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Season 33

Today’s Final Jeopardy – April 21, 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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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 today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category 19th Century Europe) for Friday, April 21, 2017:

Published in L’Aurore on January 13, 1898, it caused its author to be convicted of libel

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Meghan Phillips, a library and archives assistant from Lancaster, Pennsylvania

David Rigsby, a Social Security Administration attorney from Alexandria, Virginia

Nilanka Seneviratne, an international development nonprofit professional from Washington, D.C. (1-day total: $7,601)

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The Émile Zola letter “J’Accuse…!”, published in the French paper L’Aurore in January 1898, was an open letter to French president Félix Faure, and accused the French govenment of anti-Semitism in the jailing of French army officer Alfred Dreyfus. The intent was for Zola to get himself charged with libel against the government, in order to force the evidence surrounding Dreyfus’ conviction to be made public. While Zola was found guilty of libel, he fled to England, and Dreyfus was eventually exonerated.

You can find the full text of Zola’s letter at Wikisource.

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  • Scores going into Final:
    Nilanka $12,100
    David $10,200
    Meghan $5,400

    Final results:
    Megan $5,400 – $5,001 = $399 (What is Dangerous Liaisons?)
    David $10,200 – $2,000 = $8,200 (What is Madame Bovary?) (1-day total: $8,200)
    Nilanka $12,100 – $8,301 = $3,799 (What is the Dreyfus Affair?)

    Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
    David $8,200
    Meghan $6,600
    Nilanka $2,600

    Opening break taken after: 15 clues

    Daily Double locations:
    1) U.S. HERSTORY $1000 (15th pick)
    David 2600 +2000 (Meghan 3600 Nilanka 1800)

    2) THE ANCIENT WORLD $2000 (10th pick)
    Meghan 9400 -2000 (David 9400 Nilanka 8200)
    3) BALLET $1200 (28th pick, $3,600 left on board)
    Nilanka 12100 -100 (David 10200 Meghan 5400)

    Unplayed clues:
    J! round: IT’S NOT A TUBER $600
    DJ! round: BALLET $2000
    $ Left on Board: $2,600

    Game Stats:
    David $9,200 Coryat, 16 correct, 2 incorrect, 30.91% in first on buzzer
    Nilanka $12,200 Coryat, 18 correct, 3 incorrect, 32.73% in first on buzzer
    Meghan $7,400 Coryat, 14 correct, 3 incorrect, 29.09% in first on buzzer
    Lach Trash: $11,400 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
    Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,200

    Nilanka Seneviratne, final stats:
    36 correct
    9 incorrect
    0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$100)
    0/2 in Final Jeopardy
    31.53% in first on buzzer (35/111)
    Average Coryat: $13,300

    David Rigsby, stats to date:
    16 correct
    3 incorrect
    1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
    0/1 in Final Jeopardy
    30.91% in first on buzzer (17/55)
    Average Coryat: $9,200

    David Rigsby, to win:
    2 games: 30.14%
    3: 9.09%
    4: 2.74%
    5: 0.83%
    6: 0.25%
    Avg. streak: 1.432 games.
    Avg. Total Winnings (including possible ToC): $19,267

    ToC projection update:
    With a projected 80 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
    An average of 2.9164 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.3231).
    An average of 4.5124 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.6093).

    An early cutoff took place 11.412% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).

    Tim Kutz qualified 65.966% of the time.
    Todd Giese qualified 24.235% of the time.
    Rob Liguori qualified 5.280% of the time.
    Fred Vaughn qualified 0.914% of the time.

    (Note: Due to the possibility of a WGA strike, I feel that it is more accurate for ToC projections to add 20 games to the end of the previous projected qualifying period.)

    Miscellany:

    • Since October 4, 2004, players are only 50% (23/46) on getting Daily Doubles correct when betting $100 or less.
    • This is the first time since April 5 that all 3 players got 1 Daily Double.
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