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Season 32

Quick Recap & Today’s Final Jeopardy – April 28, 2016

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Current Champion

Nikolas Polsinelli, career statistics:
44 correct, 6 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
35.96% in first on buzzer (41/114)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $10,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,500

To win:
3 games: 64.111%
4: 41.102%
5: 26.351%
6: 16.894%
7: 10.831%
Avg. streak: 3.786 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 $1,598,403
7. Victoria Groce $1,023,801
8. Mattea Roach $897,983
9. Jamie Ding $885,605
10. David Madden $785,733
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Andrew He $684,365
14. Larissa Kelly $671,930
15. Matt Jackson $623,612
16. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
17. Paolo Pasco $548,717
18. Scott Riccardi $533,000
19. Jerome Vered $499,102
20. Julia Collins $495,767
21. Austin Rogers $493,000
22. Juveria Zaheer $491,000
23. Ben Ingram $449,201
24. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
25. Buzzy Cohen $441,603

Today’s contestants:

Heather Burnett, an accountant from Orlando, FL

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Ben Rothenberg, a sportswriter from Washington, DC

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Buzzy Cohen, a music executive from Los Angeles, CA (3-day total: $58,401)

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Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Ben $16,000
Buzzy $12,200
Heather $9,400

Final Jeopardy! category: ISLANDS

Final Jeopardy! clue: The Spanish name of these islands is Islas de Sotavento; their French name is Iles Sous-le-Vent

What is the Leeward Antilles? (Buzzy said Leeward Islands but was given credit, Heather said “Windward Islands”, Ben the “South Winds Islands”)


Heather 9400 – 0 = 9400 Buzzy 12200 + 8000 = 20200 (4-day total: $78,601) Ben 16000 – 8401 = 7599

This ruling confuses me very greatly. I don’t think that Leeward Islands should have been accepted. Those names, in Spanish (Islas de Sotavento) and French (Îles Sous-le-Vent), refer unambiguously to the islands on the north coast of Venezuela that include Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao, known in English as the Leeward Antilles. The islands split in English into “Windward Islands” and “Leeward Islands” are both called “Islas de Barlovento” in Spanish and “Îles du Vent” in French. A cursory Google of those names in French and Spanish would tell you that.


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  • NOT LEEWARD ANTILLES. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM LEEWARD ISLANDS

    • Andy Saunders | April 28, 2016 at 8:24 pm | Reply

      Did you actually read my post? I said they are different and that the Spanish and French use those terms to refer to what we call that island group.

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