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Season 33

Quick Recap & Today’s Final Jeopardy! – January 26, 2017

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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.
(Next game: September 14)
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Upcoming Encore Presentations

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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 tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Thursday, January 26, 2017:

Final Jeopardy! category: 20TH CENTURY PLAYWRIGHTS

Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: He said of his 1949 play & its main character, “I could write about failure only because I could deal with it…I knew how he felt”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Josiah Drewien, an engineer & off-grid homesteader from Hayden Lake, Idaho

Christy Karras, a writer & editor from Seattle, Washington

Loren Lee Chen, a basketball podcaster from West Newton, Massachusetts (2-day total: $36,038)

In case you missed it, check out my latest Strategy Talk article in which I quantify the future value of winning a game on Jeopardy!

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! tonight? Today’s Jeopardy! results will go up on this page late afternoon, with full stats early evening. They will be seen in the comments section at the bottom of this page.

The article in which Arthur Miller speaks about failure (and a few other items that may raise the eyebrow of a more prudish sort) appeared in Esquire in 2003. The quote above was a reference to Willy Loman, the title character of his well-known play Death Of A Salesman.

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  • Scores going into Final:
    Christy $23,600
    Loren $6,200
    Josiah $4,600

    Final results:
    Josiah $4,600 – $0 = $4,600 (Who is ?)
    Loren $6,200 – $3,001 = $3,199 (Who is Williams?)
    Christy $23,600 + $7,000 = $30,600 (1-day total: $30,600)

    Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
    Christy $5,800
    Josiah $1,000
    Loren $800

    Opening break taken after: 15 clues

    Daily Double locations:
    1) THAT’S MY SCIENTIFIC NAME $1000 (22nd clue)
    Josiah 2000 -2000 (Christy 5000 Loren 2200)

    2) WORDS FOR TRAVELERS $1200 (20th clue)
    Loren 5200 +2200 (Christy 13400 Josiah 2200)
    3) UNCROWNED ENGLISH MONARCHS $1200 (22nd clue)
    Christy 14200 +3000 (Loren 7400 Josiah 2200)

    Unplayed clues:
    J! round: OSCAR HOSTS $1000
    DJ! round: THE MIDWEST $1200
    $ Left on Board: $2,200

    Game Stats:
    Christy $21,800 Coryat, 22 correct, 1 incorrect, 34.55% in first on buzzer
    Josiah $6,600 Coryat, 14 correct, 3 incorrect, 29.09% in first on buzzer
    Loren $5,200 Coryat, 13 correct, 4 incorrect, 25.45% in first on buzzer
    Lach Trash: $10,200

    Loren Lee Chen, final stats:
    56 correct
    13 incorrect
    4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,800)
    1/3 in Final Jeopardy
    36.20% in first on buzzer (59/163)
    Average Coryat: $12,333

    Christy Karras, stats to date:
    23 correct
    1 incorrect
    1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
    1/1 in Final Jeopardy
    34.55% in first on buzzer (19/55)
    Average Coryat: $21,800

    Christy Karras, to win:
    2 games: 73.29%
    3: 53.72%
    4: 39.37%
    5: 28.86%
    6: 21.15%
    Avg. streak: 3.744 games.
    Avg. Total Winnings (including possible ToC): $96,763

    Miscellany:

    • Loren is the first contestant in Jeopardy! history to be introduced as a podcaster.
    • Thank you to Jay Johnson for providing me with a chart of this game.
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