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Season 35

Today’s Final Jeopardy – December 19, 2018

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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 Poets’ Birthplaces) for Wednesday, December 19, 2018 (Season 35, Episode 73):

5 Cwmdonkin Drive was the address of the family home where he was born in 1914

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Trisha Eustaquio, a biomedical engineer from Silver Spring, Maryland

Trisha Eustaquio on Jeopardy!

Eric Doctor, a graphic designer & teacher from Brooklyn, New York

Eric Doctor on Jeopardy!

Jackie Fuchs, an attorney & writer from Los Angeles, California (3-day total: $58,689)

Jackie Fuchs on Jeopardy!

With her win yesterday, Jackie is in spot #24 on our ToC Tracker. That still puts her on Page 2; she needs to win today to get onto Page 1!

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Correct response: Who is Dylan Thomas?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

Dylan Thomas is a Welsh poet and writer, famous for “Do not go gentle into that good night”, Under Milk Wood, and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog.

Cwmdonkin Drive is located in Uplands, Swansea, Wales; 5 Cwmdonkin is at the interserction of Cwmdonkin and Hillside Cres.

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

Scores going into Final:
Jackie $14,400
Trisha $13,400
Eric $4,800

Tonight’s results:
Eric $4,800 – $2,799 = $2,001 (What is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯?)
Trisha $13,400 + $13,399 = $26,799
Jackie $14,400 + $14,000 = $28,400 (4-day total: $87,089)

Jackie Fuchs, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the December 19, 2018 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Trisha $6,600
Jackie $2,400
Eric -$800

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) HIGHER EDUCATION $800 (20th pick)
Trisha 3600 +2000 (Jackie 400 Eric -1000)
2) “IN” THE END $1200 (8th pick)
Trisha 9000 -2000 (Jackie 4400 Eric 0)
3) LAKES OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE $1200 (23rd pick)
Eric 1200 -2000 (Jackie 14400 Trisha 9400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -67

Unplayed clues:
J! round: WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME $200 & CHALLENGED & BANNED BOOKS $1000
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $1,200

Game Stats:
Jackie $14,400 Coryat, 15 correct, 1 incorrect, 25.45% in first on buzzer, 2/2 on rebound attempts
Trisha $14,200 Coryat, 19 correct, 4 incorrect, 30.91% in first on buzzer, 2/4 on rebound attempts
Eric $6,800 Coryat, 15 correct, 6 incorrect, 34.55% in first on buzzer, 0/1 on rebound attempts
Combined Coryat Score: $35,400
Lach Trash: $7,200 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,200

Jackie Fuchs, stats to date:
67 correct, 10 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts
30.62% in first on buzzer (64/209)
2/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,800)
4/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,750

Jackie Fuchs, to win:
5 games: 39.12%
6: 15.31%
7: 5.99%
8: 2.34%
9: 0.92%
Avg. streak: 4.643 games.

Tournament of Champions projections:
With a projected 167 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 500,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 5.0036 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.8595).
An average of 9.3532 4+-time champions (standard deviation 2.2276).

An early cutoff took place 38.124% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).

Dave Leffler qualified 32.913% of the time.
Alex Schmidt qualified 11.932% of the time.
Jackie Fuchs qualified 40.643% of the time.
Mary Ann Borer qualified 0.763% of the time.
Kyle Becker qualified 0.004% of the time.


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