(TJF Plus) Daily Details - Thursday, September 17, 2026

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Game Recap & Tonight's Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here's the Thursday, September 17, 2026 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Go Off, Queen; Compound Verbs; An Unruly Toddler; "Love" Songs; Alphanumerics; Popular Books Of 1976)

Mark very much had the best start to this game, picking up more than half of the correct responses and leading through 15. At the break, the scores were Mark $6,000 Christie 400 Jen -$1,000.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Mark 8 correct 1 incorrect
Christie 3 correct 2 incorrect
Jen 0 correct 1 incorrect

Today's interviews:

Mark grew up in the Philippines, and learned English thanks to MacGyver.
Christie is very good at throwball
Jen once got to meet Shelley Long.

Christie found the Daily Double immediately coming out of the break; however, her score fell by the table maximum $1,000 after an incorrect response. Mark continued to lead, even correcting himself on a clue about F1 to fit the "Alphanumerics" category title (because I don't think the judges would have accepted "Formula 1" as it did not fit the category). On the opening board, Mark picked up 3 in compound verbs and alphanumerics.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Mark 12 correct 3 incorrect
Jen 6 correct 2 incorrect
Christie 5 correct 3 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Mark $7,000
Jen $800
Christie $400

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Nicks In 5; Early Flight; Will You Take Care Of That?; French As An Official Language; Desert Animals; The Births Of Pop Culture)

Mark made a small bet on DD2 when he found it, getting it incorrect. Then, after some particularly suspect play strategically, Mark was happy to let Christie find DD3—thankfully for Mark, Christie didn't have enough money to break Mark's runaway when she did find it. On the second board, Mark got 3 in early flight, desert animals, and births in pop culture.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Mark 27 correct 6 incorrect
Christie 11 correct 3 incorrect
Jen 10 correct 4 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Mark $20,800
Christie $9,600
Jen $2,800

Thankfully for our viewing audience, all three of our players were correct in Final Jeopardy; Mark will be back tomorrow to defend his title.

Tonight's results:

Jen $2,800 + $2,799 = $5,599 (What is the Golden Girls)
Christie $9,600 + $2,400 = $12,000 (What is The Golden Girls?)
Mark $20,800 + $0 = $20,800 (What is The Golden Girls?) (1-day total: $20,800)

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Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) POPULAR BOOKS OF 1976 $800 (clue #16)
Christie 400 -1000 (Jen -1000 Mark 6000)
2) DESERT ANIMALS $1200 (clue #4)
Mark 11800 -1800 (Jen 800 Christie 400)
3) WILL YOU TAKE CARE OF THAT? $800 (clue #29, $400 left on board)
Christie 4800 +4800 (Jen 2800 Mark 20400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -15

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Jen 5
Christie 4 4 4*
Mark 4 3 3 4 5 5 5 3 3 4 5 2

DJ! Round:
Jen 5 5 4 5 3 2 2
Christie 4 3 4 2 2 2*
Mark 3 5 3* 4† 5† 3 4 4 3 5 2† 1† 1 1 1 1

† - selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Mark 3.29
Christie 3.22
Jen 3.88

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 0 (0.00 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Mark $22,600 Coryat, 27 correct, 6 incorrect, 47.37% in first on buzzer (27/57), 4/5 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Christie $6,600 Coryat, 11 correct, 3 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Jen $2,800 Coryat, 10 correct, 4 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $32,000
Lach Trash: $10,000 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $12,000
Lead Changes: 0
Times Tied: 0

Player Statistics:

Jen Spinoglio, career statistics:

32 correct, 8 incorrect
1/3 on rebound attempts (on 12 rebound opportunities)
30.70% in first on buzzer (35/114)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,700

Christie Ritten, career statistics:

12 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,800)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,600

Mark Ramirez, career statistics:

28 correct, 6 incorrect
4/5 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
47.37% in first on buzzer (27/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,800)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $22,600

Mark Ramirez, to win:

2 games: 61.975%
3: 38.409%
4: 23.804%
5: 14.753%
6: 9.143%
Avg. streak: 2.630 games.

Andy's Thoughts:

• Today's runaway game means that wagering suggestions are superfluous and do not need to be posted.
• After a cursory look at throwball, it seems to be rather popular in Texas—Austin has 4 teams and Dallas and Houston 3 apiece.
• I can understand why contestants generally work bottom-to-top when selecting clues,and it is unequivocally the best strategy when hunting for Daily Doubles, but if you're just going to do it for the sake of doing it and not actively hunt for Daily Doubles, just go top-to-bottom and make the viewers at home happy.
• Today's J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive.