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Season 36

Today’s Final Jeopardy – December 10, 2019

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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 today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Oscar-Winning Films) for Tuesday, December 10, 2019 (Season 36, Episode 67):

The first words spoken in this 1970 Best Picture Oscar winner are “Ten-hut!” “Be seated”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Shane Mangin, a strategy consultant from New York, New York

Shane Mangin on Jeopardy!

Ben Chung, a heart failure cardiologist from Chicago, Illinois

Ben Chung on Jeopardy!

Jennifer Quail, a wine tasting consultant from Dowagiac, Michigan (4-day total: $123,300)

Jennifer Quail on Jeopardy!

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Correct response: What is Patton?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

With a screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North and directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, Patton is a 1970 biopic about American World War II general George S. Patton, with George C. Scott in the title role. The film won 7 Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, and Best Actor for Scott, who famously refused the honor, citing a dislike of the Oscar voting process and acting “competitions”. The “Ten-hut, be seated” line comes from the film’s opening monologue about how “Americans love a winner” and was originally delivered to the United States Third Army.

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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!

Scores going into Final:
Jennifer $25,200
Shane $10,400
Ben $9,800

Tonight’s results:
Ben $9,800 + $9,800 = $19,600
Shane $10,400 – $9,200 = $1,200 (What is a bridge on the river kwai?)
Jennifer $25,200 + $1,000 = $26,200 (5-day total: $149,500)

Jennifer Quail, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the December 10, 2019 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Jennifer $9,200
Shane $3,600
Ben $3,000

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) AMERICAN HISTORY $1000 (5th pick)
Jennifer 1200 +1000 (Shane 400 Ben -600)
2) OCCUPATIONALLY NAMED AUTHORS $800 (7th pick)
Shane 4800 +4000 (Jennifer 12400 Ben 4600)
3) AWARDS & HONORS $1600 (17th pick)
Ben 10200 -6000 (Jennifer 18000 Shane 8800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 108

Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 107 (1.60 per episode average), 1 Daily Double

Game Stats:
Jennifer $25,200 Coryat, 29 correct, 1 incorrect, 45.61% in first on buzzer, 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Ben $15,800 Coryat, 19 correct, 5 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer, 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Shane $7,200 Coryat, 10 correct, 0 incorrect, 12.28% in first on buzzer, 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $48,200
Lach Trash: $1,200 (on 1 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $4,600

Jennifer Quail, stats to date:
143 correct, 18 incorrect
9/13 on rebound attempts (on 22 rebound opportunities)
47.50% in first on buzzer (133/280)
10/10 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $24,000)
4/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,720

Jennifer Quail, to win:
6 games: 79.118%
7: 62.597%
8: 49.525%
9: 39.183%
10: 31.001%
Avg. streak: 8.789 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • $149,500 is 24th all-time in terms of “money won in a player’s first five games, adjusted for doubled dollar values”.

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