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Pop Culture Jeopardy Recap – Wednesday, February 19, 2025 (Episode 35)

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Current Champion

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

To win:
3 games: 68.027%
4: 46.277%
5: 31.481%
6: 21.415%
7: 14.568%
Avg. streak: 4.128 games.
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All Time Winnings

All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Regular Play Only:

1. Ken Jennings $2,520,700
2. James Holzhauer $2,462,216
3. Matt Amodio $1,518,601
4. Amy Schneider $1,382,800
5. Jamie Ding $882,605
6. Cris Pannullo $748,286
7. Mattea Roach $560,983
8. Jason Zuffranieri $532,496
9. Scott Riccardi $455,000
10. David Madden $430,400
11. Julia Collins $428,100
12. Matt Jackson $411,612
13. Austin Rogers $411,000
14. Ray Lalonde $386,400
15. Harrison Whitaker $373,999
16. Adriana Harmeyer $349,600
17. Caleb Groen $346,968
18. Adam Remsen $306,415
19. Ryan Long $299,400
20. Arthur Chu $297,200

All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Including Tournaments (and Consolation Prizes):

1. Brad Rutter $4,968,436
2. Ken Jennings $4,372,700
3. James Holzhauer $3,614,216
4. Matt Amodio $1,964,601
5. Amy Schneider $1,864,800
6. Yogesh Raut $1,098,403
7. Mattea Roach $897,983
8. Jamie Ding $885,605
9. David Madden $785,733
10. Victoria Groce $773,801
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Larissa Kelly $671,930
14. Matt Jackson $623,612
15. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
16. Andrew He $534,365
17. Scott Riccardi $533,000
18. Jerome Vered $499,102
19. Julia Collins $495,767
20. Austin Rogers $493,000
21. Ben Ingram $449,201
22. Paolo Pasco $448,717
23. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
24. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
25. Juveria Zaheer $441,000

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Here’s the Pop Culture Jeopardy Final Jeopardy (in the category Shakespeare In Space) for Wednesday, February 19, 2025 (Season 1, Game 35):

When David Warner played Hamlet, he spoke this phrase; it’s also the subtitle of “Star Trek VI”, where he played Gorkon

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Pop Culture Jeopardy! contestants:

Three Almost Dads, Andrew, Michael, and John

Three Almost Dads on Pop Culture Jeopardy!

A Tribe Called Quiz, Isaiah, Dula, and Robert

A Tribe Called Quiz on Pop Culture Jeopardy!

Trivia Tuesdays, Samantha, Matt, and Montana

Trivia Tuesdays on Pop Culture Jeopardy!

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Quarterfinal #8 features Trivia Tuesdays, A Tribe Called Quiz, and Three Almost Dads. In the knockout phase, Three Almost Dads picked up 30 correct responses and I guess could be considered the favorite coming into this quarterfinal, but we shall see what happens!

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Correct response: What is “The Undiscovered Country”?

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“To grunt and sweat under a weary life, but that the dread of something after death, the undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns…” is later in the famous “To be or not to be…” soliloquy from Act 3, scene 1 of Hamlet; The Undiscovered Country, also famous for its line “You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon”, ironically spoken by Gorkon in the film.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Here’s the recap for Season 1, Episode 35:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Unleash The Beast; One-Word Song Titles; Smithology; Rhyme Time; Voice Actor Cameos; Finish The Pickup Line)

Three Almost Dads found the Daily Double and used it to lead after 15 clues. At the interviews, the scores were Three Almost Dads 2,400 Trivia Tuesdays 800 A Tribe Called Quiz 400.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Three Almost Dads 4 correct 1 incorrect
Trivia Tuesdays 3 correct 1 incorrect
A Tribe Called Quiz 4 correct 2 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Three Almost Dads all worked together at a major magazine.
A Tribe Called Quiz does a dance called the “Beef It Up”.
Trivia Tuesdays met when Samantha and Matt were ushers at the Pantages Theatre.

Three Almost Dads picked up another 5 correct to continue to lead after 30 clues.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Three Almost Dads 9 correct 1 incorrect
Trivia Tuesdays 6 correct 1 incorrect
A Tribe Called Quiz 8 correct 2 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Three Almost Dads 5,000
Trivia Tuesdays 2,800
A Tribe Called Quiz 2,600

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: When Are We?!; Music Videos; That’s My Line; Character Actors; Ladies Of The Early Aughts; TV Disguised)

Three Almost Dads picked up 12 correct in this round, putting the pressure on their opponents; Trivia Tuesdays went for a True Daily Double late, but were incorrect as Three Almost Dads cruised to a runaway.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Three Almost Dads 22 correct 2 incorrect
A Tribe Called Quiz 13 correct 3 incorrect
Trivia Tuesdays 16 correct 5 incorrect

Scores going into Final:

Three Almost Dads 19,400
A Tribe Called Quiz 7,800
Trivia Tuesdays 1,200

Trivia Tuesdays got some pride back with a correct response in Final, but Three Almost Dads advances to the semifinals!

Tonight’s results:

Trivia Tuesdays 1,200 + 1,200 = 2,400 (What is Undiscovered Country)
A Tribe Called Quiz 7,800 – 7,800 = 0 (What is To Be or Not to be?)
Three Almost Dads 19,400 – 3 = 19,397 (What is The Next Generation) (Semi-Finalist)

Three Almost Dads, today's Pop Culture Jeopardy winners (for February 19, 2025, episode 35.)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) ONE-WORD SONG TITLES 600 (clue #9)
Three Almost Dads 1200 +1000 (Trivia Tuesdays 800 A Tribe Called Quiz 200)
2) MUSIC VIDEOS 1600 (clue #4)
Three Almost Dads 9800 +1600 (Trivia Tuesdays 1600 A Tribe Called Quiz 2600)
3) TV DISGUISED 1200 (clue #26, 2000 left on board)
Trivia Tuesdays 8400 -8400 (A Tribe Called Quiz 7800 Three Almost Dads 18600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 0

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Trivia Tuesdays 1 1 2 3
A Tribe Called Quiz 3
Three Almost Dads 2 4 5 3*

DJ! Round:
Trivia Tuesdays 5 5 4 1† 4 2 5 1 3*
A Tribe Called Quiz 3 4 3 2 2 5
Three Almost Dads 4 5 4* 3† 3 3 2 2† 1 5 4

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Three Almost Dads 3.33
Trivia Tuesdays 2.85
A Tribe Called Quiz 3.14

Game Stats:

Three Almost Dads 19,000 Coryat, 22 correct, 2 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Trivia Tuesdays 9,600 Coryat, 16 correct, 5 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
A Tribe Called Quiz 7,800 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: 36,400
Lach Trash: 12,200 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
Lead Changes: 3
Times Tied: 1

Player Statistics:

Trivia Tuesdays, career statistics:

43 correct, 7 incorrect
3/4 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (38/114)
2/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -9,100)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 16,300

A Tribe Called Quiz, career statistics:

31 correct, 9 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (34/114)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 7,900

Three Almost Dads, career statistics:

52 correct, 4 incorrect
6/7 on rebound attempts (on 13 rebound opportunities)
35.09% in first on buzzer (40/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 3,600)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 19,900

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • Regardless of what Trivia Tuesdays bet on the Daily Double, it was the incorrect response, not the wagering size, that proved to be the reason for their defeat in this one; Three Almost Dads would have had a runaway regardless.
  • I generally don’t see a need to provide wagering suggestions in a runaway situation.
  • Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

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