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Season 35

Today’s Final Jeopardy – January 14, 2019

Published Modified

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 Familiar Phrases) for Monday, January 14, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 91):

Originally a folk term for a chronic rash, this phrase got a new meaning as a title for a 1952 stage comedy & later a movie

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Suzy Langevin, a social worker from Framingham, Massachusetts

Suzy Langevin on Jeopardy!

Charlie Jensen, a program director from Los Angeles, California

Charlie Jensen on Jeopardy!

Anneke Garcia, an instructional design consultant from Salt Lake City, Utah (2-day total: $37,701)

Anneke Garcia on Jeopardy!

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Correct response: What is the seven-year itch?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

The usage of the term “seven-year itch” changed from its original usage (a term to describe chronic scabies) to its current usage (the psychological term suggesting that marital happiness begins to decline around the seven-year mark, and the inclination to become unfaithful) in the mid-to-late 1950s, thanks to George Axelrod’s 1952 play The Seven Year Itch. It was adapted into the 1955 film which famously stars Marilyn Monroe (credited as The Girl). Filming resulted in one of the century’s (and Monroe’s) most notable photographs, that being Monroe standing on a subway grate while her white dress is being blown upwards by a passing train.

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

Scores going into Final:
Anneke $16,800
Suzy $13,400
Charlie $9,000

Tonight’s results:
Charlie $9,000 + $8,900 = $17,900
Suzy $13,400 + $13,000 = $26,400
Anneke $16,800 + $10,001 = $26,801 (3-day total: $64,502)

Anneke Garcia, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the January 14, 2019 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Anneke $5,800
Suzy $5,400
Charlie $4,600

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) CONNECTIQUETTE $400 (12th pick)
Charlie 1600 +1000 (Suzy 1600 Anneke 1000)
2) TERMS OF ENDUREMENT $800 (7th pick)
Suzy 4600 +2000 (Anneke 8200 Charlie 5400)
3) THE STORY OF MY LIFE $1600 (14th pick)
Anneke 9400 -3000 (Suzy 12200 Charlie 5400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 74

Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: IN THE CLOUD $2000
Total $ Left On Board: $2,000

Game Stats:
Anneke $19,800 Coryat
Suzy $12,200 Coryat
Charlie $8,400 Coryat
Combined Coryat Score: $40,400

Game Stats:
Anneke $19,800 Coryat, 24 correct, 4 incorrect, 44.64% in first on buzzer, 2/2 on rebound attempts
Suzy $12,200 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 28.57% in first on buzzer, 2/2 on rebound attempts
Charlie $8,400 Coryat, 12 correct, 0 incorrect, 19.64% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $40,400
Lach Trash: $4,400 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,200

Anneke Garcia, stats to date:
67 correct, 6 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts
38.92% in first on buzzer (65/167)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,333

Anneke Garcia, to win:
4 games: 65.38%
5: 42.74%
6: 27.94%
7: 18.27%
8: 11.94%
Avg. streak: 4.888 games.

Tournament of Champions projections:
With a projected 149 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 500,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 4.4461 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.7457).
An average of 8.0455 4+-time champions (standard deviation 2.1374).

An early cutoff took place 26.407% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).

Anneke Garcia qualified 43.103% of the time.
Dave Leffler qualified 43.942% of the time.
Jonathan Dinerstein qualified 18.540% of the time.
Alex Schmidt qualified 6.558% of the time.
Jackie Fuchs qualified 0.934% of the time.
Mary Ann Borer qualified 0.086% of the time.

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • Glad to see that Anneke isn’t going to need to find a new hobby for at least another day!
  • Did Alex ever butcher the pronunciation of that CONNECTIQUETTE category. Sheesh!
  • Sousa is my favourite composer; unfortunately, I do not possess the ability to telepathically send correct responses back in time to late November.
  • I didn’t think Anneke was going to make the comeback she did, though, and then she got 7 of the final 8 clues correct going into Final Jeopardy.
  • Ever wonder why a contestant’s promotional photograph on the show’s website is different from what they wear on the show? Look closer. Often the player’s got some sort of checked pattern in the promotional picture; the pattern does not do well on television, and they’ve usually been asked to change before the game starts!
  • Alex opened today’s show by wondering how well returning champions adapted to coming back on Monday. He doesn’t have the numbers. I do; I’ll put it on my list of data to crunch.

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