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 Contemporary Playwrights) for Friday, November 12, 2021 (Season 38, Game 45):
“The Murder of Gonzago” is used as a play within a 1966 play by this man who was inspired by Shakespeare
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Brennan Harkin, a business analyst from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Dorothy Lam Frey, a radiologist from Chicago, Illinois
Andrew He, a software developer from San Francisco, California (2-day total: $72,301)
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Andrew He has had a very strong first two games; the Jeopardy! round yesterday definitely had shades of Matt Amodio or James Holzhauer. Andrew has missed a pair of Daily Doubles in his first two games, though, which will introduce more variance into the proceedings.
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Correct response: Who is Tom Stoppard?
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“The Murder of Gonzaga” is well-known as the play with in a play from Act 2, Scene 2 of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the basis of Tom Stoppard’s absurdist 1966 play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead; the Stoppard play focuses on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s messenger trip to England with Hamlet himself from Hamlet.
A reminder to the viewers at home: The thing that the writers are looking for with each clue is what comes after the “this”, in this case Stoppard (as opposed to the actual play’s title).
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Andrew $24,800
Brennan $1,800
Dorothy $1,600
Tonight’s results:
Dorothy $1,600 – $1,000 = $600 (Who is Miller?)
Brennan $1,800 – $1,700 = $100 (Who Arthur Miller)
Andrew $24,800 + $10,000 = $34,800 (Who is Stoppard?) (3-day total: $107,101)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Andrew $10,000
Dorothy $800
Brennan -$1,400
Opening break taken after: 16 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) 20th CENTURY FICTION $400 (clue #6)
Dorothy 200 -1000 (Andrew 2000 Brennan -2000)
2) TRAIN STATIONS $1600 (clue #2)
Andrew 12000 -6000 (Dorothy 800 Brennan -1400)
3) SYNONYMS $1600 (clue #10, $20400 left on board)
Andrew 12800 +4000 (Dorothy -400 Brennan 200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -119
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 4 (0.09 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Andrew $28,400 Coryat, 31 correct, 1 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 5/5 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Dorothy $2,600 Coryat, 7 correct, 3 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Brennan $1,800 Coryat, 7 correct, 4 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $32,800
Lach Trash: $14,000 (on 13 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,200
Andrew He, career statistics:
87 correct, 8 incorrect
9/9 on rebound attempts (on 14 rebound opportunities)
44.44% in first on buzzer (76/171)
4/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $13,000)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $24,067
Dorothy Lam Frey, career statistics:
7 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $2,600
Brennan Harkin, career statistics:
7 correct, 5 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $1,800
Andrew He, to win:
4 games: 85.518%
5: 73.134%
6: 62.543%
7: 53.486%
8: 45.740%
Avg. streak: 8.905 games.
Today’s interviews:
Brennan is very interested in genealogy and has traced his family history back to the 19th century.
Dorothy got to be an extra in an MC Hammer biopic.
Andrew is not the Andrew He of competitive programming.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Andrew becomes the 16th player to win at least $100,000 over their first 3 wins on the show; $107,101 is the 8th-best 3-day total. (Roger Craig, at $138,401, has the best 3-day total.)
- Andrew’s average score going into Final Jeopardy: $26,867; Andrew’s average Coryat: $24,067. It appears as though there isn’t as much of a difference between his average score and his Coryat as some have perceived.
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