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Season 34

Today’s Final Jeopardy – January 9, 2018

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Current Champion

Will Goree, career statistics:
50 correct, 14 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
49.12% in first on buzzer (56/114)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $14,200)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,200

To win:
3 games: 64.675%
4: 41.829%
5: 27.053%
6: 17.496%
7: 11.316%
Avg. streak: 3.831 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 The First Century A.D.) for Tuesday, January 9, 2018 (Season 34, Episode 87):

Letters written by this Roman recount the events of a natural disaster, like the death of his uncle, a famous scholar

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Matt Brannagan, a high school history teacher from Bowie, Maryland

Matt Brannagan on Jeopardy!

Lindsay Resnick, an archivist from Atlanta, Georgia

Lindsay Resnick on Jeopardy!

Brandon Brooks, an HR manager from Chicago, Illinois (2-day total: $27,401)

Brandon Brooks on Jeopardy!

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Correct response: Who is Pliny (the Younger)?

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More information about Final Jeopardy:

Pliny the Younger’s letters recount the 79 A.D. eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which led to the death of his uncle, Pliny the Elder. His famous letters are known as the Epistulae. The Vesuvian letters recount Pliny the Elder’s scholarly efforts to observe the eruption that caused his death by the eruption.

You can read Pliny the Younger’s letters here. The two dealing with Vesuvius are Book 6, letters 16 and 20.

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

Scores going into Final:
Brandon $9,600
Lindsay $7,000
Matt $2,600

Tonight’s results:
Matt $2,600 + $2,600 = $5,200 (Who is Pliny?)
Lindsay $7,000 + $3,001 = $10,001 (Who was Pliny?) (1-day total: $10,001)
Brandon $9,600 – $4,401 = $5,199 (Who is Socrates?)

Lindsay Resnick, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the January 9, 2018 episode).

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Brandon $4,000
Lindsay $3,400
Matt $2,200

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) BUGS MEANIE $400 (19th pick)
Brandon 1200 +1200 (Matt 2200 Lindsay 1800)
2) WHAT IN TARNATION? $2000 (20th pick)
Lindsay 9000 -2000 (Brandon 8800 Matt 600)
3) Unplayed
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 78

Unplayed clues:
J! round: LAX LUTHER $200, $400 & $600
DJ! Round: A BIT OF LIT $1200, $1600 & $2000
Total $ Left On Board: $6,000
Game Stats:
Lindsay $9,000 Coryat, 10 correct, 2 incorrect, 15.38% in first on buzzer
Matt $2,600 Coryat, 15 correct, 6 incorrect, 40.38% in first on buzzer
Brandon $8,800 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 30.77% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $20,400
Lach Trash: $16,800 (on 13 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,800

Brandon Brooks, final stats:
49 correct, 13 incorrect
35.44% in first on buzzer (58/158)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$300)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,467

Lindsay Resnick, stats to date:
11 correct, 2 incorrect
15.38% in first on buzzer (8/52)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,000

Lindsay Resnick, to win:
2 games: 26.18%
3: 6.85%
4: 1.79%
5: 0.47%
6: 0.12%
Avg. streak: 1.355 games.
(Note: This model has been adjusted to take pre-Final Jeopardy! score into account instead of Coryat Score.)


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