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Season 36

Today’s Final Jeopardy – Friday, February 21, 2020

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Current Champion

Matthew Riggle, career statistics:
47 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
41.23% in first on buzzer (47/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,300

To win:
3 games: 68.027%
4: 46.277%
5: 31.481%
6: 21.415%
7: 14.568%
Avg. streak: 4.128 games.
(Next game: September 14)
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Upcoming Encore Presentations

August 12: S42 E98 (January 21, 2026)
August 13: S42 E99 (January 22, 2026)
August 14: S42 E100 (January 23, 2026)
August 15-16: S41 E141 (March 24, 2025)
August 17: S42 E101 (January 26, 2026)
August 18: S42 E105 (January 30, 2026)
August 19: S42 E102 (January 27, 2026)
August 20: S42 E103 (January 28, 2026)
August 21: S42 E104 (January 29, 2026)
August 22-23: S41 E142 (March 25, 2025)
August 24: S42 E106 (February 2, 2026)
August 25: S42 E107 (February 3, 2026)
August 26: S42 E108 (February 4, 2026)
August 27: S42 E109 (February 5, 2026)
August 28: S42 E110 (February 6, 2026)
August 29-30: S41 E143 (March 26, 2025)
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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 $1,098,403
7. Mattea Roach $897,983
8. Jamie Ding $885,605
9. David Madden $785,733
10. Victoria Groce $773,801
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Larissa Kelly $671,930
14. Matt Jackson $623,612
15. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
16. Andrew He $534,365
17. Scott Riccardi $533,000
18. Jerome Vered $499,102
19. Julia Collins $495,767
20. Austin Rogers $493,000
21. Ben Ingram $449,201
22. Paolo Pasco $448,717
23. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
24. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
25. Juveria Zaheer $441,000

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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category International Award Trophies) for Friday, February 21, 2020 (Season 36, Episode 120):

La Maison Chopard crafts this annual award’s crystal base & 118-gram, 18-carat frond

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Jon Fuhrman, a retired I.T. manager from Pasadena, California

Jon Fuhrman on Jeopardy!

Kimberly Brazier, a social advertising strategist from Queens, New York

Kimberly Brazier on Jeopardy!

MacKenzie Jones, a program development director from Tulsa, Oklahoma (4-day total: $111,202)

MacKenzie Jones on Jeopardy!

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Correct response: What is the Palme d’Or?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

The Palme d’Or is the highest award at the Festival International du Film de Cannes in Cannes, France; the award is in tribute to the fact that a palm frond is on the city’s coat of arms. The Palme d’Or has been awarded between 1955 and 1963 and from 1975 onward (in other years that the festival has taken place, the prize has been known as “Grand Prix du Festival International du Film”). The only 3 films to have won Cannes’ top prize and the Oscar for Best Picture have been The Lost Weekend (1946, as a Grand Prix), Marty (1955, as the Palme d’Or), and Parasite (2019).

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

Scores going into Final:
MacKenzie $10,600
Kimberly $9,800
Jon -$200

Tonight’s results:
Jon -$200 (by rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
Kimberly $9,800 – $7,000 = $2,800 (What is the BAFTA)
MacKenzie $10,600 + $9,001 = $19,601 (5-day champion: $130,803) (What is Palm d’or?)

MacKenzie Jones, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the February 21, 2020 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
MacKenzie $6,200
Jon $2,000
Kimberly $1,800

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) FAMILIAR PHRASES $600 (7th pick)
Jon 400 -1000 (Kimberly 600 MacKenzie -400)
2) PULITZER-WINNING JOURNALISM $800 (15th pick)
Jon 800 +2000 (MacKenzie 9800 Kimberly 8200)
3) SOUTH AMERICAN PLACES $1600 (25th pick)
Jon 6800 -5000 (MacKenzie 11000 Kimberly 9800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -74

Unplayed clues:
J! round: OOO, SORRY $1000; YOU’RE OUT OF THE HOLE $800 & $1000
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $2,800
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 249 (2.08 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:
MacKenzie $10,600 Coryat, 17 correct, 3 incorrect, 35.19% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Kimberly $9,800 Coryat, 14 correct, 1 incorrect, 27.78% in first on buzzer, 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Jon $4,600 Coryat, 11 correct, 5 incorrect, 22.22% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $25,000
Lach Trash: $16,000 (on 13 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,200

MacKenzie Jones, stats to date:
102 correct, 15 incorrect
8/9 on rebound attempts (on 22 rebound opportunities)
36.63% in first on buzzer (100/273)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $21,000)
4/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,560

MacKenzie Jones, to win:
6 games: 67.482%
7: 45.538%
8: 30.730%
9: 20.738%
10: 13.994%
Avg. streak: 7.075 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • In terms of “top 5-day totals of all time, adjusted for doubled dollar values”, MacKenzie is 54th.
  • As was demonstrated by Alex multiple times in the Jeopardy! round, Alex will warn a contestant who is failing to phrase responses in the form of a question in the Jeopardy! Round, as in that round, a failure to phrase is a warning offense, not a penalty.

  • You can also follow that same link for the rules when it comes to Final Jeopardy! spelling; obviously, “Palm” and “Palme” are pronounced identically. Therefore, the judges were absolutely correct to accept MacKenzie’s spelling.
  • This was only the second time in MacKenzie’s five games where she was leading after the Jeopardy! round.
  • The writers were trying to be clever when it came to setting the Jeopardy! Round board with many of Alex’s familiar phrases (“OOO, SORRY”, “YOU’RE OUT OF THE HOLE”, “MAKE A SELECTION”, “& FINALLY…” and “THE WRITERS ARE TRYING TO BE CLEVER”.
  • A note to future contestants: Both Jon and Kimberly had occasion to ring in with whatever their best guess might have been on the final clue of Double Jeopardy! (IN THE ARTS WORLD $2000), as Kimberly was just $800 off the lead and Jon was at -$200. Neither player had much at all to lose, but a great deal to gain, in terms of improving one’s position going into Final Jeopardy!, and a guess would have been a good idea.

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