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Season 33

Quick Recap & Today’s Final Jeopardy – March 17, 2017

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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

Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Friday, March 17, 2017:

Final Jeopardy! category: 20TH CENTURY BOOKS

Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: William Goldman asked his daughters what he should write about; they said these 2 things, which he combined

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Holly Stewart, a tax attorney from Atlanta, Georgia

Rebecca Wald, a psychologst from Baltimore, Maryland

Grant McSheffrey, a software developer from Ottawa, Ontario (3-day total: $69,201)

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As per a late-1970s biography of William Goldman he asked he two daughters what he should write about. One said princesses, the other brides. Thus came The Princess Bride.

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  • Scores going into Final:
    Rebecca $20,200
    Holly $15,400
    Grant $7,200

    Final results:
    Grant $7,200 – $2,401 = $4,799 (What are lord & flies?)
    Holly $15,400 – $9,600 = $5,799 (What are rabbits & mice?)
    Rebecca $20,200 + $11,000 = $31,200 (1-day total: $31,200)

    Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
    Rebecca $6,600
    Grant $4,000
    Holly $1,800

    Opening break taken after: 15 clues

    Daily Double locations:
    1) ‘TIS IRISH LITERATURE $400 (20th pick)
    Grant 2000 +2000 (Rebecca 5200 Holly 2200)
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    2) UNIVERSAL PICTURES $1200 (9th pick)
    Holly 7400 +4000 (Rebecca 11000 Grant 5600)
    3) COLUMBIA $800 (14th pick)
    Holly 12200 +2000 (Rebecca 11400 Grant 5200)

    Unplayed clues:
    J! round: “I” TUNES $400, $600 & $800
    DJ! round: None!
    $ Left on Board: $1,800

    Game Stats:
    Rebecca $20,200 Coryat, 22 correct, 1 incorrect, 37.04% in first on buzzer
    Holly $11,400 Coryat, 16 correct, 3 incorrect, 27.78% in first on buzzer
    Grant $5,600 Coryat, 11 correct, 3 incorrect, 24.07% in first on buzzer
    Lach Trash: $9,200
    Coryat lost to incorrect responses: $5,800

    Grant McSheffrey, final stats:
    69 correct
    7 incorrect
    4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,000)
    3/4 in Final Jeopardy
    29.03% in first on buzzer (63/217)
    Average Coryat: $13,100

    Rebecca Wald, stats to date:
    23 correct
    1 incorrect
    0/0 on Daily Doubles
    1/1 in Final Jeopardy
    37.04% in first on buzzer (20/54)
    Average Coryat: $20,200

    Rebecca Wald, to win:
    2 games: 68.49%
    3: 46.91%
    4: 32.12%
    5: 22.00%
    6: 15.07%
    Avg. streak: 3.173 games.

    With a projected 85 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
    An average of 3.2071 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.3993).
    An average of 4.9022 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.7173).
    An early cutoff took place 17.270% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
    Rebecca Wald qualified 27.333% of the time.
    Tim Kutz qualified 57.081% of the time.
    Todd Giese qualified 17.701% of the time.
    Rob Liguori qualified 4.074% of the time.
    Fred Vaughn qualified 1.161% of the time.

    Miscellany:

    • This is the 15th consecutive game in which we did not see all 61 clues. The modern record is 19 consecutive.
    • Andy Saunders | March 17, 2017 at 1:06 pm | Reply

      Looks like Dal Higbee got his wish, though, of having a leader get Final Jeopardy! correct on a Friday. Has not happened (in regular play) since December 16, 2016.

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