Today’s Final Jeopardy – Friday, October 14, 2022

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 Authors) for Friday, October 14, 2022 (Season 39, Game 25):

Featuring a statue of a man escaping his grave, his tomb in Amiens contrasts with the title of his 1864 adventure novel

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Marianne dos Santos, an intermediate French & religion teacher from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Rhianan Thomas, a hospitality worker from Downey, California

Cris Pannullo, a customer success operations manager from Ocean City, New Jersey (10-day total: $333,723)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Last night on Jeopardy, Cris Pannullo became the 15th player to win at least 10 games on Jeopardy!; an interesting statistic: none of the previous 14 have lost when trying to go for win #11. Rhianan Thomas and Marianne dos Santos are both hoping that Cris moves to 14-1 in that statistic! Regardless, whoever wins today will be defending their title at a not-yet-publicly-known time, as Monday begins the Second Chance Tournament, and the indefinite-length 30th Tournament of Champions immediately follows Second Chance. (Of course, the show knows when the title defense will happen at this point, but as it is dependent on how long the Tournament of Champions final takes—it could take anywhere from three to seven games—the date of the next regular-play match will be a closely-guarded secret.)

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Correct response: Who is Jules Verne?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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Jules Verne’s tomb in Amiens, France, features a man coming out of the ground and reaching for the heavens, in direct contrast to Verne’s 1864 work Journey to the Center of the Earth. In the work, the main characters enter the Earth via Snæfellsjökull in Iceland (and exit via Stromboli off the coast of Sicily).

Verne’s tomb sculpture was designed by Albert Roze, who has numerous sculptures in public places throughout France; another of Roze’s famous sculptures in France is the Golden Virgin atop the Basilica of Our Lady of Brebières in Albert, France.

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Game Recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: The Body Human; All Ears; Stories With Heart; 2 “I”s; Poker Hands; That Movie’s Got Legs)

The only blemish on Cris’ record in today’s opening round was the fact that Rhianan found the Daily Double! Cris did run POKER HANDS en route to a big lead.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Cris 11 correct 0 incorrect
Marianne 2 correct 0 incorrect
Rhianan 1 correct 1 incorrect

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Cris 17 correct 0 incorrect
Marianne 7 correct 2 incorrect
Rhianan 4 correct 1 incorrect

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Island Countries; 9-Letter Words; Avant-Garde Art; Potpourri; The 7th Century; TV As Of Late)

Cris found both Daily Doubles on consecutive clues, got them both correct, and ran ISLAND COUNTRIES to pick up 19 correct in Double Jeopardy! Scores going into Final were Cris at $35,200, Rhianan at $5,200, and Marianne at $3,200.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Cris 36 correct 0 incorrect
Rhianan 10 correct 2 incorrect
Marianne 9 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 8 (0 today).

Final Jeopardy! today was a Triple Stumper, but Cris won his 11th game regardless! We’ll see him again in about a month!

Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, October 14, 2022 Jeopardy! by the numbers:

Scores going into Final:

Cris $35,200
Rhianan $5,200
Marianne $3,200

Tonight’s results:

Marianne $3,200 – $3,000 = $200 (Who is Dumas?)
Rhianan $5,200 – $5,000 = $200 (Who is Lovecraft?)
Cris $35,200 – $12,221 = $22,979 (Who is Dumas) (11-day total: $356,702)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Cris $10,800
Marianne $2,800
Rhianan $1,200

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:

1) 2 “I”s $1000 (clue #18)
Rhianan 400 +400 (Cris 9000 Marianne 1600)
2) ISLAND COUNTRIES $2000 (clue #5)
Cris 15200 +3000 (Rhianan 0 Marianne 2800)
3) THE 7th CENTURY $1600 (clue #6, $26800 left on board)
Cris 18200 +1800 (Rhianan 0 Marianne 2800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 70

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 8 (0.32 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Cris $34,000 Coryat, 36 correct, 0 incorrect, 57.89% in first on buzzer (33/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Marianne $3,200 Coryat, 9 correct, 3 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Rhianan $5,800 Coryat, 10 correct, 2 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $43,000
Lach Trash: $6,200 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $4,800

Cris Pannullo, career statistics:

332 correct, 25 incorrect
22/23 on rebound attempts (on 52 rebound opportunities)
47.51% in first on buzzer (296/623)
24/27 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $77,700)
7/11 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $25,927

Rhianan Thomas, career statistics:

10 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $400)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,800

Marianne dos Santos, career statistics:

9 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 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: $3,200

Cris Pannullo, to win:

12 games: 91.246%
13: 83.258%
14: 75.969%
15: 69.319%
16: 63.250%
Avg. streak: 21.423 games.

Today’s interviews:

Marianne got yelled at on her honeymoon for trying to pick an orange.
Rhianan once took a bath in the Amazon river.
Cris has been watching Jeopardy! since the age of 3 or 4.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Cris moves to #22 in all-time winnings if tournaments are included.
• At 332, Cris moves to #25 in all-time correct responses. Dan Pawson sits #24 at 333.
• Cris’ Coryat score of $34,000 today is tied for the 31st-best single-game Coryat score of all time.

• Today’s box score: October 14, 2022 Box Score.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Cris $35,200 Rhianan $5,200 Marianne $3,200)

Cris: Bet between $0 and $24,799 and enjoy win #11! (Actual bet: $12,221)

Rhianan: Standard cover bet over Marianne is $1,201. (Actual bet: $5,000)

Marianne: If Rhianan bets to cover you and is incorrect, she falls to $3,999. Bet at least $1,001. (Actual bet: $3,000)

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