Trash: $5,000 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,600
Lead Changes: 3
Times Tied: 1

Player Statistics:

David Sibley, career statistics:

144 correct, 27 incorrect
14/15 on rebound attempts (on 33 rebound opportunities)
35.52% in first on buzzer (141/397)
8/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $21,100)
3/7 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,114

Yogesh Raut, career statistics:

157 correct, 11 incorrect
13/14 on rebound attempts (on 26 rebound opportunities)
41.52% in first on buzzer (142/342)
6/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $22,000)
4/6 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $22,367

Emily Sands, career statistics:

225 correct, 38 incorrect
10/15 on rebound attempts (on 39 rebound opportunities)
38.87% in first on buzzer (220/566)
14/18 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $40,600)
6/10 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,140