Pop Culture Jeopardy Recap – Wednesday, January 22, 2025 (Episode 24) – The Jeopardy! Fan

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Here is the Pop Culture Jeopardy Final Jeopardy (in the category Recording of records) for Wednesday 22 January 2025 (Season 1, Game 24):

Released in 2017, it became the most streamed track worldwide and the first YouTube video to reach 5 billion views

(correct answer under participants)

Today’s Pop Culture Jeopardy! participants:

Game Night Rules!Mike, Alessandra and Carlos
Game Night Rules! on Pop Culture Jeopardy!
Nerd Alert!Alex, Matt and Tim
Nerd Alert! on Pop Culture Jeopardy!
The team from TorontoFaith, Aayush and Kira
The team from Toronto on pop culture Jeopardy!

Andy’s thoughts before the game:

Our final game of Week 8 features The Team From Toronto, Nerd Alert! and Game Night Rules! While I don’t think any of these teams matter to fans of the regular show, one of these teams has personal significance to me personally: The Toronto team is the first of two teams that I personally have known for quite a long time; my jubilant allegiance will be very evident in this one. Apologies to the other two teams – I really don’t mind you!

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In 2018, the video of the original version of the 2017 hit “Despacito” featuring Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee became the first YouTube video to reach 5 billion views. Interestingly, “Baby Shark” was released a year earlier, yet had more staying power, by 2020, “Baby Shark” had surpassed “Despacito’s” viewership.

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Match summary and tonight’s game statistics:

Here is the recap of Season 1, Episode 24:

Danger! Round:

(Categories: Describes Movie Trailer; Bathroom Humor; Female Athletes; Florida!!!; Singers Head To Broadway; Can You Repeat That?)

Game Night Rules enlisted the Daily Double to look for 15 clues; scores were Game Night Rules! 3,200 The team from Toronto 3,000 Nerd Alert! 400.

Statistics at first break (15 clues):

Game Night Rules! 6 right 0 wrong
The team from Toronto 4 right 1 wrong
Nerd Alert! 2 right 1 wrong

Today’s interviews:

Game Night Rules! consists of one person here for the rules, one here for the mood, and one here for the final argument.
Nerd Alert! believes that they can be a challenge for the geek.
The team from Toronto met at the University of Waterloo trivia club.

Our Torontonians swept Triple Play in this half of the round to jump back into a lead they held after 30 tracks.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

The team from Toronto 11 corrects 1 wrong
Game Night Rules! 10 right 0 wrong
Nerd Alert! 5 right 1 wrong

Scoring by Jeopardy! Round:

The team from Toronto 7,400
Game Night Rules! 4,400
Nerd Alert! 1,800

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Describes The Star’s Trailer; Boys On Girls; Concert tours; Stand-ups; They played a real person; A Goth category)

Game Night Rules got DD2 right; Toronto got DD3 wrong. However, our Torontonians did best at the bottom of the board, which means they lead into Final Jeopardy.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

The team from Toronto 18 correct 2 incorrect
Game Night Rules! 18 right 2 wrong
Nerd Alert! 10 right 2 wrong

Results go to the final:

The team from Toronto 15,000
Game Night Rules! 10,500
Nerd Alert! 7,000

We saw two “Despacitos,” but not three. The team from Toronto went for “Shape Of You”; that’s so sad, Alexa, play “Despacito”. Game Night Rules advances to the quarterfinals in style!

Tonight’s results:

Nerd Alert! 7,000 + 5,990 = 12,990 (What is Despacito?)
Game Night Rules! 10,500 + 10,499 = 20,999 (What is Despacito?) (Quarterfinalist)
The team from Toronto 15,000 – 6,001 = 8,999 (What shape are you?)

Game Night Rules!, today's pop culture Jeopardy! winners (for January 22, 2025, episode 24.)

Other miscellaneous game stats:

Daily double spots:

1) BATHROOM HUMOR 600 (clue #10)
Game Night Rules! 600 +1000 (The Team from Toronto 1400 Nerd Alert! 400)
2) DESCRIPTION OF THE STAR TRAILER 1600 (clue #4)
Game Night Rules! 5600 +2500 (The Team from Toronto 7400 Nerd Alert! 1800)
3) CONCERT TOURS 1200 (clue #10, 24800 left on board)
The Team from Toronto 10600 -2000 (Nerd Alert! 1800 Game Night Rules! 10100)
Total daily double efficiency for this game: 126

Clue Selection by row, before daily doubles found:

J! Round:
The team from Toronto 3 5 2
Nerd Alert! 2 4 1
Game Night Rules! 5 5 1 3*

DJ! Round:
The team from Toronto 5 3 2 1 3*
Nerd Alert! 1
Game Night Rules! 2 3 4* 4

Average number of clue choices before daily doubles found:

Game Night Rules! 3.38
Nerd Alert! 2.00
The team from Toronto 3.00

Game Stats:

Game Night Rules! 9,200 Coryat, 18 right, 2 wrong, 28.07% in first at buzzer (16/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Nerd Alert! 7,000 Coryat, 10 right, 2 wrong, 21.05% in first at buzzer (12/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
The team from Toronto 17,000 Coryat, 18 correct, 2 incorrect, 28.07% in the first at the buzzer (16/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat scores: 33,200
Laugh Trash: 18,000 (on 16 Triple Stumpers)
Wiring changes: 12
Tie times: 1

Player statistics:

The team from Toronto, career statistics:

18 correct, 3 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first at buzzer (16/57)
0/1 on daily doubles (net earned: -2,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 17,000

Nerd Alert!, career stats:

11 right, 2 wrong
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first at buzzer (12/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 7,000

Game Night Rules!, career stats:

19 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first at buzzer (16/57)
2/2 on daily doubles (net earned: 3,500)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 9,200

Andy’s thoughts:

  • 23 years after I did it, I both love and hate that “Trivia Club” is still frequently used by Canadian trivia shows; I chose the term because of the scope expansion into a multitude of different possible trivia formats and not just “Reach for the Top,” “SmartAsk!” or “quiz bowl”.
  • Today’s box score will be linked when posted by the show.

Final danger! betting proposal:

(Scores: Team from Toronto 15,000 Game Night Rules! 10,500 Nerd Alert! 7,000)

The team from Toronto: The standard coverage bet over Game Night Rules is 6,001. (Actual bet: 6,001)

Nerd Alert!: Bet at least 2,000 for a chance to win – but you might as well go all in to force a Game Night cover. (Actual bet: 5,990)

Game Night Rules!: You cannot both cover Nerd Alert and win a Triple Stumper. You should bet at least 3,501 to cover Nerd Alert, but you might as well go all in to force a cover from Toronto. (Actual bet: 10,499)

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