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Season 34

Today’s Final Jeopardy – December 18, 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 today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Art) for Monday, December 18, 2017 (Season 34, Episode 71):

Perhaps bought from a Sears catalog, a window for an 1880s farmhouse inspired the name of this 1930 painting

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Kate O’Connor, an insurance salesperson from Florence, New Jersey

Kate O'Connor on Jeopardy!

Ben Cosman, a research consultant from Rochester, New York

Ben Cosman on Jeopardy!

Denise Littlejohn, a project manager from West Hollywood, California (1-day total: $21,601)

Denise Littlejohn on Jeopardy!

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The house in Grant Wood’s famous painting “American Gothic” is known as “Dibble House” and is also on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

From a 2012 article in the Los Angeles Times:

It was the big gothic window on the second story that struck Wood in 1930, when he was driving through Eldon with a friend. The intricate window, ordered from a Sears catalog, looked out of place in the modest house on the prairie. Wood immediately wanted to paint the plain house and its fancy frill.“He saw it as humorous,” said R. Tripp Evans, author of “Grant Wood: A Life.” “It embodied everything that was both comical and endearing about Midwestern culture.”

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

Scores going into Final:
Ben $12,200
Kate $11,200
Denise $10,600

Tonight’s results:
Denise $10,600 + 7,000 = $17,600
Kate $11,200 + $9,800 = $21,000 (1-day total: $21,000)
Ben $12,200 – $0 = $12,200 (What is Guernica?)

Kate O'Connor, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the December 18, 2017 episode.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Denise $4,200
Kate $2,600
Ben $1,000

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) THE PERKS OF BEING A WILDFLOWER $600 (26th pick)
Denise 4000 – 600 (Kate 2600 Ben 1800)
2) STATE FLAGS $1600 (8th pick)
Kate 5400 +3000 (Denise 5000 Ben 200)
3) PHILIP K. DICK $1600 (17th pick)
Ben 2200 +800 (Kate 10000 Denise 7000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 77

Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: CAMERAS $2000
Total $ Left On Board: $2,000

Game Stats:
Kate $9,800 Coryat, 11 correct, 1 incorrect, 17.86% in first on buzzer
Denise $11,200 Coryat, 17 correct, 1 incorrect, 25.00% in first on buzzer
Ben $13,000 Coryat, 20 correct, 6 incorrect, 44.64% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $34,000
Lach Trash: $11,600 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,400

Denise Littlejohn, final stats:
34 correct, 4 incorrect
27.03% in first on buzzer (30/111)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $600)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,100

Kate O’Connor, stats to date:
12 correct, 1 incorrect
17.86% in first on buzzer
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,800

Kate O’Connor, to win:
2 games: 37.69%
3: 14.21%
4: 5.36%
5: 2.02%
6: 0.76%
Avg. streak: 1.605 games.
(Note: This model has been adjusted to take pre-Final Jeopardy! score into account instead of Coryat Score.)


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