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Season 35

Today’s Final Jeopardy – January 10, 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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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 American Landmarks) for Thursday, January 10, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 89):

Eyewitness Jose Marti wrote, “Luckless Irishmen, Poles, Italians…run toward the wharves” to see its dedication

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Anneke Garcia, an instructional design consultant from Salt Lake City, Utah

Anneke Garcia on Jeopardy!

Dave Kaplan, a retired mixed martial artist from Westford, Massachusetts

Dave Kaplan on Jeopardy!

Jessica Holloway, an art education student from The Woodlands, Texas (2-day total: $54,401)

Jessica Holloway on Jeopardy!

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Correct response: What is the Statue of Liberty?

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The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on October 28, 1886; Cuban writer José Martí wrote an article about the dedication for the daily La Nación, which includes the quote above.

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

Scores going into Final:
Anneke $19,200
Jessica $12,800
Dave $-800

Tonight’s results:
Dave -$800
Jessica $12,800 + $12,800 = $25,600
Anneke $19,200 + $6,401 = $25,601 (1-day total: $25,601)

Anneke Garcia, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the January 10, 2019 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Jessica $9,600
Anneke $3,600
Dave $2,400

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) ON THE RADIO $800 (4th pick)
Jessica 400 +1000 (Anneke 200 Dave 0)
2) SCHOOL WITHIN A SCHOOL $2000 (2nd pick)
Dave 4400 -4400 (Jessica 9600 Anneke 3600)
3) WORDS ABOUT WORDS $1600 (5th pick)
Anneke 5600 +4000 (Jessica 9600 Dave -2000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 71

Unplayed clues:
J! round: NONFICTION $200
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $200

Game Stats:
Anneke $16,800 Coryat, 16 correct, 0 incorrect, 26.79% in first on buzzer
Jessica $12,600 Coryat, 22 correct, 2 incorrect, 41.07% in first on buzzer
Dave $3,600 Coryat, 10 correct, 4 incorrect, 21.43% in first on buzzer, 0/1 on rebound attempts
Combined Coryat Score: $33,000
Lach Trash: $11,600 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,200

Jessica Holloway, final stats:
60 correct, 6 incorrect
5/5 on rebound attempts
34.13% in first on buzzer (57/167)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
3/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,333

Anneke Garcia, stats to date:
17 correct, 0 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts
26.79% in first on buzzer (15/56)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,800

Anneke Garcia, to win:
2 games: 62.01%
3: 38.45%
4: 23.84%
5: 14.78%
6: 9.17%
Avg. streak: 2.632 games.

Tournament of Champions projections:
With a projected 151 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 500,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 4.2667 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.7285).
An average of 7.6985 4+-time champions (standard deviation 2.1347).

An early cutoff took place 23.101% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).

Anneke Garcia qualified 15.015% of the time.
Dave Leffler qualified 49.827% of the time.
Jonathan Dinerstein qualified 23.218% of the time.
Alex Schmidt qualified 8.884% of the time.
Jackie Fuchs qualified 1.491% of the time.
Mary Ann Borer qualified 0.169% of the time.

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • The only other game in my dataset where the Daily Doubles have been taken out of the way sooner in regular play was July 3, 2017; (1st clue of the J! round, 3rd and 6th in DJ!).


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