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Season 36

Today’s Final Jeopardy – December 3, 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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Upcoming Encore Presentations

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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 Literary New York City) for Tuesday, December 3, 2019 (Season 36, Episode 62):

An insider described the scene there: “Just…loudmouths showing off, saving their gags for days, waiting to spring them”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Theodore Conrad, an urban planner from San Francisco, California

Theodore Conrad on Jeopardy!

Stephanie Sumulong, a middle school social studies teacher from Fort Collins, Colorado

Stephanie Sumulong on Jeopardy!

Alex Damisch, a data scientist from Chicago, Illinois (3-day total: $33,549)

Alex Damisch on Jeopardy!

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Correct response: What is the Algonquin Round Table?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

The Algonquin Round Table is a famed group of New York City writers who met for lunch daily from 1919 until 1929 (and sporadically thereafter) at New York City’s Algonquin Hotel. The quote in the clue comes from its most prominent member, Dorothy Parker. The group has long been a favourite of the show’s writers, with J! Archive being littered with references to Parker, Robert Benchley, and Franklin P. Adams in clues about the group.

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

Scores going into Final:
Stephanie $15,000
Alex $8,800
Theodore $5,400

Tonight’s results:
Theodore $5,400 – $5,300 = $100 (What the Apollo The)
Alex $8,800 – $6,412 = $2,388 (What is a Gatsby party?)
Stephanie $15,000 – $2,601 = $12,399 (What is Saturday Night Live?) (1-day total: $12,399)

Stephanie Sumulong, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the December 3, 2019 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Stephanie $3,600
Theodore $3,000
Alex $3,000

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) CLASSIC NOVELS $600 (8th pick)
Theodore 800 -400 (Alex 2000 Stephanie 1000)
2) ALL ABOUT EVE $1600 (16th pick)
Alex 4200 +3000 (Theodore 6200 Stephanie 5200)
3) WHEN I WAS SECRETARY OF STATE… $800 (20th pick)
Stephanie 7200 +3000 (Theodore 7400 Alex 7200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 73

Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 102 (1.65 per episode average), 1 Daily Double

Game Stats:
Stephanie $12,800 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer, 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Alex $7,400 Coryat, 14 correct, 1 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Theodore $5,800 Coryat, 14 correct, 7 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer, 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $26,000
Lach Trash: $16,800 (on 14 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,200

Alex Damisch, stats to date:
55 correct, 11 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 17 rebound opportunities)
24.32% in first on buzzer (54/222)
5/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $9,488)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,100

Stephanie Sumulong, stats to date:
17 correct, 3 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,800

Stephanie Sumulong, to win:
2 games: 48.282%
3: 23.311%
4: 11.255%
5: 5.434%
6: 2.624%
Avg. streak: 1.934 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • Lower than normal Combined Coryat scores mean either tougher questions or below-average players. The anecdotal evidence I’ve seen from a number of viewers over the last couple of weeks (those of whom track their own personal Coryat scores daily) leads me to believe that the questions may be more difficult, as these home viewers are also struggling.
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