Pop Culture Jeopardy Recap – Wednesday, January 22, 2025 (Episode 22)

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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 The Tony Awards) for Wednesday, January 22, 2025 (Season 1, Game 22):

Only 6 women have won Tonys for directing a musical; 2 of them have this last name, winning in 1998 & 2024

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Pop Culture Jeopardy! contestants:

Blame My Mom, Hope, Zoe, and Emma

Sisters In Spirit, Curran, Brady, and Ned

Three Almost Dads, Andrew, Michael, and John

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Week #8 of Pop Culture Jeopardy begins with “Three Almost Dads”, “Sisters In Spirit”, and “Blame My Mom”. I will say that it does not feel as though we are eight weeks into this series. One thing that I found amusing is that this episode is rated 13+ on Prime Video for “foul language”.

Correct response: What is Taymor?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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The two referred to in the clue: Julie Taymor for The Lion King and Danya Taymor for The Outsiders. The other 4: Susan Stroman for The Producers, Diane Paulus for Pippin, Rachel Chavkin for Hadestown, and Marianne Elliott for Company.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Here’s the recap for Season 1, Episode 22:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Friendship; Celebrity Memes; 6 Feet Over; Feat.; For The Birds; It’s The Muppet Category!)

Three Almost Dads went 2-for-3 on the Triple Play rebound, and found the Daily Double just before the break. After 15 clues, the scores were Three Almost Dads 3,800 Sisters In Spirit 1,800 Blame My Mom 1,000.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Three Almost Dads 7 correct 0 incorrect
Sisters In Spirit 5 correct 2 incorrect
Blame My Mom 2 correct 1 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Blame My Mom wants to shout out all the moms.
Sisters In Spirit are big fans of Las Culturistas.
Three Almost Dads is comprised of Andrew and John, whose wives were still expecting at tape time, and Michael, whose wife gave birth three months before taping.

The Almost Dads picked up another 9 correct after the break to extend their lead after 30 clues.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Three Almost Dads 16 correct 0 incorrect
Sisters In Spirit 8 correct 3 incorrect
Blame My Mom 5 correct 1 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Three Almost Dads 9,000
Sisters In Spirit 3,200
Blame My Mom 3,000

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Heartthrobs; The Cinema Of John Hughes; Fictional Languages; The Scandalous Suburbs; Oh…Baby; Festival-Con)

Sisters in Spirit had a shot at getting close to the lead when they found DD2, but an incorrect response dropped them out of contention. Getting DD3 correct meant they were around for Final, though. Three Almost Dads picked up another 14 correct—including a sweep of the Triple Play to go 5/6 on those clues in the game—to take a runaway lead going into Final Jeopardy.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Three Almost Dads 30 correct 0 incorrect
Blame My Mom 8 correct 2 incorrect
Sisters In Spirit 16 correct 7 incorrect

Scores going into Final:

Three Almost Dads 21,000
Blame My Mom 5,400
Sisters In Spirit 700

Nobody got this Final correct; Three Almost Dads will be back in a few weeks in the quarterfinals.

Tonight’s results:

Sisters In Spirit 700 – 700 = 0 (What is Smith)
Blame My Mom 5,400 – 5,400 = 0 (What is Streisand lol)
Three Almost Dads 21,000 – 3 = 20,997 (What is Tony?) (Quarter-Finalist)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) FOR THE BIRDS 800 (clue #15)
Three Almost Dads 2800 +1000 (Sisters In Spirit 1800 Blame My Mom 1000)
2) FESTIVAL-CON 1600 (clue #15)
Sisters In Spirit 8000 -6000 (Three Almost Dads 14600 Blame My Mom 2600)
3) HEARTTHROBS 2000 (clue #27, 4000 left on board)
Sisters In Spirit 1200 +1100 (Three Almost Dads 17000 Blame My Mom 5400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 16

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Three Almost Dads 2 3 3 4 5 4*
Sisters In Spirit 4 5 2 3 3 2 1
Blame My Mom 1 1

DJ! Round:
Three Almost Dads 4 5 3 3 2 2† 1 1 2
Sisters In Spirit 3 2 4 3 4 3 3 4* 5 1 5 4 5*
Blame My Mom 2 2 1 5† 1

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Three Almost Dads 2.93
Blame My Mom 1.86
Sisters In Spirit 3.30

Game Stats:

Three Almost Dads 20,800 Coryat, 30 correct, 0 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 4/4 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Blame My Mom 5,400 Coryat, 8 correct, 2 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Sisters In Spirit 7,600 Coryat, 16 correct, 7 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: 33,800
Lach Trash: 11,800 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Lead Changes: 0
Times Tied: 0

Player Statistics:

Three Almost Dads, career statistics:

30 correct, 1 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 1,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 20,800

Sisters In Spirit, career statistics:

16 correct, 8 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -4,900)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 7,600

Blame My Mom, career statistics:

8 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 5,400

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

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