Today’s Final Jeopardy – Friday, December 27, 2024

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 Fictional Characters) for Friday, December 27, 2024 (Season 41, Game 80):

In his very first appearance by name, this character comes downstairs “bump-bump-bump on the back of his head”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Herb Jeong, a retired pension administrator from San Francisco, California

Megan Riddell, a human resources data analyst from Linthicum, Maryland

Laura Faddah, a manager from Memphis, Tennessee (6-day total: $79,400)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Today is Game #7 for Laura Faddah, who has picked up nearly $80,000 over her first six victories, including one by runaway in yesterday’s matchup. Hoping to end her win streak at six, though, are Maryland’s Megan Riddell and San Francisco’s Herb Jeong.

Whoever wins today’s game will need to step aside for a couple of months, though, as next Monday begins what has quickly become my favorite part of the Jeopardy! calendar—the postseason! Things kick off on Monday with two weeks of Second Chance, followed by an abbreviated Champions Wildcard event and the Tournament of Champions beginning January 27. With a Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament giving us a spot in the next Jeopardy! Masters as well, our champion today returns in early March. I personally can not wait to see what is in store over the next two months!

Correct response: Who is Winnie-the-Pooh? (Edward Bear)

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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“Here is Edward Bear, coming down the stairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it. And then he feels that perhaps there isn’t. Anyhow, here he is at the bottom, and ready to be introduced to you. Winnie-the-Pooh.” So goes the opening paragraph of A. A. Milne’s much-beloved Winnie The Pooh.

And yes, Edward Bear—Winnie’s proper name—gave the Canadian pop group of the early 1970s their name. (Older viewers on both sides of the border would likely be familiar with their hit “Last Song”).

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, December 27, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Starts & Ends With “O”; Hodgepodge; Cups & Glasses; F. Scott Fitzgerald; The Last Tycoon; This Side Of Parodies)

All three players got in on the signalling device early, but it was Megan who edged into the lead after 15 clues. At the interviews, the scores were Megan $1,800 Laura $1,600 Herb $1,000.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Megan 3 correct 0 incorrect
Laura 5 correct 1 incorrect
Herb 3 correct 1 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Herb has an ancestor who claimed to be the son of someone else in 1906.
Megan played HQ Trivia as she went into labor with her second child. (She didn’t win that night.)
Laura has traveled to many locations in Europe and South America; she’d like to go back to Chile and Valencia.

Megan found the Daily Double, but an incorrect response on it gave Laura the lead after 30 clues.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Laura 8 correct 1 incorrect
Megan 8 correct 2 incorrect
Herb 4 correct 2 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Laura $3,400
Megan $1,800
Herb $400

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Shopping For Souvenirs; Science; Minor League Baseball Team Geography; The “D.C.” Universe; The Dreaded Lesser-Known Opera Category; Double Double Letters)

Both Daily Doubles fell for incorrect responses in this round; things were looking like we were going to have three players in four figures going into Final, but a strong performance in the baseball geography category by Laura meant she had $10,000 and a runaway going into Final.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Laura 18 correct 5 incorrect
Herb 9 correct 3 incorrect
Megan 10 correct 4 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 26 (3 today).

Scores going into Final:

Laura $10,000
Herb $3,200
Megan $1,400

Herb crossed out the correct response, but Megan didn’t. Laura’s runaway, though, makes her a 7-day champ; she’ll be back in early March to try to make it eight!

Tonight’s results:

Megan $1,400 + $52 = $1,452 (Who is Winnie the Pooh?)
Herb $3,200 + $0 = $3,200 (Who is Winnie T The Velveteen Rabbit?)
Laura $10,000 – $2,000 = $8,000 (Who is ?) (7-day total: $87,400)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) THE LAST TYCOON $600 (clue #20)
Megan 3000 -2000 (Laura 1600 Herb 1000)
2) SCIENCE $1200 (clue #3)
Laura 4200 -1800 (Megan 1800 Herb 400)
3) DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS $1200 (clue #13, $20800 left on board)
Herb 1600 -2000 (Laura 6000 Megan 1000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -210

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Laura 1 2 4 2 3 3 4
Megan 3 3 2 4 5 1 3 3*
Herb 5 1 4 5 2

DJ! Round:
Laura 3* 4† 5† 1 3 4 5 2
Megan 2
Herb 2 2 2 3*

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Laura 3.07
Herb 2.89
Megan 2.89

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: THE DREADED LESSER-KNOWN OPERA CATEGORY $400 $1600 $2000
Total Left On Board: $4,000
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 26 (0.33 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Laura $11,800 Coryat, 18 correct, 5 incorrect, 37.04% in first on buzzer (20/54), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Herb $5,200 Coryat, 9 correct, 3 incorrect, 16.67% in first on buzzer (9/54), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Megan $3,400 Coryat, 10 correct, 4 incorrect, 22.22% in first on buzzer (12/54), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $20,400
Lach Trash: $18,200 (on 17 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,400
Lead Changes: 6
Times Tied: 4

Player Statistics:

Laura Faddah, career statistics:

124 correct, 24 incorrect
11/11 on rebound attempts (on 31 rebound opportunities)
31.79% in first on buzzer (124/390)
4/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,200)
3/7 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,029

Megan Riddell, career statistics:

11 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
22.22% in first on buzzer (12/54)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $3,400

Herb Jeong, career statistics:

10 correct, 3 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
16.67% in first on buzzer (9/54)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,200

Laura Faddah, to win:

8 games: 42.600%
9: 18.148%
10: 7.731%
11: 3.293%
12: 1.403%
Avg. streak: 7.742 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

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